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Coffee Pod Including Inner Frame

a technology of coffee pods and inner frames, which is applied in the field of coffee pods, can solve the problems of difficult construction of extraction systems using conventional pods, and achieve the effect of simple design and production, and simple manufacturing of opened cavities

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-12-04
KIM FIJEAU
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Benefits of technology

[0111]According to the pod having an inner frame of the present invention, it is advantageous that various materials to be extracted can be simply packaged to thereby provide substantial convenience in the transportation, storage, and use of the contents.
[0112]According to the pod of the present invention, it is possible to manufacture the extracting device with a cavity shaped diversely due to diverse shapes of the inserted frame. Also, it is possible to design the pod which can endure the maximum pressure by using a minimum amount of materials because the shape of the side cut section of the frame is diversified and optimized.
[0113]Furthermore, it is simpler to manufacture the opened cavity, which is one feature of the present invention, rather than the closed cavity. Also, in the opening and the extraction of the pod, the extraction can be accomplished very simply and precisely by using the function of the frame to thereby make it easy to design and produce the extracting device.
[0114]Also, those skilled in the art will easily appreciate that the extraction system using the pod of the present invention can be applied conveniently to the household, the official use, and the automatic sale machine, and can be modified and changed for various uses.

Problems solved by technology

However, due to excessive simplicity and flexibility of a coffee pod having the coffee contained therein, it was difficult to construct the extraction system using a conventional pod, to mechanize and automatize the extraction system, and reproduce the manufacturing process.

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embodiment 1

[0122]When the pod 10 is progressively extracted, the opening step is performed as follows:[0123]primary transportation step: as shown in FIG. 4b, the pod 10 is received in the cavity 91.[0124]secondary loading step: the pod 10 is accommodated in the inside of the cavity 91 and the cavity is engagedly closed.[0125]tertiary perforating (opening) step: as shown in FIG. 4b, the cavity 91 is closed so that it is isolated from the outside to thereby define a water-tightly sealed circumstance and concurrently the pod 10 is penetrated to be opened by means of the orifice 93.[0126]quaternary extraction step: the heated water supplied from the device is injected into the pod 10 through the orifices 93, and the extraction solution flowed out from the contents 30 due to the heated water is, as shown in FIG. 4b, discharged to the outside through the orifice 93 and then the extraction exit 95.

embodiment 2

[0127]When the pod 10 is extracted from the opened cavity 91, the opening step is performed as follows:[0128]primary transportation step: as shown in FIG. 5b, the pod 10 is received in the cavity 91.[0129]secondary loading step: the pod 10 is accommodated in the inside of the cavity 91 to be held in place and the cavity is compressed while being engaged with the mouth lips 27 to the maximum.[0130]tertiary perforation (opening) step: as shown in FIG. 5b, when the cavity 91 presses the mouth lip 27 of the frame 20, the inside of the frame 20 is isolated from the outside to thereby define a water-tightly sealed circumstance and concurrently the packaging means 12 is penetrated to be opened by means of the orifice 93.[0131]quaternary extraction step: as shown in FIG. 5b, the heated water supplied from the device is injected into the pod 10 through the orifice 93, and the extraction solution flowed out from the contents 30 due to the heated water is discharged to the outside through the ...

embodiment 3

[0132]In case where the pod 10 of the present invention is continuously extracted by using an automatic extracting device together with the functions described in the previously filed specification, the extracting step is performed as follows irrespective of the kind of the cavity:[0133]primary waiting step: the extraction instruction is awaited at the initial state in which several pods 10 are arranged to wait for in sequence;[0134]secondary cut step: if the extraction instruction is received, a shear line is cut between the first pod 10 and the second pod 10 among the plurality of pods 10 waiting in a state arranged in parallel, so that the pod 10 can be transported to the extraction portion 90;[0135]tertiary transportation step: the transportation mechanism is transported to an accurate extraction position along the slide or the rotary shaft and is held in position together with the engagement opening of the pod 10 being engaged with the hook, while counting the number of the sen...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a pod constructed by inserting a functional frame between two sheets of packaging means such that it can keep various kinds of contents (material to be extracted) by a simple packaging method, and the contents 30 can be easily extracted, and a three dimensional shape of the pod is constructed by joining upper and lower portions of side margin defined by the inserted frame, and the extraction of the contents can be easily reproduced every time by using an extraction device having a cavity whose inner shape conforms to the outer shape of the pod.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a coffee pod in which contents are packaged between two sheets of packaging means, and more particularly, to an inner frame inserted into the coffee pod and a method of opening the pod and extracting the contents.BACKGROUND ART[0002]The present invention relates to a pod for hermetically packaging an intended content (material to be extracted) between two sheets of packaging means together with a functional structure.[0003]It has been generalized that unitary amount of drinkable coffee is hermetically sealed into and extracted simply from a disposable packaging means. For instance, a packaging method with a pod shape is used because the packaging is available at low cost and the use is relatively simple.[0004]The unitary amount of ground coffee is packed as a simple round-shaped pod into a filter paper sheet, and it is widely put on the market. However, due to excessive simplicity and flexibility of a coffee pod having the coffee...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D85/804
CPCB65D85/8046B65D85/804B65D85/808
Inventor KIM, FIJEAU
Owner KIM FIJEAU
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