Single-portion package, use, and preparation machine
AssigneeFreezio AG
InventorRolf Mühlemann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a single-portion package (1) for producing a beverage from a beverage concentrate, comprising a closable concentrate container (2) for holding the beverage concentrate. According to the invention, the single-portion package (1) has an extraction and mixing device (3), comprising: an extraction means (4a, 4b) for extracting the beverage concentrate from the concentrate container (2), a mixing chamber (5) for preparing the beverage from the beverage concentrate extracted from the concentrate container (2) and from a mixing liquid that can be supplied, an inlet (6) for letting the mixing liquid into the mixing chamber (5), and an outlet (7) for letting the beverage out of the mixing chamber (5).
Claims20
A single-portion package for producing a beverage from a beverage concentrate, comprising:
- (a) a closed concentrate container for holding the beverage concentrate;
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- (b) an extraction and mixing device comprising:
- (i) an extraction means for extracting the beverage concentrate from the closed concentrate container, wherein the extraction means comprises at least one piercing part for piercing the closed concentrate container;
- (ii) a mixing chamber for preparing the beverage from the beverage concentrate extracted from the closed concentrate container and from a mixing liquid that can be supplied;
- (iii) an inlet for letting the mixing liquid into the mixing chamber;
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- (iv) an outlet for letting the beverage out of the mixing chamber;
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- wherein the extraction means, or the extraction and mixing device, is configured to be movable toward the closed concentrate container such that the at least one piercing part pierces the closed concentrate container to extract the beverage concentrate from the closed concentrate container.
A beverage preparation machine for a single-portion package, comprising:
- (i) a holder for the single-portion package, wherein the single-portion package is configured to produce a beverage from a beverage concentrate, and wherein the single-portion package comprises:
- (a) a closed concentrate container for holding the beverage concentrate;
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- (b) an extraction and mixing device comprising:
- an extraction means for extracting the beverage concentrate from the closed concentrate container, wherein the extraction means comprises at least one piercing part of piercing the closed concentrate container;
- a mixing chamber for preparing the beverage from the beverage concentrate extracted from the closed concentrate container and from a mixing liquid that can be supplied;
- an inlet for letting the mixing liquid into the mixing chamber;
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- an outlet for letting the beverage out of the mixing chamber;
- wherein the mixing chamber has flow chicanes between the inlet and the outlet;
- (ii) an air supply which can be connected to an air duct;
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- (iii) a liquid supply which can be connected to the inlet.
A single-portion package for producing a beverage from a beverage concentrate, comprising:
- (a) a closed concentrate container for holding the beverage concentrate;
- and
- (b) an extraction and mixing device comprising:
- (i) a mixing chamber for preparing the beverage from the beverage concentrate extracted from the closed concentrate container and from a mixing liquid that can be supplied;
- (ii) an extraction means for extracting the beverage concentrate from the closed concentrate container, wherein the extraction means comprises at least one piercing part for piercing the closed concentrate container, and wherein the at least one piercing part is arranged in the mixing chamber;
- (iii) an inlet for letting the mixing liquid into the mixing chamber;
- (iv) an outlet for letting the beverage out of the mixing chamber, wherein the inlet and the outlet are arranged on opposite sides of the mixing chamber;
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- wherein the extraction means, or the extraction and mixing device, is configured to be movable toward the closed concentrate container such that the at least one piercing part pierces the closed concentrate container to extract the beverage concentrate from the closed concentrate container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.