EP1961676B1 - Starre Kapsel für Kaffee oder andere lösliche Produkte mit verbesserter unteren Dichtung - Google Patents

Starre Kapsel für Kaffee oder andere lösliche Produkte mit verbesserter unteren Dichtung Download PDF

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EP1961676B1
EP1961676B1 EP08151351A EP08151351A EP1961676B1 EP 1961676 B1 EP1961676 B1 EP 1961676B1 EP 08151351 A EP08151351 A EP 08151351A EP 08151351 A EP08151351 A EP 08151351A EP 1961676 B1 EP1961676 B1 EP 1961676B1
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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
    • B65D85/8064—Sealing means for the interface with the processing machine

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  • the present invention relates to a rigid capsule or cartridge as defined in claim 1 for the containment of coffee or other products soluble in hot water for the preparation of beverages; other soluble products are generally in granular or powder form such as, for example, barley, milk powder and similar products or leaf-derived products such as, for example, tea, chamomile or herbal tea.
  • the present invention is advantageously applied to a rigid capsule for the containment of coffee to which the following description explicitly refers but without any loss of generality; it is clear that the rigid capsule according to the present invention may be used for the containment of other soluble products for the preparation of beverages.
  • a rigid capsule for coffee is essentially cylindrical or tapered in shape and is defined by a container in plastic material closed at the top with an upper surface and closed at the bottom with a lower surface.
  • Rigid capsules of this type are disclosed in EP-A-615921 which accords with the preamble of claim 1.
  • the coffee powder and a filter are arranged inside the cartridge so as to come into contact with the lower part of the cartridge.
  • the lower surface and/or the upper surface of the cartridge are made of rigid perforated plastic.
  • hot water is delivered under pressure onto the upper surface of the cartridge and passes through the upper surface so as to reach the powder product within the cartridge, retaining the aromas in order to produce the beverage.
  • the beverage then passes through the filter that retains the powder product and escapes through the lower surface of the cartridge to be collected in a cup for consumption by the user.
  • the percolation chamber of a beverage extraction apparatus is defined by an upper hot water supply element that rests sealingly against the upper surface of the coffee cartridge and by a lower coffee extraction element that rests sealingly against the lower surface of the coffee cartridge.
  • a known coffee cartridge of the type currently available on the market must be of proportions that are perfectly suited to the proportions of the percolation chamber since, in the case of even slight differences in proportions, a good seal is not obtained between the coffee cartridge and the elements of the percolation chamber and, consequently, some hot water and/or coffee leaks outside the percolation chamber, staining the beverage extraction machine. Furthermore, in the case of a particularly weak seal in relation to the upper surface of the coffee cartridge, the hot water may not be able to reach sufficient pressure to adequately penetrate the coffee cartridge and would therefore result in the production of very poor quality coffee.
  • a known coffee cartridge of the type currently available on the market requires a percolation chamber whose proportions are specific for that coffee cartridge and cannot be easily used in a percolation chamber that is not specifically proportioned. Therefore, a specific coffee capsule has to be produced for each family of beverage extraction machines and it is not possible to produce a universal coffee capsule that can be used for more than one family of beverage extraction machines.
  • the purpose of the present innovation is to provide a rigid capsule for coffee or other soluble products that overcomes the drawbacks described above and, at the same time, is simple and cost-effective to produce.
  • number 1 indicates, as a whole, a rigid capsule for coffee defined by a container 2 in plastic material closed at the top with an upper surface 3 and closed at the bottom with a lower surface 4.
  • the lower surface 4 has a lower internal annular edge 5, which rises in height perpendicularly from the lower surface 4, and a lower external annular edge 6, which rises in height perpendicularly from the lower surface 4, being arranged coaxially and externally with respect to the lower edge 5, and whose height is less than that of the lower edge 5.
  • the lower edge 5 has a total height of about 2.30 mm and the lower edge 6 has a total height of about 1.50 mm. Consequently, the difference in height between the lower edge 5 and the lower edge 6 is about 0.70 mm; more generally, the difference in height between the lower edge 5 and the lower edge 6 could be between 0.60 and 0.80 mm, but could also be outside this range.
  • each lower edge 5 and 6 has a trapezoidal cross-section with the larger base coplanar with the lower surface 4.
  • the upper surface 3 houses a disk of permeable fabric fixed to said upper surface 3.
  • the lower internal edge 5 of the lower surface 4 initially comes into contact with the lower element; the pressure exerted by the lower element deforms said lower surface 4 (which tends to form a bulge) until the lower external edge 6 of the lower surface 4 also comes into contact with the lower element.
  • the lower internal edge 5 does not form a regular contact with the lower element because of the buckling of the lower surface 4 and therefore does not achieve a good seal; instead, the external edge 6 forms a regular contact with the lower element and therefore succeeds in achieving a perfect seal that prevents any leakage of coffee. This result is obtained even if there are some differences in proportion between the capsule 1 and the lower element.
  • the capsule 1 described above has many advantages, as it is simple and cost-effective to produce while at the same time it enables a good seal to be achieved with a lower element of a percolation chamber of a beverage extraction machine even if there are differences in proportion between the capsule 1 and said lower element.
  • the capsule 1 is a universal capsule that can be used in more than one family of beverage extraction machines.

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  1. Eine starre Kapsel (1) für Kaffee oder andere lösbare Produkte zur Verwendung bei einer Extraktionsmaschine für unter Druck stehende Getränke, wobei die Kapsel (1) durch einen Behälter (2) aus Plastikmaterial definiert ist, der oben mit einer oberen Fläche (3) geschlossen ist und unten mit einer unteren Fläche (4) geschlossen ist, wobei die Kapsel (1) dadurch charakterisiert ist, dass die untere Fläche (4) eine erste untere Ringkante (5), welche sich senkrecht von der unteren Fläche (4) erhebt, und eine zweite untere Ringkante (6) aufweist, welche sich senkrecht von der unteren Fläche (4) erhebt, wobei die zweite untere Ringkante (6) koaxial und außen in Bezug auf die erste untere Ringkante (5) angeordnet ist und eine Höhe aufweist, die geringer als die Höhe der ersten Ringkante (5) ist.
  2. Die starre Kapsel (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die erste untere Ringkante (5) eine Gesamthöhe von ungefähr 2,3 mm und die zweite untere Ringkante (6) eine Gesamthöhe von ungefähr 1,5 mm aufweist.
  3. Die starre Kapsel (1) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der Höhenunterschied zwischen der ersten unteren Ringkante (5) und der zweiten unteren Ringkante (6) ungefähr 0,7 mm beträgt.
  4. Die starre Kapsel (1) nach Anspruch 3, wobei der Höhenunterschied zwischen der ersten unteren Ringkante (5) und der zweiten unteren Ringkante (6) zwischen 0,6 und 0,8 mm beträgt.
  5. Die starre Kapsel (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei jede untere Ringkante (5, 6) einen trapezförmigen Querschnitt aufweist, wobei die breitere Basis koplanar zu der unteren Fläche (4) ist.
EP08151351A 2007-02-14 2008-02-13 Starre Kapsel für Kaffee oder andere lösliche Produkte mit verbesserter unteren Dichtung Active EP1961676B1 (de)

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PL08151351T PL1961676T3 (pl) 2007-02-14 2008-02-13 Sztywna kapsułka do kawy lub innych produktów rozpuszczalnych z ulepszonym dolnym uszczelnieniem
SI200830279T SI1961676T1 (sl) 2007-02-14 2008-02-13 Toga kapsula za kavo ali druge topne izdelke z ojačanim spodnjim tesnilom
CY20111100590T CY1111580T1 (el) 2007-02-14 2011-06-22 Ακαμπτη καψουλα για καφε ή αλλα διαλυτα προϊοντα με βελτιωμενη κατω σφραγιση

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IT000014U ITBO20070014U1 (it) 2007-02-14 2007-02-14 Capsula rigida per caffe' o altri prodotti solubili con tenuta inferiore migliorata

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DK (1) DK1961676T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2364100T3 (de)
HR (1) HRP20110481T1 (de)
IT (1) ITBO20070014U1 (de)
PL (1) PL1961676T3 (de)
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DK1961676T3 (da) 2011-07-04
HRP20110481T1 (hr) 2011-07-31
ES2364100T3 (es) 2011-08-24
PT1961676E (pt) 2011-05-31
EP1961676A2 (de) 2008-08-27
DE602008005945D1 (de) 2011-05-19
PL1961676T3 (pl) 2011-09-30
SI1961676T1 (sl) 2011-08-31
ATE504523T1 (de) 2011-04-15

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