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Identification of beverage ingredient containing capsules

A technology for beverages and capsules, applied in the field of identification of capsules containing beverage ingredients

Active Publication Date: 2015-06-17
SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA
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[0005] Another issue is being able to apply high forces on the capsule identification member without it collapsing

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[0033] In general, one aspect of the invention is that the beverage production machine 11 is designed to produce beverages from capsules 1 positioned at dedicated beverage production locations of the beverage production machine 11 . Such as figure 1 As shown, the capsule has a dedicated compartment for containing beverage ingredients 5 . A liquid 3 controlled by a control unit 10 of the beverage production machine 11 is brought into the capsule 1 in order to interact with the ingredients 5 contained in the capsule 1 . The result of the interaction, ie the produced beverage or liquid food (referenced 4 ), is then available from the beverage production machine 11 . Typical examples of the type of interaction between the liquid 3 and the ingredient 5 are brewing (brewing), mixing, extracting, dissolving, etc. Different types of ingredients can be present in the beverage compartment and different types of interactions can take place in the capsule. figure 1 The system shown has...

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The invention concerns a beverage production system comprising beverage ingredient containing capsules (1) comprising an identification member (6) and a beverage production machine for receiving said capsules, said machine comprising contact means (8) for physically contacting the capsule identification member (6) in order to read information thereof and control means connected to the contact means and designed to control the operation of the beverage production machine (11) in response to the read information, the contact means (8) comprising:—at least one displaceable probe (81) which mechanically contacts the capsule identification member (6),—a resilient support member (82) in contact with the probe on one side and associated to a circuitry (9) on its other side, wherein the part of the resilient support member in contact with the probe presents such a shape that it is able to deform itself when the probe applies a force on it, the deformation being partially transversal to the direction applied by the force.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the identification of capsules by beverage production machines. Background technique [0002] WO 2008 / 090122 describes a beverage ingredient capsule having identification members designed for being physically contacted from the outside in order to control operating parameters of an associated beverage production machine. The identification member has a hole or recess corresponding to a binary coded state (0 or 1). Preferably, the identification member is not visible from the outside because it is covered by the cover means. The beverage production machine comprises a displaceable probe capable of penetrating, deforming, displacing the cap means at areas prone to holes or recesses. The degree of displacement of the probe in response to its contact with the hole or recess is associated with information about the capsule. The displaceable probes are resiliently positioned at a distance from the electrical circuitry of the machi...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A47J31/36
CPCA47J31/3623A47J31/4492A47J31/00A47J31/36A47J31/3609A47J31/3647A47J31/44A47J31/4403A47J43/00
Inventor M·奥赞D·维格尼奥克斯
Owner SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA