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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Yen-Wen Huang, Taoyuan, TW;
Other;
Abstract
An infusion maker for infusing tea, and coffee, including a container, a first inner cup suspended in the container, a second inner cup suspended in the first inner cup, and a lid covered on the second inner cup, the first inner cup having an outward top flange with top sloping ribs and a drip hole at the center of a bottom wall thereof, the second inner cup having an outward top flange with bottom sloping ribs, a wire gauze filter covered on an opened bottom side thereof, and a stopper at the center of the opened bottom side below the wire gauze filter, the sloping ribs of the second inner cup being moved with the second inner cup clockwise/counter-clockwise relative to the sloping ribs of the first inner cup between a first position where the stopper is engaged into the bottom drip hole on the first inner cup to close the passage of the bottom drip hole, and a second position where the stopper is disengaged from the bottom drip hole on the first inner cup, permitting infusion to flow out of the first inner cup to the inside of the container.