公开(公告)号：US06645537B2

公开(公告)日：2003-11-11

申请号：US09782622

申请日：2001-02-13

申请人： Richard Sweeney ,  Nicholas G. Lazaris ,  Roderick H. Beaulieu ,  William P. Bucuzzo

发明人： Richard Sweeney ,  Nicholas G. Lazaris ,  Roderick H. Beaulieu ,  William P. Bucuzzo

IPC分类号： B65B2902

CPC分类号： B65D85/8043

摘要： A beverage filter cartridge includes a cup-shaped outer container with a bottom and a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall to a circular rim surrounding an upper opening. The side wall has an upper section extending downwardly from the rim to an intermediate section, and a tapered lower section configured to provide a plurality of circumferentially spaced flutes extending downwardly from the intermediate section to the bottom wall. A filter element subdivides the interior of the container into first and second chambers. A beverage medium is stored in the first chamber. A cover is joined to the side wall at the rim to close the upper opening. The cover is yieldably piercable to accommodate an injection of liquid into the first chamber for combination with the beverage medium to produce a beverage. The filter element is permeable to accommodate a flow of the beverage from the first chamber into the second chamber, and the bottom wall is yieldably piercable to accommodate an outflow of the beverage from the second chamber to the exterior of the cartridge.

公开(公告)号：US06589577B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-08

申请号：US09782660

申请日：2001-02-13

申请人： Nicholas G. Lazaris ,  William P. Bucuzzo

发明人： Nicholas G. Lazaris ,  William P. Bucuzzo

IPC分类号： A47G1916

CPC分类号： B65D85/8043

摘要： A beverage filter cartridge includes an outer container with a bottom, and front, back and side walls extending upwardly from the bottom to a peripheral rim surrounding an upper opening. The side wall is contoured to define interior ledges located above the bottom and extending between the front and back walls. A planar filter element having front, back and side edge regions is configured, dimensioned and positioned to subdivide the interior of the container into first and second chambers, with the front and back edge regions of the filter element secured respectively to the front and back walls of the container, and with side edge regions of the filter element secured to respective interior ledges of the container side walls. A beverage medium is stored in the first chamber. A cover is joined to the container rim to close the upper opening. The cover is yieldably piercable to accommodate an inflow of liquid into the first chamber for combination with the beverage medium to produce a beverage. The filter element is permeable to accommodate passage of the beverage from the first chamber into the second chamber, and the container bottom is yieldably piercable to accommodate an outflow of the beverage from the second chamber to the exterior of the cartridge.

摘要翻译： 饮料过滤器滤芯包括具有底部的外部容器，以及从底部向上延伸到围绕上部开口的外围边缘的前部，后部和后部侧壁。 侧壁的轮廓是定义在底部上方并在前壁和后壁之间延伸的内部凸缘。 具有前，后和侧边缘区域的平面过滤器元件被构造，尺寸和定位以将容器的内部细分成第一和第二室，过滤元件的前边缘区域和后边缘区域分别固定到前壁和后壁 并且过滤元件的侧边缘区域固定到容器侧壁的相应内部凸缘上。 饮料介质储存在第一室中。 盖子连接到容器边缘以封闭上部开口。 盖可屈服地穿透以容纳液体进入第一室以与饮料介质组合以产生饮料。 过滤元件可渗透以适应饮料从第一室进入第二室，并且容器底部可屈服地穿透以容纳饮料从第二室流出到筒的外部。