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EP4048608B1
EP4048608B1 EP20800727.8A EP20800727A EP4048608B1 EP 4048608 B1 EP4048608 B1 EP 4048608B1 EP 20800727 A EP20800727 A EP 20800727A EP 4048608 B1 EP4048608 B1 EP 4048608B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/40—Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/46—Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials
    • B65D65/466—Bio- or photodegradable packaging materials

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  • the invention relates to a capsule suitable for containing an initial product to be joined to a fluid to obtain a final product.
  • the invention relates to a single-dose, single-use capsule containing an initial product which is able to make, reacting with the pressurised fluid, a final product.
  • the capsule is particularly configured for preparing products, for example beverages, in automatic dispensing machines.
  • the prior art capsules for use on dispensing machines are single-use and single-dose containers comprising an outer casing and having the shape of a glass or cup.
  • the casing usually has a base wall and a lateral wall defining an open cavity containing the initial product, for example ground coffee or tea, from which to obtain the final product, for example the beverage.
  • the base wall of the capsule has an opening delimited by a base edge to which a closing element is fixed.
  • a flange edge extends from the lateral wall and is positioned around the open cavity, on the opposite side relative to the base wall.
  • the cavity is hermetically sealed by a covering element, fixed to the flange edge, in such a way as to seal the initial product inside the container.
  • a capsule of the type described above is, for example, shown in patent WO2015056202 by the same Applicant.
  • the capsule can be perforated to allow the introduction of pressurised liquid, typically water, and the dispensing of the coffee beverage obtained.
  • both the covering element and the closing element must be made of a material which can be perforated, so that the capsule can be used with great flexibility of use in the dispensing machines of interest.
  • the capsule may be, for example, used in a dispensing machine in which the closing element can be perforated by an injection device of the dispensing machine whilst the covering element can be perforated by an extraction device.
  • the injection device comprises three blades configured for perforating the closing element with cuts and a central injection duct, independent and separate from the blades, which is configured for supplying the pressurised fluid.
  • the extraction device comprises a plurality of sharp elements which, when the pressure of the fluid inside the capsule increases, engage with the covering element and perforate it in a plurality of different zones.
  • the blades For the successful dispensing, the blades must correctly perforate the closing element, in such a way that the fluid dispensed by the central injection duct can be distributed uniformly inside the cavity through the cuts made by the blades.
  • the closing element may be difficult when the closing element, made, for example, by a film made of aluminium or plastic material, is difficult to perforate.
  • the closing element can be pulled by the blades towards the inside of the cavity through the opening, deforming and adopting a concave shape, before being perforated.
  • the capsule may be perforated incorrectly, that is to say, partly and/or insufficiently, and this affects the distribution of the fluid in the cavity and therefore on the quality of the final product dispensed.
  • the film of compostable material with which the closing element and the covering element are made is particularly difficult to perforate. Therefore, especially with these materials, the closing element is frequently pulled through the opening and not perforated by the blades and there may therefore be incorrect or insufficient perforations, such as to adversely affect the quality of extraction of the final product.
  • WO2019106485 discloses a capsule for soluble or extractable products using a pressurized extraction fluid, which comprises a container body having a lower base and a upper base and a side wall, wherein the capsule comprises a first compostable barrier lid which is sealably associated with said upper base and a second compostable barrier lid associated with an inner surface of the lower base.
  • the technical purpose which forms the basis of this invention is therefore to provide a capsule which overcomes the drawbacks of prior art capsules.
  • a further aim of the invention is to obtain a capsule, which is simple to construct and has limited costs, which can be easily perforated to guarantee a correct distribution of water in the capsule and therefore a good quality of extraction of the beverage.
  • the numeral 1 denotes a capsule according to the invention, which can be used in a dispensing machine.
  • the capsule as illustrated in detail in Figures 1 to 3 , comprises an casing 2 which has an axis A of longitudinal extension, for example an axis of symmetry.
  • the casing 2 is made preferably by injection moulding or by thermoforming a sheet material and it is substantially frustoconical in shape, that is, in the shape of a glass or cup.
  • the casing 2 includes a base wall 201 and a lateral wall 202, defining an open cavity 203, and a flange edge 204, which extends from the lateral wall 202.
  • the lateral wall 202 is divergent starting from the base wall 201 to the flange edge 204.
  • the flange edge 204 may comprise a sealing element 204a, configured for making a fluid-tight seal with the dispensing machine when the capsule 1 is inserted in a housing (not illustrated) suitably set up for it.
  • the sealing element 204a is made, for example, like a protrusion which extends from the flange edge 204 and is made in a single body with the flange 204.
  • the flange edge 204 may also comprise an enlargement 204b, which is positioned on an outer edge of the flange 204 and is configured to favour a correct positioning of the capsule 1 in the housing.
  • the cavity 203 is suitable for containing an initial product (not illustrated) to be joined to a fluid (not illustrated) to obtain a final product (not illustrated).
  • the fluid is, preferably, a hot or cold liquid under pressure, introduced in the cavity 203 in a step of injecting the fluid, to obtain the final product.
  • the initial product is, for example, a food product which is soluble, freeze-dried, dehydrated, concentrated, percolatable, in powder form- for example coffee; alternatively, the initial preparation can be, for example, a food product in leaf form - for example tea.
  • the initial product is preferably water, hot and under pressure, which makes it possible to obtain a beverage, for example coffee, barley coffee, tea, or herbal tea.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a covering element 3, fixed to the flange edge 204, so as to close the cavity 203.
  • the covering element 3 is fixed to the flange edge 204 by heat or ultrasonic welding or gluing.
  • the cavity 203 is hermetically closed and the initial preparation is isolated from the outside environment.
  • the covering element 3 is typically a film, as described below in detail.
  • the covering element 3 can be perforated by an extraction device of a dispensing machine in which the capsule 1 can be used.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a closing element 4 fixed to the base wall 201 which can be perforated by a fluid injection device (not illustrated) of the dispensing machine, which comprises piercing blades.
  • the closing element 4 is fixed to the base wall 201 by welding, thermal or ultrasound, or gluing.
  • the injection device also comprises a fluid dispensing device, which is independent of the piercing blades.
  • the base wall 201 comprises an edge region 205, which is annular and extends as far as the lateral wall 202, a central region 206, and a groove 207, which is interposed between the central region 206 and the edge region 205 and is shaped for receiving the piercing blades.
  • the edge region 205 is interposed, along the axis Z between the central region 206 and the flange edge 204. In other words, the central region 206 projects relative to the edge region 205.
  • the closing element 4 comprises a central portion 401, fixed to the central region 206 and an edge portion 402, fixed to the edge region 205.
  • the central region 206 and the edge region 205 extend on respective planes which are offset from each other along the axis Z in such a way that an intermediate portion 403 of the closing element 4, interposed between the central portion 401 and the edge portion 402 and configured for closing the groove 207, is inclined.
  • the intermediate portion 403 is inclined relative to the central portion 401 and to the edge portion 402, piercing by the blades of the dispensing machine is facilitated.
  • the inclination of the intermediate portion 403 between the two fixing planes 206, 205 contributes to keeping under tension the intermediate portion 403 which therefore does not deform in the groove 207 and is easily perforated also using materials which are difficult to perforate.
  • the intermediate portion 403 is tensioned between an outer edge 206' of the central region 206 and an inner edge 205' of the edge region 205.
  • the outer edge 206' of the central region 206 and the inner edge 205' of the edge region 205 form localised discontinuities which favour the tensioning of the intermediate portion 403.
  • the planes on which the central region 206 and the edge region 205 extend are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the axis Z.
  • the central region 206 comprises at least one outer frame, not illustrated, which extends up to the outer edge 206'.
  • the closing element 4 and in detail its central portion 401, is fixed at least to the outer frame of the central region 206 in such a way that the fixing extends up to the outer edge 206'.
  • the edge region 205 comprises at least one inner frame, not illustrated, which extends up to the inner edge 205'.
  • the closing element 4, and in detail its edge portion 402 is fixed at least to the inner frame of the edge region 205.
  • the fixing of the closing element 4, and more specifically of the central portion 401 at least to the outer frame of the central region 206 and/or the fixing of the edge portion 402 at least to the inner frame of the edge region 205, makes it possible to avoid folds in the intermediate portion 403, when the closing element 4 is fixed to the base wall 401.
  • the fixing of the closing element 4 acts in conjunction to keep the intermediate portion 403 under tension between the outer edge 206' of the central region 206 and the inner edge 205' of the edge region 205.
  • the groove 207 has a bottom wall 207a provided with openings 207b configured to allow the fluid injected by the injection device to be dispensed to the initial product contained in the cavity 203.
  • the closing element 4 can be easily perforated and, therefore, since the pressurised fluid is uniformly distributed in the cavity 203 through the openings 207b, the quality of the drink dispensed may be raised.
  • pressurised fluid injected into the capsule must be distributed as uniformly as possible in the initial product in order to extract aromatic components from the latter to be transferred to the beverage, especially if the initial product is coffee powder.
  • the bottom wall 207a is positioned at a distance such that it is not perforated by the piercing blades of the injection device.
  • the groove 207 may be positioned concentric relative to the axis Z to contain inside it the piercing blades, if the perforating blades are concentric relative to the axis Z.
  • the central region 206 is circular
  • the groove 207 is annular as is the intermediate portion 403.
  • the intermediate portion 403 is therefore shaped like a frustoconical lateral surface.
  • the outer frame of the central region 206 and the inner frame of the edge region 205 are therefore annular and concentric to each other.
  • the edge region 205 has an outer edge 205" which is positioned between the base wall 201 and the lateral wall 202.
  • the closing element 4 is larger than the base wall 201 so that it can also be fixed to the lateral wall 202, contiguous to the base wall 201, to remain joined to the capsule 1 even in the presence of an increase in the pressure inside the capsule 1.
  • the closing element 4 extends beyond the outer edge 205" and is superposed on the outer edge 205" itself.
  • the increase in pressure inside the capsule 1 may be due to the gas released by the coffee contained in the capsule 1, if, for example, the initial product is non-degassed coffee.
  • the closing element 4 is preferably made of an elastically deformable material configured to be able to pass from a planar configuration to a deformed configuration, illustrated in detail in Figure 2a .
  • the closing element 4 before fixing to the base wall 201, the closing element 4 is in a planar configuration whilst, after having been fixed to the edge region 205 and to the central region 206 which are offset from each other along the axis Z, the closing element 4 is deformed, as the intermediate portion 403 is inclined.
  • the closing element 4 adopts a convex shape.
  • the casing 2 can be chosen from among one of the following materials of a first list:
  • the above-mentioned materials of the first list can be able to provide a barrier to oxygen and/or water.
  • the casing can comprise at least two layers, wherein each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the first list, for example cellulose, polyethylene PE; or cellulose, polyactic acid PLA.
  • the casing can comprise at least three layers, wherein each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the first list, for example cellulose, polyactic acid PLA, aluminium, wherein the aluminium constitutes a barrier layer which is resistant to aromas and/or liquids and/or gases.
  • each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the first list, for example cellulose, polyactic acid PLA, aluminium, wherein the aluminium constitutes a barrier layer which is resistant to aromas and/or liquids and/or gases.
  • the covering element 3 and the closing element 4 can comprise at least one layer comprising a material chosen from among one of the following materials of a second list:
  • the covering element 3 and/or the closing element 4 can comprise at least two layers, wherein each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the second list, for example polyethylene terephthalate PET, polyvinyl chloride PVDC; or polyethylene terephthalate PET, aluminium.
  • the covering element 3 and/or the closing element 4 can comprise at least three layers, wherein each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the second list, for example polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polypropylene PP; or polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polyethylene PE; or polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polyactic acid PLA.
  • each layer can comprise at least one of the materials of the second list, for example polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polypropylene PP; or polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polyethylene PE; or polypropylene PP, ethylene vinyl alcohol EVOH, polyactic acid PLA.
  • the capsule 1, and that is, the casing 2, the covering element 3 and the closing element 4 are made of paper, it is preferable that the paper with which the closing element 4 is made is deformable.
  • the capsule 1, and that is, the casing 2, the covering element 3 and the closing element 4, are made of PLA.
  • the capsule 1 is entirely biodegradable and compostable, since it is made, for example, of paper or PLA, the user can dispose of the entire capsule 1 amongst the organic waste.
  • the capsule 1 is made of a recyclable material, such as aluminium, or plastic material
  • the casing 2 can be recycled after emptying the casing 2 of the initial product contained therein.
  • the closing element 4 may be made, respectively, of aluminium, or plastic material.
  • a user inserts the capsule 1 in the housing of a dispensing machine which has an injection device comprising piercing blades positioned, for example, about a conduit for supplying pressurised fluid.
  • the base wall 201 is brought to interfere with the piercing blades and the intermediate portion 403 of the closing element, inclined relative to the axis Z and positioned for closing the groove 207, may be easily perforated by the perforating blades. Since it is inclined and in addition being tensioned between an outer edge 206' of the central region 206 and an inner edge 205' of the edge region 205, the intermediate portion 403 can be easily perforated.
  • the capsule according to the invention which has an edge region 205 and a central region 206 of a base wall 201 offset along the axis Z in such a way that an intermediate portion 403 of the closing element 4, positioned for closing a groove 207, is inclined relative to the axis Z, it is guaranteed that the closing element 4 can be easily perforated in a simple and inexpensive manner.
  • the invention can be applied not only for capsules 1 which are entirely biodegradable and compostable, but also made of aluminium, or plastic, thus reducing the dispensing defects due to capsules which are not perfectly perforated.

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  1. Capsule (1), comprenant :
    - une enveloppe (2), comportant un axe (Z) d'extension longitudinale, l'enveloppe (2) comprenant une paroi de base (201) et une paroi latérale (202) définissant une cavité ouverte (203), destinée à contenir un produit initial à ajouter à un fluide pour obtenir un produit final, et un bord de bride (204) se prolongeant à partir de ladite paroi latérale (202) ;
    - un élément de recouvrement (3), fixé au bord de bride (204) pour fermer la cavité (203), qui peut être perforé par un dispositif d'extraction d'une machine de distribution dans laquelle la capsule (1) peut être utilisée ;
    - un élément de fermeture (4) fixé à la paroi de base (201) qui peut être perforé par un dispositif d'injection de fluide de la machine de distribution comprenant des lames de perforation ; dans laquelle
    - la paroi de base (201) comprend une zone de bord (205), qui est annulaire et se prolonge jusqu'à la paroi latérale (202), une zone centrale (206) et une rainure (207), qui est interposée entre la zone centrale (206) et la zone de bord (205) et est formée pour recevoir les lames de perforation ; et dans laquelle
    - l'élément de fermeture (4) comporte une partie centrale (401), configurée pour être fixée à la zone centrale (206), et une partie de bord (402) configurée pour être fixée à la zone de bord (205) ; caractérisée en ce que
    - la zone centrale (206) et la zone de bord (205) se prolongent sur des plans respectifs qui sont décalés l'un par rapport à l'autre le long de l'axe (Z) et de telle sorte qu'une partie intermédiaire (403) de l'élément de fermeture (4), interposée entre la partie centrale (401) et la partie de bord (402) pour fermer la rainure (207), est inclinée.
  2. Capsule selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la partie intermédiaire (403) est tendue entre un bord extérieur (206') de la zone centrale (206) et un bord intérieur (205') de la zone de bord (205).
  3. Capsule selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle la zone centrale (206) et la zone de bord (205) se prolongent sur des plans parallèles l'un à l'autre et perpendiculaires à l'axe (Z), la partie intermédiaire (403) formant, par rapport à un axe (H), parallèle à l'axe (Z), un angle (α) compris de préférence entre 71 et 85°, encore plus préférablement compris entre 75 et 82°, étant par exemple de 78°.
  4. Capsule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la zone centrale (206) comprend un cadre extérieur qui se prolonge jusqu'à un bord extérieur (206') et dans laquelle la zone de bord (205) comprend un cadre intérieur qui se prolonge jusqu'à un bord intérieur (205'), l'élément de fermeture (4) étant fixé au moins au cadre extérieur et/ou au moins au cadre intérieur.
  5. Capsule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la rainure (207) comporte une paroi de fond (207a) équipée d'ouvertures (207b) configurées pour permettre au fluide injecté par le dispositif d'injection d'être distribué au produit initial contenu dans la cavité (203).
  6. Capsule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la zone centrale (206) est circulaire et la rainure (207) est annulaire.
  7. Capsule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la zone de bord (205) comporte un bord extérieur (205") qui est interposé entre la paroi de base (201) et la paroi latérale (202), l'élément de fermeture (4) ayant une dimension plus grande que la paroi de base (201) de sorte qu'il peut également être fixé à la paroi latérale (202).
  8. Capsule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle l'élément de fermeture (4) est constitué d'un matériau élastiquement déformable pour pouvoir passer d'une configuration plate, avant d'être fixé à la paroi de base (201), à une configuration déformée, dans laquelle la partie intermédiaire (403) est inclinée, après avoir été fixée à la zone de bord (205) et à la zone centrale (206) de la paroi de base (201).
  9. Capsule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle l'enveloppe (2), l'élément de recouvrement (3) et l'élément de fermeture (4) sont constitués d'un matériau biodégradable et/ou compostable pour permettre à la capsule (1) d'être éliminée en tant que déchet organique après avoir été utilisée.
  10. Capsule selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans laquelle l'enveloppe (2) est choisie parmi les matériaux suivants d'une première liste :
    - la polyoléfine (de préférence le polypropylène PP ou le polyéthylène PE), le polyéthylène téréphtalate PET, le polystyrène PS, l'acide polylactique PLA, le polyéthylène furanoate PEF ;
    - des matériaux biodégradables et/ou compostables différents de l'acide polylactique PLA, par exemple d'origine végétale comme la cellulose, ou dérivés de celle-ci, par exemple le papier ;
    - des matériaux recyclables (par exemple l'aluminium).
  11. Capsule selon la revendication 10, dans laquelle l'enveloppe (2) comprend au moins deux couches, chaque couche pouvant comprendre au moins un des matériaux de la première liste, par exemple la cellulose, le polyéthylène PE ; ou la cellulose, l'acide polylactique PLA.
  12. Capsule selon la revendication 10, dans laquelle l'enveloppe (2) comprend au moins trois couches, dans laquelle chaque couche pouvant comprendre au moins un des matériaux de la première liste, par exemple la cellulose, l'acide polylactique PLA, et l'aluminium, l'aluminium constituant une couche barrière résistante aux arômes et/ou aux liquides et/ou aux gaz.
  13. Capsule selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle l'élément de recouvrement (3) et l'élément de fermeture (4) peuvent comprendre au moins une couche comprenant un matériau choisi parmi l'un des matériaux suivants d'une deuxième liste :
    - la polyoléfine (de préférence le polypropylène PP ou le polyéthylène PE), le polyéthylène téréphtalate (PET ou PET comprenant des oxydes d'aluminium et des oxydes de silicium), l'acide polylactique PLA ;
    - des matériaux recyclables, par exemple l'aluminium ;
    - le polychlorure de vinylidène PVDC ;
    - l'acide polylactique PLA ;
    - l'alcool de vinyle-éthylène EVOH ou l'alcool polyvinylique PVOH ;
    - des matériaux biodégradables et/ou compostables différents de l'acide polylactique PLA, par exemple d'origine végétale comme la cellulose, ou dérivés de celle-ci, par exemple le papier ou l'acétate de cellulose.
  14. Capsule selon la revendication 13, dans laquelle l'élément de recouvrement (3) et/ou l'élément de fermeture (4) peut comprendre au moins deux couches, chaque couche pouvant comprendre au moins un des matériaux de la deuxième liste, par exemple le polyéthylène téréphtalate PET, le polychlorure de vinylidène PVDC ; ou le polyéthylène téréphtalate PET, l'aluminium.
  15. Capsule selon la revendication 13, dans laquelle l'élément de recouvrement (3) et/ou l'élément de fermeture (4) peut comprendre au moins trois couches, chaque couche pouvant comprendre au moins un des matériaux de la deuxième liste, par exemple le polypropylène PP, l'alcool de vinyle-éthylène EVOH, le polypropylène PP ; ou le polypropylène PP, l'alcool de vinyle-éthylène EVOH, le polyéthylène PE ; ou le polypropylène PP, l'alcool de vinyle-éthylène EVOH, l'acide polylactique PLA.
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