US 11,969,115 B2
Adapter for use in the preparation of a beverage
Roland Affolter, Möriken (CH); Tim Thilla, Weil am Rhein (DE); and Markus Brönnimann, Hermrigen (CH)
Assigned to Delica AG, Birsfelden (CH)
Appl. No. 16/492,274
Filed by DELICA AG, Birsfelden (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/053174
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/162167, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17160245 (EP), filed on Mar. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0100394 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/0668 (2013.01) [A47J 31/0647 (2013.01); A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for use in preparation of a beverage by a capsule and a beverage preparation device,
wherein the adapter is configured to receive the capsule and to be inserted together with the capsule into the beverage preparation device,
wherein the adapter does not encase the capsule, the adapter has a capsule side for receiving the capsule, and a device side to interact with the beverage preparation device,
the adapter has arranged on its capsule side means for introducing a liquid into the capsule and means for discharging a liquid from the capsule,
the adapter has arranged on its device side an inlet for receiving a liquid prepared by the beverage preparation device and also an outlet,
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,
wherein the means for introducing the liquid into the capsule are designed as at least one penetration element for penetrating a contact surface of the capsule, wherein the means for discharging the liquid from the capsule are designed as at least one penetration element for penetrating the contact surface of the capsule,
wherein the at least one penetration element for introducing the liquid into the capsule and the at least one penetration element for discharging the liquid from the capsule are arranged such that the penetration of the contact surface of the capsule for both the introduction of the liquid into the capsule and the discharging of the same from the capsule take place on only one side of the capsule.