US 11,944,230 B2
Air purge groove
Joeke Noordhuis, Groningen (NL); Andrea Favero, Groningen (NL); Judith Margreet Hanneke Ogink, Beetsterzwaag (NL); Johan Van Toor, Drachten (NL); Gerbrand Kristiaan De Graaff, Hillegom (NL); and Jarno Beekman, Tuk (NL)
Assigned to Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht (NL)
Appl. No. 17/312,911
Filed by Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NL2019/050831
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/122722, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022190 (NL), filed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061580 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 31/36 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/3623 (2013.01) [A47J 31/3676 (2013.01); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01); A47J 31/369 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. System for preparing a quantity of beverage suitable for consumption, the system comprising:
an exchangeable capsule, the exchangeable capsule comprising a cup-shaped body and a lid; the cup-shaped body having a bottom, a circumferential wall and a flange, the lid being sealed to the flange; and
an apparatus comprising a first brew chamber part having a cavity for holding the exchangeable capsule and a second brew chamber part for closing the first brew chamber part to form a brew chamber, the second brew chamber part comprising a sealing member for providing a liquid sealing engagement between the second brew chamber part and the lid of the exchangeable capsule,
wherein the sealing member comprises an air purge groove forming an air purge opening between the sealing member and the lid of the capsule for allowing air in the brew chamber to escape to an exterior of the apparatus while pressurised liquid is supplied into the brewing chamber for preparing the beverage.