Capsule, beverage production machine and system for the preparation of a nutritional product

A technology for producing machines and nutritional ingredients, applied in beverage production machines and systems, and in the field of capsules containing nutritional ingredients, which can solve hygiene problems and achieve reliable detection results

Active Publication Date: 2013-07-24
SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA
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Dirty surfaces inside beverage production machines further create hygiene issues requiring regular cleaning

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[0062] combine Figures 1a-1d and Figure 2a - 2d shows the basic aspects of the capsule 1 according to the invention, which is designed to be inserted into a beverage production machine 10 . The capsule 1 generally comprises a cup-shaped base body 2 for containing nutritional ingredients. Such as Figure 1a and 1b As shown in , the cup-shaped basic body 2 has a bottom 7, a side wall 4 and an inlet face C having an asymmetric profile in the direction of rotation when viewed from the top of the capsule along the longitudinal axis A of the capsule. The inlet face C has a raised portion 2b extending from the substantially circular portion 2a and may be closed by a liquid impermeable foil member 5 which may be sealed to the upper flange-like edge 6 of the inlet face C . The foil member 5 may be liquid impermeable only, or most preferably liquid and gas impermeable. In particular, the film may be a multilayer comprising gas barriers such as EVOH and / or aluminum. As described ...

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The present invention presents a capsule 1 having an inlet face C, which is formed by a circular section 2a and a bulge section 2b extending from the circular section 2a giving the inlet face C a not symmetric in rotation. The capsule 1 further has an optically readable code 3 on a side wall 4 of a cup-shaped body of the capsule 1 opposite the bulge section 2b. The present invention further presents a beverage production machine with a capsule holder 13 for holding a capsule 1 in such a way in the beverage production machine 10, that the optically readable code can be read by a code reader 24. Liquid can be supplied to the capsule to produce a nutritional product. The present invention provides means to prevent the optically readable code 3 and the code reader 24, respectively, from being contaminated with liquid, vapor, dirt or the like. An automatic detection of the capsule type, and a corresponding automatic setting of preparation parameters by the beverage production machine 1 becomes possible, and is more reliable than state of the art solutions.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of beverage preparation using beverage production machines. In particular, the present invention relates to removable inserts provided with optical codes, such as capsules, rinsing / descaling tools or capsule holders, and also to beverage production machines and systems for preparing nutritional products in combination with a supplied liquid . In particular, the invention relates to capsules for containing nutritional ingredients, wherein said capsules are provided with an optical code; beverage production machines for liquid supply provided with code readers for reading optically readable codes; And a system for reading an optically readable code on a capsule with a code reader of a beverage production machine. Background technique [0002] A nutritional product comprising a nutritional ingredient may be prepared by inserting a capsule containing the nutritional ingredient into a beverage production machine and by s...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B65D85/804A47J31/06A47J31/40A47J31/44
CPCA47J31/407A47J31/369B65D85/804B65D85/8058A47J31/44A47J31/4492A47J31/0642
Inventor I·马格涅特Y·埃帕尔V·马丁H·维斯R·伯恩哈茨格吕特R·莱曼
Owner SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA
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