Patent ID: 7340990
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: A47J,B65D,B67D

Abstract:
1. A cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, said cartridge comprising a storage chamber containing the one or more beverage ingredients, the cartridge further comprising a filter disposed between the storage chamber and at least a part of an undersurface of a top of the cartridge, one or more passages being formed between the filter and the top of the cartridge, which one or more passages communicate with an outlet of the cartridge on an opposite side of the filter from the top of the cartridge via an exit path separated from the storage chamber, whereby a beverage flow path linking one or more inlets to the outlet passes upwardly through the filter into the one or more passages, wherein the cartridge has a disc-shaped outer member having a central axis and a hollow inwardly directed and closed cylindrical extension centered on the central axis, and the aspect ratio of the vertical height of the storage chamber to the breadth of the storage chamber is between 0.10 and 0.43.