ES1074109U - Capsule for coffee machines (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Capsule for coffee makers, comprising: - an upper surface (1) provided with a plurality of holes (2); - a conical lower surface (3) also provided with a plurality of holes (4); - an intermediate surface (5) located between said upper surface (1) and said lower surface (3), said intermediate surface (5) tapering from said upper surface (1) to said lower surface (3), Wherein said intermediate surface (5) comprises a first step (6) proximate said upper surface (1); Characterized in that said intermediate surface (5) also comprises a second step (7) located near said lower surface (3). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Coffee capsule.

The present invention relates to a capsule for coffee makers, in particular a coffee capsule reusable

Background of the invention

Nowadays coffee makers are very popular They use capsules to make coffee. Your success is due. mainly to its simplicity of use, since it is only necessary place the capsule with the desired coffee or tea variety and actuate the coffee maker, immediately preparing a coffee or tea ready for consume.

The main drawback of these coffee makers is that the cost of individual capsules is expensive, taking into The usual daily use of the coffee maker is not possible. reuse of said capsules, since the capsule is unusable After use and can not be filled.

To solve this problem they have devised refillable capsules that allow reuse several times, or at least they allow you to buy the empty capsules and that the user fill with the coffee or infusion you want, so that the cost It is inferior to conventional capsules with coffee or infusion.

A drawback of this type of capsules refillable is that they get stuck after use in some coffee makers, not being possible to manually withdraw them, but that the use of a tool is necessary. This inconvenient makes these reusable capsules in practice Do not use with some coffee maker models.

Therefore, the need for a coffee capsule that allows its use in different coffee maker models without jamming after use, being possible its withdrawal manually.

Description of the invention

With the coffee capsule of the invention, They manage to solve the aforementioned problems, presenting other advantages to be described.

The coffee capsule of the present invention comprises:

- an upper surface provided with a plurality of holes;

- a conical bottom surface also provided with a plurality of holes;

- an intermediate surface located between said upper surface and said lower surface, said narrowing intermediate surface from said upper surface to said bottom surface,

wherein said intermediate surface comprises a first step close to said upper surface;

and is characterized by the fact that said intermediate surface also comprises a second step located near said lower surface.

Thanks to this feature, the capsule does not is stuck after use, since said second step avoids it.

According to a preferred embodiment, said second step is located at a distance between 4 and 5 mm from said lower surface, in particular said second step is located at a distance of 4.25 mm from said lower surface.

Preferably, said upper surface is an articulated lid to the rest of the capsule, which can be opened and Close several times for reuse.

Brief description of the drawings

For a better understanding of how much has been exposed Some drawings are accompanied in which, schematically and only to non-limiting example title, a case study of realization.

Figure 1 is an elevation view of the capsule for coffee machines of the present invention sectioned.

Description of a preferred embodiment

First of all indicate that in the present description and in the claims reference is made to "upper" and "lower" relative to the normal position of use of the capsule, as shown in the figure one.

As can be seen in Figure 1, the coffee capsule of the present invention comprises a upper surface 1 provided with a plurality of holes 2. Said upper surface 1, in the embodiment shown, is a articulated lid to the rest of the capsule, which allows filling the inside the capsule for several uses.

It should be noted that in Figure 1 it has been said cover represented in its open position.

The capsule of the present invention also it comprises a conical bottom surface 3 also provided with a plurality of holes 4.

The holes 2 of the upper surface 1 and the holes 4 of the lower surface 3 allow the passage of the hot water and coffee or infusion already prepared, respectively.

The capsule of the present invention also comprises an intermediate surface 5 disposed between said upper surface 1 and lower 3 and that narrows from said upper surface 1 to said lower surface 3, that is, the diameter defined by said intermediate surface 5 is larger near the upper surface 1 than near the surface bottom 3.

In addition, said intermediate surface 5 comprises a flange 8 in its upper part, in which the lid fits articulated, a first step 6 and a second step 7.

Said first step 6 serves to keep in position the capsule inside its corresponding housing of the coffee maker (not shown), while said second step 7 serves to prevent the capsule from getting stuck in its housing after use, allowing the withdrawal of the capsule with the hand.

Said second step 7 is located closer of the lower surface 3 than the first step 6, for example a a distance between 4 and 5 millimeters, the distance being 4.25 mm preferred, although it could be anywhere adequate distance whenever you perform the function of preventing the capsule get stuck. This distance is indicated in figure 1 with the letter A.

Although reference has been made to a Concrete embodiment of the invention is evident to an expert in the matter that the coffee capsule described is susceptible to numerous variations and modifications, and that all the details mentioned can be substituted by others technically equivalent, without departing from the scope of protection defined by the attached claims.

Claims (4)

1. Coffee capsule, comprising: - an upper surface (1) provided with a plurality of holes (2); - a conical bottom surface (3) also provided with a plurality of holes (4); - an intermediate surface (5) located between said upper surface (1) and said lower surface (3), said intermediate surface (5) narrowing from said surface upper (1) to said lower surface (3), wherein said intermediate surface (5) it comprises a first step (6) close to said upper surface (one); characterized in that said intermediate surface (5) also comprises a second step (7) located near said lower surface (3). 2. Capsule for coffee makers according to claim 1, wherein said second step (7) is located at a distance (A) between 4 and 5 mm from said lower surface (3). 3. Capsule for coffee makers according to claim 2, wherein said second step (7) is located at a distance (A) of 4.25 mm from said lower surface (3). 4. Capsule for coffee makers according to claim 1, wherein said upper surface (1) is a articulated lid to the rest of the capsule.