CAPSULE

• US 20200130925A1
• Filed: 01/04/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mick Wiedermann, Paul Wiedermann
• Original Assignee: Mick Wiedermann, Paul Wiedermann
• Inventors: WIEDERMANN, Paul, WIEDERMANN, Mick
• Application Number:
  US16/627,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20200130925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/4489 Steam nozzles, e.g. for introducing into a milk container to heat and foam milk
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/8043 Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents B65D85/808 takes precedence; filters or reusable cartridges for coffee or tea makers, not used as packages A47J31/06

Abstract

A capsule containing a beverage powder for preparing a portion of a hot brewed beverage has an inflow chamber provided in the region of the base, the inflow chamber being delimited from the interior by a partition wall which is near the base and remote from the cover such that the interior has a central tube that runs in an upright manner relative to the base, a hollow cylindrical section is arranged about the central tube, thereby forming a radially inner and a radially outer annular chamber, the inner annular chamber is closed on the annular chamber side which is near the cover and remote from the base facing away from the inflow chamber and facing the cover, and both the central tube as well as the hollow cylindrical section terminate at a distance from the cover.

Claims

1. The capsule with an interior space, with a base and with a cover arranged opposing this that tightly seals the interior space having a beverage powder for the preparation of a portion of a hot brewed beverage with the transit of steam, wherein, in the region of the base, inflow area restricted from the interior space by a separating wall is provided, that the interior space comprises a central tube that runs in an upright manner with relation to the base, that a hollow cylinder section is arranged around the central tube, thereby forming a radially inner as well as a radially outer annulus, that the inner annulus is sealed on its side facing away from the inflow area and the side facing the cover that is close to the cover and distant from the base, and that both the central tube as well as the hollow cylinder section end at a distance to the cover, and that the central tube on its side close to the base is connected to the inflow area and is sealed on the side close to the cover and is provided with radial openings there, and the hollow cylinder section is arranged both at its end near the base at a distance to the separating wall, thereby leaving a connection of the inner to the outer annulus, as well as each annulus being separated from the inflow area.

2. The capsule according to claim 1, wherein the capsule is configured to be rotationally symmetric with relation to an axis and that the inflow area is intersected by this axis.

3. The capsule according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the central tube, the hollow cylinder section, the separating wall, the conical wall, the inflow area or the truncated cone is configured to be rotationally symmetric with relation to the axis of symmetry of the capsule.

4. The capsule according to claim 3, wherein the inflow area restricted by the separating wall on one side is restricted from the region of the base, which is spaced away from the truncated cone.

5. The capsule according to claim 4, wherein the inflow area is restricted by a circular region on the base, which is spaced away from the truncated cone via a circular ring directly adjoining it.

6. The capsule according to claim 1, wherein the central tube is provided with a plate that can be penetrated within the region between its side connected to the inflow area close to the base and its sealed side close to the cover.

7. The capsule according to claim 6, wherein the penetrable plate is arranged closer to the sealed side close to the cover than to the base.

8. A method of brewing a beverage comprising arranging the capsule according to claim 1 in the brewing apparatus, provided with a steam supply device configured to supply steam into the capsule.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the steam supply device is arranged symmetrically with resect to the axis of symmetry of the capsule.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the brewing apparatus is provided with only a single steam supply.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the steam supply device comprises a steam lance.