Patent ID: 8443717

Claim:
A capsule for preparing drinks by passing a liquid through a powdered substance ( 9 ) contained in a chamber ( 8 ) made inside the capsule ( 1 ), said capsule ( 1 ) comprising a cup-shaped structure ( 2 ) having a lower wall ( 3 ); the chamber ( 8 ) being delimited on at least one side by at least one filter element ( 7 ) having a plurality of through-holes ( 12 ) extending from a first face ( 13 ) of the filter element ( 7 ) facing the inside of the chamber ( 8 ), to a second face ( 14 ) of the filter element ( 7 ) facing the lower wall ( 3 ) of the cup-shaped structure ( 2 ), the capsule being characterised in that at least at the first face ( 13 ), the through-holes ( 12 ) have inlet sections ( 15 ) extending according to a main trajectory of extension and each having a length, measured along the main trajectory of extension, greater than their width, measured transversally to the main trajectory of extension.