Rotary tablet press

US5116214A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Korsch Maschinenfabrik · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Korsch · Berlin, DE
• Michael Schmett · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 1991
• Grant date: May 26, 1992
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B30B11/08
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary press for pressing tablets or other cylindrically shaped bodies is provided including a rotor with a die table, an upper section and a lower section. The upper section includes an upper rotatable bushing which supports an upper stamp slidably and non-rotatably. The lower section includes a lower rotatable bushing. The lower rotatable bushing supports a lower stamp slidably and non-rotatably. The upper and lower section each include stationary serrated sections which engage serrated sections provided on the rotatable bushings.