US 11,919,762 B2
Rotary capsule dispenser for bottling lines
Flavio Carillo, Canelli (IT); and Mario Luigi Bianco, Canelli (IT)
Assigned to ROBINO & GALANDRINO S.P.A., Alessandria (IT)
Appl. No. 17/761,681
Filed by ROBINO & GALANDRINO S.P.A., Alessandria (IT)
PCT Filed Sep. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075699
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/052927, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000016667 (IT), filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340405 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B67B 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC B67B 5/03 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capsule dispenser for bottling lines comprising: a motorized wheel with a horizontal axis, which supports a plurality of sockets each provided with an open end, said sockets following one another in receiving respective capsules in a capsule loading position and expelling said capsules in a capsule releasing position, said sockets having said open ends directed outwardly between said capsule loading position and said capsule releasing position, further comprising a duct supplied with pressurized air, said duct comprising:
an arched profile arranged about the axis of the motorized wheel and extending externally to the sockets between the capsule loading position and the capsule releasing position,
a tube which, at a lower end, bifurcates into two branches, between which a neck of a bottle is adapted to be inserted just before the application of the capsule, and
a plurality of holes provided in said tube and in said two branches, said plurality of holes being directed inwardly to blow air in a direction of the open end of the sockets.