Beverage capsule
OwnerLuigi CECCARELLIinventor
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Abstract
A beverage capsule (10) for use in a beverage preparation machine to prepare a beverage by passing a fluid therethrough. The beverage capsule comprises: a cup-shaped body (12) having a base (14) and a sidewall (16); a lid (22) sealed to the cup-shaped body; and a punctured support plate (20) positioned inside the cup-shaped body and dividing the interior volume into a first compartment for holding beverage ingredients (24) and a second compartment. The punctured support plate is located at a distance from the base which is larger than a piercing height of a draining member of the beverage preparation machine. The cup-shaped body, the lid and the punctured support plate are made of a material comprising metal.
Claims20
A beverage capsule for use in a beverage preparation machine to prepare a beverage by passing a fluid through the beverage capsule, the beverage capsule comprising:
- a cup-shaped body comprising a base and a sidewall contiguous with the base, wherein the base is configured to be pierced by a draining member of the beverage preparation machine to allow draining a beverage from the beverage capsule;
- a lid sealed to the cup-shaped body, the lid and cup-shaped body enclosing an interior volume, wherein the lid is configured to be pierced by an injection member of the beverage preparation machine to inject a fluid into the beverage capsule;
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- a punctured support plate positioned inside the cup-shaped body and dividing the interior volume into a first compartment delimited in part by the lid and configured for holding one or more beverage ingredients and a second compartment delimited in part by the base, wherein the punctured support plate is located at a distance from said base which is larger than or equal to a piercing height of the draining member of the beverage preparation machine and wherein said beverage is able to pass through the punctured support plate,
- wherein the cup-shaped body, the lid and the punctured support plate are made of a material comprising metal.
A beverage capsule for use in a beverage preparation machine to prepare a beverage by passing a fluid through the beverage capsule, the beverage capsule comprising:
- a cup-shaped body comprising a base and a sidewall contiguous with the base, wherein the base is configured to be pierced by a draining member of the beverage preparation machine to allow draining a beverage from the beverage capsule;
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- a lid sealed to the cup-shaped body, the lid and cup-shaped body enclosing an interior volume, wherein the lid is configured to be pierced by an injection member of the beverage preparation machine to inject a fluid into the beverage capsule,
- wherein the sidewall comprises a first stepped region near the base and a second stepped region near the lid, the first stepped region being located at a distance from said base which is larger than or equal to a piercing height of the draining member of the beverage preparation machine and being configured to support a punctured support plate which divides the interior volume into a first compartment delimited in part by the lid which is configured to hold one or more beverage ingredients and a second compartment delimited in part by the base,
- the second stepped region being configured to attach a filter bag to the sidewall, which filter bag is configured to hold the one or more beverage ingredients.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.