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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
Nestec S.a., Vevey, CH;
Nihan Dogan, La Croix-sur-Lutry, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
Capsule () for use in a beverage preparation machine (), said capsule comprising side (), bottom () and top () walls defining a closed chamber, said capsule further comprising a beverage dispensing wall able to open for releasing a beverage prepared from said ingredient and said fluid, said capsule comprising a separating wall () within the chamber that separates, in a leak-tight manner, an ingredient-containing compartment (), and a fluid injection compartment (), said separating wall () comprising a one-way valve () able to let fluid under pressure flow only from the injection compartment towards the ingredient-containing compartment, said valve being actuated in its open configuration by the injection element () of the machine, wherein the one-way valve is either: (i) a spring-mounted ball valve, or alternatively (ii) a flexible resilient O-ring valve mounted in a circular channel of the separating wall.