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Process and capsule for preparing beverages

  • US 8,425,964 B2
  • Filed: 01/24/2005
  • Issued: 04/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A capsule for the preparation of beverages from soluble preparations after a liquid has been fed to said capsule, said capsule comprising:

  • a dispensing wall and a dispensing wall lid portion that opens to form a dispensing opening for said beverage, said lid portion integrally connected to the dispensing wall at a fracture line, and a thickness of said dispensing wall in an area adjacently surrounding said lid portion is greater than a thickness of said dispensing wall adjacent side walls of the capsule,wherein said capsule includes means for repeatedly increasing and decreasing an area of said dispensing opening during dispensing the beverage from said capsule such that a cycle of increasing and decreasing the area of said opening repeats as long as the liquid is added to the capsule.

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