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Adapter for a single serve capsule

  • US 11,045,035 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2016
  • Issued: 06/29/2021
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adapter comprising:

  • an interior space, adapted to receive a single serve capsule having a capsule body and lid, where the capsule body and lid are each formed of a non-filter material, the interior space having, at a first end, an opening for introducing the single serve capsule into the interior space and, at its opposite end, a piercing spike and a receptacle for the piercing spike,wherein the piercing spike can be connected reversibly to the receptacle, andwherein the piercing spike is provided on webs on a plate, on a circumference of which a locking means is provided which interacts with a complementary locking means of the receptacle in a connecting manner,wherein the adapter is adapted to be placed into a brewing chamber of a coffee brewing machine, andwherein the adapter includes one or more reinforcing elements to stiffen the adapter and ease removal of the single serve capsule from the brewing chamber.

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