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Device and method for weighing filled capsules

US10502612B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Kiehn · Allmersbach im Tal, DE
Thomas Puppich · Allmersbach im Tal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB07C2501/0081
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device and a method are for weighing capsules having a filling. The device has a weighing unit having a receptacle, a transporter for transporting individual capsules to the weighing unit in a direction of movement, and a stopping device. The receiving section of the receptacle is configured as a friction support and is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction. Upon reaching the weighing unit, the capsule is stopped from moving in the movement direction via the stopping device and is deposited in the receiving section in an inclined manner such that a front end, with regard to the movement direction, of the capsule is located lower down than a rear end of the capsule, and such that the capsule comes to rest on the receptacle in this position and with regard to the direction of movement solely because of static friction. The capsule is then weighed.

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