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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Arend Cornelis Jacobus Biesheuvel, VS Werkendam, NL;
Ralf Kamerbeek, De Meern, NL;
Kon Euan Gerard Wong, Victoria, AU;
Guido Brandt, Victoria, AU;
Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, BE Amersfoort, NL;
Arend Cornelis Jacobus Biesheuvel, VS Werkendam, NL;
Ralf Kamerbeek, De Meern, NL;
Kon Euan Gerard Wong, Victoria, AU;
Guido Brandt, Victoria, AU;
Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, BE Amersfoort, NL;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
System, method and capsule for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage suitable for consumption using an extractable product. The system includes an exchangeable capsule, an apparatus including a receptacle for holding the exchangeable capsule, and a fluid dispensing device for supplying a fluid to the exchangeable capsule. The exchangeable capsule includes a circumferential wall, bottom, and lid enclosing an inner space including the extractable product. The receptacle includes bottom piercing means intended for piercing an entrance area of an alternative capsule for creating at least one entrance opening for supplying the fluid to the extractable product. The entrance area of the capsule of the system includes an entrance filter for supplying the fluid to the extractable product therethrough. In use, the entrance filter is positioned at a distance from the bottom piercing means, such that the capsule of the system is not pierced by the bottom piercing means.