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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Kerry Johanson, Gainesville, FL (US);
Inventor:
Kerry Johanson, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 3/10 (2006.01); B30B 15/30 (2006.01); B30B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B 15/304 (2013.01); A61J 3/10 (2013.01); B30B 11/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention presented is a die filling apparatus that includes a unique powder feed assembly that includes a novel plurality of vertically stacked drive gear-feed gear pairs that move filling powder through a series of sieves into a die used for compressing powder into a tablet. At least the bottom feed gear includes a plurality of logarithmic vanes or blades with an offset axis of rotation. Also presented is a method to fabricate pellets from powder using an apparatus to form a pellet.