Patents by Inventor Alex Kollep

Alex Kollep has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110052773
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of wetting and/or dissolving a substance contained in a capsule for producing a beverage consisting, by means of a piercing and injection element, in piercing the capsule and injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule to wet and/or dissolve the substance; the piercing and injection element being arranged so as to inject the liquid into the capsule in the form of at least one thin layer extending in a continuous, divergent and multidirectional manner, covering a spray surface in an arc of a circle inside the capsule. The invention also relates to a device comprising a flow channel and a valve designed to close off the channel in a first position, called the rest position, and to open under the effect of the pressure from the liquid against an elastic element so as to free a passage as a function of the pressure and thus create the thin layer of liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Denisart, Patrick Caprotti, Jean-Luc Denisart, Alex Kollep
  • Patent number: 7854192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of wetting and/or dissolving a substance contained in a capsule for producing a beverage consisting, by means of a piercing and injection element, in piercing the capsule and injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule to wet and/or dissolve the substance; the piercing and injection element being arranged so as to inject the liquid into the capsule in the form of at least one thin layer extending in a continuous, divergent and multidirectional manner, covering a spray surface in an arc of a circle inside the capsule. The invention also relates to a device comprising a flow channel and a valve designed to close off the channel in a first position, called the rest position, and to open under the effect of the pressure from the liquid against an elastic element so as to free a passage as a function of the pressure and thus create the thin layer of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Denisart, Patrick Caprotti, Jean-Luc Denisart, Alex Kollep
  • Publication number: 20070185434
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of wetting and/or dissolving a substance contained in a capsule for producing a beverage consisting, by means of a piercing and injection element, in piercing the capsule and injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule to wet and/or dissolve the substance; the piercing and injection element being arranged so as to inject the liquid into the capsule in the form of at least one thin layer extending in a continuous, divergent and multidirectional manner, covering a spray surface in an arc of a circle inside the capsule. The invention also relates to a device comprising a flow channel and a valve designed to close off the channel in a first position, called the rest position, and to open under the effect of the pressure from the liquid against an elastic element so as to free a passage as a function of the pressure and thus create the thin layer of liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Denisart, Patrick Caprotti, Jean-Luc Denisart, Alex Kollep
  • Publication number: 20070144355
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a drink by injection of a liquid thorugh a capsule, containing a food substance which is soluble and/or for extraction, whereby the liquid is injected from at least one injection point, such as to generate a turbulent movement of injected liquid within said capsule, thus causing a brewing of the liquid with said substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Denisart, Patrick Caprotti, Jean-Luc Denisart, Alex Kollep, Ruguo Hu, William Overbaugh