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US 2002/0153056 A1Published application
Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine with parallel filling and sealing capability
AssigneeMedical Technology Systems, Inc.
InventorsTodd Siegel, Stuart Bagley
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Abstract
An automated pharmaceutical package machine fills a product package filling guide positioned above a solid pharmaceutical product package having a plurality of cavities corresponding to positions of the filling guide. The automatic filling machine includes a mechanism for vertically displacing the product package to be filled toward the filling guide. Various guide members or plates are utilized in order to pre-fill filling templates so that each of the cavities of a product package may be simultaneously filled.
Claims1
A solid pharmaceutical product package filling machine comprising:
- a filling station comprising:
- an initial filling guide member having a plurality of cavities;
- a temporary storage guide member having a corresponding plurality of cavities;
- a dropping guide member having a corresponding plurality of cavities;
- and
- wherein the temporary storage guide member may be horizontally displaced with respect to the initial filling guide and the dropping guide member in order to drop solid pharmaceuticals into product package cavities.
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