Abstract: On a continuous machine for filling the bottom shells of capsules with a powdered product, the bottom shells are conveyed so as to be equally spaced along a given path with a first spacing; the machine having a number of metering wheels rotating about respective parallel axes, and each having a respective number of metering devices moving with the relative metering wheel along a relative portion of the path, each in time with a relative bottom shell; and the metering devices being equally spaced about the relative axis with a second spacing substantially equal to the product of the number of metering wheels and the first spacing.

Abstract: A continuous machine for filling the bottom shells of capsules with at least one product has a conveyor for feeding the bottom shells along a given path; and at least one metering wheel having a number of metering devices, each for supplying a relative bottom shell with a given quantity of product withdrawn from a container, which is mounted eccentrically with respect to the metering wheel and is supplied by means of at least one conduit extending downwards inside a space enclosing the container and the metering wheel.

Abstract: An automatic machine for the preparation of half-packages starting from corresponding blanks preferably made of cardboard, the automatic machine comprising: a frame; at least one mould designed to receive a blank; a feed device for feeding the mould along a pre-defined path; and a plurality of devices set along the path for folding respective portions of the blank on the mould so as to form a corresponding half-package; the automatic machine being characterized in that at least one part of the plurality of devices is fixed with respect to the frame and to the feed device and in that a device is provided which is designed to maintain the faces of the mould constantly parallel to themselves at any point of the path.

Abstract: A continuous machine for filling the bottom shells of capsules with at least one product has a conveyor for feeding the bottom shells along a given path; and at least one metering wheel having a number of metering devices, each for supplying a relative bottom shell with a given quantity of product withdrawn from a container, which is mounted eccentrically with respect to the metering wheel and is supplied by means of at least one conduit extending downwards inside a space enclosing the container and the metering wheel.

Abstract: On a continuous machine for filling the bottom shells of capsules with a powdered product, the bottom shells are conveyed so as to be equally spaced along a given path with a first spacing; the machine having a number of metering wheels rotating about respective parallel axes, and each having a respective number of metering devices moving with the relative metering wheel along a relative portion of the path, each in time with a relative bottom shell; and the metering devices being equally spaced about the relative axis with a second spacing substantially equal to the product of the number of metering wheels and the first spacing.

Abstract: A machine for dosing a pharmaceutical product into capsules, in which a dosing unit doses a pre-determined quantity of the product into empty capsules by means of dosers and test apparatus operable to test the quantity of the product dosed by the dosers on a sample of the capsules; the testing apparatus including a first and a second weighing unit to weigh, respectively, a capsule before the dosing unit and after the dosing unit; the machine including monitoring means operable, for each capsule of the sample, to evaluate the difference between the weight detected, respectively, by the first and second weighing units to determine the quantity of dosed product.

Abstract: A machine for dosing powdered pharmaceutical from a container in which the powdered pharmaceutical is present as a layer. An element is driven by a first drive to undergo horizontal translation between a first position for sampling powder in the container and a second position for release of the powder into a receiving seat. A device which supports a dosage unit is moved by the element and when the element is in the first position a second drive translates the device vertically in relation to the element so that the dosage unit penetrates into the powder and removes a measured amount thereof. A third drive operates the dosage unit to release the powder therefrom into the receiving seat when the element is in the second position. The first and second drives are independently operable to displace the dosage units respectively in horizontal and vertical directions.

Abstract: A machine for dispensing powder products into suitable receptacles comprises a rotating container in which is defined a withdrawal zone, a dispensing unit, and a fixed device which levels the produce in the container. The device includes a member located upstream of the withdrawal zone and having a first portion which levels the product into a layer and a second portion which defines a channel which directs the product accumulated on this first portion in excess of the layer, towards a part of the container downstream of the withdrawal zone; and a member positioned downstream of the withdrawal zone, along which the excess product slides. The latter member defines with a central part of the container, a passage which directs the excess product towards a part of the container upstream of the fixed device.

Abstract: A machine moistens a cover of a capsule for pharmaceutical products and includes a supply hopper for these covers. The supply hopper has an outlet opening with withdrawal means operable to withdraw the covers from the supply hopper through this opening. Moistening means moistens, with a sealing liquid the rim of each cover located on the withdrawal means. The withdrawal means includes a first disc mounted for rotation about axes transverse to another. A plurality of withdrawal devices and moistening devices are carried by the first disc.

Abstract: Process and plant for capsuling products, particularly pharmaceutical products, using capsules each consisting of a bottom, containing the product itself, and a removable top, whereby each bottom, once separated from the respective top, is fed by a conveying member through a number of filling and control stations to a closing device where each bottom is fitted with the respective top supplied to the closing device along a separate route running through a parking device.

Abstract: A device wherein pharmaceutical capsules, each consisting of a separable bottom for receiving the said pharmaceutical product and a separable top for closing the said bottom, are fed in bulk into an input feedbox and sent, through a number of withdrawal and positioning ducts, to a rotary conveying device having two parts, one over the other, the first having a number of upper recesses for the tops and the second having a number of lower recesses for the respective bottoms, the rotary conveying device cooperating with a suction opening device designed to hold the tops inside the upper recesses and to suck the bottoms into the lower recesses, so as to separate the latter from the respective tops.

Abstract: A filling machine for capsules, in which a pharmaceutical paste contained in a hopper is fed under pressure to a dosing chamber, the inlet and the outlet of which are controlled by a dosing member adapted to receive some paste and movable within the dosing chamber between a paste receiving position, in which the dosing member communicates with the dosing chamber inlet, but not with the outlet thereof, and a paste releasing position, in which the dosing member closes the inlet of the dosing chamber and communicates with the outlet thereof to deliver to an external capsule a metered quantity of paste pushed through the chamber outlet by a piston engaging the dosing member.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for obtaining a uniform dose for filling containers with metered quantities of powdered materials. The powdered materials are drawn from a rotating container by a plurality of dosing devices which are advanced by a conveyor along a predetermined path, at least a portion of which extends above the movable container. Each of the dosing devices comprises a tubular punch vertically movable relative to the movable container and to the conveyor. A piston reciprocates inside each tubular punch. The punch has an open end facing the movable container to define within the punch a variable volume dosing chamber.

Abstract: A conveyor for conveying capsules consisting of a case and a cap in machines for filling these capsules with granular or powder material which comprises a pair of endless toothed belts lying in two horizontal planes wound about idle pulleys, a plurality of blocks being supported at equal distances along the belts, each block of the upper belt being provided with a seat for housing the cap of one capsule, and each block of the lower belt being provided with a seat for housing the case of the same capsule.