US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Recycling of infusion capsules" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,418, issued on June 30.

"Recycling of infusion capsules" was invented by Leslie Alexander Gort-Barten (Crawley, Great Britain) and Alexander Charles Gort-Barten (Crawley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for separating infusion capsules comprises a base unit and a plunger, the base unit having a face with an aperture for receiving a body part of the capsule, the plunger comprising a projection sized to fit within the aperture, and a stop to limit how far the plunger can be pressed down onto the base unit, wherein the height of the projection beyond the stop is approximately the same as but no greater than the hei...