Patents Assigned to Manesty Machines, Ltd.
  • Hard-gelatin capsule filling machines
    Patent number: 3978640
    Abstract: A hard-gelatin capsule filling machine for filling two piece capsules is described wherein empty capsules from a random bulk supply thereof, in a hopper, are fed in succession from a feeding station to an uncapping station and then to a filling station and then to a re-capping station and then to an ejection station in a single continuously rotating phase of the machine. The fill for each capsule body is compressed into a soft slug in a die for subsequent insertion into the capsule body during its passage through the filling station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Manesty Machines, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jack Crossley, David Henry Wilson
  • Tabletting machines
    Patent number: RE30319
    Abstract: A tabletting machine having continuous cam tracks to operate the punches, and including means for "in motion" adjustment of one of the cam tracks to control the dose of powdered material which is compressed by the punches in the dies to form the tablets and also the thickness of the tablets so produced. To assist in feeding the powdered material into the dies, a concave cylindrical die table is used, the punches operating radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the die table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: Manesty Machines, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jack Crossley, David H. Wilson