In the area of beverage distributors, document FR 1 564 088 is known that
discloses an automatic dispenser device suitable for preparing beverages
of various kind. The beverages may be hot or cold ones obtained from
liquid or concentrated products, solid and powderly products contained in
hermetically closed capsules of troncoconical shape, in turn contained,
stacked one on the top of the other, in certain tubular containes. The
dispenser is provided with a number of groups of containers each of which
contains a certain number of capsules of a certain product so that the
dispenser may be activated by a user for delivering a desired beverage.
The dispenser is such that the content of any capsule falls into a mixing
chamber where it mixes with hot or cold liquid poured therein and is
certainly not adapted to brew an aspresso coffee. As to the structure and
function of the distributor, each group of containers is positioned on a
rotating drum provided with a passage for a capsule and mechanical means
provide to transfer a capsule in the direction of the mixing chamber, to
cut the head of a capsule and to make the capsule turn over in order its
content to fall into said chamber. This dispenser works sealed capsules
loaded into open containers.