Nestec S.a.

Liphatech, Inc.

Bruno Bizet

Arnaud Gerbaulet

Daniel Abegglen

Jean-Francois Tinembart

Nicolas Jean-Guy Bezet

Alexandre Perentes

Yann Epars

Heinz Wyss

Nihan Dogan

HansPeter Pleisch

Frederic Doleac

Vincent Martin

Frédéric Doleac

Sophie Abraham

Anne Roulin

Nicolas Bezet

Lisa Lamongie

Arnaud Hot

Hanspeter Pleisch

Jean-François Tinembart

Véronique Tressens

Aurélie Goujon

Nihan Dodan

Capsule () for containing beverage ingredients for producing a beverage in a beverage preparation device upon liquid injection into the capsule and by rotating the capsule about its central axis in the device, the capsule comprising:&#x2014;a side wall (), a bottom wall (), an opening () and a flange-like rim (), and&#x2014;a lid member () attached to the flange-like rim () and/or to the side wall and at least partially covering the opening, wherein the lid member () comprises an upper wall () in recess relative to the flange-like rim and/or to the side wall towards the opening of the capsule and which comprises a central inlet () and peripheral outlet apertures () for the beverage release by effect of centrifugal forces, wherein the lid member () further comprises reinforcement members () protruding from the upper wall () in axial direction.

Capsule with reinforcement members used for the preparation of a beverage

Capsule () for the preparation of a beverage in a centrifugal extraction device () by feeding liquid in the capsule and rotating the capsule along a rotational axis (I) in the device to produce centrifugal forces on the liquid, wherein the capsule () comprises containment walls forming an interior cavity () containing beverage ingredients (); said containment walls comprising a lid () and a side wall () extending substantially revolutionary around a central axis (I) and a peripheral flange () extending peripherally in radial direction to said axis (I), said flange () comprising an annular base () extending outwardly and a valve means () connected to said annular base, said valve means () extending in a direction (A) transversal to said radial direction (B) and being configured with at least one deflectable valve portion () which deflects for leaving a transversal passage upon the centrifugal pressure exerted by liquid flowing thereon when the capsule is rotated about the axis (I) during the centrifugal extraction wherein the peripheral flange () forms an extension part of the side wall () and is independent from said lid ().

Beverage capsule for centrifugal extraction

The present invention relates to a capsule () for containing beverage ingredients intended to produce a beverage in a beverage preparation device () upon liquid injection into the capsule and by rotating the capsule around its central axis in the device (), the capsule () comprising: a side wall (), a bottom wall () and a flange-like rim (), an upper wall () attached to the flange-like rim () and/or the side wall () of the capsule (), the upper wall () comprising a central liquid inlet () and peripheral outlet apertures (), wherein the upper wall () further comprises an outwardly protruding sealing member () which is arranged at an annular portion () of the upper wall () between the central liquid inlet () and the peripheral outlet apertures (), and which is designed to at least significantly hinder, preferably prevent liquid from flowing at the outside of the capsule () from the liquid inlet () to the outlet apertures () when the sealing member is engaged by the beverage preparation device () and, wherein the sealing member () is located radially distanced from the liquid inlet ().

Capsule for preparing a beverage with enhanced sealing means

A capsule for use in a beverage production device, the capsule containing ingredients to produce a nutritional or food liquid when a liquid is fed into the capsule at an inlet face thereof, with the capsule being provided with a filter having a plurality of filtering orifices and a flow collection member placed downstream of the filter to collect the filtered liquid from the filtering orifices. The collection member includes at least one restriction orifice to focus the flow of liquid in at least one jet of liquid at high velocity in the compartment containing the ingredients. The invention is particularly advantageous for producing a nutritional liquid (e.g., infant formula) or a food from powdered ingredients.

Capsule with filter for preparing a liquid nutritional or food composition and related beverage production system

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Montbellet, France

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