Looking for breakthrough ideas for innovation challenges? Try Patsnap Eureka!

Method, device, and capsule for preparing a foamy liquid food

A capsule and food technology, which is applied in the field of foaming liquid food such as hot drinks with foam heads, can solve the problems of complicated, expensive and complicated production.

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-10-12
NESTEC SA
View PDF4 Cites 61 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

Such a cartridge specifically involves many parts and is therefore laborious, complex and expensive to produce

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Method, device, and capsule for preparing a foamy liquid food
  • Method, device, and capsule for preparing a foamy liquid food
  • Method, device, and capsule for preparing a foamy liquid food

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0068] refer to Figures 1 to 3 , the present invention shows a device 101 for preparing liquid food, such as beverages and the like, with a capsule 102 for single use. In this embodiment, the capsule 102 is a closed capsule containing a dry food product which is preferably dissolvable by adding a diluent such as hot water, milk, etc. to form a frothy, frothy beverage substance. Suitable frothy, frothy beverages are, for example, coffee with crema, cappuccino, latte or cocoa with a head of milk-based foam. In this embodiment, the capsule 102 is frusto-conical and has an inverted cup portion 120 and a lid portion 121 . The lid portion 121 acts as the discharge side of the capsule and the top 122 of the inverted cup portion acts as the entry side of the capsule. The cup portion 120 preferably has an outwardly extending circumferential flange to which the edge of the cover portion 121 is attached. The connection at this flange can be made by welding or crimping or both. The ...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

PropertyMeasurementUnit
Cross-sectional areaaaaaaaaaaa
Login to View More

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) for preparing a foamy liquid food from a capsule (2) containing a dose of food soluble substance, an entry side (22) adapted to be traversed by a flow of water entering the capsule, a discharge side (21) adapted to be traversed by a flow of beverage exiting the capsule, wherein it comprises water supply means (32) to provide water within the capsule and beverage and foam conditioning means (12) adapted to engage against the discharge side to hold pressure within the capsule so that the soluble substance can thoroughly mix with water and entrap gas within the capsule to dispense a foamy beverage. The invention also relates to a capsule for preparing the liquid food.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the preparation of liquid foods using capsules containing dry food substances. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for preparing effervescent liquid food products, such as hot drinks, having an enhanced head offoam by combining a diluent with a predetermined dose of soluble obtained by mixing powders. The invention also relates to a device suitable for such a method. The invention also relates to pre-dosed capsules suitable for use in such methods. Background technique [0002] Sparkling beverages prepared by dispensing machines, such as espresso, cappuecino, latte, are becoming more and more popular. Methods of preparing such products in pre-dose capsules are also known. The advantage of using pre-measured and pre-packaged servings of coffee and the like to prepare coffee-based beverages is that it facilitates the preparation of the beverage while ensuring that the quality and strength of t...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
IPC IPC(8): B65D75/32A23F5/36A47J31/00A47J31/06A47J31/34A47J31/44B65D81/00B65D85/804
CPCA47J31/0668B65D85/8043A47J31/4496A47J31/4464
Inventor 胡如国C·M·阿里卡B·希恩J·R·贝尔纳迪E·斯科维尔W·F·奥弗鲍R·C·克里斯曼E·巴丁
Owner NESTEC SA
Who we serve
  • R&D Engineer
  • R&D Manager
  • IP Professional
Why Patsnap Eureka
  • Industry Leading Data Capabilities
  • Powerful AI technology
  • Patent DNA Extraction
Social media
Patsnap Eureka Blog
Learn More
PatSnap group products

Browse by: Latest US Patents, China's latest patents, Technical Efficacy Thesaurus, Application Domain, Technology Topic, Popular Technical Reports.

© 2024 PatSnap. All rights reserved.Legal|Privacy policy|Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement|Sitemap|About US| Contact US: help@patsnap.com