MAGAZINE WITH READING DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN IDENTIFIER ON A PORTION PACKAGE, WHICH CONTAINS GROUND COFFEE, FOR ESPRESSO MACHINES AND TEST METHOD

摘要

A MACHINE READABLE IDENTIFICATION ON A SINGLE-SERVING UNIT CONTAINING COFFEE POWDER FOR ESPRESSO MACHINES, DESIGNED SO THAT IT CAN BE READ EASILY AND ACCURATELY, IS STRUCTURED IN A ROTATION-SYMMETRICAL MANNER AND IS APPLIED TO AN ESSENTIALLY LEVEL SURFACE OF THE SINGLE-SERVING UNIT, WHEREBY THE SINGLE-SERVING UNIT PREFERABLY CONSISTS OF A SINGLE-SERVING CAPSULE (1) HAVING AN ESSENTIALLY CIRCULAR BASE (2) WHEREUPON THE IDENTIFICATION IS APPLIED IN A COAXIAL MANNER.