Patent ID: 8220382
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A47J,B65D,B67D

Abstract:
1. Disposable package filled with a portion of a liquid ingredient intended for mixing with a base liquid for the preparation of a food product suitable for human consumption, the disposable package comprising: an injection moulded monolithic plastic body with a bottom and a circumferential wall, an upper edge of the circumferential wall bounding an aperture, wherein the aperture of the filled package is hermetically sealed by a top sealing film, a circumference of the top sealing film being fixed on the upper edge, the monolithic plastic body further comprising a central column integral with a central portion of the bottom, the central column having a portion that projects upwards from the bottom to an upper side of the central column, through which column a channel extends from an inlet on the upper side of the central column to an outflow aperture on an underside of the central column, wherein the top sealing film is breakable, so that a base liquid feed lance can be passed through the sealing film and can then be connected to the inlet of the channel in the central column, with the result that the base liquid can be fed through the channel, and the channel has a venturi portion, one or more passages being connected to the venture portion, the one or more passages being formed in the central column for the ingredient, in such a way that when base liquid is fed through the channel, a venturi effect occurs and the ingredient goes through the one or more passages into the venturi portion and mixes there with the base liquid, which mixture is dispensed at the outflow aperture of the central column, wherein the bottom has a flexible portion, such that the central column is movable downwards and back up again relative to the upper edge of the body, and wherein the connection of the flexible portion of the bottom to the column in an initial position of the column lies higher up than the portion of the bottom lying around the flexible portion.