Capsule for infusion products

Abstract

The capsule for infusion products comprises a cup-shaped body made of a plastic material defined by a bottom wall, which is provided with a beverage outlet area, and by a lateral wall, a lid, arranged so as to close the cup-shaped body and which is provided with a water inlet area and an infusion product contained in the cup-shaped body. The capsule includes a plurality of abutments that originate from the inner face of the bottom wall and define labyrinth-shaped channels for the beverage towards the outlet area and on which a water-proof disc is fixed. Furthermore, the capsule comprises a passage of the beverage from the chamber defined in the cup-shaped body and the labyrinth-shaped channels.

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         10 . A capsule for infusion products, the capsule comprising:
 a cup-shaped body made of a plastic material, the cup-shaped body defined by a lateral wall and by a bottom wall that is provided with a beverage outlet area;   a lid that is arranged so as to close the cup-shaped body, the lid provided with a water inlet area;   an infusion product contained in the cup-shaped body;   a plurality of abutments that originate from the bottom wall and define labyrinth-shaped channels for a path of a beverage towards the beverage outlet area;   a water-proof disc fixed onto the plurality of abutments; and   a passage for the beverage from a chamber defined in the cup-shaped body to the labyrinth-shaped channels.   
     
     
         11 . The capsule according to  claim 10 , wherein at least two rows of the plurality of abutments originate from the bottom wall. 
     
     
         12 . The capsule according to  claim 11 , wherein the at least two rows of the plurality of abutments are concentric to one another as well as concentric to a center of the bottom wall where the beverage outlet area is defined. 
     
     
         13 . The capsule according to  claim 11 , wherein, for each of the at least two rows, the plurality of abutments are substantially equally spaced apart from one another. 
     
     
         14 . The capsule according to  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of abutments of at least one row have a longitudinal axis thereof arranged along a diameter axis having a center thereof at a center of the bottom wall. 
     
     
         15 . The capsule according to  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of abutments of at least one row have a longitudinal axis thereof arranged tangent to a circumference of the respective row. 
     
     
         16 . The capsule according to  claim 14 , wherein a given distance is defined between two adjacent rows and each row has its abutments arranged in correspondence to the space defined between two following abutments of the adjacent row. 
     
     
         17 . The capsule according to  claim 10 , wherein the water-proof disc has a diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of an inner face of the lateral wall at a same level of the water-proof disc, so as to create an annular passage between a peripheral edge of the water-proof disc and the inner face of the lateral wall, through which the beverage flows from the chamber defined in the cup-shaped body to the labyrinth-shaped channels. 
     
     
         18 . The capsule according to  claim 10 , wherein the water-proof disc has micro holes, through which the beverage flows from the chamber defined in the cup-shaped body to the labyrinth-shaped channels.