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AssigneeDelica AG
InventorsPeter Amrein, Christina Marschall, Cristian Ionut Popescu
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The capsule according to the invention consists of a capsule body having a side wall and having a base which is integral with the side wall. The capsule comprises a lid that covers the capsule body in order to form a closed chamber, wherein said chamber contains a substance for preparing a beverage. The base can be penetrated by a device arranged outside of the capsule in order to conduct a liquid through the chamber. The capsule body is made of plastic, wherein the base has a penetration area and a reinforcement area. A central area of the base is designed at the penetration area and the reinforcement area is arranged around the penetration area. The reinforcement area is designed as at least one recessed section in the base, said section(s) running substantially in the circumferential direction.
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A capsule consisting of a rotationally symmetrical capsule body having a side wall and having a base which is realized integrally with said side wall as well as having a lid which covers the capsule body for forming a closed chamber which contains a substance for the preparation of a beverage, wherein, for conducting a liquid through the chamber, at least the base is penetratable at a penetration region of the base by way of a device which is arranged outside of the capsule, and wherein the base has a reinforcement region, wherein a central region of said base is realized as a penetration region, wherein said reinforcement region is arranged in a rotationally symmetrical manner around said penetration region, and wherein said reinforcement region is realized in the base as at least one portion-wise recess substantially in the circumferential direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.