EP3722228A1 - Capsule et procede de preparation et de distribution d'un produit alimentaire visqueux buvable - Google Patents

Capsule et procede de preparation et de distribution d'un produit alimentaire visqueux buvable Download PDF

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EP3722228A1
EP3722228A1 EP19168081.8A EP19168081A EP3722228A1 EP 3722228 A1 EP3722228 A1 EP 3722228A1 EP 19168081 A EP19168081 A EP 19168081A EP 3722228 A1 EP3722228 A1 EP 3722228A1
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Manuel Carlos Seara Carvalhinha Alves Costa
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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

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  • the invention described in this document is related to the field of food products containers, more specifically a capsule designed to contain a substance suitable for the preparation of food products, for example a drinkable food product, more specifically a drinkable viscous food product with or without solid particles, such as a juice or a soup.
  • the current invention further relates to a method of preparing food products including a capsule as the one described in the current invention.
  • the capsule is a sealed container, including a capsule body with a sidewall, a top wall, a bottom wall and piercing, homogenization and dispensing elements.
  • This capsule contains in its inside a substance that is suitable for the preparation of food products, and means enabling the opening of the capsule at the time of its use and allowing the food product to flow out.
  • the most known capsules are those which enable aromatic drinks to be obtained, such as espresso coffee and similar beverages.
  • the capsule body is made of suitable material, for example, in injected or hot moulded plastic, and has liquid and air barrier properties.
  • the top wall a pierceable membrane which is coupled to the capsule body by the top edge thus allowing the top capsule sealing, is made from suitable material, namely aluminium or with a mono- or a multi- layer plastic film, having liquids and air barrier properties.
  • This membrane is puncturable by a perforating element of the machine, in particular by the injection needle of the machine, which injects a fluid under pressure, for example water, to mix with the contents of the capsule to obtain the final product to be dispensed to the user through the dispensing channel in the lower part of the capsule.
  • the bottom wall is a pierceable membrane which is coupled to the capsule body by the bottom edge, thereby enabling the lower capsule sealing, is made of suitable material, namely in aluminium or with a mono- or a multi- layer plastic film, having properties of liquid and air barrier.
  • This membrane is pierceable and plunges downwardly as fluid pressure increases in the central compartment (due to the injection of said fluid into the capsule), such that it contacts the drill elements placed immediately below it.
  • the capsules are inserted into a machine suitable for the preparation and dispensing of their contents.
  • the dimensions of the capsules vary according to the equipment for which they are intended, and the specificities of the capsules may vary according to the product for which they are intended.
  • each type of machine is associated with a specific beverage preparation mechanism, which requires capsules with certain characteristics to operate with that particular type of machine.
  • capsules which, despite having the characteristics that allow the product to be obtained by a particular type of machine, have specific characteristics to obtain a specific type of beverage.
  • the internal mechanisms of the above capsule are designed to make fine filtering of the contents, which means that with this capsule it is impossible to dispense beverages having small solid particles.
  • Another problem that the capsule presents in the preparation of this type of content, is that it does not have effective mixing mechanisms that allow the contents to be properly mixed before the beverage is delivered.
  • the object of the invention is a solution which, in a unique and innovative way, solves the method of instant preparation and dispensing of drinkable viscous food products that may contain small solid particles, such as soups or juices, through a capsule having a homogenization and dispensing mechanism of the contents which allow the effective mixing and passage of the small solid particles which the food product may present.
  • small solid particles such as soups or juices
  • the great advantage of the invention is that the homogenizing elements are various protrusions integrated in the inner wall of the capsule body, which due to their configurations and locations allow to create a movement of the liquid that optimizes the mixing and homogenization of its elements.
  • substantially vertical By “substantially vertical”, “substantially concentric”, “substantially centered”, “substantially horizontal”, “substantially levelled”, “immediately above”, “immediately below”, are understood as preferred positions for carrying out the invention and it may function with other positions.
  • viscous product is meant the product having a consistency between solid and liquid, such as soups and those commonly referred to as juices with pulp.
  • Pulp means the paste resulting from the mashing of fruit and/or vegetables, which contains a fairly small quantity of water, and which has small solid particles.
  • Constant means the paste resulting from the mashing of fruit and/or vegetables, where the water content was totally or partially reduced, and which may have small solid particles.
  • Powder means the product resulting from the mashing of the fruit and/or vegetables after cooking, dehydrated or freeze-dried, and which may have small solid particles.
  • Small solid particles means solid particles not exceeding 3 mm in length.
  • Homogenizing helical means the element shown in the figures by reference H.1, and which is a helical-shaped protrusion, which is integrated and develops along the inner wall of the top central wall (B.2).
  • the invention refers to a capsule designed to contain a substance suitable for the preparation of food products, for example a drinkable food product, more specifically a drinkable viscous food product that may contain small solid particles, such as, a juice or a soup.
  • a drinkable food product more specifically a drinkable viscous food product that may contain small solid particles, such as, a juice or a soup.
  • the appropriate substance is a substance which is in the form of a pulp, a concentrate, a mixture of pulp and concentrate or a powder. The preparation and dispensing of the product are carried out in appropriate equipment.
  • the capsule(C) has a substantially trunco-conical shape in a substantially vertical position and comprises:
  • the central compartment (N.1) stores the substance to be prepared and dispensed.
  • the top wall (W.1) may be a perforable membrane, made of suitable material, namely in plastic or aluminium or a composite mono- or multi- layer perforated, liquid and air impermeable.
  • the bottom wall (W.2) may be a perforable membrane, made of suitable material, namely in aluminium or with a mono- or multi- layer plastic film, having liquid and air barrier properties.
  • the bottom compartment (N.2) Immediately below the central compartment (N.1) is the bottom compartment (N.2), separated from the central compartment (N.1) by the bottom wall (W.2), which has integrated in its inner wall the piercing elements (P) and the homogenizing elements (H).
  • the bottom wall (W.2) is pierceable and frees down when fluid pressure increases in the central compartment (N.1) due to the injection of the fluid in the central compartment (N.1), in such a way that it contacts the piercing elements (P) placed thereunder.
  • These piercing elements (P) also have the purpose of securing the bottom wall (W.2) in position, so that the product circulation through the channels of the homogenizing surfaces (H.2.1) (H.3.1) and the channels between surfaces (H.4) (H.5) en route to the dispensing channel (D.1) is not blocked.
  • the piercing elements (P) are of the shape suitable for piercing and fixing the membrane constituting the bottom wall (W.2), and are disposed on a circumference substantially concentric with the dispensing channel (D.1).
  • the first homogenizing surface (H.2) has a substantially cylindrical shape, has spacings at substantially regular intervals forming the oblique channels of the first homogenizing surface (H.2.1), has a position substantially concentric with the dispensing channel (D.1) and is positioned between the piercing elements (P) and the second homogenizing surface (H.3).
  • the second homogenizing surface (H.3) has a substantially cylindrical shape, has spacings at substantially regular intervals forming the oblique channels of the second homogenizing surface (H.3.1), has a position substantially concentric with the dispensing channel (D.1) and is positioned between the first homogenizing surface (H.2) and the output homogenizer (H.6).
  • the output homogenizer (H.6) has a substantially cylindrical shape, hollow inside and which configures the dispensing channel (D.1), protrudes outwardly through the dispensing channel wall (B.5), the sidewall has dispensing openings (D.2) at substantially regular intervals and in position substantially centered in the interior is coupled the dispensing spike (D.3).
  • the space between the first homogenizing surface (H.2) and the second homogenizing surface (H.3) forms the first channel between surfaces (H.4).
  • the space between the second homogenizing surface (H.3) and the output homogenizer (H.6) forms the second channel between surfaces (H.5).
  • the dispensing elements (D) are formed by the dispensing channel (D.1), the dispensing openings (D.2), the dispensing spike (D.3) that protrudes outwardly of the capsule (C) through the lower part thereof, to which a plurality of outflow stabilization tabs (D.4) are connected in a radial position.
  • the upper surface of the peripheral bottom edge (B.3), of the piercing elements (P), of the first homogenizing surface (H.2), of the second homogenization surface (H.3) and of the output homogenizer (H.6) are all substantially levelled and on which the bottom wall (W.2) rests.
  • the capsule (C) according to the invention is placed in the capsule receptacle of a suitable machine for the purpose.
  • the machine-piercing element usually the injection needle
  • W.1 perforates the top wall (W.1), injects a fluid under pressure in the central compartment (N.1), which causes the fluid to mix with the substance in the central compartment (N.1).
  • This mixture of the fluid with the substance occurs due to the pressure of the injection of the fluid on the substance, being intensified by the homogenizing helical (H.1) that favours the creation of swirls in the central compartment (N.1).
  • the bottom wall (W.2) Due to the increasing pressure that is being exerted on the central compartment (N.1), the bottom wall (W.2) begins to flex under this same pressure, contacts with the piercing elements (P). Given the shape of the piercing elements (P), the bottom wall (W.2) is pierced. Still due to the shape of the piercing elements (P), the membrane constituting the bottom wall (W.2) gets trapped to these piercing elements (P), resting on the upper surface of the first homogenizing surface (H.2), on the second homogenization surface (H.3) and on the output homogenizer (H.6), causing the bottom wall (W.2) to maintain its position substantially horizontal.
  • the food product which results from the mixing of the substance with the fluid and which is fed into the bottom compartment (N.2) through the grooves in the bottom wall (W.2) can flow through the channels of the homogenizing surfaces (H.2.1) (H.3.1), the channels between surfaces (H.4) (H.5) and the dispensing openings (D.2).
  • the food product goes to the dispensing channel (D.1), where it flows outwards for dispensing to the consumer.
  • the flow out of the food product through the dispensing channel (D.1) has its output speed controlled by the outflow stabilization tabs (D.4), to prevent the food product from being dispensed from splashing.

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EP1472156A2 (fr) 2002-01-16 2004-11-03 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Capsule fermee pourvue d'un moyen d'ouverture
WO2009115475A1 (fr) * 2008-03-18 2009-09-24 Nestec S.A. Cartouche pour la préparation d'un liquide comprenant une paroi de délivrance perforable
WO2013032330A1 (fr) * 2011-09-02 2013-03-07 Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. Cartouche de filtre de boisson
WO2015018628A1 (fr) * 2013-08-07 2015-02-12 Nestec S.A. Capsule d'aliment ou de boisson avec capacités de moussage incorporées
WO2015032787A1 (fr) * 2013-09-09 2015-03-12 Nestec S.A. Capsule, procédé et système pour préparer une boisson visqueuse ou un produit alimentaire
EP3013710A1 (fr) 2013-06-24 2016-05-04 Nestec S.A. Capsule pour préparation de compositions comestibles
EP3315429A1 (fr) 2015-06-26 2018-05-02 Cocatech, S.L.U. Capsule de préparation de boisson alimentaire avec système de sortie contrôlée

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EP1472156A2 (fr) 2002-01-16 2004-11-03 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Capsule fermee pourvue d'un moyen d'ouverture
EP1574452A2 (fr) 2002-01-16 2005-09-14 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Capsule fermée avec système d'ouverture
EP1604915A1 (fr) 2002-01-16 2005-12-14 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Capsule fermée avec système d'ouverture
EP1808382A1 (fr) 2002-01-16 2007-07-18 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Capsule fermée avec une coupelle comportant un système d'ouverture
WO2009115475A1 (fr) * 2008-03-18 2009-09-24 Nestec S.A. Cartouche pour la préparation d'un liquide comprenant une paroi de délivrance perforable
WO2013032330A1 (fr) * 2011-09-02 2013-03-07 Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. Cartouche de filtre de boisson
EP3013710A1 (fr) 2013-06-24 2016-05-04 Nestec S.A. Capsule pour préparation de compositions comestibles
WO2015018628A1 (fr) * 2013-08-07 2015-02-12 Nestec S.A. Capsule d'aliment ou de boisson avec capacités de moussage incorporées
WO2015032787A1 (fr) * 2013-09-09 2015-03-12 Nestec S.A. Capsule, procédé et système pour préparer une boisson visqueuse ou un produit alimentaire
EP3044125A1 (fr) 2013-09-09 2016-07-20 Nestec S.A. Capsule, procédé et système pour préparer une boisson visqueuse ou un produit alimentaire
EP3315429A1 (fr) 2015-06-26 2018-05-02 Cocatech, S.L.U. Capsule de préparation de boisson alimentaire avec système de sortie contrôlée

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