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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
May. 18, 2000
Applicants:
Alan Anthony Wilson, Ware, GB;
Phillip William Farr, Ware, GB;
Marcus Edward Pike, Ware, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation in a perforated plate; b) directing powder into said closed-off perforation by the action of a first leveller blade moveable in a sweeping path relative to the perforated plate; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container, and an apparatus for achieving such method.