Method and machine for filling capsules or similar with at least two products, in particular pharmaceutical products in granules
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- MG2
- Publication Date
- 2012-08-02
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a machine for filling capsules or similar with at least two products.
[0002] More specifically, the present invention relates to a machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products in granules, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] In the pharmaceutical industry, a machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products in granules is known comprising a conveying device moving continuously along a given path and having a number of pockets, each for receiving a respective bottom shell of a capsule; two tanks of respective products; and a metering wheel mounted to rotate continuously about a substantially vertical longitudinal axis.
[0004] The metering wheel has a number of metering devices, each of which is moved by the metering wheel along a portion of the bottom shell path, in time with, and so as to transfer a given quantity of each product into, a respective bottom shell.[00...