EP2179943B1 - Kapsel für Aufgussgetränke - Google Patents

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EP2179943B1
EP2179943B1 EP09174262.7A EP09174262A EP2179943B1 EP 2179943 B1 EP2179943 B1 EP 2179943B1 EP 09174262 A EP09174262 A EP 09174262A EP 2179943 B1 EP2179943 B1 EP 2179943B1
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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 capsule for the containment of infusion products in granular, leaf or powder form such as for example coffee, barley, milk powder, tea, chamomile, etc.
  • the capsules for infusion products currently available on the market comprise a cup made of plastic material closed at the top by a cover made of plastic material or by a film.
  • Such capsules are described, for example, in the European patent application EP-A1-1849718 , in the International patent application WO-A1-02074661 and in the patent US-3795182 .
  • Inside the cup there is a filter arranged so that it comes into contact with the bottom wall of the cup and the infusion product.
  • the capsule is inserted in a percolation chamber of a beverage extraction machine, where hot water is delivered under pressure onto the cover and reaches the product contained in the capsule through at least one hole already provided in the cover or through at least one hole provided in the cover inside the percolation chamber.
  • the water mixes with the product and flows out of the capsule through holes already provided in the bottom wall of the cup or through holes provided in said bottom wall inside the percolation chamber; the filter being suitable to withhold the powder product.
  • the percolation chamber of a beverage extraction machine is defined by an upper hot water supply element that rests sealingly against the cover of the capsule and by a lower beverage extraction element on which the capsule rests sealingly.
  • a capsule according to the preamble of claim 1 is also known from the document US2007196402 .
  • the capsules described above have a number of drawbacks.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide a capsule for infusion products that overcomes the drawbacks described above.
  • a capsule for infusion products of the type comprising a cup in plastic material having a bottom wall and a side wall provided with an upper edge, wherein the body defining said cup has a slightly truncated-cone shape or a cylindrical shape, characterized in that the capsule is provided with at least two flat facets; at least one first flat facet being made along the perimetral contour of said upper edge of said side wall and at least one second flat facet being made on the external face of said side wall close to said bottom wall.
  • a capsule for infusion products comprising a cup 2 defined by a side wall 3 and by a bottom wall 4.
  • the body that defines the cup 2 could have a slightly truncated-cone shape or a cylindrical shape.
  • the side wall 3 has an upper edge 5 which is preferably thicker than the side wall 3.
  • the cup 2 is made, as preferred, of a rigid plastic material or of a thermoformed plastic material suitable for use with food.
  • a cover made either of plastic material or of plastic film and which is not illustrated is fitted to said edge 5.
  • the bottom wall 4 and the cover that is not illustrated may be of the type already provided with holes, or of the type in which the holes form during the percolation process, or of the type provided with weakened areas suitable to tear during the percolation process.
  • the main characteristic of the present invention consists of the fact that the body that defines the cup 2 is provided with facets which can be made along the external perimetral contour of the edge 5 indicated by number 6 in the accompanying figures and are made on the external face of the side wall 3 close to the bottom wall 4 and indicated by number 7 in the accompanying figures. Moreover just a single facet 6 could be provided on the external perimetral contour of the edge 5 and a single facet 7 on the external face of the side wall 3 close to the bottom wall 4. In this embodiment there are six facets 6 and six facets 7.
  • the facets 6 are connected to each other by means of a respective section of the perimetral contour of the edge 5 shaped as an arc of a circle but in a different construction solution the facets 6 could be arranged adjacent to one another, and likewise for the facets 7.
  • the capsule 1 is inserted in a percolation chamber 11 (illustrated with the dashed line in figure 2 ) of a beverage extraction machine (not illustrated).
  • Said percolation chamber 11 is defined by an upper hot water supply element 12 that rests sealingly against the edge 5 of the capsule 1 and by a lower beverage extraction element 13 on which the bottom wall 4 of the cup 2 rests sealingly; the capsule 1 being pressed with force between the elements 12 and 13 of the percolation chamber 11.
  • the upper element 12 is provided with a semi-annular projection 14 which extends downwards and which is provided with facets 15 on its internal face suitable to cooperate with the identical facets 6 of the edge 5.
  • both the upper element 12 and the lower element 13 of the percolation chamber 11 are provided with guides for inserting the capsule 1 into the chamber 11 so that it is perfectly centred and the cooperation between the facets 6 and 15 and between the facets 7 and 17 only allows a capsule having the same form as the capsule 1 to be introduced into the chamber 11, and always perfectly centred. Moreover the cooperation between the facets 6 and 15 and between the facets 7 and 17 makes it possible to achieve a correct and effective watertight seal between the cup 2 and the elements 12, 13 of the percolation chamber 11.
  • Hot water is delivered under pressure into the cup 2 through the cover that is not illustrated.
  • the hot water comes into contact with the product in the cup 2 and flows out of this through holes that are not illustrated into an underlying vessel that is not illustrated.
  • the capsule 1 is provided with a cup 2 shaped so as to determine a correct and effective watertight seal between the cup 2 and the elements 12 and 13 of the percolation chamber 11.
  • the cooperation between the facets 6 and 15 and between the facets 7 and 17 increases the mechanical strength of the walls 3 and 4 which are subject to the pressure and to the temperature of the hot water and to the pressure exerted on the cup 2 by the elements 12 and 13 of the percolation chamber 11. It is also important to note that thanks to the cooperation between the facets 6 and 15 and between the facets 7 and 17 the user is certain that the cup 2 will be guided and centred perfectly in the percolation chamber 11.
  • beverage extraction machines can ensure that only the capsule 1 produced with an infusion product made to specific quality standards can be used in their machines. Besides assuring the consumer of the quality of the product, this also encourages companies to invest in promotion by offering the use of the machine on free loan.

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  1. Kapsel für Aufgussprodukte der Art, die einen Becher (2) aus Kunststoffmaterial mit einer Bodenwand (4) und einer Seitenwand (3), die mit einem oberen Rand (5) versehen ist, umfasst, wobei der Körper, der den Becher (2) begrenzt bzw. definiert, eine leicht kegelstumpfförmige Form oder eine zylindrische Form hat, und dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kapsel mit wenigstens zwei ebenen Facetten (6 und 7) versehen ist; wobei wenigstens eine erste ebene Facette (6) entlang des Umfangsumrisses des oberen Rands (5) der Seitenwand (3) hergestellt ist und wenigstens eine zweite ebene Facette (7) auf der Außenfläche der Seitenwand (3) nahe der Bodenwand (4) hergestellt ist.
  2. Kapsel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens zwei Facetten (6) entlang des Umfangsumrisses des oberen Rands (5) der Seitenwand (3) bereitgestellt sind.
  3. Kapsel nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der obere Rand (5) dicker als die Seitenwand (3) ist.
  4. Kapsel nach wenigstens einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens zwei Facetten (7) auf der Außenfläche der Seitenwand (3) nahe an der Bodenwand (4) bereitgestellt sind.
  5. Kapsel nach Anspruch 2 und/oder Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es sechs Facetten (6 und/oder 7) gibt.
  6. Kapsel nach Anspruch 2 und/oder Anspruch 4 und/oder Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Facetten (6 und/oder 7) benachbart zueinander sind.
  7. Kapsel nach Anspruch 2 und/oder Anspruch 4 und/oder Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Facetten (6 und/oder 7) mittels eines jeweiligen Abschnitts, der als ein Bogen eines Kreises geformt ist, miteinander verbunden sind.
  8. Kapsel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Becher (2) aus einem starren Kunststoffmaterial hergestellt ist.
  9. Kapsel nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Becher (2) aus einem thermogeformten Kunststoffmaterial hergestellt ist.
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