US 12,139,281 B2
Methods of manufacture for multi-ingredient beverage filter cartridges
Joseph Apuzzo, III, New Canaan, CT (US)
Assigned to Javacube, Inc., New Canaan, CT (US)
Filed by Javacube, Inc., New Canaan, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/070,890.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/284,359, filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166876 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 1/32 (2006.01); B65B 51/04 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 1/32 (2013.01) [B65B 51/04 (2013.01); B65D 85/8061 (2020.05)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a beverage filter cartridge, the method comprising the steps of:
a. obtaining a container having an access opening and an internal bottom end opposite the access opening and a sidewall;
b. adding an amount of a first soluble beverage medium to the container such that the first soluble beverage medium forms a layer on top of the internal bottom end;
c. leveling at least a portion of a top surface of the added first soluble beverage medium, wherein said top surface is substantially in the range of 1 mm to 11 mm from the internal bottom end of the container;
d. adhering a filter medium to the sidewall of the container such that the filter medium does not contact the top surface of the layer of the first soluble beverage medium, wherein the filter medium is adhered at a location such the lowest point of the filter medium is substantially in the range of 6 mm to 12 mm from the internal, bottom end of the container;
e. adding an amount of a second soluble beverage medium to the container such that the second soluble beverage medium forms a layer on top of the filter medium; and
f. enclosing the container with a sealed lid.