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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
K-fee System Gmbh, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Marc Krüger, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
K-FEE SYSTEM GMBH, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Abstract
A beverage system for producing a coffee or tea beverage that includes a beverage machine that includes: a holder configured to receive and support a portion capsule, and a pump controlled to push water into the capsule to produce the beverage. The portion capsule includes a metal cover attached to a metal base element. The cavity has a plurality of ribs that are radially spaced, vertically oriented, and configured to extend toward a central portion thereof. The ribs are free from extending all the way to a bottom of the cavity. The base element has a side wall with an electrically conductive section and radially spaced and vertically oriented grooves, the grooves being free from extending all the way to a bottom of the base element and are also free from extending all the way to a region of the side wall that is immediately adjacent to the flange.