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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack Crossley, Liverpool, EN;
David Henry Wilson, Liverpool, EN;
Assignee:
Manesty Machines, Ltd., Liverpool, EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53 37 ; 5312 / ; 53282 ; 5338 / ;
Abstract
A hard-gelatin capsule filling machine for filling two piece capsules is described wherein empty capsules from a random bulk supply thereof, in a hopper, are fed in succession from a feeding station to an uncapping station and then to a filling station and then to a re-capping station and then to an ejection station in a single continuously rotating phase of the machine. The fill for each capsule body is compressed into a soft slug in a die for subsequent insertion into the capsule body during its passage through the filling station.