Patents Examined by Chaim A Smith
  • Patent number: 11981497
    Abstract: A food container using a heating element, which container enhances convenience since a user can simply inject water toward the heating element by opening an inflow passage of an outer container without removing an inner container, and can keep the heating element stable in a simplified structure since a space containing the heating element inside the outer container and a space containing water are formed to be divided by a protrusion jaw but to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Mi Sub Jung, Ki Ryong Song, Kyung A Kwon
  • Patent number: 11981503
    Abstract: A portion capsule for the preparation of a beverage with the aid of a beverage production machine, the portion capsule having a base element with a cavity for receiving a beverage raw material and having a capsule lid which closes the cavity, the base element includes a capsule bottom, a circumferential flange, and a capsule wall which extends from the capsule bottom to the circumferential flange, the capsule lid being fastened to the flange, the portion capsule having a feature which can be visually detected, in particular, by a detector of the beverage production machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: K-FEE SYSTEM GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Krüger, Günter Empl
  • Patent number: 11981466
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compostable pod for brewing products envisages preparing a first and a second sheet made of biodegradable material with gas barrier properties, shaping the first and the second sheet so as to make at least a first and a second concave portion, filling the first concave portion with a predetermined quantity of brewing product and joining the first concave portion to the second concave portion so that the respective concavities are opposite one another and define a casing for the brewing product. The shaping steps of the first and the second sheet envisage moistening at least a first portion of the first sheet and a second portion of said second sheet, configuring the first and the second portion so as to make the first and the second concave portion and drying the first and the second concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Franco Magnani, Massimiliano Maini
  • Patent number: 11964814
    Abstract: A capsule for use in a beverage preparation machine capable of making a beverage with a foam. The capsule comprising an ingredient chamber for containing an ingredient for preparing the beverage and at least one gas reservoir containing gas. The at least one gas reservoir having an opening within the capsule, the opening adjacent a flow path for liquid through the capsule such that the gas reservoir is in fluid communication with the flow path, the at least one gas reservoir arranged such that, in use, liquid flowing past the opening entrains gas from the gas reservoir to form a foam-like mixture of gas and liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventor: Nihan Dogan
  • Patent number: 11926468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a capsule (2) for the preparation of a beverage by extracting the substance in a beverage preparation device, comprising: —an aluminium capsule body (3) with a bottom, a side wall (6) and an outwardly extending flange (7), —a cover (8) attached to the outwardly extending flange (7) and, —a sealing member (9) at the outwardly extending flange (7) for providing a water sealing contact with an enclosing member of the beverage preparation device; wherein the sealing member (9) comprises at least one annular layer of polymeric material positioned on the outwardly extending flange wherein in use in the device, the sealing member is compressed and wherein the outwardly extending flange (7) comprises an annular recess (16) with an annular bottom wall (17), and an inner projecting wall (18) and an outer projecting wall (19), both projecting walls (18, 19) extending in a direction towards the bottom of the capsule body and wherein the annular layer of polymeric material (20) is entirely contain
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Guido Bambagioni, Gilles Gavillet, Alexandre Kollep, Frederic Doleac
  • Patent number: 11827446
    Abstract: In a capsule containing a substance constituted by a mass of loose, solid particles, for the preparation of a potable beverage by extracting and/or dissolving the substance by means of supplying a fluid under pressure into the capsule, a screen, permeable to water and impermeable to a predominant portion of particles of the substance is positioned between the substance and the bottom. The screen is attached to the capsule body along attachment zones spaced from the center and circumferentially spaced from each other. A beverage brewing system comprising such a capsule, a method of use of such a capsule and a method of attaching a screen into a capsule body are described as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventor: Glen Andrew Oliver
  • Patent number: 11825857
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for batch production of espresso coffee by preparing ground coffee and water mixture in a pressure chamber, degassing the ground coffee in the pressure chamber, extracting an initial brew from the degassed ground coffee via pressure, and producing a final brew (large batch of espresso coffee) from the initial brew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Zayde Al-Naquib, Jack Balder, Moayad Al-Naquib
  • Patent number: 11819164
    Abstract: A basting cover for maintaining a humid environment for a food product. The basting cover includes a wall, a rigid band, and a flexible handle. The wall extends with a central wall portion and a side wall portion, the central wall portion having an external surface, the side wall portion extending outward from the central wall portion to a free end. Further, the side wall portion extends with thinned portions defined therein to facilitate the side wall portion to be moveable between an expanded use position and a collapsed storage position. The rigid band extends along a central wall periphery. The flexible handle is coupled to the central wall portion such that the flexible handle is disposed in a space between an outer edge of the rigid band and the external surface of the central wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: James P. Miner, Mauricio J. Escobedo
  • Patent number: 11812760
    Abstract: A method for roasting coffee beans comprising the steps of a) heating the coffee beans until the temperature of the coffee beans is at least 180° C.; b) injecting a stream of oxygen-containing gas into the flow of hot air after the burner; and c) maintaining the injection of the stream of oxygen-containing gas until the end of the roasting process to mitigate the concentration of carbon monoxide in the roasting chamber, and wherein the coffee beans are roasted in a rotating fluidized bed roaster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Kevan Arthur Elsby, Sean Mackay Murphy
  • Patent number: 11787623
    Abstract: A single-serve capsule for preparing a beverage in a beverage apparatus. The capsule includes an inlet end, an outlet end arranged opposite to the inlet end, and a capsule base which closes the outlet end. The capsule base includes an outside area, an outside edge, weak points which open, break and/or tear as a result of a fluid pressure of hot water in the interior of the capsule, and arcuate thin spots arranged next to each of the weak points. The arcuate thin spots provide for a uniform guidance of a plastic melt, do not break or tear open under the fluid pressure of the hot water, and form ramp-like sloping surfaces to increase a surface of the accurate thin spots upon which the fluid pressure of the hot water acts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: GEORG MENSHEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Lorenzo Crespo, Jordi Guijarro, Marti Nogue I Arbusa, Aida Llacuna Gorriz
  • Patent number: 11760539
    Abstract: A reclosable hard shell transparent container for a confectionary product includes an inner graphic branding element extending interior to the receptacle, an outer graphic branding element extending exterior to the receptacle, and overwrap layer that collectively provide visually superimposed branding graphics to provide visually distinct packages utilizing the same container. The inner graphic layer facilitates a subassembly of the confectionary products for ease of loading the confectionary product in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul J. Angeloni, Christopher H. Cunningham, Allen S. Aldridge, Peter Muller, William Tham, David Jaggi, Ross Bartels, Joseph F. Vrana, Leonard Matulewicz, Justin Hollyn-Taub, Erika Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11724873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a capsule for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage machine by feeding liquid in the capsule and extracting a beverage out of the capsule, wherein the capsule comprises containment walls forming an interior cavity containing beverage precursor; wherein the beverage precursor comprises a combination of non-compacted beverage extractable powder and pellets of compacted beverage extractable powder and wherein the largest dimension of each pellet is at least 3.5 millimeters. The invention enables to confer different beverage characteristics, for example, change the beverage extraction and aroma release kinetics, make more intense beverages and/or improve the beverage flow released from the capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Joseph Henry Lach, Fabien Jean Andre Goutal, Sandrine Champenois, Enrico Induni
  • Patent number: 11718468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pack (100) for preparing a food or beverage product from one or more food or beverage ingredients comprising an insert (10) and a container (20) where the ingredient or ingredients are stored, the insert (10) comprising at least a fluid inlet (110) configured for introducing an aqueous fluid under the form of a jet in the inner volume of the pack, the insert (10) further comprising at least an air conduit (130) configured to allow introducing air from the exterior of the pack and into the inner volume of the said pack through at least an air nozzle (132). The at least one fluid inlet (110) communicates with a depression chamber (200) through at least one liquid nozzle (120) in order to create a jet from a pressurized fluid introduced through the fluid inlet (110). The invention further relates to the use of a pack as described for preparing a food or beverage product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Jarisch, Christophe Sebastien Paul Heydel, Christian Talon
  • Patent number: 11661270
    Abstract: A single-dose capsule for machines for dispensing beverages in the form of an infusion is provided. The capsule has a cup-shaped body adapted to receive a dose of a product in a granular or particle form, or in the form of a concentrated liquid, and a gas-impermeable film restrained to the open top of the cup-shaped body. The cup-shaped body is made of a multilayer material manufactured by way of a co-injection molding process. The multilayer has an inner layer and an outer layer made of a structural material and an intermediate layer made of a barrier material adapted to prevent passage of oxygen from the external environment to the inside of the cup-shaped body. The invention also relates to a packaging method of the single-dose capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: IMPER S.P.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Stefanoni
  • Patent number: 11613422
    Abstract: An improved beverage cartridge is provided for use in forming a beverage in a beverage machine that provides a pressurized liquid. The cartridge includes a container having an interior space, a lid that accommodates an inflow of the pressurized liquid, and a filter arranged to contain a beverage medium arranged to interact with a liquid to form the beverage. The cartridge also includes annular disc shaped capsule configured for placement within the container. The capsule has a hollow interior chamber that contains a beverage medium and an open bottom that is sealed closed by a membrane. The membrane is configured to selectively provide fluid communication between the space inside the container and the chamber allowing liquid introduced into the container to flow into the capsule's chamber. The membrane is also pierceable by the beverage machine to accommodate an outflow of the liquid flowing into the capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NovusFlow LLC
    Inventors: Victor M. Aviles, Carlos Alvarez, Reed Spivey, Ross Cooke
  • Patent number: 11577908
    Abstract: A cartridge (1) for controlled brewing of loose-leaf tea in a cup, comprising an infusion chamber (2) for containing loose tea leaves (3) and infusing a liquid with substances from the tea leaves to brew tea. A chamber wall (20) impervious to the liquid defines the infusion chamber. In the chamber wall is a passage (21) between the infusion chamber and an exterior (5) thereof. The passage has an open state in which the infusion chamber is in liquid communication with the exterior, to transport the substances from the infusion chamber into liquid in the exterior during brewing tea. In a close state the infusion chamber inside is closed off from liquid in the exterior to stop a concentration of the substances in the liquid in the exterior from increasing. A manual control manually controllable by a human-being allows to bring the passage from the open state into the closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: T-CAP IP B.V.
    Inventor: Hakan Duman
  • Patent number: 11554910
    Abstract: A portion capsule for producing a beverage includes a base element having a cavity in which a beverage raw material is provided and which is closed by a membrane fastened to the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: K-FEE SYSTEM GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Krüger
  • Patent number: 11548721
    Abstract: A method for producing a beverage using a portion pack including a container made of filter material for containing an extraction material, and a supporting body which encloses the container. The method comprises the steps of: placing the closed portion pack into a filter vessel; opening the container of the portion pack on an upper side and increasing the internal volume of the container by at least 50% compared to the internal volume in the closed container; and applying water to the extraction material for beverage preparation. The portion pack comprises at least one folding edge on the supporting body about which a flap can be pivoted in order to increase the internal volume of the portion pack when opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Kerstin Fernandes De Carvalho, Jan Pahnke, Gerold Schandl, Holger Feldmann
  • Patent number: 11533924
    Abstract: A defrosting method for food, in particular meat, the food being filled into a container rotatable around a rotation axis and heated and rotated after the container is filled, heated air being supplied to the container through a supply opening for the purpose of heating the food and discharged through a discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ferdinand Henneken GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Henneken, Volker Ferdinand Henneken
  • Patent number: 11518607
    Abstract: Capsule for the preparation of a beverage comprising a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein, wherein the container comprises a code adapted for being identified or read by external reading means, wherein the code is arranged on the container to be read while the capsule is rotated around an axis of rotation traversing the capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Jarisch, Alexandre Perentes, Stefan Kaeser, Carlo Magri, Arnaud Gerbaulet, Thomas Kaeser, Daniel Abegglen