EP2465793B1 - Kapsel für Infusionsprodukte - Google Patents

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EP2465793B1
EP2465793B1 EP11194715.6A EP11194715A EP2465793B1 EP 2465793 B1 EP2465793 B1 EP 2465793B1 EP 11194715 A EP11194715 A EP 11194715A EP 2465793 B1 EP2465793 B1 EP 2465793B1
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Raffaele Rondelli
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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
    • 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
    • B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/46—Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials
    • B65D65/466—Bio- or photodegradable packaging materials

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  • the present invention relates to a capsule for the infusion of granular, powder or flake products such as coffee, barley, powdered milk, tea, chamomile, etc...
  • the capsules for infusion products comprise a cup made of plastic material and within which is housed the infusion product, and a lid arranged so as to close the cup being also made of plastic material.
  • the lid is welded to the upper edge of the cup by means of an ultrasonic device of a known type by which welding is accomplished by vibration.
  • the lid has a valve being defined by an element which closes a hole formed upon said lid.
  • a capsule has been described wherein the lid is defined by a thin layer of constant thickness which can be fixed to the upper edge of the cup by the application of ultrasound.
  • the capsules described above have a plurality of drawbacks.
  • the welding step is not effective and precise but rather the vibrations that are transmitted to the closing element of the hole made in the lid determine the bending of said element and therefore the opening of the hole from which then exits the infusion product.
  • capsules described in the patent applications indicated above have a lid that during the welding step does not prevent the overflow between the lid and the cup of parts of plastic material. It is evident that being food products, the view of external beads caused by the welding is not approved by the consumer.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide a capsule for the infusion of granular, powder or flake products, being free from the above mentioned drawbacks and therefore having a lid and an upper edge of the cup with a special shape allowing correct and effective welding without producing a flow of plastic material to the outside of the capsule and without affecting by vibration the closure element of the hole made in the lid.
  • a capsule for infusion products comprising:
  • capsule 1 is adapted to be inserted in a percolation chamber and is adapted to contain an infusion product.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a cup-shaped structure 2 made in a single body in plastic material, a slightly truncated cone-shaped and defined by a side wall 3 and by a bottom wall 4.
  • the side wall 3 has a central annular portion 5, an upper annular portion 6 and a lower annular portion 7.
  • the lower portion 7 has an outer diameter and an inner diameter respectively smaller than the outer diameter and the inner diameter of the central portion 5.
  • the bottom wall 4 is derived from a central section of the lower portion 7 to which it is defined an annular edge 8 of the lower end of lower portion 7 which extends beyond said bottom wall 4. Said edge 8 supports a filter 11 defined by a filtering film that also lies on a circular projection 12 which extends downwardly from the lower face of the bottom wall 4.
  • the bottom wall 4 is slightly concave towards the inside of the cup-shaped structure 2.
  • a plurality of through holes 13 Finally from the lower face of the bottom wall extends a projection 14 having a pointed end 15.
  • the bottom wall 4 is pressed towards the filter 11 which is then sliced from the pointed end 15. Consequently, the drink that is formed in the cup-shaped structure 2 through the holes 13 and through the tear defined in the filter 11 overflows from the capsule 1.
  • the upper portion 6 of the wall 3 presents in a sequence towards the top three annular sections 16, 17 and 18 of different outer diameter which define three steps.
  • the lower section 16 presents an external diameter which is larger than that of central section 17, which, in turn, presents an external diameter larger than that of the upper section 18.
  • the outer diameter of the section 16 being larger than the outer diameter of the central portion 5 of the wall 3. It is necessary to underline that the upper face of the sections 16, 17 and 18 is flat and lies on a respective horizontal plane. Furthermore, the outer side face of the sections 17 and 18 is substantially conical.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a lid 21 made of plastic material and which in use is welded upon the upper portion 6 of the cup-shaped structure 2 by means of a device of known type adapted to generate ultrasound to define vibrations that fluidize the material subjected to said ultrasound.
  • the lid 21 comprises, integrally, a central part 22 circularly shaped that apart from a section 23 has a peripheral edge of a reduced thickness; from the outer face of the central part 22 originates upwards a projection 24 in a position diametrically opposite to that of the section 23.
  • the central part 22 In use, due to the pressure of the water and/or by the action of an organ (not shown) of the percolation chamber, the central part 22 is pushed towards the inside of the cup-shaped structure 2, and then the material that joins the abovementioned peripheral edge from the central part 22 and the remaining part of the lid 21 is cut. In essence, the central part 22 rotates around the section 23 towards the inside of the cup-shaped structure 2 defining an opening through which the water enters within the cup-shaped structure 2.
  • the lid 21 has a peripheral edge defined by an annular flap 25 in an inverted L-shaped section.
  • the flap 25 comprises an inner section 26 defined on a horizontal plane and an outer section 27 folded at 90° downwards.
  • an annular projection 28 which extends upwards and whichs as will be better explained later, is to constitute a barrier to the vibrations generated from said ultrasonic welding device which is applied on the upper face of the section 26.
  • annular projection 31 which in section has an isosceles triangle shape with the apex facing the upper face of the section 17.
  • 4 ribs 32 which in assembly of the lid 21 on the cup-shaped structure 2 result within said cup-shaped structure 2.
  • Figure 6 illustrates an embodiment of the upper portion 6 of the cup-shaped structure 2.
  • the upper portion in this case presents the section 16 and the section 17.
  • the sections 17 and 18 illustrated in Figure 4 are represented in Figure 6 by a single section 17.
  • On the upper face of the section 17 is formed an annular recess 51 inside of which extends projection 31.
  • the cup-shaped structure 2 and/or the lid 21 are made of PET which, as is known is a plastic material of the polyester family.
  • the entire capsule 11 is preferably made of biodegradable plastic material which as known is defined by plastic material suitably admixed with already known substances that render the capsule 1 biodegradable.
  • the capsule 1 described above has a plurality of advantages.
  • the section 26 of the flap 25 has a flat upper face and lies upon a horizontal plane.
  • the ultrasonic welding device is applied on said section 26 it appears evident that the ultrasound generated by the latter are directed exclusively towards the welding area and not towards the central part 22.
  • the part of the lid where the ultrasonic welding device is applied is defined on an oblique plane, and then ultrasound affects the part 22 by determining the melting of the peripheral edge of said part 22 and therefore the overflow of the infusion product from the slot that is created between the part 22 and the remaining part of the lid, in the capsule 1 object of the present invention this drawback does not occur since the ultrasound is directed exclusively towards the welding zone.
  • the capsule 1 presents the projection 28 that constitutes an insurmountable barrier to ultrasound.
  • the shape of the peripheral edge of the lid 21 and the upper portion 6 of the cup-shaped structure 2 prevents the leakage and therefore the visibility of any beads of molten material during welding. Indeed, this molten material tends to leak but remains trapped between the section 17 and the section 27 which then functions as a holding organ for the leakage of melted material during the welding step.

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  1. Kapsel für Infusionsprodukte (1), die umfasst:
    eine aus Kunststoffmaterial gefertigte becherförmige Struktur (2), die von einer Bodenwand (4), die mit Durchgangslöchern (13) versehen ist, und durch eine Seitenwand (3) definiert ist;
    einen aus Kunststoffmaterial gefertigten Deckel (21), der derart angeordnet ist, dass er die becherförmige Struktur (2) schließt und einen Umfangsrand (25) aufweist, der mit Hilfe einer Ultraschallschweißvorrichtung an einen oberen Teil (6) der Seitenwand (3) geschweißt ist;
    wobei die Kapsel dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass der obere Teil (6) der Seitenwand (3) von der Unterseite zu der Oberseite einen ersten ringförmigen Abschnitt (16) und einen zweiten ringförmigen Abschnitt (17), der einen kleineren Außendurchmesser als den des ersten Abschnitts (16) hat, aufweist, und dass der Umfangsrand (25) des Deckels (21) einen ersten ringförmigen Abschnitt (26), der dem zweiten Abschnitt (17) des oberen Teils (6) zugewandt ist, und einen zweiten ringförmigen Abschnitt (27), der nach unten gefaltet ist und dem ersten Abschnitt (16) des oberen Teils (6) zugewandt ist, aufweist, um ein Halteorgan zum Halten von möglichem geschmolzenem Material, das von der Schweißung zwischen dem ersten Abschnitt (26) des Umfangsrands (25) und dem zweiten Abschnitt (17) des oberen Teils (6) herrührt, aufzubauen.
  2. Kapsel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein erster ringförmiger Vorsprung (31) von der Unterseite des ersten Abschnitts (26) des Umfangsrands (25) entstammt und sich in Richtung der Oberseite des zweiten Abschnitts (17) des oberen Abschnitts (6) erstreckt, wobei der erste Vorsprung (31) während der Schweißphase mit dem zweiten Abschnitt (17) des oberen Teils (6) schmilzt, um an den Letzteren geschweißt zu werden.
  3. Kapsel nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Vorsprung (31) im Querschnitt eine dreieckige Form aufweist.
  4. Kapsel nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der obere Teil (6) der Seitenwand (3) in einer Folge in Richtung der Oberseite drei ringförmige Abschnitte (16, 17 und 18) mit unterschiedlichen Durchmessern, die drei Stufen definieren, aufweist; der erste Abschnitt (16) einen Außendurchmesser aufweist, der größer als der des zweiten Abschnitts (17) ist, der einen Außendurchmesser aufweist, der größer als der eines dritten Abschnitt (18) ist.
  5. Kapsel nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der obere Abschnitt (6) der Seitenwand (3) in einer Folge in Richtung der Oberseite zwei ringförmige Abschnitte (16 und 17) mit unterschiedlichen Durchmessern aufweist; der erste Abschnitt (16) einen Außendurchmesser aufweist, der größer als der des zweiten Abschnitts (17) ist, und der zweite Abschnitt (17) eine Oberseite aufweist, wobei eine ringförmige Vertiefung (51) erhalten wird, in deren Innerem sich der erste ringförmige Vorsprung (1) erstreckt.
  6. Kapsel nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Oberseite des ersten Abschnitts (26) des Umfangsrands (25) flach ist, auf einer horizontalen Ebene definiert ist und die Fläche ist, auf welche die Ultraschallschweißvorrichtung angewendet wird.
  7. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein zweiter ringförmiger Vorsprung (28) zwischen dem ersten Abschnitt (26) des Umfangsrands (25) und dem restlichen Teil des Deckels (21) erhalten wird, wobei der zweite Vorsprung (28) sich aufwärts erstreckt und eine Sperre gegen Schwingungen definiert, die durch die vorstehend erwähnte Ultraschallschweißvorrichtung, die auf die Oberseite des ersten Abschnitts (26) des Umfangsrands (25) angewendet wird, erzeugt werden.
  8. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Deckel (21) einen zentralen Teil (22) darstellt, der während der Filtrations- bzw. Durchflussphase eine Öffnung in dem Deckel (21) definiert, um zuzulassen, dass Wasser in die becherförmige Struktur (2) fließt, und wobei ein Filter (11) auf die Bodenwand (4) aufgebracht ist.
  9. Kapsel nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die becherförmige Struktur (2) und der Deckel (21) aus PET (Polyesterfamilie) gefertigt sind.
  10. Kapsel nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die becherförmige Struktur (2) und der Deckel (21) aus biologisch abbaubarem Kunststoffmaterial gefertigt sind.
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