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A filter vessel including a vessel body having a bottom outlet opening; a carrying handle mounted on the vessel body; a closing rod extending alongside the vessel body and being longitudinally movably supported thereby between first and second positions; a valve mounted on the closing rod for mainta

A filter vessel including a vessel body having a bottom outlet opening; a carrying handle mounted on the vessel body; a closing rod extending alongside the vessel body and being longitudinally movably supported thereby between first and second positions; a valve mounted on the closing rod for maintaining the outlet opening open or closed in the respective first or second position of the closing rod; a spring urging the closing rod into the first position; an engagement face carried on the closing rod; an operating lever pivotally supported by the vessel body in an upper zone of the carrying handle and having a depressed position and a raised position; and a clamping cam carried by the operating lever. The clamping cam is in contact with the engagement face and displaces the closing rod toward the second position upon manual movement of the operating lever into the depressed position.

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In a filter vessel for making coffee or tea, including: a vessel body adapted to accommodate liquid therein; means defining an outlet opening in a bottom zone of said vessel body; a carrying handle mounted on the vessel body; an assembly for selectively opening or closing said outlet opening; said a

In a filter vessel for making coffee or tea, including: a vessel body adapted to accommodate liquid therein; means defining an outlet opening in a bottom zone of said vessel body; a carrying handle mounted on the vessel body; an assembly for selectively opening or closing said outlet opening; said assembly including a closing rod extending alongside said vessel body and being longitudinally movably supported thereby between first and second positions; a valve means mounted on said closing rod for cooperating with said outlet opening; said valve means maintaining said outlet opening open in said first position of said closing rod and said valve means maintaining said outlet opening closed in said second position of said closing rod; and operating means arranged in an upper zone of said carrying handle and coupled to said closing rod for manually moving said closing rod into one of said position; the improvement comprising (a) spring means for urging said closing rod into said first position; (b) an operating lever pivotally supported by said vessel body in said upper zone of said carrying handle and having a depressed position and a raised position; said operating lever forming part of said operating means; (c) an arm formed on said closing rod and defining an engagement face; said arm extending below said operating lever and having a free terminal length portion adjoining said engagement face; (d) a clamping cam carried by said operating lever; said clamping cam being in contact with said engagement face and displacing said engagement face and said closing rod towards said second position upon manual movement of said operating lever into said depressed position; (e) an indicator pin affixed to said free terminal length portion and oriented towards said operating lever; and (f) a throughgoing aperture provided in said operating lever and being in alignment with said indicator pin; said indicator pin projecting into said throughgoing aperture in said depressed position of said operating lever.