Dosing station for a capsule filling machine

US10449119B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fette Engineering GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jan Fabian Scheffler · Hamburg, DE
• Daniel Malick · Bad Segeberg, DE
• Afsaneh Nakhavoli · Hamburg, DE
• Christian Pehlke · Geesthacht, DE
• Jan-Eric Kruse · Meerbusch, DE
• Thomas Heinrich · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B63/022
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dosing station for a capsule filling machine comprises a dosing unit in which capsule lower parts are filled with a filling material via a filling apparatus and a drive unit with at least one drive that drives at least one component of the dosing unit. The drive unit is arranged beneath a supporting plate, and detachable fastening and coupling means detachably fastens the dosing unit on the supporting plate. Where the dosing unit is detachably fastened on the supporting plate, the at least one drive is coupled to the at least one component. In the detached state of the dosing unit from the supporting plate, the coupling of the at least one drive to the at least one component is canceled. In this way, the dosing unit can be removed as a module from the dosing station.