US 12,213,615 B2
Adapter for use in preparing a beverage by means of a capsule and a beverage preparation device
Roland Affolter, Möriken (CH); Tim Thilla, Weil am Rhein (DE); and Markus Brönnimann, Hermrigen (CH)
Assigned to Delica AG, Birsfelden (CH)
Appl. No. 16/976,883
Filed by DELICA AG, Birsfelden (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/056072
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/174711, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000284 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 31/06 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/0647 (2013.01) [A47J 31/0668 (2013.01); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for use in preparing a beverage with a capsule comprising a capsule body for receiving the beverage ingredients and a cover closing off the capsule body, and a beverage preparation device,
wherein the adapter can be placed together with the capsule into the beverage preparation device,
the adapter comprises a basic body being generally disk shaped with a top side to receive a capsule and a bottom side to be connected to a beverage preparation device,
means for introducing a liquid into the capsule and means for discharging a liquid from the capsule are arranged on the top side of the basic body such that both the introduction of liquid into the capsule and the discharge of liquid from the capsule take place on only one side of the capsule,
an inlet for the liquid provided by the beverage preparation device and also an outlet are arranged on the bottom side of the basic body,
the inlet is fluidically connected to the means for introducing the liquid into the capsule and the outlet is fluidically connected to the means for discharging the liquid from the capsule,
the bottom side of the basic body is at least partially covered with a covering in order to form an intermediate volume, between the basic body and the covering, via which the inlet is fluidically connected through the intermediate volume to the means for introducing the liquid into the capsule,
wherein the inlet and the means for introducing the liquid into the capsule are placed separated locally from one another at different angular orientation with regard to a center of the generally disk shaped basic body.