Patent ID: 7857164
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. A device for selection of capsules from a stack of capsules contained in a container, comprising: a body having a passage through which the capsules pass by gravity, starting in order from a first capsule located at a position lowest down in the stack; a first stop for selectively retaining and releasing the first capsule the first stop being located about a circumference of the passage and moveable by turning transversely, and simultaneously, towards an inside of the passage to a stop position in order to form several support points distributed under the capsule; a second stop retaining a second capsule located above the first capsule at a time when the first stop is in a release position for releasing the first capsule, an actuator for actuating the first and second stop between a stop position and a release position; and each first stop and second stop being attached to a common transmission shaft pivotably mounted in an individual slot of a rotatable transmission ring near a periphery of the passage, wherein the transmission shaft is configured to traverse the individual slot between a first and second position corresponding to actuation of the first and second stops, and wherein the first and second stops terminate in free ends that are remote from ends mounted to the transmission shaft, the free ends having an arc shape and extending substantially toward a center of the passage in the stop position.