Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Thomas Kaeser

Daniel Abegglen

Arnaud Gerbaulet

Carlo Magri

Alexandre Perentes

Christian Jarisch

Stefan Kaeser

Alexandre Kollep

Jean-Luc Denisart

Alfred Yoakim

Jean-Paul Denisart

Silvio Butscher

Cynthia Scherz

Marco Bacchi

Yves Marmier

Pierre Struzka

Jean-Francois Tinembart

Zenon Ioannis Mandralis

Jean-Luc Colantonio

Roland Huber

Frank Römer

Alp Sarioglu

Sebastien Dassi

Damien Neurohr

Abdelmalek Benelmouffok

Heinz Leuthold

Reinhard Lutz

Christoph Czarnetzki

Fabien Chiappini

Martin Müller

Frank Romer

Martin Muller

Jean-François Tinembart

Sébastien Dassi

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

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.

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.

The invention concerns pack () with an inner volume () in which a food or beverage ingredient () is stored and in which a beverage is produced when water is introduced inside,&#x2014;said inner volume () being defined by two sheets of material () joined to one another at their edges and said inner volume () presenting a generally plane shape defining a plane (P) vertically oriented during beverage production,&#x2014;said pack comprising at least one inlet () for introducing water in the inner volume and at least one outlet () for delivering the beverage from said inner volume, the water inlet () and the beverage outlet () being included in one single insert (), said single insert () being positioned at the bottom of the pack and being partially positioned between two joined edges of the sheets of material (), the water inlet () being oriented essentially perpendicularly to the plane (P) defined by the inner volume (), and&#x2014;wherein the single insert () comprises a centring hole () extending essentially perpendicularly to the generally plane (P) shape of the inner volume.

Pack, system and method for preparing beverages

The invention concerns pack () with an inner volume () in which a food or beverage ingredient () is stored and in which a beverage is produced when water is introduced inside, &#x2014;said inner volume () being defined by two sheets of material () joined to one another at their edges and said inner volume () presenting a generally plane shape defining a plane (P) vertically oriented during beverage production, &#x2014;said pack comprising at least one inlet () for introducing water in the inner volume and at least one outlet () for delivering the beverage from said inner volume, the water inlet () and the beverage outlet () being included in one single insert (), said single insert () being positioned at the bottom of the pack and being partially positioned between two joined edges of the sheets of material (), &#x2014;said water inlet () being closed by one sheet of material () defining the inner volume (), &#x2014;wherein the single insert () comprises a centering hole () extending essentially perpendicularly to the generally plane (P) shape of the inner volume. The invention also concerns a machine for preparing a beverage from the pack.

Packs and machine for preparing beverages

A method provides a rubber-elastic sealing member onto a capsule intended for producing a beverage in a beverage production device. The capsule has a body portion having a side wall and a flange-like rim portion. The rim portion extends from the side wall of the body portion. The method includes the steps of applying an uncured sealing composition in a liquid or viscous state onto the rim portion of the capsule, heating said applied sealing composition such that the sealing composition at least partially migrates towards the side wall until the sealing composition reaches the side wall, and curing the sealing composition after the migration towards the side wall.

Liquid seal rubber applied to a capsule

The invention relates to a capsule for delivering a drink by injecting a pressurized fluid comprising a body (), an injection wall (), a chamber () containing a bed of food substance to be extracted, means for retaining the internal pressure () in the said chamber. The improvement consists in the provision of an injection space () allowing a means of injecting fluid in the form of at least one jet of fluid to be introduced through the injection wall and in providing a means () for breaking the jet of fluid and distributing the distribution of fluid at a reduced speed across the surface of the bed of substance. These means may adopt various forms such as that of a rigid or flexible perforated wall, or a layer of discrete elements or a spongy layer. Such a capsule improves the flow of liquid extract through the pressure retaining means () and improves the extraction conditions.

Capsule for preparing and delivering a drink by injecting a pressurized fluid into the capsule

The present invention proposes a method for providing a rubber-elastic sealing member onto a capsule () intended for producing a beverage in a beverage production device, wherein the capsule has a body portion () having a side wall () and a flange-like rim portion (), wherein the rim portion () extends from the side wall () of the body portion (), the method comprising the steps of: &#x2014;applying an uncured sealing composition () in a liquid or viscous state onto the rim portion () of the capsule (), &#x2014;heating said applied sealing composition () such that the sealing composition at least partially migrates towards the side wall () until it reaches the side wall, and&#x2014;curing the sealing composition () after the migration towards the side wall ().

Method for applying a liquid seal rubber to a capsule

Method for preparing a beverage, from a capsule () containing a substance, received in a beverage production device comprising: feeding water by an injection needle () while creating liquid tightness between the central inlet portion () and the surface of the needle and dispensing the beverage from the capsule by centrifugation through outlets in the peripheral outlet portion (), wherein the capsule is configured in the central inlet portion to provide liquid tightness between the liquid inlet and the surface of the needle to prevent liquid from leaking out-side of the capsule and wherein the capsule is configured to allow centrifuged liquid to pass through the outlets in the peripheral outlet portion ().

Capsule for the preparation of a beverage by centrifugation

Method for producing a capsule containing beverage ingredients designed for insertion in a beverage production device in which a liquid under pressure enters the capsule in order to interact with the ingredients in the capsule and to drain a beverage from the capsule, wherein the capsule includes a body with a sealing member attached thereto. The method includes providing the body with a main cavity, injecting at least one sealing material by injection-molding onto at least a portion of the external surface of the body to mold a sealing member sealingly attached to the body, filling the cavity with food ingredients and imperviously closing the cavity with a membrane to provide a closed capsule containing the food ingredients.

Capsule for preparing a beverage with a sealing member for water tightness attached thereto and method of producing the same

A method for producing a capsule containing beverage ingredients designed for insertion in a beverage production device in which a liquid under pressure enters the capsule in order to interact with the ingredients in the capsule and to form beverage. The method includes preforming the capsule body and at least a portion of said flange-like rim, placing a premade sealing member on the flange-like rim, crimping a portion of the flange-like rim on a portion of the sealing member so resulting in the sealing member becoming attached to the flange-like rim.

Capsule for preparation of a beverage with a sealing member attached thereto and method of producing the same

The present invention relates to an assembly including a pouch, a product filled in the pouch, and a fitment that is applied to the pouch through the method of ultrasonic sealing. The pouch may be produced without any fitment or opening device and completely sealed after the filling. The fitment may be applied through the method of ultrasonic sealing after the filling and sealing of the pouch. The pouch may include a film material specially treated on the inside surface through the addition of a special lacquer or film layer to avoid a sealing at this position. The fitment includes one or more of any thermoplastic polymer, or a special blended polymer, such as metallocene.

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Brent, Switzerland

Thomas Kaeser