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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v., Utrecht, NL;
Ralf Kamerbeek, Utrecht, NL;
John Henri Flamand, Utrecht, NL;
Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, Utrecht, NL;
Angenita Dorothea van Loon-Post, Utrecht, NL;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
A capsule for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage suitable for consumption using an extractable product is shown. The capsule includes a circumferential first wall, a second wall closing the circumferential first wall at a first end, and a flexible sheet-shaped third wall closing the circumferential first wall at a second, open, end opposite the second wall, the third wall being at least one of perforate and porous. The first, second and third wall enclose an inner space including the extractable product. The third wall forms an outermost boundary of the capsule in an axial direction thereof. The third wall includes a filtering material. The second wall is one of a flexible porous sheet, a flexible foil provided with a plurality of entrance openings, and a substantially rigid wall that includes a plurality of entrance openings.