Adapter for a single serve capsule
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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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Abstract
The invention relates to an adapter comprising an interior which accommodates a single serve capsule and which has an opening at a first end for introducing the capsule into the interior and a receptacle for a pricking spike at the opposite end.
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1. An adapter comprising:
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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, and wherein 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, and wherein the adapter includes one or more reinforcing elements to stiffen the adapter and ease removal of the single serve capsule from the brewing chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An adapter comprising:
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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 a first end and an opposing end, wherein the first end comprises an opening for introducing the single serve capsule into the interior space and a collar, and the opposing end comprises a piercing spike, a receptacle for the piercing spike and an outlet with at least one outlet duct, wherein the piercing spike is connected reversibly to the receptacle, wherein 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 on the receptacle, wherein a wall is provided between the first end and the opposing end, the wall comprises a step, wherein a flow breaker is provided in at least one outlet duct, wherein the adapter comprises an outlet point and at least one outlet duct ends in and/or on a circumference of the outlet point, wherein the adapter is adapted to be placed into a brewing chamber of a coffee brewing machine, and wherein the adapter includes one or more reinforcing elements to stiffen the adapter and ease removal of the single serve capsule from the brewing chamber. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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