Patent ID: 8252351
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A beverage machine comprising a device for brewing a beverage using ingredients contained in a capsule, the brewing device comprising: means for retaining the capsule in a defined position, injecting means for injecting hot water into the capsule while the capsule is retained in the defined position, the injecting means comprising a piercing member with an internal axial channel, the internal axial channel being essentially horizontally oriented while the piercing member has penetrated the a shell of the capsule, and the injecting means comprises at least one two lateral outlet opening openings for directing hot water downwards to a lowermost part of the capsule while the capsule is retained in the defined position, wherein the two lateral outlet openings are bores and the axis of each of said bores is perpendicular to the axis of the internal axial channel of the piercing member and the axes of the two lateral bores are in a common plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the internal axial channel of the piercing member.