US 12,226,042 B2
Single-serve packaging, and machine and method for preparing a brewed beverage
Kerstin Fernandes De Carvalho, Bielefeld (DE); Jan Pahnke, Minden (DE); and Holger Feldmann, Willich (DE)
Assigned to Melitta Single Portions GmbH & Co. KG, Minden (DE)
Appl. No. 17/420,205
Filed by Melitta Single Portions GmbH & Co. KG, Minden (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051144
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152053, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 101 538.3 (DE), filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061581 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 31/36 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/3623 (2013.01) [B65D 85/8064 (2020.05)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for preparing a brewed beverage, comprising the following steps:
inserting a single-serve product formed by a single-service packaging (8) comprising a liquid-permeable filter material containing an extraction material in the form of an extractable food or beverage product into a holder (7) of a machine (1);
detecting a marking (11) on a closure device (84) on an upper side of the single-serve packaging (8) by a detection unit (11) of the machine (1), wherein the closure device (84) comprises a plurality of pivotable flaps which in the open position circumferentially surround an opening to the chamber (80);
opening the closure device (84) and moving the marking (11) of the single-serve packaging (8) via an action of the machine in response to the detection unit detecting the marking (11) indicating a closed single-serve packaging (8);
supplying hot water to the opening at the top of the single-serve packaging (8) and brewing a beverage, and
collecting the brewed beverage under the single-serve packaging (8).