EP1900653B1 - Sealed capsule for making a beverage - Google Patents
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- EP1900653B1 EP1900653B1 EP07116646A EP07116646A EP1900653B1 EP 1900653 B1 EP1900653 B1 EP 1900653B1 EP 07116646 A EP07116646 A EP 07116646A EP 07116646 A EP07116646 A EP 07116646A EP 1900653 B1 EP1900653 B1 EP 1900653B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- 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
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
- B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
- B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
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- the present invention relates to a sealed capsule for making a beverage.
- the present invention relates to a sealed capsule of the type comprising a cup-shaped container for a measure of water-soluble material, and a flat cover fluidtight sealing the cup-shaped container;
- the container comprising a tubular lateral wall with a first and a second end, an outer annular flange integral with the first end; and a bottom wall connected to the second end and comprising an annular reinforcing rib coaxial with the lateral wall, and defining, on the bottom wall, an outer annular portion and an inner circular portion;
- the cover comprising a flat sealing wall connected in fluidtight manner to the flange.
- Sealed capsules of the above type are known, for example from US 5242702 , AU 655184 and DE 10 2004 056317 , are commonly used, for example, in percolating machines for making beverages such as coffee, tea, chocolate, etc., to which the following description specifically refers.
- percolation is normally performed by gripping the capsule between two half-chambers of a percolating chamber, and feeding pressurized hot water through the percolating chamber.
- the sealing wall and bottom wall which are normally flat, are pierced substantially simultaneously by two needle piercing devices, each fitted to a respective half-chamber, to allow pressurized hot water into the capsule on one side, and outflow of the percolated beverage on the other.
- the sealing wall - which is normally made of metal material, such as aluminium, and therefore fairly rigid - is pierced easily by the dynamic thrust of the needles
- the bottom wall - which is normally made of thermoplastic material, and necessarily thin for it to be pierced by the needles - tends to be flexed inwards of the capsule by the needles, without being pierced, and to remain resting on the needles.
- the bottom wall inwardly convex, as opposed to flat, so that it defines a mechanical bistable member, and is pierced after, as opposed to together with, the sealing wall when gripping the capsule.
- the bottom wall in fact, is not pierced until it is pushed outwards by the pressurized water flowing into the capsule through the holes formed earlier through the sealing wall when gripping the capsule.
- this solution has several drawbacks, mainly due to the convex shape of the bottom wall making the capsule more difficult, and therefore more expensive, to produce, and also reducing the space available inside the capsule for the powdered material.
- a sealed capsule for making a beverage as claimed in the independent Claim and, preferably, in any one of the following Claims depending directly or indirectly on the independent Claim.
- Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole a sealed capsule for making a beverage from a measure of powdered water-soluble material 2 housed inside capsule 1.
- Capsule 1 comprises a cup-shaped container 3 made of thermoplastic material and in turn comprising a truncated-cone-shaped lateral wall 4, which has an outer annular flange 5 at its wide end, and is closed at its narrow end by a bottom wall 6 connected to lateral wall 4 by a rounded edge 7.
- Capsule 1 also comprises a cover 8, which fluidtight seals cup-shaped container 3 and is defined by a flat sheet of metal foil, normally aluminium, the periphery of which is connected integrally to the outer surface of flange 5.
- bottom wall 6 has an annular reinforcing rib 9, which is formed by drawing bottom wall 6, is coaxial with lateral wall 4, and defines, on bottom wall 6, an outer annular portion 10, and a uniformly thick, flat inner circular portion 11 parallel to cover 8.
- rib 9 is in the form of a cylindrical connecting wall, which is coaxial with the lateral wall, extends between an inner periphery of annular portion 10 and an outer periphery of circular portion 11, and in height is roughly twice the thickness of bottom wall 6.
- lateral wall 4 has a wider portion 12 connecting lateral wall 4 to the inner periphery of flange 5.
- Flange 5 is thick enough to make it rigid, and, in the example shown, is roughly 0.6 mm thick.
- Lateral wall 4 is thinner than flange 5, and decreases evenly in thickness from a maximum thickness close to flange 5, to a minimum thickness close to edge 7.
- the thickness of lateral wall 4 varies from a maximum of 0.5 mm to a minimum of 0.3 mm.
- bottom wall 6 is roughly the same as or slightly less than the minimum thickness of lateral wall 4. More specifically, circular portion 11 is of a constant thickness of about 0.3 mm.
- lateral wall 4 is cylindrical, as opposed to truncated-cone-shaped.
- edge 7 connecting bottom wall 6 and lateral wall 4 - be it truncated-cone-shaped or cylindrical - is a sharp edge as opposed to rounded.
- capsule 1 is inserted, in use, into a percolating assembly 13 of a known percolating machine.
- percolating assembly 13 comprises a pressurized-hot-water sprinkler 14 aligned along an axis 15 with a piston 16 movable to and from sprinkler 14 and having a percolated beverage outflow conduit 17.
- sprinkler 14 comprises a substantially cylindrical body, the end of which facing piston 16 has a truncated-cone-shaped, outwardly-flared axial cavity 18 coaxial with axis 15 and for housing, in use, flange 5.
- Sprinkler 14 comprises a piercing device 19, in turn comprising a plate fitted at the bottom of cavity 18, and a number of hollow needles 20 projecting from the plate towards piston 16, and which, in use, pierce cover 8 of capsule 1 to feed pressurized hot water into capsule 1 from an inflow conduit 21.
- Piston 16 comprises a cylindrical end body coaxial with axis 15 and fitted on the end with a cup 22 for housing cup-shaped container 3 in use.
- Cup 22 comprises a lateral wall defined by a number of columns extending axially towards sprinkler 14 and connected to one another by a ring 23, which is coaxial with axis 15 and, when piston 16 is gripped against sprinkler 14, presses flange 5 in fluidtight manner against the bottom surface of cavity 18.
- Piston 16 comprises a piercing device 24 located at the bottom of cup 22 and in turn comprising a plate coaxial with axis 15, and a number of hollow needles 25 projecting from the plate towards sprinkler 14, and which, in use, piece bottom wall 6 to allow the percolated beverage to flow out of capsule 1 into outflow conduit 17.
- piston 16 advances towards sprinkler 14, thus gradually inserting capsule 1 through ring 23 into cup 22.
- capsule 1 is pierced substantially simultaneously by piercing device 19, whose needles 20 penetrate capsule 1 through cover 8, and by piercing device 24, whose needles 25 penetrate capsule 1 through circular portion 11 of bottom wall 6.
- bottom wall 6 despite being made of thin, relatively flexible thermoplastic material, also performs rigidly, allows needles 25 to pierce it over the final stage in the travel of piston 16 towards sprinkler 14, and remains substantially flat when pierced, except for a slight inflection inwards of capsule 1.
- Rib 9 in fact, provides, simply and cheaply, for reducing free inflection of bottom wall 6, so that circular portion 11 is rigid enough not to flex under the dynamic axial thrust of needles 25 when pierced, while at the same time being thin enough to be pierced easily by needles 25.
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Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to a sealed capsule for making a beverage.
- More specifically, the present invention relates to a sealed capsule of the type comprising a cup-shaped container for a measure of water-soluble material, and a flat cover fluidtight sealing the cup-shaped container; the container comprising a tubular lateral wall with a first and a second end, an outer annular flange integral with the first end; and a bottom wall connected to the second end and comprising an annular reinforcing rib coaxial with the lateral wall, and defining, on the bottom wall, an outer annular portion and an inner circular portion; the cover comprising a flat sealing wall connected in fluidtight manner to the flange.
- Sealed capsules of the above type are known, for example from
US 5242702 ,AU 655184 DE 10 2004 056317 , are commonly used, for example, in percolating machines for making beverages such as coffee, tea, chocolate, etc., to which the following description specifically refers. - In percolating machines employing sealed capsules, percolation is normally performed by gripping the capsule between two half-chambers of a percolating chamber, and feeding pressurized hot water through the percolating chamber.
- As the capsule is gripped, the sealing wall and bottom wall, which are normally flat, are pierced substantially simultaneously by two needle piercing devices, each fitted to a respective half-chamber, to allow pressurized hot water into the capsule on one side, and outflow of the percolated beverage on the other.
- Though theoretically straightforward, in actual fact, piercing the capsule has been found to pose serious problems.
- That is, whereas the sealing wall - which is normally made of metal material, such as aluminium, and therefore fairly rigid - is pierced easily by the dynamic thrust of the needles, the bottom wall - which is normally made of thermoplastic material, and necessarily thin for it to be pierced by the needles - tends to be flexed inwards of the capsule by the needles, without being pierced, and to remain resting on the needles.
- To solve this drawback, it has been proposed to make the bottom wall inwardly convex, as opposed to flat, so that it defines a mechanical bistable member, and is pierced after, as opposed to together with, the sealing wall when gripping the capsule. The bottom wall, in fact, is not pierced until it is pushed outwards by the pressurized water flowing into the capsule through the holes formed earlier through the sealing wall when gripping the capsule.
- Though effective, this solution has several drawbacks, mainly due to the convex shape of the bottom wall making the capsule more difficult, and therefore more expensive, to produce, and also reducing the space available inside the capsule for the powdered material.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealed capsule of the type described above, designed to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks, and which at the same time is cheap and easy to produce.
- According to the present invention, there is provided a sealed capsule for making a beverage, as claimed in the independent Claim and, preferably, in any one of the following Claims depending directly or indirectly on the independent Claim.
- A non-limiting embodiment of the invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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Figure 1 shows an axial section of a preferred embodiment of the sealed capsule according to the present invention; -
Figure 2 shows an axial section of a percolating assembly of a percolating machine employing theFigure 1 capsule; -
Figures 3 and 4 show theFigure 2 assembly in respective different operating configurations. -
Number 1 inFigure 1 indicates as a whole a sealed capsule for making a beverage from a measure of powdered water-soluble material 2 housed insidecapsule 1. -
Capsule 1 comprises a cup-shaped container 3 made of thermoplastic material and in turn comprising a truncated-cone-shapedlateral wall 4, which has an outerannular flange 5 at its wide end, and is closed at its narrow end by abottom wall 6 connected tolateral wall 4 by arounded edge 7. -
Capsule 1 also comprises acover 8, which fluidtight seals cup-shaped container 3 and is defined by a flat sheet of metal foil, normally aluminium, the periphery of which is connected integrally to the outer surface offlange 5. - As shown in
Figure 1 ,bottom wall 6 has an annular reinforcingrib 9, which is formed by drawingbottom wall 6, is coaxial withlateral wall 4, and defines, onbottom wall 6, an outerannular portion 10, and a uniformly thick, flat innercircular portion 11 parallel tocover 8. - More specifically
rib 9 is in the form of a cylindrical connecting wall, which is coaxial with the lateral wall, extends between an inner periphery ofannular portion 10 and an outer periphery ofcircular portion 11, and in height is roughly twice the thickness ofbottom wall 6. - Close to
flange 5,lateral wall 4 has awider portion 12 connectinglateral wall 4 to the inner periphery offlange 5. -
Flange 5 is thick enough to make it rigid, and, in the example shown, is roughly 0.6 mm thick. -
Lateral wall 4 is thinner thanflange 5, and decreases evenly in thickness from a maximum thickness close toflange 5, to a minimum thickness close toedge 7. In the example shown, the thickness oflateral wall 4 varies from a maximum of 0.5 mm to a minimum of 0.3 mm. - The thickness of
bottom wall 6 is roughly the same as or slightly less than the minimum thickness oflateral wall 4. More specifically,circular portion 11 is of a constant thickness of about 0.3 mm. - In a variation not shown,
lateral wall 4 is cylindrical, as opposed to truncated-cone-shaped. - In another variation not shown,
edge 7 connectingbottom wall 6 and lateral wall 4 - be it truncated-cone-shaped or cylindrical - is a sharp edge as opposed to rounded. - As shown in
Figure 2 ,capsule 1 is inserted, in use, into a percolatingassembly 13 of a known percolating machine. - In one known type, percolating
assembly 13 comprises a pressurized-hot-water sprinkler 14 aligned along anaxis 15 with apiston 16 movable to and fromsprinkler 14 and having a percolatedbeverage outflow conduit 17. - More specifically,
sprinkler 14 comprises a substantially cylindrical body, the end of which facingpiston 16 has a truncated-cone-shaped, outwardly-flaredaxial cavity 18 coaxial withaxis 15 and for housing, in use,flange 5. -
Sprinkler 14 comprises apiercing device 19, in turn comprising a plate fitted at the bottom ofcavity 18, and a number ofhollow needles 20 projecting from the plate towardspiston 16, and which, in use,pierce cover 8 ofcapsule 1 to feed pressurized hot water intocapsule 1 from aninflow conduit 21. - Piston 16 comprises a cylindrical end body coaxial with
axis 15 and fitted on the end with acup 22 for housing cup-shaped container 3 in use.Cup 22 comprises a lateral wall defined by a number of columns extending axially towardssprinkler 14 and connected to one another by aring 23, which is coaxial withaxis 15 and, whenpiston 16 is gripped againstsprinkler 14, pressesflange 5 in fluidtight manner against the bottom surface ofcavity 18. - Piston 16 comprises a
piercing device 24 located at the bottom ofcup 22 and in turn comprising a plate coaxial withaxis 15, and a number ofhollow needles 25 projecting from the plate towardssprinkler 14, and which, in use,piece bottom wall 6 to allow the percolated beverage to flow out ofcapsule 1 intooutflow conduit 17. - Performance of
capsule 1 when making the beverage will now be described as of theFigure 2 operating configuration, in which afresh capsule 1 has been loaded by the user into percolatingassembly 13, and is positioned, coaxially withaxis 15, betweensprinkler 14 andpiston 16, withcover 8 facingsprinkler 14. - When the percolating machine is operated,
piston 16 advances towardssprinkler 14, thus gradually insertingcapsule 1 throughring 23 intocup 22. - As
piston 16 advances, the leading end ofring 23 eventually contacts the bottom surface offlange 5 and, continuing towardssprinkler 14, pushescapsule 1 towardssprinkler 14 to pressflange 5 in fluidtight manner against the bottom surface of cavity 18 (Figure 3 ). - During this last stage, the axial ends of
capsule 1 are pierced substantially simultaneously bypiercing device 19, whoseneedles 20penetrate capsule 1 throughcover 8, and bypiercing device 24, whoseneedles 25penetrate capsule 1 throughcircular portion 11 ofbottom wall 6. - As shown in
Figure 3 - which shows the operating configuration just aftercapsule 1 is pierced and before pressurized hot water is fed into capsule 1 -cover 8, being made of relatively rigid foil that does not flex under the dynamic thrust ofneedles 20, remains flat and substantially undeformed when pierced. - On the other hand, by virtue of reinforcing
rib 9,bottom wall 6, despite being made of thin, relatively flexible thermoplastic material, also performs rigidly, allowsneedles 25 to pierce it over the final stage in the travel ofpiston 16 towardssprinkler 14, and remains substantially flat when pierced, except for a slight inflection inwards ofcapsule 1. -
Rib 9, in fact, provides, simply and cheaply, for reducing free inflection ofbottom wall 6, so thatcircular portion 11 is rigid enough not to flex under the dynamic axial thrust ofneedles 25 when pierced, while at the same time being thin enough to be pierced easily byneedles 25. - As shown in
Figure 4 , when pressurized hot water is fed alongconduit 21 and throughneedles 20 intocapsule 1, the pressure of the water pressescircular portion 11 in fluidtight manner against the plate ofpiercing device 24, so thatneedles 25 penetrate further intocapsule 1 through the holes already formed byneedles 25. - Flow of the pressurized hot water through
capsule 1percolates material 2 to produce the beverage, which flows out ofcapsule 1 throughneedles 25 and out alongconduit 17.
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- A sealed capsule (1) for making a beverage, the capsule (1) comprising a cup-shaped container (3) for a measure of water-soluble material (2), and a flat cover (8) fluidtight sealing the cup-shaped container (3); the container (3) comprising a tubular lateral wall (4) with a first and a second end; an outer annular flange (5) integral with the first end; and a bottom wall (6) connected to the second end and comprising an annular reinforcing rib (9) coaxial with the lateral wall (4), and defining, on the bottom wall (6), an outer annular portion (10) and an inner circular portion (11); the cover (8) comprising a flat sealing wall connected in fluidtight manner to the flange (5); and the capsule (1) being characterized in that the lateral wall (4) is thinner than the outer annular flange (5) and decreases evenly in thickness from a maximum thickness close to the outer annular flange (5), to a minimum thickness close to the second end.
- A capsule (1) as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the inner circular portion (11) is parallel to the flat sealing wall.
- A capsule (1) as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, wherein the outer annular portion (10) is connected to the second end of the lateral wall (4) by a rounded annular edge (7).
- A capsule (1) as claimed in one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the annular reinforcing rib (9) is formed by drawing the bottom wall (6).
- A capsule (1) as claimed in one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the inner circular portion (11) of the bottom wall (6) is of constant thickness.
- A capsule (1) as claimed in one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the annular reinforcing rib (9) is in the form of a substantially cylindrical connecting wall coaxial with the lateral wall (4) and extending between an inner periphery of the outer annular portion (10) and an outer periphery of the inner circular portion (11).
- A capsule (1) as claimed in Claim 6, wherein the connecting wall, in height, is roughly twice the thickness of the bottom wall (6).
- A capsule (1) as claimed in one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the inner circular portion (11) of the bottom wall (6) is thinner than the flange (5).
- A capsule (1) as claimed in one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the lateral wall (4) is thinner than the flange (5).
- A capsule (1) as claimed in one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the lateral wall (4) is a truncated-cone-shaped tubular wall having a major end at the first end.
- A capsule (1) as claimed in any one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the inner circular portion (11) of the bottom wall (6) is approximately 0.3 mm thick.
- A capsule (1) as claimed in any one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the container (3) is made of thermoplastic material.
- A capsule (1) as claimed in any one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the flat sealing wall (8) comprises a sheet of metal material.
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