EP3137394A1 - Capsule comportant un corps de capsule de préférence à symétrie de révolution - Google Patents

Capsule comportant un corps de capsule de préférence à symétrie de révolution

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EP3137394A1
EP3137394A1 EP15707997.1A EP15707997A EP3137394A1 EP 3137394 A1 EP3137394 A1 EP 3137394A1 EP 15707997 A EP15707997 A EP 15707997A EP 3137394 A1 EP3137394 A1 EP 3137394A1
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capsule
capsule according
rupture
rupture disk
disc
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Roland Affolter
Alexander Panos
Guillaume Bugnard
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Delica AG
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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
    • B65D85/8061—Filters

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  • the invention relates to a capsule with a preferably rota ⁇ tion symmetric capsule body according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such capsules are now widely used in particular for the preparation of coffee or coffee blends.
  • the capsule forms a portion packaging for the transport and storage of the substance contained therein and at the same time the design of the capsule plays an important role in the preparation of the beverage in a corresponding beverage preparation machine.
  • the capsule For storage, the capsule must form a flavor ⁇ tight envelope and it must protect the substance contained therein from moisture and other environmental influences.
  • the opening of the capsule on the inlet side is usually carried out by penetration of the lid when enclosing the capsule in the beverage preparation machine.
  • the build-up internal pressure usually causes the capsule to open, allowing the injected fluid to flow through the substance.
  • the capsule should be simple and herebys ⁇ tig to manufacture and it is particularly to an improved control of the opening operation on the exit side is ⁇ sought.
  • This object is according to the invention solves ge ⁇ with a capsule having the features in claim. 1
  • a rupture disc which can be placed under an internal pressure in the chamber is preferably arranged at a small distance above the bottom.
  • a rupture disk can be easily installed and fixed to the bottom of the capsule.
  • the rupture disk can be formed relatively dimensionally stable and have a wall thickness of, for example, 0.3 to 1 mm. It is there ⁇ advantageous if the rupture disc covers a large part of the projection surface of the soil, wherein the outer diameter of the rupture disk is preferably greater than the radius of the entire bottom surface.
  • the diameter of the bottom surface corresponds to the transition of the side wall to the bottom of the capsule, regardless of whether the soil tapers stepwise or conically.
  • the floor can also have an outlet with an outlet opening.
  • the rupture disk according to the invention could provide the bottom with any outlet openings.
  • the rupture disk is advantageously connected in a liquid-tight manner to the base at a peripheral outer edge.
  • the outer edge can be welded or glued to the ground.
  • a liquid-tight snap connection is conceivable and would simplify the assembly even further.
  • the rupture disk may have support means on the underside facing the bottom, on which the rupture disk can be supported at a distance from the ground. This proppant used firstly better control of Berst s other hand verhin ⁇ they countries that the rupture disc is pressed against the ground, which could affect it leaking.
  • the rupture disk may further comprise stiffening means on the bottom side facing the bottom, which stiffen at least a part of the rupture disk. These stiffening agents also serve to influence the bursting behavior.
  • the stiffening means and the support means may also coincide or merge.
  • the burst disk is vorteilhat provided with predetermined breaking points or predetermined breaking lines ⁇ for the release of at least one defined opening upon bursting.
  • the break points or tear lines may be interrupted or continuous linear Ma ⁇ terialschwownitch. With this configuration can be determined exactly at which point an opening in the rupture disk is to be exposed and how big this opening.
  • the predetermined breaking points or predetermined breaking lines are arranged in combination with a line of weakness in the rupture disk such that the current confined by the target ⁇ breaking points or predetermined breaking lines portion of the rupture disk upon bursting of the line of weakness down against the floor is pivotable.
  • the weakening line is replaced by the function of a film hinge, around which the portion released under pressure is pivoted downwards.
  • the bottom of the capsule may have a recess, wherein the rupture disc may be disposed in the recess.
  • the Vertie ⁇ tion serves on the one hand to reinforce the capsule bottom and it facilitates the installation of other elements within the chamber.
  • a baffle plate can be arranged in the outlet nozzle, which causes a mixing and foaming of the leaking liquid.
  • the baffle plate can be
  • An extraction process that the extra ⁇ hierte substance such. B. coffee powder or tea leaves is washed out of the chamber, a sieve plate or a filter bottom can be arranged over the rupture disc. The arrangement is preferably carried out at a distance from the rupture disk. However, it would also be conceivable to have a filter directly on top of the
  • the rupture disc is connected to a circumferential outer edge with the Siebbo ⁇ or the filter bottom liquid-tight.
  • a snap connection or even a welding or gluing would be conceivable.
  • This arrangement would have the advantage that sieve bottom and rupture disc bil ⁇ a pre-assembled, which can be mounted over the capsule bottom.
  • the sieve bottom or the filter bottom is preferably formed integrally with a cup containing the substance in the chamber.
  • This cup may have at least one inlet opening at the upper edge, or it may be closed with a perforated foil or with a fleece filter.
  • the top of the cup can also be made directly through the lid of the capsule.
  • an annular chamber is formed in this way, in which the liquid can be injected.
  • the rupture disc is connected to a circumferential outer edge with the Siebbo ⁇ or the filter bottom liquid-tight.
  • the sieve bottom or the filter bottom forms only a disc which is arranged above the bottom of the capsule and that the entire chamber is filled up to the side walls of the capsule with the substance.
  • the rupture disk is advantageously made of a Kunststoffmateri- al, where it can be produced as an injection molded part. Injection molding makes it possible to produce very precise dimensions, in particular with regard to predetermined breaking points, predetermined breaking lines or weakening lines. It would also be conceivable to produce the rupture disk made of light metal, for example, of aluminum or of an aluminum alloy.
  • the bursting behavior can be controlled over a relatively broad pressure spectrum.
  • the rupture disk according to the invention can, for example, burst open at a hydraulic internal pressure in the chamber of at least 0.5 bar.
  • This internal pressure is advantageously in a range between 0.5 and 10 bar.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a capsule according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross section through the capsule in the plane A-
  • FIG. 1, 3 shows a perspective view of the individual parts of the capsule according to FIG. 2 before assembly
  • FIG. 4 shows the partially cut-open capsule according to FIG.
  • FIG. 5 shows a plan view of the rupture disk in the capsule according to FIG. 4,
  • Figure 6 is a bottom view of the rupture disk according to
  • FIG. 7 shows a cross section through the plane FF of the bursting disc ⁇ according to Figure 5 in enlarged scale depicting ⁇ lung
  • FIG. 8 shows the rupture disk according to FIG. 7 after rupture, FIG.
  • FIG. 10 shows a partially cut-open capsule body in FIG.
  • FIG. 11 shows a cross section through an alternative embodiment of a capsule without receiving cup for the substance.
  • the capsule body is preferably made as an injection molded part of plastic material.
  • the capsule body is with a Cover 5, for example, closed from a plastic film or an aluminum foil.
  • the lid is attached to a current to ⁇ flange 20 of the capsule body.
  • the bottom 4 has a recess 18, wherein a circumferential shoulder 22 is formed.
  • a circumferential shoulder 22 is formed in the center of the bottom of an off ⁇ overflow pipe 9 arranged with an outlet opening 10 degrees. Details of the outlet nozzle and the outlet opening will be explained below with reference to FIG. In particular, from Figure 1 it is clear ⁇ that the bottom on the outer side is provided with radially directed stiffening ribs extending from the outlet spout. 9
  • a cup 23 is fixed by a snap connection to the student 22.
  • This cup has a sieve bottom 24 and slots 25 at the top.
  • the lid 5 is sealed to the upper edge of the cup, so that a closed inner chamber for receiving the substance 7 is formed.
  • In the beverage preparation machine is injected at ⁇ game as hot water through the cover 5 into the outer annular chamber. This penetrates through the slots 25 in the cup 23 and flows through the substance 7 and the sieve ⁇ bottom 24th
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the order of assembly in the manufacture of the capsule.
  • the rupture disk is first inserted into the capsule body 2 and 8 ⁇ liquid tight manner connected to the ground.
  • the Be ⁇ cher 23 is fixed by means of the bursting disc and filled with the substance ⁇ ge. In certain cases, it would even be possible to use pre-filled cups.
  • the lid 5 with the Capsule body 2 or with the upper edge of the cup 23 versie ⁇ gelt.
  • the assembled capsule and the exact location of the bursting disc ⁇ is shown in Figure 4.
  • the rupture disc 8 has a umlau ⁇ fenden, relatively thin outer edge 11 to which it is fixedly connected to the bottom 4 of the capsule.
  • the rupture disk has on its lower ⁇ side over four equally spaced angularly arranged and approximately arrow-like support means 12. On these support ⁇ agents the rupture disk is supported in the edge region at the bottom 4.
  • a cross-shaped ⁇ disposed stiffening rib 14 is disposed on the underside of which is stiffened in particular the center of the rupture disk. 8
  • the reinforcing rib is integrally formed with four further support means 13, which also cause a support in a further depression of the soil ( Figure 2).
  • This Schica ⁇ chution line consists of a strong dilution of the wall thickness, as shown in Figure 7 can be seen.
  • an arrow-shaped predetermined breaking line 15 closes, so that a total ⁇ a knock-out material portion is limited 17th
  • the predetermined breaking line 15 consists of a weakening of the wall thickness which is formed in comparison to the weakening line 16 such that only a very thin film of material remains.
  • the cross-shaped stiffening rib 14 on the underside of the rupture disk is arranged so that the corners of the square weakening line 16 are cut on the upper side.
  • the portion of the rupture disk 8 bounded by the line of weakness 16 forms a rigid plate on which the break-out portions 17 are articulated.
  • the predetermined breaking lines 15 and the material portions 17 pivot in the direction of arrow a downwards against the ground, as shown in Figure 8.
  • four star-shaped openings 26 are exposed in the embodiment shown.
  • the inclined portions 17 cause a flow radially outward in the direction of arrow b.
  • any other configurations of breakable openings 17 would be conceivable.
  • the sections could also be deflected such that a flow is achieved against the center of the capsule.
  • a Wirbelströ ⁇ tion could be achieved if the sections swing out in the same direction around the center of the rupture disk.
  • the outlet opening 10 extends annularly around a cup-shaped baffle plate 19 in the Auslaufstut ⁇ zen 9.
  • This baffle plate is ge ⁇ hold by individual retaining webs 27 which connect the side wall of the baffle with the inner wall of the discharge pipe.
  • this baffle plate could also have a different configuration, or it could also be replaced by another flow baffle.
  • FIG. 11 shows an alternative exemplary embodiment of a cap ⁇ sel, in which, however, in contrast to the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2, the sieve bottom 24 is not provided with a receiving cup.
  • the sieve bottom here forms a disc which is fastened with a snap connection over the bottom 4 of the capsule.
  • the substance 7 fills approximately the entire chamber 6 and expands to the circumferential side wall 3 of the capsule.
  • the lid 5 is concavely curved inwards.
  • the rupture disk 8 is also connected to the recessed bottom 4 here. However, as in the embodiment according to FIG. 2, it would also be conceivable for the rupture disk to be connected in a liquid-tight manner to the underside of the sieve bottom.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une capsule (1) comportant un corps de capsule (2) de préférence à symétrie de révolution qui comporte une paroi latérale (3) et un fond (4) formé notamment d'une seule pièce avec ladite paroi. Le corps de capsule est recouvert d'un couvercle (5) de façon à former une chambre (6) qui contient une substance (7) destinée à la préparation d'un aliment liquide. Au-dessus du fond (4) est maintenu un disque à éclatement (8) qui éclate à une pression interne dans la chambre. Selon l'invention, on peut libérer les orifices ménagés dans le disque de rupture, ce qui permet de commander le comportement de l'écoulement.
EP15707997.1A 2014-04-29 2015-03-06 Capsule comportant un corps de capsule de préférence à symétrie de révolution Active EP3137394B1 (fr)

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CH000642/2014A CH709570B1 (de) 2014-04-29 2014-04-29 Kapsel mit einem vorzugsweise rotationssymmetrisch ausgebildeten Kapselkörper.
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