Automatic machine for packaging tablets in gelatine capsules
First Claim
1. A machine for packaging tablets in gelatine capsules comprising:
- groups of bushes, each said bush being capable of containing, superposed and in mutual axial alignment, a base cover orientated with a mouth thereof upwards, an oblong tablet, and a lid cover orientated with a mouth thereof downwards;
a moving means for positioning said groups of bushes in stepped movements at successive work stations, said groups of bushes being located on said moving means with a mutual equidistance therebetween;
a processor which controls a cyclic operation of said moving means and of said successive work stations; and
said successive work stations comprising;
(a) a first insertion station includinga first feeding magazine where a plurality of the base covers are located in bulk, anda first insertion means for taking base covers from said first feeding magazine and for inserting a respective base cover with the mouth thereof upwards in each respective said bush located in said first insertion station;
(b) a second insertion station includinga second feeding magazine in which a plurality of the tablets are located in bulk, anda second insertion means for taking tablets from said second feeding magazine and for inserting a respective tablet above each respective base cover in each respective said bush located in said second insertion station;
(c) a third insertion station includinga third feeding magazine where a plurality of the lid covers are located in bulk, anda third insertion means for taking lid covers from said third feeding magazine and for inserting a respective lid cover with the mouth thereof downwards in each respective said bush located in said third insertion station;
(d) a checking station which checks a correct or an incorrect presence in each of said bushes of said group of an assembly of the base cover, the tablet and the lid cover, and which sends an incorrect presence signal to said processor for each incorrect presence sensed;
(e) a compression station which subjects said assembly of the base cover, the tablet and the lid cover to an axial compression which causes the tablet to enter into the base and lid covers and to become enclosed thereby;
(f) an ejection station which ejects the compressed assembly from each said bush, said ejection station including a separating means for separating any compressed assembly from a respective said bush of said group which was signaled to said processor as being incorrect from a remainder of the compressed assemblies which are considered correctly compressed assemblies; and
(g) a cleaning station which cleans said bushes of said group prior to introduction to said first feeding station in a new work cycle.
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Abstract
The machine includes groups of bushes (1) of dimensions suitable for the superposed and aligned containment of a base cover (14), of a tablet (52) and of a lid cover (14). By use of a moving device, the groups of bushes are brought into interaction in succession with (a) a station (5) which feeds into the bushes a base cover orientated with the mouth upwards, (b) a station (6) which feeds into the bushes, above the base cover, a tablet (52), (c) a station (7) which feeds into the bushes the lid cover orientated with the mouth downwards, (d) a station (8) which checks the correct presence or otherwise in the bushes of the base and lid covers with the interposed tablet and which signals any anomalies to the processor which controls the machine, (e) a station (9) which subjects the assembly of the base and lid covers and the interposed table to axial compression which is capable of making the tablet enter into the covers and become enclosed by these components, (f) a station (10) for ejecting the packaged tablets from the bushes, which sorts the defective product from that which is correctly packaged, and (g) a station (11) for cleaning the bushes.
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1. A machine for packaging tablets in gelatine capsules comprising:
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groups of bushes, each said bush being capable of containing, superposed and in mutual axial alignment, a base cover orientated with a mouth thereof upwards, an oblong tablet, and a lid cover orientated with a mouth thereof downwards; a moving means for positioning said groups of bushes in stepped movements at successive work stations, said groups of bushes being located on said moving means with a mutual equidistance therebetween; a processor which controls a cyclic operation of said moving means and of said successive work stations; and said successive work stations comprising; (a) a first insertion station including a first feeding magazine where a plurality of the base covers are located in bulk, and a first insertion means for taking base covers from said first feeding magazine and for inserting a respective base cover with the mouth thereof upwards in each respective said bush located in said first insertion station; (b) a second insertion station including a second feeding magazine in which a plurality of the tablets are located in bulk, and a second insertion means for taking tablets from said second feeding magazine and for inserting a respective tablet above each respective base cover in each respective said bush located in said second insertion station; (c) a third insertion station including a third feeding magazine where a plurality of the lid covers are located in bulk, and a third insertion means for taking lid covers from said third feeding magazine and for inserting a respective lid cover with the mouth thereof downwards in each respective said bush located in said third insertion station; (d) a checking station which checks a correct or an incorrect presence in each of said bushes of said group of an assembly of the base cover, the tablet and the lid cover, and which sends an incorrect presence signal to said processor for each incorrect presence sensed; (e) a compression station which subjects said assembly of the base cover, the tablet and the lid cover to an axial compression which causes the tablet to enter into the base and lid covers and to become enclosed thereby; (f) an ejection station which ejects the compressed assembly from each said bush, said ejection station including a separating means for separating any compressed assembly from a respective said bush of said group which was signaled to said processor as being incorrect from a remainder of the compressed assemblies which are considered correctly compressed assemblies; and (g) a cleaning station which cleans said bushes of said group prior to introduction to said first feeding station in a new work cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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