Patents by Inventor Laurentius Gerardus MEELKER

Laurentius Gerardus MEELKER 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).

  • Capsule, and method of producing it
    Patent number: 9359127
    Abstract: There is disclosed a capsule for the preparation of a beverage using an extractable and/or dissolvable product and a quantity of hot and/or pressurized liquid. The capsule comprises a circumferential wall having on one end a bottom adapted to allow entrance of the liquid, and on an opposite end a lid closing said end of the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall, bottom and lid enclosing an inner space containing the product. At least one of the lid and/or bottom comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion separated by at least one slit and having different moving mechanics when under pressure. At least a layer of tearable material covers said slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ahold Coffee Company B.V.
    Inventors: Laurentius Gerardus Meelker, Erwin Bartelds, Jozef Henricus Pollmann, Freerk Van Oudheusden, Marlies Van Dullemen
  • CAPSULE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IT
    Publication number: 20130064936
    Abstract: There is disclosed a capsule for the preparation of a beverage using an extractable and/or dissolvable product and a quantity of hot and/or pressurized liquid. The capsule comprises a circumferential wall having on one end a bottom adapted to allow entrance of the liquid, and on an opposite end a lid closing said end of the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall, bottom and lid enclosing an inner space containing the product. At least one of the lid and/or bottom comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion separated by at least one slit and having different moving mechanics when under pressure. At least a layer of tearable material covers said slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Ahold Coffee Company B.V.
    Inventors: Laurentius Gerardus MEELKER, Erwin BARTELDS, Jozef Henricus POLLMANN, Freerk VAN OUDHEUSDEN, Marlies VAN DULLEMEN