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    • 专利摘要:
    The capsule (1) comprises a cup-shaped body (2) defined by a bottom wall (4) and by a side wall (3), a lid 5 (5) arranged so as to close body (2) and an annular shoulder (8) defined on the inner face of wall (3) and on which the peripheral edge of lid (5) is fixed. Side wall (3) of body (2) has an upper annular edge (12) defined by: 10 - an annular portion (13) extending upwards in one piece with side wall (3); - an annular portion (14) extending from portion (13) on a horizontal plane; - an annular portion (15) extending from portion 15 (14) on a horizontal plane; - an annular projection (16) extending downwards from the lower face of portion (14) for defining, together with the outer face of portion (13), an annular seat (17) suited to be engaged by the upper end of a side wall (23) 20 of a percolation chamber; and - a ring (18) connecting portions (14) and (15) and which, in section, is arched and has a concavity facing downwards. 25 Figures 2 and 4 coe
    公开号:AU2013201269A1
    申请号:U2013201269
    申请日:2013-03-05
    公开日:2013-09-19
    发明作者:Raffaele Rondelli
    申请人:Macchiavelli SRL；
    IPC主号:B65D85-804
    专利说明:
    P/00/011 28/5/91 AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1990 ORIGINAL COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Name of Applicant: MACCHIAVELLI S.r.L. Actual Inventor: Raffaele Rondelli Address for service is: Goija Haines & Friend PO Box 1417 West Leederville Western Australia 6901 Attorney Code: IJ Invention Title: Capsule for Infusion Products The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me:- 2 "CAPSULE FOR INFUSION PRODUCTS" The present invention concerns a capsule for the infusion of granular products, powdered or in leaves, such 5 as e.g. coffee, barley, powdered milk, tea, chamomile tea, etc. Generally, the capsules for infusion products comprise a cup made of a plastic material, within which the infusion product is arranged, and a lid, also made of plastic 10 material and arranged so that it closes the cup. The peripheral edge of the lid is welded to the upper edge of the cup by means of an apparatus of a known type, e.g. for generating ultrasounds, which carries out the welding by means of vibrations. When the capsule is inserted inside a 15 percolation chamber . of a machine dispensing drinks, . hot water is injected under pressure and passes through at least one hole pierced in the lid to be mixed with the infusion product inside the cup. Then the drink comes out of the cup through at least one hole pierced in the bottom 20 wall of the cup. In some percolator machines the capsule is arranged so that the hot water enters through the hole pierced in the bottom wall of the cup and leaves through the hole pierced in the lid. The aforesaid capsules have a plurality of drawbacks. 25 In particular, during the percolation step, the upper 3 edge of the cup is pressed between an upper body and a lower body defining the percolation chamber. In spite of this pressure, the percolation chamber does not guarantee a perfect hydraulic seal and therefore a portion of the 5 injected water leaks out of the percolation chamber, exactly through the space defined between the two bodies of the percolation chamber pressing the upper edge of the cup between them. In order to improve the hydraulic seal, some producers use layers made of different materials to be 10 glued on the upper and/or the lower face of the edge of the cup. The aim of the present invention is providing a capsule for the infusion of granular products, powdered or in leaves, which lacks the aforesaid drawbacks and has a 15 lid and. an upper edge of. the cup having a. particular shape. allowing a correct and effective hydraulic seal of the percolation chamber during the percolation step. According to the present invention, it is provided a capsule for infusion products comprising: 20 a cup-shaped body made of a plastic material defined by a bottom wall and by a first side wall; a lid made of plastic material arranged so that it closes said cup-shaped body; an annular shoulder defined on the inner face of said 25 first side wall and on which the peripheral edge of said 4 lid is fixed; characterised in that said first side wall has an upper annular edge comprising: a first annular portion extending upwards in one piece 5 with said first side wall; a second annular portion extending from said first portion and defined on a substantially horizontal plane; a third annular portion extending from said second portion and defined on a substantially horizontal plane; 10 an annular projection extending downwards from the lower face of said second portion so as to define, with the outer face of said first portion, an annular seat which is suited to be engaged by the upper end of a second side wall of a percolation chamber; and 15 a connection ring connecting said second and third portions and which, in a section view, is arched and has a concavity facing downwards. For a better understanding of the present invention it is described hereinafter an embodiment given for mere 20 illustrative and not limitative purposes, with a reference to the annexed figures, wherein: - figure 1 is a plant view of a cup-shaped body of a capsule produced according to the principles of the present invention; 25 - figure 2 is a view according to section II-II of 5 figure 1; - figure 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the cup-shaped body shown in figure 2 and showing the elements of a percolation chamber; and 5 - figure 4 is a view of the portion shown in figure 3 undergoing a pressure by means of the elements of the percolation chamber. In the enclosed figures 1 and 2 a preferred embodiment of the capsule for infusion products according to the 10 present invention is shown as a whole with reference number 1; capsule 1 is suited to be inserted in a percolation chamber and is suited to contain an infusion product. Capsule 1 comprises a cup-shaped body 2 made in one piece of a plastic material, having a slightly truncated-cone 15 shape and defined by a side wall .3 and by a bottom wall 4. Capsule 1 further comprises a lid 5 (shown in dashed lines in figure 2) made of plastic material and fixed by interlocking or welding on the upper part of the cup-shaped body 2. In the shown example both the lid 5 and the bottom 20 wall 4 have respective holes 6 and 7 through which the hot water enters and the drink leaves the cup-shaped body 2. It is evident that lid 5 and bottom wall 4 could have, rather than holes 6 and 7, some valves suited to open respective holes by means of water pressure, or lid 5 and bottom wall 25 4 could be pierced by suitable means present in the 6 percolation chamber for creating the aforesaid holes. Side wall 3 has, in correspondence of its own upper end, an inner shoulder 8 on which the peripheral edge of lid 5 abuts. Furthermore, some projections 11 extend 5 upwards from shoulder 8. In use, lid 5 is welded on shoulder 8 by means of a device of a known type suited to generate ultrasounds for fluidizing the material undergoing these ultrasounds and in particular for fluidizing the material forming the projection 11; as known, these 10 vibrations induce a temperature increase in the underlying areas and therefore a fusion of the plastic material. As a consequence lid 5 is welded on shoulder 8. With a reference to figures 3 and 4, above shoulder 8 the cup-shaped body 2 has an annular edge 12 made of an 15 elastically deformable plastic material and sequentially showing a first annular portion 13 extending upwards in one piece with side wall 3, a second annular portion 14 defined on a substantially horizontal plane and a third annular portion 15 defined on a substantially horizontal plane. The 20 inner face of portion 13 together with the shoulder defines the annular seat wherein the peripheral edge of lid 5 is then fixed. An annular projection 16 extends downwards from the lower face of portion 14, said projection 16 defining together with the outer face of portion 13 an annular seat 25 17 open downwards; projection 16 showing in section a 7 thickness decreasing downwards. A connection ring 18 is arranged between portion 14 and portion 15, said ring being arched in section and having a concavity facing downwards. Moreover, the upper face of ring 18 is arranged at a higher 5 level if compared to the upper face of portion 14. The portion 15 has its own upper face at an intermediate level between the upper face of portion 14 and the upper face of ring 18. Furthermore, portion 15 has an increasing thickness starting from ring 18. Finally, as shown in 10 figure 1, a plurality of radial indentations 21 evenly distributed along portion 15 is provided on the upper face of said portion 15. Referring now to figures 3 and 4 the percolation chamber not shown in its totality has a seat 22 defined by 15 a not shown basis wall (suitably pierced) and by a side. wall 23 whose upper end has a flat and horizontal face and engages seat 17 abutting with the aforesaid end face against the lower face of portion 14. The percolation chamber has an upper plate 24 (suitably pierced) mobile 20 between a rest position, shown in figure 3, and a working position, shown in figure 4. Plate 24 passing from the rest position to the working position presses edge 12 of cup shaped body 2 against the upper end of wall 23. In use, plate 24 touches first the upper face of ring 18 and then 25 the upper face of portion 14. During the downward 8 translation of plate 24 the ring 18 is deformed and its upper face becomes substantially flat and on the same plane of the upper face of portion 14. Ring 18 substantially acts as a hinge determining the rotation of projection 16 5 towards wall 23 until the lower end of projection 16 abuts against the outer surface of wall 23. In the working position plate 24 abuts against the upper surface of portion 14 and of ring 18, whereas portion 15 also rotates towards wall 23. With a reference to figure 4 it can be 10 noticed that it is provided a tight stop of plate 24 on the upper face of portion 14 and of ring 18, a tight stop of the lower face of portion 14 on the upper end of wall 23 and a tight stop of the lower end of projection 16 on the outer face of wall 23. Now, it is clear that the pressure 15 exerted by plate 24 on edge .12 towards wall 23 creates an effective hydraulic sealing which avoids any leakage of fluid from the inside of capsule 1 to the inside and the outside of the percolation chamber. Finally, with a reference to figures 1 and 2, ribs 25 20 are formed in one piece on the inner face of wall 3, said ribs extending up to bottom wall 4 and substantially strengthening wall 3 so that this latter is not deformed during the translation of plate 24 to its working position. Preferably, cup-shaped body 2 and/or lid 5 are made of PET 25 and/or PP which, as known, are plastic materials belonging 9 to the family of polyolefins. Moreover, the whole capsule 1 is preferably made of a biodegradable plastic material which, as known, is defined by a plastic material suitably additivated with known substances or, as an alternative, is 5 made using biopolymers which make capsules 1 biodegradable. The aforesaid capsule 1 has a plurality of advantages. In particular, the upper edge of the side wall of the cup-shaped body is shaped so that it avoids any leakage of liquid to the outside of the percolation chamber. This 10 effective hydraulic seal was obtained by making this edge in one piece with the cup-shaped body, unlike other known capsules wherein layers of different materials are glued to the edge, with all the resulting costs. Moreover, this particular shape allows the optimal 15 . maintenance of the hydraulic seal.even when the percolation chamber of the dispensing machine is worn out, maintaining the supply and safety performances of the products capsules. 20
    权利要求:
    Claims (8)
    [1] 1. A capsule (1) for infusion products comprising: a cup-shaped body (2) made of a plastic material, defined by a bottom wall (4) and by a first side wall (3); 5 a lid (5) made of a plastic material and arranged so as to close cup-shaped body (2); an annular shoulder (8) defined on the inner face of said first side wall (3) and on which the peripheral edge of said lid (5) is fixed; 10 characterised in that said first side wall (3) has an upper annular edge (12) providing: - a first annular portion (13) extending upwards in one piece with said first side wall (3); - a second annular portion (14) extending from said 15 first portion (13.) and defined . on a substantially horizontal plane; - a third annular portion (15) extending from said second portion (14) and defined on a substantially horizontal plane; 20 - an annular projection (16) extending downwards from the lower face of said second portion (14), so as to define, with the outer face of said first portion (13), an annular seat (17), which is suited to be engaged by the upper end of a second side wall (23) of a percolation 25 chamber; and 11 - a connection ring (18) connecting said second (14) and third (15) portions and which, in section, is arched and has a concavity facing downwards.
    [2] 2. A capsule according to claim 1, characterised in 5 that the upper face of said ring (18), in a rest position, is arranged at a higher level with respect to the upper face of said second portion (14) and, in use, following a pressure of a plate (24), said percolation chamber substantially reaches the same level of the upper face of 10 said second portion (14).
    [3] 3. A capsule according to claim 1 and/or 2, characterised in that said projection (16), in section, has a thickness decreasing downwards.
    [4] 4. A capsule according to any of the previous claims, 15 characterised in that said third portion (15) has, in a. rest position, its own upper face arranged at an intermediated level between the upper face of said second portion (14) and the upper face of said ring (18); said third portion (15) preferably having an increasing 20 thickness starting from said ring (18).
    [5] 5. A capsule according to claim 4, characterised in that a plurality of radial indentations (21) is provided on the upper face of the third portion (15).
    [6] 6. A capsule according to at least one of the previous 25 claims, characterised in that said edge (12) is made in one 12 piece together with said cup-shaped body (2).
    [7] 7. A capsule according to claim 6, characterised in that said edge (12) is made of an elastically deformable plastic material. 5
    [8] 8. A capsule according to at least one of the previous claims, characterised in that reinforcement ribs (25) made in one piece are provided on the inner face of said first side wall (3); said reinforcement ribs (25) extending up to said bottom wall (4). 10
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