WO2014091439A1 - Capsule or cartridge and infusion assembly for the preparation of a beverage, in particular coffee - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
- A47J31/44—Parts or details or accessories of beverage-making apparatus
- A47J31/4492—Means to read code provided on ingredient pod or cartridge
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
- A47J31/40—Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea
- A47J31/407—Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea with ingredient-containing cartridges; Cartridge-perforating means
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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
- B65D85/8058—Coding means for the contents
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- the present invention relates, in general, to the preparation of beverages by extraction under pressure with the use of capsules or cartridges.
- the invention relates to a capsule or cartridge of the type comprising a cup-shaped body with a bottom wall, a lateral wall and a flange-like top formation which is essentially planar and extends transversely towards the outside, and
- a cover fixed to the flange-like formation of said body, such as to define a chamber containing a substance for the preparation of the beverage, in particular ground roasted coffee;
- the lateral wall of the cup-shaped body has a plurality of recesses and projections which protrude outwards, which as a whole define at least an identification of the capsule.
- Figure 1 of this document illustrates a solution in which the lateral wall of the cup-shaped body of a capsule has a plurality of parallel circular annular projections, the longitudinal profile of which defines an identification of the capsule, "readable” by means of an optical detector.
- Figures 18-22 of said document illustrate another capsule in which the lateral wall of the cup-shaped body has identification projections and recesses, evenly spaced around the circumference thereof, forming a toothed crown. The number, size and spacing of the projections define an identification of the capsule.
- European application EP 1 890 271 Al describes and illustrates solutions based on the use of RFID tags to define an identification of capsules or cartridges for use in a machine for the preparation of beverages provided with an RFID reader.
- an RFID tag containing information that identifies the capsule and how it is to be used in the machine, is applied to a perimeter configuration in the form of flanges on each capsule or cartridge.
- a capsule or cartridge for the preparation of a beverage of the type defined above characterized primarily in that said projections and recesses are aligned in an essentially rectilinear direction, belonging to a plane essentially parallel to the flange-like formation of the body of the capsule.
- the cup-shaped body in proximity to the flange-like formation, has at least one essentially planar lateral wall portion or face in which there is provided said plurality of projections and recesses.
- the cup-shaped body of a capsule according to the invention may have at least two external lateral wall portions or faces which are essentially planar and parallel with each other and in which there are provided respective pluralities of identification projections and recesses.
- the cup-shaped body may have four external lateral wall portions or faces which are essentially planar and parallel each to another one, and in which there are provided respective pluralities of projections and recesses.
- the cup-shaped body of a capsule according to the invention has a first lateral wall portion whose transverse cross-section, from the bottom wall to the flange-like formation, passes gradually from an essentially circular shape to an at least approximately quadrangular shape.
- the cup-shaped body conveniently has a second wall portion which is essentially prismatic, with a transverse cross-section having an essentially quadrangular shape, with preferably rounded and externally convex vertexes, and in which there are provided said lateral planar faces with the identification projections/recesses.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide an infusion assembly for a machine for the preparation of beverages with the use of capsules or cartridges having the features defined in Claim 1 and optionally the features defined in the claims which are dependent on Claim 1.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view from above of a capsule according to the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a perspective view from below of the capsule according to Figure 1 ;
- Figures 3 and 4 show, in perspective view, two embodiments of a cup-shaped body included in a capsule or cartridge according to the present invention;
- Figure 5 is a perspective view which shows, in simplified form, part of a machine for the preparation of beverages, for use with capsules according to the present invention
- Figure 6 is substantially a plan view from above in the direction of the arrow VI of Figure 5;
- Figure 7 is a perspective view similar to that presented in Figure 5, and shows a different stage of use of a capsule according to the present invention
- Figure 8 is a plan view from above in the direction of the arrow VIII of Figure 7;
- Figure 9 is a view similar to that presented in Figure 7, and shows a subsequent stage of use of a capsule according to the present invention;
- Figure 10 is a plan view from above in the direction of the arrow X of Figure 9;
- Figure 11 is a perspective view similar to that presented in Figure 9, and shows a further stage of use of a capsule according to the present invention
- Figure 12 is a plan view from above in the direction of the arrow XII of Figure 11 ;
- Figure 13 is a view similar to that presented in Figure 11, and shows the infusion assembly when closed, ready for extraction of the beverage;
- Figure 14 is a plan view from above in the direction of the arrow XIV of Figure 13;
- Figures 15 and 16 are plan views from below of two different capsules according to the present invention.
- Figures 1 and 2 show (general reference sign 1) a capsule for the preparation of a beverage, in particular espresso coffee, according to the present invention.
- the capsule 1 illustrated therein comprises a cup-shaped body 2, having a bottom wall 3, a lateral wall with the general reference sign 4, and a flange-like top formation 5, which is essentially planar and extends transversely towards the outside.
- the capsule 1 further comprises a cover 6, fixed, for example by heat sealing, to the flange-like formation 5 of the body 2, in such a way as to define and enclose a chamber 7 ( Figures 3 and 4) containing a quantity or dose of a material for the preparation of the beverage, for example ground roasted coffee.
- the cup-shaped body 2 of a capsule 1 presents a flange-like formation 5 having an essentially quadrangular outer perimeter.
- the flange-like formation 5 instead has an essentially circular outer perimeter.
- the cover 6 it is appropriate for the cover 6 to have a shape corresponding to the outer perimeter of the flange 5 of the capsule body 2 to which it must be fixed.
- the cup-shaped body 2 has an essentially circular bottom wall 3, with a peripheral edge 3a projecting axially from the side opposite the flange-like formation 5.
- the cup-shaped body 2 has a first lateral wall portion 4a, the transverse cross- section of which, from the bottom wall 3 in the direction of the flange-like formation 5, passes gradually from an essentially circular shape to an at least approximately quadrangular shape, with preferably rounded vertexes.
- the lateral wall portion 4a of the body 2 is connected to the flange-like formation 5 by means of a second wall portion 4b, of essentially prismatic shape, with preferably rounded and externally convex corners.
- the cup-shaped body 2 of the capsules illustrated in the drawings thus has four essentially planar lateral wall portions or faces, formed by the lateral surface portion 4b.
- the cup-shaped body 2 may have just one essentially planar lateral wall portion or face.
- the cup-shaped body 2 has a plurality of projections 8 and recesses 9.
- the projections 8 protrude transversely towards the outside and the number of projections, together with the arrangement thereof, define an identification of the capsule 1.
- the projections 8 and the recesses 9 of each planar face or surface of the body 2 are mutually aligned in an essentially rectilinear direction, belonging to a plane essentially parallel to the flange-like formation 5.
- the projections 8 are internally hollow and the cavities thereof are in communication with the region 7 inside the cup-shaped body 2.
- the thickness of the walls of the projections 8, and the material of which the cup-shaped body 2 is made, are such that the projections 8 may be torn, to allow water and/or steam to enter (also) through the lateral wall 4 in the cup-shaped body 2, substantially in accordance with the solution forming the subject matter of Italian patent application TO2011A000478 in the name of the same Applicant.
- the tearing or cutting of the projections 8 may advantageously be achieved using an infusion assembly according to International application WO2013/111088 Al, also in the name of the same Applicant.
- the projections 8 are advantageously adjacent the flange-like formation 5, with which they join such that the inner perimeter of the flange- like formation 5 has a corresponding plurality of indentations.
- each projection 8 and the recesses 9 may be detected, for example in the manner described below, and interpreted as elements of a code, such as binary code, that identifies the capsule.
- a code such as binary code
- each projection 8 may be interpreted as a logical " 1"
- each recess having a width equal to a predetermined pitch may be interpreted as a logical "0" .
- the projections 8 and the recesses 9 may also be attributed other meanings, with a view to creating, and subsequently decoding, the identification of the capsule.
- Capsules provided with an identification in the form of projections and recesses according to the invention may be used in machines for the preparation of beverages equipped with appropriate detectors/readers. An example of such devices will be described in detail below.
- the projections 8 and the recesses 9 associated with two opposite planar surfaces or faces of the body 2 of the capsule may be specularly symmetrical with respect to an intermediate centre-line, so as to form a corresponding identification/information code which is specularly symmetrical.
- the projections and the recesses of at least two parallel planar faces of the body 2 of the capsule may form an identification/information code containing information that indicates the direction in which the capsule has been placed in the machine, and therefore the direction of "reading” thereof.
- the sequence of projections and recesses may contain two projections 8 close together at one end, and a (relatively) isolated relief at the other end, in such a way as to allow the "readers" to detect the direction in which the user has placed the capsule in the machine.
- the projections 8 and the recesses 9 of each of these lateral wall portions or faces may advantageously form the same identification/information code on each of them.
- Figures 5 to 14 show, by way of example and in simplified form, only (and partially) the infusion assembly of said machine, said assembly being associated with a device for introduction of a capsule and for reading the identification/information code of the capsule.
- reference sign 10 generally indicates an infusion assembly, of a type known per se, for the preparation of a beverage by extraction under pressure, with the use of a capsule 1 as described above.
- the infusion assembly 10 comprises a first and a second part, 11 and 12, which may be moved with respect to one another, between a relative position of opening, shown in Figure 5, and a closed position shown in Figure 13.
- the part 11 is movable, and has a cavity inside, shown in broken lines in Figure 5 where it is indicated with 11a, which can receive a capsule 1 as described above.
- the part 12 is fixed.
- the latter as known per se and not shown, may be provided with means for tearing the cover 6 of the capsule placed in the infusion assembly 10, and for injecting hot water and/or steam under pressure into the capsule 1, to make the beverage.
- the movable part 11 may be provided with a device for perforating the bottom wall 3 of the capsule 1, and a conduit for dispensing the beverage made into a receiving vessel such as a glass or a cup.
- the present invention is not however limited to an embodiment in which the part 11 is movable and the part 12 is fixed, but can encompass embodiments in which both parts are movable relative to one another, or in which the part 11 is fixed and the part 12 is movable.
- the infusion assembly 10 is associated with a retaining and guiding device, for positioning a capsule or cartridge 1 between the two parts 11 and 12 of said assembly, when these parts are in the open position ( Figure 5).
- said retaining and guiding device comprises two straight guides 13, parallel to one another, provided with respective facing grooves 13a which can engage with two opposite sides of the perimeter of the flange-like formation 5 and cover 6 of the capsule 1.
- the guides 13 define a direction of introduction of a capsule 1 in the area between the parts 11 and 12 of the infusion assembly 10, said direction being indicated by the arrow Fl in Figure 5. This direction is essentially perpendicular to the direction in which the two parts
- two microswitches 14 are mounted on the guides 13, said microswitches facing each other in a direction transverse to the direction Fl .
- the microswitches 14 are each provided with a movable member 14a for controlling switching, which causes said microswitch to open and close. These members 14a protrude transversely, in such a way that they may interact with the projections 8 of two opposite planar faces of the portion 4b of the lateral surface of the body 2 of the capsule.
- a member 14a Each time a member 14a passes from a recess 9 to a projection 8, it causes a switching of the associated microswitch 14, for example in the sense that it causes the microswitch to open and, when it passes from a projection 8 to a recess 9, it causes reverse switching, for example causing the microswitch to close.
- the push-button control members 14a of the microswitches 14 thus act as actual feelers, which explore and “read” the sequence of projections 8 and recesses 9, or the identification/information code associated with a corresponding planar surface of the body 2 of the capsule 1 inserted into the grooves 13a of the guides 13.
- the microswitches 14 are arranged along the path followed by the capsule 1 as it goes from a position of initial insertion into the guides 13 to the position (shown in Figure 11) in which the capsule 1 is positioned between the parts 11 and 12 of the infusion assembly 10, which are still open.
- the "reading" of the codes associated with two opposite planar faces of the body 2 of the capsule 1 thus takes place before the capsule reaches the intermediate position of Figure 11, and therefore before the start of infusion proper.
- Figures 7 and 8 show a capsule 1 that has already been inserted a good way into the guides 13, the microswitches 14 progressively reading the projections 8 and recesses 9 of two opposite planar faces thereof.
- Figures 9 and 10 show the capsule 1 at a subsequent stage, in which it is beginning to be positioned between the two parts 11 and 12 of the infusion assembly 10, and the microswitches 14 are exploring the projections 8 and the recesses 9 constituting the code.
- the microswitches 14 are connected to an electronic processing unit EPU for detecting the switching of these microswitches, and accordingly acquiring the codes associated with the two explored sides of the capsule 1.
- These codes may include information relating to the characteristics of the contents of the capsule, and the optimal conditions for making the beverage by infusion.
- the capsule 1 is locked inside the infusion chamber defined by the two parts 11 and 12 of the assembly 10, which firmly clamp the flange-like formation 5 and cover 6 of said capsule.
- the injection of hot water and/or steam into the capsule, and the extraction of the beverage, which is dispensed into a receiving vessel (not shown), may then be commanded.
- the parameters for example the flow rate, pressure and temperature of the water injected
- the parameters may advantageously be determined on the basis of the identification/information code detected by means of the microswitches 14 and analysed and recognized by the electronic processing unit EPU.
- the infusion assembly 10 may be reopened, and the used capsule 1 can be removed, in one of several ways known per se.
- Figures 15 and 16 show two capsules 1 according to the present invention, with particular embodiments of projections 8 and recesses 9 on two pairs of facing planar faces or surfaces.
- each one of a pair of peripherally contiguous planar faces or surfaces 4c, 4d bears projections 8 and recesses 9 that define the same auxiliary reference code ("clock" code), whereas each one of a pair of peripherally contiguous planar faces or surfaces 4e, 4f bears projections 8 and recesses 9 that define the actual identification/information code of the capsule 1.
- the auxiliary reference code arranged on faces 4c and 4d comprises a plurality of projections 8, evenly distributed and evenly spaced (by corresponding recesses 9) in the rectilinear direction of alignment thereof.
- each projection 8 on the planar faces or surfaces 4e, 4f is aligned with a corresponding projection 8 of the auxiliary reference code borne by the faces 4c, 4d.
- the projections 8 on the faces 4e, 4f can be staggered relative to corresponding projections 8 of the auxiliary reference code borne by the planar face or surface opposite. If such an offset or phase shift is not equal to one half-width of a recess 9 on the faces 4c, 4d, the electronic processing unit EPU can recognize the direction of insertion of the capsule 1 into the machine.
- the two "readers" 14 of codes carried by two opposite faces of the capsule may be staggered with respect to one another, in the direction Fl of insertion of the capsule 1.
- planar faces or surfaces 4c-4f all bear the same distribution of projections 8 and recesses 9 which defines the identification/information code associated with the capsule 1. Moreover, this distribution is designed in such a way that the logical addition of the codes of two opposite faces (e.g. faces 4c and 4e, or faces 4d and 4f) corresponds to the auxiliary reference code of the faces 4c and 4d of the embodiment according to Figure 15.
- the electronic processing unit EPU detects the same code irrespective of the direction of insertion of the capsule in the machine for the preparation of the beverage.
- the code of each face may be used as auxiliary reference code for the code borne by the planar face or surface opposite.
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