Support and capsule for preparing a beverage by centrifugation, system and method for preparing a beverage by centrifugation
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NESTEC SA
- Publication Date
- 2013-03-14
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
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...