Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Stephane Hentzel

Daniel Abegglen

Nihan Dogan

HansPeter Pleisch

Frederic Doleac

John Meldrum

Marc Raederer

Johan Bergdahl

Gilles Demaurex

Philippe Domansky

Thierry Fabozzi

XiaoFeng Lan

Raphael Thivolet

Berenice Connes

Heinz Wyss

Alain Meier

Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi

Sophie Abraham

Ines Magniet

Richard Luke Murphy

Michiel Kernkamp

Peter Jaggy

Nicole Langenegger

Catia Filipa Monteiro Pimenta De Sousa

Marie Georgina Feuvrier-Roy

The present invention relates to a capsule holder () or an adapting device () for adapting a capsule () into a capsule holder (), the capsule () being designed for delivering a food product by injection of a fluid under pressure into the capsule, said capsule comprising a chamber () defined by capsule side walls (), a flexible bottom wall () comprising at least one dispensing opening () and a top wall (), said chamber containing at least one ingredient to be dissolved and/or extracted by said injection fluid, wherein said capsule holder () or adapting device () comprises a pressure retaining element () disposed in the vicinity of the bottom wall (), which comprises at least one protrusion () in correspondence to said at least one dispensing opening () so that said protrusion () is disposed into the corresponding opening () and restricts its diameter at the time injection fluid inside the capsule chamber moves said membrane towards said pressure retaining means.

Capsule holder or an adapter for adapting a capsule in a capsule holder in a beverage preparation machine

The present invention relates to a kit, comprising: &#x2014;at least one capsule () for insertion in a beverage production machine and containing nutritional ingredients, preferably infant formula ingredients, the capsule having a cup-like base body () comprising an opening () being closed off by an outlet face (), and &#x2014;at least one capsule opening device () provided separately to the capsule (), the capsule () and the opening device () being provided with means for mechanically associating the opening device () to the capsule () by the consumer, preferably without using tools, the capsule opening device () comprising an integrally formed opening member () arranged to be operated by a user and designed for opening said outlet face () of the capsule ().

Capsule opening kit

The invention is directed to a cap () for receptacles () such as e.g. glass jars, comprising a cap base body () with a fixing means () for enabling the cap () to be removably attached on the receptacles (), a backing layer () made from a deformable material, and a sealable, preferably heat-sealable membrane () not being glued to the backing layer (), wherein both the backing layer () and the membrane () are retained inside the cap () via a retention portion () extending from an inner side wall () of the cap (). The invention is further directed to a receptacle () having said cap () for closing it, and is also directed to a method for providing the cap () with a sealing element () and for providing said cap () onto the receptacle ().

Closure cap with a multilayer seal disk for receptacles

The present invention relates to a sealable element () for sealing the rim () of receptacles (), the element () comprising at least a backing layer () made from a deformable material, and a sealable membrane () detachably connected to the backing layer (), wherein the membrane () comprises an additional or integral opening means (), wherein at least the membrane () has a contour with a radius varying between a lower radius value (L) and an upper radius value (U), wherein the ratio between the lower radius value (L) and the upper radius value (U) is defined by the equation 0.9&#x2266;L/u&#x2266;0.99, preferably 0.95&#x2266;L/u&#x2266;0.97. The invention further relates to a cap () comprising said sealable element () and to a receptacle () comprising said cap () being removably attached onto an opening (O).

Sealable element for sealing a rim of receptacles

The present invention concerns an injection-molded capsule for use in a food preparation machine, said capsule for use in a food preparation machine comprising: (i) a structure () with a lower side (), at least three pillars () extending from the lower side and linked to a circular upper frame () which defines the surroundings of the capsule top side, the pillars () having cross-sections S, Sand S, the lower side () being a solid wall that comprises a dispensing opening () and is centered across the vertical symmetry axis VSA of said capsule, and (ii) a label () attached to the outer surface of the lower side (), pillars () and upper circular frame (), thus forming an envelope that defines capsule side walls, characterized in that the injection point IP of the capsule is off-centered in the vicinity of said dispensing opening (), opposed the pillar () having a cross-section Srelatively to the axis VSA, and in that S=Sand S&#x3e;S

In-mould labelled container

The present invention relates to a capsule for delivering a food product by injection of a fluid under pressure into the capsule, said capsule having a chamber defined by capsule side walls, a flexible bottom wall and a top wall, said chamber containing at least one ingredient to be dissolved and/or extracted by said injection fluid, and a beverage dispensing structure having at least one dispensing opening disposed through the bottom wall, wherein said beverage dispensing structure includes a pressure retaining element adapted to retain a certain predetermined dissolution and/or extraction pressure in the chamber, disposed in the vicinity of the bottom wall, which includes a protrusion in correspondence to the dispensing opening so that said protrusion is disposed into the corresponding opening and restricts its diameter at the time injection fluid inside the capsule chamber moves said membrane towards said pressure retaining means.

Capsule for the preparation of a food product in a food preparation machine at high pressure

The invention concerns a port system () for fastening a container () comprising a vessel () and an outlet () to a connection system () presenting an inlet, said port system comprising: &#x2014;a main skirt () connectable to the outlet () of the container presenting a connecting end and a discharge end (), &#x2014;a hopper () attached to the internal wall of the skirt and tapering to a discharge outlet () in direction of the main skirt discharge end (), &#x2014;a tearable membrane () closing the skirt discharge end and the hopper.

Port system for fastening a container to a connection system

A device stores and meters a powder and mixes the powder with a diluent to prepare a food product. The device is able to be connected to a tank containing the diluent and to a source of air. The device includes a multidose container to form a reserve of powder, a powder dosing system, a powder duct integrated in an air chamber that can carry air around the powder duct outlet. The powder duct outlet emerges in a mixing chamber that includes a diluent inlet and a food product outlet, the whole forming a single piece disposable device.

Single piece device for storing, metering and mixing a powder with a diluent

The present invention concerns a container comprising a container body with bottom and side walls and a container opening, and a container closure (), said body and closure comprising corresponding screw threads () to allow releasable attachment of the closure onto the body in order to open/close the container opening, characterized in that the container body comprises at least one cam-like means () located on the external surface of the container body walls, and the closure comprises at least one engagement means () corresponding to the cam-like means of the container body, said engagement means being located at the internal surface of the closure walls, so positioned that during the screwing operation of said closure onto said container body, said cam-like and engagement means cooperate in a audible manner at the time said closure is sufficiently engaged onto the body to ensure gas and/or liquid tightness of the closed container.

Container with audible freshness locking system

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