US 12,295,521 B2
System for preparing a beverage
Peter Rijskamp, Gaggio Montano (IT); Judith Margreet Haaneke Ogink, Putten (NL); Klaas Kooijker, Drachten (NL); and Jarno Beekman, Drachten (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V., Utrecht (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V., Utrecht (NL)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/265,950.
Application 16/265,950 is a continuation of application No. PCT/NL2017/050514, filed on Aug. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2017282 (NL), filed on Aug. 3, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0167031 A1, Jun. 6, 2019
Int. Cl. A47J 31/36 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/3633 (2013.01) [A47J 31/0647 (2013.01); A47J 31/3638 (2013.01); A47J 31/407 (2013.01); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for preparing a quantity of beverage suitable for consumption, the system comprising:
a first exchangeable capsule and a second exchangeable capsule, the second exchangeable capsule being larger than the first exchangeable capsule, and
an apparatus including a first brew chamber part and a second brew chamber part forming a brew chamber for closing around one of the first exchangeable capsule and the second exchangeable capsule while preparing the quantity of the beverage, and
a fluid dispensing device for supplying an amount of fluid under pressure to the first brew chamber part,
wherein the first brew chamber part includes a cavity for receiving the first or second exchangeable capsule,
wherein an outer part of the second exchangeable capsule comprises a cup-shaped body, a lid and a flange, wherein the cup-shaped body comprises a bottom and an outer circumferential wall of the second exchangeable capsule,
wherein the first brew chamber part and the second exchangeable capsule are adapted to each other such that the outer circumferential wall of the second exchangeable capsule engages at least a part of an inner circumferential wall of the first brew chamber part when loading the second exchangeable capsule into the first brew chamber part.