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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2003
Thomas William Bailey, Coventry, GB;
Jeremy Keith Baker, Coventry, GB;
Roger Don Self, Ware, GB;
Raymond Herbert Scherzer, Durham, NC (US);
Thomas William Bailey, Coventry, GB;
Jeremy Keith Baker, Coventry, GB;
Roger Don Self, Ware, GB;
Raymond Herbert Scherzer, Durham, NC (US);
Glaxo Group Limited, Greenford, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product comprising closing off a perforation in a perforated plate; directing powder into the closed-off perforation by the sweeping action of a first director blade spaced from said perforated plate; and transferring the contents of the perforation to said container. The method is characterized by relative rotary motion of the perforated plate and said first director blade. Suitable apparatus is also provided.