US 12,269,630 B2
Production device and production process for infusion type capsules
Andrea Biondi, Bologna (IT); Luca Cavazza, Bologna (IT); Umberto Zanetti, Bologna (IT); Enrico Campagnoli, Bologna (IT); and Antonio Gigante, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 18/006,386
Filed by G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/056720
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/029548, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000019321 (IT), filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312150 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 29/02 (2006.01); B65B 43/50 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 29/022 (2017.08) [B65B 43/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capsule production device to deliver filters inside respective cup-shaped containers, comprising:
filter delivery devices;
a first transport system of said filter delivery devices, configured to continuously move the filter delivery devices along a first closed path; and
a second transport system of support devices, said support devices being continuously moveable along a second closed path, each support device configured to receive a respective cup-shaped container, wherein said first closed path comprises a filter inserting segment superimposed to said second closed path in order to synchronize the filter delivery devices and respective support devices to each other and continuously achieve a transfer of the filters to target cup-shaped containers, and
wherein:
said first and second transport systems are mounted on a same circular carousel,
said first and second transport systems have a circular shape,
said first and second transport systems are entirely superimposed to each other, and
each delivery device and a respective support device are associated to each other within a same movable member configured to be moved by said circular carousel.