Tablet testing appliance
US6257079A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/15
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An appliance for testing oblong tablets or tablests with a similar form and more especially for weighing, measuring and fracture testing of such tablets in suitable testing stations, the appliance including a feeder for feeding individual oblong tablets to a weighing device having a weighing pan with a floor in the form of a trough inclined in the conveying direction, and being provided with a conveyor underneath the weighing pan on which conveyor the tablets are deposited with their longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal direction of the trough and which conveys the tablets with such alignment through the further testing stations, and in which between the point at which the oblong tablets are transferred to the conveyor and the testing stations, a toppling device is arranged, which topples over any oblong tablets standing on their edges so that the tablets fall onto their round sides.
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