US20150113917A1 - Apparatus for feeding capsules - Google Patents

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US20150113917A1
US20150113917A1 US14/399,050 US201314399050A US2015113917A1 US 20150113917 A1 US20150113917 A1 US 20150113917A1 US 201314399050 A US201314399050 A US 201314399050A US 2015113917 A1 US2015113917 A1 US 2015113917A1
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Fabrizio Salvatore Consoli
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    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/12—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
    • B65G47/14—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
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    • B65G47/14—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B65G47/1407—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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  • the present invention relates to automatic machines for packaging pharmaceutical products.
  • the invention refers to an apparatus for feeding capsules to a filling machine.
  • capsules of the lid-bottom type that are made of hard gelatine, with liquid, powder, pill, mini-pill, chronoid etc. pharmaceutical products.
  • Filling machines comprising a turret or transferring wheel, rotating around a vertical axis and provided with housings or seats arranged for receiving the capsules, and a. plurality of operating stations arranged around the aforesaid transferring wheel.
  • the transferring wheel moves the capsules, typically with an intermittent alternating motion, through the aforesaid operating stations that typically comprise a feeding station, one or more dosing stations and a capsule closing station.
  • a feeding apparatus In the feeding station a feeding apparatus is provided that draws empty capsules from a store and, after orienting the empty capsules correctly, inserts the empty capsules into the seats of the transferring wheel. Suitable means opens the capsules, separating the lids from the bottoms.
  • One or more dosing stations dose respective products into the bottoms of the capsules.
  • the lids are again coupled with the respective bottoms so as to close and recompose the dosed capsules, which are conveyed outside the filling machine.
  • the feeding apparatus of the feeding station comprises a plurality of parallel, substantially vertical feeding conduits that are able to draw the capsules from a store or upper hopper, where they lie loose, and convey the capsules to the seats of the transferring wheel.
  • Each conduit enables a plurality of capsules arranged aligned according to the axis of greater length and in a single row to drop through by the force of gravity.
  • Orienting means is associated with each feeding conduit to orient the capsules correctly and insert the capsules singularly into the seats of the transferring wheel.
  • the capsules are oriented in such a manner as to be inserted into the seats with the lid at the top and the bottom at the lower part.
  • the feeding conduits are equal in number to the number of seats on the transferring wheel.
  • the seats are generally arranged next to one another to form a linear or arched row.
  • the seats for the capsules made on the transferring wheel can be arranged next to one another on two or more parallel or adjacent rows. Each row of seats is fed with the capsules by a respective feeding station.
  • These filling machines thus comprise a plurality of feeding stations, arranged in sequence around the transferring wheel. These machines are thus particularly bulky and costly.
  • feeding apparatuses comprising a plurality of feeding conduits arranged next to one another according to two adjacent lines or groups so as to feed to two distinct rows or groups of seats of the transferring wheel in the same operating station.
  • the filling machine is relatively compact, having only one feeding station, which is slightly greater than a station with a single aligned group of feeding conduits.
  • One drawback of this apparatus lies in the complexity and cost of the orienting means provided for orienting and inserting into the seats two rows of capsules that are alongside one another.
  • One object of the present invention is to improve the known apparatuses for feeding capsules, or similar elements, to filling machines provided with a transferring wheel with seats for the capsules.
  • Another object is to provide a feeding apparatus that is compact and not bulky that is able to feed a high-production filling machine provided with a transferring wheel having seats for the capsules arranged alongside one another in two adjacent rows.
  • a further object is to make a feeding apparatus that has simple and reliable operation.
  • FIG. 1 is a frontal schematic and partially sectioned view of the capsule-feeding apparatus of the invention associated with a partially illustrated filling machine;
  • FIG. 2 is a partial and enlarged front view of the apparatus in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a section according to line in FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a frontal schematic and partially sectioned view of the feeding apparatus in a second operating configuration
  • FIG. 5 is a section according to line V-V in FIG. 4 ;
  • FIGS. 6 to 9 are partially sectioned and enlarged partial front views of the apparatus of the invention in successive operating configurations.
  • the apparatus 1 of the invention is illustrated arranged for feeding capsules 100 to a transferring wheel 210 of a filling machine 200 , which is partially illustrated.
  • the capsules 100 are made of hard gelatine.
  • Each capsule 100 is made up of a bottom 100 b closed above by a lid 100 a so as to form a closed cavity that is suitable for containing one or more products.
  • the apparatus 1 comprising a store 2 for containing the capsules 100 and provided, in particular, with a tank 2 a fed by an upper hopper 2 b.
  • the apparatus comprises a plurality of first feeding conduits 3 that are parallel and spaced apart along a first direction X and are able to draw the capsules 100 from the store 2 and convey the capsules 100 to first seats 211 of the transferring wheel 210 , and a plurality of second feeding conduits 4 that are parallel and spaced apart along the first direction X and able to draw the capsules 100 from the store 2 and convey the capsules 100 to second seats 212 of the transferring wheel 210 .
  • the second feeding conduits 4 are spaced away from the first feeding conduits 3 along a second direction Y that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction X.
  • the feeding conduits 3 , 4 feed the capsules 100 to the filling machine 200 in parallel.
  • the apparatus comprises twelve first feeding conduits 3 and twelve second feeding conduits 4 arranged along respective arched rows.
  • the transferring wheel 210 of the machine comprises a plurality of peripheral sectors, each of which is provided with a first group of first seats 211 and a second group of second seats 212 .
  • the seats of each group are arranged along respective arched rows.
  • Each feeding conduit 3 , 4 is able to receive a plurality of capsules 100 from the store 2 and convey said plurality of capsules 100 to the transferring wheel 210 , the capsules 100 being arranged aligned along a longitudinal axis of greater length, the ones in contact with the others to form a single row.
  • the capsules 100 are inserted into the conduits 3 , 4 with a random orientation, i.e. with the bottoms 100 b facing downwards (as requested for inserting into the seats 211 , 212 of the transferring wheel 210 ) or upwards.
  • First stopping means 7 and second stopping means 8 are provided at the free ends of the first feeding conduits 3 and of the second feeding conduits 4 (opposite the ends inserted into the store 2 ) to stop or enable the descent of the capsules 100 along and outside the aforesaid feeding conduits 3 , 4 .
  • the apparatus 1 also includes first horizontal pushing means 11 and first vertical pushing means 12 that are movable and are arranged for receiving and orienting the capsules 100 coming from the first feeding conduits 3 , and second horizontal pushing means 21 and second vertical pushing means 22 that are movable and arranged for receiving and orienting the capsules 100 coming from the second feeding conduits 4 .
  • the first pushing means 11 , 12 and the second pushing means 21 , 22 enable, as explained. better further on in the description, the capsules 100 to be oriented in an insertion configuration, i.e. in a substantially vertical position and in such a manner as to have the respective bottoms 100 b facing downwards, i.e. to the seats 211 , 212 of the transferring wheel 210 .
  • the first horizontal pushers 11 and the second horizontal pushing means 21 face one another, opposite and movable with alternating motion in opposite directions along the second direction Y so as to orient, move near and insert (in cooperation with the first vertical pushers 12 and the second vertical pushers 22 ) the capsules 100 coming from the first feeding conduits 3 and the capsules 100 coming from the second feeding conduits 4 respectively into the first seats 211 and into the second seats 212 .
  • the first vertical pushing means 21 and the second vertical pushing means 22 arc arranged alongside one another, substantially parallel and movable with alternating motion along the third direction
  • the first vertical pushing means 12 is fixed to the first feeding conduits 3 and the second vertical pushing means 22 is fixed to the second feeding conduits 4 .
  • the first actuating means 31 moves both the feeding conduits 3 , 4 and the vertical pushing means 12 , 22 with alternating motion along the third, substantially vertical, direction Z.
  • the apparatus 1 further comprises first orienting conduits 5 , arranged alongside one another and parallel along the first direction X and interposed between the first feeding conduits 3 and the first seats 211 and second orienting conduits 6 arranged alongside one another and parallel along the first direction X and interposed between the second feeding conduits 3 and the second seats 212 .
  • the first orienting conduits 5 and the second orienting conduits 6 receive the capsules 100 respectively from the first feeding conduits 3 and from the second feeding conduits 4 .
  • the number of first orienting conduits 5 and of second orienting conduits 6 is thus equal respectively to the number of first feeding conduits 3 and of second feeding conduits 4 (twelve).
  • Each orienting conduit 5 , 6 is dimensioned along the first direction X (width) in such a manner as to retain the capsules 100 by interference fit with the respective lids 100 a.
  • the width of the orienting conduit 5 , 6 is slightly less than the width of the lid 100 a of the capsule 100 , which in the absence of external forces thus remains locked inside the orienting conduit.
  • each orienting conduit 5 , 6 is such as to enable the capsule 100 to rotate once completely.
  • the first horizontal pushing means 11 and the first vertical pushing means 12 are movable inside the first orienting conduits 5
  • the second horizontal pushing means 21 and the second vertical pushing means 22 are movable inside the second guide conduits 6
  • the first horizontal pushing means 11 and the first vertical pushing means 12 comprise respectively first abutting means 13 and further first abutting means 15 arranged for pushing and rotating the capsules 100 coming from the first feeding conduits 3 in the desired insertion configuration.
  • the third abutting means 14 and fourth abutting means 24 thus allow to move close the capsules that are fed and oriented in parallel in. such a manner that they can be inserted with precision into the seats 211 , 212 of the transferring wheel 210 .
  • the first vertical pushing means 12 and the second vertical pushing means 22 respectively comprise further third abutting means 16 and further fourth abutting means 26 that are able to push the capsules 100 moved close by the third abutting means 14 and by the fourth abutting means 24 inside the first seats 211 and the second seats 212 , respectively.
  • Second actuating means 32 is provided for moving the first horizontal pushing means 11 and the second horizontal pushing means 21 along the second direction Y on a plane that is substantially horizontal with alternating motion and with opposite directions.
  • the first horizontal pushing means 11 comprises a first supporting element 17 connected to the second actuating means 32 and supporting the first abutting means 13 and the third abutting means 14 .
  • the first abutting means comprises a plurality of first abutting elements 13 , of the same number as the number of the first orienting conduits 5 and arranged for sliding inside the latter along the second direction Y in such a manner as to push and rotate respective capsules 100 .
  • each first abutting element 13 comprises a shaped end that is able to rotate a capsule 100 descending from the respective first feeding conduit 3 in a substantially horizontal position, with the bottom 100 b facing the opposite second horizontal pushing means 21 (see FIG. 6 ).
  • the capsule 100 is rotated because it is retained by interference, at the lid 100 a, by the opposite side walls of the first orienting conduit 5 in which it has been deposited by the corresponding first feeding conduit 3 .
  • the third abutting means comprises a plurality of third abutting elements 14 , of the same number as the number of the first orienting conduits 5 and arranged for sliding inside the latter along the second direction Y so as to push respective capsules 100 arranged vertically and in the insertion configuration, towards the opposite second horizontal pushing means 21 , in such a manner as to align the capsules 100 with the underlying first seats 211 .
  • the first vertical pushing means comprises a plurality of first pushing elements 12 that are connected to, and of the same number as, respective first feeding conduits 3 and are able to slide inside the respective first orienting conduits 5 .
  • the further first abutting means of the first vertical pushing means 12 comprises a first abutting portion 15 made on each first pushing element 12 and shaped in such a manner as to rotate a capsule 100 , which is arranged in a substantially horizontal position by the corresponding first abutting element 13 , in a substantially vertical position, with the bottom 100 b facing the first seats 211 i.e. in the insertion configuration (see FIG. 7 ).
  • the further third abutting means of the first vertical pushing means 12 comprises a third abutting portion 16 made on each first pushing element 12 and arranged for pushing a capsule 100 arranged vertically and in the insertion configuration along the third direction Z inside the respective first scat 211 .
  • the second horizontal pushing means 21 comprises a second supporting clement 27 connected by a connecting arm 29 to the second actuating means 32 and supporting the second abutting means 23 and the fourth abutting means 24 .
  • the second abutting means comprises a plurality of second abutting elements 23 , of the same number as the number of second orienting conduits 6 and arranged for sliding inside the latter along the second direction Y in such a manner as to push and rotate respective capsules 100 .
  • each second abutting element 23 comprises a shaped end that is able to rotate a capsule 100 descending from the respective second feeding conduit 4 in a substantially horizontal position, with the bottom 100 b facing the opposite first horizontal pushing means 11 (see FIG. 6 ).
  • the capsule 100 is rotated because it is retained by interference, at the lid 100 a, by the opposite side walls of the second orienting conduit 6 in which the capsule 100 has been deposited by the corresponding second feeding conduit 4 .
  • the fourth abutting means comprises a plurality of fourth abutting elements 24 , of the same number as the number of the second orienting conduits 6 and arranged for sliding inside the latter along the second direction Y in such a manner as to push respective capsules 100 , arranged vertically and in the insertion configuration, to the opposite first horizontal pushing means 11 in such a manner as to align the capsules 100 with the underlying second seats 212 .
  • the second vertical pushing means comprises a plurality of second pushing elements 22 connected to, and of the same number as, respective second feeding conduits 4 and able to slide inside the respective second orienting conduits 6 .
  • the further second abutting means of the second vertical pushing means 22 comprises a second abutting portion 25 made on each second pushing element 22 and shaped in such a manner as to rotate a capsule 100 , which is arranged in a substantially horizontal position by the corresponding second abutting element 23 , in a substantially vertical position, with the bottom 100 b facing the first seats 211 i.e. in the insertion configuration.
  • the further fourth abutting means of the second vertical pushing means 22 comprises a fourth abutting portion 26 made on each second pushing element 22 and arranged for pushing a capsule IOU arranged vertically and in the insertion configuration along the third direction Z inside the respective second seat 212 .
  • first abutting elements 13 and the third abutting elements 14 of the first horizontal pushing means 11 are respectively identical to the second abutting elements 23 and to the fourth abutting means 24 of the second horizontal pushing means 21 .
  • first pushing elements 12 of the first vertical pushing means are identical to the second pushing elements 22 of the second vertical pushing means.
  • the first feeding conduits 3 and the respective first stopping means 7 are respectively identical to the second feeding conduits 4 and to the second stopping means 8 .
  • the feeding apparatus 1 of the invention in addition to having a simple and compact structure, thus enables substantially the same items to be used to feed two distinct groups of seats (first seats 211 and second seats 212 ) of the transferring wheel 210 .
  • the apparatus of the invention is thus not very expensive and is economical.
  • the operation of the apparatus 1 provides in a first operating step ( FIG. 4 ) for the descent of both feeding conduits 3 , 4 (moved by the first actuating means 31 ) and the opening of the first stopping means 7 and of the second stopping means 8 to enable a single capsule 100 per feeding conduit 3 , 4 to descend (pushed by the capsules overhead) into the corresponding orienting conduit 5 , 6 underneath.
  • first orienting conduit 5 and second orienting conduit 6 the capsule 100 is supported and kept upright by first supporting means 18 and second supporting means 28 .
  • the first horizontal pushing means 11 and vertical pushing means 12 and the second horizontal pushing means 21 and vertical pushing means 22 are in respective non-operating positions spaced away from the capsules 100 .
  • first horizontal pushing means 11 and the second horizontal pushing means 21 are moved along the second direction Y in opposite directions and moving towards one another so as to push and rotate (respectively with the first abutting means 13 and with the second abutting means 23 ) the respective capsules 100 in a substantially horizontal position.
  • a fourth operating step ( FIG. 8 ) the first horizontal pushing means 11 and the second horizontal pushing means 21 are moved along the second direction Y in opposite directions towards one another in the respective operating positions so as to push, respectively with the third abutting means 14 and with the fourth abutting means 24 , and move the capsules 100 coming from the first feeding conduits 3 near to the capsules 100 coining from the second feeding conduits 4 .
  • This fourth operating step coincides with the second operating step of the capsules arranged in the feeding conduits upstream of the capsules that have just been moved towards one another.
  • a fifth operating step ( FIG. 9 ) whilst the first horizontal pushing means 11 and the second horizontal pushing means 21 are brought back to the respective non operating positions, the first vertical pushing means 12 and the second vertical pushing means 22 are moved along the third direction Z (downwards) so as to push, respectively with the further third abutting means 16 and the further fourth abutting means 26 , the respective capsules 100 inside the first seats 211 and the second seats 212 .
  • This fifth operating step coincides with the first operating step of capsules descending into the orienting conduits from the feeding conduits.
  • the apparatus 1 of the invention it is thus possible to feed with precision and reliability a high-production filling machine provided with seats for the capsules arranged alongside one another according to two adjacent rows.
  • the apparatus is not very bulky and can be easily arranged above the transferring wheel, to enable operating stations to be positioned adjacent one another.

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