Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Saeco Ipr Limited

Marco Righetti

Marco Talini

A device for orienting and feeding capsules in a beverage producing machine includes a container that receives randomly oriented capsules, and a rotor that is rotatable around a rotation axis and is at least partly arranged in the container. The rotor is provided with at least one peripherally arranged capsule-receiving seat that is shaped to pick up a capsule oriented in a univocally determined orientation. Further, a capsule unloading duct with a duct inlet is arranged in the container and extends outside the container. The rotor is arranged to rotate around the rotation axis such to, during use, lift a capsule towards a position above the duct inlet, and the capsule-receiving seat is arranged to release the capsule under an influence of gravity from the position above the duct inlet into the duct inlet.

Device for orienting capsules in a beverage producing machine

The vending machine includes a housing with an openable wall. In the housing, devices for the preparation of at least one beverage are arranged. At least some of the devices are supported by a supporting structure, which is pivotally arranged in the housing. Access to the devices through the openable wall is facilitated by pivoting the supporting structure around a pivoting axis.

Beverage vending machines

The dosing device comprises: a coffee grinder () for making coffee powder from coffee beans; a motor () for actuating the coffee grinder (); a dosing chamber () wherein the coffee powder produced by said coffee grinder () is discharged, said dosing chamber being at least partly delimited by a first wall (), which may be opened on command for discharging the coffee powder from the dosing chamber, and by a second wall (), mobile by the effect of a volume variation of the coffee powder in said dosing chamber (); an actuator () for controlling an opening movement of said first wall (); an electronic control device (that based on the position of the second wall, causes the stop of the actuating motor () of the coffee grinder and the actuation of said actuator () for controlling the opening movement of said first wall and the discharge of the coffee powder from the dosing chamber. The second wall () is associated to a detection system () of a plurality of dosing positions of the second wall. The opening of the first wall () is set through the electronic control device (), in connection with the detection system () and with the actuator (), when the second wall () has reached one of the above dosing positions.

Device for dosing ground coffee and machine comprising such device

A stirrer dispenser for beverage dispensing machines includes a first channel for containing a stack of stirrers. The first channel includes a first opening from which single stirrers are extracted and ejected by an ejector provided with an alternating movement. The ejector includes an engagement member where single stirrers are engaged and ejected from the first opening at each stroke of the ejector. The dispenser further includes a second channel with a second opening. The second channel is located next to the first channel. The first and second openings are side by side along the movement direction of the ejector. In addition, the dispenser includes a stroke delimiter that limits the stroke of the ejector when at least one stirrer is present in the first channel, so that the ejector picks up the stirrers from the second channel only when the first channel is empty.

Stirrer or spoon dispenser for beverage dispensing machines

A device with an infusion chamber defined by at least two parts movable in relation to each other to close and open the infusion chamber; a duct to supply pressurized hot water to the infusion chamber; at least one pump to supply pressurized hot water to the infusion chamber; and a dispensing unit to dispense coffee from the infusion chamber. The dispensing unit has at least a first configuration and a second configuration, according to the type of coffee to be dispensed; the two parts defining the infusion chamber have at least a first reciprocal position to define a larger infusion volume and a second reciprocal position to define a smaller infusion volume and the dispensing unit is switched to one or other of said at least two configurations when said at least two parts are in the second reciprocal position.

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Camugnano, Italy

Marco Righetti