# US 11,307,079 B2 · Device for determining the weight of a capsule arranged in a capsule holder of an incrementally rotated conveyor wheel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,079 B2 - Document ID: US11307079B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/959,215 - Filed: 2018-11-20 - Published: 2020-12-31 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-01-04 - Assignees: Syntegon Technology GmbH - Applicants: Syntegon Technology GmbH - Inventors: Wolfgang Wick; Werner Runft - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307079B2 ## CPC - G01G 15/006: {using electrical, electromechanical, or electronic means not covered by G01G15/001, G01G15/02, G01G15/04} - A61J 3/074: {Filling capsules; Related operations} - G01G 17/00: Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property (determining weight by measuring volume G01F) - A61J 2200/74: for weight - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE ## Abstract The invention relates to a device (50; 50a to 50c) for determining the weight of a capsule (10) arranged in a receptacle (26) of a capsule holder (25) of an incrementally rotated conveyor wheel (21), comprising a transfer device (52; 52a to 52c) for transferring at least one capsule (10) from the capsule holder (25) into a capsule receiver (55) having a plurality of receptacles (54) for respectively one capsule (10), and back again, wherein the capsule receptacle (55) has a movable arrangement in a plane parallel to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device (50; 50a to 50c) for determining the weight of a capsule (10) arranged in a receptacle (26) of a capsule holder (25) of an incrementally rotated conveyor wheel (21), comprising a transfer device (52; 52a to 52c) for transferring at least one capsule (10) from the capsule holder (25) into a capsule receiver (55) having a plurality of receptacles (54) for one capsule (10) respectively, and back again, the capsule receiver (55) being movably arranged in a plane parallel to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21), characterized in that a weighing cell (65; 65a to 65c) having a single weighing receptacle (66; 66a to 66c) is provided for a capsule (10), and in that each receptacle (54) in the capsule receiver (55) having the capsule (10) to be weighed and the single weighing receptacle (66; 66a to 66c) of the weighing cell (65; 65a to 65c) can be positioned in overlap with one another. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that both the capsule receiver (55) and the weighing receptacle (66) of the weighing cell (65) are mounted so as to each be pivotable about an axis (61, 67), the two axes (61, 67) being parallel to one another and perpendicular to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21), and it being possible to position movement paths (71, 72) of the receptacles (54) in the capsule receiver (55) when the capsule receiver (55) rotates about one axis (61) and a movement path (69) of the weighing receptacle (66) about the other axis (67) in overlap. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the weighing receptacle (66a) of the weighing cell (65a) is stationary, and in that the capsule receiver (55) is arranged so as to be pivotable about an axis (61) which is perpendicular to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21), and also so as to be linearly movable in at least one direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, characterized in that the linear movement is oriented radially with respect to the axis (61). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the weighing receptacle (66b) of the weighing cell (65b) is stationary, and in that the capsule receiver (55) is arranged so to be linearly movable in two axes (76, 77) which are perpendicular to one another and which extend parallel to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the capsule receiver (55) is arranged so to be pivotable about an axis (61), and in that the weighing receptacle (66c) of the weighing cell (65c) is arranged so as to be linearly movable in two axes (78, 79) which are perpendicular to one another, the axis (61) of the capsule receiver (55) being perpendicular to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21) and the two axes (78, 79) of the weighing receptacle (66c) extending parallel to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21). ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the capsule receiver (55) is additionally arranged so to be movable perpendicularly to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the receptacles (54) in the capsule receiver (55) are coupled to a negative-pressure device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the capsule holder (25) is designed as a format part which has a plurality of receptacles (26) for one capsule (10) respectively and which is interchangeably arranged on the conveyor wheel (21). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) An apparatus (100) for producing capsules (10) filled with a filling material and at least one device (50; 50a to 50c), which is designed according to claim 1. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus according to claim 10, characterized in that a single device (50; 50a to 50c) is provided which detects both the net weight and the gross weight of the capsule (10). ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that both the capsule receiver (55) and the weighing receptacle (66) of the weighing cell (65) are mounted so as to each be pivotable about an axis (61, 67), the two axes (61, 67) being parallel to one another, and it being possible to position movement paths (71, 72) of the receptacles (54) in the capsule receiver (55) when the capsule receiver (55) rotates about one axis (61) and a movement path (69) of the weighing receptacle (66) about the other axis (67) in overlap. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the weighing receptacle (66a) of the weighing cell (65a) is stationary, and in that the capsule receiver (55) is arranged so as to be pivotable about an axis (61), and also so as to be linearly movable in at least one direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the weighing receptacle (66b) of the weighing cell (65b) is stationary, and in that the capsule receiver (55) is arranged so to be linearly movable in two axes (76, 77) which are perpendicular to one another.