Blocking slide Unit of a Feed and Sorting Device for Packaging Machines

A feed and sorting device for tablets, capsules or dragees, comprising:

• a number of vertically extending filling tubes, each tube having a guiding channel for tablets, capsules or dragees;
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• a blocking slide unit for temporarily blocking the guiding channels of the filling tubes, the blocking slide unit comprising:
• a base plate with first through-openings for the filling tubes;
• an upper retaining plate with second through-openings for the filling tubes;
• a lower retaining plate with third through-openings for the filling tubes, wherein the base plate is arranged between the upper retaining plate and the lower retaining plate, and wherein the first, second and third through-openings are at least partially aligned in order to allow the filling tubes to pass through first, second and third through-openings;
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• a plurality of blocking fingers, each finger being assigned to one of the filling tubes, wherein the base plate further comprises a plurality of receiving portions being formed as recesses which, in a vertical direction, pass all the way through the base plate, and the blocking fingers are supported in receiving portions and secured therein by upper and lower retaining plates.