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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Ralf Kamerbeek, De Meern, NL;
John Henri Flamand, Lunteren, NL;
Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, Amersfoort, NL;
Angenita Dorothea Post Van Loon, Utrecht, NL;
Ralf Kamerbeek, De Meern, NL;
John Henri Flamand, Lunteren, NL;
Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, Amersfoort, NL;
Angenita Dorothea Post van Loon, Utrecht, NL;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
A capsule, system and method 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 perforate and/or porous third wall closing the circumferential first wall at a second, open, end opposite the second wall. 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 comprises a woven or nonwoven filtering material, such as filtering paper.