US 11,718,468 B2
Pack for preparing foamed food or beverage products
Christian Jarisch, Lutry (CH); Christophe Sebastien Paul Heydel, Chez-le-Bart (CH); and Christian Talon, Vufflens-le-Chateau (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 16/648,723
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/073996
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/057504, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17191841 (EP), filed on Sep. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0223625 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 85/804 (2006.01); B01F 23/232 (2022.01); B01F 23/235 (2022.01); B01F 25/312 (2022.01); B01F 23/237 (2022.01); B01F 101/14 (2022.01)
CPC B65D 85/8049 (2020.05) [B01F 23/232 (2022.01); B01F 23/235 (2022.01); B01F 25/312 (2022.01); B65D 85/8046 (2013.01); B65D 85/8052 (2020.05); B01F 23/237611 (2022.01); B01F 2101/14 (2022.01); B65D 2547/066 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pack for preparing a food or beverage product from one or more food or beverage ingredients, the pack comprising an insert and a container where the one or more food or beverage ingredients are stored,
the insert comprising
at least one fluid inlet configured for introducing an aqueous fluid under the form of a jet in an inner volume of the pack,
at least one air conduit configured to allow introducing air from an exterior of the pack and into the inner volume of the pack through at least one air nozzle, and
a moveable part moveable with respect to a fixed part of the insert, the moveable part comprising a beverage outlet and the fixed part comprising an outlet aperture,
wherein the movement of the movable part with respect to the fixed part (i) causes a sharpened part of the insert to tears open a film overwrapping the insert, allowing the food or beverage product to exit via the beverage outlet, and (ii) unblocks the outlet aperture, allowing the food or beverage product to enter the beverage outlet and to be dispensed.