CAPSULE-BASED BEVERAGE PREPARATION SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A47J31/36 

FIELD: personal appliances.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to a beverage preparation system comprising a capsule (1) and a module (2) for preparing a beverage from a capsule. The capsule (1) comprises a body (1a) and a rim (1b), while a module (2) comprises a first capsule-gripping part (3) configured to move in relation to a second capsule-gripping part (4) interacting thereto between positions of capsule discharge and beverage preparation. The movable first gripping part (3) comprises a hollow bell mouth, while the capsule (1) has an outer body shaped as at least a portion of the hollow bell mouth (13), and the rim (1b) sized so as at least a part thereof projects behind at least a part of the first gripping part (3) when engaged with this first capsule-gripping part. Besides, the movable capsule-gripping part (3) comprises retainers, which provide engaging with separate portions of the outer parts of the outer surface of the capsule body (1a), while the module (2) comprises engagement units of the capsule rim (1b) projecting behind the first gripping part, when the first gripping part (3) moves from the beverage preparation position into the open position of the capsule insertion.

EFFECT: structural improvement.

26 cl, 8 dwg