Capsule feeding apparatus
AssigneeN&W Global Vending S.P.A.
InventorAlessandro Magno
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Abstract
A feeding apparatus of capsules to a brewing device of an automatic beverage vending machine; the feeding apparatus comprising two stores for respective types of capsules; an outlet device, common to the two stores, to feed the capsules to the brewing device; and, for each store, dispensing means of the respective capsules one by one; and orientating means configured to give the capsules a determined final orientation before they are dispensed to the brewing device; the feeding apparatus also comprising detecting means to detect whether or not a capsule is present inside the outlet device; and control means for stopping the dispensing means of both stores and preventing further capsules from being dispensed in response to a capsule-presence signal emitted by the detecting means.
Claims12
A capsule feeding apparatus for feeding capsules to a brewing device of an automatic beverage vending machine, the capsule feeding apparatus comprising:
- two stores each of which is designed to store a respective type of capsule;
- an outlet device, common to both of the stores, for feeding the capsules to the brewing device;
- for each store:
- respective dispensing means for dispensing a succession of the respective capsules one by one;
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- respective orientating means designed to cooperate with the respective capsules so as to cause the capsules to be dispensed by the outlet device to the brewing device with a determined final orientation;
- first detecting means for detecting whether or not a capsule is present within the outlet device;
- and
- control means for stopping the dispensing means of both stores and prevent further capsules from being dispensed in response to a capsule-presence signal emitted by the first detecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.