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Tea bag with strengthened centerfold

US5322700A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 1992
Grant dateJun 21, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S493/941
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A double-chamber tea bag has a centerfold that is crimped by squeezing it between a toothed wheel and a plain wheel and a headfold in which the front chamber has a flap that folds over the part of the end of the front chamber between triangular folds at each corner.

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