Manual capsule filling device

A capsule filling device comprising:

• i) an upper housing;
• ii) a dosage plate;
• iii) a base plate;
• and
• iv) a capsule plate;
• the dosage plate, the upper housing and the base plate being arranged such that the upper housing is above the dosage plate and the base plate is below the dosage plate;
• the base plate being in engageable connection with and above the capsule plate;
• the capsule plate comprising capsule holder means to receive at least one open capsule bottom;
• the dosage plate being slidable between a first, a second and a third position, such that the second position is located between the first position and the third position;
• the upper housing, dosage plate and base plate each define at least one channel, the dimension of each channel permitting a pourable substance to be passed through each channel;
• the channels in the base plate align with the capsule holder means in the capsule plate;
• in first position, the channels in the upper housing align with the channels in the dosage plate such that a pourable substance may pass through the channels in the upper housing and the channels in the dosage plate;
• in second position the channels in the dosage plate are not aligned with the channels in the upper housing and the channels in the dosage plate are not aligned with the channels in the base plate;
• and in third position the channels in the dosage plate are aligned with the channels in the base plate such that a pourable substance may pass through the channels in the dosage plate and the channels in the base plate and into the open capsule bottoms in the capsule holder means.