Capsule containing a dosing agent and system and process for making same
Assignee2266170 Ontario Inc.
InventorsLiberatore A. Trombetta, YuCheng Fu, Dennis Dwight Paynter, Stephen Leung
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Abstract
A capsule is provided containing a dosing agent and a system and process is provided for making capsules containing a dosing agent. The capsule includes a body defining an interior space and an opening, the capsule having ingredients and a dosing agent disposed in the interior space and a cover to seal the opening. The process and system includes depositing ingredients and the dosing agent in the interior space of the capsule and then covering the opening.
Claims20
A capsule, for use in a machine that is adapted for injecting a fluid into the capsule for preparing a consumable product, said capsule being formed by a process comprising the steps of:
- providing a body having an interior space and an opening;
- depositing ingredients, including insoluble ingredients, that are in a dry state into the interior space, the ingredients being adapted to form the consumable product when combined with an injection of the fluid from the machine;
- dispensing a dosing agent that is in a liquid state into the interior space, wherein a portion of said ingredients, including said insoluble ingredients, and said dosing agent are non-permanently bound into a cluster in said interior space;
- sealing the opening with a cover,
- wherein said dosing agent is mixed with a gas prior to dispensing into said interior space.
A capsule, for use in a machine that is adapted for injecting a fluid into the capsule for preparing a consumable product, said capsule comprising:
- a. a body defining an interior space with an opening;
- b. ingredients, including insoluble ingredients, that are in a dry state when disposed in said interior space, said ingredients being adapted to form the consumable product when combined with an injection of the fluid from the machine;
- c. a dosing agent that is in a liquid state when disposed in said interior space, wherein a portion of said ingredients, including the insoluble ingredients, and said dosing agent are non-permanently bound into a cluster in said interior space;
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- d. a cover disposed over said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.