EP1042978B1 - Cartouche jetable pour utiliser dans une machine à préparer et à distribuer des boissons - Google Patents

Cartouche jetable pour utiliser dans une machine à préparer et à distribuer des boissons Download PDF

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EP1042978B1
EP1042978B1 EP00107321A EP00107321A EP1042978B1 EP 1042978 B1 EP1042978 B1 EP 1042978B1 EP 00107321 A EP00107321 A EP 00107321A EP 00107321 A EP00107321 A EP 00107321A EP 1042978 B1 EP1042978 B1 EP 1042978B1
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Carlo Cordone
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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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Apparatus For Making Beverages (AREA)
  • Refuse Receptacles (AREA)
  • Beverage Vending Machines With Cups, And Gas Or Electricity Vending Machines (AREA)
  • Separation Using Semi-Permeable Membranes (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
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  1. Cartouche jetable comprenant un boítier sensiblement cylindrique (10), contenant ou adapté pour contenir une dose d'un produit soluble dans l'eau pour préparer une boisson, dans laquelle le boítier (10) est constitué de pièces moulées par injection, en matière plastique sensiblement rigide, couplées ensemble, une d'entre elles étant un récipient en forme de tasse (12), et l'autre étant un couvercle (14) ayant une paroi d'entrée en forme de disque (20), et dans laquelle le couvercle (14) comporte une ou plusieurs ouvertures d'entrée d'eau (26) situées près de sa périphérie et le récipient en forme de tasse (12) comporte une paroi inférieure (18) ayant une saillie tubulaire centrale (28) qui s'étend axialement vers la paroi d'entrée (20) et qui définit une conduite de sortie pour la boisson, caractérisée en ce que la ou chaque ouverture d'entrée d'eau (26) est définie par une fente sensiblement en forme d'anneau, délimitant une zone de paroi centrale (32) reliée d'un seul tenant au reste de la paroi d'entrée (20) par au moins une arcade radiale (34) formée par la matière plastique qui constitue la paroi d'entrée (20).
  2. Cartouche jetable selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la saillie tubulaire (28) comporte, en son extrémité faisant face à la paroi d'entrée (20), une cloison transversale (38) dans laquelle est définie une fente circulaire (36), sensiblement en forme d'anneau, qui constitue une ouverture de sortie pour la boisson et délimite une zone de paroi centrale (38) qui est reliée d'un seul tenant à la saillie tubulaire (28) par au moins une arcade radiale (40) formée par la matière plastique qui constitue la saillie (28) et la cloison (30).
  3. Cartouche jetable selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la zone de paroi centrale (32 ; 38) des ouvertures d'entrée (26) et/ou de sortie (36) est reliée au reste de la paroi d'entrée (20) et/ou de la saillie tubulaire (28), respectivement, par une paire d'arcades diamétralement opposées (34 ; 40).
EP00107321A 1999-04-08 2000-04-04 Cartouche jetable pour utiliser dans une machine à préparer et à distribuer des boissons Expired - Lifetime EP1042978B1 (fr)

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ITTO990273 1999-04-08
IT1999TO000273A IT1307241B1 (it) 1999-04-08 1999-04-08 Cialda a perdere per l'uso in una macchina per l'estrazione el'erogazione di bevande.

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