Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Filling machine
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Application No.: US16760614Application Date: 2018-10-30
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Publication No.: US11376196B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Massimo Ribani , Maurizio Bedetti , Alessandro Masotti , Lorenzo Maldina
- Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Ozzano Dell'Emilia
- Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Ozzano Dell'Emilia
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: IT102017000123930 20171031
- International Application: PCT/IB2018/058494 WO 20181030
- International Announcement: WO2019/087066 WO 20190509
- Main IPC: B65B1/06
- IPC: B65B1/06 ; A61J3/07 ; B65B1/32 ; B65B3/00 ; B65B3/28 ; A61K9/48

Abstract:
A filling machine for filling capsules a product comprises a plurality of operative stations for carrying out operations on the capsules, a movement device provided with seats for housing and moving the capsules through the operative stations; and a weighing station to weigh of the capsules and comprising a weighing unit and a transfer system to transfer the capsules from the movement device to the weighing unit and vice versa. The weighing unit comprises a gripping element coupled with a weighing cell and provided with a housing for receiving and holding the capsule to be weighed. The transfer system include a first transfer element to remove the capsule from the seat of the movement device and insert it in the housing to measure its weight, and a second transfer element to remove the body from the housing and insert it in the seat of the movement device, after the measurement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210177700A1 FILLING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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