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Foods and beverages: apparatus – Beverage – Infusors

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C099S315000

Reexamination Certificate

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07861645

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus useful for preventing the release of residual liquid in a beverage brewing device prior to and after the brewing process, and for preventing the premature release of liquid during the heating process is disclosed. The apparatus includes a flexible member, a closing member and a recess. The apparatus is fabricated such that the pressure of the liquid being delivered to the brewing chamber displaces or depresses the closing member sufficiently into the recess to form a first fluid passage. The pressure of the fluid also creates a channel or cavity on a surface of the flexible member. The first fluid passage and the channel or cavity form a second fluid passages which provide fluid communication between the fluid inlet and the brewing chamber. Preferably, the flexible member, closing member and recess is formed as an integral unit.

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Chinese Search Report for Electrical & Electronics Limited, Chinese App'l No. 200610136006.7, Filed Oct. 13, 2006, Dated Nov. 6, 2006.

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