EP3623318A1 - Capsule avec filtre et système de capsules pour la préparation de produits comestibles - Google Patents

Capsule avec filtre et système de capsules pour la préparation de produits comestibles Download PDF

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EP3623318A1
EP3623318A1 EP18734312.4A EP18734312A EP3623318A1 EP 3623318 A1 EP3623318 A1 EP 3623318A1 EP 18734312 A EP18734312 A EP 18734312A EP 3623318 A1 EP3623318 A1 EP 3623318A1
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Óscar DE DEUS TELES DE NORONHA GALVÃO
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D85/70Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
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  • the present invention refers to the field of the capsules adapted for collecting an edible substance precursor of an edible product, such as for example an aromatic beverage.
  • the present invention further refers to a system for preparing edible products comprising a capsule of the type of the present invention.
  • the prior art includes several solutions relating to capsules adapted for preparing edible products, in particular of aromatic beverages such as for example espresso type coffee and similar beverages.
  • said capsules provide an oxygen-sealed collection space so as to preserve the organoleptic properties of the edible substance, and are adapted so that can be used in machines for preparing edible products, for example in a respective brewing device of aromatic beverage, where they are crossed by a pressurized flow.
  • the brewing flow can carry with it non-dissoluble particles that can thereby negatively change the beverage taste.
  • said capsules further present filter elements provided so as to retain non-soluble particles of said edible substance.
  • Document WO 2006/008243 A1 discloses a capsule of the type of the present invention comprising a filter element that is provided downstream of the collection space of edible substance. However, said collection space is not provided oxygen-sealed. Moreover, the capsule presents, in the respective beverage discharge region, a part in form of cupule or rounded with a cross-section decreasing along the prevailing flow direction, whereby said filter is provided upstream of said discharge region.
  • Document WO 2011/080022 A1 discloses a capsule of the type of the present invention that presents a container part with grooves in the interior surface presenting a smaller dimension than the average dimension of grain of the substance contained in the capsule. Moreover, the base part of said capsule presents a projection along the prevailing flow direction of characteristic dimension smaller than the characteristic dimension of the sidewall of container. In this case, the downstream edge of said projection is initially covered by a removable sealing element, and the upstream edge of said projection presents a plurality of flow passageways.
  • Document EP 2683625 B1 discloses a capsule with a general configuration similar to the one disclosed by the present invention, including a filter element that confines the collection space of edible substance downstream thereof, and is provided upstream of a discharge opening provided in the base wall.
  • Document EP 2861508 B1 discloses a capsule that comprises a filter in a fibrous non-woven material, formed plastically, preferentially thermoformed, whereby said filter presents a filtering region and a fixation region that is fixed to a peripheral collar inside of the capsule.
  • Document WO 2015/087180 A1 discloses a capsule that confines a chamber and comprises a filter positioned downstream of the edible substance and supported by, not fixed to, the base portion of the capsule, so that can be moved to the interior of the chamber expect by the resistance exerted by the edible substance.
  • said capsule further presents an oxygen-sealing element provided downstream of said filter, so that the filter is inside of the oxygen-sealed collection space.
  • Document EP 2995577 A1 discloses another capsule with a general configuration similar to the one disclosed by the present invention and that presents a projecting element in the base wall and an opening area that is opened by opening devices of the machine for preparing beverages, whereby there is provided a filter of non-woven structure within the capsule and next to the base, the specific weight of which is between 40 and 200 gr/ m 2 , and the thickness of which is between 0,1 of 0,9 mm, whereby said filter is distanced apart from the base by means of several spacing element spaced apart in uniform manner.
  • a first objective of the present invention is to provide a single portion package, notably of the capsule type or similar, adapted so that can collect and edible substance in oxygen-sealed manner, so that provides better beverage filtering conditions in the exit region of the capsule, as well as construction simplicity of the capsule.
  • a capsule that comprises a first part of container type comprising a base wall and a sidewall developing along a circular alignment around a central longitudinal axis thereby defining a general shape of frusto-conic type or similar, a second part of lid type provided as a folio like element and adapted so that confines a collection space (A) upstream thereof in a oxygen-sealing manner, and a retention disposition provided as a folio-like element and adapted so that confines said collection space downstream thereof in oxygen-sealing manner, and adapted so that provides filtering of the beverage flow downstream of said collection space provided oxygen-sealed.
  • said filter element is further provided upstream, supported in at least most part of the its surface in direct contact with a wall like disposition presenting at least one, preferentially a plurality of flow passageways with a characteristic dimension, for example diameter, different from the characteristic dimension of the flux through said filter element.
  • said capsule presents a beverage discharge disposition including a filter element disposed downstream and upstream of flow passageways with a characteristic dimension of at least one or two orders of magnitude bigger than the characteristic dimension of the flux through said filter element.
  • said capsule presents a beverage discharge disposition including a filter element disposed downstream and upstream of flow passageways with a characteristic dimension comprised between 1 and 10 mm, preferentially between 3 and 7 mm.
  • a second objective of the present invention is to provide a system for preparing edible products based upon a plurality of types of single portion package, in particular in the form of capsules, that provides greater flexibility of operation according to the type of edible substance and of respective product to be prepared.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show side (on the left-side) and top and bottom views, respectively, of a portion package, in particular of a single portion, or capsule (1) adapted for preparing edible products, such as for example aromatic beverages and similar, of the type capsule (1) according to the present invention.
  • Said capsule (1) presents a container part (2) with a general shape of frusto-conic type or similar, that comprises a part of container type presenting a base wall (21) and a sidewall (22), and a part of lid type (3) adapted for confining a collection space (A) adapted for collecting an edible substance.
  • said part of lid type (3) is adapted for entry of a pressurized flow, in particular through a flow passageway provided by means of an opening device external to said capsule (1), or by means of the action of upstream flow pressure upon a weakened material part of said part of lid type (3), so that a pressurized flow flows through said collection space (A) along a prevailing flow direction of said part of lid type (3) upstream, to said base wall (21) of the part of container type (2) downstream.
  • Figures 3 and 4 represent preferred embodiments of a first and second types of capsule (1, 1') according to the present invention.
  • said capsules (1, 1') present a retention disposition (4) provided as a folio-like element and adapted so that confines said collection space (A) downstream thereof in oxygen-sealing manner.
  • said retention disposition (4) is fixed in surface on said first base portion (211) and is preferentially provided as a sheet of aluminium, aluminium composite, or similar.
  • said base wall (21) comprises a first base portion (211) that develops from said sidewall (22) inwards and along a direction non parallel with relation to said longitudinal central axis (B), and a second base portion (212) that projects in the central region of said base wall (21) downstream, with a shape of tubular type or of frusto-conic type of circular cross-section, and is adapted for flow discharge of the beverage that flows through said retention wall (4) out of the capsule (1).
  • said second base portion (212) presents a characteristic dimension of cross-section that is smaller than half the characteristic dimension of cross-section of said first base portion (211).
  • the capsules (1, 1') further present a filter element (5) provided downstream of said retention disposition (4), so that said filter element (5) provides filtering of the beverage flow downstream of said collection space (A) provided oxygen-sealed.
  • this position of the filter element (5), downstream of the exit region of beverage flow out of said collection space (A) provided in oxygen-sealed manner presents several advantages including in terms of distribution of energy loss and turbulence in the discharge flow, as well as effectiveness of filtering of said discharge flow.
  • said filter element (5) is provided adjacent upstream with relation to the furthest downstream region of said second base portion (212), whereby in said furthest downstream region there is provided a beverage discharge disposition (213) that presents a plurality of passageways.
  • said discharge disposition (213) presents a plurality of passageways with a characteristic dimension that is at least one order of magnitude bigger than the characteristic dimension of the passageways provided by said filter element (5).
  • beverage discharge disposition (213) is provided in a single piece with the remanding parts of said first part of container type (2).
  • said base wall (21) is provided in a single piece including said beverage discharge disposition (213), and adapted so that can be united to said sidewall (22) .
  • said filter element (5) is provided as a mesh-like structure with a plurality of fluid passageways presenting a characteristic dimension of filtering adapted for retention of solid particles non dissolved in the beverage flow upstream, whereby said characteristic dimension of filtering is previously defined according to the type of edible substance contained in said collection space (A).
  • said filter element (5) is provided as a structure of rigid type, for example in a synthetic material, or as a structure of tissue type, of non-woven type, preferentially in a recyclable or biodegradable material.
  • a filter element (5) provided downstream of respective collection space (A) along the prevailing flow direction, preferentially retained in said second base part (212) of characteristic dimension smaller than the characteristic dimension of said collection space (A).
  • said at least two types of capsule (1, 1') present filter elements (5) provided in at least one of: a different position with relation to said collection space (A), a different characteristic dimension of filtering.
  • the second type of capsule (1') represented in Figure 4 comprises a base disposition de base (213') that presents a smaller number of flow passageways (214), in relation to the base disposition (213) of the first type of capsule (1) represented in Figure 3 .
  • said filter element (5, 5') is retained, preferentially fixed, in the upstream-oriented side of said base disposition (213, 213'), so that results adjacent to respective flow passageways (214).
  • Figures 5 and 6 represent a third embodiment of capsule (1) according to the present invention, whereby said second base portion (212) presents a projection portion (215) that extends downstream of said base disposition (213), with a shape of tubular type or of frusto-conic type of circular cross-section.
  • said projection portion (215) presents a central element (216) configured as an element of cylindrical form, or similar, and provided in a central region with relation to said flow passageways (214).

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