Patent SG-11201906531R-A (SG)
Title: Capsule for the preparation of beverages
Inventor: ACCURSI GIOVANNI
IPC: B65D85/804
Filed: 2018-03-12
Abstract: FIG551 571 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 20 September 2018 (20.09.2018) WIP0 I PCT Iiiimmoimiolollm °nolo omioomiloomionflo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/167642 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B65D 85/804 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/IB2018/051625 (22) International Filing Date: (25) Filing Language: (26) Publication Language: (30) Priority Data: 102017000029991 17 March 2017 (17.03.2017) IT 102017000077507 10 July 2017 (10.07.2017) IT (71) Applicant: CAFFITALY SYSTEM S.P.A. [IT/IT]; Via Panigali 38, 40041 Gaggio Montano BO (IT). (72) Inventors: ACCURSI, Giovanni; Via Zagnoli 46, 40046 Alto Reno Terme (Bologna) (IT). FINI, Roberto; Via Casette di Sopra 599, 40041 Gaggio Montano BO (IT). (74) Agent: PONCHIROLI, Simone et al.; Ruffini Ponchiroli e Associati S.r.1., Via Caprera 6, 37126 Verona (IT). Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. 12 March 2018 (12.03.2018) (81) Italian English (54) Title: CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF BEVERAGES (57) : This disclosure relates to a capsule (1) for making a beverage, containing a powdered food substance (8) which enables a beverage to be made by passing water through it. The capsule (1) comprises a cup-shaped containment body (2), in turn comprising a tubular lateral wall (21) and a bottom portion (22), and a closing element (29) that closes the top of the containment body (2). The bottom portion (22) has a dispensing hole (26) and the containment body (2) defines a containment chamber (20) inside itself. A filtering element (3) is mounted in the containment chamber (20) and is positioned between the powdered food substance (8) and the bottom portion (22). A dispensing element (5) is mounted in the containment chamber (20) and is positioned between the filtering element (3) N and the bottom portion (22). The dispensing element (5) is intended to create a tortuous path for the beverage that flows towards the dispensing hole (26) and has a first face (51) facing the filtering element (3), a second face (52) facing the bottom portion (22) and a perimetric face (53) which joins the first face (51) and the second face (52) to each other. The dispensing element (5) has, on the 00 first face (51), a chamber or recess (551) in a central region, one or more chambers or recesses (552) in annular regions, a plurality O of channels (553) that put said chambers or recesses (551, 552) in communication with each other and with the perimetric face (53). C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/167642 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMINEROMOIRMIS (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) Moreover, the dispensing element (5) has, on the second face (52), one or more chambers or recesses (562) in annular regions and a plurality of channels (563) that put said one or more chambers or recesses (562) in communication with the perimetric face (53) and with the dispensing hole (26). The tortuous path for the beverage involves the first face (51), the perimetric face (53) and the second face (52) of the dispensing element (5).