AN APPARATUS FOR TREATING USED CAPSULES AND/OR CARTRIDGES, FOR EXAMPLE OF COFFEE OR SOME OTHER INFUSION, FOR SEPARATION OF THE ORGANIC MATERIAL FORM THE REST OF THE PACK

摘要

An apparatus for treating spent capsules, for example of coffee or some other infusion, in order to separate the organic material from the rest of the pack, comprises, in combination: a light supporting structure, which can be assembled with extreme ease and is provided with a compartment (B) for receiving and treating the capsules of coffee or some other infusion; mechanical means (4), which are contained in said purposely provided compartment for treating the capsules and are designed to break or tear the packs thereof and consequently separate the organic contents from the various materials that constitute the packs, gathering the organic contents and the packs, respectively, in a first collection container (S1) and in a second collection container (S2), distinct from one another, which can be emptied into the normal containers provided for differentiated refuse collection; an inlet opening (H) for entry of said spent capsules into the treatment compartment, for example by dropping by gravity; means for conveying the organic material coming out of the treated capsules into a purposely provided collection container; a first container (S1) designed to receive the dregs of coffee or other infusion that have been separated from the rest of the capsule and that constitute the organic waste material; and a second container (S2), designed to receive the remains of the packs of the capsules that have been separated from the organic materials and that constitute recyclable waste material comprising paper, aluminium, plastic, etc.