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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2013
Kraft Foods R & D, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Nicholas Hansen, Banbury, GB;
Mark Norton, Banbury, GB;
Kraft Foods R&D, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of assembling a filter element () with a cup-shaped capsule body () using a combined weld-head () and former (), comprising the steps of positioning the filter element () at or near a mouth of the cup-shaped capsule body (), moving the combined weld-head () and former () so as to contact and drive the filter element () into the cup-shaped capsule body (), wherein, the filter element () is deformed by a sprung-loaded former () of the combined weld-head () and former () to form a cup-shaped filter element (), and using a weld-head () of the combined weld-head () and former () to bond the cup-shaped filter element () to the cup-shaped capsule body (). The present invention further provides a method of making a beverage capsule and a beverage capsule produced using this method.