Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080256906 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR FILLING CAPSULES OR SIMILAR WITH AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT IN GRANULES - 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. | 10-23-2008 |
20100078093 | APPARATUS FOR DOSING POWDERY OR GRANULATED MATERIALS IN CAPSULES OR THE LIKE - Apparatus for dosing powdery or granulated materials in capsules, or the like. The apparatus comprises an engine associated with a transducer controlling chuting means. The engine imparts to the chuting means movements which are proportional to an electric signal controlled by an electronic control unit. The movements of the chuting means, together with the regulation of the spatial position assumed by the chuting means, are such to accurately dose the powdery or granulated material in the bases of the capsules. | 04-01-2010 |
20100281824 | MACHINE FOR FILLING CAPSULES WITH PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - In a machine for filling capsules, each of which defined by a bottom and a cap, with pharmaceutical products, the bottoms and the caps of the capsules are moved forward in sequence about a plurality of wheels provided with at least two actuating members movable under the control of respective tappets engaged in respective cams to open and close the capsules themselves, respectively; the cams being obtained on the outer surface of a drum mounted to rotate about a rotation axis parallel to the rotation axes of the wheels. | 11-11-2010 |
20100299904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCREWING PISTONS OF SYRINGES - A method and apparatus for screwing pistons of syringes, each defined by a corresponding cylinder fluid-tightly sealed by a plug made of elastomeric material and a corresponding piston screwed into the plug itself, according to which each cylinder and corresponding piston are coaxially fed along a given path, and are respectively turned to screw the piston into the corresponding plug; the screwing of each piston into the corresponding plug being controlled by measuring either the value of a screwing torque or of a magnitude according to the screwing torque itself. | 12-02-2010 |
20110146839 | INTERMITTENT ROTATING MACHINE FOR FILLING CAPSULES WITH PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - In an intermittent rotating machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products, each capsule is opened in a respective pocket of a conveying wheel, is filled with a pharmaceutical product, is closed and is finally released from the pocket itself; a supporting block fitted above the conveying wheel defining an upper stopping device for stopping the capsules during the closing thereof, and further defining an upper diverting device for moving the capsules outside the conveying wheel, and supporting a sucking pneumatic device for cleaning the pockets. | 06-23-2011 |
20110146840 | INTERMITTENT ROTATING MACHINE FOR FILLING CAPSULES WITH PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - An intermittent rotating machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products is provided with a conveying wheel having a plurality of pockets adapted to each receive and keep a respective capsule, and a hopper delimited by a bottom wall provided with a plurality of holes, each of which is obtained through the bottom wall to feed a powdery pharmaceutical product contained in the hopper within a respective capsule, and is closed at the bottom by a respective closing member vertically mobile between an opening position and a closing position of the hole. | 06-23-2011 |
20110146841 | INTERMITTENT ROTATING MACHINE FOR FILLING CAPSULES WITH PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - An intermittent rotating machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products is provided with a conveying wheel having a plurality of pockets each defined by an upper seat adapted to receive and keep a cap of a relative capsule and by a lower seat placed beneath the upper seat to receive and keep a bottom of the capsule itself; each upper seat being radially mobile between an advanced position, wherein the upper seat is vertically aligned with the relative lower seat, and a retracted position, wherein the upper seat and the relative lower seat are vertically mutually offset. | 06-23-2011 |
20110146843 | INTERMITTENT ROTATING MACHINE FOR FILLING CAPSULES WITH PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - An intermittent rotating machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products is provided with a conveying wheel having a group of pockets distributed according to at least two mutually parallel rows and a feeding device for feeding a capsule into each pocket; the feeding device having a hopper for containing the capsules, at least two rows of extraction channels of the capsules from the hopper, and a plurality of orienting channels adapted to transfer each capsule from the respective extraction channel to the relative pocket and each provided with at least two respective inlet portions, which are aligned to two extraction channels of two different rows, and are limited by respective bottom walls mutually parallel and distinct. | 06-23-2011 |
20120186193 | FEEDING ASSEMBLY FOR METERING TABLETS INTO CAPSULES - A feeding assembly for metering tablets into capsules is provided, wherein a given number of tablets are first loaded into relative metering holes in a dispenser plate mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis tilted with respect to a vertical direction, and are then unloaded into the bottom shell of a capsule from a feed channel formed through a vibrating feed disk mounted to rotate about a substantially vertical longitudinal axis. | 07-26-2012 |
20120192528 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR FILLING CAPSULES OR SIMILAR WITH AT LEAST TWO PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS IN GRANULES - The bottom shell of a capsule is filled with at least two products, contained in respective tanks, by means of a metering device, which has a metering chamber for receiving a given quantity of product from each tank; and a transfer chamber, which receives and transfers the product from the metering chamber to the bottom shell, and has a weighing device for weighing the product inside the transfer chamber. | 08-02-2012 |
20120304594 | Machine for filling bottles with solid forms of pharmaceutical products, in particular capsules, pills, pastilles, and/or tablets - A machine for filling bottles with solid forms of pharmaceutical products is provided with a plurality of discharge ducts, each of which feeds a plurality of the solid forms from a containing tank into a corresponding bottle and cooperates with a deviating device, which is movable between a first operating position, in which the deviating device is arranged so as to allow the solid forms to be fed along the discharge duct and into the bottle, and a second operating position, in which the deviating device is arranged so as to prevent the solid forms from being fed along the discharge duct and into the bottle. | 12-06-2012 |
20120305133 | Machine for filling bottles with solid forms of pharmaceutical products, in particular capsules, pills, pastilles, and/or tablets - A machine for filling bottles with solid forms of pharmaceutical products is provided with a conveying device for continuously moving forward a sequence of bottles along a given path, and a vibrating distribution plate, which is mounted along the path itself so as to continuously rotate around its own longitudinal axis, and has a plurality of feeding channels, each of which is wound in a helix around and along said longitudinal axis, and is moved forward in phase with a corresponding bottle to feed a given number of solid forms in the bottle itself. | 12-06-2012 |
20140311104 | CONTINUOUS ROTARY MACHINE FOR FILLING CAPSULES WITH PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - A continuous rotary machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products is provided with at least one dosing wheel having a plurality of pockets each defined by a respective upper seat, which is suited to receive and hold a closing cap of a capsule and by a respective lower seat, which is suited to receive and hold a bottom of the capsule, and is provided with a measuring device to measure the weight of the bottom or of the bottom and of the pharmaceutical product contained in the lower seat itself; the upper seat being radially mobile between a forward position, in which the lower and the upper seats are vertically aligned with each other, and a retracted position, in which the lower and the upper seats are vertically staggered with respect to each other. | 10-23-2014 |
20150034397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEIGHING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT CAPSULES - A method and apparatus for weighing pharmaceutical product capsules, whereby a capsule containing a pharmaceutical product is fed into a pocket to allow a measuring device to determine the weight of the pharmaceutical product and of a first portion of the capsule containing the pharmaceutical product; the pocket, and therefore the capsule, then being inverted to move the pharmaceutical product out of the first portion and into a second portion of the capsule, to allow the measuring device to determine the weight of the first portion only of the capsule. | 02-05-2015 |