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US 12,729,054 B2Granted
Capsule for producing a beverage with filter disc
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorVeith Behrmann
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Abstract
A capsule for producing a beverage using an extractable product, by means of a beverage brewing device includes a cup having a cavity, a foil connected to the flange and closing the cup at the second end, a beverage substance filled in the cavity and a filter disc fitted in the cavity between the beverage substance and the foil.
Claims12
A capsule for producing a beverage using an extractable product, by use of a beverage brewing device, the capsule comprising:
- a cup comprising a cavity defined by a circumferential wall, a bottom wall closing the circumferential wall at a first end, and an outwardly protruding flange connected to the circumferential wall at a second end opposite the first end in an axial direction of the capsule;
- a foil connected to the outwardly protruding flange and closing the cup at the second end,
- a beverage substance filled in the cavity,
- a filter disc fitted in the cavity between the beverage substance and the foil, the filter disc comprising:
- a frame comprising an annular reinforcing portion placed adjacent the circumferential wall of the cup;
- and
- a filter membrane of smaller thickness connected to or maintained by the annular reinforcing portion;
- wherein the frame comprises a plurality of transversal reinforcing portions separating an internal area demarcated by the annular reinforcing portion in a plurality of apertures open in the axial direction;
- and
- wherein the filter membrane covers the plurality of apertures;
- the filter disc being positioned inside the capsule in a manner that the filter membrane is placed between the foil and the plurality of transversal reinforcing portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.