Patent ID: 9622612
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A device for orienting and feeding capsules in a beverage producing machine, comprising: a container receiving randomly oriented capsules; a rotor, rotatable around a rotation axis and at least partly arranged in said container, said rotor being provided with a peripherally arranged capsule-receiving seat, the peripherally arranged capsule-receiving seat being shaped to pick up a capsule oriented in a univocally determined orientation; and a capsule unloading duct, with a duct inlet arranged in said container and extending outside said container, wherein said rotor is configured to rotate by a rotation around said rotation axis, said rotation being configured to lift the capsule from a position below the duct inlet towards a position above the duct inlet, the peripherally arranged capsule-receiving seat being configured to release the capsule under an influence of gravity from said position above the duct inlet into said duct inlet.