Device for introducing filling material into capsules

US9549876B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Runft · Winnenden, DE
• Jens Schlipf · Freiberg, DE
• Walter Boehringer · Winnenden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2017
• Expiry date: May 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61J3/074
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for introducing filling material (21) into capsules (22), comprising a filling device (25) for feeding filling material (21) to the capsules (22), a capsule holder (30) with at least one row of seats (31) in which the capsules (22) that are to be filled are arranged, a station arrangement with several stations arranged one after another, wherein the station arrangement comprises at least one filling station (5) and a synchronously operating drive, and a movement device which, at the capsule-filling station (5), executes a relative movement between the filling device (25) and the capsule holder (30), wherein the filling device (25) adopts, relative to the capsule holder (30), at least a first filling position for filling a first capsule and a second filling position for filling a second capsule.