Apparatus for sealing and drying capsules, and a method for dismantling capsule carriers
AssigneeSyntegon Technology GmbH
InventorsWalter Böhringer, Wolfgang Wick
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for sealing and drying capsules (12), comprising a sealing device (14) for sealing capsules (12) and a drying device (16) for drying capsules (12), the drying device (16) comprising a plurality of capsule carriers (18), a first chain (26) and a second chain (28) for receiving and transporting the capsule carriers (18), each capsule carrier (18) being coupled or couplable to the first chain (26) and to the second chain (28) by means of a snap-fit connection (30). The invention also relates to a method for dismantling capsule carriers (18) in such an apparatus (10).
Claims20
An apparatus (10) for sealing and drying capsules (12) comprising:
- a sealing device (14) for sealing capsules (12) and
- a drying device (16) for drying capsules (12), wherein the drying device (16) comprises:
- a plurality of capsule carriers (18), each capsule carrier (18) being elongated, having a first end (20), a second end (22), and a plurality of receptacles (24) for receiving capsules (12),
- a first chain (26) and a second chain (28) for receiving and transporting the capsule carriers (18),
- wherein the first end (20) of each capsule carrier (18) is coupled or couplable to the first chain (26) by a snap-fit connection (30),
- wherein the second end (22) of each capsule carrier (18) is coupled or couplable to the second chain (28) by a snap-fit connection (30),
- wherein the snap-fit connections (30) are configured such that the capsule carriers (18) can be rotated about an axis of rotation (31) when the snap-fit connections (30) are closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.