Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Daniel Abegglen

Arnaud Gerbaulet

Alexandre Perentes

Jean-Francois Tinembart

Thomas Kaeser

Carlo Magri

Christian Jarisch

Stefan Kaeser

Alexandre Kollep

David Nordqvist

Nicolas Jean-Guy Bezet

Bruno Bizet

Stephane Hentzel

Stéphane Pellegrini

Amaud Gerbaulet

Alp Sarioglu

Marco Bacchi

Berenice Connes

Gilles Demaurex

Philippe Domansky

Thierry Fabozzi

XiaoFeng Lan

Raphael Thivolet

Jean-Marc Flick

Patrik Benz

Roland Huber

Sébastien Pelletier

Viviane Rebelo

Etienne Closset

Stéphane Hentzel

Heinz Leuthold

Karine Garcin

Reinhard Lutz

Jean-François Tinembart

Xiaofeng Lan

Bérénice Connes

Bruno Ruppanner

Patrick Benz

A capsule for preparation of a beverage can include a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein. The container can include at least one support having a section on which a plurality of sequences of symbols is represented; each symbol is sequentially readable, by a reading arrangement of an external device, while the capsule is rotated along an axis of rotation. Each sequence can code a set of information related to the capsule, and at least one of the sequences can include symbols defining a preamble sequence that allows determination of a position of the symbols in the associated sequence coding the set of information related to the capsule. The container can include a cup-shaped body having a flange-like rim and a lid connected to the body, the support can be on a bottom of the rim, and the bottom of the rim can be opposed to the lid.

Support and capsule for preparing a beverage by centrifugation, system and method for preparing a beverage by centrifugation

Kit for the preparation of a beverage in a centrifugal brewing device comprising a capsule by feeding liquid in the capsule and rotating the capsule along a central axis to produce centrifugal forces on the liquid traversing the capsule thereby forcing the beverage out of the capsule by such centrifugal forces, wherein the capsule comprises containment walls forming a main cavity of central axis containing beverage ingredients; wherein said kit further comprising an insert which is separate from the capsule and comprising a ring-shaped portion intended to form a valve engaging portion engaging against a valve means of the centrifugal brewing device.

Kit for the preparation of a beverage in a centrifugal brewing device

A capsule for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage preparation device having a flange partially made of paper and partially made of polymer so as to improve the inside tightness of the capsule, such as to prevent air enters inside the capsule via folds and creases, is disclosed. Methods of producing and using the capsule are also disclosed.

Capsule for preparing a beverage such as coffee and the like

Capsule for the preparation of a beverage comprising a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein, wherein the container comprises a code adapted for being identified or read by external reading means, wherein the code is arranged on the container to be read while the capsule is rotated around an axis of rotation traversing the capsule.

Capsule, system and method for preparing a beverage by centrifugation

A capsule for preparation of a beverage includes a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein. The container includes a code adapted for being identified or read by external reading means, and the code is arranged on the container to be read while the capsule is rotated around an axis of rotation traversing the capsule.

A capsule for the preparation of a beverage can include a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein. The container can include at least one support having a section on which a plurality of sequences of symbols is represented; each symbol is sequentially readable, by a reading arrangement of an external device, while the capsule is rotated along an axis of rotation. Each sequence can code a set of information related to the capsule, and at least one of the sequences can include symbols defining a preamble sequence that allows determination of a position of the symbols in the associated sequence coding the set of information related to the capsule. The container can include a cup-shaped body having a flange-like rim and a lid connected to the body, the support can be on a bottom of the rim, and the bottom of the rim can be opposed to the lid.

A capsule is designed for insertion in a centrifugal beverage production device for preparing a beverage from a substance contained in the capsule by introducing liquid in the capsule and passing the liquid through the substance using centrifugal forces. The capsule includes a body having a bottom end and an open end spaced apart in the axial direction, an upper wall for covering the body at the open end along a direction transverse to the axial direction, and an enclosure between the body and the upper wall containing a predetermined amount of beverage substance. The capsule further includes an annular pressure-setting ring configured for adjusting the backpressure in the beverage production device. The pressure-setting ring provides an improved coffee in-cup quality. A set of capsules can have pressure-setting rings of different dimensions for setting different backpressure when engaged in a centrifuging beverage production device.

Capsule and system for preparing a beverage by centrifugation in a beverage production device

Capsule for the preparation of a beverage comprising a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein, wherein the container comprises a code () adapted for being identified or read by external reading means (), wherein the code is arranged on the container to be read while the capsule is rotated around an axis of rotation traversing the capsule.

A single-use coffee capsule is disclosed that has a cup-shaped body and an extraction foil member for the preparation of a liquid coffee extract in a coffee preparation apparatus. Also disclosed is a system that includes the capsule and the coffee preparation apparatus. Further disclosed are methods of making and using the capsule and system.

Coffee capsule and system for producing a coffee extract with such capsule

The invention relates to a valve fitment () for a collapsible fluid dispensing package for dispensing fluid by relative pressure present in the package; the valve fitment comprising: &#x2014;at least a compressible wedge-like spout (); &#x2014;a sealing base () arranged for sealing engagement with the container at a seal edge (); wherein the wedge-like spout () is located within a passage () formed through the sealing base () and, wherein sealing base is preferably of higher rigidity than the wedge-like spout (). The invention also relates to a fluid dispensing package () comprising the valve fitment ().

Collapsible fluid dispensing package and valve fitment for dispensing fluid such as foodstuffs

An optically readable code support to be associated with or be part of a capsule intended for delivering a beverage in a beverage producing device, the support including at least one sequence of symbols represented on the support so that each symbol is sequentially readable by a reading arrangement of an external reading device while the capsule is driven in rotation along an axis of rotation. The symbols are essentially formed of a succession of light reflective surface portions and light absorbing surface portions. The light absorbing surface portions provide a lower light-reflective intensity than the light-reflective surface portions, and the code support includes at least one base layer extending continuously at least along the sequence of symbols. The light-absorbing surface portions are roughened surface portions having a higher rugosity (Rz) than the light-reflective surface portions.

Optical readable code support and capsule for preparing a beverage having such code support providing an enhanced readable optical signal

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Rances, Switzerland

Daniel Abegglen