Apparatus for selecting and supplying capsules or like round articles of deformable material to the feed hopper of machines for handling these articles
US4537300A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 15, 1983 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/1485
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The apparatus comprises a support base for a hopper designed to receive articles, a drum supported in a rotatable manner about a horizontal axis by the base, the interior of this drum communicating with the hopper, and an elevator having conveyor elements or pockets disposed tangentially to the rotary drum and provided at its top with a chute for discharge into the feed hopper of a device for handling these articles. The shell of this drum is provided with perforations in the manner of a sieve with countersink holes having their smallest diameter towards the exterior of the hollow drum slightly greater than the maximum diameter of the integral articles. Chute collection means for the articles selected via the countersink holes with a discharge in the vicinity of the conveyor elements or pockets of the tangential elevator are provided peripherally below the drum. The drum and the elevator are actuated with a continuous movement in the same direction.
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