EP3554951B1 - Verpackungsmaschine und entsprechendes verfahren - Google Patents

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EP3554951B1
EP3554951B1 EP17811333.8A EP17811333A EP3554951B1 EP 3554951 B1 EP3554951 B1 EP 3554951B1 EP 17811333 A EP17811333 A EP 17811333A EP 3554951 B1 EP3554951 B1 EP 3554951B1
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Alessandro Amaranti
Fabio FUGNITTO
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    • 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
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B65B9/04—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
    • B65B9/045—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material for single articles, e.g. tablets
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/06—Separating single articles from loose masses of articles
    • B65B35/08—Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/46—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by rotary conveyors
    • 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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B65B5/101—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity
    • B65B5/103—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity for packaging pills or tablets
    • 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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/003—Packaging lines, e.g. general layout
    • B65B65/006—Multiple parallel packaging lines

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  • the present invention concerns a packaging machine, equipped with an apparatus for the distribution and positioning of tablets or suchlike, and therefore pills, lozenges, or other similar or comparable products, of various shapes and sizes, in suitable blisters or seatings disposed in one or more translatable strips.
  • the present invention concerns, in particular but not exclusively, a packaging machine comprising a compact distribution apparatus.
  • the present invention also concerns a method to distribute tablets or suchlike in a packaging machine.
  • Distributor units are known, compact or not compact, which are used for positioning and distributing tablets or pills in blister packs, for example for the pharmaceutical, food, or other sectors having similar needs.
  • the distributor units use a distributor disc suitably disposed for the synchronized release of the tablets in a strip which translates and has suitable seatings, or blisters, to accommodate the tablets.
  • tablets includes pills, lozenges, capsules, and other products of a similar or comparable type or size.
  • compact distributor units we mean units with a compact shape, for example as described in WO2019/115445 .
  • These units are designed and manufactured to work a high variability of types and shapes of tablets, to guarantee considerable productivity, to reduce the intervention times of ordinary maintenance, to make the tablets travel the shortest possible path, thus generating less wear on them, and to reduce the bulk and consumption.
  • Known distributor units are used to transfer or continuously position the tablets in blisters organized on a translatable strip.
  • the translatable strip presents, on each occasion, at least one row of blisters in correspondence with at least one row of holes disposed on a distributor disc.
  • the distributor disc is also associated with brushes which allow a correct distribution of the tablets in the rows of holes in the distributor disc.
  • the distributor disc is rotated by means of suitable drive means above the translatable strip and, in general, has a tangential speed lower than the speed of advance of the strip, so as to increase the time it stays under the brushes, thus improving the efficacy of temporary positioning of the tablets in the holes of the disc.
  • translatable strip having two or more rows of blisters for example for so-called "two-row” packaging machines, which would therefore require large diameter distributor discs, with tangential speeds that are too different between zones near the center and zones near the periphery of the disc.
  • a known feeding device for packaging machines is also disclosed in the document GB-A-905948 .
  • One purpose of the present invention is therefore to provide a packaging machine equipped with a distribution apparatus which is able to feed tablets also to a strip with a large width and comprising several rows of blisters, so as to increase the efficiency and productivity of the packaging machine.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a packaging machine equipped with an effective and compact distribution apparatus, which allows not only to possibly increase the number of rows of blisters, and therefore the effectiveness and productivity of the packaging machine, but also an effective and uniform distribution of the pills or tablets in the corresponding blisters, in any case maintaining the compactness of the packaging machine.
  • Another purpose is to provide an effective and productive method for distributing pills or tablets on a translatable strip, in particular a strip which can be used in a multi-row packaging machine.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • the present invention concerns a packaging machine, comprising at least a strip, translatable in a direction of translation and provided with organized blisters and a distribution apparatus able to transfer and position tablets or suchlike in the blisters of the strip.
  • the distribution apparatus comprises at least a pair of separate distributor members, rotatable and provided with holes configured to present themselves on each occasion in correspondence with the blisters of the strip, in order to transfer and position the tablets or suchlike in the blisters in corresponding zones or sectors of the strip, separate from each other.
  • the distributor members comprise discs or annular elements that are independent and concentric with respect to each other.
  • the distribution apparatus comprises a support provided with at least a slit (for the passage of the tablets or suchlike.
  • the slit is disposed above the blisters of the strip.
  • the translatable strip of the packaging machine can be drivable so as to advance at a constant speed.
  • At least one of the discs or annular elements can also be drivable so as to advance at a constant angular speed.
  • At least one of the discs or annular elements can be drivable in vibration during rotation.
  • the distributor members can also be synchronized so as to present at least a common deposit line in correspondence with the slit, so that along the common deposit line, at least a row of holes of one distributor member is aligned with a row of holes of the other distributor member.
  • the deposit line can be substantially orthogonal to the direction of translation of the strip.
  • the support of the distribution apparatus can also be fixed with respect to the strip and to the discs or annular elements.
  • a first distributor member of the at least one pair of distributor members is configured to transfer and position the tablets or suchlike in the blisters in a first zone or sector of the strip and a second distributor member of the at least one pair of distributor members is configured to transfer and position the tablets or suchlike in the blisters in another zone or sector of the strip, separate from the first zone or sector.
  • the holes of the distributor members can be positioned on the distributor members according to rows directed in a substantially radial direction or slightly offset.
  • the distributor members can be driven so as to have different rotation speeds.
  • the border zone between the distributor members can be positioned substantially in correspondence with a line of the strip, directed substantially in the direction of translation of the strip and able to separate the sectors of the strip.
  • the invention also concerns a method for distributing tablets in a packaging machine, comprising the transfer and positioning of the tablets or suchlike in organized blisters provided on a strip translatable in a direction of translation by means of a distribution apparatus; wherein the transfer and positioning of the tablets or suchlike takes place in corresponding zones or sectors of the strip that are separated from each other, by means of at least a pair of distributor members separate, rotatable and provided with holes configured to present themselves on each occasion in correspondence with the blisters of the strip; the distributor members comprise discs or annular elements independent and concentric with respect to each other; the distribution apparatus comprises a support provided with at least a slit for the passage of the tablets or suchlike; the slit is disposed above the blisters of the strip.
  • the strip can advance at a constant speed.
  • the distributor members can have different rotation speeds.
  • Fig. 1 is used to describe embodiments of a distribution apparatus 10 for a packaging machine, configured to transfer and position tablets or suchlike in organized blisters 15 of at least one translatable strip 16.
  • the distribution apparatus 10 comprises at least a pair of separate, rotatable distributor members 12, 13 provided with holes 20 configured to present themselves on each occasion in correspondence with the blisters 15 of the translatable strip 16, so as to transfer and position the tablets or suchlike in the blisters 15 in relative zones or sectors S1, S2 of the strip 16, separate from each other.
  • the process of distributing the tablets or suchlike in the blisters 15 of the strip 16 can take place substantially continuously, guaranteeing high productivity and efficiency of the distribution apparatus 10.
  • the strip 16 can be driven so as to advance with a constant speed.
  • the distribution apparatus 10 can operate discontinuously.
  • the distributor members 12 and 13 comprise discs, annular elements or suchlike, as schematically shown, which are independent and concentric with respect to each other.
  • At least one of the discs or annular elements that make up the distributor members 12 or 13 can be driven so as to advance with constant angular speed.
  • At least one of the discs or annular elements that make up the distributor members 12 or 13 can be driven in vibration during rotation.
  • embodiments described here also concern a method to distribute tablets and suchlike on the at least one translatable strip 16 provided with the blisters 15 to receive the tablets or suchlike.
  • the method comprises the distribution of tablets or suchlike on the at least one first zone or sector S1, S2 of the strip 16 by means of a first rotatable distributor member 12 and the distribution on at least one other zone or sector S2, S1 of the strip 16, separated from the first zone or sector S1, S2 by means of a second distributor member 13 rotatable and separate from the first distributor member 12.
  • a first distributor member 12 of the pair of distributor members 12, 13 is configured to transfer and position the tablets or suchlike in the blisters 15 in a first zone or sector S1 of the strip 16 and a second distributor member 13 of the pair of distributor members 12, 13 is configured to transfer and position the tablets or suchlike in the blisters 15 in another zone or sector S2 of the strip 16, separate from the first zone or sector S1.
  • the distributor members 12 and 13 can operate according to a continuous distribution and positioning process, so as to guarantee high productivity to the distribution apparatus 10.
  • the distribution apparatus 10 comprises a rotary assembly 11 comprising the first distributor member 12 and the second distributor member 13.
  • each distributor member 12 and 13 of the rotary assembly 11 is preferably provided with its own drive device.
  • a feed device 14 can be provided configured to feed a series of tablets toward the rotary assembly 11.
  • the feed device 14 can be, for example, but not restricted to, a loading hopper, a screw feed system, a pusher loading system, a drawer feed system, a pneumatic feed system, or a combination of these, or other.
  • the feed device 14 can, for example, be configured to feed the tablets continuously, or it can be configured to feed the tablets discontinuously, for example at a predetermined frequency.
  • a series of tablets to be positioned in the appropriate blisters 15 of the strip 16, for example translatable in direction L, are poured onto the rotary assembly 11 by means of the feed device 14, or manually in the case of special processing needs.
  • tablets also includes pills, lozenges or other similar products.
  • the distribution apparatus 10 can be provided with a series of brushes 17, suitably motorized, which aid the correct distribution of the tablets on the surface of the distributor members 12 and 13.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises a fixed support 18, on which a slit 19 for transferring the pills, tablets or suchlike to the strip 16 is made.
  • the distributor members 12 and 13 are slightly distanced from the fixed support 18.
  • each of the distributor members 12, 13 is provided with rows D1, D2 of holes 20, to allow the passage of the tablets through the slit 19 and then to the strip 16, according to a deposit line D which will be discussed hereafter.
  • the rows D1 and D2 of holes 20 are made on the distributor members 12 and 13 in a substantially radial direction, or suitably offset with respect to the radial direction, so as to obtain a correct positioning of the deposit line D.
  • the distribution apparatus 10 can be provided with another brush 21, configured to rotate around an axis substantially parallel to the surface of the rotary assembly 11.
  • the function of the brush 21 is to contain the products in the loading zone of the products to be disposed in the blisters 15 of the strip 16 and to prevent them from advancing inappropriately toward the front unloading zone and then toward the slit 19.
  • the strip 16 shown by way of non-restrictive example, is provided with a line M, which defines the two zones or sectors S1 and S2 of the strip, hence a so-called "two-row" machine. As we said, the two zones or sectors S1 and S2 are separate from each other.
  • the line M is directed in a direction L of advance of the strip 16.
  • the line M can also be the center line of the strip 16, therefore the zones or sectors S1 and S2 of the strip 16, in this case, will have the same number of blisters 15 on one side and on the other with respect to the line M.
  • the line M also represents the line along which the strip 16 is cut, after the blisters 15 have been filled with tablets: each of the blisters 15a subsequent to the distribution apparatus 10 is filled with a tablet.
  • the rows F1 and F2 are preferably parallel to each other and directed substantially in the direction L.
  • each of the zones or sectors S1 and S2 of the strip 16 it is also possible to define a series of columns C1 and C2 of holes 20, belonging to the rows F1 and F2.
  • the columns C1 and C2 are directed in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction L.
  • the distributor members 12 and 13 are separate and, preferably, are configured to rotate independently of each other.
  • the distributor members 12 and 13 can be drivable so as to have different speeds of rotation.
  • the distributor members 12 and 13 are concentric discs or annular elements.
  • the outermost distributor member 13 is provided with a perimeter ring 22 with a raised edge, in order to correctly contain the tablets on the surface of the distributor members 12 and 13.
  • the distributor member 12 for example, can be associated with a rotatable shaft 23 and connected to corresponding drive means, not visible in the drawings, for example a motor or other.
  • the distributor member 13 can be driven by the same means that drive the distributor member 12, for example providing suitable motion transmission elements, or it can be provided that it has its own drive means.
  • the drive means of the distributor member 13 can, for example, be a motor associated with a toothed wheel 24 able to engage on a corresponding toothing made on the perimeter ring 22.
  • the drive means of the distributor member 12 or 13 could be of another type: for example it would be possible to provide for the distributor member 13 a motor cooperating with transmission elements of a flexible type, such as belts, chains or suchlike, associated with the perimeter ring 22 of the distributor member 13.
  • the distributor member 13 could be transformed into the rotor of an electric motor, and would therefore be provided on the periphery with magnets and associated with an external stator.
  • the distributor member 13 can be supported, for example, by means of its own perimeter ring 22, by a series of fixed supports 25, for example idle pins or other.
  • a certain number of fixed supports 25 are provided which are suitably positioned around the distributor member 13, for example three supports 25 equally distanced from each other, of which two are visible in fig. 1 .
  • the external distributor member 13 could also be supported by a roller guide system associated with the perimeter edge of the distributor member 13, for example with its perimeter ring 22.
  • the distributor members 12 and 13 are schematically shown in the form of concentric discs or annular elements, and rotating for example in a direction R, concordant with the direction L of advance of the strip 16.
  • the rotation of the distributor members 12 and/or 13 is configured to allow a more rapid and effective temporary positioning of the tablets in the corresponding holes 20.
  • the effectiveness of filling the distributor member 13, in particular, is guaranteed by its large number of rows D2 of holes 20 and its relatively low rotation speed.
  • the tangential rotation speed of the two distributor members 12 and 13 is different: in particular, the tangential rotation speed of the internal distributor member 12 will be greater than the tangential rotation speed of the external distributor member 13.
  • the two tangential speeds of the distributor members 12 and 13 will be such that, in correspondence with the slit 19, they have at least two rows D1' and D2' of holes 20 aligned substantially like two underlying columns C1 and C2 of blisters 15 of the strip 16, so as to define at least a deposit line D and to pour a tablet onto each blister 15 of a column C1 and a column C2 of the strip 16, which translates in the direction L.
  • the strip 16 can slide on a guide and support structure 26, see fig. 3 , which is located under the apparatus 10.
  • the structure 26 can have a raised portion 27, able to take the strip 16 substantially to the height of the fixed support 18, so as to promote the deposition of the tablets or suchlike in the blisters 15 which are found along the deposit line D.
  • the rows D1' and D2' of holes 20 aligned in direction D are substantially orthogonal to the direction L of advance of the strip 16, as are the columns C1 and C2 of the strip 16.
  • the deposit line D of the tablets is substantially orthogonal to the direction L of advance of the strip and to its center line M.
  • the rows F1 of blisters 15 belong to a first zone or sector S1 of the strip 16, while the rows F2 of blisters 15 belong to a second zone or sector S2 of the strip 16, therefore, in this example, the distributor member 13 releases the tablets on the first zone or sector S1 of the strip 16, while the distributor member 12 releases the tablets, pills or suchlike on the second zone or sector S2 of the strip 16.
  • the zones or sectors S1 and S2, as we said and in the case of a two-row machine, are divided by a center line M, which is substantially positioned in the separation zone between the internal distributor member 12 and the external distributor member 13, and therefore near the internal edge of the distributor member 13 and the external edge of the distributor member 12.
  • the distributor member 13 could be provided, by way of example, with a number of rows D2 of holes 20 greater than the number of rows D1 of holes 20 of the distributor member 12, as schematically shown in fig. 2 .
  • the tangential speed of the distributor member 13 can be equal to about half of the tangential speed of the distributor member 12, so as to obtain a correct definition of the deposit line D on the strip 16.
  • the two distributor members 12 and 13 are separate but not concentric, for example providing that the distributor members 12 and 13 are positioned in sequence along the strip 16 and providing, for example, that the distributor member 12 distributes the tablets on the innermost second zone or sector S2 of the strip 16 and that the distributor member 13 is positioned upstream or downstream of the distributor member 12 and distributes the tablets on the outermost first zone or sector S1 of the strip 16.
  • the two distributor members 12 and 13 could also have an equal or similar diameter and the same or similar speeds of rotation.
  • the solution with the distributor members 12 and 13 in the form of concentric discs or annular elements guarantees greater compactness to the packaging machine, since, substantially, in the case of distributor discs disposed in sequence, it would be necessary to halve the distribution units of the tablets, pills or suchlike, and also the brushes, the supports for the strip and so on. Furthermore, the packaging machine would have to be made, in the case of separate distributor members but located in sequence, with a length greater than in the case of a packaging machine provided with a distribution apparatus with separate but concentric distributor members.
  • the concentric positioning of the external distributor member 13 with respect to the internal distributor member 12 moreover, it is possible to provide the external distributor member 13 with a number of rows D2 of holes 20 greater than the number of rows D1 of holes 20 of the internal distributor member 12, thus allowing to reduce the tangential speed of the external distributor member 13 and to increase the time it stays under the various brushes 17.
  • the present apparatus 10 with separate distributor members 12 and 13, in particular concentric discs or annular elements, could be advantageously applied also to a packaging machine with single-row strip, but with a width such that it would be necessary to provide, otherwise, a disc with too big a diameter, with all the problems described in the introduction.
  • separate zones or sectors S1 and S2 can be identified on the strip 16, comprising a certain number of blisters 15 situated near an internal zone of the strip and a certain number of blisters situated near an external zone of the strip.

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  1. Verpackungsmaschine umfassend mindestens einen Streifen (16), der in einer Verschiebungsrichtung (L) verschiebbar und mit geordneten Blistern (15) versehen ist, und eine Verteilungsvorrichtung (10), die imstande ist, Tabletten oder dergleichen in die Blister (15) des Streifens (16) zu überführen und darin zu positionieren, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verteilungsvorrichtung (10) mindestens ein Paar separate Verteilungselemente (12, 13) umfasst, die drehbar und mit Löchern (20) versehen sind, die so konfiguriert sind, dass sie sich jedes Mal in Entsprechung mit den Blistern (15) des Streifens (16) präsentieren, um die Tabletten oder dergleichen in entsprechenden voneinander getrennten Zonen oder Sektoren (S1, S2) des Streifens (16) in die Blister (15) zu überführen und darin zu positionieren, wobei die Verteilungselemente (12, 13) Scheiben oder ringförmige Elemente umfassen, die unabhängig voneinander und konzentrisch zueinander sind, und wobei die Verteilungsvorrichtung (10) einen Träger (18) umfasst, der mit mindestens einem Schlitz (19) für den Durchgang der Tabletten oder dergleichen versehen ist, wobei der Schlitz (19) oberhalb der Blister (15) des Streifens (16) angeordnet ist.
  2. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei der Streifen (16) antreibbar ist, so dass er sich mit konstanter Geschwindigkeit vorwärtsbewegt.
  3. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei mindestens eine der Scheiben oder eines der ringförmigen Elemente antreibbar ist, so dass sie/es sich mit konstanter Winkelgeschwindigkeit vorwärtsbewegt.
  4. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei mindestens eine der Scheiben oder eines der ringförmigen Elemente während der Rotation in Schwingung antreibbar ist.
  5. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei die Verteilungselemente (12, 13) synchronisiert sind, so dass sie mindestens eine gemeinsame Ablagelinie (D) in Entsprechung mit dem Schlitz (19) aufweisen, so dass entlang der gemeinsamen Ablagelinie (D) mindestens eine Reihe (D1') von Löchern des einen Verteilungselements (12) mit einer Reihe (D2') von Löchern (20) des anderen Verteilungselements (13) ausgerichtet ist.
  6. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß Anspruch 5, wobei die Ablagelinie (D) im Wesentlichen orthogonal zu der Verschiebungsrichtung (L) des Streifens (16) ist.
  7. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß Anspruch 5 oder 6, wobei der Träger (18) in Bezug auf den Streifen (16) und die Scheiben oder ringförmigen Elemente feststehend ist.
  8. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei ein erstes Verteilungselement (12) so konfiguriert ist, dass es die Tabletten oder dergleichen in einer ersten Zone oder einem ersten Sektor (S1) des Streifens (16) in die Blister (15) überführt und darin positioniert, und ein zweites Verteilungselement (13) so konfiguriert ist, dass es die Tabletten oder dergleichen in einer anderen Zone oder einem anderen Sektor (S2) des Streifens (16), getrennt von der ersten Zone oder dem ersten Sektor (S1), in die Blister (15) überführt und darin positioniert.
  9. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei die Löcher (20) auf den Verteilungselementen (12, 13) in Reihen (D1, D2, D1', D2') positioniert sind, die in im Wesentlichen radialen Richtungen oder leicht versetzt ausgerichtet sind.
  10. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei die Verteilungselemente (12, 13) so angetrieben werden können, dass sie verschiedene Rotationsgeschwindigkeiten haben.
  11. Verpackungsmaschine gemäß irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei die Grenzzone zwischen den zueinander konzentrisch angeordneten Verteilungselementen (12, 13) im Wesentlichen in Entsprechung mit einer Linie (M) des Streifens (16) positioniert ist, im Wesentlichen in der Verschiebungsrichtung (L) des Streifens (16) ausgerichtet und imstande ist, die Sektoren (S1, S2) des Streifens (16) zu trennen.
  12. Verfahren zur Verteilung von Tabletten in einer Verpackungsmaschine gemäß irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei das Verfahren die Überführung und Positionierung von Tabletten oder dergleichen in geordnete(n) Blister(n) (15), die auf einem Streifen (16) vorliegen, der in einer Verschiebungsrichtung (L) verschiebbar ist, mittels einer Verteilungsvorrichtung (10) umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Überführung und Positionierung der Tabletten oder dergleichen in entsprechenden voneinander getrennten Zonen oder Sektoren (S1, S2) des Streifens (16) durch mindestens ein Paar separate Verteilungselemente (12, 13) stattfindet, die drehbar und mit Löchern (20) versehen sind, die so konfiguriert sind, dass sie sich jedes Mal in Entsprechung mit den Blistern (15) des Streifens (16) präsentieren, wobei die Verteilungselemente (12, 13) Scheiben oder ringförmige Elemente umfassen, die unabhängig voneinander und konzentrisch zueinander sind, und wobei die Verteilungsvorrichtung (10) einen Träger (18) umfasst, der mit mindestens einem Schlitz (19) für den Durchgang der Tabletten oder dergleichen versehen ist, wobei der Schlitz (19) oberhalb der Blister (15) des Streifens (16) angeordnet ist.
  13. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 12, wobei sich der Streifen (16) mit konstanter Geschwindigkeit vorwärtsbewegt.
  14. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 12 oder 13, wobei die Verteilungselemente (12, 13) unterschiedliche Rotationsgeschwindigkeiten haben.
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