Patent · US Expired

Device for filling powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like

US6050308A · kind A · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Reiner Wurst · Auenwald, DE
Eberhard Krieger · Waiblingen, DE
Manfred Kuhnle · Schwaikheim, DE
Werner Runft · Winnenden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 1998
Grant date	Apr 18, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F11/24
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for filling powder into hard gelatine capsules or the like has an incrementally rotated metering disk. A spacer disk is disposed underneath the metering disk and is coupled to the metering disk. In order to change the volumes of the compressed charges comprised of powder, sleeves are inserted in the bottom of the metering disk, which dip into second bores of the spacer disk, and to embody the distance a between the underside of the metering disk and the spacer disk so that the distance a can be changed by means of an adjusting screw. The device according to the disclosure is relatively simple in design and prevents non-homogeneities in the powder.

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