Piercing device for a single-dose capsule for powdered coffee and the like
AssigneeHausbrandt Trieste 1892 SPA
InventorMartino Zanetti
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Abstract
A piercing device (12), suitable for piercing the upper film (31) of a capsule (30) containing a material suitable for being used for preparation of a beverage, comprising a first end (14), a central body (15), and a second end (16), the first end (14) has an operating surface (18) provided with a plurality of piercing spikes (20,26) protruding from said operating surface, the device comprises furthermore disengagement means (28) on the operating surface, for disengaging the capsule once the upper film of the capsule has been pierced, thereby preventing a capsule from remaining attached to the device for piercing.
Claims15
Piercing device, suitable for piercing an upper film of a capsule containing a material suitable for being used for preparation of a beverage, comprising:
- a first end, a central body and a second end;
- said first end having an operating surface provided with a plurality of piercing spikes projecting from said operating surface;
- said second end being suitable for being grasped by a user;
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- disengagement means on said operating surface, said disengagement means being suitable for disengaging the capsule once the upper film of the capsule has been pierced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.