EP 4301672 A1 20240110 - BIODEGRADABLE SINGLE-SERVE CAPSULE
Title (en)
BIODEGRADABLE SINGLE-SERVE CAPSULE
Title (de)
BIOLOGISCH ABBAUBARE PORTIONENKAPSEL
Title (fr)
CAPSULE À USAGE UNIQUE BIODÉGRADABLE
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 21161097 A 20210305
- EP 2022055614 W 20220304
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2022184914A1] The invention falls within the field of devices and methods for preparing beverages, more particularly coffee, by use of a single-serve capsule and relates to a single-serve capsule, to a beverage-preparing machine matched to the single-serve capsule, and to a method for operating a beverage-preparing machine by use of the single-serve capsule. A single-serve capsule according to the invention comprises a peripheral side wall (3), a first cover element (4) and a second cover element (8). The peripheral side wall (3), the first cover element (4) and the second cover element (8) form a closed interior (7). The first cover element (4) and/or the second cover element (8) has a dome (15) directed into the interior (7). At least the cover element having the dome (15) is made of a biodegradable material.
IPC 8 full level
B65D 65/46 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
A47J 31/3628 (2013.01 - KR); B65D 65/466 (2013.01 - EP KR US); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01 - EP KR); B65D 85/8085 (2013.01 - US); A47J 31/3628 (2013.01 - EP); B65D 17/44 (2018.01 - US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 4053038 A1 20220907; AU 2022231389 A1 20231012; BR 112023017766 A2 20231003; CN 116963966 A 20231027; EP 4301672 A1 20240110; JP 2024508169 A 20240222; KR 20240007122 A 20240116; US 2024140691 A1 20240502; WO 2022184914 A1 20220909
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 21161097 A 20210305; AU 2022231389 A 20220304; BR 112023017766 A 20220304; CN 202280018857 A 20220304; EP 2022055614 W 20220304; EP 22710103 A 20220304; JP 2023553634 A 20220304; KR 20237033728 A 20220304; US 202218548602 A 20220304