Improved capsule filling machine

Abstract

Capsule filling machine comprising a bearing structure (1) a unit (2) for filling and orienting the capsules to be treated, and a unit (3) for opening the capsules and closing them when they have been filled. The unit (3) for opening the capsules and closing them when they have been filled is associated with the bearing structure (1) and positioned below the unit (2) for filling and orienting the capsules. The unit (2) for filling and orienting the capsules is anchored to the structure (1) by means of a constraint with several degrees of freedom.

Description

SPECIFICATION [0001] The present invention concerns an improved capsule filling machine. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] It is known that manual capsule filling machines are used in chemist's shops and in small pharmaceutical laboratories for the preparation, that is the filling, of relatively small quantities of medicinal capsules. [0003] Generally, a manual capsule filling machine presents a structure with a series of overlapping horizontal grills. Together these form an orienting system, suited to allow vertical positioning of the capsules, so that the head of each capsule is facing upward, while the body is below the head. Associated with this structure is a second system of perforated plates, with a central guillotine, for the temporary blocking of the bodies of the vertically placed capsules in a corresponding plurality of housings below, for separating the heads from the bodies in order to allow them to be filled with the chosen substance and for the subsequent closing of ...

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Benefits of technology

[0005] The main aim of the present invention is to propose an improved capsule filling machine, which allows the elimination of the above-mentioned inconveniences and the obtaining of better operative results.

[0007] Thanks to the present invention, all the phases involved in the preparation of the capsules, that is their filling with the chosen substance, are highly simplified, as the dismantling of the grill for orienting the capsules is avoided. Besides this there is the fact that the closing of the filled capsules is improved and it is possible to ensure a more precise vertical positioning of the capsules to be filled. Moreover, a capsule filling machine according to the invention is relatively simple to make, inexpensive and reliable even after a prolonged period of use.

Problems solved by technology

An inconvenient aspect linked with the use of conventional manual capsule filling machines lies in the necessity to detach the capsule orienting grills from the base structure when the bodies have to be filled and to reposition said grills once filling has been completed.

This manoeuvre is rather laborious, as well as rather difficult if the operator does not possess sufficient experience, and it requires a certain degree of attention from the operator, especially in the phases Of detaching and repositioning the orienting grills.

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