US20160159562A1 - Capsule for infusion products - Google Patents

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US20160159562A1
US20160159562A1 US14/906,532 US201414906532A US2016159562A1 US 20160159562 A1 US20160159562 A1 US 20160159562A1 US 201414906532 A US201414906532 A US 201414906532A US 2016159562 A1 US2016159562 A1 US 2016159562A1
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Davide Macchiavelli
Raffaele Rondelli
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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
    • B65D85/8055—Means for influencing the liquid flow inside the package
    • 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 present invention relates to a capsule for infusion of products in granules, powder or leaves, such as, for example, coffee, barley, powered milk, tea, chamomile etc.
  • the capsules for infusion products comprise a cup made of a plastic material in which the infusion product is housed, and a lid arranged so as to close the cup; the lid is either made of a plastic material or defined by a film.
  • pressurized hot water is injected and crosses at least one hole made in the lid so as to mix with the infusion product inside the cup.
  • the beverage then exits from the cup through at least one hole made in the bottom wall of the cup.
  • the capsules described above have a plurality of drawbacks.
  • the main problems are the impregnation of the infusion product with the water to form the beverage, the possibility that some of the infusion product may not be concerned by the water entering into the capsule and the possibility that part of the infusion product may exit from the bottom wall.
  • the first two problems are mainly due to preferential channels that the water uses to pass from the inlet to the outlet of the capsule. Furthermore, the first two problems are also due to the excessive passage speed of the water across the capsule.
  • a capsule for infusion products comprising:
  • a cup-shaped body made of a plastic material and defined by a bottom wall, which is provided with a beverage outlet area, and by a lateral wall;
  • a lid which is arranged so as to close said cup-shaped body and is provided with a water inlet area
  • a plurality of abutments originate from the inner face of said bottom wall and define labyrinth-shaped channels for the path of the beverage towards said outlet area, a water-proof disc being fixed onto said abutments, and characterized in that it comprises a passage for the beverage from the chamber defined in said cup-shaped body and said labyrinth-shaped channels.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective top view of a capsule made according to the dictates of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective bottom view of the capsule in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a section view of a cup-shaped body of the capsule in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a view on enlarged scale of a part of the cup-shaped body in FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the cup-shaped body in FIG. 3 .
  • reference numeral 1 indicates as a whole an embodiment of the capsule for infusion products according to the present invention; capsule 1 is adapted to contain an infusion product. Capsule 1 is adapted to be inserted in a percolation chamber (not shown). Capsule 1 comprises a one-piece cup-shaped body 2 , preferably made of a plastic material, of slightly truncated cone shape defined by a lateral wall 3 and by a bottom wall 4 . Capsule 1 further comprises a lid 5 , made of a plastic material and fixed by restrain-fitting or welding at the upper part of the cup-shaped body 2 . The lid 5 has a water inlet area and the bottom wall 4 has a beverage outlet area.
  • the water inlet area is defined by holes 6 made in lid 5 and the beverage outlet area is defined by holes 7 made in bottom wall 4 .
  • lid 5 and bottom wall 4 could have valves adapted to open the respective holes by effect of the water pressure, instead of holes 6 and 7 , or the lid and bottom wall 4 could be pierced by appropriate means present in the percolation chamber to make the aforesaid holes.
  • holes 7 are made in the central part of bottom wall 4 .
  • Lateral wall 3 has an upper annular edge 8 onto which lid 5 is fixed, which is in close contact with the lower face of the upper body of the percolation chamber in use: furthermore, lateral wall 3 has a lower annular edge 9 which extends beyond the level of bottom wall 4 and is in close contact with the upper face of the lower body of the percolation chamber in use. Furthermore, an annular abutment 10 , which defines an annular groove 11 with the edge 9 , extends outwards from bottom wall 4 ( FIGS. 3 and 4 ).
  • a plurality of abutments 12 arranged on several rows concentric to one another extend from the inner face of the bottom wall 4 .
  • holes 7 are made in the central part of the bottom wall 4 , and then a first row of abutments 12 arranged equidistant from one another along a first circumference with center in the center of the bottom wall 4 is defined about them.
  • a second row of abutments 12 also equidistant from one another and with the space defined between two subsequent abutments 12 at an abutment 12 of the first row of abutments 12 , is defined about that, at a given distance and concentrically to the first row of abutments 12 .
  • a third row of abutments 12 also equidistant from one another and with the space defined between two subsequent abutments 12 at an abutment 12 of the second row of abutments 12 , is defined about that, at a given distance and concentrically to the second row of abutments 12 .
  • a fourth row of abutments 12 also equidistant from one another and with the space defined between two subsequent abutments 12 at an abutment 12 of the third row of abutments 12 , is defined about that, at a given distance and concentrically to the third row of abutments 12 .
  • the abutments 12 of each row are equal in size and that the size of the abutments 12 of each row is different from the size of the abutments of the other rows. Furthermore, the longitudinal axis of the abutments 12 of the first and of fourth row are defined along a diametrical axis with center in the center of the bottom wall 4 , while the longitudinal axis of the abutments 12 of the second and third row is tangent to the circumference of the respective row.
  • the abutments 12 of the fourth row have a longitudinal end which originates from the inner face of the lateral wall 3 .
  • a disc 13 with a circular peripheral profile and center in the center of the bottom wall 4 , which in the illustrated example is defined by a preferably transparent water-proof film, is fixed to the abutments 12 . It is fixed by welding. Obviously, the disc 13 may be made of any other material and fixed to the abutments 12 by restrain-fitting or other system.
  • the disc 13 has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the inner face of the lateral wall 3 at the same level of the disc 13 , and for this reason, the disc 13 rests only on an inner portion of the fourth row of abutments 12 . In this manner, an annular passage 14 of the water is created between the peripheral edge of the disc 13 and the inner face of the lateral wall 3 .
  • the water which mixes with the infusion product present in the chamber defined in the cup-shaped body 2 over the disc 13 is made to enter into the cup-shaped body 2 through the holes 6 .
  • the beverage thus defined by such a mixing is conveyed through the passage 14 into the labyrinth-shaped channels created by the rows of abutments 2 and from such channels the beverage exits from the capsule 1 through the holes 7 .
  • the labyrinth defined by the rows of the abutments 12 slows down the speed of the beverage allowing the water to remain inside the cup-shaped body 2 for a longer time.
  • this implies a longer contact time between water and product, and thus a longer infusion, and on the other it implies the possibility of the water to infuse all of the infusion product contained in said cup-shaped body 2 .
  • the labyrinth obstructs the exiting of the granules of the infusion product from the cup-shaped body.
  • disc 13 has micro holes appropriately spaced out from one another so that the water may be channeled towards the labyrinth either through passage 14 and micro holes or through the micro holes alone when the 13 has a diameter equal to the inner diameter of lateral wall 3 and thus when the passage 14 is not present.
  • cup-shaped body 2 and/or lid 5 are made of PET and/or PP, which, as known, are plastic materials of the polyolefin class.
  • the entire capsule 1 is preferably made of a biodegradable plastic material, which, as known, is defined by a plastic material appropriately blended with already known substances, or alternatively by using biopolymers which make the capsules 1 biodegradable.

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PCT/IB2014/063431 WO2015011689A1 (fr) 2013-07-25 2014-07-25 Capsule destinée à des produits d'infusion

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