Referenced feeding of capsules
AssigneeGebo Packaging Solutions France
InventorEmmanuel ROTH
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for feeding capsules, including a receiving tray for loose capsules, a raising belt provided with mountings, for circulating capsules upwards, during which the capsules that are incorrectly oriented are returned to the receiving tray, an outlet chute for guiding the capsules to the station being fed, as well as an ejection unit for guiding the capsules into the chute from one side of the raised belt. The chute includes an end portion wherein the capsules circulate under their own inertia and which has a guiding curve with nothing directly opposite, defining the path thereof. Also disclosed is a corresponding method.
Claims20
Device (1) for supplying capsules (2), comprising a receiving tray (3) for loose capsules (2), a rising belt (4) that is equipped with mountings (5), for the purpose of conveying capsules (2) upward, during which process the poorly-oriented capsules (2) are sent back toward the receiving tray (3), an outlet chute (6) for guiding the capsules (2) to the station that is being fed, as well as an ejection means (13) for guiding the capsules (2) into said chute (6) from a side of the raised belt (4),
- wherein
- the chute (6) comprises, on the belt side (4), an end part (7) where the capsules (2) are conveyed under the action of their inertia and that has a guiding bend (8) with nothing opposite, defining their path there, in particular defining their path upward.
Method for supplying capsules (2) in a processing station, comprising the steps that consist essentially in
- raising the capsules (2) by conveying by means of a belt (4) that is equipped with mountings (5),
- during the raising, eliminating the poorly-oriented capsules (2),
- at the end of the raising, releasing the capsules (2) from the belt (4) toward a channel (9) of a chute (6),
- conveying the capsules (2) within the channel (9) up to the processing station,
- wherein
- releasing the capsules (2) toward the channel (9) essentially consists in letting them move freely after the belt (4) and up to the channel (9), along a path that is defined at least partially by a guiding bend (8).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.