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WO2016075630A1
WO2016075630A1 PCT/IB2015/058705 IB2015058705W WO2016075630A1 WO 2016075630 A1 WO2016075630 A1 WO 2016075630A1 IB 2015058705 W IB2015058705 W IB 2015058705W WO 2016075630 A1 WO2016075630 A1 WO 2016075630A1
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Alessio Cruciani
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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
    • A47J31/06—Filters or strainers for coffee or tea makers ; Holders therefor
    • A47J31/0657—Filters or strainers for coffee or tea makers ; Holders therefor for brewing coffee under pressure, e.g. for espresso machines
    • A47J31/0689—Reusable cartridges suitable to be opened for being filled with brewing material and to be closed to envelope the brewing material therein

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  • the present invention relates to a re-usable capsules, for preparing a beverage in a machine, for example a machine with capsules for coffee or the like.
  • a beverage which is prepared in this way is coffee
  • the preparation thereof takes place by making water to pass forcedly through the capsule including coffee powder.
  • the passage takes place through inlet and outlet holes which can already be provided in the capsule or implemented upon use by the same machine.
  • the capsules known up to now are of the disposable type, prepared and filled up with coffee powder by the manufacturer and thrown away after use.
  • the present invention instead relates to a re-usable capsule, in the sense that the end user, after having used it for the first time, can open it, wash it, filled-up it again with the coffee powder he/she likes, re-close it and use it again and this for a high number of times, with an evident economic saving and, above all, with the possibility of using coffee of the preferred mixture.
  • the capsules could be used even for the preparation of tea or other (for example soluble) beverages.
  • the object of the present invention is then to overcome the above-illustrated problems and this is obtained through a capsule as defined in claim 1.
  • the present invention by overcoming the problems of known art, involves several and evident advantages.
  • the present invention relates to a capsule which can be re-used several times, able to vary its own technical specifications through the use of suitable components according to the needs of the raw material to be delivered.
  • the invention allows introducing several improvements to the known art in order to exploit the raw material contained in the capsule.
  • the capsule according to the present invention can be adapted to the specific use which one has to make.
  • it if it has to be used to deliver coffee, then preferably it will be configured so as to have inlet holes with reduced diameter, to increase the effect of the water pressure and then to improve the coffee extraction.
  • it may be advisable to configure it so as to reduce in number and diameter even the outlet holes of the capsule, and to form an air gap, thus by contributing in improving the emulsion effect generated by the water turbulences and then to obtain a tastier, creamier, etc. beverage.
  • figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a capsule according to the present invention.
  • le figure 2A and 2B are perspective views of a container body of a capsule according to the present invention.
  • figure 3 is an exploded view of a capsule according to an additional embodiment
  • FIGS. 4A and 4B are perspective views of a false-bottom according to the present invention.
  • figure 5 is a side view of a false-bottom according to the present invention
  • figure 6 is a longitudinal section view of a false-bottom according to the present invention
  • figure 7 is a longitudinal section view of the bottom portion of a capsule coupled to a false-bottom;
  • figure 8 is a perspective view of a capsule equipped with false-bottom
  • FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 are perspective views of still an additional embodiment of a capsule according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 12A to 12D are views of a cap of a capsule according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 13A to 13D are views of a false-cap of a capsule according to the present invention.
  • figure 14 is a longitudinal section view showing the top of a capsule with a relative cap coupled to a false-cap;
  • figures 15A to 15E show a container body of a capsule according still an additional embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 16A to 16C show still an additional embodiment of a capsule according to the present invention.
  • First of all figure 1 refers to a capsule 1 , re-usable for the preparation of a beverage in a machine, according to a first embodiment according to the present invention.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a hollow and substantially frustoconical container body 2 having a main longitudinal axis A.
  • the container body 2 constitutes the container for a beverage preparation, which can be in granules or in powder.
  • the container body 2 has a bottom section 10, an intermediate section 20 and an open top section 30, but which can be re-closed through a cap 40 adapted to act as a removable lid of the top section 30.
  • the container body 2 comprises at least one inlet hole 11 , 12, 13 for water and the cap 40 comprises at least one outlet hole 41 , 42 for water.
  • inlet and outlet holes can be better seen in the following figures.
  • the inlet holes 11 , 12, 13 comprise one or more inlet holes
  • inlet holes 11 , 12 on the bottom comprise first inlet holes 1 1 having a diameter between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.
  • figures 2A and 2B show a container body 2 according to the present invention.
  • the outlet holes 41 , 42 of the cap 40 can comprise a plurality of first outlet holes 41 having a diameter between 0.10 mm and 1 mm. Moreover, preferably, the outlet holes 41 , 42 of the cap 40 can even comprise at least a second outlet hole 42 having a diameter between 0.10 mm and 0.5 mm.
  • the cap 40 has a concave region 43 in a substantially central position, inside thereof the second outlet hole 42 is preferably implemented.
  • the subsequent figure 3 relates to a capsule 101 , according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the capsule 101 comprises first means 50 for modifying in number and/or diameter at least one of the inlet hole 11 , 12, 13 for water of the container body 2.
  • the first means 50 for modifying the number and/or the diameter of the inlet holes comprises a false-bottom 51 adapted to be sealingly and removably coupled to the bottom section 10.
  • the false-bottom can be coupled to the container body through any removable tightening system, for example a snap-fit system, preferably of anti-rotation type, or through other equivalent systems.
  • a removable tightening system for example a snap-fit system, preferably of anti-rotation type, or through other equivalent systems.
  • it can be equipped with anti- rotation stops placed onto the base.
  • the false-bottom 51 comprises a plurality of second inlet holes 52 having a diameter between 0.10 mm and 0.5 mm, and coincident with the first inlet holes 11 when the false-bottom 51 and the bottom 10 are coupled.
  • Figures 4A and 4B are perspective top and bottom views of the false-bottom 51 , whereas figure 5 is a side view thereof and figure 6 a section view.
  • Figure 7 shows in section a false-bottom 51 when coupled to a bottom 10 of a container body 2.
  • the second inlet holes 52 can have a lumen flared towards the outside of the false-bottom 51 , to favour the water inlet.
  • the bottom 10 can have an additional central inlet hole 12.
  • a corresponding hollow column 53 can correspond, integral to the false-bottom itself.
  • the hollow column 53 preferably, has a plurality of third inlet holes 54, radially directed with respect to the longitudinal axis A of the container body 2.
  • Figure 8 shows a capsule implemented according to such second embodiment, with a false-bottom 51 coupled to the bottom section 10 of the container body 2.
  • the subsequent figure 9 relates to still an additional embodiment of a capsule 201 according to the present invention.
  • the capsule 201 does not comprise necessarily a false-bottom, but it provides second means 60 for modifying in number and/or diameter said at least one outlet hole 41 , 42 for water.
  • such second means 60 for modifying comprises a false-cap 61 apt to be sealingly and removably coupled to the cap 40.
  • the coupling is so that an air gap 65 between the two bodies is defined.
  • the false-cap 61 has a plurality of third outlet holes 62, preferably having a diameter between 0.1 mm and 0.5 mm, and a plurality of occlusion elements 63.
  • the occlusion elements 63 coincide with the first outlet holes 41 of the cap 40 and they obstruct them.
  • FIGS 10 and 11 show a capsule 201 , comprising a false-cap as described up to now.
  • Figures 12A to 12 D show, according to different views and in section, a cap 40 of a capsule according to the present invention.
  • the cap 40 obviously could be used in all embodiments described in this description.
  • the cap 40 has a generally cylindrical hollow body, with an outer surface thereon the outlet holes 41 , 42 for water are obtained.
  • the cap comprises a plurality of hollow cylindrical elements 44, each one thereof has sizes and shape compatible to receive a corresponding occlusion element 63 of a possible false-cap 61.
  • Each one of the hollow cylindrical elements includes a corresponding outlet hole 41 for water and then, when a false-cap is coupled to the cap, each occlusion element will seal a corresponding outlet hole 41.
  • the subsequent figures 13A to 13 D show a false-cap 61 , according to what described up to now.
  • the occlusion elements 63 In particular in figure 13A and in figure 13C (longitudinal section of the false-cap), the occlusion elements 63, with generally cylindrical shape, can be seen.
  • each one of the occlusion elements 63 has a free end shaped so as to be suitable, in shape and sizes, to occlude completely a corresponding outlet hole 41 on the cap 40.
  • Third outlet holes 62 are implemented on a surface of the false-cap 61 and, as already specified, such third holes have a smaller diameter with respect to the holes
  • a central region 65 of the false-cap 61 has a convexity and additional third outlet holes 62 are advantageously implemented on tilted portions of such convex region
  • the subsequent figure 14 shows, in longitudinal section, the upper portion of the capsule 201 , wherein a false-cap 61 is coupled to the cap 40.
  • the subsequent figures 15A to 15E relate to still an additional implementation variant, in this case of the container body 2.
  • the inlet holes 1 1 , 12, 13 comprise a plurality of fourth inlet holes 13 implemented at the intermediate section 20, preferably along the side walls of the container body 2.
  • Such fourth inlet holes 13 advantageously are radially directed with respect to the longitudinal axis A of the container body 2.
  • the intermediate section 20 can comprise a plurality of stiffening ribs 21 shaped so as to define indentations within the container body 2.
  • the fourth inlet holes 13 are implemented within said indentations formed by such stiffening ribs 21.
  • the fourth inlet holes preferably can have a diameter comprised between 0.10 mm and 0.50 mm.
  • FIGS 16A to 16C show an additional embodiment of a capsule 401 according to the present invention.
  • the capsule 401 comprises all technical solutions described sofar, in particular the first and the second means for modifying in number and/or diameter some of the inlet and outlet holes of the capsule.
  • first means is implemented under the form of a false-bottom 51 , which can be removably coupled to the bottom section of the container body 2
  • second means is implemented under the form of a false-cap 61 which can be removably coupled to the cap 40 of the capsule 401.
  • even such additional embodiment can comprise stiffening ribs on the side walls of the container body 2 and fourth inlet holes 13 implemented at such ribs.
  • the preferred configuration surely is the one providing first of all the use of a false-bottom for modifying in number and/or diameter the inlet holes for water.
  • the technique of the capsules provides solutions wherein the extraction of the substances in the coffee generating the beverage takes place by means of the injection of a unidirectional water flow, with one single area for inletting water, typically from the bottom of the capsule.
  • the invention is able to provide three different injection points for a more exhaustive extraction of the product:
  • the finding according to the present invention allows implementing an additional emulsion already before outletting the beverage from the capsule through a false-cap coupled to the outest cap of the capsule.
  • the false-cap occludes completely the holes of the cap by leaving free one single central hole, with suitable diameter, thus by increasing considerably the outletting pressure of the beverage.
  • the false-cap is equipped with the following features which determine the fine emulsion of the beverage:
  • the outer cap of the capsule is holed and it provides in the inner face suitable hollow cylindrical housing elements for receiving the spacing columns and for occluding its own holes.
  • the single hole for the passage of the pre-emulsioned beverage will be allocated centrally in suitable depression implemented to allow the not-obstruction of the same in different models of domestic coffee machines bringing a central surface at direct contact with the capsule.
  • a false-bottom could be implemented suitably configured with size and quantity of the holes suitable to adjust the inlet pressure and the consequent mixing of water and soluble product within the capsule.
  • the invention allows, through the removal of the false-bottom and/or of the false-cap, to be able to decrease, thanks to the larger diameter of the holes, the inlet and outlet pressure of water in capsule by making the extraction more suitable to the product.

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La présente invention concerne une capsule réutilisable (1, 101, 201, 301, 401) pour la préparation de boissons telles que les cafés, les infusions et/ou les boissons solubles.
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WO2021087017A1 (fr) * 2019-11-01 2021-05-06 Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. Cartouche de boisson réutilisable
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