US 12,065,304 B2
Capsule system seatable within a cartridge for a beverage machine
Victor M. Aviles, East Sandwich, MA (US); Carlos Alvarez, East Sandwich, MA (US); Reed Spivey, East Sandwich, MA (US); and Ross Cooke, East Sandwich, MA (US)
Assigned to NOVUSFLOW LLC, East Sandwich, MA (US)
Filed by NOVUSFLOW LLC, East Sandwich, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/188,124.
Application 18/188,124 is a continuation of application No. 16/880,698, filed on May 21, 2020, granted, now 11,613,422.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,781, filed on May 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234774 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/8061 (2020.05) [B65D 85/8046 (2013.01); B65D 85/8067 (2020.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge and capsule for use in forming a beverage in a beverage machine that provides a pressurized liquid, comprising:
the cartridge, the cartridge including:
a container defining an interior space and having a bottom end,
a lid closing an open top end of the container and that is pierceable by the beverage machine to accommodate a flow of the pressurized liquid into the interior space to form the beverage,
a filter disposed within the interior space and containing a first beverage medium arranged to interact with the pressurized liquid introduced into the container to form the beverage; and
the capsule, the capsule including:
a body having an annular disc shape and an interior chamber that is hollow and is surrounding a central passageway and having a bottom end that is open, wherein the body is provided within the interior space of the container with the bottom end of the body proximate to a bottom end of the container,
a membrane attached to the body and closing the open bottom end of the body and the central passageway, wherein the membrane is configured to selectively provide fluid communication between the interior space of the container and the interior chamber such that pressurized liquid introduced into the interior space of the container can flow into the interior chamber through the central passageway, and wherein the membrane is pierceable by a bottom outlet piercing element of the beverage machine to accommodate an outflow of the pressurized liquid, which is flowing into the interior chamber, through the membrane and out the bottom end of the container when pierced,
a beverage medium is provided within the interior chamber and sealed therein by the membrane, wherein the beverage medium is arranged to interact with the pressurized liquid introduced into the container and flowing into the interior chamber to form the beverage.