US 12,187,472 B2
Apparatus and method for filling disposable capsules for the preparation of beverages
Massimo Scrivani, Casteggio (IT)
Assigned to Rychiger AG, (CH)
Appl. No. 18/025,884
Filed by Rychiger AG, Steffisburg (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/075359
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/058368, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 1160/20 (CH), filed on Sep. 15, 2020; and application No. 102020000021781 (IT), filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339638 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 29/02 (2006.01); B65B 39/12 (2006.01); B65B 43/54 (2006.01); B65B 57/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 29/022 (2017.08) [B65B 39/12 (2013.01); B65B 43/54 (2013.01); B65B 57/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for filling disposable capsules for the preparation of beverages comprising a belt production line configured for a continuous advancement along a transport direction comprising a plurality of seats arranged at a constant pitch, wherein the seats are provided with an axis at the constant pitch, for housing a plurality of capsules to be filled, a filling unit above said belt production line comprising a plurality of dosers for dosing the food substance, wherein said plurality of dosers is configured in at least one rectilinear row of dosers and said plurality of seats is configured for the transit below said filling unit in at least one rectilinear row of seats, wherein said rectilinear row of seats is configured to have a continuous rectilinear advancement at constant speed, wherein said plurality of dosers is arranged with an axis at a constant pitch greater than the constant pitch of said plurality of seats, wherein the constant pitch of the plurality of dosers is an integer multiple of the constant pitch of said plurality of seats, wherein the filling unit is linearly movable along the transport direction and wherein a coordinated movement means is provided, configured to impose on said rectilinear row of dosers and on said rectilinear row of seats a null relative speed in a first and respectively at least a second distinct time intervals, during the unloading of the food substance from said rectilinear row of dosers into a first series and respectively at least a second series of said capsules to be filled present in said rectilinear row of seats.