Patent ID: 7222717

Claim:
A device for collecting and re-cycling articles sent toward feeding channels, comprising: a container within which the articles are accumulated; a selecting member, situated downstream of said container for receiving, in a predetermined way, said articles from said accumulation container, said selecting member selecting and holding complying articles, separating the complying articles from faulty, fragmented articles and from powders present among said articles; a linear conveyor member, situated downstream of said selecting member, for receiving, from said selecting member, said complying articles and sending the complying articles to inlets of said feeding channels; collecting means, situated directly downstream of said inlets for receiving, from said conveyor member, the exceeding articles accumulated near the inlets; and transferring means, for receiving, from said collecting means, exceeding articles and transferring said exceeding articles upstream of said selecting member, the exceeding articles being then verified as for being complying articles, then re-cycled only if verified as being complying articles.