WO2008125256A1 - Single-use containment capsule of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion - Google Patents

Single-use containment capsule of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion Download PDF

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WO2008125256A1
WO2008125256A1 PCT/EP2008/002793 EP2008002793W WO2008125256A1 WO 2008125256 A1 WO2008125256 A1 WO 2008125256A1 EP 2008002793 W EP2008002793 W EP 2008002793W WO 2008125256 A1 WO2008125256 A1 WO 2008125256A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8061—Filters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8058—Coding means for the contents

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  • the present invention refers to a single-use containment capsule of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion.
  • Capsules have for some time been present on the market for producing a drink, for example a coffee drink.
  • Such capsules comprise a watertight plastic container for preserving the integrity of an aromatic essence present therein until the time of its use, wherein its cover and its base, after the removal of their suitable aluminium plates, are perforated by- suitable perforator members, present in the seat of the infuser apparatus in which the capsule is housed, in order to create an entrance path for the infusion water and an exit path for the infusion.
  • Such capsules have various drawbacks, including the fact that for their perforation, only extraneous elements present in their housing seat are employed.
  • the technical task that the present invention proposes is therefore that of making a single-use containment capsule of a powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion that allows eliminating the technical drawbacks lamented by the prior art .
  • one object of the invention is that of making a single-use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion that allows a precise perforation of its base, in order to optimise the infusion process by creating ideal infusion paths inside the container and ideal pressure conditions inside the container during the infusion.
  • Another object of the invention is that of making a single-use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion that allows a precise perforation of its base in order to prevent, on one hand, material detachments that can contaminate the infusion, and on the other hand the undesired exit of coffee powder from the capsule.
  • Another object of the invention is that of making a single-use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion that is completely preserved, uncontaminated, until the time of its use.
  • Not least object of the invention is that of making a single-use containment capsule of an aromatic essence in powder that does not require the removal of the protective cover from its bottom.
  • Figure 1 shows a side elevation view of a capsule before use, in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present finding, sectioned along a plane of symmetry thereof;
  • Figure 2 shows the capsule of Figure 1 during the perforation of the protective element of its base
  • Figure 3 shows the capsule of figure 1 after the perforation of the protective element of its base
  • Figure 4 shows a side elevation view of a capsule before use, in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present finding, sectioned along a plane of symmetry thereof ;
  • Figure 5 shows the capsule of figure 4 after the perforation of the protective element of its base
  • Figure 6 shows a side elevation view of a capsule before use, in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of the present finding, sectioned along a plane of symmetry thereof, after the perforation of the protective element of its base
  • Figure 7 shows the capsule of figure 6 before the perforation of the protective element of its base.
  • Equivalent elements of different embodiments will be indicated with the same reference number.
  • a single-use containment capsule of a powder aromatic essence for producing an infusion is shown, indicated overall with the reference number 1.
  • the aromatic essence can be coffee-based, tea-based, or other, it can water-soluble or water-insoluble for the preparation of thirst-quenching drinks, energy- drinks, broths etc.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a container 2 having a cover 3 and a perforated base 4 externally covered with a protective element 5.
  • the perforated base 4 is internally covered with a filter 9 having a plurality of calibrated holes 10.
  • the cover 3 has at least one facilitated break formation 21 for the entrance of an infusion water inside the container 2.
  • the inner side of the cover 3 is lined with a paper disc 30 or other device so to favour the diffusion of the water, avoiding preferential paths.
  • the capsule 1 moreover comprises, on the inner side of the protective element 5, a perforator element 6 operable by the fluid pressure that is created inside the container 2, so to allow the exit of the infusion from the container 2.
  • the container 2, the cover 3, the base 4 and the perforator element 6 are made of plastic while the protective element 5 is an aluminium plate.
  • the container 2 has a central symmetry axis 7 orthogonal to its cover 3 and to its base 4, and can be of any shape, for example cylindrical, frustoconical or prismatic shape.
  • the perforator element 6 is integral with the base 4 , which is deformable due to the fluid pressure that is created inside the container 2 along a deformation direction parallel to the symmetry axis 7 of the container 2.
  • the base structure 4 is such to carry out, upon the attainment of a specific pressure inside the container 2, an instantaneous elastic or elastoplastic deformation, before returning (though not necessarily) to the initial substantially non- deformed conformation.
  • the base 4 can be equipped with one or more stiffening ribs (not shown) that permit it to oppose the pressure inside the container 2 up to a certain threshold, beyond which it suddenly yields, being elastically deformed.
  • the perforated element 6 is integral with the base 4 and made of a single piece therewith, in turn preferably integral with the container 2 and made of a single piece therewith, while the cover 3 is fixed to the container 2 by means of ultrasound welding or gluing.
  • the perforator element 6 is longitudinally extended parallel to the symmetry axis 7 from a central position of the base 4.
  • the perforator element 6 moreover advantageously has an oblique apical end section 13 with respect to the symmetry axis 7 , so to not cause the complete separation of the edge 16 of the protective element 5, which is obtained during the perforation of the protective element 5 for the creation of the exit hole 14 of the infusion from the capsule 1.
  • the base 4 has indented form towards the interior of the container 2.
  • the protective element 5 is perimetrically associated, for example by means of gluing, to the perimeter of the base 4 so to delimit a chamber 8 therewith, inside of which the perforator element 6 is wholly confined before capsule 1 use.
  • the rigid filter 9 rests on the inner side of the base 4; such filter 9 is arranged orthogonal to the symmetry axis 7 so to generate a thrust force on the base 4 that is predominantly oriented along its deformation direction.
  • the rigid filter 9 is a flat separator with form matching the section of the container 2, and rests on a flat central portion 12 of the base 4 oriented orthogonal to the symmetry axis 7.
  • the inner side of the rigid filter 9 is lined with a paper filter 11 for the optimisation of the filtering action.
  • the base 4 is internally lined with only the paper filter 11.
  • the base 4 has a plurality of calibrated holes 15 for the passage of the infusion towards the exit hole 14 made by the perforator element 6, while in the embodiment of figures 4 and 5 the perforator element 6 has a calibrated hole 17 on the extension of a calibrated hole 18 of the base 4 for the passage of the infusion towards the exit hole 14 made by the perforator element 6.
  • the perforator element 6 is now integral with the filter 9 (in particular it is made in a single piece therewith) , in this case deformable due to the fluid pressure that is created inside the container 2.
  • the structure of the filter 9 is capable of supporting an elastic deformation in order to return to the initial substantially non-deformed configuration .
  • the perforator element 6 is now defined by a conical point that projects from the centre of the base 4 for the creation of the exit hole 14 through the protective element 5.
  • the base 4 of the container 2 in this case rigid, has a positioning hole 19 of the perforator element
  • an impression 20 is also present adapted to receive the filter 9 during its deformation.
  • the protective element 5 is perimetrically associated with the perimeter of the base 4 and with the perimeter of the perforator element 6.
  • the functioning of the capsule is, in brief, the following.
  • the capsule 1 is inserted in the related housing seat 22 provided in the infusion apparatus.
  • the closure piston 23 closes the housing seat 22 and supplies pressurised water, which breaks the facilitated break formations 21, permitting the entrance of the water in the capsule 1.
  • the perforation of the cover 3 of the capsule is therefore not of mechanical but only of hydraulic type.
  • the perforator element 6 creates the exit hole 16, also due to the opposition of the bottom of the housing seat 22, which prevents the protective element 5 from bending without breaking. After the perforation, the vent of the internal pressure of the container 2 causes the retraction of the perforator element 6 from the discharge hole 16, which remains unobstructed.
  • the single-use capsule has a barcode for its identification by a suitable reader, with which the coffee machine is equipped.
  • the barcode can be positioned in any part of the external surface of the capsule and preferably on the protective element .
  • the barcode reader is in communication with the control unit of the coffee machine, in whose memory all the barcodes are stored that the coffee machine can activate.
  • the reader in turn can be positioned outside the coffee machine or inside the coffee machine at a point towards which the barcode of the capsule is displayed, for example at the infusion chamber.
  • the barcode advantageously codifies information related not only to the identity of the capsule, in order to avoid the incorrect functioning of the machine with capsules that are not recognised as suitable, but also related to the coffee type, its granulometry, etc. so that the functioning cycle of the coffee machine can be automatically programmed according to the reading carried out .
  • the materials use, as well as the sizes, can be of any type according to needs and the state of the art .

Abstract

Single -use containment capsule (1) of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion, characterised in that it comprises a container (2) having a perforated base (4) externally covered with a protective element (5), and a perforator element (6) present on the inner side of said protective element and operable by the fluid pressure that is created inside said container, so to permit the exit of said infusion from said container.

Description

SINGLE-USE CONTAINMENT CAPSULE OF AN AROMATIC ESSENCE FOR PRODUCING AN INFUSION
Description of an industrial invention patent application on behalf of: ROSSI CORPORATION S.r.l. Filed on with No.
DESCRIPTION
The present invention refers to a single-use containment capsule of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion.
Capsules have for some time been present on the market for producing a drink, for example a coffee drink. Such capsules comprise a watertight plastic container for preserving the integrity of an aromatic essence present therein until the time of its use, wherein its cover and its base, after the removal of their suitable aluminium plates, are perforated by- suitable perforator members, present in the seat of the infuser apparatus in which the capsule is housed, in order to create an entrance path for the infusion water and an exit path for the infusion. Such capsules have various drawbacks, including the fact that for their perforation, only extraneous elements present in their housing seat are employed. This requires a correct positioning of the capsule in its housing seat, in order to be subjected to a precise perforation, given that an incorrect perforation risks negatively influencing the infusion by distorting the optimal infusion paths inside the container or the optimal pressure conditions inside the container during the infusion. In addition, a distorted perforation can also cause material detachments, which contaminate the infusion, as well as the undesired exit of coffee powder from the capsule .
It should be added that the removal of the protective plates can cause a contamination or loss of the capsule contents before their use.
The technical task that the present invention proposes is therefore that of making a single-use containment capsule of a powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion that allows eliminating the technical drawbacks lamented by the prior art .
In the scope of this technical task, one object of the invention is that of making a single-use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion that allows a precise perforation of its base, in order to optimise the infusion process by creating ideal infusion paths inside the container and ideal pressure conditions inside the container during the infusion. Another object of the invention is that of making a single-use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion that allows a precise perforation of its base in order to prevent, on one hand, material detachments that can contaminate the infusion, and on the other hand the undesired exit of coffee powder from the capsule. Another object of the invention is that of making a single-use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion that is completely preserved, uncontaminated, until the time of its use.
Not least object of the invention is that of making a single-use containment capsule of an aromatic essence in powder that does not require the removal of the protective cover from its bottom.
The technical task, as well as these and other objects, according to the present invention, are achieved by making a single-use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion according to claim 1.
Other characteristics of the present invention are moreover defined in the subsequent claims . Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will be clearer from the description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment of the single- use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion according to the finding, illustrated as indicative and non-limiting in the attached drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a side elevation view of a capsule before use, in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present finding, sectioned along a plane of symmetry thereof;
Figure 2 shows the capsule of Figure 1 during the perforation of the protective element of its base; Figure 3 shows the capsule of figure 1 after the perforation of the protective element of its base,- Figure 4 shows a side elevation view of a capsule before use, in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present finding, sectioned along a plane of symmetry thereof ;
Figure 5 shows the capsule of figure 4 after the perforation of the protective element of its base; Figure 6 shows a side elevation view of a capsule before use, in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of the present finding, sectioned along a plane of symmetry thereof, after the perforation of the protective element of its base,- Figure 7 shows the capsule of figure 6 before the perforation of the protective element of its base. Equivalent elements of different embodiments will be indicated with the same reference number. With reference to the mentioned figures, a single-use containment capsule of a powder aromatic essence for producing an infusion is shown, indicated overall with the reference number 1.
The aromatic essence can be coffee-based, tea-based, or other, it can water-soluble or water-insoluble for the preparation of thirst-quenching drinks, energy- drinks, broths etc.
The capsule 1 comprises a container 2 having a cover 3 and a perforated base 4 externally covered with a protective element 5.
Preferably, the perforated base 4 is internally covered with a filter 9 having a plurality of calibrated holes 10.
The cover 3 has at least one facilitated break formation 21 for the entrance of an infusion water inside the container 2.
Preferably, the inner side of the cover 3 is lined with a paper disc 30 or other device so to favour the diffusion of the water, avoiding preferential paths. The capsule 1 moreover comprises, on the inner side of the protective element 5, a perforator element 6 operable by the fluid pressure that is created inside the container 2, so to allow the exit of the infusion from the container 2.
Preferably but not necessarily, the container 2, the cover 3, the base 4 and the perforator element 6 are made of plastic while the protective element 5 is an aluminium plate.
The container 2 has a central symmetry axis 7 orthogonal to its cover 3 and to its base 4, and can be of any shape, for example cylindrical, frustoconical or prismatic shape.
In the embodiments of figures 1-5, the perforator element 6 is integral with the base 4 , which is deformable due to the fluid pressure that is created inside the container 2 along a deformation direction parallel to the symmetry axis 7 of the container 2. The base structure 4 is such to carry out, upon the attainment of a specific pressure inside the container 2, an instantaneous elastic or elastoplastic deformation, before returning (though not necessarily) to the initial substantially non- deformed conformation. If necessary, the base 4 can be equipped with one or more stiffening ribs (not shown) that permit it to oppose the pressure inside the container 2 up to a certain threshold, beyond which it suddenly yields, being elastically deformed. Advantageously, the perforated element 6 is integral with the base 4 and made of a single piece therewith, in turn preferably integral with the container 2 and made of a single piece therewith, while the cover 3 is fixed to the container 2 by means of ultrasound welding or gluing.
The perforator element 6 is longitudinally extended parallel to the symmetry axis 7 from a central position of the base 4.
The perforator element 6 moreover advantageously has an oblique apical end section 13 with respect to the symmetry axis 7 , so to not cause the complete separation of the edge 16 of the protective element 5, which is obtained during the perforation of the protective element 5 for the creation of the exit hole 14 of the infusion from the capsule 1. The base 4 has indented form towards the interior of the container 2. The protective element 5 is perimetrically associated, for example by means of gluing, to the perimeter of the base 4 so to delimit a chamber 8 therewith, inside of which the perforator element 6 is wholly confined before capsule 1 use. The rigid filter 9 rests on the inner side of the base 4; such filter 9 is arranged orthogonal to the symmetry axis 7 so to generate a thrust force on the base 4 that is predominantly oriented along its deformation direction.
In particular, the rigid filter 9 is a flat separator with form matching the section of the container 2, and rests on a flat central portion 12 of the base 4 oriented orthogonal to the symmetry axis 7.
The inner side of the rigid filter 9 is lined with a paper filter 11 for the optimisation of the filtering action.
If the rigid filter 9 is not present, the base 4 is internally lined with only the paper filter 11.
It must be observed, in fact, that in a possible variant of the present finding, the rigid filer 9 is not provided for, while the paper filter 11 is fixed on the deformable base 4.
In the embodiment of figures 1-3, the base 4 has a plurality of calibrated holes 15 for the passage of the infusion towards the exit hole 14 made by the perforator element 6, while in the embodiment of figures 4 and 5 the perforator element 6 has a calibrated hole 17 on the extension of a calibrated hole 18 of the base 4 for the passage of the infusion towards the exit hole 14 made by the perforator element 6. We make reference now to the embodiment illustrated in figures 6 and 7.
The perforator element 6 is now integral with the filter 9 (in particular it is made in a single piece therewith) , in this case deformable due to the fluid pressure that is created inside the container 2.
Also in this case, the structure of the filter 9 is capable of supporting an elastic deformation in order to return to the initial substantially non-deformed configuration .
In particular, the perforator element 6 is now defined by a conical point that projects from the centre of the base 4 for the creation of the exit hole 14 through the protective element 5.
The base 4 of the container 2, in this case rigid, has a positioning hole 19 of the perforator element
6.
On the inner side of the base 4, an impression 20 is also present adapted to receive the filter 9 during its deformation.
The protective element 5 is perimetrically associated with the perimeter of the base 4 and with the perimeter of the perforator element 6.
The functioning of the capsule is, in brief, the following. The capsule 1 is inserted in the related housing seat 22 provided in the infusion apparatus.
The closure piston 23 closes the housing seat 22 and supplies pressurised water, which breaks the facilitated break formations 21, permitting the entrance of the water in the capsule 1. The perforation of the cover 3 of the capsule is therefore not of mechanical but only of hydraulic type.
The water enters into the container 2 and the consequent increase of pressure causes the instantaneous elastic deformation of the base 4 (figs. 1-5) or filter 9 (figs. 6 and 7), which actuates the perforator element 6.
The perforator element 6 creates the exit hole 16, also due to the opposition of the bottom of the housing seat 22, which prevents the protective element 5 from bending without breaking. After the perforation, the vent of the internal pressure of the container 2 causes the retraction of the perforator element 6 from the discharge hole 16, which remains unobstructed.
According to a variant coming under the scope of the present invention, the single-use capsule has a barcode for its identification by a suitable reader, with which the coffee machine is equipped.
The barcode can be positioned in any part of the external surface of the capsule and preferably on the protective element .
The barcode reader is in communication with the control unit of the coffee machine, in whose memory all the barcodes are stored that the coffee machine can activate.
The reader in turn can be positioned outside the coffee machine or inside the coffee machine at a point towards which the barcode of the capsule is displayed, for example at the infusion chamber.
The barcode advantageously codifies information related not only to the identity of the capsule, in order to avoid the incorrect functioning of the machine with capsules that are not recognised as suitable, but also related to the coffee type, its granulometry, etc. so that the functioning cycle of the coffee machine can be automatically programmed according to the reading carried out .
The capsule thus conceived is susceptible to numerous modifications and variants, all part of the scope of the inventive concept; moreover, all details can be substituted with technically equivalent elements.
In practice, the materials use, as well as the sizes, can be of any type according to needs and the state of the art .

Claims

1. Single-use containment capsule of powder of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion, characterised in that it comprises a container having a perforated base externally covered with a protective element, and a perforator element present on the inner side of said protective element and operable by the fluid pressure that is created inside said container, so to permit the exit of said infusion from said container.
2. Single-use capsule according to claim 1, characterised in that the inner side of said base is covered by a filter.
3. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said perforator element is integral with said base, which is deformable due to the fluid pressure that is created inside said container.
4. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said base is subjected to an elastic or elastoplastic deformation.
5. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said base has one or more stiffening ribs in order to oppose the internal pressure of said container substantially non-deformed, up to a certain threshold value.
6. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said base has a deformation direction parallel to a symmetry axis of said container that is extended orthogonal to a cover of said container and to said base of said container.
7. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said perforator element is longitudinally extended parallel to said symmetry axis from a central position of said base.
8. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said protective element is an aluminium plate.
9. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said base is indented towards the interior of said container, in that said protective element is perimetrically associated with the perimeter of said base, and in that said perforator element is projected from the outer side of said base in a space delimited between said base and said protective element.
10. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said filter is rigid and rests on the inner side of said base with arrangement orthogonal to said symmetry axis of said container, so to generate a thrust force on said base predominantly oriented along said deformation direction.
11. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a further paper filter is associated with the inner side of said filter.
12. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said perforator element is made integral with said base, in a single piece therewith.
13. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said perforator element has an apical end section lying on a sloped plane with respect to said symmetry axis .
14. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, ■ characterised in that said base has a plurality of calibrated holes.
15. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said perforator element has a calibrated hole on the extension of a calibrated hole of said base .
16. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said filter is deformable due to the fluid pressure that is created inside said container and in that said perforator element is integral with said deformable filter.
17. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said filter is subjected to an elastic or elastoplastic deformation.
18. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said base is rigid and has a positioning hole of said perforator element.
19. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said base has an impression adapted to receive said deformable filter during its deformation.
20. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said protective element is perimetrically associated with the perimeter of said base and with the perimeter of said positioning hole of said perforator element.
21. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said cover has at least one facilitated break formation for the entrance of an infusion water inside said container.
22. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that it has a barcode for its identification.
23. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said barcode is positioned on said protective element .
24. Single-use capsule according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said barcode codifies information that determines an automatic programming of the coffee machine that reads and recognizes it.
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ES08735106T ES2390382T3 (en) 2007-04-12 2008-04-09 Single use containment capsule of an aromatic essence to produce an infusion
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BRPI0809705-4A2A BRPI0809705A2 (en) 2007-04-12 2008-04-09 "DISPOSABLE CAPSULE OF AN AROMATIC ESSENCE POWDER FOR PRODUCTION OF AN INFUSION"
PL08735106T PL2139791T3 (en) 2007-04-12 2008-04-09 Single-use containment capsule of an aromatic essence for producing an infusion
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