Abstract A filter for hot beverages has a filter body made of bendable sheet material and having a tubular shape and having two vertical fold lines diametrically opposite each other on the tubular shape so as to be collapsible along the vertical fold lines and to define side portions extending between the fold lines, the filter body being provided with a pair of cuts or cutouts across each fold line to form a tongue portion therebetween, the filter body being openable by urging the fold lines toward each other and the tongue portions being bendable inwards to hold the filter in an open oval state, and a bag member made of filter paper and having the top edge along both sides thereof bonded to side portions of the filter body.
A filter for hot beverage comprising: a filter body made of bendable sheet material and having a tubular shape and having two vertical fold lines diametrically opposite each other on said tubular shape so as to be collapsible along said vertical fold lines and to define side portions extending between said fold lines, said filter body being provided with a pair of cuts or cutouts across each fold line to form a tongue portion therebetween, said filter body being openable by urging said fold lines toward each other and said tongue portions being bendable inwards to hold the filter in an open oval state, and a bag member made of filter paper and having the top edge along both sides thereof bonded to side portions of said filter body.
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A filter for hot beverage comprising: a filter body made of bendable sheet material and having a tubular shape and having two vertical fold lines diametrically opposite each other on said tubular shape so as to be collapsible along said vertical fold lines and to define side portions extending between said fold lines, said filter body being provided with a pair of cuts or cutouts across each fold line to form a tongue portion therebetween, said filter body being openable by urging said fold lines toward each other and said tongue portions being bendable inwards to hold the filter in an open oval state, and a bag member made of filter paper and having the top edge along both sides thereof bonded to side portions of said filter body.