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Capsule orienting device, particularly for capsule-filling or processing machines

US4427131A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 6, 1979
Grant dateJan 24, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 6, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61J3/074
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a capsule orienting device particularly for capsule-filling machines. The capsule orienting device comprises a bush delimiting inside thereof a calibrated path for the capsules to be loaded with product. The path communicates with a longitudinal slit in the bush. The bush also has an upper and a lower cross slot intersecting the path and the slit, and is designed to slidably and sequentially engage, in use, with a first abutting member and a second abutting member so as to cause a capsule in the path to rotate upwards or downwards depending on the arrangement of the capsule in the path, thereby orienting the capsule.

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