Having Diverse Soluble Or Dispersible Material Patents (Class 426/78)
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Patent number: 11832640Abstract: A pouched product adapted for release of a releasable component therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include a water-permeable fabric pouch formed so as to define a cavity therein, and a composition contained within the cavity of the water-permeable fabric pouch, the composition including one or more releasable components that are released from the composition under mouth conditions and that are capable of movement through the water-permeable fabric pouch. The composition includes nicotine and at least one particulate non-tobacco material. The pouched product also includes at least one capsule contained within the cavity of the water-permeable fabric pouch, the capsule having a capsule wall surrounding an inner payload comprising at least one botanical.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Paul Stuart Chapman, David Troy Turfler
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Patent number: 11812890Abstract: A compact brewing assembly and method is described. The compact brewing assembly includes a vessel, a filter component, an exterior sleeve and a cap. The vessel includes a vessel top and a vessel bottom, wherein the vessel top includes a fastening component. The filter component is removably coupled to the fastening component of the vessel top. The exterior sleeve includes a top exterior sleeve and a bottom exterior sleeve slidably coupled to the filter component. The cap is removably coupled to the top exterior sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: Ralph William Backstrom
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Patent number: 11344057Abstract: A pouched product adapted for release of a releasable component therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include a water-permeable fabric pouch formed so as to define a cavity therein, and a composition contained within the cavity of the water-permeable fabric pouch, the composition including one or more releasable components that are released from the composition under mouth conditions and that are capable of movement through the water-permeable fabric pouch. The composition includes nicotine and at least one particulate non-tobacco material. The pouched product also includes at least one capsule contained within the cavity of the water-permeable fabric pouch, the capsule having a capsule wall surrounding an inner payload comprising at least one botanical.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Paul Stuart Chapman, David Troy Turfler
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Patent number: 10881118Abstract: The present invention relates to a tea product and more particularly the present invention relates to a black tea product. According to the present invention there is provided a process for producing a tea product comprises the steps of: a) extracting a leaf tea product including both a soluble part and an insoluble part with a solvent; b) separating the insoluble part from the soluble part; c) compacting the insoluble part to obtain a base tea material; d) drying the base tea material to a moisture content of less than 5% by weight. e) contacting the soluble part obtained in step (b) with the dried base tea material; f) further drying the mixture to obtain the tea product.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Sreeramulu Guttapadu, Vadivel Govindaswamy, Mohamed Sirajudeen Jahabardeen, Gurmeet Singh
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Patent number: 10772457Abstract: In hot beverage cannabis related products, such as single use coffee systems as well as other coffee systems, the cannabinoids are not being infused into the beverages, such as coffee, during the brewing process. To solve this problem, a cannabinoid delivery system is provided. The cannabinoid delivery system includes various systems and methods of positioning cannabinoids and/or cannabis plant matter in locations and forms such that the cannabinoids are properly infused into the beverages.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Drive Foods CorpInventor: Rory Chesley Patrick Millikin
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Patent number: 10111553Abstract: A compact and lightweight personal pod making system is provided. The pod making system has a base for receiving a pod packaging material and a sealing tool pivotably connected to the base. The system can be used at home, in the office and even outdoors. A pod package assembly that can be used in conjunction with the personal pod making system is also provided. The pod package assembly can include a cup-like holder that is hingedly connected to a cover so that it is relatively easy for users to align the cover when sealing the pod.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Inventor: Adrian Rivera
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Patent number: 9999864Abstract: Presently, there exists a need for a method of mixing (stirring) the ingredients of a liquid preparation within a container without the introduction of any device or manual implement to agitate the contents mechanically. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method a convenient, economical and effective method of mixing utilizing a chemical reaction to facilitate liquid motion in a container without the use of a stirring implement or external mechanical intervention.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: THE ADDITIVE ADVANTAGE, LLCInventor: Salvatore Albert Celeste
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Patent number: 9592953Abstract: Pod for the preparation of a beverage in a centrifugal brewing device by feeding liquid through said pod and rotating the pod along a rotating axis āIā in the device to produce centrifugal forces on the liquid traversing the pod thereby forcing a beverage out of the pod by such centrifugal forces, wherein the pod comprises containment walls containing beverage ingredients; said containment walls being essentially made of porous filtering material and comprising a top wall from which a central funnel (10) comprising liquid inlet openings extends inwardly in the pod.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Arnaud Gerbaulet, Daniel Abegglen, Alexandre Perentes, Jean-Francois Tinembart
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Patent number: 9549634Abstract: A sweet tea brewing product and system for brewing sweet tea is disclosed including making a concentrated sweet tea solution before mixing with water which comprises at least one water permeable sieve wherein tea particles and sugar granules are contained. The tea particles and sugar granules are brewed and dissolved during steeping in hot water to produce a hot concentrated sweet tea solution. The concentrated tea solution is then mixed with a proportioned amount of water to make consistent sweet tea. An alternative embodiment may be employed whereby coffee is substituted for tea to make a sweetened coffee solution that may be brewed hot or over ice.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Inventors: Paul Alan Stewart, Adam Paul Stewart
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Patent number: 9481506Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption. To that end, the assembly is provided with at least a first covering and a first ingredient included in the at least first covering, the first ingredient having a substance such as milk powder/creamer, sugar and like additives soluble or extractable in a liquid such as water. The assembly is further provided with a second ingredient, the second ingredient having a soluble or extractable substance such as ground coffee or tea while the second ingredient forms part of a substantially rigid body.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Vincent Jan Steenhof, Joseph Theodoor Knitel
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Patent number: 9380799Abstract: The present invention pertains to a coffee extract rich in variety and in which the features of coffee are enhanced. A roasted product prepared by following a step for mixing and roasting coffee beans with at least one material selected from among oolong tea, pu'erh tea, red tea, roses, jasmine, hops, hibiscus, lemon grass, the berries of Japanese pepper, rosemary, vanilla, sugar beets, Kombu, Azuki beans, kidney beans, peas, soy beans, almonds, cashew nuts, chestnuts, pumpkin seeds, sweet chestnuts, walnuts, sesame, sunflower seeds, hazel nuts, pecan nuts, macadamia nuts, pine nuts, peanuts, rice, barley, malt, buckwheat grains, Job's tears, mandarin orange peels, orange peels, Kabosu peels, grapefruit peels, Sudachi peels, Yuzu peels, lime peels, lemon peels, blueberries, prunes, cherries, Japanese persimmons, pineapple, bananas, grapes, mangoes, peaches, apples, black peppers, chili peppers, sugar cane, ginger, garlic, onions, carrots, burdock roots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonobu Furusho, Tadahiro Hiramoto
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Patent number: 9174794Abstract: A spherical container comprising an upper shell, a lower shell, a filter net and a connector. The connector, the upper shell and the lower shell form an airtight spherical cavity. The filter net is fixed within cavities of the connector. The upper surfaces and the lower surfaces of the connector are inwardly recessed to form upper locking slots and lower locking slots. The upper shell and the lower shell are formed respectively with upper locking portions and lower locking portions. Outer walls of the upper locking portions and of the lower locking portions are inwardly recessed to form upper grooves and lower grooves respectively. The connector is formed with upper hooks and lower hooks. Inner wall of the connector extends upwardly and downwardly to form buffer plates tightly fitted with inner walls of the upper shell and of the lower shell.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Inventor: Xiuxing Chen
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Patent number: 9155331Abstract: A device for adding a flavoring product to a liquid includes a tubular body having openings extending through a sidewall of the body to an interior cavity. A flavoring product is loaded into the interior cavity. At least one fin is coupled to the tubular body and extends outwardly from the sidewall. The device, with the flavoring product loaded therein, is inserted into a container and a liquid is added to the container. The openings in the tubular body are sized to admit the liquid into and out of the interior cavity to enable infusion of the flavoring product into the liquid and to discharge the flavored liquid. The fin is configured such that following insertion into the container, the fin is positioned to largely prevent the tubular body of the device from blocking the opening into the container and inhibiting discharge of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Grand Canyon Brewing Company, LLCInventors: John Peasley, Andrew Carricato
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Publication number: 20150050389Abstract: A sweet tea brewing product and system for brewing sweet tea is disclosed including making a concentrated sweet tea solution before mixing with water which comprises at least one water permeable sieve wherein tea particles and sugar granules are contained. The tea particles and sugar granules are brewed and dissolved during steeping in hot water to produce a hot concentrated sweet tea solution. The concentrated tea solution is then mixed with a proportioned amount of water to make consistent sweet tea. An alternative embodiment may be employed whereby coffee is substituted for tea to make a sweetened coffee solution that may be brewed hot or over ice.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Paul Alan Stewart, Adam Paul Stewart
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Patent number: 8916220Abstract: A portion capsule for producing a beverage is proposed, having a capsule body with a capsule base and a filling side, with a cavity for accommodating a pulverulent or liquid beverage base being formed between the capsule base and the filling side, with a filter element being arranged between the beverage base and the capsule base, and with the filter element having a non-woven which is arranged in the region of the capsule base.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: K-Fee System GmbHInventor: Gotthard Mahlich
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Patent number: 8906436Abstract: Beverage additive cartridges, beverage brewing systems and methods of brewing a beverage whereby a beverage additive cartridge containing an ingredient is used in combination with a beverage brewing cartridge to add the ingredient of the additive cartridge to the brewed fluid flow of the brewing cartridge. The resultant brew is an ingredient-brewed fluid mixture that outflows a brewing machine via an outlet probe.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: PTC-Innovations, LLCInventor: Kelly M. Nowak
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Publication number: 20140314913Abstract: A sweet tea brewing product and system for brewing sweet tea is disclosed including making a concentrated sweet tea solution before mixing with water which comprises at least one water permeable mesh pouch wherein tea particles and sugar granules are contained. The tea particles and sugar granules are brewed and dissolved during steeping in hot water to produce a hot concentrated sweet tea solution. The concentrated tea solution is then mixed with a proportioned amount of water to make consistent sweet tea.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Paul Alan Stewart, Adam Paul Stewart
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Publication number: 20140314912Abstract: A sweet tea brewing product and system for brewing and sweetening tea in a brewing basket of a tea making machine is disclosed comprising at least one water permeable mesh pouch for placement in the brewing basket during brewing. The tea particles and sugar granules are contained in the mesh pouch. The mesh pouch has mesh openings being generally smaller than the size of said sugar granules and said tea particles for retention of said granules and particles. The tea particles and sugar granules are brewed and dissolved in the brewing basket during steeping of the tea particles and sugar granules in hot water to produce a concentrated sweet tea solution delivered from said basket for accurate and consistent brewing of sweat tea.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Paul Alan Stewart, Adam Paul Stewart
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Patent number: 8808777Abstract: A capsule, system and method for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage suitable for consumption using an extractable product is shown. The capsule includes a circumferential first wall, a second wall closing the circumferential first wall at a first end, and a flexible sheet-shaped perforate and/or porous third wall closing the circumferential first wall at a second, open, end opposite the second wall. The first, second and third wall enclose an inner space including the extractable product. The third wall forms an outermost boundary of the capsule in an axial direction thereof. The third wall comprises a woven or nonwoven filtering material, such as filtering paper.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Ralf Kamerbeek, John Henri Flamand, Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, Angenita Dorothea Post van Loon
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Patent number: 8771768Abstract: A cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium and an outlet for the beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, the cartridge incorporating within a beverage flow path between the inlet and the outlet an eductor for entraining air into the beverage, the eductor comprising an aperture for producing a low pressure jet of the beverage.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey York, Andrew Charles Bentley
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Publication number: 20140178532Abstract: The present invention relates to a beverage mixing apparatus. Specifically, the present invention relates to a filter containing coffee, tea, or another additive to be mixed with a liquid. The filter is formed into a ball and attached to a rigid stick for stirring and mixing the contents of the present invention into a liquid. The filter may keep solid beverage additives separate from the liquid while still allowing the two to mix. Soluble additives may pass freely through the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Inventors: Brett I. Walker, Maria A. Walker
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Publication number: 20140157993Abstract: A tea pad is provided for preparing tea. More particularly, the tea pad provides at least one consumption unit of tea with the aid of a coffee maker. The coffee maker is provided with a holder for receiving at least one pad filled with a product to be extracted, and means for pressing hot water under pressure through the pad for obtaining an extract of the product while, preferably, the applied pressure of the water is 1-2 bar. The pad is provided with a covering, such as filtering paper which is at least partly transmissive to a liquid such as water and, which is at least virtually non-transmissive to tea. The covering comprises at least one space which is at least partly filled with tea.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Gustaaf Frans Brouwer, Maria Constantina Johanna Perton, Joost Jan de Vries
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Patent number: 8747932Abstract: An apparatus for brewing a beverage, which includes an elongated member having a plurality of disks stacked along an axis of the elongated member; a filter having at least one slot and adapted to fit over the plurality of disks; and an elongated housing member having first and second slots on opposite sides of the elongated housing member, wherein the elongated housing member is adapted to fit over the filter.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Inventor: John A. Fedor
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Patent number: 8734881Abstract: A capsule for the production of a beverage from a beverage production machine that provides a capsule holder with relief and recessed elements. The capsule includes an inverted cup-shaped body forming a chamber containing a beverage forming ingredient, a bottom injection wall, a sidewall and a flange-like rim; and a delivery wall which is sealed to the body and comprises a relatively flat outer surface extending from the central axis of the capsule to the flange-like rim of the body and at least one portion of porous material capable of providing a backpressure that is greater than the backpressure of the beverage forming ingredient in the chamber. Also, a system and method for the production of a beverage from the previously described capsule.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Alfred Yoakim, Alexandre Perentes, Arnaud Gerbaulet
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Patent number: 8734874Abstract: A beverage cup lid and a system and method incorporating such a lid is provided. The lid holds an individual serving dose of a beverage to be brewed. Hot water is poured into a chamber of the lid to brew the beverage. The brewed beverage is fed into an underlying cup through an outlet in the lid. The beverage can be consumed through an opening in the lid without removing the spent grounds contained in the lid, from which the beverage was brewed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: UCAI Holdings LLCInventor: Alfonso Ernesto Paolone
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Patent number: 8696899Abstract: A dispenser for a nutritional composition comprises a water reservoir, water heating means, water discharge means, a bacterial filter between the water heating means and the water discharge means such that heated water passes though the filter prior to discharge from the dispenser, and means to heat surfaces of the dispenser which come into contact with filtered water.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Anne Roulin, Yann Epars, Vincent Martin, Matthew Steven
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Patent number: 8685478Abstract: A flavor pouch includes a porous covering that encloses a carrier having a flavorant. The carrier may be solid or particulate. Flavorants may be one or more of tea, coffee, rose hips, honey, royal jelly, fruit extracts, mint, sweeteners, ginger, pepper extract, exotic flavors, ethnic flavors and the like. Where the carrier comprises a plurality of beads, the beads may have randomly dissolvable encapsulation to extend the time duration of flavor release. To use the flavor pouch, it is placed in the mouth and masticated or exposed to saliva to thereby release the flavorant.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Bruce Neidle, Kenneth Newman, William R. Sweeney, Cynthia S. Hayes, Robert T. Mitten, Danielle R. Crawford
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Patent number: 8651012Abstract: A beverage forming system that includes a capsule for containing beverage ingredients and having an outer surface; a capsule-based beverage producing device provided with a member for injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule, a member for draining a beverage from the capsule, and an enclosing member transferable from an opened state to a defined closed state, in which the enclosing member encloses the outer surface of the capsule; and a sealing member associated with the capsule and which is compressible when engaged by the enclosing member in the closed state, wherein the sealing member is effective to compensate for the clearance between the enclosing member and the capsule which would otherwise exist when the enclosing member is in its defined closed state. Also, a method for producing a beverage using such a system.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Alfred Yoakim, Gilles Gavillet, Jean-Paul Denisart
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Publication number: 20140030385Abstract: A brewing device, particularly for brewing tea or coffee. In one embodiment, the steeping portion (11) is formed with the handle (10) and the squeezing means includes an actuator element (13) arranged to extend through the handle. Such a device is thus arranged to compress the steeping portion by means of a pulling action on the actuator element. In an alternative embodiment, the squeezing means is formed with the handle (51) and the steeping portion is formed with an actuator element (54) arranged to extend through the handle. By such an arrangement, the device is arranged to compress the steeping portion by means of a pushing or pressing action on the actuator element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: MARTINFIELD LIMITEDInventor: John Pape
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Publication number: 20140017359Abstract: A beverage substance for producing a tea beverage is proposed, wherein the beverage substance is intended to be stored in a portion capsule and to be infused in the portion capsule by means of hot water introduced under pressure into the portion capsule, wherein the beverage substance is substantially particulate and at least in part comprises tea, and wherein the beverage substance has a mean particle size of between 500 micrometres and 1,500 micrometres.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Marc KRĆGER, GĆ¼nter EMPL, Wolfgang EPPLER
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Patent number: 8623436Abstract: An improved coffee brewing apparatus and method is shown. The method can include setting a permeable disk over coffee grounds in the filter of a conventional drip coffee maker, placing water on the permeable disk, and compressing the coffee grounds with a weight of the water on the permeable disk. The method can include percolating the coffee grounds with the water distributed uniformly with the permeable disk for brewing a coffee beverage. The method can also include passing the coffee beverage to an outlet. The method, in one embodiment, can include mixing contents within a booster pack to the coffee beverage.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Inventor: Gary Legner
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Patent number: 8617627Abstract: A form-retaining pad for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption includes a first covering and a form-providing stiffening body, and a substance which is soluble in a liquid. The covering includes a top sheet and a bottom sheet that are manufactured from a material non-transmissive to the soluble substance, but transmissive to the substance dissolved in a liquid. The form-providing stiffening body is between the top sheet and the bottom sheet. The stiffening body has a compartmenting wall configuration having a grid structure which is transmissive to liquid from the top side to the bottom side. At least a part of the soluble substance is accommodated in the grid structure, and each compartment is surrounded by the wall configuration, the top sheet and the bottom sheet. At least the bottom side of the stiffening body includes a bulging part extending away from the top sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Vincent Jan Steenhof, Bernardus Henricus Kok, Joseph Theodoor Knitel
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Patent number: 8563058Abstract: A capsule for use in a beverage production device, the capsule containing ingredients to produce a nutritional or food liquid when a liquid is fed into the capsule at an inlet face thereof, with the capsule being provided with a filter having a plurality of filtering orifices and a flow collection member placed downstream of the filter to collect the filtered liquid from the filtering orifices. The collection member includes at least one restriction orifice to focus the flow of liquid in at least one jet of liquid at high velocity in the compartment containing the ingredients. The invention is particularly advantageous for producing a nutritional liquid (e.g., infant formula) or a food from powdered ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Anne Roulin, Yann Epars, Sophie Abraham, FrƩdƩric Doleac, Vincent Martin, Heinz Wyss, HansPeter Pleisch, Nicolas Bezet, Bruno Bizet, Nihan Dogan
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Patent number: 8535552Abstract: A method for evaluating center segregation of a continuous cast slab is provided. The method of the present invention includes (A) creating a center segregation image of a slab using an etching solution comprising a picric acid (C6H3N3O7), a cupric chloride (CuCl2), sodium laurylbenzenesulfonate (C18H29SO3Na) and the remainder of distilled water; and (B) evaluating the center segregation of a slab by scanning the image and applying the following Formula. The method creates an image of center segregation even for low-carbon steel having carbon (C) in an amount of 0.04 wt % or less as well as ultra low-sulfur steel having sulfur (S) in an amount of 50 ppm or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Steel CompanyInventors: Sukhyun Yoo, Wonjae Cho, Jutae Choi, Kaeyoung Lee, Kyoungho So
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Publication number: 20130236605Abstract: Provided is a tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product that provides and engaging and flavorful experience to a user. The pouch product includes a porous pouch wrapper and an inner filling material. The inner filling material can include a non-tobacco, botanical component, at least one functional ingredient and a solid flavor component dispersed throughout the inner filling material. The pouch product delivers multiple textures to the user's mouth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Danielle R. Crawford, Karen Brooks, Kenneth A. Newman, William R. Sweeney, Fernando L. Chappell, SR.
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Patent number: 8522669Abstract: A pod holder for brewing a single cup beverage with infused heated water consist of a holder body having an open top and a base with an egress hole. A body inner cup, to with a keyhole shaped opening in the bottom, is placed within the holder body. A pod ejector pin extend through both the inner cup keyhole shaped opening and the holder body egress hole and protrudes beneath. A single cup pod is manually compressed into the inner cup, and a lid is attached to the body. The lid has an integral water inlet hollow duct with a pod cushion, permitting the cushion to press against the pod without piercing the pod cover, such that when hot water is introduced into the pod the water seeps through the pod's contents and a beverage is brewed. The brewed liquid drains through the inner cup and body and is discharged into a cup beneath, with the spent pod expelled when the lid is removed and the ejector pin is manually depressed.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Inventors: Patrick J. Rolfes, John Guy Cazort, II
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Publication number: 20130224339Abstract: Fruit skin drink, fruit skin bag, and dried fruit skin (porous bag containing fruit skin fragments for consumption) provides consumers with a healthy food option. Fruit skin drink, fruit skin bag, and dried fruit skin includes at least one porous paper bag having perforations in an exterior surface and an inner volume. The inner volume contains at least one shredded particle of said fruit skin fragments peeled from at least one fruit and dried; and at least one seasoning. The porous bag contains the fruit skin fragments, and the at least one seasoning in combination. The fruit skin fragments provide a user-consumer with vitamins and antioxidants. The fruit is peeled to a depth of about Ā½ to 1Ā½ mm and then washed to remove dirt and pesticides and dried to form the fruit skin fragments. The fruit skin fragments are sun-dried after removal from the fruit(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventor: Alice Chang
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Patent number: 8505440Abstract: A coffee pod with varying intensity. The coffee pod includes a substantially rigid sidewall, a substantially rigid base, and coffee grinds positioned therein. More than about seventy percent (70%) of the coffee grinds may include a particle size distribution of between about 200 to about 300 microns. The coffee grinds may have a weight of the about five (5) to about eight (8) grams.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jonathan Kirschner, Louis Joseph Heinsz
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Publication number: 20130196032Abstract: The present invention relates to a woven mesh. The woven mesh comprises polyester such as poly(ethylene terephthalate). The present invention also relates to associated uses and systems of the woven mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Ronald Hartley Ford, Stephen James Bright
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Patent number: 8425957Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption. To that end, the assembly (1) is provided with at least a first covering (2) and a first ingredient (4) included in the at least first covering, the first ingredient including a substance such as milk powder/creamer, sugar and like additives soluble or extractable in a liquid such as water. The assembly is further provided with a second ingredient (14), the second ingredient including a soluble or extractable substance such as ground coffee or tea while the second ingredient forms part of a substantially rigid body (16).Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Vincent Jan Steenhof, Joseph Theodoor Knitel
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Publication number: 20130078337Abstract: The present invention is an improved device used for storing, dispensing, and stirring beverage additives. The improved tubular shaped dispenser greatly reduces the chance for additive spillage and eliminates the need for additional utensils for transferring and stirring the additive in a beverage. The invention comprises a tubular shaped dispenser body with an internal longitudinal aperture for storing the additive, a dispenser cap, an end cap, a longitudinal top half and bottom half for the dispenser body, and a plurality of perforations on not more than one of said top half and said bottom half of said dispenser body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Erik Elfstrum, John Dimond
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Patent number: 8399035Abstract: A pod for mixing an amount of a dispersible material with water. The pod may include a pod body having a lower aperture and a poppet positioned within the aperture. The poppet may be sized so as to seal the lower aperture until a predetermined pressure is reached within the pod body.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jonathan Kirschner, Carter Crittenden Bennett
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Publication number: 20130052305Abstract: A pad of the optionally flexible, disc-shaped/flat type filled with a product to be extracted and/or a product to be dissolved, provided with an optionally flexible bottom sheet and an optionally flexible top sheet manufactured from, the top sheet and the bottom sheet being interconnected at their longitudinal edges so that a covering with a circumferential sealing seam is formed, with the product situated between the top sheet and the bottom sheet, the bottom sheet and the top sheet each forming a filter which is at least virtually impermeable to the product and which is at least permeable to water, while an area of the covering is designed to be at least virtually impermeable to water, the area comprising, preferably, at least one annular sub-area covering at least a part of the sealing seam, and that the area extends outside the sealing seam at predetermined positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, Gustaaf Frans Brouwer
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Publication number: 20120263831Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems for liquid flow control and beverage preparation are disclosed. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention include liquid flow control and beverage preparation capsules, pods, cartridges, pouches, systems, and modules for controlling and directing flow streams of liquid through a beverage preparation process. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention may be used in combination with or included as an integral assembly of any apparatus, method or system for liquid dispension.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: LUKASZ D. SKALSKI, TIEMEN T. VAN DILLEN
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Publication number: 20120258205Abstract: A form-retaining pad for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption includes a first covering and a form-providing stiffening body, and a substance which is soluble in a liquid. The covering includes a top sheet and a bottom sheet that are manufactured from a material non-transmissive to the soluble substance, but transmissive to the substance dissolved in a liquid. The form-providing stiffening body is between the top sheet and the bottom sheet. The stiffening body has a compartmenting wall configuration having a grid structure which is transmissive to liquid from the top side to the bottom side. At least a part of the soluble substance is accommodated in the grid structure, and each compartment is surrounded by the wall configuration, the top sheet and the bottom sheet. At least the bottom side of the stiffening body includes a bulging part extending away from the top sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventors: Vincent Jan Steenhof, Bernardus Henricus Kok, Joseph Theodoor Knitel
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Publication number: 20120251672Abstract: An exchangeable capsule for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage suitable for consumption is disclosed. The exchangeable capsule comprises a circumferential wall, a bottom, closing the circumferential wall at a first end, and a lid closing the circumferential wall at a second end opposite the bottom. The wall, the bottom and the lid enclose an inner space comprising beverage ingredient for preparing the beverage. The bottom comprises an entrance area for supplying fluid to the ingredient, wherein the lid comprises an exit area for draining beverage from the capsule. The beverage ingredient comprises at least a soluble substance. The exit area comprises an exit filter that is adapted to substantially prevent non-dissolved soluble substance from leaving the capsule. A system for preparing a beverage comprising such a capsule and a method for preparing a beverage is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Ralf Kamerbeek, Cornelis van Bergen, Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, Angenita Dorothea Post van Loon
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Patent number: 8225710Abstract: A system for preparing a predetermined amount of beverage suitable for consumption, provided with an exchangeable holder (102), and an apparatus provided with a fluid dispensing device which is detachably connected to the holder for dispensing a first fluid under pressure to a first mixing chamber (110) of the exchangeable holder. The exchangeable holder is provided with a storage space (108) which is filled with a second fluid and a fluid communication (114) between the storage space and the first mixing chamber for dispensing the second fluid to the first mixing chamber. The holder further comprises a fluid communication seal (138) for bringing the fluid communication into operation through removal of the sealing action of the fluid communication. The fluid communication is a channel having a first curvature (171) in longitudinal direction of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Gerbrand Kristiaan De Graaff, Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, Ka Cheung Tsang, Ralf Kamerbeek
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Publication number: 20120171332Abstract: A beverage appliance includes a housing having a liquid reservoir and a receptacle in the housing dimensioned to receive a container containing at least one drink ingredient having particles of a first size. The receptacle is pivotable from a first position in which the receptacle is angled towards a front of the appliance and a second position in which the receptacle is aligned with a brew head and contacts the brew head. The beverage appliance further includes a mechanism for transforming the particles of the drink ingredient from the first size to a second size within the container, the second size being smaller than the first size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATIONInventors: KIN MAN LAI, KAM FAI FUNG, BARBARA LYNN SCHNABEL
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Patent number: 8202589Abstract: Provided is an oral pouch product having a coated seam, having a porous pouch wrapper; an inner filling material enclosed within first and second opposed layers of the porous pouch wrapper; at least one seam holding a portion of said first and second opposed layers of said porous pouch wrapper together; and a first coating comprising a releasable ingredient applied to an outer surface of said seam. Also provided is a method for making the oral pouch product.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Shalva Gedevanishvili, Paolo Catasti, Danielle R. Crawford, William R. Sweeney, Munmaya K. Mishra, Shengsheng Liu
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Patent number: RE44759Abstract: The invention relates to a form-retaining pad, an assembly and a method for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption. For this purpose, the pad is provided with a covering, in which a water-soluble substance, such as milk powder/creamer and sugar, is included. The covering includes a top sheet and a bottom sheet. The pad is further provided with a form-providing stiffening body, placed between the top sheet and the bottom sheet, with the top sheet and the bottom sheet extending at least partly substantially parallel to each other and to a surface. The stiffening body has a top side adjacent to the top sheet and a bottom side adjacent to the bottom sheet, and, by providing a compartmenting wall configuration therein, has a grid structure transmissive to liquid, in which structure at least a part of the soluble substance is accommodated and each compartment formed by the wall configuration is surrounded by that wall configuration, the top sheet and the bottom sheet.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Vincent Jan Steenhof, Bernardus Henricus Kok, Joseph Theodoor Knitel