Patent · US Active

Single-serve coffee pod

US8900648B2 · kind B2 · utility

13Cited by

21References

3Claims

0Family size

Assignee

THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY · US

Inventors

Paul Ralph Bunke · Cincinnati, US
Alisa Anne Bolinger · Cadiz, US
Jianjun Justin Li · Sharonville, US
Athula Ekanayake · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 2012
Grant date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47J31/46
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Processes for controlling strength of an extracted beverage including providing a pseudo packed bed of an extractable beverage material and contacting at least one liquid extraction stream with the pseudo packed bed of beverage material at a selected depth to obtain at least one zone of minimum extraction and at least one zone of maximum extraction. As the depth at which the liquid extraction stream is introduced into the packed bed increases, the zone of minimum extraction increases and the zone of maximum extraction decreases.

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