IP Library Granted Patent US 7,153,530
Granted Patent B2
US 7,153,530 · App. 10/396,557 · Granted Dec 26, 2006

Closed cartridge for preparing a beverage for extraction under pressure

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Patent No.
US 7,153,530
App. No.
10/396,557
Granted
Dec 26, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a closed cartridge ( 10 ), for extraction under pressure, comprising a dish ( 12 ) with a bottom ( 13 ) with a central part and a peripheral part and a side wall having substantially the shape of a frustum of a cone and a circular edge with a diameter greater at the bottom and a cover ( 15 ) welded to the periphery of the edge of the dish and the cover is intended to be torn only through the effect of the force of the extraction fluid when extraction starts, the cartridge comprising, in the dish at the level of the bottom, a fabric ( 16 ) guaranteeing retention of the solid substance when it is opened,in which the fabric guaranteeing retention of solid substance is a sheet of fabric sealed in the bottom of the dish in two zones, on the one hand in the central part ( 17 ) and on the other hand in the peripheral part ( 18 ) of the bottom ( 13 ).

Claims (7)

1. A method for preparing extracting a food substance from a sealed cartridge for preparing a food, comprising:

puncturing a container portion of the cartridge to open the container portion at least one location with at least one puncture member of an extraction device, wherein the locations are disposed between inner and outer zones along which a solids retention member is attached to the container portion, the outer zone extending around the inner zone, wherein a food product that comprises the food substance and a solid substance is disposed within an interior of the container portion;

injecting an extraction fluid to open another portion of the cartridge for extraction of the food substance from the interior of the container portion; and

removing the puncture member from the opening, such that the solids retention member retains the solid substance within the interior of the container portion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solids retention member is punctured by the puncture member and recloses when the puncture member is removed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the food is a beverage which is prepared by the extraction.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the solids retention member comprises a fabric.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER 16062921 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049391 FRAME 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN 16062912. Recorded Jul 3, 2020
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 054082/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER 16062921 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049391 FRAME 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN 16062912. Recorded Jul 3, 2020
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 054082/0165 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION TO SHOW THE FULL AND CORRECT NEW NAME IN SECTION 51. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049391 FRAME: 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded Jun 13, 2019
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 049853/0398 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 6, 2019
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 049391/0756 →