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AssigneesMorimoto-Pharma Co., Ltd., Unitec S.P.A., Pharma-Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsShuji Morimoto, Takeichiro Sogo, Yasutaro Wada
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The present invention provides a powder filling apparatus which can prevent a screw portion of an auger screw from contacting an inner surface of a metering portion at a funnel lower end portion and besides facilitate the assembling work as well as can be made compact and put into practice at a low cost. The powder filling apparatus comprises a funnel (2) which contains powder, and a circular-cylindrical metering portion (3) provided at a lower end portion of the funnel (2), an auger screw arranged vertically, and a support device (5) which supports the auger screw (4) rotatably. The auger screw (4) has a lower end provided with a screw portion (18) which is arranged within the metering portion (3). The funnel (2) is suspended from the support device (5) and supported thereto and the metering portion (3) has a center axis (3a) made substantially coincident with an axis of rotation (4a) of the auger screw (4).
A powder filling apparatus comprising a funnel (2) which contains powder, a circular-cylindrical metering portion (3) provided at a lower end portion of the funnel (2), an auger screw (4) arranged vertically and having a lower end provided with a screw portion (18), and a support means (5) which supports the auger screw (4) rotatably around an axis of rotation (4a), the screw portion (18) being arranged within the metering portion (3), upon the rotation of the screw portion (18), a predetermined amount of the powder being fed out of the metering portion (3) and filled into a container (7) disposed therebelow, wherein
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