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Device for checking pharmaceutical products, in particular hard gelatin capsules

US9042515B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Werner Runft · Winnenden, DE
Iulian Maga · Ludwigsburg, DE
Jens Schlipf · Freiberg, DE
Martin Vogt · Heilbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 1, 2012
Grant date	May 26, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 1, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2223/652
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (10; 10a;10b; 10c; 50) for checking pharmaceutical products (1), in particular hard gelatin capsules, by means of at least one radiation source (30; 60) preferably embodied as an X-ray source, and a conveying device which conveys the products (1) in a clocked manner in a radiation area (31) of the radiation source (30; 60). The radiation emitted by the radiation source (30; 60) penetrating the products (1) preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal axes thereof (2), and the radiation is captured on the side of the products (1) opposite the radiation source (30) by means of at least one sensor element (35) which is coupled to an evaluation device (36). The invention is characterized in that the conveyor device is embodied as a conveyor wheel (15; 15a; 51) which can rotate in a stepped manner about an axis (12; 52), and the products (1) are arranged, while being conveyed in the radiation area (31), in receiving areas (28; 37; 56) of the conveyor wheel (15; 5a; 51).

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