Beverage or foodstuff preparation system
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsCHIARA PAVAN, GILLES GERBER
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Abstract
A container for use with a machine for preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff or a precursor thereof, the container including: a storage portion for containing a precursor material, and; a closing member to close the storage portion, at least part of the storage portion formed of a wood pulp based material, wherein the wood pulp based material includes a perforation region, which is treated to facilitate comparatively easier perforation by a penetrator of the machine than a portion that is not treated.
Claims10
A container for use with a machine for preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff or a precursor thereof, the container including:
- a storage portion for containing a precursor material, and;
- a closing member to close the storage portion,
- at least part of the storage portion formed of a wood pulp based material,
- wherein the wood pulp based material includes a perforation region, which is treated to facilitate comparatively easier perforation by a penetrator of the machine than a portion that is not treated.
A system comprising a container for use with a machine for preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff or a precursor thereof, the container including:
- a storage portion for containing a precursor material, and;
- a closing member to close the storage portion,
- at least part of the storage portion formed of a wood pulp based material,
- wherein the wood pulp based material includes a perforation region, which is treated to facilitate comparatively easier perforation by a penetrator of the machine than a portion that is not treated and a machine for preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff or a precursor thereof,
- the machine including:
- a processing unit for processing the precursor material of the container, the processing unit comprising the penetrator, and;
- electrical circuitry to control the processing unit.
(canceled)
A method of preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff or a precursor thereof from the precursor material of the container, the method comprising:
- perforating with an penetrator of said machine a perforation region, which is treated to facilitate comparatively easier perforation by the penetrator of the machine than a portion that is not treated, and;
- supplying conditioned fluid to precursor material of the container via the perforation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.