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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Laurentius Gerardus Meelker, Zaandijk, NL;
Erwin Bartelds, Assendelft, NL;
Jozef Henricus Pollmann, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, NL;
Freerk Van Oudheusden, Voorhout, NL;
Marlies Van Dullemen, Leiden, NL;
Laurentius Gerardus Meelker, Zaandijk, NL;
Erwin Bartelds, Assendelft, NL;
Jozef Henricus Pollmann, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, NL;
Freerk Van Oudheusden, Voorhout, NL;
Marlies Van Dullemen, Leiden, NL;
Ahold Coffee Company B.V., Zaandam, NL;
Abstract
There is disclosed a capsule for the preparation of a beverage using an extractable and/or dissolvable product and a quantity of hot and/or pressurized liquid. The capsule comprises a circumferential wall having on one end a bottom adapted to allow entrance of the liquid, and on an opposite end a lid closing said end of the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall, bottom and lid enclosing an inner space containing the product. At least one of the lid and/or bottom comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion separated by at least one slit and having different moving mechanics when under pressure. At least a layer of tearable material covers said slit.