Method for preparing a beverage or liquid food and system using brewing centrifugal force
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsAlfred YOAKIM, Jean-Paul DENISART, Antoine RYSER
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Abstract
A method and system for preparing a beverage or liquid from a food substance contained in a filtering receptacle by passing water through the substance using brewing centrifugal forces. The method includes feeding water into the receptacle, and driving the receptacle in centrifugal rotation to force water to flow through the substance in a centrifugal flow path to the outlet of the receptacle. The system includes equipment necessary to carry out the method. The receptacle is a sealed capsule which is opened for water to be introduced into the capsule, contains a predetermined dose of food substance and is discarded after use.
Claims21
A method for preparing a beverage or liquid food from a predetermined dose of a food substance contained in a sealed filtering capsule that is cup-shaped and has a longitudinal axis of rotation that passes vertically and centrally through the cup, which comprises injecting water into the capsule along the longitudinal axis, and centrifugally rotating the capsule about the axis of rotation in order to force the water to flow through the substance in the capsule in a centrifugal flow path to an outlet to prepare the beverage or liquid food.
A system for preparing a beverage or liquid food from a predetermined dose of a food substance contained in a sealed filtering capsule that has a longitudinal axis of rotation that passes vertically and centrally through the capsule, comprising:
- a device comprising:
- water feed means for introducing water into the capsule, and
- means for centrifugally rotating the capsule about its axis of rotation to force the water to flow through the substance in the capsule in a centrifugal flow path to prepare the beverage or liquid food;
- the sealed filtering capsule being insertable in the device for preparing the beverage or liquid food and then removable from the device after preparing the beverage or liquid food, and
- referencing means for positioning and referencing the capsule in a removable manner in the device and in operational relationship with the water feed means and along an axis of rotation in the centrifugal rotating means, with the referencing means comprising a water injection structure that engages an upper portion of the capsule and is rotatable therewith and that also includes means for piercing a water inlet in the capsule at its longitudinal central axis.
A device for preparing a beverage or liquid food from a food substance contained in a sealed capsule that has a longitudinal axis of rotation that passes vertically and centrally through the capsule, by passing water through the substance in the capsule, the device comprising:
- water feed means for introducing water into the capsule, and
- means for centrifugally rotating the capsule about its axis of rotation to force the water to flow through the substance in the capsule in a centrifugal flow path to prepare the beverage or liquid food;
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- referencing means for positioning and referencing the capsule in a removable manner in the device and in operational relationship with the water feed means and along an axis of rotation in the centrifugal rotating means, with the referencing means comprising a water injection structure that engages an upper portion of the capsule and is rotatable therewith and that also includes means for piercing a water inlet in the capsule at its longitudinal central axis.
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