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WO2025202271A1 - Récipient pour machine de préparation de boisson ou de produit alimentaire - Google Patents

Récipient pour machine de préparation de boisson ou de produit alimentaire

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WO2025202271A1
WO2025202271A1 PCT/EP2025/058238 EP2025058238W WO2025202271A1 WO 2025202271 A1 WO2025202271 A1 WO 2025202271A1 EP 2025058238 W EP2025058238 W EP 2025058238W WO 2025202271 A1 WO2025202271 A1 WO 2025202271A1
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container
storage portion
connecting members
portions
beverage
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Daniel Abegglen
Angelo Basile
Gilles Gerber
Christine NICOLE
Fabien RAWYLER
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Societe des Produits Nestle SA
Nestle SA
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Societe des Produits Nestle SA
Nestle SA
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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

Definitions

  • Systems for the preparation of a beverage comprise a beverage preparation machine and a capsule.
  • the capsule comprises a single-serving of a beverage forming precursor material, e.g. ground coffee or tea.
  • the beverage preparation machine is arranged to execute a beverage preparation process on the capsule, typically by the exposure of pressurized, heated water to said precursor material.
  • the capsule interacts with the machine by a series of complex interactions to load, process and eject the capsule, by various mechanisms of the machine interacting principally with a flange portion of the capsule. Processing of the capsule in this manner causes the at least partial extraction of the precursor material from the capsule as the beverage.
  • beverage preparation machine has increased in popularity due to 1 ) enhanced user convenience compared to a conventional beverage preparation machines (e.g. compared to a manually operated stove-top espresso maker) and 2) an enhanced beverage preparation process which is optimised in a manner specific to the capsule and to the precursor material.
  • the present disclosure provides a container for containing a precursor material for use with a machine for preparing a beverage or foodstuff.
  • the container comprises a body portion having a storage portion for storage of the precursor material and a flange portion coupled to the storage portion.
  • the flange portion is separate from the body portion.
  • a cavity of the storage portion is formed from extensible paper-based sheet material (e.g. a blank) by drawing to provide wrinkling portions in a drawn state, and the flange portion includes connecting members connected to the wrinkling portions to retain the drawn state.
  • extensible paper-based sheet material e.g. a blank
  • the storage portion By implementing the storage portion to be formed by drawing a blank of paper material to a drawn state, in which wrinkling portions are arranged at a periphery and these are fixed in position by the flange portion, two different materials may be implemented for the flange portion and the storage portion, which may enable optimisation of the container compared to the use of a single integral material.
  • the two materials may be implemented as a thin and/or high rigidity flange portion, which interacts with machine mechanisms for one or more of: loading; ejection; code reading, and; sealing, and a thicker storage portion for precursor material retention and preparation process/handling durability.
  • the term “extensible” in respect of the paper-based material may refer to a material which can undergo elongation, whilst becoming thinner (e.g. plastic deformation about a curved axis) when subject to tensile forces.
  • a degree of extensibility may be limited by the tensile strength of the material. The degree of extensibility may be defined as a stretch at break in a machine direction of 1 .5 - 3 or 7%.
  • paper-based may refer to a paper cellulose-based material. Said material may be produced by mechanically and/or chemically processing cellulose.
  • the fibres maybe derived from one or more of: wood; rags; grasses, or; other vegetable sources.
  • the material may be formed by the fibres in water by draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying.
  • the paper-based material may be a non-laminated material, e.g. when implemented for drawing.
  • the paper-based material of the storage portion (formed by drawing) has a thickness of 60 - 150 or 200 micron and between 80 and 180 gsm and may have a stretch at break in a machine direction of 1 .5 - 7%.
  • the liner member extends around the stiffening ring and to the upper surface of the flange portion at a periphery of the flange portion.
  • the stiffening ring may be fully sealed by the liner member and the liner member may provide additional securing of the stiffening ring to the flange portion.
  • the flange portion is formed of a paper-based material.
  • the paper-based material of the flange portion has a thickness of less than 200 or 190 microns with an optional minimum of above 50 or 100 microns and/or a grams per square metre (GSM) of 80 -120.
  • GSM grams per square metre
  • the container comprises a closing member arranged to connect (e.g. via the liner member) to the flange portion to close the storage portion, wherein the closing member is arranged to extend up to and sit within a cavity defined by the stiffening ring.
  • hemispherical may refer to a geometric arrangement that is shaped like half a sphere.
  • the curvature may be exactly spherical or generally spherical.
  • hemispherical may refer to cup shaped but without a flat bottom or with a relatively small flat bottom e.g. any such flat bottom may be less than 40% or 30% or 20% of the total radii.
  • hemispherical may refer to cup shaped but without a flat sides or with a relatively small flat sides proximal the flange portion e.g. any such flat sides may be less than 40% or 30% or 20% of the total depth.
  • a hemispherical shape may be accurately formed.
  • the flaps extend from distal a height of a base of the storage portion to a periphery of the storage portion.
  • the hemispherical shaped cavity is formed by bending of the flaps without forming fold lines.
  • the hemispherical shape may be more accurate.
  • the hemispherical shape is formed by pressing the paper-based material to have a flat or curved base.
  • the connecting members are connected to the flaps of the storage portion in the hemispherical state by a liner member arrange to line the interior of the storage portion.
  • the liner member may bond (e.g. further bond) the flaps and connecting members in the hemispherical state.
  • the present disclosure provides a set of containers according to any preceding embodiment or another embodiment disclosed herein, wherein the storage portions of the containers have a different depth dimension to enable containment of different volumes of precursor material.
  • the set may be implemented as part of the preceding system.
  • the method comprises forming crushed regions prior to pressing into the former.
  • the crushed regions may be arranged to facilitate forming with the former, e.g. to make the flaps more flexible, and may be arranged as one or more rings.
  • the present disclosure provides method of forming a container.
  • the method/container may implement the features of any preceding embodiment, or another embodiment disclosed herein.
  • the method may implement the preceding method (or other method disclosed herein) of forming a body portion of a container.
  • the method comprises: connecting a flange portion to a storage portion, and; connecting a stiffening ring to the flange portion to stiffen the flange portion (e.g. before or after connecting a flange portion to a storage portion).
  • the method comprises cutting the stiffening ring from a tube of material.
  • the method comprises arranging a liner member to line an interior of the storage portion and over the flange portion and the stiffening ring. In embodiments, the method comprises terminating the liner member so as not to extend over an opposed lower face that faces the storage portion.
  • the method comprises filling the storage portion with precursor material.
  • the method comprises arranging a closing member over the liner member, e.g. to close the storage portion.
  • the method comprises arranging the closing member to extend up to and sit within a cavity defined by the stiffening ring. In embodiments, the method comprises arranging the liner member to extend around the stiffening ring and back to the flange portion at a periphery of the flange portion.
  • the present disclosure provides a container formed by the method of any preceding embodiment or another embodiment disclosed herein.
  • the present disclosure provides a manufacturing line arranged to form a container by the method of forming a container according to any preceding embodiment or another embodiment disclosed herein.
  • the present disclosure provides a method of preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff using the machine and container of any preceding embodiment, or another embodiment disclosed herein.
  • the method may comprise control of a processing unit to process the container, e.g. to extract the beverage and/or foodstuff therefrom.
  • Figure 1 is a block system diagram showing an embodiment system for preparation of a beverage or foodstuff or a precursor thereof.
  • Figure 2 is a block system diagram showing an embodiment machine of the system of figure 1 .
  • Figure 3 is an illustrative diagram showing an embodiment fluid conditioning system of the machine of figure 2.
  • Figures 4A and 4B and 5 are illustrative diagrams showing an embodiment container processing system of the machine of figure 2.
  • Figure 6 is a block diagram showing embodiment control electrical circuitry of the machine of figure 2.
  • Figure 8 is a plan view showing embodiment blank for forming the container of figure 7.
  • Figure 12 is a side view showing an embodiment connecting member of the container of figure 7.
  • Figure 15 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the container of figure 7.
  • Figure 27 is a perspective view showing an embodiment storage portion for the container of figure 7.
  • Figure 28 is an exploded perspective assembly view showing an embodiment of the container of figure 7.
  • Figure 29 is a perspective view showing an embodiment assembly of a storage portion, flange portion and stiffening ring of the container of figure 7.
  • the term “machine” may refer to an electrically operated device that: can prepare, from a precursor material, a beverage and/or foodstuff, or; can prepare, from a pre-precursor material, a precursor material that can be subsequently prepared into a beverage and/or foodstuff.
  • the machine may implement said preparation by one or more of the following processes: dilution; heating; cooling; mixing; whisking; dissolution; soaking; steeping; extraction; conditioning; infusion; grinding, and; other like process.
  • the machine may be dimensioned for use on a work top, e.g. it may be less than 70 cm in length, width and height.
  • the term “prepare” in respect of a beverage and/or foodstuff may refer to the preparation of at least part of the beverage and/or foodstuff (e.g. a beverage is prepared by said machine in its entirety or part prepared to which the end-user may manually add extra fluid prior to consumption, including milk and/or water).
  • the term "container” or “capsule” may refer to any configuration to contain the precursor material, e.g. as a single-serving, pre-portioned amount.
  • the container may have a maximum capacity such that it can only contain a single-serving of precursor material.
  • the container may be single use, e.g. it is physically altered after a preparation process, which can include one or more of: perforation to supply fluid to the precursor material; perforation to supply the beverage/foodstuff from the container; opening by a user to extract the precursor material.
  • the container may be configured for operation with a container processing unit of the machine, e.g. it may include a flange portion for alignment and directing the container through or arrangement on said unit.
  • the container may include a rupturing portion, which is arranged to rupture when subject to a particular pressure to deliver the beverage/foodstuff.
  • the container may have a closing member, e.g. a membrane, for closing the container.
  • the container may have various forms, including one or more of: frustoconical; cylindrical; disk; hemispherical; other like form.
  • the container may be formed from various materials, such as metal or plastic or paper a combination thereof. The material may be selected such that it is: food-safe; it can withstand the pressure and/or temperature of a preparation process.
  • the container may be defined as a capsule, wherein a capsule may have an internal volume of 10 - 100 ml.
  • the capsule includes a coffee capsule, e.g. a Nespresso® capsule (including a Classic, Professional, Vertuo), Nescafe® Dolce Gusto capsule or other capsule.
  • the container may be defined as a receptacle for end user consumption therefrom
  • the term “external device” or “external electronic device” or “peripheral device” may include electronic components external to the machine, e.g. those arranged at a same location as the machine or those remote from the machine, which communicate with the machine over a computer network.
  • the external device may comprise a communication interface for communication with the machine and/or a server system.
  • the external device may comprise devices including: a smartphone; a PDA; a video game controller; a tablet; a laptop; or other like device.
  • server system may refer to electronic components external to the machine, e.g. those arranged at a remote location from the machine, which communicate with the machine over a computer network.
  • the server system may comprise a communication interface for communication with the machine and/or the external device.
  • the server system can include: a networked-based computer (e.g. a remote server); a cloud-based computer; any other server system.
  • system or “beverage or foodstuff preparation system” may refer to the combination of any two of more of: the beverage or foodstuff preparation machine; the container; the server system, and; the peripheral device.
  • the term "beverage” may refer to any substance capable of being processed to a potable substance, which may be chilled or hot.
  • the beverage may be one or more of: a solid; a liquid; a gel; a paste.
  • the beverage may include one or a combination of: tea; coffee; hot chocolate; milk; cordial; vitamin composition; herbal tea/infusion; infused/flavoured water, and; other substance.
  • the term "foodstuff” may refer to any substance capable of being processed to a nutriment for eating, which may be chilled or hot.
  • the foodstuff may be one or more of: a solid; a liquid; a gel; a paste.
  • the foodstuff may include: yoghurt; mousse; parfait; soup; ice cream; sorbet; custard; smoothies; other substance. It will be appreciated that there is a degree of overlap between the definitions of a beverage and foodstuff, e.g. a beverage can also be a foodstuff and thus a machine that is said to prepare a beverage or foodstuff does not preclude the preparation of both.
  • the term "precursor material” may refer to any material capable of being processed to form part or all of the beverage or foodstuff.
  • the precursor material can be one or more of a: powder; crystalline; liquid; gel; solid, and; other.
  • a beverage forming precursor material include: ground coffee; milk powder; tea leaves; coco powder; vitamin composition; herbs, e.g. fo'r forming a herbal/infusion tea; a flavouring, and; other like material.
  • Examples of a foodstuff forming precursor material include: dried vegetables or stock as anhydrous soup powder; powdered milk; flour based powders including custard; powdered yoghurt or ice-cream, and; other like material.
  • a precursor material may also refer to any preprecursor material capable of being processed to a precursor material as defined above, i.e. any precursor material that can subsequently be processed to a beverage and/or foodstuff.
  • the pre-precursor material includes coffee beans which can be ground and/or heated (e.g. roasted) to the precursor material.
  • fluid in respect of fluid supplied by a fluid conditioning system
  • fluid conditioning in respect of a fluid may refer to a change in a physical property thereof and can include one or more of the following: heating or cooling; agitation (including frothing via whipping to introduce bubbles and mixing to introduce turbulence); portioning to a single-serving amount suitable for use with a single serving container; pressurisation e.g. to a brewing pressure; carbonating; fliting/purifying, and; other conditioning process.
  • processing unit may refer to an arrangement that can process precursor material to a beverage or foodstuff. It may refer to an arrangement that can process a pre-precursor material to a precursor material.
  • the processing unit may have any suitable implementation, including a container processing unit.
  • the processing unit may be controlled by electrical circuitry to perform a preparation process based on preparation information.
  • the term "container processing unit” may refer to an arrangement that can process a container to derive an associated beverage or foodstuff from a precursor material in the container.
  • the container processing unit may be arranged to process the precursor material by one of more of the following: dilution; heating; cooling; mixing; whisking; dissolution; soaking; steeping; extraction; conditioning; pressurisation; infusion, and: other processing step.
  • the container processing unit may therefore implement a range of units depending on the processing step, which can include: an extraction unit (which may implement a pressurised and/or a thermal, e.g.
  • a mixing unit which mixes a beverage or foodstuff in a receptacle
  • a dispensing and dissolution unit which extracts a portion of the precursor material from a repository, processes by dissolution and dispenses it into a receptacle
  • the term "computer readable medium/media” or “data storage” may include any medium capable of storing a computer program, and may take the form of any conventional non-transitory memory, for example one or more of: random access memory (RAM); a CD; a hard drive; a solid state drive; a memory card; a DVD.
  • RAM random access memory
  • the memory may have various arrangements corresponding to those discussed for the circuitry.
  • communication resources or “communication interface” may refer to hardware and/or firmware for electronic information transfer.
  • the communication resources/interface may be configured for wired communication (“wired communication resources/interface”) or wireless communication (“wireless communication resources/interface”).
  • Wireless communication resources may include hardware to transmit and receive signals by radio and may include various protocol implementations e.g.
  • the term "code” may refer to a storage medium that encodes preparation information.
  • the code may be an optically readable code, e.g. a bar code.
  • the code may be arranged as a bit code (e.g. a binary sequence of Os and 1 s encoded by the absence or presence of an element).
  • the code may be formed of a plurality of units, which can be referred to as elements or markers.
  • the elements may implement a finder portion and a data portion, wherein the finder portion encodes a predefined reserved string of bits that is identifiable when processing the code from the data portion, to enable location of the data portion, which encodes the preparation information.
  • said unit comprises a container processing unit 20 and a fluid conditioning system 22.
  • the preparation of a beverage by using centrifugation and corresponding devices are, for example, disclosed in W02008/148601 , W02008/148650, WO2013/007776, WO 2013/007779 and WO 2013/007780, which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • An example of a suitable capsule is a Nespresso® Vertuo capsule.
  • a suitable example is provided in EP 2594171 A1.
  • the container processing unit is arranged as a mixing unit to prepare a beverage or foodstuff precursor that is stored in a container that is a receptacle, which is for end user consumption therefrom.
  • the mixing unit comprises an agitator (e.g. planetary mixer; spiral mixer; vertical cut mixer) to mix and a heat exchanger to heat/cool the beverage or foodstuff precursor in the receptacle.
  • a fluid supply system may also supply fluid to the receptacle.
  • An example of such an arrangement is provided in WO 2014067987 A1 .
  • the code reading system 18 is arranged to read a code 44 arranged on a closing member of the container 6.
  • the code reading system 18 is integrated with the extraction unit 32 of first example of the container processing unit 20.
  • the code 44 is read with the extraction unit 32 in the capsule extraction position (as shown in figure 4B).
  • the code reading system 18 includes an image capturing unit 46 to capture a digital image of the code 44.
  • Examples of a suitable image capturing unit 46 include a Sonix SN9S102; Snap Sensor S2 imager; an oversampled binary image sensor; other like system.
  • the electrical circuitry 16 includes image processing circuitry (not illustrated) to identify the code in the digital image and extract preparation information.
  • An example of the image processing circuitry is a Texas Instruments TMS320C5517 processor running a code processing program.
  • the code reading system 18 is alternatively arranged to read a code 44 from an underside of a flange portion of the container 6.
  • the code 44 is read based on rotation of the code 44 relative a code reader 46 of the code reading system 18.
  • the code 44 is read with the extraction unit 32 in the capsule extraction position (as shown in figure 5), with the rotation mechanism 33 rotating the container 6.
  • the code reading system 18 includes a code reader 46 to capture a code signal of the code 44.
  • a suitable image code reader 46 include a photo diode or other electrical componentry that can distinguish between elements of the code (as will be discussed).
  • the code reader may be operable in the infrared and/or visible wavebands.
  • the code reader 46 includes a lighting unit (e.g. an infrared and/or visible light source), not illustrated, to illuminate to code for reading.
  • the code reader can be implemented as the image capturing unit, as discussed above, or with another suitable reading system.
  • the code reading system is separate from the container processing unit including: it is arranged in a channel that the user places the container in and that conveys the container to the container processing unit; it is arranged to read a code on a receptacle, which is positioned to receive a beverage from an beverage outlet of a dispensing and dissolution unit.
  • the code reading system is arranged to read a code at a different location of the container, e.g. on a storage portion.
  • the storage portion 62 includes a cavity for storage of the precursor material (not illustrated in figure 7).
  • the closing member 66 closes the storage portion 62 and comprises a flexible membrane.
  • the flange portion 60 presents as a flat surface for connecting the closing member 66 to the storage portion 58 to hermetically seal the precursor material.
  • the container 6 has a diameter of 2 - 5 cm and an axial length of 2 - 4 cm.
  • the container 6 may be configured; to withstand rotation of maximum 7000 RPM, typically between 3500 et 6000 RPM, and/or; the container 6 may be configured to withstand a centripetal force of 500 N. Said loading may be applied to the storage portion 62 by liquid and/or the precursor material during processing by the container processing unit 20.
  • withstand may be defined as not experiencing a failure mode under said condition(s).
  • a failure mode may be defined as one or more of: the debonding of portions of the container, e.g. the closing member from the flange portion or the flange portion from the storage portion; material crack propagation or other material failure.
  • the material of the stiffening ring 110 is a cardboard-based material.
  • the fibres of the cardboard in the tube may be aligned in the circumferential direction. Such an arrangement may provide improved stiffness compared to a folded or curled ring.
  • the stiffening ring is formed integrally with the flange portion, e.g. by folding and/or rolling or by moulding; the stiffening ring is alternatively connected to the lower surface or to the periphery of the flange potion; the stiffening ring is alternatively arranged at the edge or the extension portion, e.g. such that there is no lip; the code is alternatively arranged e.g. on the upper surface or closing member; the stiffening ring is alternatively formed, e.g. by moulding rather than by cutting from a tube; the stiffening ring is alternatively shaped, e.g. with a circular or other cross-section; the liner member may not extend over the stiffening ring; the closing member may extend over the stiffening ring.
  • a method of forming a container 6 comprises the following steps, which are execute by a manufacturing line 120, with converter machines 122 - 136: 1 .
  • Step 1 referring to figure 16, from a web of sheet material 150 blanks 68 (figure 8) of the storage portion 62 are cut by a first converter machine 122. This step may be executed with the web of the sheet material 150 or sheets of the sheet material (not illustrated) with cutting in series and/or parallel.
  • Step 2 referring to figure 16, for the blanks 68 of step 1 , the storage portion 62 is formed by drawing by a second converting machine 124.
  • the second converting machine 124 comprises a former 152.
  • the blank 68 is pressed into the former 152 to draw the blank 68 into the form of the storage portion 62.
  • This step may be executed with a web of the sheet material 150 with cutting in series and/or parallel.
  • Step 4 referring to figure 19, from a web of sheet material 156 blanks of the flange portion 64 are cut by a third converter machine 126. This step may be executed with the web 156 of the sheet material, or sheets of the sheet material (not illustrated) with cutting in series and/or parallel.
  • Step 5 referring to figure 19, for the blanks of step 4, the code 44 is formed (e.g. by flexo printing or otherwise applied) on the first surface 88 of the flange portion 64 by a fourth converting machine 128.
  • the lacquer of the first surface 88 of the connecting members 78 and/or the second surface 90 of the extension portions 98 may also be printed (or otherwise applied) during this step, e.g. after formation of the code 44.
  • Step 6 referring to figure 20, from a tube 158 of cardboard material, stiffening rings 110 are cut by a fifth converting machine 130 with a reciprocating blade arrangement 160.
  • the tube 158 may be axially displaced relative the blade arrangement 160 for cutting of subsequent stiffening rings 110.
  • Step 7 referring to figure 21 , the flange portion 64 and storage portion 62 are positioned in alignment with each other (e.g. with the connecting members 78 to extend into the cavity 72 of the storage portion so that first surface 88 (as shown in figure 10) of the connecting members 78 abuts the interior surface 92 of the storage portion 62.
  • This step may be implemented with the second converting machine 124 of the step 2 or a dedicated converting machine (not illustrated).
  • the first surface 88 of the connecting members 78 are connected to the interior surface 92 of the storage portion 62 by spot welding of the heat activated lacquer (not illustrated) of the connecting members 78.
  • the storage portion 62 may be retained in the drawn state in during this step by a vacuum applied (not illustrated) to the exterior surface 94 of the storage portion 62.
  • Step 8 the stiffening ring 110 (formed by step 6) is connected to the second (upper) surface 90 of the extension portion 98 of the flange portion 62.
  • This step may be implemented by the same converting machine as for step 2, or a dedicated converting machine (not illustrated).
  • This step comprises spot welding of the lacquer of the second surface 90 of the extension portion 98 of the flange portion 62 proximal the stiffening ring 110.
  • Step 9 referring to figures 22 and 23, the liner member 96 is formed over the interior of the storage portion 62, the second surface 90 of the extension portion 98, and the stiffening ring 110 by a sixth converting machine 132.
  • the liner member 96 is set in position by thermoforming (or other suitable process).
  • the storage portion 62 may be retained in the drawn state in during this step by a vacuum applied (not illustrated) to the exterior surface 94 of the storage portion 62.
  • This step may be executed with a web of liner material 96 (as illustrated) or with separate sheets of liner member (not illustrated) with the storage portion and flange portion assembly supplied in series and/or parallel.
  • the liner member may by cut to size (not illustrated) to correspond to the periphery 112 of the flange portion 64.
  • Step 10 referring to figure 24, precursor material 162 is supplied to the cavity 72 of the storage portion 62 by a seventh converting machine 134.
  • the precursor material 162 may be supplied as loose and optionally compacted in the storage portion 62 by a compactor (not illustrated) or may be supplied as a compacted unit (not illustrated).
  • This step may be executed with the storage portion, flange portion, stiffening ring and liner assembly of step 9 supplied in series and/or parallel.
  • Step 11 referring to figure 25, the closing member 66 is connected to the filled assembly of step 10 by an eighth converting machine 136. This comprises adhesively connecting (e.g. by welding) the closing member 66 in proximity of the edges of the cavity 114 defined by the liner member 96 and the stiffening ring 110 (as shown in figure 13). This step may be executed with a web of closing member material 66 (as illustrated) or with separate closing members (not illustrated) and with filled assemblies supplied in series and/or parallel.
  • the container 6 may implement any features of the preceding general embodiment of figure 7 or another compatible embodiment disclosed herein, and may be implemented with any of the preceding embodiment machines 4.
  • the storage portion 62 is formed from a blank 68 of paper-based material (figure 26) and in a hemispherical state (figure 29) comprises a hemispherical cavity 72.
  • the blank 68 comprise flaps 170 that extend in a radial direction about the axis 106, and adjoin each other (e.g. they are entirely in contact with each other along their edges, as best seen in figure 29) in the hemispherical state.
  • the flange portion 64 includes connecting members 78 to retain the storage portion 62 (as discussed in the preceding embodiments).
  • the hemispherical shape is formed by bending of the flaps 170 without forming fold lines. By forming the hemispherical shape by bending without introducing fold lines, the hemispherical shape may be more accurate.
  • the second example implements the same flange portion 64, stiffening ring 110, and liner member 96 and their associated connection configuration as for the first example, including the discussed variants, hence for brevity, these parts are not additionally discussed.
  • the blank 68 is arranged with 12 identical flaps 170, each having a leading edge 172 and a trailing edge 174 defined in respect of a clockwise direction about the axis 106.
  • the flaps 170 are separated from each other in the planar state as shown in figure 26.
  • a large number of flaps, e.g. above 8, may enable better recreation of the hemispherical shape, e.g. for retro compatibility with existing machines that generally require a hemispherical container.
  • the blank 68 has a circular central portion 176 to form the base 74 of the cavity 72.
  • the circular central portion 176 is delineated by vertices 178 at a proximal end of the flaps 170, wherein proximal and distal are defined relative the axis 106.
  • the leading edge 172 and a trailing edge 174 extend from each vertex 178 to define V-shaped cut-out regions between the flaps 170.
  • the circular central portion 176 may be used to facilitate correct placement of the blank 68 in a mold, e.g. with the axis 106 aligned to a centre of the mold.
  • the flaps 170 at a distal end have generally parallel leading and trailing edges 172, 174. Selection of a radial distance of this region enables variable depth containers to be specified.
  • the periphery of the flaps 170 is linear.
  • the storage portion 62 is formed of a paper-based material or a compact board-based material with a thickness of 100 microns to 1 mm, and may be from 100 gsm to 1000 gsm.
  • the connecting members 78 can be adhesively connected (e.g. by spot welding) to retain the flaps 170 in the hemispherical state, followed by the application of the liner member 98 to further adhere connecting members 78 and flaps 170.
  • connecting members 78 and 12 flaps 170 there are 12 connecting members 78 and 12 flaps 170.
  • the connecting members 78 can be aligned with the exposed region 84 centrally between two flaps 170 to expose an edge 172,174 adjoining said two flaps 170 on the interior of the storage portion 62.
  • the edges 172,174 remain exposed around the entire periphery of the storage portion 62, and the liner member 98 can extend over the edges 172,174 to provide reinforcement to these regions.
  • flaps there are other numbers of flaps, e.g. 8 - 15; the flaps may have other shapes; the connecting members can be aligned to conceal the edge of the flaps, or there may be different numbers of flaps to connection members.
  • a method of forming a container 6 comprises the steps as discussed for the first example, including the associated variants, which for brevity are not discussed. However, the second step is adapted due to the alternative formation of the storage portion 62:
  • Step 2 for the blanks 68 of figure 26 which are alternatively formed by step 1 , the storage portion 62 is formed by pressing by the second converting machine 124.
  • the second converting machine 124 alternatively comprises the former 152 and is arranged to press the blank 68 into the former 152 to bend the flaps 170 into the hemispherical state of figure 29.
  • the circular central portion 176 may be used to facilitate correct placement of the blank 68 in relative the former, as discussed previously.
  • the circular central portion 176 may be pressed by the former to a flat or curved base.
  • the pressing force may be less than 1 kN.
  • the blank 68 Prior to forming of the storage portion by pressing, the blank 68 may be pre-creased/crushed to form crushed regions.
  • Said crushing can be implemented with the same tool as for cutting (e.g. a press that both cuts and implements creases/crushing) or subsequent to cutting of the blank 68.
  • the additional thickness of the paper-based material e.g. compared to the first example, which is formed by drawing
  • the crushed regions may be arranged as one or more rings aligned concentrically about the axis 106 of the blank 68.
  • the cruised regions may be formed on the inside (e.g. precursor material facing) or outside of the storage portion 62.

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L'invention concerne un récipient destiné à contenir un matériau précurseur destiné à être utilisé avec une machine pour préparer une boisson et/ou un produit alimentaire, le récipient comprenant : une partie de corps ayant une partie stockage pour le stockage du matériau précurseur et une partie bride séparée, une cavité de la partie stockage étant formée à partir d'un matériau en feuille à base de papier extensible par étirage sur des parties de plissement dans un état étiré, et la partie de bride comprenant des éléments de liaison reliés aux parties de plissement pour retenir l'état étiré et les éléments de liaison étant agencés sous la forme de rabats individuels qui s'étendent à partir d'une périphérie de la partie stockage dans la partie stockage dans une direction de profondeur.
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