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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi, Geneva, CH;
Stephane Hentzel, Yvonand, CH;
Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi, Geneva, CH;
Stephane Hentzel, Yvonand, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The present invention concerns an injection-molded capsule for use in a food preparation machine, said capsule for use in a food preparation machine comprising: (i) a structure () with a lower side (), at least three pillars () extending from the lower side and linked to a circular upper frame () which defines the surroundings of the capsule top side, the pillars () having cross-sections S, Sand S, the lower side () being a solid wall that comprises a dispensing opening () and is centered across the vertical symmetry axis VSA of said capsule, and (ii) a label () attached to the outer surface of the lower side (), pillars () and upper circular frame (), thus forming an envelope that defines capsule side walls, characterized in that the injection point IP of the capsule is off-centered in the vicinity of said dispensing opening (), opposed the pillar () having a cross-section Srelatively to the axis VSA, and in that S=Sand S>S