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US 7,726,102 B2Granted
Method and machine for filling capsules or similar with at least one product, in particular a pharmaceutical product in granules
AssigneeMG 2 - S.r.l.
InventorErnesto Gamberini
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Abstract
A method and machine for filling capsules with at least one product, whereby the bottom shell of each capsule is fed along a given path in time with a relative metering device having a metering chamber for transferring a given quantity of product from a tank into the bottom shell; the metering chamber having a weighing device for weighing the product contained in the metering chamber.
Claims17
A machine for filling capsules with at least one product;
- each capsule comprising a bottom shell (2), and a top shell closing the bottom shell (2);
- the machine comprising conveying means (10) for feeding each bottom shell (2) continuously along a given path (P);
- at least one tank (13, 14) containing the product;
- at least one metering wheel (3) mounted to rotate continuously about a substantially vertical longitudinal axis (4);
- and a number of metering devices (16) movable with the metering wheel (3) along a portion of the path (P), in time with relative bottom shells (2), to feed the product into the relative bottom shells (2);
- each metering device (16) comprising a metering chamber (27) for receiving a given quantity of product from the tank (13, 14), and feed means (29) for transferring the product from the metering chamber (27) into the relative bottom shell (2);
- and the machine being characterized in that each metering chamber (27) comprises a respective weighing device (22) for weighing the product contained in the metering chamber (27).
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A method of filling capsules with at least one product;
- each capsule comprising a bottom shell (2), and a top shell closing the bottom shell (2);
- the method comprising the steps of:
- feeding the bottom shells (2) continuously along a given path (P);
- feeding a number of metering devices (16) of at least one metering wheel (3) along a portion of the path (P) in time with relative bottom shells (2);
- transferring a given quantity of product from at least one tank (13, 14) into a metering chamber (27) of each metering device (16);
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- transferring the product from each metering chamber (27) into the relative bottom shell (2);
- and being characterized by also comprising the step of:
- weighing the product in each metering chamber (27) inside the metering chamber (27) itself.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.