EP1042978A1 - A disposable cartridge for use in a machine for the extraction and delivery of beverages - Google Patents
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- EP1042978A1 EP1042978A1 EP00107321A EP00107321A EP1042978A1 EP 1042978 A1 EP1042978 A1 EP 1042978A1 EP 00107321 A EP00107321 A EP 00107321A EP 00107321 A EP00107321 A EP 00107321A EP 1042978 A1 EP1042978 A1 EP 1042978A1
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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 disposable cartridge according to the preamble to Claim 1.
- the water inlet apertures is or are apertures constituted by one or more holes or ducts located near the periphery of the lid.
- the inlet aperture or apertures are constituted by holes or passages with an extremely small cross-section, of the order of a millimetre, for example.
- the moulds in which the lids of the cartridges are injection-moulded must have corresponding plugs constituted by pins having the same extremely small diameter. It is easy to see that these minute pins are very vulnerable and liable to break easily: in the case of very large-scale production of cartridges, of the order, for example, of several thousands of units a day, the use of these fragile pins is inadmissible, since it would require frequent and costly repairing of the moulds.
- the object of the invention is to provide a cartridge of the type under consideration, which is suited to large-scale production, by injection moulding, without the need for tiny, fragile pines in the moulds in order to form the apertures, while retaining the advantage which these apertures provide of causing the water to rush into the cartridge in the form of one or more jets.
- the apertures can be formed by plugs in the injection mould which are not constituted by thin, fragile pins but by elements having a greater diameter, which are far more robust and durable.
- the plugs will take the form of tubular elements with a longitudinal slot corresponding to the said bridge; if apertures with two diametrically opposed bridges are to be formed, each plug will be in the form of a pair of half-shells having an almost semi-circular section, separated by gaps corresponding to the two bridges.
- a disposable cartridge includes a flattened, substantially cylindrical casing, generally indicated 10.
- the casing 10 is adapted to contain a single dose of a granular, powder or particulate water-soluble product suitable for the production of a single mug or cup of a beverage.
- the casing 10 could, however, contain a quantity of water-soluble substance for the simultaneous production of two or more mugs or cups of a beverage.
- the casing 10 is constituted by two parts of substantially rigid injection-moulded plastics material formed together and suitable for contact with foodstuffs.
- One of these parts, generally indicated 12, is a cup-shaped container; the other part, generally indicated 14, is a lid.
- the container 12 comprises a substantially cylindrical side wall 16, with no perforations, constituting the side wall of the casing 10, and a bottom wall 18 which constitutes an outlet end wall of the container 10 and which also has no perforations, with an exception as described later.
- the lid 14 comprises a flat disc-shape wall 20 which constitutes an inlet wall of the casing 10.
- the outer surface of the inlet wall 20 is surrounded by a peripheral annular flange 22 with a raised annular portion or rib 24 adapted to cooperate with a tight seal with a pressure and delivery plate of a machine for the extraction and delivery of beverages, such as that described and illustrated in document EP-A-O 041 931.
- Inlet apertures are formed in the inlet wall 20 and their configuration will be described later with reference to Figures 3 and 4.
- a tubular projection 28 extends from the centre of the bottom wall 18 of the container 12 towards the inlet wall 20, thus forming an outlet duct for the beverage.
- the tubular projection 28 At its end facing the inlet wall 20, the tubular projection 28 has a transverse partition 30 with an outlet aperture for the beverage from the cartridge. This outlet aperture will be described with reference to Figures 5 and 6.
- the aperture 26 is defined by a slot substantially in the form of an annulus which delimits a central area 32 which is integrally connected to the remaining portion of the inlet wall 20 by a pair of diametrically opposed bridges 34.
- the bridges 34 divide the annular aperture 26 into two portions 26a in the shape of segments of an annulus, each extending through almost 180°.
- the inlet flow cross section formed by the two portions 26a of the aperture is equivalent to that of a small hole having a diameter of around 1mm.
- annular aperture such as that of Figures 3 and 4 may be obtained with a plug constituted by two half-shells having the dimensions a, b and c specified above and thus far more robust for the same size of inlet aperture flow cross section.
- the outlet aperture also has a similar shape to that of the inlet apertures 26.
- the transverse partition 30 has an outlet aperture constituted by a slot 36 substantially in the form of an annulus. This slot 36 further delimits a central wall area 38 which is integrally connected to the tubular projection 28 by a pair of diametrically opposed radial bridges 40, made of the plastics material constituting the projection 28 and the partition 30.
- the dimensions of the two halves, indicated 36a, of the outlet aperture 36 are similar to, but slightly larger than, those of the two inlet apertures 26.
- the area of the outlet aperture 36 can be, advantageously, of little more than 1 mm 2 .
- the inlet apertures 26 or the outlet apertures 36 could have only one radial bridge such as 34 or 40 or, on the other hand, more than two bridges, preferably angularly equidistant.
- an inlet wall such as 20 could have only one water-inlet aperture 26, arranged as in document EP-A-O 057 671, or more than two water-inlet apertures located near the periphery of the inlet wall, and preferably angularly equidistant.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a disposable cartridge according to the preamble to Claim 1.
- In disposable cartridges of the type under consideration, an example of which is disclosed in document EP-A 0 057 671, the water inlet apertures is or are apertures constituted by one or more holes or ducts located near the periphery of the lid.
- This arrangement is advantageous since the water under pressure which rushes into the casing through these apertures or ducts forms one or more jets which, even if they reach the bottom wall of the container, are not able to flow out of the cartridge immediately, since this wall has no holes. The water flow is thus forced back into the casing and must follow a relatively long path to reach the central outlet duct. As a result, all the water-soluble product contained in the cartridge is easily dissolved and washed away in the water as it flows to the outlet.
- In order to make the water enter the cartridge in the form of one or more jets, the inlet aperture or apertures are constituted by holes or passages with an extremely small cross-section, of the order of a millimetre, for example.
- In order to form these holes or ducts, the moulds in which the lids of the cartridges are injection-moulded must have corresponding plugs constituted by pins having the same extremely small diameter. It is easy to see that these minute pins are very vulnerable and liable to break easily: in the case of very large-scale production of cartridges, of the order, for example, of several thousands of units a day, the use of these fragile pins is inadmissible, since it would require frequent and costly repairing of the moulds.
- The object of the invention is to provide a cartridge of the type under consideration, which is suited to large-scale production, by injection moulding, without the need for tiny, fragile pines in the moulds in order to form the apertures, while retaining the advantage which these apertures provide of causing the water to rush into the cartridge in the form of one or more jets.
- According to the invention this object is achieved by providing a disposable cartridge as claimed.
- Thanks to the claimed arrangement, the apertures can be formed by plugs in the injection mould which are not constituted by thin, fragile pins but by elements having a greater diameter, which are far more robust and durable.
- If, for example, apertures with one radial bridge are to be formed, the plugs will take the form of tubular elements with a longitudinal slot corresponding to the said bridge; if apertures with two diametrically opposed bridges are to be formed, each plug will be in the form of a pair of half-shells having an almost semi-circular section, separated by gaps corresponding to the two bridges.
- In the description which follows, with reference to the drawings, an example will be given of the plugs of a size to produce apertures of the type claimed, with a cross-section equivalent to that of a circular hole with a diameter of the order of a millimetre.
- The invention will be better understood from the reading of the detailed description which follows, made with reference to the appended drawings, provided purely by way of non-limitative example, in which:
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a disposable cartridge according to a preferred embodiment of the invention,
- Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on the diametral plane II-II of Figure 1,
- Figure 3 is a partial section, on an enlarged scale, taken on a chordal plane indicated III-III in figure 2,
- Figure 4 is a partial plan view in the direction of the arrow IV of Figure 3,
- Figure 5 is a partial section which represents, on a larger scale, the part indicated V in Figure 2, and
- Figure 6 is a plan view in the direction of the arrow VI of figure 5.
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- With reference to Figures 1 and 2, a disposable cartridge includes a flattened, substantially cylindrical casing, generally indicated 10. The
casing 10 is adapted to contain a single dose of a granular, powder or particulate water-soluble product suitable for the production of a single mug or cup of a beverage. Thecasing 10 could, however, contain a quantity of water-soluble substance for the simultaneous production of two or more mugs or cups of a beverage. - The
casing 10 is constituted by two parts of substantially rigid injection-moulded plastics material formed together and suitable for contact with foodstuffs. One of these parts, generally indicated 12, is a cup-shaped container; the other part, generally indicated 14, is a lid. - The
container 12 comprises a substantiallycylindrical side wall 16, with no perforations, constituting the side wall of thecasing 10, and abottom wall 18 which constitutes an outlet end wall of thecontainer 10 and which also has no perforations, with an exception as described later. - The lid 14 comprises a flat disc-shape wall 20 which constitutes an inlet wall of the
casing 10. The outer surface of the inlet wall 20 is surrounded by a peripheralannular flange 22 with a raised annular portion orrib 24 adapted to cooperate with a tight seal with a pressure and delivery plate of a machine for the extraction and delivery of beverages, such as that described and illustrated in document EP-A-O 041 931. - Inlet apertures, indicated 26 in figures 1 and 2, are formed in the inlet wall 20 and their configuration will be described later with reference to Figures 3 and 4.
- With reference once again to Figures 1 and 2, a
tubular projection 28 extends from the centre of thebottom wall 18 of thecontainer 12 towards the inlet wall 20, thus forming an outlet duct for the beverage. - At its end facing the inlet wall 20, the
tubular projection 28 has atransverse partition 30 with an outlet aperture for the beverage from the cartridge. This outlet aperture will be described with reference to Figures 5 and 6. - Reference will now be made to Figures 3 and 4 to describe the shape of one of the
apertures 26. - The
aperture 26 is defined by a slot substantially in the form of an annulus which delimits acentral area 32 which is integrally connected to the remaining portion of the inlet wall 20 by a pair of diametricallyopposed bridges 34. - The
bridges 34 divide theannular aperture 26 into twoportions 26a in the shape of segments of an annulus, each extending through almost 180°. - In Figure 4, the outer diameter of the
aperture 26 is indicated a, the inner diameter b and the width of thebridges 34 is indicated c. - Very good results, with regard to the formation of energetic jets of water from two diametrically opposed
eccentric inlet apertures 26 towards the interior of the cartridge, were achieved with the following dimensions: - a = 3.35 mm
- b = 2.75 mm
- C = 3.4 mm
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- It may be calculated that the inlet flow cross section formed by the two
portions 26a of the aperture is equivalent to that of a small hole having a diameter of around 1mm. - It will be understood that it is not convenient to form a circular hole, corresponding to one of the
apertures 26 with a plug constituted by a pin having such a minute diameter, since a pin of this type would be too vulnerable. - On the other hand, an annular aperture such as that of Figures 3 and 4 may be obtained with a plug constituted by two half-shells having the dimensions a, b and c specified above and thus far more robust for the same size of inlet aperture flow cross section.
- Preferably, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the outlet aperture also has a similar shape to that of the
inlet apertures 26. Thetransverse partition 30 has an outlet aperture constituted by aslot 36 substantially in the form of an annulus. Thisslot 36 further delimits acentral wall area 38 which is integrally connected to thetubular projection 28 by a pair of diametrically opposedradial bridges 40, made of the plastics material constituting theprojection 28 and thepartition 30. - The dimensions of the two halves, indicated 36a, of the
outlet aperture 36 are similar to, but slightly larger than, those of the twoinlet apertures 26. For example, if with the aforesaid dimensions a, b and c the total area of the twoinlet apertures 26 is of little less than 2 mm2, the area of theoutlet aperture 36 can be, advantageously, of little more than 1 mm2. - These dimensions ensure that when the pressurised water flows through the
inlet apertures 26 into the cavity of thecartridge 10, a counterpressure is created which ensures that all the product contained in the cartridge is dissolved. - The embodiment illustrated in the drawings is not limitative. For example, while still being substantially in the form of annuli, the inlet apertures 26 or the
outlet apertures 36 could have only one radial bridge such as 34 or 40 or, on the other hand, more than two bridges, preferably angularly equidistant. - In the same way, an inlet wall such as 20 could have only one water-
inlet aperture 26, arranged as in document EP-A-O 057 671, or more than two water-inlet apertures located near the periphery of the inlet wall, and preferably angularly equidistant.
Claims (3)
- A disposable cartridge including a substantially cylindrical casing (10), containing or adapted to contain a dose of a water-soluble product for preparing a beverage, in which the casing (10) is constituted by injection-moulded parts of substantially rigid plastics material coupled together, one of which is a cup-shaped container (12) ,and the other of which is a lid (14) with a disc-shaped inlet wall (20), and in which the lid (14) has one or more water inlet apertures (26) located near its periphery and the cup-shaped container (12) includes a bottom wall (18) with a central tubular projection (28) extending axially towards the inlet wall (20) and defining an outlet duct for the beverage, characterised in that the or each water-inlet aperture (26) is defined by a slot substantially in the form of an annulus, delimiting a central wall area (32) integrally connected to the rest of the inlet wall (20) by at least one radial bridge (34) formed of the plastics material constituting the inlet wall (20).
- A disposable cartridge according to Claim 1, characterised in that the tubular projection (28) has, at the end thereof facing the inlet wall (20), a transverse partition (38) in which a circular slot (36), substantially in the form of an annulus is defined, which constitutes an outlet aperture for the beverage and delimits a central wall area (38) which is integrally connected to the tubular projection (28) by at least one radial bridge (40) formed of the plastics material constituting the projection (28) and the partition (30).
- A disposable cartridge according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterised in that the central wall area (32; 38) of the inlet (26) and/or outlet (36) apertures is connected to the rest of the inlet wall (20) and/or the tubular projection (28), respectively, by a pair of diametrically opposite bridges (34; 40).
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IT1999TO000273A IT1307241B1 (en) | 1999-04-08 | 1999-04-08 | WASTE DISPOSABLE FOR USE IN A MACHINE FOR THE EXTRACTION AND DISPENSING OF BEVERAGES. |
ITTO990273 | 1999-04-08 |
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