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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/04 ; B65B 3/700 ; B67C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/04 ; B65B 3/700 ; B67C 3/00 ;
Abstract
A metering device has a filling material container with a metering disk. Metering bores for products such as microtablets are disposed in the metering disk. Underneath the metering disk in a transfer region, there is a capsule filling shaft which is disposed in line with prepared capsule bottoms. The invention proposes supporting the filling material container so that it can rotate on an axis which is disposed inclined in relation to the vertical. This permits the microcapsules to be easily dispensed into the metering bores, permits the microtablets to be handled in a manner that is gentle on the product, and permits a high performance of the metering device.