Abstract: The invention relates to a beverage container (100) for preparing a beverage in a beverage production machine and a process for producing said compostable beverage container (100). The beverage container (100) is compostable and comprises a container wall (110) that encloses a volume (V) for containing a substance for the preparation of the beverage. The container wall (110) is made of a wall material that comprises at least two different laminate structures. The wall material comprises a first laminate structure (300) configured to be formable. The first laminate structure (300) defines the volume (V) and comprises at least one cutout opening (311, 312). The wall material also comprises a second laminate structure (400), which is configured to be openable upon interaction with opening elements of the beverage production machine under the effect of rising pressure of a fluid being injected into the beverage container (100).

Abstract: A pod has an inner volume in which beverage ingredients are stored and in which a beverage is produced when water is introduced inside. The pod includes a body where water is introduced and a closing lid where the beverage is dispensed. The pod is made of a biodegradable material. The body has a three-dimensional shape. The body can be made of a multilayer material including a paper layer and a plastic sealing layer with a tensile value at break preferably between 2% and 20%. The body also can be made of a monolayer material consisting of plastic with a tensile value at break in the range between 2% and 1000%. The closing lid is flat and made of a material having a puncture resistance value between 3 N/15 mm and 10 N/15 mm for an elongation between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.

Abstract: A deformation passive sensor includes a system for detecting a variation in the distance between two points or regions of a structure, and a carrier having first and second parts configured to be fixed to the points or regions. The system includes a measuring assembly carried by the first part and actuatable only in one measurement direction in order to measure and store a measurement associated with at least one deformation in a measurement direction, and an actuating device including an intermediary assembly having an actuating member for actuating the measuring assembly, and an actuating assembly having a push part facing the intermediary assembly and configured such that the actuating member is moved with respect to the measuring assembly only when the second part moves in the measurement direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for counting events occurring during a period T carried out by a mechanical counter including two toothed wheels with the same pitch, the occurrence of an event causing the rotation of each wheel by an angle corresponding to the pitch of the teeth thereof, the method including: counting or calculating, for each wheel at the end of T, the difference in the number of teeth between the initial and final position thereof, the step being at least partially carried out either by an optical unit, requiring the presence on each wheel of at least one marker, or by a unit for measuring the angular displacement of each wheel and associated calculation unit; and calculating the number of occurred events N in accordance with the difference between the values counted or measured and in accordance with the number of teeth of the wheels.

Abstract: A deformation passive sensor includes a system for detecting a variation in the distance between two points or regions of a structure, and a carrier having first and second parts configured to be fixed to the points or regions. The system includes a measuring assembly carried by the first part and actuatable only in one measurement direction in order to measure and store a measurement associated with at least one deformation in a measurement direction, and an actuating device including an intermediary assembly having an actuating member for actuating the measuring assembly, and an actuating assembly having a push part facing the intermediary assembly and configured such that the actuating member is moved with respect to the measuring assembly only when the second part moves in the measurement direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for counting events occurring during a period T carried out by a mechanical counter including two toothed wheels with the same pitch, the occurrence of an event causing the rotation of each wheel by an angle corresponding to the pitch of the teeth thereof, the method including: counting or calculating, for each wheel at the end of T, the difference in the number of teeth between the initial and final position thereof, the step being at least partially carried out either by an optical unit, requiring the presence on each wheel of at least one marker, or by a unit for measuring the angular displacement of each wheel and associated calculation unit; and calculating the number of occurred events N in accordance with the difference between the values counted or measured and in accordance with the number of teeth of the wheels.

Abstract: Its casing (1) comprises two adjacent compartments, leakproof in respect of each other, namely a first compartment situated at the rear, in communication with primary or combustive air inlet ports (1a), in which the entry (7a) of the burner (7) is arranged, and a second compartment containing most of the melting duct (4) and the remainder of the burner (7), in communication with ports for the removal (1b) of the combustion fumes.