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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2015
Applicant:

Xentiq Partners Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;

Inventor:

Ulrich Schraudolph, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

XENTIQ PARTNERS PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 5/24 (2006.01); A23F 3/16 (2006.01); A23F 3/18 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 5/24 (2013.01); A23F 3/16 (2013.01); A23F 3/18 (2013.01); A47J 31/0615 (2013.01);
Abstract

A beverage dispensing apparatus having a beverage chamber adapted to contain a liquid, an inlet adapted to allow the liquid to flow in but not out; a dispensing opening adapted to retain the liquid within the beverage chamber by capillary effect, the dispensing opening adapted to allow the liquid therethrough to flow out, such that the dispensing opening is subjected to a liquid pressure when the beverage chamber contains the liquid; and a pressure changer operable to decrease the liquid pressure at the dispensing opening; such that the pressure changer is adapted to decrease the liquid pressure when the liquid flows in so as to retain the liquid within the beverage chamber by surface tension of the liquid due to the capillary effect and ambient pressure at the dispensing opening. A method of dispensing the beverage, a beverage brewing apparatus and a method of brewing the beverage is also provided.


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