Support and capsule for preparing a beverage by centrifugation, system and method for preparing a beverage by centrifugation

a technology of support and capsule, which is applied in the field of support and capsule for the system and method of preparing a beverage by centrifugation, can solve the problems of not being able to retrieve or read information from the capsule in time, and not being able to be found in the machine dedicated to the sensing device,

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-03-14
NESTEC SA
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[0013]Another object is to control optimal conditions for preparing a beverage.

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However, such system is not adapted for detecting a capsule in a device using centrifugal forces for extracting the beverage.
A problem with identifying a capsule in a beverage preparation machine is that the retrieving or reading information from the capsule is not always reliable or convenient.
Moreover, the space available in the machine dedicated to the sensing device for reading this information may be quite limited, rendering the reading of a relatively high amount of data difficult.

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[0069]1) Optical Reading on Foil, Respectively on Top Side Rim of Capsule, with a Support Formed Directly on the Capsule (FIGS. 3 and 4):

[0070]A light beam is projected onto the capsule's lid, e.g., membrane or foil 60, as illustrated on FIG. 3.

[0071]Directly onto the capsule foil 60, a plurality of symbols forming the sequences 61 is applied along a circular or arc-shaped path.

[0072]Preferably, the support is placed or formed on a flat portion of the lid and close to the peripheral edge of the capsule. The support is preferably placed the lid that is supported by the flange-like rim of the capsule or overlaps with the rim. Hence, the support is not distorted due to mechanical constraints and the sequences can be read more reliably.

[0073]The symbols may be represented by:[0074]Mirroring or absorbing surfaces, coding a binary value of “0” and,[0075]Diffusing and reflective surfaces for coding a binary value of “1”

[0076]The values “0” and “1” are arbitrary chosen and can be inversed. ...

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Abstract

Support (20) adapted to be associated with, or part of a capsule (7) for the preparation of a beverage, comprising a section on which at least one sequence of symbols (24) is represented so as that each symbol is sequentially readable, by a reading arrangement of an external device, while the capsule is driven in rotation along an axis of rotation, each sequence coding a set of information related to the capsule.

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INTRODUCTION [0001]The invention pertains to the field of the beverage preparation machines, in particular using capsules containing an ingredient for preparing a beverage. The present invention relates in particular to coding supports adapted to store information related to a capsule, capsules associated with / or embedding coding supports, reading and processing arrangements for reading and using such information for preparing a beverage.[0002]For the purpose of the present description, a “beverage” is meant to include any human-consumable liquid substance, such as coffee, tea, hot or cold chocolate, milk, soup, baby food or the like. A “capsule” is meant to include any pre-portioned beverage ingredient or combination of ingredients (hereafter called “ingredient”) within an enclosing packaging of any suitable material such as plastic, aluminium, a recyclable and / or bio-degradable material and combinations thereof, including a soft pod or a rigid cartridge containing the ingredient.B...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47J31/44A23L2/38G06K19/00B65D85/804
CPCA47J31/22A47J31/4492B65D2203/06A23L2/38G06K19/00B65D85/8043Y02W90/10B65D85/8058B65D85/804B65D25/205G06K19/06018G06K19/0614
Inventor JARISCH, CHRISTIANPERENTES, ALEXANDREKAESER, STEFANMAGRI, CARLOGERBAULET, ARNAUDKAESER, THOMASABEGGLEN, DANIEL
Owner NESTEC SA
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