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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:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan A Wilson, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Peter J Brand, Royston, GB;
David R Judd, Buntingford, GB;
Stanley G Bonney, Nr. Ware, GB;
Assignee:
Glaxo Group Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53453 ; 53467 ; 53473 ; 53559 ; 53502 ; 53242 ; 141-1 ; 141 83 ; 141 11 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for filling a blind cavity, for example a blister of a blister pack, with a quantity of powder. The cavity, with its open side downwards, is urged into a reservoir (30) of powder, and withdrawn from the reservoir with the quantity of powder therein. An elongate sheet (12) with a plurality of blisters disposed along the length thereof preferably passes around, and travels with, a wheel (38) partially immersed in the reservoir (30) of powder.