EP2135810B1 - Rotary table actuated in cycles for filling containers with powder - Google Patents
Rotary table actuated in cycles for filling containers with powder Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- EP2135810B1 EP2135810B1 EP09007744A EP09007744A EP2135810B1 EP 2135810 B1 EP2135810 B1 EP 2135810B1 EP 09007744 A EP09007744 A EP 09007744A EP 09007744 A EP09007744 A EP 09007744A EP 2135810 B1 EP2135810 B1 EP 2135810B1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- receptacles
- indexing table
- rotary indexing
- rotary
- workstation
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Active
Links
- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 title claims description 4
- 239000002775 capsule Substances 0.000 claims description 18
- 230000003797 telogen phase Effects 0.000 claims description 8
- 239000000969 carrier Substances 0.000 claims description 4
- 239000007903 gelatin capsule Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 238000003780 insertion Methods 0.000 claims description 2
- 230000037431 insertion Effects 0.000 claims description 2
- 238000004140 cleaning Methods 0.000 claims 1
- 230000007423 decrease Effects 0.000 claims 1
- 230000002123 temporal effect Effects 0.000 claims 1
- 230000002093 peripheral effect Effects 0.000 abstract 1
- 230000016507 interphase Effects 0.000 description 12
- 239000003814 drug Substances 0.000 description 5
- 230000000630 rising effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000000926 separation method Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000007704 transition Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000001828 Gelatine Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000003247 decreasing effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000011161 development Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000018109 developmental process Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000007598 dipping method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229940079593 drug Drugs 0.000 description 1
- 229920000159 gelatin Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 235000019322 gelatine Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 238000011065 in-situ storage Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000002452 interceptive effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
- B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
- B65B43/50—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using rotary tables or turrets
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J3/00—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
- A61J3/07—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
- A61J3/071—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use into the form of telescopically engaged two-piece capsules
- A61J3/074—Filling capsules; Related operations
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
- B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
- B65B43/54—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
- B65B43/60—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation rotatable
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
- B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
- B65B7/2842—Securing closures on containers
Definitions
- the invention relates to a rotary indexing table which is driven cyclically while being used as part of a filling plant for filling containers with powdery materials.
- the containers may be, for example, capsules which are filled with powdery substances such as, for example, powdered medicaments.
- the medicaments introduced into the capsule may be more or less powdery or coarse-grained.
- a combination of different medicinal powdery components may be present in each container.
- a rotary indexing table of the aforementioned generic type known is a rotary indexing table of the aforementioned generic type known.
- This rotary indexing table can be used for filling capsules, such as gelatine capsules, each of which consists of a cup-shaped lower part and a cap-shaped upper part which can be pushed onto the lower part.
- capsules such as gelatine capsules
- the one or more lower parts available for it are filled.
- the filled bottoms are then closed again with the respective upper parts.
- the upper parts can be moved away from the lower parts by moving the upper parts or the receptacles provided therefor away.
- the present invention seeks to provide a particular economically improved rotary indexing table of the type mentioned.
- the rotary indexing table according to the invention is characterized in that, on the one hand, the upper receptacles for the upper parts of containers, in particular upper parts of capsules, are pivoted back and forth in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation of the rotary indexing table and, in addition, the lower parts of containers, such as, in particular, of lower capsules Recordings can be lowered and raised down and up.
- the time required to move away an upper receptacle from a lower receptacle is shorter than the time required for this in the prior art, since the respective upper receptacle only has to be pivoted and not additionally raised and lowered.
- a rotary indexing table 10 is part of a filling system with which hard gelatin capsules 12 can be filled with similar or different types of powdered medicaments.
- the rotary indexing table 10 has a motor drive, not shown in the drawing, by means of which it can be rotated clockwise about a central axis of rotation 14 in the direction of rotation 16.
- the device platform representing rotary plane 18 of the rotary indexing table 10 is perpendicular to the central axis of rotation 14.
- Distributed circumferentially evenly on the plane of rotation 18 a plurality of upper and lower recording medium 20, 22 are arranged.
- ten workstations 30 (30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 30.5, 30.6, 30.7, 30.8, 30.9, 30.10), ten upper receiving medium 20 and ten lower receiving medium 22 are circumferentially evenly distributed.
- each upper receiving carrier 20 a plurality of channel-like upper receptacles 24 and in each lower recording medium 22 a comparable number of channel-like lower receptacles 26 are present.
- Upper and lower receiving carriers 20, 22 can be arranged in the axial direction one above the other so that their upper and lower seats 24, 26 are aligned.
- the upper part 28 of a capsule 12 which is in an upper receptacle 24 is in alignment with the lower part 29 of the same capsule in a lower receptacle 26, in which state the upper part 28 and the lower part 29 of the respective capsule are separated -
- a state of the rotary indexing table 10 is shown, in each of which an upper and lower recording medium 20, 22 is located in one of the ten workstations 30.
- the rotary indexing table 10 rotates 360 degrees once.
- Each of the clock steps is composed of a rest phase t1 and a rotation phase t2, which are the same size in the present example case.
- empty capsules 12 are in the correct position during the resting phase (standstill phase) t1 of the rotary indexing table 10 in the upper receptacles 24, with their lower part 29 ahead, from above.
- the lower part 29 of each of these capsules 20 has been pulled away from the associated upper part 28 down and pulled into a lower receptacle 26 of the lower recording medium 22.
- the lower receiving support 22 together with the in-situ in his lower parts 29 in an extremely lower layer 22b ( Fig. 5 ) has been moved down. This condition is in Fig. 1 shown.
- the resting phase present in the second workstation 30.2 is used to check whether the separation of upper part 28 and lower part 29 in the first workstation 30.1 has taken place and whether a lower part 29 is thus present in each lower receptacle 26.
- the corresponding lower receiving carrier 22 is lowered again from its extremely high position 22c and the inwardly pivoted upper receiving carrier 20 is swung back out of its position 20i in a pivoting movement (76).
- the pivoting movement 76 for the upper receiving carrier 20 begins slightly later than the downward movement of the associated lower receiving carrier 22 in order to avoid a collision between the two receiving carriers 20, 22.
- the lower recording medium is thereby lowered to the level 22a of the second workstation 30.2 ( Fig. 5 ).
- the lower recording medium 22 is raised so far that it rests with its lower receptacles 26 from below to the upper receptacles 24 of the upper recording medium 26.
- the upper and lower images are then without gaps.
- a pin 40 projecting upwards from the lower receiving carrier 22 then dips into a corresponding depression in the underside of the upper receiving carrier 20. The dipping of the pin ensures the exact mutual alignment of upper receptacles 24 and lower receptacles 26 of the associated recording media 20, 22 in the seventh workstation 30.7.
- FIG. 3 it can be seen that the upper recording medium 20 in height in its inwardly pivoted position 20i have the same level 33, ie in a direction parallel to the plane of rotation 18 back and forth.
- Each upper receiving carrier 20 is cantilevered on a pivot shaft 60. The - as will be explained below - can be rotated back and forth. The rotation of the pivot shaft 60 takes place in each case during the rotational movement of the rotary indexing table in the direction of rotation 16.
- Each lower recording medium 22 is T-shaped on a perpendicular to the plane of rotation 18 aligned axis 44. Along this axis, it can be moved in the vertical direction.
- the lower receiving carrier 22 is seated on a carriage 46 which is seated with a guide roller 48 in a spiral groove 50 so that by rotating a spiral groove 50 having perpendicularly arranged axial member, the guide roller 48 along the axis 44 down or up ,
- this vertical adjustment 80 of the carriage 46 moves accordingly with downwards or upwards along the axis 44, so that thereby attached to the carriage 46 lower recording medium 22 with after down or up along the axis 44 is adjusted.
- the lower carrier 22 is shown in its position 22b. He is thus in his extremely lowered position. This vertical adjustment takes place, as already stated, in the resting phase of the rotary indexing table 10.
- the guide roller 48 moves, during the rotation of the rotary indexing table 10 in the direction of rotation 16, in a groove 51 which is circumferentially provided on the outside of the rotary indexing table 10.
- the groove 51 has between the first and second workstation 30.1, 30.2 a slightly upwardly rising groove portion 52.
- the carriage 46 When walking along the groove portion 52, ie in Fig. 3 from right to left, the carriage 46 and thus also the lower recording medium 22 on raised a level 22a.
- Upon further rotation of the rotary indexing table 10 in the third workstation 30.3 is also a rising groove portion 54 is present, which causes the along this groove portion 54 moving carriage 46 is finally lifted into the extremely upper layer 22c.
- the circumferential groove 51 is so directional that when turning the rotary indexing table 10 from the fifth 30.5 in the sixth workstation 30.6 of the lower recording medium 22 is lowered again and then raised when turning from the sixth 30.6 in the seventh workstation 30.7 back to its original starting position as described above in connection with the Fig. 5 already described.
- Each upper receiving carrier 20 projects at right angles from its pivot shaft 60 such that the upper receptacles 24 present in it are aligned in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation 18.
- the pivot shaft 60 thus extends parallel to the central axis of rotation 14.
- a gear 62 is rotatably disposed in the Fig. 4 dotted is indicated.
- This gear 62 meshes with a likewise stationary on the plane of rotation 18 existing gear 64.
- a cantilevered lever 66 is fixed, the end carries a groove roller 68.
- This groove roller 68 is seated in a circumferentially closed groove 70 from above.
- the groove roller 68 rolls in the groove 70 along.
- the longitudinal orientation 72 of the groove 70 may have different orientations relative to the radius of the groove. If the longitudinal orientation 72.1 of the groove 70 has a constant radius 73, the position of the lever 66 attached to the respective groove roller 68 does not change. Therefore, the gear 64 does not rotate about the rotation axis 65 of the gear 64. Consequently, the pivot shaft 60 does not rotate either. As a result, in the portion of the groove 70 in which the groove 70 has a constant radius 73 to the central axis of rotation 14, no rotation of the upper recording medium 20 takes place.
- the groove 70 runs into a groove section which has a radius 75 which is comparatively larger than the radius 73.
- Nutrolle 68 moves radially outward and thereby pivots the lever 66 carrying them about the axis of rotation 65 of the gear 64 in a clockwise direction 76.
- This rotation of the gear 64 in the clockwise direction 76 means a rotation of the pivot shaft 60 in the counterclockwise direction 78, which in turn has a pivotal movement of the upper recording medium 22 in the counterclockwise direction, that is in an inner layer 20i result.
- the groove 70 has between the second 30.2 and fifth workstation 30.5 has a radius 77 relative to the central axis of rotation 14, which is greater than the radius 73 but also how this is constantly large. Therefore, when moving through the groove roller 68 in this groove portion no pivoting movement of the upper recording medium takes place.
- the groove 72 pivots back into the groove portion with the constant smaller radius 73.
- the lever 66 and attached to him gear 64 pivots counterclockwise 78. This in turn causes that with this gear 64 meshing gear 62 and thus the pivot shaft 60 in the clockwise direction 76th rotate and thus the upper recording medium 20 from its position 20i pivots back to its outwardly pivoted position back.
- the upper receiving carrier 20 remains until it leaves the first station 30.1 in the direction of rotation 16 again.
- the pivoting 76, 78 of the upper receiving carrier 20 includes the only movement that make these upper receiving carrier 20.
- the pivoting takes place in each case in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation 18.
- the lower recording media move in one revolution of the rotary indexing table 10 in a parallel to the rotation axis 14 lifting and lowering movement 80 (Fig. 3) between an extremely upper layer 20c and an extremely low layer 20b back and forth.
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Medicinal Chemistry (AREA)
- Pharmacology & Pharmacy (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Public Health (AREA)
- Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
- Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
- Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
Abstract
Description
Die Erfindung betrifft einen Rundschalttisch, der taktweise angetrieben wird, während er als Teil einer Abfüllanlage zum Befüllen von Behältnissen mit pulvrigen Materialien benutzt wird. Die Behältnisse können beispielsweise Kapseln sein, die mit pulvrigen Stoffen wie beispielsweise pulvrigen Arzneimitteln befüllt werden. Je nach Art des beispielsweise Medikamentenwirkstoffes können die in der Kapsel eingefüllten Arzneimittel mehr oder weniger pulvrig oder grobkörnig sein. Oftmals können in jeweils einem Behältnis eine Kombination von verschiedenen medikamentösen pulvrigen Komponenten vorhanden sein.The invention relates to a rotary indexing table which is driven cyclically while being used as part of a filling plant for filling containers with powdery materials. The containers may be, for example, capsules which are filled with powdery substances such as, for example, powdered medicaments. Depending on the nature of the medicament drug, for example, the medicaments introduced into the capsule may be more or less powdery or coarse-grained. Often, a combination of different medicinal powdery components may be present in each container.
Aus der
Da die Bewegung der die Oberteile aufnehmenden oberen Aufnahmen (Anheben-Verschwenken-Absenken) in der Dreh-Ruhephase des Rundschalttisches erfolgt und relativ viel Zeit benötigt, erweisen sich die einzelnen Ruhephasen als relativ kurz. Die für das Befüllen der Kapselunterteile zur Verfügung stehende Zeitspanne, die in der Ruhephase des Rundschalttisches erfolgt, ist daher vergleichsweise klein.Since the movement of the upper receiving receptacles (lift-pivot-lower) takes place in the spin-resting phase of the indexing table and takes a relatively long time, the individual rest periods prove to be relatively short. The time available for filling the capsule bases, which takes place in the resting phase of the rotary indexing table, is therefore comparatively small.
Ausgehend von diesem vorbekannten Stand der Technik liegt der Erfindung die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen insbesondere wirtschaftlich verbesserten Rundschalttisch der eingangs genannten Art anzugeben.Based on this prior art, the present invention seeks to provide a particular economically improved rotary indexing table of the type mentioned.
Diese Erfindung ist durch die Merkmale des Hauptanspruches gegeben. Sinnvolle Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind Gegenstand von sich an den Hauptanspruch anschließenden weiteren Ansprüchen. Der erfindungsgemäße Rundschalttisch zeichnet sich dementsprechend dadurch aus, dass einerseits die oberen Aufnahmen für die Oberteile von Behältnissen wie insbesondere Oberteile von Kapseln in einer zur Drehebene des Rundschalttisches parallelen Ebene hin und her verschwenkt werden und zusätzlich die die Unterteile von Behältnissen wie insbesondere von Kapseln aufnehmenden unteren Aufnahmen nach unten und oben abgesenkt und angehoben werden können. Die zum Wegbewegen einer oberen Aufnahme von einer unteren Aufnahme jeweils benötigte Zeit ist kürzer als die dafür im Stand der Technik benötigte Zeit, da die jeweilige obere Aufnahme nur verschwenkt und nicht auch noch zusätzlich angehoben und abgesenkt werden muss.This invention is given by the features of the main claim. Useful developments of the invention are the subject of further claims appending to the main claim. Accordingly, the rotary indexing table according to the invention is characterized in that, on the one hand, the upper receptacles for the upper parts of containers, in particular upper parts of capsules, are pivoted back and forth in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation of the rotary indexing table and, in addition, the lower parts of containers, such as, in particular, of lower capsules Recordings can be lowered and raised down and up. The time required to move away an upper receptacle from a lower receptacle is shorter than the time required for this in the prior art, since the respective upper receptacle only has to be pivoted and not additionally raised and lowered.
Konstruktive Einzelheiten zum Verstellen der oberen und unteren Aufnahmen während ihres Weitertransports von einer Arbeitsstation zur nächsten Arbeitsstation des Rundschalttisches sind Gegenstand von sich an den Hauptanspruch anschließenden Unteransprüchen sowie Gegenstand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels. Es zeigt sich, dass es erfindungsgemäß möglich ist, die sich abwechselnden Dreh- und Ruhephasen zeitlich etwa gleich lang auszubilden im Gegensatz zu dem im Stand der Technik bekannten Dreh- und Ruhephasen, bei denen die Ruhephasen wesentlich kürzer als die jeweiligen Drehphasen vorhanden sind.Constructive details for adjusting the upper and lower seats during their further transport from one workstation to the next workstation of the rotary indexing table are the subject of subordinate claims to the main claim and the subject of an embodiment shown in the drawing. It turns out that according to the invention it is possible to form the alternating phases of rotation and rest for about the same length of time in contrast to the rotational and resting phases known in the prior art, in which the resting phases are considerably shorter than the respective rotational phases.
Zur Leistungssteigerung des Rundschalttisches können mehrere Oberteile und mehrere Unterteile jeweils durch eine entsprechende einzelne obere beziehungsweise untere Aufnahme zusammengefasst gehalten und geführt werden. Es ist darüberhinaus auch möglich, mehrere solcher oberen beziehungsweise unteren Aufnahmen ebenfalls zusammengefasst zu halten und zu führen.To increase the performance of the rotary indexing table, several upper parts and a plurality of lower parts can each be held together and guided by a corresponding individual upper or lower receptacle. In addition, it is also possible to hold several such upper and lower images also summarized and lead.
Die Erfindung wird im folgenden anhand des in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels näher beschrieben und erläutert. Es zeigen:
- Fig. 1
- eine perspektivische schematische Draufsicht auf einen Rundschalttisch nach der Erfindung,
- Fig. 2
- einen Schnitt durch eine vom Rundschalttisch nach
Fig. 1 zu handhabende Hartgelatinekapsel, - Fig. 3
- eine Ansicht in Richtung des Pfeils 3 der
Fig.1 , - Fig. 4
- eine Draufsicht auf die oberen und unteren Aufnahmen des Rundschalttisches gemäß
Fig. 1 , - Fig. 5
- eine Schemaübersicht mit den Bewegungsabläufen der oberen und unteren Aufnahmen während der aufeinanderfolgenden Ruhe- und Drehphasen des in zehn Taktschritten um 360 Grad getaktet umlaufenden, erfindungsgemäßen Rundschalttisches.
- Fig. 1
- a perspective schematic plan view of a rotary indexing table according to the invention,
- Fig. 2
- a section through one of the rotary indexing table
Fig. 1 to be handled hard gelatin capsule, - Fig. 3
- a view in the direction of
arrow 3 ofFig.1 . - Fig. 4
- a plan view of the upper and lower images of the indexing table according to
Fig. 1 . - Fig. 5
- a schematic overview of the movements of the upper and lower shots during the successive rest and rotational phases of clocked in ten steps by 360 degrees rotating, rotary indexing table according to the invention.
Ein Rundschalttisch 10 ist Teil einer Abfüllanlage, mit der Hartgelatinekapseln 12 mit gleichartigen oder unterschiedlichen Arten von pulverförmigen Arzneimitteln befüllt werden können.A rotary indexing table 10 is part of a filling system with which hard gelatin capsules 12 can be filled with similar or different types of powdered medicaments.
Der Rundschalttisch 10 besitzt einen in der Zeichnung nicht dargestellten motorischen Antrieb, mittels dessen er um eine zentrale Drehachse 14 taktweise in Umdrehungsrichtung 16 gedreht werden kann. Die eine Geräteplattform darstellende Drehebene 18 des Rundschalttisches 10 steht senkrecht auf der zentralen Drehachse 14. Umfangsmäßig gleichmäßig verteilt sind auf der Drehebene 18 mehrere obere und untere Aufnahmeträger 20, 22 angeordnet. Entsprechend der im vorliegenden Beispielsfall zehn Arbeitsstationen 30 (30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 30.5, 30.6, 30.7, 30.8, 30.9, 30.10), sind zehn obere Aufnahmeträger 20 und zehn untere Aufnahmeträger 22 umfangsmäßig gleichmäßig verteilt vorhanden.The rotary indexing table 10 has a motor drive, not shown in the drawing, by means of which it can be rotated clockwise about a central axis of
In jedem oberen Aufnahmeträger 20 sind mehrere kanalartige obere Aufnahmen 24 und in jedem unteren Aufnahmeträger 22 eine vergleichbare Anzahl von kanalartigen unteren Aufnahmen 26 vorhanden. Obere und untere Aufnahmeträger 20, 22 können in axialer Richtung so übereinander angeordnet werden, dass ihre oberen und unteren Aufnahmen 24, 26 miteinander fluchten. So fluchtet beispielsweise in der ersten Arbeitsstation 30.1 auch das in einer oberen Aufnahme 24 einsitzende Oberteil 28 einer Kapsel 12 mit dem in einer unteren Aufnahme 26 einsitzenden Unterteil 29 derselben Kapsel, wobei in diesem Zustand das Oberteil 28 und das Unterteil 29 der betreffenden Kapsel getrennt voneinander - einerseits in einer oberen Aufnahme 24 und andererseits in einer unteren Aufnahme 26 - vorhanden sind. In der oberen kanalartigen Aufnahme 24 ist ein Rücksprung mit einer umlaufenden Schulterausbildung vorhanden, auf dem sich das kappenartig einsitzende Oberteil mit seinem freien Rand abstützen kann. Das demgegenüber vergleichsweise einen kleineren Durchmesser aufweisende Unterteil 29 sitzt jeweils in einer dementsprechend einen kleineren Durchmesser aufweisenden kanalartigen unteren Aufnahme 26.In each upper receiving
In
In der ersten Arbeitsstation 30.1 sind während der Ruhephase (Stillstandsphase) t1 des Rundschalttisches 10 geschlossene, leere Kapseln 12 in die oberen Aufnahmen 24 lagerichtig, mit ihrem Unterteil 29 voraus, von oben eingesetzt worden. Mit Hilfe von Vakuum ist dann das Unterteil 29 jeder dieser Kapseln 20 von dem zugehörigen Oberteil 28 nach unten weggezogen und in eine untere Aufnahme 26 des unteren Aufnahmeträgers 22 hineingezogen worden. Auch noch in dieser Ruhephase t1 ist in der ersten Arbeitsstation 30.1 dann der untere Aufnahmenträger 22 zusammen mit den in ihm einsitzenden Unterteilen 29 in eine extrem untere Lage 22b (
Die in der zweiten Arbeitsstation 30.2 vorhandene Ruhephase wird dazu benutzt, zu überprüfen, ob die Trennung von Oberteil 28 und Unterteil29 in der ersten Arbeitsstation 30.1 erfolgt ist und ob damit in jeder unteren Aufnahme 26 jeweils ein Unterteil 29 vorhanden ist.The resting phase present in the second workstation 30.2 is used to check whether the separation of
Beim Weiterdrehen des Rundschalttisches 10 von der zweiten Arbeitsstation 30.2 in die dritte Arbeitsstation 30.3 wird der in der zweiten Arbeitsstation auf dem Niveau 22a vorhandene untere Aufnahmeträger 22 auf ein extrem hohes Niveau angehoben, das in
In der dritten 30.3, vierten 30.4 und anschließend in der fünften Arbeitsstation 30.5 kann dann nacheinander, in - bei dieser Anzahl von Arbeitsstationen - drei Teilschritten Pulver nacheinander in die Unterteile 29 der in einer extrem hochgehobenen Position 22c befindlichen Aufnahmeträger 22 hineingefüllt werden.In the third 30.3, fourth 30.4 and then in the fifth work station 30.5, three sub-steps of powder can be successively filled into the
Das Einfüllen erfolgt immer während der Ruhephase des Rundschalttisches 10.The filling always takes place during the resting phase of the rotary indexing table 10.
Am Ende der Ruhephase t1 der fünften Arbeitsstation 30.5 wird der entsprechende untere Aufnahmeträger 22 aus seiner extrem hohen Lage 22c wieder abgesenkt und auch der nach innen verschwenkte obere Aufnahmeträger 20 aus seiner Position 20i wieder in einer Schwenkbewegung (76) nach außen zurückgeschwenkt. Die Schwenkbewegung 76 für den oberen Aufnahmeträger 20 setzt etwas später als die Abwärtsbewegung des zugehörigen unteren Aufnahmeträgers 22 ein, um eine Kollision zwischen den beiden Aufnahmeträgern 20, 22 zu vermeiden. Der untere Aufnahmeträger wird dabei auf das Niveau 22a der zweiten Arbeitsstation 30.2 abgesenkt (
In der Ruhephase der siebten Arbeitsstation 30.7 wird dann durch Einschieben eines weiteren Stiftes von unten gegen die Unterseite eines Unterteils 29 ein solches Unterteil aus der unteren Aufnahme 26 eines unteren Aufnahmeträgers 22 nach oben herausgeschoben und von unten in das in einer oberen Aufnahme 24 einsitzende Oberteil 28 geschoben. Die spaltfreien Anlagen der unteren Aufnahmen 26 an den oberen Aufnahmen 24 ermöglichen so ein problemloses Wiederverschließen der jeweiligen Kapseln 12; das jeweilige Unterteil 29 kann zerstörungsfrei von unten in ein jeweils bereitstehendes Oberteil 28 hineingeschoben werden.In the resting phase of the seventh workstation 30.7 is then inserted by inserting another pin from below against the bottom of a
Nach Weiterdrehen in die achte Arbeitsstation 30.8 werden SCHLECHT-Kapseln, die nicht richtig gefüllt oder nicht richtig verschlossen werden konnten, nach oben ausgeworfen. In einer anschließenden neunten Arbeitsstation 30.9 werden dann in einer Ruhephase die noch vorhandenen GUT-Kapseln ebenfalls nach oben ausgeworfen.After turning into the eighth workstation 30.8, BAD capsules, which could not be properly filled or properly closed, are ejected upwards. In a subsequent ninth workstation 30.9 then the remaining GUT capsules are also ejected upwards in a resting phase.
In der letzten, zehnten Arbeitsstation 30.10 werden die nunmehr leeren oberen und unteren Aufnahmen 24, 26 durch Einleiten von Druckluft gereinigt. Durch abschließendes Weiterdrehen gelangen die jeweiligen oberen und unteren Aufnahmeträger 20, 22 wieder in die erste Arbeitsstation 30.1. Es beginnt dann der vorstehend gezeigte Arbeitsablauf durch die zehn Arbeitsstationen 30 hindurch von neuem.In the last, tenth workstation 30.10, the now empty upper and
Aus Fig. 3 ist zu erkennen, dass die oberen Aufnahmeträger 20 auch in ihrer nach innen verschwenkten Stellung 20i höhenmäßig dasselbe Niveau 33 aufweisen, also in einer zur Drehebene 18 parallelen Ebene hin und her verschwenkt werden. Jeder obere Aufnahmeträger 20 sitzt auskragend auf einer Schwenkwelle 60. Die - wie noch nachstehend erklärt wird - hin und her verdreht werden kann. Die Verdrehung der Schwenkwelle 60 erfolgt jeweils während der Drehbewegung des Rundschalttisches in dessen Umdrehungsrichtung 16.From Fig. 3 it can be seen that the
Jeder untere Aufnahmeträger 22 sitzt T-förmig auf einer senkrecht zur Drehebene 18 ausgerichteten Achse 44. Längs dieser Achse kann er in senkrechter Richtung verschoben werden. Dazu sitzt der untere Aufnahmeträger 22 auf einem Schlitten 46, der mit einer Führungsrolle 48 in einer spiralförmigen Nut 50 so einsitzt, dass durch Drehen eines diese spiralförmige Nut 50 aufweisenden senkrecht angeordneten axialen Gliedes die Führungsrolle 48 sich längs der Achse 44 nach unten oder oben verstellt. Bei dieser senkrechten Verstellung 80 wandert der Schlitten 46 entsprechend mit nach unten oder nach oben längs der Achse 44, so dass dadurch der am Schlitten 46 befestigte untere Aufnahmeträger 22 mit nach unten oder oben längs der Achse 44 verstellt wird. In Fig. 3 ist der untere Träger 22 in seiner Position 22b dargestellt. Er befindet sich damit in seiner extrem abgesenkten Position. Dieses senkrechte Verstellen erfolgt, wie bereits ausgeführt, in der Ruhephase des Rundschalttisches 10.Each
Die Führungsrolle 48 wandert, bei der Drehbewegung des Rundschalttisches 10 in Umdrehungsrichtung 16, in eine Nut 51, die umlaufend auf der Außenseite des Rundschalttisches 10 vorhanden ist. Die Nut 51 besitzt zwischen der ersten und zweiten Arbeitsstation 30.1, 30.2 einen leicht nach oben ansteigenden Nutabschnitt 52. Beim Wandern längs des Nutabschnittes 52, d.h. in Fig. 3 von rechts nach links, wird der Schlitten 46 und damit auch der untere Aufnahmeträger 22 auf ein Niveau 22a angehoben. Beim Weiterdrehen des Rundschalttisches10 in die dritte Arbeitsstation 30.3 ist ebenfalls ein ansteigender Nutabschnitt 54 vorhanden, der bewirkt, dass der sich längs dieses Nutabschnittes 54 bewegende Schlitten 46 schließlich in die extrem obere Lage 22c angehoben wird. Die umlaufende Nut 51 ist so richtungsmäßig vorhanden, dass beim Drehen des Rundschalttisches 10 von der fünften 30.5 in die sechste Arbeitsstation 30.6 der untere Aufnahmeträger 22 wieder abgesenkt und anschließend beim Drehen von der sechsten 30.6 in die siebte Arbeitsstation 30.7 wieder in seine ursprünglich vorhandene Ausgangslage angehoben wird, so wie dies vorstehend in Zusammenhang mit der
Das Hin- und Herschwenken der oberen Aufnahmen zwischen den einzelnen Arbeitsstationen erfolgt unter Bezugnahme auf insbesondere
Jeder obere Aufnahmeträger 20 kragt rechtwinklig von seiner Schwenkwelle 60 aus derart, dass die in ihm vorhandenen oberen Aufnahmen 24 in einer zur Drehebene 18 parallelen Ebene ausgerichtet sind. Die Schwenkwelle 60 verläuft damit parallel zur zentralen Drehachse 14. Auf der Schwenkwelle 60 ist ein Zahnrad 62 drehfest angeordnet, das in
Beim Drehen des Rundschalttisches 10 rollt die Nutrolle 68 in der Nut 70 entlang. Die Längsausrichtung 72 der Nut 70 kann verschiedene Ausrichtungen relativ zum Radius der Nut aufweisen. Sofern die Längsausrichtung 72.1 der Nut 70 einen konstanten Radius 73 aufweist, verändert sich die Lage des an der betreffenden Nutrolle 68 befestigten Hebels 66 nicht. Daher dreht sich auch das Zahnrad 64 nicht um die Drehachse 65 des Zahnrades 64. Folglich verdreht sich auch nicht die Schwenkwelle 60. Dies hat zur Folge, dass in dem Abschnitt der Nut 70, in der die Nut 70 einen konstanten Radius 73 zur zentralen Drehachse 14 aufweist, keine Verdrehung des oberen Aufnahmeträgers 20 erfolgt. In den auf die sechste Arbeitsstation 30.6 in Umdrehungsrichtung 16 folgenden Arbeitsstation 30.7, 30.8, 30.9, 30.10, 30.1 bleibt der jeweilige obere Aufnahmeträger 20 daher in seiner nach außen verschwenkten Stellung, in der sich seine oberen Aufnahmen 24 jeweils in axialer Richtung oberhalb von unteren Aufnahmen 26 befinden.When turning the rotary indexing table 10, the
Beim Drehen des Rundschalttisches 10 aus der ersten Arbeitsstation 30.1 in die zweite Arbeitsstation 30.2 läuft die Nut 70 in einen Nutabschnitt, der einen gegenüber dem Radius 73 vergleichsweise größeren Radius 75 aufweist. Dies bedeutet, dass eine in diesem Bereich vorhandene Nutrolle 68 sich radial nach außen bewegt und dadurch den sie tragenden Hebel 66 um die Drehachse 65 des Zahnrades 64 im Uhrzeigersinn 76 verschwenkt. Dieses Verdrehen des Zahnrades 64 im Uhrzeigersinn 76 bedeutet ein Verdrehen der Schwenkwelle 60 im Gegenuhrzeigersinn 78, was wiederum eine Schwenkbewegung des oberen Aufnahmeträgers 22 im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, das heißt in eine innere Lage 20i zur Folge hat.When turning the rotary indexing table 10 from the first workstation 30.1 into the second workstation 30.2, the groove 70 runs into a groove section which has a radius 75 which is comparatively larger than the
Die Nut 70 hat zwischen der zweiten 30.2 und fünften Arbeitsstation 30.5 einen Radius 77 bezogen auf die zentrale Drehachse 14, die größer als der Radius 73 aber auch wie dieser konstant groß ist. Daher findet beim Durchwandern der Nutrolle 68 in diesem Nutabschnitt keine Schwenkbewegung der oberen Aufnahmeträger statt.The groove 70 has between the second 30.2 and fifth workstation 30.5 has a
Am Übergang von der fünften Arbeitsstation 30.5 zur sechsten Arbeitsstation 30.6 schwenkt die Nut 72 in den Nutabschnitt mit dem konstanten kleineren Radius 73 zurück. In dem Übergangsbereich mit einem sich verkleinernden Radius 79 schwenkt der Hebel 66 und das an ihm befestigte Zahnrad 64 im Gegenuhrzeigersinn 78. Dies wiederum führt dazu, dass das mit diesem Zahnrad 64 in Eingriff stehende Zahnrad 62 und damit die Schwenkwelle 60 im Uhrzeigersinn 76 sich drehen und damit den oberen Aufnahmeträger 20 aus seiner Position 20i wieder in seine nach außen geschwenkte Position zurück schwenkt. In dieser zurückgeschwenkten Position bliebt der obere Aufnahmeträger 20 solange, bis er die erste Station 30.1 in Umdrehungsrichtung 16 wieder verlässt.At the transition from the fifth workstation 30.5 to the sixth workstation 30.6, the
Das Verschwenken 76, 78 der oberen Aufnahmeträger 20 beinhaltet die einzige Bewegung, die diese oberen Aufnahmeträger 20 vornehmen. Das Verschwenken erfolgt dabei jeweils in einer zur Drehebene 18 parallelen Ebene. Die unteren Aufnahmeträger bewegen sich bei einer Umdrehung des Rundschalttisches 10 in einer zur Drehachse 14 parallelen Hub- und Senkbewegung 80 (Fig. 3) zwischen einer extrem oberen Lage 20c und einer extrem niederen Lage 20b hin und her.The pivoting 76, 78 of the
Der beispielsweise aus Montage-, Umrüst- oder Reparaturgründen erforderlich werdende freie Zugang von außen her an die einzelnen Baugruppen des Rundschalttisches wird dadurch entscheidend unterstützt, dass apparative Einrichtungen zum richtig ausgerichteten Zuführen von noch leeren, geschlossenen Behältnissen in obere Aufnahmen 24 im von diesen Aufnahmen 24 begrenzten Innenraum des Rundschalttisches 10 angeordnet werden können.The required, for example, for assembly, retooling or repairing free access from the outside to the individual modules of the indexing table is thereby decisively supported that equipment for properly aligned feeding of still empty, closed containers in
Claims (17)
- Rotary indexing table (10) for filling containers (12) with powder,- having containers (12) which each have a pot-like bottom part (29) and a top part (28), wherein, when the bottom part (29) and the top part (28) are in the state in which they are separated from one another, each bottom part (29) of a container (12) can be filled and wherein, when they are in the state in which they are firmly joined together, the container (12) which is formed by them and is filled with powder is directly closed,- having a rotary drive for the cyclical further transport of the containers (12) in a rotary plane (18) from workstation (30) to workstation (30),- having a plurality of upper receptacles (24) for in each case at least one top part (28),- having a plurality of lower receptacles (26) for the at least one bottom part (29) assigned in each case to a top part (28),- wherein the upper and lower receptacles (24, 26) are adjustable in relation to one another in a first direction of movement and in the opposite direction (80) thereto, in order to separate a top part (28) from a bottom part (29) and in order to put the top part (28) and the bottom part (29) back together to form a container (12),- wherein the upper and lower receptacles (24, 26) are adjustable in relation to one another in a second direction of movement (76) and in the opposite direction (78) thereto, which second directions of movement (76, 78) are producible by pivoting movements about an axis (60) parallel to the rotational axis (14) of the rotary indexing table (10),- characterized in that- the adjustments of the upper and lower receptacles (24, 26) are such that- the upper receptacles (24) are pivotable (76, 78) in a pivoting plane parallel to the rotary plane (18) and the lower receptacles (26) are adjustable in a lifting and lowering movement (80) perpendicular to the pivoting plane.
- Rotary indexing table according to Claim 1,- characterized in that- in each case a plurality of upper receptacles (24) are present in a fixed manner in an upper receptacle carrier (20) and in each case a plurality of lower receptacles (26) are present in a fixed manner in a lower receptacle carrier (22).
- Rotary indexing table according to Claim 1 or 2,- characterized in that,- in a first workstation (30.1), lower receptacles (26), or a lower receptacle carrier (22) having lower receptacles (26), are or is adjustable downwardly from the rotary plane (18) to an extremely low level (22b) along a groove section that is oriented perpendicularly to the rotary plane (18).
- Rotary indexing table according to one of the preceding claims,- characterized in that,- during a cyclical rotary movement (t2) of the rotary indexing table (10) from one workstation to a following workstation, lower receptacles (26), or a lower receptacle carrier (22) having lower receptacles (26), are or is adjustable upwardly or downwardly along a groove portion that is oriented obliquely to the rotary plane (18).
- Rotary indexing table according to one of the preceding claims,- characterized in that,- during a cyclical rotary movement (t2) of the rotary indexing table (10) from one workstation to a following workstation, lower receptacles (26), or a lower receptacle carrier having lower receptacles (26), are or is adjustable along a groove portion parallel to the rotary plane (18) at a level parallel to the rotary plane (18).
- Rotary indexing table according to one of the preceding claims,- characterized in that- each upper receptacle (24), or each upper receptacle carrier (20), has a pivoting shaft (60),- each pivoting shaft (60) is connected via a respective gear mechanism (62, 64) to a groove roller (68) guided in an encircling groove (72),- the longitudinal orientation of this groove (72) has a constant radius (73, 77) within a first groove region, a radius (75) that increases in comparison thereto in a second groove region and a radius (79) that decreases again in comparison thereto in a third groove region, so that, during a rotary movement of the rotary indexing table,- there is no rotation of the pivoting shaft (60) in the first region,- there is a rotation of the pivoting shaft (60) in the second region, said rotation pivoting the upper receptacles (24), or an upper receptacle carrier (20) that has upper receptacles (24), radially inwards,- there is a rotation of the pivoting shaft (60) in the third region, said rotation pivoting the upper receptacles (24) radially outwards again.
- Rotary indexing table according to one of the preceding claims,- characterized in that,- in succession during a rotation rest phase (t1) in a first workstation (30.1),- - closed containers (12) can be inserted into upper receptacles (24),- - the bottom parts (29) of these containers (12) can be pulled downwardly by their top parts (28) into lower receptacles (26), and- - these lower receptacles (26) can be moved away downwardly from the upper receptacles (24).
- Rotary indexing table according to Claim 7,- characterized in that- bottom parts (29) can be filled during a rotation rest phase (t1) in at least one other workstation (30.3, 30.4, 30.5), wherein the lower receptacles (26) carrying these bottom parts (29) are at a level (22c) which is the same as or higher than the level (33) of the upper receptacle (24) carrying the associated top parts.
- Rotary indexing table according to Claim 7,- characterized in that,- during a rotation rest phase (t1) in another workstation (30.7), an upper and a lower receptacle (24, 26), or the upper and lower receptacle carriers (20, 22) that have the latter, can be positioned one above the other such that bottom parts (29) can be pushed into associated top parts (28).
- Rotary indexing table according to Claim 9,- characterized in that,- in the position of a lower receptacle (26) in which it rests from below against an upper receptacle (24), the bottom part (29) which is present in this lower receptacle (26) can be pushed upwards into the top part (28) which is present in the upper receptacle (24).
- Rotary indexing table according to Claim 9 or 10,- characterized in that- BAD containers (12) can be ejected during a rotation rest phase (t1) in a further workstation (30.8).
- Rotary indexing table according to one of Claims 9 to 11,- characterized in that- GOOD containers (12) can be ejected during a rotation rest phase (t1) in a further workstation (30.9).
- Rotary indexing table according to Claim 12,- characterized in that- cleaning air can be passed through empty upper and lower receptacles (24, 26) during a rotation rest phase (t1) in a further workstation (30.10).
- Rotary indexing table according to Claim 7,- characterized in that- the means for the correctly oriented insertion of still empty, closed containers (12) into available upper receptacles (24) are present in the interior space of the rotary indexing table (10), said interior space being bounded towards the outside by these upper receptacles (24).
- Rotary indexing table according to one of the preceding claims,- characterized in that- its alternating rotating and rest phases (t1, t2) have approximately the same temporal length.
- Rotary indexing table according to one of the preceding claims,- characterized in that- a single motor drive for cyclically driving the rotary indexing table (10) in rotation and for adjusting both the upper receptacles (24) and the lower receptacles (26) is present.
- Rotary indexing table according to one of the preceding claims,- characterized in that- the top parts (28) and the bottom parts (29) are in each case top parts and bottom parts of capsules, in particular of hard gelatin capsules.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
DE202008007921U DE202008007921U1 (en) | 2008-06-16 | 2008-06-16 | Tactile drivable rotary indexing table for filling containers with powder |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
EP2135810A1 EP2135810A1 (en) | 2009-12-23 |
EP2135810B1 true EP2135810B1 (en) | 2012-03-14 |
Family
ID=39713660
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
EP09007744A Active EP2135810B1 (en) | 2008-06-16 | 2009-06-12 | Rotary table actuated in cycles for filling containers with powder |
Country Status (4)
Country | Link |
---|---|
EP (1) | EP2135810B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE549254T1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE202008007921U1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2383723T3 (en) |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN107625650A (en) * | 2017-08-30 | 2018-01-26 | 宁波佗鹊堂生物科技有限公司 | Family expenses cordyceps sinensis reducing mechanism |
EP4151196A1 (en) * | 2021-09-17 | 2023-03-22 | Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH | Capsule filling machine for filling two-part capsules |
Families Citing this family (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
DE102010028125A1 (en) * | 2010-04-22 | 2011-10-27 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Device for filling and closing capsules filled with at least one filling substance |
CN104586635B (en) * | 2015-01-29 | 2018-02-02 | 瑞安市华旭机械制造有限公司 | A kind of capsule filling machine |
CN104666088B (en) * | 2015-03-23 | 2017-12-12 | 辽宁天亿机械有限公司 | A kind of capsule filler |
EP3363421A1 (en) | 2017-02-17 | 2018-08-22 | Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH | Device and method for filling receptacles, especially hard gelatine capsules |
EP3369409B1 (en) | 2017-03-02 | 2023-07-12 | Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH | Method and device for dosing powder-form filler |
IT201900013971A1 (en) * | 2019-08-05 | 2021-02-05 | Ima Spa | Machine for making capsules. |
Family Cites Families (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
JPH01232962A (en) * | 1988-03-11 | 1989-09-18 | Nippon Eranko Kk | Capsule filling machine |
DE20216953U1 (en) | 2002-10-31 | 2002-12-19 | Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, 71573 Allmersbach | Rotary indexing table for filling containers with powder |
-
2008
- 2008-06-16 DE DE202008007921U patent/DE202008007921U1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
-
2009
- 2009-06-12 ES ES09007744T patent/ES2383723T3/en active Active
- 2009-06-12 AT AT09007744T patent/ATE549254T1/en active
- 2009-06-12 EP EP09007744A patent/EP2135810B1/en active Active
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN107625650A (en) * | 2017-08-30 | 2018-01-26 | 宁波佗鹊堂生物科技有限公司 | Family expenses cordyceps sinensis reducing mechanism |
CN107625650B (en) * | 2017-08-30 | 2020-04-21 | 宁波佗鹊堂生物科技有限公司 | Household cordyceps sinensis crushing device |
EP4151196A1 (en) * | 2021-09-17 | 2023-03-22 | Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH | Capsule filling machine for filling two-part capsules |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
ATE549254T1 (en) | 2012-03-15 |
ES2383723T3 (en) | 2012-06-25 |
DE202008007921U1 (en) | 2008-08-21 |
EP2135810A1 (en) | 2009-12-23 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
EP2135810B1 (en) | Rotary table actuated in cycles for filling containers with powder | |
DE4200701B4 (en) | Machine for dosing powdered pharmaceuticals | |
EP2240369B1 (en) | Packaging device and method for grouping a packing formation of packaged goods | |
DE1786594C3 (en) | Package manufacturing apparatus | |
EP2707289B1 (en) | Rotatable packing machine and method for filling open bags | |
DE2755071A1 (en) | LABELING MACHINE | |
DE102013215233A1 (en) | Load plate of charging system for packaging machine for confections e.g. lollipops, has rotatable handoff disc served together with projection as support so that confections in receiving opening does not fall out of support ring recess | |
EP1588961A2 (en) | A transfer device | |
EP2999635A1 (en) | Container processing machine and method for operating a container processing machine | |
DE1957761A1 (en) | Device for erecting or unfolding flat, tubular cardboard boxes or the like. | |
DE69101301T2 (en) | Arrangement for the synchronous drive of devices for filling and container handling in beverage bottlers. | |
DE6610240U (en) | DEVICE FOR UNLOADING CIGARETTE COLLARS OD. DGL. CONTAIN. | |
DE2229527A1 (en) | Method and device for joining, filling and closing containers | |
EP1357063A2 (en) | Device and method for singulating small objects | |
EP0566870B1 (en) | Device for packaging groups in separate packages, especially for pre-packed food products, like butter, margarine or similar in a carton or similar | |
DE60211959T2 (en) | Machine for sealing capsules for food and beverage containers | |
EP1530542A1 (en) | Sterilization device for caps of beverage containers | |
EP1415637B1 (en) | Rotary indexing table for the filling of capsules with powders | |
DE2824438A1 (en) | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FASTENING A BASE FORM TO THE BASE OF A PLASTIC CONTAINER | |
DE3444516C2 (en) | Packaging machine | |
EP1179476B1 (en) | Apparatus for filling cylindrical containers with a stack of disc-shaped articles, particularly potato chips | |
DE102017102916A1 (en) | Packaging machine and method for operating a packaging machine | |
DE10241736A1 (en) | Rotatable worktable for automatically operated machine tool is mounted on vertical spindle in machine frame and has carriages moved radially in sets of grooves by linkages | |
DE102022132075A1 (en) | Transport device and container treatment plant comprising the transport device | |
EP4151196A1 (en) | Capsule filling machine for filling two-part capsules |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
PUAI | Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012 |
|
AK | Designated contracting states |
Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR |
|
17P | Request for examination filed |
Effective date: 20100424 |
|
17Q | First examination report despatched |
Effective date: 20100525 |
|
GRAP | Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1 |
|
GRAS | Grant fee paid |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3 |
|
GRAA | (expected) grant |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210 |
|
AK | Designated contracting states |
Kind code of ref document: B1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: GB Ref legal event code: FG4D Free format text: NOT ENGLISH |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: AT Ref legal event code: REF Ref document number: 549254 Country of ref document: AT Kind code of ref document: T Effective date: 20120315 Ref country code: CH Ref legal event code: EP |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: IE Ref legal event code: FG4D Free format text: LANGUAGE OF EP DOCUMENT: GERMAN |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: DE Ref legal event code: R096 Ref document number: 502009002999 Country of ref document: DE Effective date: 20120510 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: ES Ref legal event code: FG2A Ref document number: 2383723 Country of ref document: ES Kind code of ref document: T3 Effective date: 20120625 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: NL Ref legal event code: VDEP Effective date: 20120314 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: HR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: LT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: NO Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120614 |
|
LTIE | Lt: invalidation of european patent or patent extension |
Effective date: 20120314 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: FI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: GR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120615 Ref country code: LV Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: CY Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: SI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: RO Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: IS Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120714 Ref country code: EE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: SE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: PL Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: CZ Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: PT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120716 Ref country code: SK Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 |
|
BERE | Be: lapsed |
Owner name: HARRO HOFLIGER VERPACKUNGSMASCHINEN G.M.B.H. Effective date: 20120630 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: ES Payment date: 20120628 Year of fee payment: 4 |
|
PLBE | No opposition filed within time limit |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261 |
|
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: MC Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20120630 Ref country code: NL Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: DK Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 |
|
26N | No opposition filed |
Effective date: 20121217 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: MK Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: IE Ref legal event code: MM4A |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: DE Ref legal event code: R097 Ref document number: 502009002999 Country of ref document: DE Effective date: 20121217 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20120612 Ref country code: BE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20120630 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: MT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: BG Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120614 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: CH Ref legal event code: PL |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: TR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20120314 Ref country code: CH Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20130630 Ref country code: LI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20130630 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: LU Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20120612 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: HU Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090612 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: AT Ref legal event code: MM01 Ref document number: 549254 Country of ref document: AT Kind code of ref document: T Effective date: 20140612 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: AT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20140612 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: ES Ref legal event code: FD2A Effective date: 20151229 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: ES Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20140613 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 8 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 9 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 10 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: FR Payment date: 20230621 Year of fee payment: 15 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IT Payment date: 20230630 Year of fee payment: 15 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: DE Ref legal event code: R082 Ref document number: 502009002999 Country of ref document: DE Representative=s name: GLEIM PETRI PATENT- UND RECHTSANWALTSPARTNERSC, DE |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: GB Payment date: 20240620 Year of fee payment: 16 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: DE Payment date: 20240610 Year of fee payment: 16 |