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US 2021/0259456 A1Published application
Particulate Collection Device
OwnerGerard Lynchinventor
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Abstract
A particulate collection device 10 designed to fit commercial reusable coffee pods and/or capsules 12, which include: a coffee grind collection housing 20 having at least one sidewall 21 forming an enclosure for communicating with drainage apertures 22 at the bottom thereof, and a coffee grind collection housing lid 14 having a reusable coffee pod filter receptacle 16 and a water drainage channel 18.
Claims9
1) A particulate collection device (10) designed to fit commercial reusable coffee pods (12) and capsules, comprising:
- a) a coffee grind collection housing (20) having an inner rinse chamber (18) and a particulate filter-collector in the form of a filter receptacle (16) and a cover (14);
- said rinse chamber (18) having at least one chamber side wall (21) forming an enclosure (23) communicating with a plurality of drainage apertures (22) at the bottom thereof, wherein said filter receptacle (16) and cover (14) are stationary and do not rotate, and do not have a fluid injector;
- b) said plurality of drainage apertures (22) formed along said sidewall (21);
- c) said filter receptacle (16) and cover (14) cooperates with said coffee grind collection housing (20) and said chamber side wall (21), which is centrally disposed, wherein a disposable filter (40/42) is in fluid communication with said housing (20), wherein said drainage apertures (22) and said filter (16) form a removable sealing engagement;
- d) said coffee grind collection housing (20) is adapted to receive an environmentally disposable filter paper (40) or a cleanable filter (42) to retain the coffee grinds for consolidated waste disposal;
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- e) wherein reusable coffee pods (12) and capsules sit firmly inside said filter receptacle (16) and said cover (14), so that said rinse chamber (18) may be cleaned by tapping the top of the inverted reusable coffee pods and capsules and/or by rinsing them with tap water.
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