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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur Eugster, Romanshorn, CH;
Assignee:
Eugster/Frismag AG, Romanshorn, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/100 ; G07F 1/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/100 ; G07F 1/116 ;
Abstract
Espresso coffee capsules ( ) having an essentially rotationally symmetric shape, especially the frustum of a right cone, being fitted and slide into an essentially cylindrical magazine tube ( ) of a magazine which can be set up vertically. The espresso coffee capsules can be stacked in the magazine tube ( ). The magazine tube ( ) has a removal opening ( ) at the bottom, allowing the espresso coffee capsules to be removed. The magazine tube ( ) has, at the top ( ), an insertion guide ( ) that has a side insertion opening ( ) so that the espresso coffee capsules can be inserted simply and exactly into the magazine tube.