Patent ID: 8512776

Claim:
A capsule for containing beverage ingredients having a center axis defining an axial direction and designed for insertion in a beverage production device in which a liquid under pressure enters the capsule in order to interact with the ingredients in the capsule and to drain a beverage from the capsule, the capsule comprising a first and second wall element connected with each other in a gas-tight fashion at a flange-like rim so as to create a sealed interior for the ingredient and comprising a sealing member on an outer surface of the capsule and occupying at least a portion of the flange-like rim, wherein the sealing member is distinct from the first and second wall element and made of a material having a lower hardness than the material of the remaining portions of the capsule, the sealing member is configured to be compressible in sealing engagement at least in the axial direction with at least a matching pressing surface of the beverage production device, and the sealing member is resilient; wherein the sealing member has a resiliency which, in combination with the compressibility and lower hardness in relation to the remaining portions of the capsule, provides the sealing member with the ability to stop any water from flowing between the capsule and the pressing surface of the beverage production device when the sealing member is in use in the sealing engagement within the beverage production device.