Capsule-weighing device, capsule-filling machine, and method for weighing a capsule

US9995618B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Walter Boehringer · Winnenden, DE
• Jens Schlipf · Freiberg, DE
• Martin Vogt · Heilbronn, DE
• Thomas Franck · Lorch, DE
• Werner Runft · Winnenden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61J2200/74
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a capsule-weighing device (1) comprising a capsule holder (2) for receiving at least one capsule lower part (4), preferably for medical preparations, a weighing unit (5) that can be positioned independently of the capsule holder (2) and that has at least one first electrode (8) for weighing the capsule lower part (4) in the capsule holder (2), a transport device (3) for moving the capsule holder (2), independently of the weighing unit (5), to different stations (S1-S12), and at least one second electrode (9), wherein an outer wall (7) of the at least one capsule lower part (4) is exposed in the capsule holder (2), or is only thinly enclosed by the capsule holder (2), such that, by means of an electric field between the first and second electrodes (8, 9), the capsule lower part (4) can be weighed without moving the capsule lower part (4) in the capsule holder (2).