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Beverage filter cartridge

  • US 6,645,537 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2001
  • Issued: 11/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A beverage filter cartridge comprising:

  • a cup-shaped outer container having a bottom wall and a side wall extending from said bottom wall to a circular rim surrounding an upper opening, said side wall having an upper section extending downwardly from said rim to an inwardly tapered ledge, and having a tapered lower section extending downwardly from said inwardly tapered ledge to said bottom wall;

    a generally cone shaped filter element received in said container, said filter element having a closed lower end supported on and secured to said bottom wall, and having an upwardly diverging wall with an open upper end supported on and secured to said inwardly tapered ledge, said filter element being configured and positioned to subdivide the interior of said container into first and second chambers;

    a beverage medium stored in said first chamber; and

    a cover joined to said side wall at said rim and closing said upper opening, said cover being piercable to accommodate an injection of liquid into said first chamber for combination with said beverage medium to produce a beverage, said filter element being permeable to accommodate a flow of said beverage from said first chamber into said second chamber, and said bottom wall being piercable to accommodate an outflow of said beverage from said second chamber to the exterior of said cartridge.

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