EP4209431A1 - Dose en capsule - Google Patents

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EP4209431A1
EP4209431A1 EP22150889.8A EP22150889A EP4209431A1 EP 4209431 A1 EP4209431 A1 EP 4209431A1 EP 22150889 A EP22150889 A EP 22150889A EP 4209431 A1 EP4209431 A1 EP 4209431A1
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portion capsule
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Ralf MÜLLER
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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
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/02—Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B29/00—Packaging of materials presenting special problems
    • B65B29/02—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package
    • B65B29/022—Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package packaging infusion material into capsules
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
    • B65B51/22—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by friction or ultrasonic or high-frequency electrical means, i.e. by friction or ultrasonic or induction welding
    • B65B51/225—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by friction or ultrasonic or high-frequency electrical means, i.e. by friction or ultrasonic or induction welding by ultrasonic welding
    • 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 invention relates to the preparation of beverages or the like from an extraction material contained in a capsule, for example ground coffee. It relates in particular to a portion capsule.
  • Extraction devices for preparing beverages from an extraction material present in a portion pack are known, for example, as coffee, espresso or tea machines.
  • the portion packs are designed as capsules in which the extraction material is sealed, for example, in an airtight manner.
  • the capsule is pierced on two opposite sides.
  • a brewing liquid - generally hot water - is introduced on the first side.
  • the brewed product is discharged from the capsule.
  • WO 2010/118543 and the WO 2015/096989 coffee portion capsules which have approximately the shape of a cube, are made of plastic and, in contrast to the known cup-shaped capsules, do not have a circumferential collar at the level of one (top) cover surface.
  • a peripheral collar is required, among other things, for closing the capsule with a film serving as a lid.
  • WO 2010/118543 and WO 2015/096989 a domed lid is used.
  • WO 2010/118543 produced capsule has therefore between the by the Cover surface defined planes circumferential, forming a collar welding brow, whose extension / lateral projection is significantly reduced compared to the collar of known capsules.
  • An energy director is required for the welding, which is formed by a circumferential rib and which is attached to the cup (according to WO 2010/118543 ) or on the lid (according to WO 2015/096989 ) may be present.
  • the rib is formed by forming a circumferential groove (groove) on the cover from the top (i.e. the side that is opposite to the side with the energy director), e.g. in a deep-drawing process.
  • a circumferential groove is thus formed for the purpose of forming the energy director.
  • bio-plastics have also been discussed as capsule materials.
  • bio-plastics are plastics that are biodegradable (so-called biodegradable plastics).
  • the plastics proposed for the production of portion capsules are biodegradable and some contain a proportion of bio-based plastics.
  • biodegradable means biodegradable according to the EN13432 standard (as of the end of 2020), and “bio-based” means “made from renewable raw materials, not on a fossil basis”.
  • biodegradable plastics have the property that they soften at relatively low temperatures and therefore have a certain fluidity even at low temperatures (low glass transition temperature), but that they have to be heated to a fairly high degree before they are completely flowable (ie the melting temperature, as far as defined, is not particularly low). This poses special challenges when welding, since a transition to a very flowable state (if defined above the melting temperature) is a prerequisite for reliable welding, which is why the period of time during which the material is basically flowable is longer than with conventional plastics.
  • Plastic capsules of the in WO 2010/118543 and in WO 2015/096989 described have proven themselves. However, their production is associated with a certain amount of effort. In addition, due to the in WO 2015/096989 The sharp-edged ultrasonic tool to be used described poses a certain challenge to adequately protect the diffusion barrier layer present in the plastic capsules in the area of the weld.
  • a portion capsule filled with an extraction material for the production of a brewed product has, in a manner known per se, a base body made of plastic and a lid attached thereto.
  • the base body forms a base area, a circumferential side wall and a cover side towards the circumferential Side wall adjoining all-round main body collar.
  • the cover has a cover collar, the inside of which is welded to the base body collar, so that the base body collar and the cover collar together form a collar of the capsule.
  • the body and lid together form a capsule that encloses the extraction material.
  • the capsule has an essentially rectangular, in particular square outline, in that the base body has an essentially rectangular, in particular square outline, at least in the region of the collar.
  • the collar has a plurality of ribs which do not run parallel, ie at an angle to the side wall.
  • the ribs have the following function: they are used during torsional welding--torsional welding is a method known per se, which need not be described in detail here--to engage a tool so that rotational oscillations of the cover relative to the base body are made possible. This applies regardless of whether the ribs are created by this tool or whether they are created in a separate step.
  • the ribs can contribute to the stability of the connection between the base body and the cover by structuring the weld. As a result, they have a stabilizing effect, in particular against shearing forces between the base body and the cover.
  • the barrier layer is a layer integrated into the wall, which increases the oxygen-tightness of the capsule compared to a structure made only of plastic (e.g. polypropylene or a bioplastic), which means that, for example, an oxygen-tight outer packaging of the capsule can be omitted.
  • plastic e.g. polypropylene or a bioplastic
  • An example of a barrier layer material is EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer).
  • EVOH ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer
  • Such a barrier layer can be integrated, for example, in the interior of the encapsulating material in the manner of a sandwich between layers of plastic.
  • a conventional plastic welding process with an energy director can locally destroy the barrier layer at the site of the energy director. This disadvantage is avoided by the ribs and the torsional welding made possible thereby, the mentioned stabilizing effect, in particular with regard to shearing forces, nevertheless existing.
  • the number of ribs can be selected as required, with a larger number generally being present, for example a total of at least 20 or at least 30, or at least 40 or else 60 and more.
  • a maximum number can be 150 or 120 or 100, for example, due to the dimensions of the capsule.
  • the width of the ribs and their spacing can be of a similar magnitude that that they form a rib and groove pattern.
  • the average distance between adjacent ribs may be less than or equal to five, four, or three times their average width, such that the width of the groove between the ribs is no more than four, three, or twice the width of the rib itself
  • the relative dimensions of ribs and intervening grooves need not be constant along the circumference of the capsule, but may vary markedly, e.g Ribs that are about the same width as the grooves or markedly less wide midway between the corners.
  • the ribs run at an angle to the side wall and to the course of the collar, for example approximately perpendicular.
  • the ribs can, for example, run approximately radially.
  • Ring and “axial” in this text always refers to the axis of the capsule, which runs centrally through the capsule and perpendicular to the plane defined by the collar (and generally also to the plane of the capsule base and a plane of the lid). This axis is also related to the function of the capsule: During brewing, the liquid flows axially, i.e. from the capsule base to the capsule lid (or vice versa).
  • the ribs can in particular run from the inside to the very outside of the collar, up to a radially outer edge.
  • the ribs are present on the collar on the lid side, ie they are formed in the lid collar.
  • they can also cause the welding - i.e. the transition between the cover collar and the base body collar, if still defined - itself gets a certain rib-groove pattern (wave pattern), so that in addition to the material connection there is also a certain interlocking, which contributes to the additional stabilization mentioned.
  • the lid can not be flat but curved outwards (relative to a capsule interior), ie axially outwards, ie an axial end lid surface is offset axially outwards relative to the plane defined by the collar.
  • the cover thus differs from a flat cover element, for example a foil or plate-like cover element. It is a three-dimensional shaped body.
  • the cover can be produced in particular by deep drawing or alternatively by injection molding, which also applies to the base body.
  • the shape of the lid can have, from the outside inward, the lid collar, a curved transition area and a central flat area which forms the actual upper-side cover surface.
  • the transition area can, for example, be curved in an S-shape or run continuously curved from an outer part standing at an angle to the plane of the collar to the central flat area.
  • the dimensioning is selected, for example, in such a way that the central flat area visually dominates, for example by being the same size as or only insignificantly (for example a maximum of 10%) smaller than the floor area.
  • this flat area occupies more than 60% of the diameter and correspondingly at least 40% of the area.
  • the lid collar will generally form a peripheral surface facing the lid side—with the ribs if they are present on the lid side—which extends from an outer edge of the collar to a base of the bulge. It can be provided in embodiments that the approach of Bulge compared to the part of the base body side wall, to which the collar connects, is offset inwards. Such an offset can be at least 0.2 mm, for example.
  • the base body and/or cover can be present, for example, as a multi-layer system with bioplastic (e.g. Ecovio)/PVOH/bioplastic, with PVOH forming the diffusion barrier layer.
  • a so-called tie layer i.e. an adhesive layer, can also be arranged between the PVOH layer and the bioplastic, so that the structure can then be bioplastic/tie/PVOH/tie/bioplastic.
  • Biodegradable tie layers are now known and available on the market, for example as natural waxes.
  • the base body and cover can also be made of another plastic—for example with a diffusion barrier layer—for example made of polypropylene.
  • the plastic material of the lid and that of the base body can be identical. However, it is also possible for the cover to consist of a plastic of a different composition, which can, however, be welded to the plastic of the base body.
  • a wall thickness in the area of the base body is in particular between 0.2 mm and 0.4 mm, for example between 0.25 mm and 0.35 mm. The same can also apply to the wall thickness of the lid. In one embodiment, the wall thickness of the lid corresponds approximately to the wall thickness of the base body.
  • a special optional feature can be that the base body forms a thickening in the area of the transition between the circumferential side wall and the base body collar, which forms a bead that projects radially inwards. This serves to stiffen the collar area.
  • the capsule can--this applies to all embodiments, including the first aspect--be designed in particular in such a way that the base body and the lid together completely enclose the extraction material, without an opening covered by a foil or the like, for example.
  • it can be hermetic and oxygen-tight, for example by having a suitable diffusion barrier.
  • the capsule 1 according to figure 1 essentially has the shape of a cube with rounded edges. However, the expansion increases slightly towards the upper side so that, strictly mathematically speaking, the capsule has the shape of a truncated pyramid.
  • the angle of inclination of the lateral surfaces in the figure in relation to the perpendicular to the base surface 5 - meaning, of course, the plane perpendicular to the base surface that runs through the edge between the base surface and the corresponding lateral surface - is very small, it is preferably at most 2°, for example only about 1°.
  • the height of the capsule above the base corresponds approximately to the length of the base edges.
  • the capsule has a body (or cup) 2 and a lid 3 attached thereto along a peripheral collar 4 .
  • the base body forms a capsule base 5 and a peripheral side wall 6, which is closed off by the collar 4 at its outer end in relation to axial directions (axis 10), which is the upper end in the figure.
  • the lid is curved outwards in that the lid surface 9, which is essentially parallel to the capsule base 5, is outward in comparison to the surrounding collar 4, ie on 1 up, is offset.
  • FIG. 1 shows the base body 2 (cup) before filling and before closing.
  • the body collar 41 has an extent which may be greater than that of the collar 4 of the finished capsule.
  • figure 3 shows a cover 3, which - as well as the base body 2 - is produced, for example, by deep drawing or, for example, by injection molding.
  • the lid has a substantially planar central area 31, a transitional area 32 forming a bulge, and a lid collar 42.
  • capsules of the in figure 1 drawn type, body 2 in the in figure 2 drawn type and cover 3 of the in 3 shown type are already known from the prior art, for example from WO 2015/096990 .
  • the base body 2 is first filled with the extraction material and then the cover 3 is positioned. Ultrasonic welding then takes place, specifically torsional welding as is known per se from the prior art. Depending on the initial expansion of the base body collar and the cover collar, a protruding collar section can optionally be detached after the welding.
  • FIG 4 1 shows an example of a capsule 1 according to the invention.
  • the capsule in the region of the collar 4 has a plurality of ribs 50 with grooves 51 formed in between on the upper side—ie on the side of the cover collar.
  • the ribs 50 are radial with respect to the axis 10 . Deviations from the radial direction are also conceivable—for example, the ribs 50 could each run parallel to one another on each of the four sides and perpendicular to the capsule side wall.
  • the orientation of the ribs is not circumferentially parallel (not locally parallel to the sidewall, ie at an angle to the plane defined locally by the sidewall at the location of the corresponding rib), nor parallel to the run of the collar.
  • the ribs can each run from the radially inner end to the radially outer end of the collar.
  • the ribs can be as in figure 4 shown to be arranged relatively close together so that their width and spacing are of a similar magnitude and they form a rib and groove pattern.
  • the distance between adjacent ribs is not greater than Is four times or not more than three times its width.
  • arrangements with ribs further apart are also conceivable.
  • figure 5 shows a schematic cross section through the capsule in the area of the collar (in the in figure 1 dashed area).
  • the weld 70 between the base body 2 and the cover 3 is shown schematically by hatching. one sees in figure 5 , that the diffusion barrier layer 70 up to the radially outer end (in figure 5 far left) is essentially intact.

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WO2010118543A1 (fr) 2009-04-15 2010-10-21 Luna Technology Systems Lts Gmbh Capsule pour un produit d'extraction, son procédé de fabrication et dispositif pour faire du café
WO2015096990A1 (fr) 2013-12-24 2015-07-02 Luna Technology Systems Lts Gmbh Capsule de portion pour la préparation d'un produit d'infusion et procédé de fabrication de celle-ci
WO2015096989A1 (fr) 2013-12-24 2015-07-02 Luna Technology Systems Lts Gmbh Capsule de portion pour préparer un produit d'infusion
AU2014201947A1 (en) * 2014-03-24 2015-10-08 Brain Corp S.A. Capsule for preparing a beverage
US20200180855A1 (en) * 2018-12-11 2020-06-11 Gateway Plastics, Inc. Filter disc for a beverage pod
EP3705419A1 (fr) * 2019-03-04 2020-09-09 FLO - Societa' Per Azioni Capsule pour la preparation de boissons
WO2021115788A1 (fr) * 2019-12-11 2021-06-17 Telsonic Holding Ag Procédé d'assemblage de pièces et objet assemblé
EP3907145A1 (fr) * 2020-05-08 2021-11-10 Tchibo GmbH Procédé de fabrication d'une capsule à portion et capsule à portion

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WO2010118543A1 (fr) 2009-04-15 2010-10-21 Luna Technology Systems Lts Gmbh Capsule pour un produit d'extraction, son procédé de fabrication et dispositif pour faire du café
WO2015096990A1 (fr) 2013-12-24 2015-07-02 Luna Technology Systems Lts Gmbh Capsule de portion pour la préparation d'un produit d'infusion et procédé de fabrication de celle-ci
WO2015096989A1 (fr) 2013-12-24 2015-07-02 Luna Technology Systems Lts Gmbh Capsule de portion pour préparer un produit d'infusion
AU2014201947A1 (en) * 2014-03-24 2015-10-08 Brain Corp S.A. Capsule for preparing a beverage
US20200180855A1 (en) * 2018-12-11 2020-06-11 Gateway Plastics, Inc. Filter disc for a beverage pod
EP3705419A1 (fr) * 2019-03-04 2020-09-09 FLO - Societa' Per Azioni Capsule pour la preparation de boissons
WO2021115788A1 (fr) * 2019-12-11 2021-06-17 Telsonic Holding Ag Procédé d'assemblage de pièces et objet assemblé
EP3907145A1 (fr) * 2020-05-08 2021-11-10 Tchibo GmbH Procédé de fabrication d'une capsule à portion et capsule à portion

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