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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT;
Massimo Ribani, Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT;
Maurizio Bedetti, Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT;
Alessandro Masotti, Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT;
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Abstract
A filling machine () includes a dosing station () comprising a supporting element () and a dosing unit () having a dosing cylinder () and a piston (), for filling bodies () of capsule () with a product (P) picked-up from a tank (); the supporting element () is movable between a lowered picking position (B), in which the dosing unit () is inserted in the tank () and a dosing position (C) in which the dosing unit () faces a body (); the piston () is movable between a first internal position (D) to form a dosing chamber () suitable for picking up and retaining a dose (PI) of product (P), a second internal position (E) to reduce a volume of the dosing chamber () and compress the dose (PI) and an external position (F) to push the dose (PI) from the dosing cylinder () into a body ().