Method and device for conveying articles on a machine for filling capsules with at least one pharmaceutical product
AssigneeMG 2 - S.r.l.
InventorAngelo Ansaloni
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Abstract
A method and device for conveying articles on a continuously-operating machine for filling capsules with at least one pharmaceutical product, whereby each article is conveyed inside a respective seat on a transfer wheel, and is retained inside the seat by friction.
Claims25
A method of conveying articles on a machine for filling capsules with at least one pharmaceutical product, the machine comprising a first wheel having at least one first seat for an article;
- the method comprising:
- moving the first wheel continuously about a respective longitudinal first axis to receive the article at a loading station, and to release the article at an unloading station, the first wheel being bounded by a lateral surface substantially coaxial with said first axis, the first seat being open radially outwards, and comprising, as of the lateral surface, an outer portion opening outwards at the lateral surface and bounded by two substantially flat, parallel faces, and an inner portion bounded by a substantially semicylindrical wall connected to the faces of the outer portion;
- and
- retaining the article inside the first seat by friction.
A device for conveying articles on a machine for filling capsules with at least one pharmaceutical product, the device comprising:
- a first wheel having at least one first seat for an article;
- a loading station;
- and
- an unloading station, the first wheel being mounted to rotate continuously about a respective longitudinal first axis to receive the article at the loading station and to release the article at the unloading station, the first seat being designed to retain the article by friction, the first wheel being bounded by a lateral surface substantially coaxial with said first axis, the first seat being open radially outwards, and comprising, as of the lateral surface, an outer portion opening outwards at the lateral surface and bounded by two substantially flat, parallel faces, and an inner portion bounded by a substantially semicylindrical wall connected to the faces of the outer portion.
A device for conveying articles on a machine for filling capsules with at least one pharmaceutical product, the device comprising:
- a first wheel having at least one first seat for an article;
- a loading station;
- and
- an unloading station, the first wheel being mounted to rotate continuously about a respective longitudinal first axis to receive the article at the loading station and to release the article at the unloading station, the first seat being designed to retain the article by friction, the first seat being tangentially narrower than a diameter of the article.
A method of conveying articles on a machine for filling capsules with at least one pharmaceutical product, the machine including a first wheel having at least one first seat for an article, the method comprising:
- moving the first wheel continuously about a respective longitudinal first axis;
- receiving the article at a loading station;
- releasing the article at an unloading station;
- and
- retaining the article inside the first seat by friction as the wheel rotates from the loading station to the unloading station, the first seat being tangentially narrower than a diameter of the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.