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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2018
Caffitaly System S.p.a., Gaggio Montano, IT;
Giovanni Accursi, Alto Reno Terme, IT;
Maurizio Diamanti, Castel di Casio, IT;
CAFFITALY SYSTEM S.P.A., Gaggio Montano, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus for making beverages using capsules () containing a food substance, having at least one image acquisition device () suitable for capturing images in electronic format, which show at least one portion of a capsule () located in an image capture zone () and which operates in the visible spectrum, a lighting device () associated with the capture zone () for lighting with light in the visible spectrum said portion of a capsule (), and a detecting device () for detecting the presence of a capsule () at the capture zone () and/or the arrival of a capsule () in the capture zone (), the detecting device () being operatively associated with the lighting device () for causing the switching of the lighting device () from a switched off condition to a switched on condition, depending on the detection of the presence of a capsule () at the capture zone () and/or of the arrival of a capsule () in the capture zone ().