EP3024647B1 - Apparatus for feeding inserts to a tablet press - Google Patents
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- The invention relates to an apparatus for feeding inserts (cores) from a separating device to a tablet press, having an endless conveyor which transports the inserts from the separating device to the tablet press with an endless, circulating conveying element, according to independent claim 1.
- Not only single-layer tablets can be produced by way of tablet presses, in particular rotary tablet presses, but rather the tablets can also consist of two or even more layers. Here, what is known as a insert or core, for example a smaller tablet with a specific active ingredient which is to be released with a time delay, is increasingly frequently inserted into the tablets before final pressing. Inserts or cores of this type can also be a small microchip, however, which is activated after the tablet is swallowed and the tablet layers which surround it dissolve, for example upon contact with the gastric acid, and then sends a signal to a signal receiver which is situated outside the body, and it is indicated as a result of this that and when the tablet is swallowed by the patients.
- In order to feed cores of this type to the tablet press and to deposit them in the die openings on a tablet layer which has already been pre-pressed there, the cores are accepted from a separating device by means of a suitable feed apparatus and are transferred to the tablet press. An apparatus of this kind of the generic type for feeding inserts is known, for example, from
DE 103 21 754 B4 . In the said known apparatus, the inserts are deposited in a stationary and separated manner on a driven endless conveyor and are accepted from the latter at the tablet press by means of receiving elements and are transferred to a chain conveyor, the conveying chain of which has, on a part section of its run, an arcuate course which coincides with the pitch circle of the die openings which are provided in the die table. -
CN 201873244 discloses a telescopic loading and unloading conveyor in the field of distribution and storage; the conveyor is for bi-directionally conveying goods. The conveyor comprises two expansion joints and a base joint being equipped with a lifting mechanism, which is arranged underneath the bottom of the base joint in order to adjust the angle of the conveyor by means of a tilting cylinder. The first expansion joint is expandably nested inside the base joint and the second expansion joint is nested inside the first expansion joint. A belt as conveyor element is formed as a closed loop and driven by motor. The belt is guided around drums arranged in each expansion joint for keeping the belt stretched when the expansion joints are moved in or out. - It is frequently necessary in practice to dismantle the endless conveyor, with the aid of which the inserts are transported to the tablet press, or to move or pivot it away from the tablet press, in order to gain access to the tablet press for maintenance or for repair purposes, in particular in order to clean the core setter, with the aid of which the inserts are accepted from the endless conveyor and are transferred into the die holes in the die tables. After maintenance or repair work of this type, the feed apparatus which conveys the inserts to the tablet press or its endless conveyor then has to first of all be oriented correctly again with respect to the tablet press, in order that the cores which are fed can also be accepted reliably from the core setter. This novel calibration of the apparatus is time- and work-intensive.
- It is an object of the invention to provide an apparatus of the type mentioned at the outset, in which the endless conveyor can be removed easily and rapidly from the tablet press for maintenance purposes and, after termination of the maintenance work, can be moved similarly rapidly into its correct position on the tablet press again.
- This object is achieved by way of the invention by virtue of the fact that the endless conveyor has a first conveyor part and a second conveyor part which can be adjusted linearly relative to the first conveyor part in a direction parallel to the conveying direction of the inserts which are transported by the conveying element.
- As a result of the refinement according to the invention, it is possible to withdraw that one of the two conveyor parts, by which the cores are accepted from the core setter during operation of the tablet press, in a more linear manner from the tablet press and in the process to adjust it relative to the other conveyor part, by the two conveyor parts being pushed together. As a result, a sufficiently large amount of space is produced, in order for it to be possible to carry out the necessary maintenance work. After termination of said maintenance work, the two conveyor parts are then pushed apart from one another again relative to one another, the movable one of the two conveyor parts being advanced on the same path by the same amount in the direction of the tablet press, by which it was previously withdrawn in order to gain the access to the tablet press. Complicated adjusting work is therefore no longer required.
- In one advantageous development of the invention, the conveying element circulates around both conveyor parts over deflection and/or drive rollers or teeth which are formed on said conveyor parts, a conveying element buffer storage region being provided in a transfer region between the first conveyor part and the second conveyor part. If the two conveyor parts are adjusted relative to one another, that is to say the overall length of the endless conveyor changes, the length of the circulating conveying element can be received in the buffer store if the overall length of the endless conveyor is reduced or can be removed from the buffer store again if the overall length of the endless conveyor is increased, with the result that, independently of the position of the two conveyor parts relative to one another, the circulating conveying element always remains reliably mounted with the required tension.
- Furthermore, it has proven advantageous if the first and the second conveyor part are connected to one another by means of a linear guide, for example a sliding guide or a recirculating ball bearing guide, and can be adjusted relative to one another between a first, retracted position and a second, extended position. The first conveyor part is expediently connected in a stationary manner on the separating apparatus, whereas the second conveyor part can be advanced in the direction of the tablet press and can be withdrawn from the latter by the first conveyor part.
- Moreover, it has proven expedient if a suction device is provided which is active at least on one part section of the conveying run of the conveying element. The suction device can have, in particular, a vacuum chamber which is configured at the tablet press-side end of the second conveyor part below the conveying run of the then air-permeable conveying element and is connected to a suction line. With the aid of the suction which is generated by the suction device, the inserts are pressed against the conveying element, with the result that the frictional force which acts between the inserts and the conveying element is increased. The inserts thus maintain their position on the conveying element even in the case of high conveying speeds. It is particularly advantageous if the suction line has at least one first line section which is arranged on the first conveyor part and at least one second line section which is arranged on the second conveyor part, which line sections are oriented parallel to the conveying direction, it being possible for the line sections to be displaced into one another with sealing. The suction line can therefore be arranged in the interior of the endless conveyor between the two conveyor parts. If the overall length of the endless conveyor is changed by way of relative displacement of the two conveyor parts with respect to one another, the length of the suction line is then automatically also adapted, by the one line section being pushed into the other line section or being pulled out of the latter again.
- The conveying element buffer storage section is defined substantially by two deflection rollers on the two conveyor parts, which deflection rollers are wrapped around by the conveying element. Here, the arrangement is made in such a way that, if the overall length of the endless conveyor is shortened by a defined amount, the active spacing between the two deflection rollers which define the buffer storage section is enlarged by the same amount and, as a result, produces the required buffer storage for the conveying element which would otherwise be too long when the conveyor is pushed in.
- The adjustable conveyor part is preferably provided with a coupling and/or centring device at its front, free end, which coupling and/or centring device has, in one simple, preferred refinement of the invention, a guide pin which, in the extended state of the adjustable conveyor part, is enclosed in a pin receptacle which is provided on the tablet press.
- The conveyor parts can be capable of being locked to one another in a non-positive and/or positively locking manner in at least one telescopic position relative to one another, for example by way of an index bolt which can be actuated on the one conveyor part transversely with respect to the adjusting direction, and an adapted index opening on the other conveyor part, which index opening is aligned with the index bolt in the telescopic position. The locking capability ensures that the two conveyor parts cannot unintentionally change their relative position with respect to one another.
- It is provided in one advantageous development of the invention that the endless conveyor is provided with a monitoring unit, preferably a light barrier, in the transfer region to the tablet press, in particular in the region of the suction device. Here, the arrangement is preferably made in such a way that the monitoring unit is connected at at least one connector and/or supply line, such as an optical fibre, and that a storage or winding device for the connector and/or supply line is provided on the endless conveyor. Here, the storage or winding device can have at least two deflection/storage rollers, the spacing of which from one another is variable. A construction has proven particularly advantageous, in which at least one of the deflection/storage rollers is mounted in a stationary manner on the endless conveyor and at least one other of the deflection/storage rollers is mounted rotatably on a slide element which is arranged displaceably on the endless conveyor and is prestressed by a spring force accumulator. If in each case two deflection/storage rollers are arranged in pairs firstly in a stationary manner and secondly on the slide element, a comparatively great length of the connector and/or supply line can be buffer stored in the storage device in a similar manner to a pulley, even in the case of a small displacement travel of the slide element.
- Finally, it is also advantageous if the deflection and/or drive rollers or teeth are cantilever-mounted on the conveyor parts in such a way that they project in the direction of the respectively other conveyor part. The cantilever mounting of the rollers or gearwheels makes maintenance work on the conveying element particularly simple, in particular also the replacement of a conveying belt.
- Further features and advantages of the invention result from the following description and the drawing, in which one preferred embodiment of the invention will be explained in greater detail using one example. In the drawing:
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Fig. 1 shows an apparatus according to the invention with an extended endless conveyor in a perspective illustration, -
Fig. 2 shows the object ofFig. 1 with a retracted endless conveyor, -
Fig. 3 shows the object ofFig. 1 with the omission of a cover of the first conveyor part of the endless conveyor, -
Fig. 4 shows the endless conveyor of the apparatus according to the invention in a retracted state, in a side view and partially in section, -
Fig. 5 shows the object ofFig. 4 in the extended state, -
Fig. 6 shows a detailed illustration of the suction device of the apparatus according to the invention in section, -
Fig. 7 shows the apparatus according to the invention in the region of its connection on a rotary tablet press, in a plan view, -
Fig. 8 shows the object ofFig. 6 in a section along the line VII-VII, -
Fig. 9 shows the storage and winding device of a connector and supply line for a monitoring device in the transfer region between the tablet press and endless conveyor, in a simplified side view with an extended second conveyor part, and -
Fig. 10 shows the object ofFig. 9 with a retracted second conveyor part. - The apparatus which is shown in the drawings and is denoted in its entirety by 10 serves to feed inserts 11 (cores) which are to be arranged in the interior of a pressed tablet from a
separating device 12 to arotary tablet press 13. - To this end, the
apparatus 10 has anendless conveyor 14 which is connected on theseparating device 12 with an endless, circulatingconveying element 15 which, in the preferred exemplary embodiment which is shown and described, is a narrow, air-permeable belt which transports theinserts 11 which lie on it from the separating device to the tablet press, as will still be described in detail in the following text. - The
endless conveyor 14 is formed substantially from afirst conveyor part 16, which is connected in a stationary manner on the separating device, and asecond conveyor part 17 which can be adjusted linearly relative to thefirst conveyor part 16 in adirection 18 parallel to the conveyingdirection 19 of theinserts 11 which are transported by theconveying element 15.Fig. 1 shows theendless conveyor 14 in a state, in which thesecond conveyor part 17 is situated in an extended position, in which aguide pin 21 of a coupling andcentring device 22, whichguide pin 21 is arranged at the free, tablet press-side end 20 of thesecond conveyor part 17, is enclosed in apin receptacle 23 which is provided on thetablet press 13, which, although it cannot be seen inFig. 1 since the tablet press is not also shown there, can be seen clearly inFig. 8 . -
Fig. 2 shows theendless conveyor 14 in a retracted position of thesecond conveyor part 17, that is to say a state, in which the second conveyor part is pulled away as far as possible from the tablet press and therefore reaches with itsrear end 24 practically as far as just in front of the housing of theseparating device 12. This linear adjustability of the twoconveyor parts tablet press 13 if it is necessary to maintain or repair the latter, for example in order to clean the core setter unit which is denoted in its entirety by 25 inFigs 7 and8 , to acceptindividual cores 11 from theconveying element 15 of theendless conveyor 14 by way of the rotatingsetter wheel 26 of said core setter unit, and to transfer them into thedies 27 of the press, as is known in rotary tablet presses. As a result of the withdrawal of thesecond conveyor part 17 in the direction of the separating device, a sufficiently wide passage is produced between the tablet press and the endless conveyor, which passage provides the clearance which is required for maintenance and repair purposes of this type. When the work is concluded, the second conveyor part is again advanced linearly relative to the first conveyor part and then passes with itsfree front end 20, assisted by the coupling andcentring device 22, exactly into the correct position relative to the core setter of the tablet press again without further adjusting work, with the result that further tablet production can be started again without delay. - As can be seen best using
Figs 4 and 5 , the conveyingelement 15 runs around bothconveyor parts belt 15 does not become slack during the withdrawal of thesecond conveyor part 17 in the direction of the separatingdevice 12, a conveying element buffer storage section 31 is provided between the twoconveyor parts Fig. 4 ) and is reduced during extension (Fig. 5 ). The two deflection rollers 28a, b are wrapped around by the conveyingbelt 15, whereby the lower overall length of theendless conveyor 14 in the retracted state of thesecond conveyor part 17 is compensated for by the length of the conveyingelement 15. - If
Fig. 3 is now addressed which shows theconveyor 14 in the region of thefirst conveyor part 16 without an otherwise usually present cover 32 (cf.Figs 1, 2 ), it can be seen that the twoconveyor parts second conveyor part 17. InFigs 1 to 3 , furthermore, 34 denotes an index bolt which is a constituent part of a locking device, by way of which the two conveyor parts can be locked to one another in a non-positive and/or positively locking manner in the extended telescopic position (Fig. 1 ) or the retracted position (Fig. 2 ), in order to prevent unintentional displacement of theconveyor parts index bolt 34 which is arranged on aside wall 35 of thesecond conveyor part 17 by means of a holding flange such that it can be displaced transversely with respect to the adjustingdirection 18 of saidconveyor part 17 interacts with index openings which are arranged on thefirst conveyor part 16 and of which merely one can be seen inFig. 3 at 36. In order to release the locking action, for example in order for it to be possible to transfer thesecond conveyor part 17 from its telescopic position which is shown inFigs 1 and3 into the retracted position which is shown inFig. 2 , the index bolt is gripped at its gripping knob which can be seen easily in the drawings and, for example, is pulled out to a certain extent counter to the action of a spring, with the result that the front end (not visible in the drawings) of the index bolt is pulled out of the index opening which is concealed by theside wall 35 in the drawings, and therefore does not (any longer) block a movement of theconveyor part 17 in thelongitudinal direction 18. As soon as the second conveyor part has withdrawn completely in the direction of the separatingdevice 12, theindex bolt 34 then passes into alignment with the rear index opening 36 (visible inFig. 3 ), into which it can then be enclosed or inserted for locking purposes. - In order that the
cores 11 which are fed from theendless conveyor 14 to thetablet press 13 remain lying on the conveying element reliably in the transfer region between the conveyor and the tablet press, in which transfer region the cores are accepted by the setter wheel, until said acceptance, the apparatus according to the invention is provided with a suction device 42 in the region of thecore setter 25 in apart section 40 of the upper conveying run 41 of the conveyingelement 15. At the tablet press-side end 20 of thesecond conveyor part 17 below the conveying run 41 of the conveyingbelt 15 which is air-permeable as has already been mentioned, said suction device 42 has avacuum chamber 43 which is connected to asuction line 44. By way of said suction line, a vacuum is generated in the vacuum chamber, as a result of which suction is produced through the air-permeable conveyingbelt 15, which suction causes thecores 11 which lie on the conveying run of the conveying belt to be pressed against said conveying belt. Thesuction line 44 which is arranged in the interior of theendless conveyor 14 has afirst line section 45 which is arranged on thefirst conveyor part 16 and asecond line section 46 which is arranged in the interior of thesecond conveyor part 17, the arrangement being made in such a way that bothline sections direction 19 and can be displaced into one another with sealing 47. As a consequence, thesecond line section 46 can be pushed into thefirst line section 45 during the withdrawal of thesecond conveyor part 17 away from thetablet press 13 and toward the separatingdevice 12, with the result that the length of thesuction line 44 is adapted automatically during the withdrawal movement of the second conveyor part to that projecting length of theendless conveyor 14 which is then reduced. - A
monitoring device 50 is provided for monitoring the reliable conveying of thecores 11 in the transfer region between the conveyor and the tablet press, whichmonitoring device 50 is formed substantially by alight barrier 51 which is connected to a control and evaluation device (not shown) via anoptical fibre 52 which is guided through the interior of theendless conveyor 18. It is monitored with the aid of thelight barrier 51 that there arecores 11 in the region of the accumulating section of the conveyor above thevacuum chamber 43 in front of thesetter wheel 26 of the tablet press and that they also bear tightly against one another there in every case, in order that thecores 11 are not damaged when accepted by the driver arms of thesetter wheel 26. In order that theoptical fibre 52 is wound up correctly in the interior of the conveyor and is not damaged during the withdrawal of thesecond conveyor part 17, a storage and winding device for said connector and supply line is provided, which storage and winding device is denoted in its entirety by 53 inFig. 3 .Figs 9 and 10 show more detail of the storage and winding device 53. - As can be seen in
Figs 9 and 10 , the storage and winding device 53 has a total of four deflection/storage rollers, of which therollers bearing block 56 which is arranged in a stationary manner in the interior of thefirst conveyor part 16, whereas the twoother deflection rollers 57 and 58 are mounted rotatably on a slide element 59 which can be displaced in the interior of the first conveyor part of theendless conveyor 14 along twoguide rods 60. The slide element 59 is prestressed by a spring force accumulator which is formed by a helical tension spring 61. It can be seen fromFigs 9 and 10 that theoptical fibre 52, on which thelight barrier 51 is connected, wraps around the fixed deflection/storage rollers storage rollers 57, 58 in each case alternately as in a pulley. The transmission ratio of the storage section which is formed by the four rollers is therefore 4:1, with the result that, during the withdrawal of thesecond conveyor part 17 away from thetablet press 13 towards the separatingdevice 12 by the entire available displacement travel, the slide element 59 is pulled by precisely one quarter of the entire displacement travel by the tension spring 61 away from the bearingblock 56 which is arranged in a stationary manner and, as a result, stores that length of the optical fibre between the four deflection rollers which is not required in the withdrawn state of the second conveyor part. - All the deflection rollers including the drive roller 28 and the deflection rollers 28 are cantilever-mounted on the two
conveyor parts element 15, without it being necessary for theendless conveyor 14 to be dismantled to an appreciable extent for this purpose. - The invention is not restricted to the exemplary embodiment which is shown and described, but rather various modifications are conceivable without departing from the scope of the invention. It is thus possible, for example, to produce the telescoping capability of the endless conveyor not only by way of two conveyor parts which can be displaced relative to one another, but rather it is also possible that the endless conveyor consists of more than two conveyor parts, for example of three or four conveyor parts, if it proves necessary that the endless conveyor is adjustable over a relatively large adjustment travel between the separating device and tablet press. Instead of the tension spring 61 which is used in the storage and winding device of the exemplary embodiment which is described, another spring force accumulator, in particular a compression spring, can also be used there.
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- Apparatus for feeding inserts (11) from a separating device (12) to a tablet press (13), having an endless conveyor (14) which transports the inserts (11) from the separating device (12) to the tablet press (13) with an endless, circulating conveying element (15), characterized in that the endless conveyor (14) has a first conveyor part (16) and a second conveyor part (17) being adjustable linearly relative to the first conveyor part (16) in a direction (18) parallel to the conveying direction (19) of the inserts (11) which are transportable by means of the conveying element (15), wherein the endless conveyor (14) is provided in a transfer region to the tablet press (13) with a suction device (42) for the conveying element, the suction device having a suction line, the length of which being adaptable by relative displacement of the conveyor parts, and/or wherein the endless conveyor (14) is provided in a transfer region to the tablet press (13) with a monitoring device (50), being connected to a connector and/or supply line with an assigned storage or winding device (53).
- Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that the conveying element (15) is circulatable around both conveyor parts (16, 17) over deflection and/or drive rollers (28, 29) or teeth which are formed on said conveyor parts (16, 17), and in that a conveying element buffer storage section (31) is provided in a transfer region between the first conveyor part (16) and the second conveyor part (17).
- Apparatus according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterized in that the first and the second conveyor part (16, 17) are connected to one another by means of a linear guide (33), for example a sliding guide or a recirculating ball bearing guide, and are adjustable relative to one another between a first, retracted position and a second, extended position.
- Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the first conveyor part (16) is connected in a stationary manner on the separating apparatus (12), and in that the second conveyor part (17) is advancable in the direction of the tablet press (13) and is withdrawable from the latter by the first conveyor part (16).
- Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the suction device (42) is active on at least one part section (40) of the conveying run (41) of the conveying element (15), wherein the suction device (42) has a vacuum chamber (43) which is configured at the tablet press-side end (20) of the second conveyor part (17) below the conveying run (41) of the air-permeable conveying element (15) and is connected to the suction line (44).
- Apparatus according to Claim 5, characterized in that the suction line (44) has at least one first line section (45) which is arranged on the first conveyor part (16) and at least one second line section (46) which is arranged on the second conveyor part (17), which line sections (45, 46) are oriented parallel to the conveying direction (19), with the line sections (45, 46) being displacable into one another with sealing (47).
- Apparatus according to one of Claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the conveying element buffer storage section (31) is defined substantially by two deflection rollers (28) on the two conveyor parts (16, 17), which deflection rollers (28) are wrapped around by the conveying element (15).
- Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the adjustable conveyor part (17) is provided with a coupling and/or centring device (22) at its front, free end (20).
- Apparatus according to Claim 8, characterized in that the coupling and/or centring device (22) has a guide pin (21) which, in the extended state of the adjustable conveyor part (17), is enclosed in a pin receptacle (23) which is provided on the tablet press (13) .
- Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the conveyor parts (16, 17) are lockable to one another in a non-positive and/or positively locking manner in at least one telescopic position relative to one another.
- Apparatus according to Claim 10, characterized by an index bolt (34) being actuable on the one conveyor part (17) transversely with respect to the adjusting direction (18), and an adapted index opening (36) on the other conveyor part (16), which index opening (36) is aligned with the index bolt (34) in the telescopic position.
- Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the monitoring device (50) comprises a light barrier (51), and/or that the connector and/or supply line (52) is an optical fibre.
- Apparatus according to any of Claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the storage or winding device (53) has at least two deflection/storage rollers (54, 55, 57, 58), the spacing of which from one another is variable.
- Apparatus according to Claim 13, characterized in that at least one of the deflection/storage rollers (54, 55) is mounted in a stationary manner on the endless conveyor (14) and at least one other of the deflection/storage rollers (57, 58) is mounted rotatably on a slide element (59) which is arranged displaceably on the endless conveyor (14) and is prestressed by a spring force accumulator (61).
- Apparatus according to one of Claims 13 or 14, characterized in that the deflection and/or drive rollers (28, 29) or teeth are cantilever-mounted on the conveyor parts (16, 17) in such a way that they project in the direction of the respectively other conveyor part (17, 16).
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