Harvey Cory patented his glass filter rod design (No. 114097), for which the

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was granted in 1939. In 1951, the Cory Corporation, a

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company, bought Autopoint from

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. Cory operated Autopoint as a division appointing the president. In the 1967, the Hershey Chocolate Corporation bought the Cory Corporation.Hershey history
/ref> Later Hershey Chocolate sold this division to ARA Services (Aramark) making them the leading office coffee provider in the United States. As of 2017 Aramark provides over a billion cups of coffee a year to its customers.

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