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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2011
Dennis Timothy Dran, New Milford, NJ (US);
Scott Hanneson, Mississauga, CA;
Daud Ahmed Khan, Whitby, CA;
Liberatore A. Trombetta, Ancaster, CA;
Dennis Timothy Dran, New Milford, NJ (US);
Scott Hanneson, Mississauga, CA;
Daud Ahmed Khan, Whitby, CA;
Liberatore A. Trombetta, Ancaster, CA;
2266170 Ontario Inc., Mississauga, ON, CA;
Abstract
A beverage capsule is provided for use in a beverage preparing machine. The beverage capsule includes a body having a sidewall and a base defining an interior space. A first opening is defined at one end of the body and a second opening is defined at an opposing end of the body. A first cover covers the first opening and a second cover covers the second opening. A filter is disposed in the interior space a pre-determined distance away from the second opening. Ingredients, such as ground coffee beans, are disposed in the interior space between the first opening and the filter for preparing a desired beverage, wherein the ingredients have a statistical arithmetic mean particle size that is greater than 600 microns.