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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Sarong Societa' Per Azioni, Reggiolo, IT;
Andrea Bartoli, Reggio Emilia, IT;
Alberto Bartoli, Quattro Castella, IT;
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A plant for processing capsules for preparing beverages includes at least one rail along which a plurality of processing stations is arranged for the capsules, in each of which on each capsule preset processing is performed, in which conveying elements, each of which conveys a capsule, are movable along the rail, each conveying element being movable along the rail independently of the other conveying elements. A method for processing capsules for preparing beverages, in a processing plant for processing capsules for beverages including at least one rail along which a plurality of processing stations is arranged for the capsules, in each of which on each capsule preset processing is performed, wherein conveying elements, each of which conveys a capsule, are movable along the rail; the movement speed of each conveying element is adjustable independently of the movement speed of the other conveying elements and the gap between two adjacent conveying elements, during the motion of the conveying elements, can be adjusted independently of the gap between other conveying elements that are adjacent to one another.