US3542561A - Multichamber infusion bag - Google Patents

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US3542561A
US3542561A US575884A US3542561DA US3542561A US 3542561 A US3542561 A US 3542561A US 575884 A US575884 A US 575884A US 3542561D A US3542561D A US 3542561DA US 3542561 A US3542561 A US 3542561A
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    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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  • the present invention relates to an infusion bag containing an infusible substance such as tea, coffee or the like for preparing a beverage, and it further relates to a method of producing such infusion bags.
  • infusion bags known of a type consisting of a tubular element the ends of which are connected to each other so as to form a closure, while the parts between these ends are bent at an angle to each other so as to form two chambers which are preferably of an equal size and contain the infusible substance, and a central part between these chambers which does not contain any substance and may be folded once more transversely.
  • the tube for forming these known infusion bags is made by folding together the longitudinal edges of the strip of fibrous material.
  • the intermediate part of each bag is made of such a length that the empty fold which is formed of the intermediate part and disposed between the two chambers will when stretched out be, on the one hand, sufiiciently long so as to permit the chambers to spread apart due to the swelling effect of the infusing liquid and be, on the other hand, sufficiently short so as to insure that the opposite parts of the longitudinal folds of the swollen chambers will be in contact with each other for a certain distance and will thus prevent the longitudinal folds from coming apart.
  • the present invention is based upon the new finding that it is practically of no importance that the intermediate or central part of the infusion bag is sufficiently short so as to insure that the opposite parts of the longitudinal folds of the swollen chambers will be in contact with each other for a certain distance because it is easily possible to make the usual longitudinal folds in a manner so as to insure that they will not come apart even though the intermediate part is made of a relatively great length.
  • the object of the present invention to design an infusion bag regardless of the length of the intermediate part in such a manner that, while each bag contains a certain small quantity of the infusible substance, this quantity be distributed within the bag in a manner so as to take up the largest possible surface area.
  • the bags according to the invention should, however, be designed so as to permit them to be easily packed by being folded together to a relatively flat condition.
  • the invention provides that the bag does not comprise a central or intermediate part and two outer chambers adjacent to said intermediate part but comprises at least three adjacent chambers, the infusible substance being distributed upon all chambers and preferably so as to form a continuous and substantially uniform layer within the said chambers.
  • the middle chamber of the bag is preferably made of such a length that, after the substance is swollen in the infusing liquid, the two lateral chambers except the parts directly adjacent to the closure of the bag will not be in direct contact with each other.
  • An infusion bag according to the invention may be produced by proceeding according to the conventional method by feeding a continuous strip of a fibrous filtering material at a uniform speed, bending up the longitudinal edges of this strip so as to form a trough, depositing equal quantities of the infusible substance at spaced intervals on this trough, connecting the longitudinal edges of the strip to each other so as to form a flat tube, cutting off this tube transversely into equal sections at points which are not covered by the substance, dividing each tubular section so as to form at least three chambers by bending the tubular section transversely at least at two points, and connecting the two ends of the tubular section to each other and thereby closing the ends.
  • this'method is to be carried out by depositing the substance upon the strip of material in such a manner that a certain quantity of this substance will be distributed in the form of an uninterrupted layer on each section of the strip which subsequently forms said chambers.
  • An infusion bag which is designed in accordance with the present invention has the advantage over similar bags as previously made that not only two chambers but also at least a further chamber will be utilized for holding the infusible substance. Consequently, the substance will be distributed over a larger area and may therefore form a thinner layer, and consequently it will be more quickly and effectively extracted by the infusing liquid.
  • a bag according to the present invention may therefore either'contain a larger quantity of the infusible substance than a similar bag as previously made or if it contains the same quantity as one of the previous bags, the new bag may be made of a smaller size.
  • the saving in bag material may amount up to 40%. It has further been found that the substance will be more quickly and effectively extracted if it is provided in the form of a continuous layer.
  • This also has the advantage that each tube forming a bag will no longer be bent transversely at such sharp angles, for example, between the chambers and an intermediate part, as it was previously bent at an unfilled part of the bag, and that the chambers will therefore spread apart more easily in the infusing liquid.
  • the infusion bags according to the invention are not limited to any particular external shape and size but, as will hereafter be shown, they may be made of various shapes and their individual parts may be made of different dimensions.
  • FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 respectively, show a perspective view and a side view of a folded infusion bag according to the invention, and a side view of this bag in its spread condition;
  • FIGS. 4 and show side views of an infusion bag of another shape in its folded and spread conditions
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show side views of an infusion bag of a further shape in its folded and spread conditions; while FIGS. 8 and 9 show side views of an infusion of still another different shape in its folded and spread conditions.
  • the infusion bag 1 ac cording to the invention consists of a tube, the ends of which are connected to each other so as to form a folded flap 5 which is held together by a staple 6 which also serves for securing to the bag one end of a string 7, the other end of which is connected to a handle 8 in the form of a label or the like.
  • the tube is divided into three chambers 2, 3 and 4, all of which are filled with an infusible substance, such as coffee, tea, or the like.
  • the middle chamber 2 is bent over transversely at its center, and the two halves 2 and 2" of this chamher 2 are folded inwardly so as to lie between the two chambers 3 and 4.
  • the chamber 2 should have such a minimum length that, when the substance 9 expands in the infusing liquid, the two chambers 3 and 4 will spread apart to a position as shown in FIG. 3 and will thereafter no longer be in contact with each other, except at their point of connection at the flap 5.
  • the chamber 2 should, on the other hand, have such a maximum length that when it is centrally bent upwaIdly, it will still fit between the chambers 3 and 4.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate an infusion bag 201 which is designed so that each of the chambers 202, 203 and 204 are of substantially the same length and chamber 203 is folded inwardly so as to lie between the other chambers 202 and 204.
  • each bag may, for example, be bent or folded at least twice transversely in addition to the folds which divide the bag into the three chambers.
  • the bag 301 may be folded so as to divide each chamber 303 and 304 into three substantially equal sections 303, 303", 303" and 304, 304", 304", respectively.
  • the central sections 303" and 304" and the sections 303" and 304" adjacent to the middle chamber 302 may be folded inwardly toward each other so as to lie between the middle chamber 302 and the sections 303' and 304' adjacent to the closure part 305.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the invention in which the sections 403' and 404' of chambers 403 and 404 of the infusion bag 401 which are disposed adjacent to the middle chamber 402 are folded over outwardly and each of these sections 403 and 404 together with the adjacent section 402 or 402" of the middle chamber 402 is applied against the associated chamber 403 or 404, respectively.
  • the embodiments of the invention as previously described may be further modified, especially insofar as the dimensions of the individual bag parts relative to each other are concerned. These relative dimensions should, however, be determined by the fact that, when the middle chamber of the bag is stretched out, the angles between the middle chamber and the adjacent chambers should not be too acute so that the infusible substance will not be squeezed off at the points of these angles, but will remain as a continuous layer of a substantially uniform thickness. All of the transverse folds of the infusion bags according to the invention are to be bent in such a manner that, when the bags are immersed in a liquid, they will expand of their own accord from their folded position and will always spread apart to a wreathlike shape which will be fully exposed at the inner and outer sides to the infusing liquid.
  • An infusion bag for preparing a beverage from an infusible substance comprising a tube of fibrous filtering material, closure means connecting the opposite ends of said tube to each other and closing said ends, the parts of said tube intermediate said closed ends forming at least three longitudinally adjacent chambers arranged in a polygonal form and each of said chambers containing said infusible substance, said substance forming a continuous, substantially uniform layer within said chambers, at least one of said chambers being provided with at least one transverse bend, whereby said infusion bag is adapted to form a substantially flat body and to assume, after insertion in an infusion liquid and following swelling of said substance in all chambers, a generally polygonal ring-like form with the lateral chambers spread apart.
  • each of said chambers has a substantially equal length, one of the outer chambers is folded, so as to lie between the other outer chamber and the middle chamber.
  • each of the outer chambers is bent to a zig zag shape and thus divided into three sections, the central of these sec- 5 tions and the section adjacent to the middle chamber being enclosed between said middle chamber and the section adjacent to said closure means.

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US5788061A (en) * 1996-12-27 1998-08-04 Hammond; Michael W. Potpourri container
USD407809S (en) 1997-12-17 1999-04-06 Hammond Michael W Combined picture frame and potpourri holder
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US6692781B2 (en) * 1999-05-17 2004-02-17 David Ryan Expandable beverage infusion device
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