Capsule filler
OwnerSidney E. Kinginventor
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Abstract
A low-cost capsule filler has a capsule holder with a medication tray, and cavities in the tray for receiving capsule bodies and capsule covers for filling with powdered or granulated medication. A wall around the medication tray contains loose medication, and the tray surface slopes toward each cavity to facilitate filling. Medication is tamped into the capsules with posts on an extractor; the extractor after tamping is inserted from beneath into the base of the capsule filler so the extractor posts push the filled capsules upward from their cavities where they can be gripped and removed.
Claims6
A device for manually filling capsules with medication, comprising:
- a) a capsule holder having a medication tray, a tray wall, and a base,
- b) said medication tray having cavities therein for receiving capsule bodies and capsule covers, said cavities having a predetermined width and depth,
- c) an extractor having extractor posts extending therefrom,
- d) said posts being spaced apart to match a distance between said cavities,
- e) said medication tray having cavities in a central portion thereof,
- f) said medication tray having a surface sloping downward toward said cavities,
- g) at least one of said cavities is sized to receive capsule bodies, and
- h) at least one of said cavities is sized to receive capsule covers, so that medication may be introduced into both said bodies and said covers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.