Capsule filling apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4731979
SERIAL NO

06833075

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A capsule filling machine comprising a turntable supported for intermittent rotation about a vertical shaft. The turntable when at one work station receives in top-capped posture empty capsules each comprising an empty cup body having a cap body mounted thereon in telescopic fashion. The turntable is passed during one complete rotation through a plurality of work stations, at which the separation of the cap body from the cup body, the filling of a material into the cup body, the mounting of the cap body on the filled cup body to provide a filled capsule, and the ejection of the filled capsule are successively and sequentially performed. The empty capsule and the cap body, separated from the associated cup body, are conveyed along a horizontal circumferential path whereas the cup body in a region of separation is conveyed along a modified path including a side way extending outwardly and downwardly with respect to the horizontal circumferential path.

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NIPPON ELANCO KABUSHIKI KAISHAOSAKA-SHI OSAKA 530

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Konishi, Hirokazu Sakurai, JP 38 547
Yamamoto, Taizo Osaka, JP 74 906

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