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    • 专利摘要:
    CAPSULE FEEDING DEVICE. A capsule feeding device (1) (2a, 2b) for an infusion device (A) of an automatic beverage vending machine; said feeding device (1) comprises two stores (6a, 6b) of the respective types of capsules (2a, 2b); an outlet device (7), common to said two storage devices (6a, 6b) for feeding the capsules (2a, 2b) into the infusion device (A); and, for each store (6a; 6b), the dispensing means (17; 56) of the respective capsules (2a; 2b), one by one, and the orientation means (15, 37, 41; 66, 67, 69 ) configured to give the capsules (2a; 2b) a certain final orientation before they are dispensed in the infusion device (A); said feeding device (1) also comprises the detection means (49) for detecting whether or not a capsule is present (2a; 2b) inside the outlet device (7); and the control means (8) to interrupt the distribution means (17, 56) of both stores (6a, 6b) and prevent new capsules (2a, 2b) from being dispensed in response to a signal of the presence of the capsule ( 2a, 2b) emitted by the detection means (49).
    公开号:BR102013001484B1
    申请号:R102013001484-2
    申请日:2013-01-21
    公开日:2020-12-15
    发明作者:Alessandro Magno
    申请人:N&W Global Vending S.P.A.；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    [001] The present invention relates to a capsule feeding device, in particular, disposable capsules containing anhydrous powder material for the production of beverages, for example, coffee, tea, soup or the like.
    [002] The present invention is advantageously applied in automatic beverage vending machines, and it is known to use a capsule feeding device to feed individual capsules in an infusion device capable of preparing the relative beverage made from the content of the capsule.
    [003] The known capsule feeding devices usually comprise a storage, which is adapted to contain a plurality of capsules of the same type, arranged randomly or according to a determined order inside the storage; the orientation means, which are adapted to receive the capsules from the storage and arrange them in a preferred orientation; and a delivery device, which is adapted to receive the capsules from the guidance means and cooperate with an infusion device inlet to supply a single capsule at a time to the infusion device.
    [004] Capsule feeding devices of the known type mentioned above are described, for example, in EP1571951 and EP1859418 filed in the name of the same applicant, or in application WO 2009/133570.
    [005] In the field of beverage vending machines, the use of capsules to produce specific drinks, in particular coffee-based drinks, is particularly appreciated both because they allow to obtain a drink of considerably higher quality than the drinks obtained by the use of loose soluble material, as well as for reasons of practicality, hygiene and efficiency.
    [006] However, until now, known automatic machines have usually been able to produce only one type of beverage from capsules, since they are usually supplied with a single capsule feeding device associated with a dispensing device. infusion. In order to overcome this limitation, an obvious solution would be to add other production devices, each comprising a respective capsule feeding device and a respective infusion device. In practice, however, such a solution would be unacceptable, for reasons of space and cost.
    [007] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a capsule feeding device which overcomes the limitations described above, and which at the same time is easy and inexpensive to produce.
    [008] According to the present invention, a capsule feeding device is provided as claimed in claim 1 and, preferably, in any one of the following claims directly or indirectly dependent on claim 1.
    [009] A non-limiting embodiment of the invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: - figure 1 is a perspective view, with parts removed for clarity, of a preferred embodiment of the capsule feeding device of the present invention; figure 2 is a perspective view, on a larger scale and with parts removed for clarity, of a detail in figure 1; figure 3 is a perspective view, with parts removed for clarity, of another detail in figure 1; figure 4 shows an axial cross-section of part of the device in figure 1; - figure 5 is a cross section, according to line V-V in figure 4; figures 6 to 8 show a detail in figure 4, in the respective different operating configurations; and - figure 9 is a cross section, according to line IX-IX in figure 4.
    [0010] In figure 1, the number 1 indicates, as a whole, a capsule feeding device 2 for feeding disposable capsules containing anhydrous powdered material, such as coffee, tea, etc., for the preparation of drinks.
    [0011] In the condition of normal use, the feeding device 1 is housed inside a hot drink vending machine (not shown) to cooperate with an infusion device A (of known type), designed to receive, the each time, from the feeding device 1, a single capsule 2 oriented in the manner that will be described below, and supply a flow of hot water through the capsule 2, in order to, by infusing the material contained therein, extract the relative beverage.
    [0012] As will be described in detail below, the capsule feeding device 1 is configured to contain and supply to the infusion device A two types of capsules 2, indicated below with 2a and 2b, which are substantially identical to each other in terms of shape in terms of external dimensions, but differ in relation to the material they contain, thus making it possible to prepare the respective different drinks.
    [0013] In the illustrated example, each capsule 2a, 2b comprises an outer cup-shaped coating, which has a longitudinal axis 3 and is defined by a bottom surface and a lateral surface provided with an external annular flange 4 around its free edge, on which the closing surface 5 of the capsules 2a, 2b is firmly fixed. The side surface is preferably tapered and tapered towards the lower surface, and the closing surface 5 is a sealing film for capsules 2a, 2b.
    [0014] As illustrated in figures 1 and 2, the feeding device 1 comprises two storage units 6a and 6b, which are designed to contain a plurality of capsules 2a and, respectively, 2b, and an outlet device 7, which is configured to, during use, receive a capsule 2a from storage 6a or a capsule 2b from storage 6b and deliver it to an inlet of the infusion device A mentioned above.
    [0015] The feeding device 1 also comprises the electronic control means 8 configured to administer, in the form that will be described below, the storage 6a and 6b and the output device 7 such that, during use, the storage 6a , 6b are selectively activated depending on the type of beverage selected and for the time required to supply a single capsule, 2a or 2b, on the outlet device 7.
    [0016] With reference to figures 1, 2 and 4, the storage 6a has a generally cylindrical shape that extends around the substantially vertical axis 9 and comprises an upper storage portion of capsules 2a and a lower support plate 10, which it is attached to a structure (not shown) of the vending machine (not shown), which is coaxial with respect to axis 9 and has, through a peripheral portion, a through hole 11 parallel to axis 9 and which defines an outlet of the capsule 2a from the storage 6a.
    [0017] Said upper storage portion is supported by the plate 10 by means of a plurality of columns 12 parallel to the axis 9 and distributed along a peripheral edge of the plate 10 itself, and preferably comprises a cylindrical container 13 coaxial to the axis 9 and defining, inside, a chamber 14, an upper portion of which is adapted to contain a plurality of capsules 2a positioned in a completely random manner. At its lower end, the chamber 14 is occupied by the guiding means 15, which perform the function of orienting the capsules 2a coming from the upper portion of the chamber 14 in such a way that the respective longitudinal axes 3 are in a radial position in relation to the axis 9.
    [0018] In greater detail, and with reference to figure 4, the guiding means 15 comprise an annular body coaxial to the axis 9 and internally equipped with a plurality of radial deflectors, which are uniformly distributed around the axis 9 to define a plurality of cavities 16 open at their respective axial ends and communicating at the top with the upper portion of the storage chamber 14. The breadth and shape of each cavity 16 is such that, during use, a capsule 2a between and cross it only when oriented with its longitudinal axis 3 positioned radially and with the respective closing surface 5 facing or in opposition to axis 9.
    [0019] The storage 6a is also provided with a release device between the plate 10 and the guidance means 15 and comprises a carousel 17 shaped to receive, during use, the capsules 2a from the guidance means 15 and dispenses them, one by one, at the entrance of the infusion device A through the outlet 11.
    [0020] For this purpose, and according to what is illustrated in figures 4 and 5, the carousel 17 comprises an annular body, which is coaxial with the axis 9, provided with a plurality of passing axial cavities 18 uniformly distributed around axis 9, and mounted in rotation about axis 9, to rotate in relation to the plate 10 and, selectively, bring the cavities 18 to a position in front of the outlet hole 11.
    [0021] The shape and dimensions of cavities 18 are identical to those of cavity 16 resulting in, when in use, a cavity 18 is axially aligned with a cavity 16 containing a capsule 2a, said capsule exiting cavity 16 and entering the cavity 18, maintaining precisely the previous orientation acquired in the relative cavity 16, that is, with the respective longitudinal axis 3 positioned radially in relation to the axis 9 and with the respective closing surface 5 in front or in opposition to the axis 9.
    Preferably, but not necessarily, the number of cavities 16 of the guiding means 15 is equal to the number of cavities 18 of the carousel 17; in the illustrated embodiment, there are six cavities 16 and also six cavities 18 and are evenly distributed around axis 9 with a 60 ° pitch.
    [0023] In order to ensure uniform filling of the carousel 17, whatever the orientation of the capsules 2a in the respective cavities 16, the cavities 18 are shaped (figure 5) in such a way as to house, alternating around the axis 9, the capsules 2a arranged with closure surface 5 in front of axis 9 and capsules 2a arranged with closure surface 5 in opposition to axis 9.
    [0024] According to what is shown in figures 1 and 4, the cavity 16 aligned with the outlet orifice 11, and indicated in the attached figures with reference number 16a, is closed at the top by a partition 19, which prevents the capsules 2a, arranged in the upper portion of the chamber 14, from entering the cavity 16a and, consequently, reaching in a totally uncontrolled way the outlet orifice 11, passing through the cavity 18 which is aligned at every moment with the cavity 16a .
    [0025] Also associated with the carousel 17 are present the presence detection means (20) (figure 5), which are connected to the electronic control means 8 and serve to detect the presence of the capsules 2a close to the exit orifice 11. In particular, the detection means 20 comprise two microswitches 21 (illustrated in figure 5 with a dashed line), which are mounted on the plate 10 on the opposite side in relation to the carousel 17, are arranged close to, and as opposite straps in relation to the outlet orifice 11, and are provided with the respective active elements, each of which extends along the plate 10 so as to be engaged by the capsule 2a which is placed in the outlet orifice 11 at each instant.
    [0026] The carousel 17 is rotated by means of an actuator device 22 comprising (figure 4) an electric motor 23, controlled by the electronic control means 8, and a transmission that is adapted to convert the continuous movement of the motor 23 into a intermittent movement of the carousel 17. For this purpose, the motor 23 is disposed in a fixed position under the plate 10 and is provided with a mechanical output shaft 24 in rotation about an axis 25 parallel to axis 9, and the transmission comprises a gear 26, which is inserted in the mechanical shaft 24 and carries in attachment, in front of the plate 10, a bearing 27 that defines the actuating unit of a mechanism conformed in Cruz de Malta (of known type) which comprises, in addition to the bearing 27, a cross-shaped guide (not shown) on a lower surface of the carousel 17 and engaged by bearing 27 to convert, during use, the continuous rotary movement of bearing 27 around axis 25 into an int rotary movement hermitage of carousel 17 around axis 9. In this case, since there are six cavities 18, the cross shaped guide (not shown) is configured so as to result in a 60 ° advance step of the carousel 17.
    [0027] Gear 26 also meshes with gear 28, which is coaxial to axis 9 and has a tubular hub, the lower part of which is rotatably mounted on a tubular end piece of plate 10, and the upper portion 29 from which it rotates, in a rotating form, to a ferrule 30 (ferrule) that forms a single piece with the infernal surface of the carousel 17. The upper portion 29 extends through the carousel 17 and the guiding means 15 and supports its free end, a dispensing cone 31 with the function of moving the capsules 2a arranged inside the chamber 14 in order to assist the entry of the capsules 2a into the cavities 16, breaking any bridges that can be created upstream of the guiding means 15 .
    [0028] A microswitch 32 is also associated with the actuator device 22, which is electrically connected to the control means 8 and cooperates with a peripheral portion of the gear 26 to signal to the control means 8, when it commands the activation of the motor 23, the rotation of gear 26 about axis 25 and, in this way, allows the control means 8 to control the correct operation of the carousel 17 and to promptly identify any blockage or malfunction.
    [0029] According to what is shown in figure 4 and in figures 6 to 9, the outlet device 7 is disposed laterally to the plate 10 immediately below the outlet hole 11 and comprises a hollow body 33 with an axis 34 parallel to axis 9, comprised between two flat side surfaces 35 and 36 parallel to each other and to axis 34 and comprising an inlet funnel 37 tapered downwards and having an upper inlet opening 38 in front of the outlet orifice 11, and a outlet funnel 39 tapered upwards and provided with a lower outlet duct 40 coaxial to the axis 34. The outlet funnel 39 is provided, at its opening, with two internal ribs 41 arranged on the straps opposite the axis 34 and transversal to both the axis 34 for side surfaces 35 and 36.
    [0030] The entrance to the lower outlet duct 40 is controlled by a release device 42 which comprises two blocks 43 arranged between surfaces 35 and 36 and which oscillate, under the impulse of an actuator device 44, around the respective axis 45 perpendicular to surfaces 35 and 36 between a locking position (figures 4, 6 and 7), in which blocks 43 define the support housing 46 of flange 4 of a capsule 2, and a release position (figure 8), in which blocks 43 allow free passage of the capsule 2 from the outlet funnel 39 to the lower outlet duct 40.
    [0031] According to what is shown in figure 9, through the side surface 35, at the entrance of the lower outlet duct 40, there is a slot 47 parallel to the axis 34 and engaged by a free end portion of a lever 48 of the means sensors 49 that detect the presence of a capsule 2 inside the outlet funnel 39. Lever 48 is mounted to rotate, under the impulse of a capsule 2 lying in the housing 46, between a stable equilibrium position (capsule 2 absent in housing 46), in which the terminal part of lever 48 penetrates into outlet funnel 39 (this position of lever 48 is shown in figure 9 with a dashed line), and an unstable equilibrium position (capsule 2 present in the housing 46), in which the terminal part of the lever 48 is positioned outside the outlet funnel 39 (this position of the lever 48 is illustrated in figure 9 with a continuous line).
    [0032] The detection means 49 also comprise a photocell 50, which is aligned with the through hole 51 through an intermediate portion of the lever 48 when the lever 48 is in its stable equilibrium position. In this way, when the lever 48 is pushed out, in its unstable equilibrium position, by a capsule 2, the light beam of the photocell 50 is interrupted and the electronic control means 8, which is connected to the photocell 50, is able to detect the presence of the capsule 2 in the lower outlet duct 40 and, consequently, control the activation of the actuator device 44 and dispense the capsule 2 from the release device 7.
    [0033] At the entrance of the lower outlet duct 40, through the side surface 36, there is an inlet opening 52 for the capsules 2b coming from the storage 6b.
    [0034] According to what is illustrated in figures 1 and 3, the store 6b comprises an upper portion defined by a container 53 with a substantially rectangular shape in the cross section and comprises two semi-shells 54 facing each other and connected , which are provided with respective internal flaps that define a plurality of vertical channels 55, in this case, eight channels 55 parallel to axis 9, each of which is adapted to accommodate a stack of capsules 2b arranged transversely, or with the respective axis 3 extending horizontally, and having an upper inlet opening and a lower outlet opening.
    [0035] The storage 6b also comprises a release device comprising a cylinder 56 with an axis 57 extending transversely to the channels 55 and disposed under the container 53 in front of the outlet openings of the channels 55. The cylinder 56 is mounted to rotate in step around its own axis 57, under the impulse of an actuator device 58 controlled by the electronic control means 8 and is provided with a plurality of radial housings 59, which are in an amount identical to the number of channels 55, arranged in the outlet openings of the respective channels 55, are configured to receive the respective capsules 2b arranged vertically and are distributed along the cylinder 56 according to a cylindrical helix of constant pitch. In the illustrated embodiment, there are eight radial housings 59 angularly staggered, each by 45 ° relative to each adjacent radial housing 59 in such a way that, at each 45 ° advance step of the cylinder 56 from an initial position, a single radial housing 59 is oriented upwards, in a position to receive the respective capsule 2b from the respective channel 55 and, simultaneously, a single radial housing 59 is oriented downwards in a position to supply the respective capsule 2b.
    [0036] The cylinder 56 has an axial central orifice 60 that extends along the entire length of the cylinder 56 and is associated with the detection means 61 connected to the electronic control means 8 and comprising a photocell 62, which is adapted to emit a beam along the orifice 60 to detect the presence or absence of at least one capsule 2b within the radial housings 59.
    [0037] The correct rotation step of the cylinder 56 is controlled by a microswitch 63 associated with the actuator device 58 and connected to the electronic control medium 8.
    [0038] According to what is best illustrated in figures 2, 3, store 6b also comprises, under cylinder 56, a receiving chamber 64, which is delimited laterally by two surfaces 65 parallel to each other and to axis 57 and it is closed from below by an inclined channel 67 with a depth equal to or greater than the height of the capsules 2b and with a lower outlet terminal coupled to the entrance terminal of another channel 68 disposed outside the receiving chamber 64 and presenting a lower outlet terminal connected to the inlet opening 52 of the hollow body 33.
    [0039] The sides 65 are arranged at a distance from one another that is closest to the diameter of the flange 4 of the capsules 2b and are provided with a plurality of ribs 66, which are perpendicular to the channel 67 and define the sliding channels of the capsules 2b in the direction of said channel 67.
    [0040] The width of channel 67 is greater than the maximum body diameter of capsules 2b, but less than the distance between the sides 65, in which channel 67 is coupled by means of two surfaces 69, facing the cylinder 56 and inclined downwards and towards channel 68 in such a way as to define a sliding and tilting surface of the capsules 2b. In fact, when a capsule 2b leaves the respective radial housing 59, the ribs 66 ensure that the capsule 2b slides towards channel 67 disposed with the respective axis 3 substantially parallel to said channel 67, in such a way that the capsule 2b falls transversely in the direction of channel 67 and, after flange 4, reach surfaces 69, lean backwards, due to its own weight, partially enter channel 67 and, remain suspended on flange 4 lying on surfaces 69, and slide in along said channel 67.
    [0041] In other words, ribs 66, surfaces 69 and, in general, channel 67 together define the guiding means that ensure that capsules 2b exiting cylinder 56 are arranged with the respective closing surface 5 facing upwards and arrive at the opening 52 with this same orientation and, consequently, at the entrance of the lower outlet duct 40 of the release device 7.
    [0042] The operation of the feeding device 1 will be described below from a resting condition, in which the carousel 17 is immobile, two cavities 18 are arranged as straps opposite the outlet hole 11 in the microswitches 21, and one between the two cavities 18 contains a capsule 2a, which, consequently, engages the active element of the respective microswitch 21. Likewise, the cylinder 56 is immobile, a radial housing 59 is empty and arranged in its supply position , and several of the remaining radial housings 59 contain respective capsules 2b. In the resting condition, finally, the output device 7 is empty and the lever 48 is arranged in its stable equilibrium position.
    [0043] The case where a user selects a drink obtained through a 2a capsule in a vending machine will be examined now.
    [0044] Once the drink is chosen, the control device 8 controls the activation of the motor 23 in order to take the carousel 17 to rotate in steps around the axis 9. The direction of rotation of the carousel 17 is determined by the means of control 8 based on the presence signal detected by the microswitches 21 in such a way that said one of said two cavities 18 containing the capsule 2a is advanced towards the exit hole 11. When said cavity 18 is aligned with the exit orifice 11, the capsule 2a will fall out of the cavity 18 due to gravity and will enter the entrance of the funnel 37 through the exit orifice 11 and the opening 38. If, after the first advance step of the carousel 17, the cavity 18 , which reaches the position previously occupied by cavity 18, contains a capsule 2a, the corresponding microswitch 21 will send a presence signal to the electronic control means 8 and the motor 23 will be stopped immediately. Otherwise, the carousel 17 is rotated by means of subsequent advance steps as long as the microswitch 21 does not detect the presence of a capsule 2a in that position.
    [0045] According to what is illustrated in figures 6 and 7, the shape of the inlet funnel 37 is such that it changes the free fall trajectory of the capsule 2a through the opening 38, in such a way as to make the relative flange 4 engaging one or the other between the ribs 41, causes the capsule 2a to tilt and be fed to the lower outlet duct 40 arranged with its vertical axis 3 and with the closing surface 5 facing upwards. In this regard, it should be noted that the operation of orienting the capsules 2a from a random arrangement in the chamber 14 to the final arrangement at the entrance of the lower outlet duct 40 occurs in two separate steps through, first, the action of the guiding means 15 and then inlet funnel 37 and ribs 41.
    [0046] When the capsule 2a is arranged at rest on the housing 46, the lever 48 will be pushed to its position of unstable equilibrium and the photocell 50 will signal to the electronic medium 8 the presence of a capsule 2a, which will command the activation of the actuator device 44, with the consequent release of the capsule 2a (figure 8).
    [0047] The case where a user selects a drink obtained through a 2b capsule in a vending machine will be examined now.
    [0048] Once the drink has been chosen, the control means 8 controls the activation of the driving device 58, which rotates the cylinder 56 per step, with angular advances of 45 °, until a radial housing 59 containing a capsule 2b reaches the delivery position and allows the respective capsule 2b to fall by gravity inside the receiving chamber 64, and said capsule, through channel 67, channel 68 and opening 52, reaches the outlet funnel 39 and the duct lower outlet 40 and rest in housing 46, pushing lever 48 to its unstable equilibrium position. The photocell 62 signals the presence of the capsule 2b in the output device 7 to the electronic control means 8, which will immediately interrupt the actuator device 58 and, consequently, the cylinder 56, thus preventing other capsules 2b from leaving the cylinder 56. At the same time time, the electronic control means 8 controls the activation of the actuator device 44, with the consequent release of capsule 2b (figure 8).
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    Claims (12)
    [0001]
    1. Capsule feeding device for feeding capsules (2a, 2b), in particular disposable capsules (2a, 2b), for producing infusion drinks, to an infusion device (A) of a beverage vending machine, the feeding device (1) comprising: - two storages (6a, 6b), each of which is designed to store a respective type of capsule (2a, 2b); - an outlet device (7), common to both stores (6a, 6b), for feeding the capsules (2a, 2b) into the infusion device (A); and, for each store (6a; 6b): - the respective means of distribution (17; 56) for dispensing a succession of respective capsules (2a; 2b), one at a time; and - the respective guidance means (15, 37, 41; 66, 67, 69) designed to cooperate with the respective capsules (2a; 2b) in order to make the capsules (2a; 2b) be dispensed by the device outlet (7) to the infusion device (A) with a given final orientation; the feeding device (1) further comprising: - the first detection means (49) for detecting whether or not a capsule (2a, 2b) is present inside the outlet device (7); and - the control means (8) for stopping the dispensing means (17, 56) of both stores (6a, 6b) and preventing other capsules (2a, 2b) from being dispensed in response to a capsule presence signal emitted by the first means of detection (49).
    [0002]
    Feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the outlet device (7) comprises an inlet portion (37) and an outlet portion (39), which is provided, at a lower end, with a outlet duct (40); the outlet device (7) further comprises a release device (42), which is arranged along the outlet duct (40), designed to be engaged by a single capsule (2a, 2b) disposed in said determined final orientation , and is connected to the control means (8) to allow the capsule (2a; 2b) to be dispensed in response to a capsule presence signal emitted by the first detection means (49).
    [0003]
    Feeding device according to claim 2, characterized in that a first (6a) of said two storages (6a, 6b) comprise an upper storage portion (14) for a plurality of capsules (2a) randomly arranged, and has a lower opening (11) for supplying the capsule facing the inlet portion (37) of the outlet device (7); said guiding means (15, 37, 41; 66, 67, 69) comprising the first guiding means (15, 37, 41), which are associated with the first store (6a) and comprise a first guiding device (15) arranged downstream of the upper storage portion (14) and upstream of the supply outlet (11) and configured to arrange the capsules (2a) according to a certain intermediate orientation.
    [0004]
    Feeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that the first orientation means (15, 37, 41) associated with the first storage (6a) further comprise a second orientation device (37, 41), which is transported by the outlet device (7), arranged upstream of the outlet duct (40) and is configured to change the orientation of the capsules (2a) from said intermediate orientation to said final orientation.
    [0005]
    Feeding device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that said dispensing means (17; 56) comprise a first dispensing means (17) associated with the first storage (6a) and which, in turn, comprises a movable body (17), which is disposed between the first orientation means (15) and the supply opening (11) and is configured to send the capsules (2a), one by one, from the first orientation means (15) for the delivery opening (11).
    [0006]
    Feeding device according to claim 5, characterized in that the first storage (6a) comprises a container (13), which has a first vertical axis (9) and defines said upper storage portion (14); the first orientation device (15) being provided with the first axial cavities (16), each of which is configured to accommodate a capsule (2) arranged according to the intermediate orientation; the movable body (17) being defined by a carousel (17) coaxial to the first axis (9), and provided with the second axial cavities (18), which are mobile under the first axial cavities (16) to receive from the first cavities axial (16) the respective capsules (2a) arranged according to the intermediate orientation and send the capsules (2a) thus oriented to the delivery opening (11).
    [0007]
    Feeding device according to claim 6, characterized in that each capsule (2a), when arranged according to the intermediate orientation, is arranged with its longitudinal axis (3) in a radial position in relation to the first axis ( 9).
    [0008]
    Feeding device according to any one of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that the first storage (6a) comprises the second detection means (20) for detecting the presence of at least one capsule (2a) inside the first dispensing means (17) and the supply opening (11).
    [0009]
    Feeding device according to any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the first detection means (49) comprise a photocell (50) and a lever (48) mounted on the outlet device (7) to move between a stable equilibrium position, occupied when the outlet duct (40) is empty, in which the lever (48) does not interrupt the light beam of the photocell (50), and an unstable equilibrium position, occupied when the outlet duct (40) accommodates a capsule (2a; 2b), in which the lever (48) interrupts the light beam of the photocell (50).
    [0010]
    Feeding device according to any one of claims 2 to 9, characterized in that the second (6b) of said two storages (6a, 6b) comprises a container (53) provided with a plurality of vertical channels (55 ), each of which is adapted to accommodate a stack of capsules (2b) arranged with their longitudinal axes (3) extending horizontally; and said dispensing means (17, 56) comprising the second dispensing means (56) associated with the second storage (6b) and, in turn, comprising a cylinder (56) having an axis (57) which extends transversely to the channels (55), is disposed under said container (53) facing the outlet openings of the channels (55), and is provided with a plurality of radial housings (59) which are equal in quantity to the quantity channels (55), arranged in the outlet openings of channels (55), configured to receive the respective capsules (2b) arranged transversely, and distributed along the drum (56) according to a cylindrical helix of constant pitch; the cylinder (56) being mounted to rotate in step around its axis (57) and, selectively, bring the radial housings (59) to a downward position to allow the respective capsules (2b) to fall inside of a receiving chamber (64).
    [0011]
    Feeding device according to claim 10, characterized in that the second storage (6b) comprises the sliding conveyor means (67, 68) extending from said receiving chamber (64) to the outlet device ( 7) and have a lower outlet end at the entrance to the outlet duct (40).
    [0012]
    Feeding device according to claim 10, characterized in that said guidance means (15, 37, 41; 66, 67, 69) comprise the second guidance means (66, 67, 69) that are associated with the second store (6b) and are arranged inside the receiving chamber (64) to arrange the capsules (2b) according to said final orientation.
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