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EP4048608B1
EP4048608B1 EP20800727.8A EP20800727A EP4048608B1 EP 4048608 B1 EP4048608 B1 EP 4048608B1 EP 20800727 A EP20800727 A EP 20800727A EP 4048608 B1 EP4048608 B1 EP 4048608B1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D65/40—Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes
    • 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
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  • the invention relates to a capsule suitable for containing an initial product to be joined to a fluid to obtain a final product.
  • the invention relates to a single-dose, single-use capsule containing an initial product which is able to make, reacting with the pressurised fluid, a final product.
  • the capsule is particularly configured for preparing products, for example beverages, in automatic dispensing machines.
  • the prior art capsules for use on dispensing machines are single-use and single-dose containers comprising an outer casing and having the shape of a glass or cup.
  • the casing usually has a base wall and a lateral wall defining an open cavity containing the initial product, for example ground coffee or tea, from which to obtain the final product, for example the beverage.
  • the base wall of the capsule has an opening delimited by a base edge to which a closing element is fixed.
  • a flange edge extends from the lateral wall and is positioned around the open cavity, on the opposite side relative to the base wall.
  • the cavity is hermetically sealed by a covering element, fixed to the flange edge, in such a way as to seal the initial product inside the container.
  • a capsule of the type described above is, for example, shown in patent WO2015056202 by the same Applicant.
  • the capsule can be perforated to allow the introduction of pressurised liquid, typically water, and the dispensing of the coffee beverage obtained.
  • both the covering element and the closing element must be made of a material which can be perforated, so that the capsule can be used with great flexibility of use in the dispensing machines of interest.
  • the capsule may be, for example, used in a dispensing machine in which the closing element can be perforated by an injection device of the dispensing machine whilst the covering element can be perforated by an extraction device.
  • the injection device comprises three blades configured for perforating the closing element with cuts and a central injection duct, independent and separate from the blades, which is configured for supplying the pressurised fluid.
  • the extraction device comprises a plurality of sharp elements which, when the pressure of the fluid inside the capsule increases, engage with the covering element and perforate it in a plurality of different zones.
  • the blades For the successful dispensing, the blades must correctly perforate the closing element, in such a way that the fluid dispensed by the central injection duct can be distributed uniformly inside the cavity through the cuts made by the blades.
  • the closing element may be difficult when the closing element, made, for example, by a film made of aluminium or plastic material, is difficult to perforate.
  • the closing element can be pulled by the blades towards the inside of the cavity through the opening, deforming and adopting a concave shape, before being perforated.
  • the capsule may be perforated incorrectly, that is to say, partly and/or insufficiently, and this affects the distribution of the fluid in the cavity and therefore on the quality of the final product dispensed.
  • the film of compostable material with which the closing element and the covering element are made is particularly difficult to perforate. Therefore, especially with these materials, the closing element is frequently pulled through the opening and not perforated by the blades and there may therefore be incorrect or insufficient perforations, such as to adversely affect the quality of extraction of the final product.
  • WO2019106485 discloses a capsule for soluble or extractable products using a pressurized extraction fluid, which comprises a container body having a lower base and a upper base and a side wall, wherein the capsule comprises a first compostable barrier lid which is sealably associated with said upper base and a second compostable barrier lid associated with an inner surface of the lower base.
  • the technical purpose which forms the basis of this invention is therefore to provide a capsule which overcomes the drawbacks of prior art capsules.
  • a further aim of the invention is to obtain a capsule, which is simple to construct and has limited costs, which can be easily perforated to guarantee a correct distribution of water in the capsule and therefore a good quality of extraction of the beverage.
  • the numeral 1 denotes a capsule according to the invention, which can be used in a dispensing machine.
  • the capsule as illustrated in detail in Figures 1 to 3 , comprises an casing 2 which has an axis A of longitudinal extension, for example an axis of symmetry.
  • the casing 2 is made preferably by injection moulding or by thermoforming a sheet material and it is substantially frustoconical in shape, that is, in the shape of a glass or cup.
  • the casing 2 includes a base wall 201 and a lateral wall 202, defining an open cavity 203, and a flange edge 204, which extends from the lateral wall 202.
  • the lateral wall 202 is divergent starting from the base wall 201 to the flange edge 204.
  • the flange edge 204 may comprise a sealing element 204a, configured for making a fluid-tight seal with the dispensing machine when the capsule 1 is inserted in a housing (not illustrated) suitably set up for it.
  • the sealing element 204a is made, for example, like a protrusion which extends from the flange edge 204 and is made in a single body with the flange 204.
  • the flange edge 204 may also comprise an enlargement 204b, which is positioned on an outer edge of the flange 204 and is configured to favour a correct positioning of the capsule 1 in the housing.
  • the cavity 203 is suitable for containing an initial product (not illustrated) to be joined to a fluid (not illustrated) to obtain a final product (not illustrated).
  • the fluid is, preferably, a hot or cold liquid under pressure, introduced in the cavity 203 in a step of injecting the fluid, to obtain the final product.
  • the initial product is, for example, a food product which is soluble, freeze-dried, dehydrated, concentrated, percolatable, in powder form- for example coffee; alternatively, the initial preparation can be, for example, a food product in leaf form - for example tea.
  • the initial product is preferably water, hot and under pressure, which makes it possible to obtain a beverage, for example coffee, barley coffee, tea, or herbal tea.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a covering element 3, fixed to the flange edge 204, so as to close the cavity 203.
  • the covering element 3 is fixed to the flange edge 204 by heat or ultrasonic welding or gluing.
  • the cavity 203 is hermetically closed and the initial preparation is isolated from the outside environment.
  • the covering element 3 is typically a film, as described below in detail.
  • the covering element 3 can be perforated by an extraction device of a dispensing machine in which the capsule 1 can be used.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a closing element 4 fixed to the base wall 201 which can be perforated by a fluid injection device (not illustrated) of the dispensing machine, which comprises piercing blades.
  • the closing element 4 is fixed to the base wall 201 by welding, thermal or ultrasound, or gluing.
  • the injection device also comprises a fluid dispensing device, which is independent of the piercing blades.
  • the base wall 201 comprises an edge region 205, which is annular and extends as far as the lateral wall 202, a central region 206, and a groove 207, which is interposed between the central region 206 and the edge region 205 and is shaped for receiving the piercing blades.
  • the edge region 205 is interposed, along the axis Z between the central region 206 and the flange edge 204. In other words, the central region 206 projects relative to the edge region 205.
  • the closing element 4 comprises a central portion 401, fixed to the central region 206 and an edge portion 402, fixed to the edge region 205.
  • the central region 206 and the edge region 205 extend on respective planes which are offset from each other along the axis Z in such a way that an intermediate portion 403 of the closing element 4, interposed between the central portion 401 and the edge portion 402 and configured for closing the groove 207, is inclined.
  • the intermediate portion 403 is inclined relative to the central portion 401 and to the edge portion 402, piercing by the blades of the dispensing machine is facilitated.
  • the inclination of the intermediate portion 403 between the two fixing planes 206, 205 contributes to keeping under tension the intermediate portion 403 which therefore does not deform in the groove 207 and is easily perforated also using materials which are difficult to perforate.
  • the intermediate portion 403 is tensioned between an outer edge 206' of the central region 206 and an inner edge 205' of the edge region 205.
  • the outer edge 206' of the central region 206 and the inner edge 205' of the edge region 205 form localised discontinuities which favour the tensioning of the intermediate portion 403.
  • the planes on which the central region 206 and the edge region 205 extend are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the axis Z.
  • the central region 206 comprises at least one outer frame, not illustrated, which extends up to the outer edge 206'.
  • the closing element 4 and in detail its central portion 401, is fixed at least to the outer frame of the central region 206 in such a way that the fixing extends up to the outer edge 206'.
  • the edge region 205 comprises at least one inner frame, not illustrated, which extends up to the inner edge 205'.
  • the closing element 4, and in detail its edge portion 402 is fixed at least to the inner frame of the edge region 205.
  • the fixing of the closing element 4, and more specifically of the central portion 401 at least to the outer frame of the central region 206 and/or the fixing of the edge portion 402 at least to the inner frame of the edge region 205, makes it possible to avoid folds in the intermediate portion 403, when the closing element 4 is fixed to the base wall 401.
  • the fixing of the closing element 4 acts in conjunction to keep the intermediate portion 403 under tension between the outer edge 206' of the central region 206 and the inner edge 205' of the edge region 205.
  • the groove 207 has a bottom wall 207a provided with openings 207b configured to allow the fluid injected by the injection device to be dispensed to the initial product contained in the cavity 203.
  • the closing element 4 can be easily perforated and, therefore, since the pressurised fluid is uniformly distributed in the cavity 203 through the openings 207b, the quality of the drink dispensed may be raised.
  • pressurised fluid injected into the capsule must be distributed as uniformly as possible in the initial product in order to extract aromatic components from the latter to be transferred to the beverage, especially if the initial product is coffee powder.
  • the bottom wall 207a is positioned at a distance such that it is not perforated by the piercing blades of the injection device.
  • the groove 207 may be positioned concentric relative to the axis Z to contain inside it the piercing blades, if the perforating blades are concentric relative to the axis Z.
  • the central region 206 is circular
  • the groove 207 is annular as is the intermediate portion 403.
  • the intermediate portion 403 is therefore shaped like a frustoconical lateral surface.
  • the outer frame of the central region 206 and the inner frame of the edge region 205 are therefore annular and concentric to each other.
  • the edge region 205 has an outer edge 205" which is positioned between the base wall 201 and the lateral wall 202.
  • the closing element 4 is larger than the base wall 201 so that it can also be fixed to the lateral wall 202, contiguous to the base wall 201, to remain joined to the capsule 1 even in the presence of an increase in the pressure inside the capsule 1.
  • the closing element 4 extends beyond the outer edge 205" and is superposed on the outer edge 205" itself.
  • the increase in pressure inside the capsule 1 may be due to the gas released by the coffee contained in the capsule 1, if, for example, the initial product is non-degassed coffee.
  • the closing element 4 is preferably made of an elastically deformable material configured to be able to pass from a planar configuration to a deformed configuration, illustrated in detail in Figure 2a .
  • the closing element 4 before fixing to the base wall 201, the closing element 4 is in a planar configuration whilst, after having been fixed to the edge region 205 and to the central region 206 which are offset from each other along the axis Z, the closing element 4 is deformed, as the intermediate portion 403 is inclined.
  • the closing element 4 adopts a convex shape.
  • the casing 2 can be chosen from among one of the following materials of a first list:
  • the above-mentioned materials of the first list can be able to provide a barrier to oxygen and/or water.
  • the casing can comprise at least two layers, wherein each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the first list, for example cellulose, polyethylene PE; or cellulose, polyactic acid PLA.
  • the casing can comprise at least three layers, wherein each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the first list, for example cellulose, polyactic acid PLA, aluminium, wherein the aluminium constitutes a barrier layer which is resistant to aromas and/or liquids and/or gases.
  • each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the first list, for example cellulose, polyactic acid PLA, aluminium, wherein the aluminium constitutes a barrier layer which is resistant to aromas and/or liquids and/or gases.
  • the covering element 3 and the closing element 4 can comprise at least one layer comprising a material chosen from among one of the following materials of a second list:
  • the covering element 3 and/or the closing element 4 can comprise at least two layers, wherein each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the second list, for example polyethylene terephthalate PET, polyvinyl chloride PVDC; or polyethylene terephthalate PET, aluminium.
  • the covering element 3 and/or the closing element 4 can comprise at least three layers, wherein each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the second list, for example polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polypropylene PP; or polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polyethylene PE; or polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polyactic acid PLA.
  • each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the second list, for example polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polypropylene PP; or polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polyethylene PE; or polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polyactic acid PLA.
  • the capsule 1, and that is, the casing 2, the covering element 3 and the closing element 4 are made of paper, it is preferable that the paper with which the closing element 4 is made is deformable.
  • the capsule 1, and that is, the casing 2, the covering element 3 and the closing element 4, are made of PLA.
  • the capsule 1 is entirely biodegradable and compostable, since it is made, for example, of paper or PLA, the user can dispose of the entire capsule 1 amongst the organic waste.
  • the capsule 1 is made of a recyclable material, such as aluminium, or plastic material
  • the casing 2 can be recycled after emptying the casing 2 of the initial product contained therein.
  • the closing element 4 may be made, respectively, of aluminium, or plastic material.
  • a user inserts the capsule 1 in the housing of a dispensing machine which has an injection device comprising piercing blades positioned, for example, about a conduit for supplying pressurised fluid.
  • the base wall 201 is brought to interfere with the piercing blades and the intermediate portion 403 of the closing element, inclined relative to the axis Z and positioned for closing the groove 207, may be easily perforated by the perforating blades. Since it is inclined and in addition being tensioned between an outer edge 206' of the central region 206 and an inner edge 205' of the edge region 205, the intermediate portion 403 can be easily perforated.
  • the capsule according to the invention which has an edge region 205 and a central region 206 of a base wall 201 offset along the axis Z in such a way that an intermediate portion 403 of the closing element 4, positioned for closing a groove 207, is inclined relative to the axis Z, it is guaranteed that the closing element 4 can be easily perforated in a simple and inexpensive manner.
  • the invention can be applied not only for capsules 1 which are entirely biodegradable and compostable, but also made of aluminium, or plastic, thus reducing the dispensing defects due to capsules which are not perfectly perforated.

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  1. Kapsel (1), umfassend:
    - ein Gehäuse (2), das eine Achse (Z) mit Längserstreckung aufweist, wobei das Gehäuse (2) eine Bodenwand (201) und eine Seitenwand (202), die einen offenen Hohlraum (203) definieren, der dazu ausgelegt ist, ein Ausgangsprodukt zu enthalten, das einem Fluid zugesetzt werden soll, um ein Endprodukt zu erhalten, und einen Flanschrand (204) umfasst, die sich von der Seitenwand (202) erstreckt;
    - ein an dem Flanschrand (204) befestigtes Abdeckelement (3) zum Verschließen des Hohlraums (203), das von einer Extraktionsvorrichtung einer Spendermaschine perforiert werden kann, in der die Kapsel (1) verwendet werden kann;
    - ein an der Basiswand (201) befestigtes Verschlusselement (4), das von einer Fluideinspritzvorrichtung der Spendermaschine perforiert werden kann, die Stechklingen umfasst; wobei
    - die Basiswand (201) einen Randbereich (205), der ringförmig ist und sich bis zur Seitenwand (202) erstreckt, einen Mittelbereich (206) und eine Nut (207) umfasst, die zwischen dem Mittelbereich (206) und dem Randbereich (205) angeordnet und zur Aufnahme der Stechklingen geformt ist; und wobei
    - das Verschlusselement (4) einen Mittelabschnitt (401), der ausgelegt ist, um an dem Mittelbereich (206) befestigt zu werden, und einen Randabschnitt (402) aufweist, der ausgelegt ist, um an dem Randbereich (205) befestigt zu werden; dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    - sich der Mittelbereich (206) und der Randbereich (205) in jeweiligen Ebenen erstrecken, die entlang der Achse (Z) und voneinander versetzt sind, sodass ein Zwischenabschnitt (403) des Verschlusselements (4), der zwischen dem Mittelabschnitt (401) und dem Randabschnitt (402) zum Schließen der Nut (207) angeordnet ist, geneigt ist.
  2. Kapsel nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Zwischenabschnitt (403) zwischen einem äußeren Rand (206') des Mittelbereichs (206) und einem inneren Rand (205') des Randbereichs (205) gespannt ist.
  3. Kapsel nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei sich der Mittelbereich (206) und der Randbereich (205) auf Ebenen parallel zueinander und senkrecht zu der Achse (Z) erstrecken, wobei der Zwischenabschnitt (403) relativ zu einer Achse (H) parallel zu der Achse (Z) einen Winkel (α) bildet, der vorzugsweise zwischen 71° und 85° liegt, noch bevorzugter zwischen 75° und 82° liegt und z.B. 78° liegt.
  4. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Mittelbereich (206) einen äußeren Rahmen umfasst, der sich bis zu einem äußeren Rand (206') erstreckt, und wobei der Randbereich (205) einen inneren Rahmen umfasst, der sich bis zu einem inneren Rand (205') erstreckt, wobei das Verschlusselement (4) zumindest an dem äußeren Rahmen und/oder zumindest an dem inneren Rahmen befestigt ist.
  5. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Nut (207) eine Bodenwand (207a) aufweist, die mit Öffnungen (207b) versehen ist, die ausgelegt sind, um zu ermöglichen, dass das durch die Injektionsvorrichtung injizierte Fluid an das in dem Hohlraum (203) enthaltene Ausgangsprodukt ausgegeben wird.
  6. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Mittelbereich (206) kreisförmig ist und die Nut (207) ringförmig ist.
  7. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Randbereich (205) einen äußeren Rand (205") aufweist, der zwischen der Bodenwand (201) und der Seitenwand (202) angeordnet ist, wobei das Verschlusselement (4) größer als die Bodenwand (201) ist, so dass es auch an der Seitenwand (202) befestigt werden kann.
  8. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Verschlusselement (4) aus einem Material hergestellt ist, das elastisch verformbar ist, um von einer flachen Auslegung vor dem Befestigen an der Bodenwand (201) in eine verformte Auslegung übergehen zu können, wobei der Zwischenabschnitt (403) nach dem Befestigen an dem Randbereich (205) und an dem Mittelbereich (206) der Bodenwand (201) geneigt ist.
  9. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Gehäuse (2), das Abdeckelement (3) und das Verschlusselement (4) aus einem biologisch abbaubaren und/oder kompostierbaren Material hergestellt sind, um die Kapsel (1) nach Gebrauch als organischen Abfall entsorgen zu können.
  10. Kapsel nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei das Gehäuse (2) aus einem der folgenden Materialien einer ersten Liste ausgewählt ist:
    - Polyolefin (vorzugsweise Polypropylen PP oder Polyethylen PE), Polyethylenterephthalat PET, Polystyrol PS, Polymilchsäure PLA, Polyethylenfuranoat PEF;
    - Biologisch abbaubare und/oder kompostierbare Materialien, die sich von Polymilchsäure PLA unterscheiden, z. B. pflanzlicher Herkunft wie Zellulose, oder davon abgeleitet sind, z.B. Papier;
    - Recycelbare Materialien (z.B. Aluminium).
  11. Kapsel nach Anspruch 10, wobei das Gehäuse (2) mindestens zwei Schichten umfasst, wobei eine jede Schicht mindestens eines der Materialien der ersten Liste umfassen kann, z.B. Cellulose, Polyethylen PE; oder Cellulose, Polymilchsäure PLA.
  12. Kapsel nach Anspruch 10, wobei das Gehäuse (2) mindestens drei Schichten umfasst, wobei eine jede Schicht mindestens eines der Materialien der ersten Liste umfassen kann, z.B. Cellulose, Polymilchsäure PLA und Aluminium, wobei das Aluminium eine Barriereschicht bildet, die gegen Aromen und/oder Flüssigkeiten und/oder Gase beständig ist.
  13. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Abdeckelement (3) und das Verschlusselement (4) mindestens eine Schicht umfassen können, die ein Material umfasst, das aus einem der folgenden Materialien einer zweiten Liste ausgewählt ist:
    - Polyolefin (vorzugsweise Polypropylen PP oder Polyethylen PE), Polyethylenterephthalat (PET oder PET, das Aluminiumoxide und Siliziumoxide umfasst), Polymilchsäure PLA;
    - Recycelbare Materialien, z.B. Aluminium;
    - Polyvinylchlorid PVDC;
    - Polymilchsäure PLA;
    - Ethylenvinylalkohol EVOH oder Polyvinylalkohol PVOH;
    - Biologisch abbaubare und/oder kompostierbare Materialien, die sich von Polymilchsäure PLA unterscheiden, z. B. pflanzlicher Herkunft wie Zellulose, oder davon abgeleitet sind, z.B. Papier oder Celluloseacetat.
  14. Kapsel nach Anspruch 13, wobei das Abdeckelement (3) und/oder das Verschlusselement (4) mindestens zwei Schichten umfassen können, wobei eine jede Schicht mindestens eines der Materialien der zweiten Liste umfassen kann, z.B. Polyethylenterephthalat PET, Polyvinylchlorid PVDC; oder Polyethylenterephthalat PET, Aluminium.
  15. Kapsel nach Anspruch 13, wobei das Abdeckelement (3) und/oder das Verschlusselement (4) mindestens drei Schichten umfassen können, wobei eine jede Schicht mindestens eines der Materialien der zweiten Liste umfassen kann, z.B. Polypropylen PP, Ethylenvinylalkohol EVOH, Polypropylen PP; oder Polypropylen PP, Ethylenvinylalkohol EVOH, Polyethylen PE; oder Polypropylen PP, Ethylenvinylalkohol EVOH, Polymilchsäure PLA.
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