Capsule piercing module
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsMatthieu Ozanne, Antoine Ryser
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Abstract
A capsule-based beverage production machine that comprises a module designed for producing a beverage on the basis of ingredients which are contained in a capsule. The module comprises: means for retaining the capsule in a fixed position, and means for perforation of the capsule, wherein the perforation means are controlled to perforate the capsule after the capsule is retained in the fixed position by the retaining means.
Claims14
A method for operating a beverage production system comprising a module and a capsule containing ingredients, wherein the module injects a liquid into the capsule to produce a beverage, and wherein the module comprises at least a first capsule engagement member and a co-operating second capsule engagement member, the method comprising the steps:
- a.) inserting the capsule in the beverage production module;
- b.) engaging the capsule with an at least partially conformal part of the first capsule engagement member to hold the capsule in a fixed position, and the capsule is engaged by the at least partially conformal part by moving the first capsule engagement member relative to the second capsule engagement member into a closing position;
- c.) using a perforation member provided by the first capsule engagement member to open the capsule after the capsule is held in the fixed position by the at least partially conformal part in step b.);
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- d.) displacing the first capsule engagement member relative to the second capsule engagement member.
A method for operating a system for producing a beverage comprising a module and a capsule containing ingredients wherein the module injects a liquid into the capsule in order to produce a beverage, and wherein the module comprises at least a first capsule engagement member and a co-operating second capsule engagement member, the method comprising the following steps:
- inserting a capsule containing beverage ingredients into a beverage product module;
- engaging the capsule with an at least partially conformal part of the first capsule engagement member to hold the capsule in a fixed position, and the capsule is engaged by the at least partially conformal part by moving the first capsule engagement member relative to the second capsule engagement member;
- using a perforation member provided by the first capsule engagement member to open the capsule after the capsule is held in position by the at least partially conformal part;
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- displacing the first capsule engagement member relative to the second capsule engagement member with a combined displacement comprising a linear displacement when the first and second capsule engagement members are close together and a swiveling movement when distanced from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.