US 12,733,767 B2 · Beverage preparation system

Abstract

The invention concerns a beverage production system comprising a module (1) for producing a beverage from a pack (10). The pack can include a bottom side (101) with an area (104) configured for being openable. The openable area can be made of a flexible material. Module (1) can include a pack holder assembly (2), a fluid processing device (11) designed to open the openable area (104) of the pack, and an actuating device (12) to move said fluid processing device (11) and said pack (10) one to the other. The pack holder assembly (2) can include a movable locking device (24) to position the pack (10) inside the pack chamber (22) when a beverage is prepared, and the bottom part of the pack (10) can include at least two fixing means (103) of a hole or a deformable area. The movable locking device (24) can include at least two positioning means (242), each being configured to move inside at least one respective hole (103) of the pack hold in the chamber, or to move inside at least one respective deformable area (103) of the pack hold in the chamber and to fit in the resulting deformed area.

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Dependent claims

A pack containing a beverage ingredient and configured for preparing a beverage by injection of fluid therein, wherein:

the beverage ingredient is a water soluble, dilutable or infusible beverage ingredient;
said pack comprises:
a plane shape, said plane shape being oriented along a plane that is vertically oriented during beverage production, and
a bottom side comprising an area configured to be openable, said openable area being made of a flexible material, the bottom side comprising an external primary sheet of flexible material including a first opening at the openable area, an intermediate secondary sheet of flexible material covering the first opening, and an internal piece of reinforcing material including a second opening facing the first opening;
a bottom portion of the pack comprises at least two fixing members, said fixing members being holes or deformable areas, said at least two fixing members being positioned around the openable area of the bottom side of the pack, each of the holes or deformable areas of the pack encompassing one circular fixing area;
and
a distance between centres of said circular fixing areas is at most 52 mm.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Beverage preparation system

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Beverage preparation system

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