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1. A water filter assembly for a beverage dispenser having a reservoir, the reservoir having an outlet, the water filter assembly defining an axial direction and a radial direction, the axial direction aligned with a vertical direction, and comprising:
a filter medium extending along the axial direction and defining an interior filtered water chamber, the filter medium configured to filter water flowing inward generally along the radial direction into the interior filtered water chamber; and a housing extending along the axial direction between a first end and a second end and enclosing the filter medium, the first end corresponding with a top end along the vertical direction and the second end corresponding with a bottom end along the vertical direction, the housing and the filter medium defining an unfiltered water chamber between the housing and the filter medium, the housing additionally defining an inlet in flow communication with the unfiltered water chamber proximate to the second end for receipt of unfiltered water from the reservoir, the housing further defining an outlet in flow communication with the interior filtered water chamber of the filter medium, the outlet of the housing positioned proximate the second end of the housing, the housing configured to provide filtered water through the outlet of the housing to the outlet of the reservoir; wherein the housing further includes a housing cap positioned at the first end of the housing, and wherein the housing cap includes a one-way valve allowing for a flow of fluid from the unfiltered water chamber to the reservoir. |
