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Assembly for use in a coffee machine for preparing coffee

  • US 6,021,705 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1998
  • Issued: 02/08/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly for use in a coffee machine for preparing coffee, comprising a container having a bowl-shaped inner space bounded by a bottom having at least one outlet opening and at least one vertical sidewall and, included in the inner space of the container, a pill-shaped pouch manufactured from filtering paper and filled with ground coffee, which pouch rests on the bottom and extends over the bottom to a position adjacent the vertical sidewall, while provided in the bottom are a number of channel-shaped grooves extending in radial direction of the bowl-shaped inner space to the outlet opening and, in use, hot water is fed under pressure to a top side of the container by means of the coffee machine, causing the hot water to be pressed from a top side of the pouch through the pouch for extracting the ground coffee included in the pouch, the coffee extract formed flowing from a bottom side of the pouch and from the container via the outlet, wherein each of said grooves begins at a position spaced from the sidewall and extends in a direction away from the sidewall.

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