EP2995577B1 - Inexpensive universal compatible airtight capsule - Google Patents

Inexpensive universal compatible airtight capsule Download PDF

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EP2995577B1
EP2995577B1 EP15184927.0A EP15184927A EP2995577B1 EP 2995577 B1 EP2995577 B1 EP 2995577B1 EP 15184927 A EP15184927 A EP 15184927A EP 2995577 B1 EP2995577 B1 EP 2995577B1
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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
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    • 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 subject of the invention is a capsule for coffee that is compatible with numerous dispensing machines, or coffee machines.
  • a further trend is to make capsules that are as inexpensive as possible.
  • the yield in terms of product dispensed should be excellent or should improve upon the performance of the original capsules that are specially built for each dispenser.
  • This support is also needed because the filter, being a very thin film, should not break under the effect of the pressure of the flow going in.
  • the capsule is an auto-protected variety, and so there is no need to confine it in a protective atmosphere within a sealed bag.
  • this single body since the product cannot come out when it is closed, needs to be broken by a breaking device, preferably a needle/needles or a blade, which comes out before any infusion, approaches the single body of the capsule and creates a break in the continuity, creating an outlet opening.
  • a breaking device preferably a needle/needles or a blade
  • said breaking devices are part of the dispensing machine itself and are moved up against the capsule by an appropriate actuator.
  • the input of said opening devices takes place only at an exact position, namely for the exact distance that is sufficient to open the outer casing of the capsule at the outlet, but not so far that it reaches the filter inside.
  • said filter must be set at a suitable height from the bottom, so as not to be affected by the opening devices.
  • any capsule other than the one specifically made for a specific machine can lead to the filter being broken by the opening devices with the subsequent release through the filter of the product contained within the capsule into the underlying cup or the blocking of the dispensing machine itself.
  • a further drawback of these dispensers is the fact that said filter perforators need to be periodically replaced, due to the fact that, after having pierced the outer casing of the outlet of the capsule, they encounter the structural elements for supporting the filter above, they become less sharp.
  • Said support of the overlying filter is made necessary so as not to leave the film of the filter without adequate support, risking it breaking due to the pressure of the incoming flow.
  • coffee capsule means a capsule suitable for containing also other products, and not just coffee powder, like soluble products and leaf products, etc.
  • the main object of this invention is to make available a coffee capsule that overcomes one or more of the drawbacks set out above.
  • a further object of this invention is to make available a capsule which can be used in machines which have devices for creating an opening on the bottom for the products to come out, with varying diameters, positions and heights from the bottom.
  • Another object of this invention is to make available a capsule whose opening devices do not in any way affect the filter.
  • An even further object of this invention is to make available a capsule whose filter is suitable for the various products contained inside the capsule.
  • One more object of this invention is to make available a capsule that guarantees the opening devices have a long life and any maintenance is deferred.
  • An important object of this invention is to make this compatible capsule adaptable to the numerous existing solutions on the market, by improving the range of products that can be used without any additional costs to obtain them.
  • a further object of this invention is to make available a capsule that has minimal stagnation areas for the infusion before it comes out.
  • a clear object of this invention is to make available a capsule that provides, right from the first supply (and especially of Italian coffee, namely coffee delivered in 30-40 seconds), a high outlet temperature.
  • a different object of this invention is to make available a capsule whose flow is guided towards the outlet to prevent uncontrolled spurts at the outlet.
  • An important object of this invention is to make available a capsule whose filter supports are evenly distributed on the bottom.
  • An equally important object of this invention is to make available a capsule where said filter supports do not clog up or obstruct, or in any case significantly limit, the area where the infusion flows through the filter.
  • a significant object of this invention is to make available a capsule whose filter has a fair degree of resistance to the passage of the flow, in order to increase the time the water stays in contact with the product inside the capsule before it passes through said filter.
  • An essential object of this invention is to make available a capsule whose filter, even in tough conditions of use, like in the delivery of a long "American" coffee which lasts about 60-80 seconds with delivery pressures of 19 bar, will not yield or fracture, letting the product inside the capsule pass through it.
  • a desirable object of this invention is to make available a capsule where the material that the filter is made of is a material suitable for use with food that is highly inert even at the high temperatures to which it is subjected.
  • An important object of this invention is to make available a capsule where the material the filter is made of is a material which has a tensile strength higher than that of the usual filter paper with the same grammage.
  • an airtight capsule made as a single body, comprising a tubular body whose upper opening is closed by a closing partition and on the lowermost part there is a bottom, in the center of which, on a step protruding outwards with respect to the bottom floor, is an opening zone suited to being opened by the opening devices of the dispensing machine, where there is a non-woven fabric filter on the inside of the capsule near the bottom, whose grammage is between 40 and 200 gr/sq.m and whose thickness is between 0.1 and 0.9 mm, where said filter is distanced from the bottom by a series of evenly distanced spacers.
  • the capsule consists of a body, made as a single piece, with the central exposed part of the bottom protruding over a step facing the outside of the capsule and comprising a permeable membrane spaced from the bottom of the capsule supported by the spacing devices where said membrane is made of non-woven fabric material, preferably polypropylene, whose grammage is between 40 and 200 gr / sq.m and the thickness of which is between 0.1 and 0.9 mm.
  • said capsule is formed in a single moulding process, making it inexpensive to make, also and above all by thermoforming, and then employing a material that ensures excellent impermeability to oxygen and making it unnecessary to bag it within container outside the capsule.
  • said capsule is compatible with numerous dispensers, since the distance between the opening area and the position of the filter in the part above it, the opening area, is sufficient for the opening devices not to affect said filter, and preferably has a distance of 0.2 to 3 cm and even more preferably from 0.25 to 2 cm and optimally from 0.3 to 1 cm.
  • said opening area has a diameter (inside the step) not less than 4 mm, and preferably 5 mm, in such a way that each blade, as an opening device of the various dispensing machines, can penetrate inside up to the step present on the bottom, breaking the opening area, without encountering any obstacle.
  • said opening area has an inner diameter not exceeding 15 mm, and preferably 10 mm, and even more preferably 7 mm, so that the free area above, and which is not supported by the spacers of the filter with respect to the bottom, is not excessively extended so that it breaks the non-woven fabric filter in the thicknesses and grammage of the invention under the pressure of the flow of the infusion.
  • the area above, between the opening and the filter is free from any structural element and/or filter support, thereby preventing the blade, as an opening device of the various dispensing machines, from losing its sharpness and its capacity to cut or break the opening area over time and with use.
  • the spacers to keep the filter some distance off the bottom and to allow the fluid to reach the outlet opening; preferably said spacers are distributed in a uniform manner on the bottom, so that you do not create an unsupported area with a diameter not exceeding 15 mm, and preferably 10 mm, and even more preferably 7 mm, so that the unsupported area of the filter is overly extended and ruptures the non-woven cloth filter in thicknesses and grammages of the invention under the effect of the pressure of the infusion flow ; and preferably said spacers protrude from the bottom of the capsule by not more than 1 cm and preferably not more than 5 mm, and even more preferably not more than 2.5 mm so as not to create a stagnation area greater than 1/5, and preferably greater than 1/10, the volume of the capsule body, in order to avoid lowering the temperature, especially for the first cups of Italian coffee, and have the least amount of product released, even when using the capsule with a horizontal arrangement.
  • said spacers do not significantly block the passage area of the filter, against which it rests, in particular they obstruct from 1/5 to 1/10 of the surface of this filter, thereby avoiding obtaining a filter surface that is too small, with consequent excessive strain on the free surfaces of the filter.
  • this excessive stress can be rectified by a thicker filter or a filter with a high tensile strength, however, the increase of the above-mentioned characteristics lead to a deterioration of the permeability reducing the flow over a surface that is already limited and obstructed by the presence of said spacers.
  • said non-woven fabric with said spacers that will not obstruct more than 1/5 to 1/10 of the passage area of the filter achieves the aim of not excessively stressing the free parts of said filter.
  • said non-woven fabric filter also has a significant resistance to the passage of the flow (in the thicknnnesses and grammages used in this invention), and this resistance is important for having, at least at the start of the dispensing, a permanence of the water with the product in the capsule, and for avoiding a fast, direct and unopposed output of the flow from input to output, which would result in a watered down product, with a non-woven fabric which has a permeability of between 250 and 150 1/min (ISO9273) or between 2000 and 1400 1/sqm (Glatfelter) such resistance can be obtained
  • non-woven fabric filter is as far as possible a product that can come into contact with foodstuff, and that it is as inert as possible, both because of the long permanence in contact before use and when being used at extremely high temperatures and pressures, 100° and 19 bar, these are the features especially of non-woven polypropylene.
  • said non-woven fabric filter with a density of between 50 g/dm3 and 300 g/dm3 manages to avoid any release of solid particulate in the brew, especially for the usual grinding grades of coffee.
  • the thickness of the non-woven fabric must be between 40 and 200 g/sqm and preferably between 50 and 150 gr/sqm and even more preferably between 60 and 120 gr/sqm.
  • said opening area has a tapered thickness from 20 to 70%, and preferably from 30 to 50%, compared to the thickness of the tubular body or the bottom of the capsule, allowing an easy opening of the opening area by the opening devices operated by the dispenser, preventing them from wearing out and the relative blade from becoming dull.
  • said non-woven fabric filter is sealed at least on the peripheral edge and/or on the protruding top of the spacers, however, it can remain resting on the circular crown inside the body of the capsule, close to the bottom, pushed by the pressure of the material inside the capsule, preventing the material from escaping between the body and the circumferential edge of the filter itself.
  • said non-woven fabric filter has a breaking load at least 5 times greater than the breaking load of the paper filter with the same grammage, thereby facilitating resistance to the pressure of the flow especially in the opening area; therefore to obtain a filter suitable for purpose, it could be possible to ue a very thin filter, to make the non-woven fabric filter compatible with any coffee powder, leaf products and soluble products, a thickness comparable to or higher than that of the paper filter has been used.
  • the permissible weight for the non-woven fabric filters goes from 40 to 200 gr/sqm and preferably from 50 to 150 gr/sqm and even more preferably from 60 to 120 gr/sqm; with thicknesses between 0.1 and 0.9 mm and preferably between 0.2 and 0.8 mm, and even more preferably between 0.4 and 0.7 mm.
  • said non-woven fabric filter keeps its mechanical resistance unchanged both dry and wet, preventing it from tearing when being used.
  • said non-woven fabric filter has a porosity 2 to 10 times lower than the porosity of filter paper with the same thickness, therefore able to use a thicker non-woven fabric filter without introducing any significant resistance to the passage of the infusion, and for that reason thicknesses of 0.1 to 0.9 mm and a grammage of 40-200 g/sqm can be used.
  • the capsule 1 of the invention is made with a single mold and in this way it has the important characteristic of self protection, so it does not need to be confined within another bag for commercialisation.
  • tubular body 2 of the capsule 1 is always open at the top so that the coffee powder and other material can be put inside, and then it is hermetically sealed by an aluminium composite film sealed on the upper edges 3 of the tubular body 2.
  • the lower part of the tubular body 2 of the capsule 1 is closed by a bottom 4.
  • the septum 5 To be self-protected but also compatible with all the machines which have the blade for opening the central outflow, the septum 5 must have a very exposed position, over a step 6 which protrudes from the bottom 4.
  • said septum 5 is a very exposed central part and distanced from the bottom 4, arranged over a step 6, related to the fact that the capsule 1 is to be molded in a single mold, it follows that centrally on the inner side of the the step the part is empty, like a cavity 7, and in particular said cavity 7 is devoid of any support for the inner filter 8, in part above this empty cavity 7.
  • Such a membrane of non-woven fabric is suitably sealed on a step 9 on the body side 2 near the bottom 4.
  • said internal filter 8 is sealed onto the upper protruding part 10 of the spacers 11 which rise from the bottom 4.
  • this internal filter 8 is distanced from the bottom 4 of the capsule 1 by means of said spacers 11, which are stretches of radial ribs spaced apart and converging towards the center of the bottom.
  • Said radial ribs emerge from the bottom part 4 and are an integral part of it since the body of the capsule 1 is made as a single mold.
  • the cavity 7 is free of any structural part or the filter support 8, this allows you to make the inexpensive capsule 1 with a single mold and to avoid jamming or breaking the opening blades operated by the dispensing machine or that they lose their sharpness over time, since they do not encounter solid and raised elements numerous times, for opening the opening zone.
  • the area of opening 5 is tapered with respect to the thickness of the edge or the bottom, preferably by a value of 20 to 70% and preferably with a value of 30 to 50%. Even with the minimum values of the thickness of the exposed opening area 5, the air-tightness of the capsule 1 is always ensured, so it does not need to be placed within a bag, in an inert atmosphere, for the sales packing, in order to be able to provide the characteristic of self-protection.
  • the non-woven fabric filter has a tensile strength that makes its use possible, in combination with the capsule of the invention, and in particular above the opening area, without which this filter might break as a result of the pressure of the flow, even if beneath it there is no structural support element; and outside the opening area, taking into account the presence and distribution of the spacers.
  • filters consisting of a micro-perforated material or aluminium film are not shown since PET-PP and aluminium materials have a null or insignificant permeability value and therefore to function as a filter they need to be perforated or torn to let the infusion pass through (in particular for soluble products).
  • the presence of such micro-holes because of their size and density, directly influences the tear resistance and the breaking load.
  • a non-woven fabric filter is able to effectively dissolve these soluble products even during the passage through the filter itself, while preventing parts not fully diluted and dissolved getting beyond this filter.

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