EP0573786B1 - Device for feeding ball-like bodies into a container - Google Patents

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EP0573786B1
EP0573786B1 EP93107400A EP93107400A EP0573786B1 EP 0573786 B1 EP0573786 B1 EP 0573786B1 EP 93107400 A EP93107400 A EP 93107400A EP 93107400 A EP93107400 A EP 93107400A EP 0573786 B1 EP0573786 B1 EP 0573786B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B3/003—Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like
    • B65B3/006—Related operations, e.g. scoring ampoules
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the invention is based on a device for the cyclical feeding of a certain number of spherical bodies into a container according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a device for the cyclical feeding of a certain number of spherical bodies into a container according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • one or more balls slide in one position of a slide from the supply channel a measuring chamber in the slide and falls / falls in the other position of the slide through the guide channel into the container aligned with it.
  • a sensor of a monitoring device assigned to the feed channel detects the passage of one or more balls at each cycle. In this device, it always happens that balls that have been registered by the monitoring device do not get into the container, be it that they get stuck in the guide channel during one cycle and into the open or into the next container at the next cycle fall, or that clogging of the guide channel occurs due to irregularities in the balls.
  • the feed device according to the invention with the characterizing features of claim 1 has the advantage that the ball or balls registered by the monitoring device get into the containers with certainty by a forced guidance from the supply channel to the opening of the container, so that the active substances deposited there by shaking the ampoule be evenly distributed in the liquid so that the injection contains the prescribed amount of active ingredients. Furthermore, the device has a simple and clear structure. Their cyclical rotary drive is easy to carry out.
  • FIG. 1 shows a ball feed device in side view, partly in section
  • FIG. 2 shows the feed device according to FIG. 1 in cross section in the plane II-II of FIG. 1.
  • containers to be filled with a pharmaceutical injection liquid for example ampoules 1, which have a cylindrical body 2 with an upper opening 3 and an end closed with a stopper 4, are gradually fed upright to the individual processing stations with a pocket wheel 11.
  • a processing station which is located upstream of the filling station, is assigned a device for feeding one or more balls 5 into the ampoule 1.
  • the ball feed device has a supply channel 12 into which the balls 5 to be metered are continuously input.
  • the supply channel 12 consists of a tube 13 made of a preferably transparent material with a longitudinal bore 14, the width of which is slightly larger than the diameter of the balls 5, so that there the balls 5 are stacked one above the other in a row.
  • a ball metering device 20 is arranged between the lower end 15 of the tube 13 and the plane of the filling opening of an ampoule 1 provided.
  • This has a stationary block 21 with a vertical groove 22 which forms a guideway, the upper end of which is in register with the outlet end 15 of the tube 13 and the lower end of which is the opening 3 of a provided ampoule 1.
  • the groove 22 has a cross section that receives only a part of a guided ball 5.
  • the cross section of the groove 22 can be adapted to the radius of the balls 5, but it can also have a rectangular or triangular shape, so that the balls 5 are guided on its edge edges.
  • the groove 22 of the block 21 is assigned a cylindrical screw conveyor 24 which has a height equal to the length of the groove 22 and is rotatably mounted about an axis parallel to the longitudinal extent of the groove 22, so that the opening of the groove 22 from the jacket of the cylinder 25 Screw conveyor 24 is covered at a certain distance.
  • the edge area of the upper end face 26 of the cylinder 25 also temporarily decreases the lower opening of the longitudinal bore 14 of the tube 13, the lowermost ball being retained in the tube 13.
  • the screw conveyor 24 has a corresponding number of screw flights 27, 28, 29 in the circumference of the cylinder 25, for example three as shown in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the screw flights 27, 28, 29 have the shape of a groove, the cross section of which also receives only part of a ball 5.
  • the screw flights have a rounded cross section.
  • the pitch of the screw flights 27, 28, 29 is selected so that they preferably have two rotations in the circumference of the cylinder 25.
  • the screw conveyor 24 is driven via a single-speed clutch, not shown, which is known and which is connected to the drive of the packaging machine.
  • the described ball feeder works as follows: When the pocket wheel 10 has provided an ampoule 1 under the ball metering device 20 (FIG. 1), the single-speed clutch is switched on, so that the screw conveyor 24 executes a full rotation via the clutch. When the upper ends of the screw flights 27, 28, 29 pass below the outlet end 15 of the longitudinal bore 14 of the supply channel 12, a ball 5 slides out of the longitudinal bore 14 into the guide channel, which is guided by the groove 22 in the block 21 and the screw flights 27, 28, 29 is formed. The balls 5 are guided in a form-fitting manner in this guide channel, specifically in the vertical direction from the groove 22 in the block 21 and in the vertical position by the screw flights 27, 28, 29, the balls 5 being inevitably guided downward as the screw conveyor 24 rotates .
  • a sensor 30 of a monitoring device is assigned to the guide channel.
  • the preferably opto-electrically acting sensor 30 is arranged in the block 21 and aligned with the groove 22 through an opening 32.
  • the sensor 30 sends a signal to the monitoring device. If one or more of the predetermined number of signals are missing during a work cycle, the provided ampoule 1 is removed from the pocket wheel 10 at a suitable location. If several signals are missing during a certain filling period, the machine is switched off.
  • the feed device described is designed for metering and depositing three balls each, for which purpose the screw conveyor 24 has three screw flights 27, 28, 29. If a different number of balls is to be measured, a screw conveyor is used which has a number corresponding to the number of screw flights required. Alternatively, to meter a smaller number of balls than the number of screw flights, the inlet of one or more screw flights can be closed.

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Die Erfindung geht aus von einer Vorrichtung zum taktweisen Zuführen jeweils einer bestimmten Anzahl kugelförmiger Körper in einen Behälter nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1. Bei einer bekannten Vorrichtung dieser Art rutscht/rutschen in der einen Stellung eines Schiebers jeweils eine oder mehrere Kugeln aus dem Vorratskanal in eine Meßkammer im Schieber und fällt/fallen in der anderen Stellung des Schieber durch den Führungskanal in den dazu ausgerichteten Behälter. Ein dem Zuführungskanal zugeordneter Sensor einer Überwachungseinrichtung erfaßt bei jedem Takt das Passieren einer oder mehrerer Kugeln. Bei dieser Vorrichtung kommt es immer wieder vor, daß Kugeln, die von der Überwachungseinrichtung zwar registriert worden sind, nicht in den Behälter gelangen, sei es, daß sie während eines Taktes im Führungskanal stecken bleiben und beim nächsten Takt ins Freie oder in den nächsten Behälter fallen, oder daß durch Unregelmäßigkeiten der Kugeln ein Verstopfen des Führungskanals auftritt.The invention is based on a device for the cyclical feeding of a certain number of spherical bodies into a container according to the preamble of claim 1. In a known device of this type, one or more balls slide in one position of a slide from the supply channel a measuring chamber in the slide and falls / falls in the other position of the slide through the guide channel into the container aligned with it. A sensor of a monitoring device assigned to the feed channel detects the passage of one or more balls at each cycle. In this device, it always happens that balls that have been registered by the monitoring device do not get into the container, be it that they get stuck in the guide channel during one cycle and into the open or into the next container at the next cycle fall, or that clogging of the guide channel occurs due to irregularities in the balls.

Das Vorhandensein einer Kugel oder einer bestimmten Anzahl von Kugeln aus Glas oder Stahl in einer pharmazeutischen Spritzampulle ist aber sehr wesentlich zum Verteilen abgelagerter Wirkstoffe durch Schütteln vor dem Gebrauch. Es ist daher eine Zuführvorrichtung an einer Abfüllmaschine erstrebenswert, mit der sichergestellt ist, daß bei jedem Arbeitstakt jeweils die erforderliche Anzahl von Kugeln in einem Behälter abgelegt wird.However, the presence of a sphere or a certain number of spheres made of glass or steel in a pharmaceutical spray ampoule is very important for distributing deposited active ingredients by shaking them before use. It is therefore desirable to have a feed device on a filling machine which ensures that the required number of balls is placed in a container with each work cycle.

Vorteile der ErfindungAdvantages of the invention

Die erfindungsgemäße Zuführvorrichtung mit den kennzeichnenden Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 hat den Vorteil, daß durch eine Zwangsführung vom Vorratskanal bis zur Öffnung des Behälters die von der Überwachungseinrichtung registrierte Kugel oder Kugeln mit Sicherheit in den Behältern gelangen, so daß durch Schütteln der Ampulle die dort abgelagerten Wirkstoffe in der Flüssigkeit gleichmäßig verteilt werden, so daß die Injektion die vorgeschriebene Menge an Wirkstoffen enthält. Ferner hat die Vorrichtung einen einfachen und übersichtlichen Aufbau. Ihr taktweiser Drehantrieb ist einfach durchführbar.The feed device according to the invention with the characterizing features of claim 1 has the advantage that the ball or balls registered by the monitoring device get into the containers with certainty by a forced guidance from the supply channel to the opening of the container, so that the active substances deposited there by shaking the ampoule be evenly distributed in the liquid so that the injection contains the prescribed amount of active ingredients. Furthermore, the device has a simple and clear structure. Their cyclical rotary drive is easy to carry out.

Durch die in den Unteransprüchen aufgeführten Maßnahmen sind vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der im Anspruch 1 angegebenen Zuführvorrichtung möglich.The measures listed in the subclaims enable advantageous developments of the feed device specified in claim 1.

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Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist in der Zeichnung dargestellt und wird im folgenden näher beschrieben. Es zeigen Figur 1 eine Kugelzuführvorrichtung in Seitenansicht teilweise im Schnitt und Figur 2 die Zuführvorrichtung nach Figur 1 im Querschnitt in der Ebene II-II der Figur 1.An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing and will be described in more detail below. 1 shows a ball feed device in side view, partly in section, and FIG. 2 shows the feed device according to FIG. 1 in cross section in the plane II-II of FIG. 1.

Beschreibung des AusführungsbeispielsDescription of the embodiment

In einer Verpackungsmaschine werden mit einer pharmazeutischen Injektionsflüssigkeit zu füllende Behälter, beispielsweise Ampullen 1, die einen zylindrischen Körper 2 mit einer oberen Öffnung 3 und ein mit einem Stopfen 4 verschlossenes Ende haben, mit einem Taschenrad 11 schrittweise den einzelnen Bearbeitungsstationen aufrecht zugeführt. Einer solchen Bearbeitungsstation, die der Füllstation vorgelagert ist, ist eine Vorrichtung zum Zuführen jeweils einer oder mehreren Kugeln 5 in die Ampulle 1 zugeordnet.In a packaging machine, containers to be filled with a pharmaceutical injection liquid, for example ampoules 1, which have a cylindrical body 2 with an upper opening 3 and an end closed with a stopper 4, are gradually fed upright to the individual processing stations with a pocket wheel 11. Such a processing station, which is located upstream of the filling station, is assigned a device for feeding one or more balls 5 into the ampoule 1.

Die Kugel-Zuführvorrichtung hat einen Vorratskanal 12, in den die zu dosierenden Kugeln 5 laufend eingegeben werden. Der Vorratskanal 12 besteht aus einem Rohr 13 aus einem vorzugsweise durchsichtigen Werkstoff mit einer Längsbohrung 14, deren Weite etwas größer als der Durchmesser der Kugeln 5 ist, so daß dort die Kugeln 5 in einer Reihe einzeln übereinanderliegend gestapelt werden. Zwischen dem unteren Ende 15 des Rohrs 13 und der Ebene der Einfüllöffnung einer bereitgestellten Ampulle 1 ist eine Kugel-Dosiereinrichtung 20 angeordnet. Diese weist einen stationären Block 21 mit einer senkrechten Nut 22 auf, die eine Führungsbahn bildet, deren oberes Ende in Deckung mit dem Auslaß-Ende 15 des Rohrs 13 und deren unteres Ende mit der Öffnung 3 einer bereitgestellten Ampulle 1 ist. Die Nut 22 hat einen Querschnitt, der nur einen Teil einer geführten Kugel 5 aufnimmt. Der Querschnitt der Nut 22 kann dem Radius der Kugeln 5 angepaßt sein, er kann aber auch eine Rechteck- oder Dreieckform aufweisen, so daß die Kugeln 5 an seinen Randkanten geführt werden. Der Nut 22 des Blocks 21 ist eine zylindrische Förderschnecke 24 zugeordnet, die eine der Länge der Nut 22 gleiche Höhe hat und um eine der Längserstreckung der Nut 22 parallele Achse drehbar gelagert ist, so daß die Öffnung der Nut 22 vom Mantel des Zylinders 25 der Förderschnecke 24 in einem bestimmten Abstand abgedeckt ist. In dieser Zuordnung deckt der Randbereich der oberen Stirnseite 26 des Zylinders 25 auch die untere Öffnung der Längsbohrung 14 des Rohrs 13 zeitweise ab, wobei die unterste Kugel im Rohr 13 zurückgehalten wird. Je nach der Anzahl der in eine Ampulle 1 zu dosierenden Kugeln 5 hat die Förderschnecke 24 im Umfang des Zylinders 25 eine entsprechende Anzahl von Schneckengängen 27, 28, 29, beispielsweise wie beim dargstellten Ausführungsbeispiel gezeigt, drei. Die Schneckengänge 27, 28, 29 haben die Form einer Nut, deren Querschnitt ebenfalls nur einen Teil einer Kugel 5 aufnimmt. Beim Ausführungsbeispiel haben die Schneckengänge einen gerundeten Querschnitt. Die Steigung der Schneckengänge 27, 28, 29 ist so gewählt, daß diese im Umfang des Zylinders 25 vorzugsweise zwei Umläufe haben. Die Förderschnecke 24 wird über eine nicht dargestellte, an sich bekannte Eintourenkupplung angetrieben, welche mit dem Antrieb der Verpackungsmaschine verbunden ist.The ball feed device has a supply channel 12 into which the balls 5 to be metered are continuously input. The supply channel 12 consists of a tube 13 made of a preferably transparent material with a longitudinal bore 14, the width of which is slightly larger than the diameter of the balls 5, so that there the balls 5 are stacked one above the other in a row. A ball metering device 20 is arranged between the lower end 15 of the tube 13 and the plane of the filling opening of an ampoule 1 provided. This has a stationary block 21 with a vertical groove 22 which forms a guideway, the upper end of which is in register with the outlet end 15 of the tube 13 and the lower end of which is the opening 3 of a provided ampoule 1. The groove 22 has a cross section that receives only a part of a guided ball 5. The cross section of the groove 22 can be adapted to the radius of the balls 5, but it can also have a rectangular or triangular shape, so that the balls 5 are guided on its edge edges. The groove 22 of the block 21 is assigned a cylindrical screw conveyor 24 which has a height equal to the length of the groove 22 and is rotatably mounted about an axis parallel to the longitudinal extent of the groove 22, so that the opening of the groove 22 from the jacket of the cylinder 25 Screw conveyor 24 is covered at a certain distance. In this assignment, the edge area of the upper end face 26 of the cylinder 25 also temporarily decreases the lower opening of the longitudinal bore 14 of the tube 13, the lowermost ball being retained in the tube 13. Depending on the number of balls 5 to be metered into an ampoule 1, the screw conveyor 24 has a corresponding number of screw flights 27, 28, 29 in the circumference of the cylinder 25, for example three as shown in the illustrated embodiment. The screw flights 27, 28, 29 have the shape of a groove, the cross section of which also receives only part of a ball 5. In the exemplary embodiment, the screw flights have a rounded cross section. The pitch of the screw flights 27, 28, 29 is selected so that they preferably have two rotations in the circumference of the cylinder 25. The screw conveyor 24 is driven via a single-speed clutch, not shown, which is known and which is connected to the drive of the packaging machine.

Die beschriebene Kugel-Zuführvorrichtung arbeitet wie folgt:
Wenn das Taschenrad 10 eine Ampulle 1 unter der Kugel-Dosiereinrichtung 20 bereitgestellt hat (Fig. 1), wird die Eintourenkupplung eingeschaltet, so daß über diese die Förderschnecke 24 eine volle Umdrehung ausführt. Beim Vorbeilaufen der oberen Enden der Schneckengänge 27, 28, 29 unterhalb des Auslaß-Endes 15 der Längsbohrung 14 des Vorratskanals 12 rutscht jeweils eine Kugel 5 aus der Längsbohrung 14 in den Führungskanal, der von der Nut 22 im Block 21 und den Schneckengängen 27, 28, 29 gebildet wird. In diesem Führungskanal werden die Kugeln 5 formschlüssig geführt, und zwar in der senkrechten Richtung von der Nut 22 im Block 21 und in der Höhenlage durch die Schneckengange 27, 28, 29, wobei die Kugeln 5 beim Umlaufen der Förderschnecke 24 zwangsläufig nach unten geführt werden. Da die Schneckengänge 27, 28, 29 der Förderschnecke 24 zwei Umläufe haben, werden bei jeder Umdrehung der Förderschnecke 24 jeweils drei Kugeln 5 aus dem Vorratskanal 12 übernommen und drei andere, die beim vorhergehenden Arbeitstakt übernommen wurden, am unteren Ende der Nut 22 aus dem Führungskanal freigegeben, so daß diese unmittelbar durch die in Deckung befindliche Öffnung 3 einer Ampulle 1 in diese abgegeben werden.The described ball feeder works as follows:
When the pocket wheel 10 has provided an ampoule 1 under the ball metering device 20 (FIG. 1), the single-speed clutch is switched on, so that the screw conveyor 24 executes a full rotation via the clutch. When the upper ends of the screw flights 27, 28, 29 pass below the outlet end 15 of the longitudinal bore 14 of the supply channel 12, a ball 5 slides out of the longitudinal bore 14 into the guide channel, which is guided by the groove 22 in the block 21 and the screw flights 27, 28, 29 is formed. The balls 5 are guided in a form-fitting manner in this guide channel, specifically in the vertical direction from the groove 22 in the block 21 and in the vertical position by the screw flights 27, 28, 29, the balls 5 being inevitably guided downward as the screw conveyor 24 rotates . Since the screw flights 27, 28, 29 of the screw conveyor 24 have two rotations, three balls 5 are taken from the supply channel 12 and three others with each revolution of the screw conveyor 24, which were taken over in the previous work cycle, released from the guide channel at the lower end of the groove 22, so that they are dispensed directly through the opening 3 of an ampoule 1, which is in cover.

Um zu prüfen, daß bei jeder Umdrehung der Förderschnecke 24 jeweils die erforderliche Anzahl von Kugeln 5 dosiert wird, ist dem Führungskanal ein Sensor 30 einer Überwachungseinrichtung zugeordnet. Der vorzugsweise opto-elektrisch wirkende Sensor 30 ist im Block 21 angeordnet und durch einen Durchbruch 32 auf die Nut 22 ausgerichtet. Beim Vorbeiführen jeweils einer Kugel 5 gibt der Sensor 30 ein Signal an die Überwachungseinrichtung. Bleibt während eines Arbeitstaktes eines oder mehrere der vorbestimmten Anzahl von Signalen aus, wird die bereitgestellte Ampulle 1 an einer geeigneten Stelle aus dem Taschenrad 10 entfernt. Bleiben während einer bestimmten Abfüllperiode mehrere Signale aus, wird die Maschine abgeschaltet.In order to check that the required number of balls 5 is dosed each time the screw conveyor 24 rotates, a sensor 30 of a monitoring device is assigned to the guide channel. The preferably opto-electrically acting sensor 30 is arranged in the block 21 and aligned with the groove 22 through an opening 32. When a ball 5 is passed, the sensor 30 sends a signal to the monitoring device. If one or more of the predetermined number of signals are missing during a work cycle, the provided ampoule 1 is removed from the pocket wheel 10 at a suitable location. If several signals are missing during a certain filling period, the machine is switched off.

Ergänzend wird bemerkt, daß die beschriebene Zuführvorrichtung zum Dosieren und Ablegen von jeweils drei Kugeln eingerichtet ist, wozu die Förderschnecke 24 drei Schneckengänge 27, 28, 29 hat. Wenn eine andere Anzahl von Kugeln abgemessen werden soll, wird eine Förderschnecke verwendet, die eine der erforderlichen Anzahl entsprechendden Zahl von Schneckengängen hat. Alternativ dazu kann zum Dosieren einer geringeren Anzahl von Kugeln als die Zahl der Schneckengänge beträgt, der Einlaß eines oder mehrerer Schneckengänge verschlossen werden.In addition, it is noted that the feed device described is designed for metering and depositing three balls each, for which purpose the screw conveyor 24 has three screw flights 27, 28, 29. If a different number of balls is to be measured, a screw conveyor is used which has a number corresponding to the number of screw flights required. Alternatively, to meter a smaller number of balls than the number of screw flights, the inlet of one or more screw flights can be closed.

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  1. Apparatus for the cyclic feed of a specific number of spherical bodies into a container, having a storage duct (12) in which a plurality of balls are stored in a row resting one against the other, having a dispensing member (24) which cyclically receives a specific number of balls from the storage duct and releases them in a guide duct (22) leading to a container, and having a monitoring device (30) for detecting the released balls, characterised in that the feed duct and the dispensing member are formed by, on the one hand, a rectilinear guide path (22) and, on the other hand, by at least one spiral (27, 28, 29) of a conveying screw (24) running around an axis parallel to the guide path, with the result that the balls (5), which are received from the storage duct (12) as they run around the conveying screw (24), are guided in a positively locking manner between the guide path (22) and the spiral (27, 28, 29) to the opening (3) of the container (1).
  2. Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that the outlet end (15) of the storage duct (12) coincides partly with the guide path (22) and partly, alternately, with the end surface or with the inlet of a spiral (27, 28, 29) of the conveying screw (24).
  3. Apparatus according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the guide path is designed as a vertical groove (22) in a guide block (21).
  4. Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that a sensor (30) of a monitoring device is arranged in the guide block (21).
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