Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Jan Klaassen

Peter Rijskamp

Rodin Enne Bruinsma

Hendrikus Lodewijk Joseph Franciscus Holten

Peng Chau Quah

Jarno Beekman

Joeke Noordhuis

The present disclosure relates to a capsule-type, food substance containing consumable () for use in a dispenser () for preparation of foodstuff products, the consumable () comprising a housing () comprising at least one rigid wall portion () that is impermeable to liquid, an inlet portion () arranged to enable pressurized water flow into the housing (), when the consumable () is inserted in a processing unit () of the dispenser, at least one primary outlet portion) arranged to enable a primary fluid flow out of the housing (), at least two distinct chambers () arranged in the housing (), and an internal flow control arrangement () operatively coupled with at least one of the at least two distinct chambers (), wherein the internal flow control arrangement () is operable between a first state and a second state to selectively permit or prevent a fluid flow from said at least one chamber () so as to activate a secondary fluid throughput in the second state. The disclosure further relates to a processing unit () for a dispenser () and to a dispenser ().

Capsule-type consumable for use in a dispenser for the preparation of foodstuff products and processing unit for such a dispenser

The present disclosure relates to a consumable for use in a dispenser for preparation of foodstuff products, the consumable comprising a sealed housing comprising at least one rigid wall portion that is impermeable to liquid, a primary inlet portion arranged to enable pressurized water flow into the housing, a secondary inlet portion arranged to enable an auxiliary fluid flow, particularly an air flow, into the housing, at least one outlet portion arranged to enable the processed foodstuff product to flow out of the housing, at least one containing chamber arranged in the housing, the chamber containing a food substance, particularly a ground substance, at least one flow processing chamber arranged to process a liquid solution that flows through the flow processing chamber, a flow transfer wall arranged between the containing chamber and the flow processing chamber.

Consumable for a dispenser and processing unit for a dispenser

The present disclosure relates to a processing unit () for a dispenser () for preparation of foodstuff products, comprising a receiving cavity () for receiving a consumable (), the receiving cavity () comprising at least a first receiving portion () and at least a first fastening portion (), a sealing unit () arranged to contact, at an inlet side (), a first end () of the consumable (), a primary inlet engagement unit () that is coupled to an inlet conduit (), wherein the primary inlet engagement unit () is operable to engage the inlet portion () of the consumable () to process a foodstuff product in the consumable (), an outlet engagement arrangement () comprising a primary outlet engagement unit () that engages a primary outlet portion () of the consumable () and an auxiliary outlet engagement unit () that engages an auxiliary outlet portion () of the consumable () at the outlet side (), and a control unit () that is coupled to the auxiliary outlet engagement unit (), wherein the control unit () is operable to control the auxiliary outlet engagement unit () such that the primary outlet engagement unit () and the auxiliary outlet engagement unit () engage the consumable () in a time-displaced manner, The disclosure further relates to a foodstuff preparation system and to a use of a consumable () in a dispensing appliance ().

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Jan Klaassen