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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Frederike Ingeborg Heijdel, Nieuwegein, NL;
Christiaan Jos Van Der Veen, Nieuwegein, NL;
Gustaaf Frans Brouwer, Nijkerk, NL;
Ivo Van Os, Amersfoort, NL;
Wenda Corina DE Koning, Scherpenzeel, NL;
Frederike Ingeborg Heijdel, Nieuwegein, NL;
Christiaan Jos Van Der Veen, Nieuwegein, NL;
Gustaaf Frans Brouwer, Nijkerk, NL;
Ivo Van Os, Amersfoort, NL;
Wenda Corina De Koning, Scherpenzeel, NL;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
Pad for producing a beverage, provided with a first permeable layer and a second permeable layer opposite to the first permeable layer. The pad is further provided with a filling arranged in between the first and second permeable layer. The pad is arranged for receiving pressurized water through the first permeable layer, for dissolving, dispersing, and/or extracting at least part of the filling in the received pressurized water. The pad is arranged for releasing through the second permeable layer the water with the at least part of the filling dissolved, dispersed, and/or extracted therein. The first permeable layer has a plurality of apertures for receiving the pressurized water. The apertures have a size dimensioned for establishing swirling motion of the water inside the filling.