US 11,903,519 B2
Capsule, method for recognising the capsule and method for making a beverage with the capsule
Giovanni Accursi, Alto Reno Terme (IT); and Maurizio Diamanti, Castel di Casio (IT)
Assigned to CAFFITALY SYSTEM S.P.A., Gaggio Montano (IT)
Appl. No. 16/628,747
Filed by CAFFITALY SYSTEM S.P.A., Gaggio Montano (IT)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/054628
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/021077, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102017000084356 (IT), filed on Jul. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0281396 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 31/44 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/4492 (2013.01) [B65D 85/8058 (2020.05); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01); B65D 2203/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capsule for making beverages comprising a cup-shaped body (3) that contains a food substance and a disk-shaped lid (4) that closes the top of the cup-shaped body (3), wherein present on an outer surface (5) of the disk-shaped lid (4) there is a graphical code (7) visible in the visible spectrum and bearing coded information suitable for allowing recognition of the capsule (1) by an apparatus (2) for making beverages equipped with an optical recognition system, characterised in that said graphical code (7) is completely positioned in one half of the outer surface (5) of the disk-shaped lid (4), is eccentric relative to a central point (10) of the disk-shaped lid (4) and is at a distance from that central point (10), and in that also present on the outer surface (5) of the disk-shaped lid (4) there is an additional graphical element that is also visible in the visible spectrum, contains said central point (10) and is asymmetrical, wherein the position of the asymmetrical graphical element (6) and of the graphical code (7) relative to each other is predetermined in such a way that the position of the additional graphical element constitutes a reference for identifying a position and a reading orientation of the graphical code (7) relative to the outer surface (5) of the disk-shaped lid (4).