Patents Assigned to Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
  • Machine and method for filling and checking capsules
    Patent number: 9157784
    Abstract: A machine for dosing a plurality of products in capsules, or similar containers, includes a plurality of dosing units for filling the capsules with respective products and a turret arrangement that rotates intermittently and is arranged for housing and moving the capsules in sequence through the dosing units. The machine further includes a plurality of checking units, each of which is located downstream of a respective dosing unit for measuring a quantity of product dosed in the capsules by the respective dosing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Trebbi, Salvatore Fabrizio Consoli
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING EMPTY CAPSULES TO A PACKAGING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150266602
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus for feeding single empty capsules to a packaging machines includes a magazine (11) adapted to house a stack (12) of trays (13) including a plurality of empty capsules; a drawing and moving device (14) adapted to draw from the stack (12), and move, a tray (13); a separation device adapted to receive the tray (13) from the drawing and moving device (14) and to obtain single empty capsules; and a transfer system (16) adapted to transfer the empty capsules from the separation device to a transport system of the packaging machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Franceschi, Dario Rea
  • System and method for weighing containers
    Patent number: 9120629
    Abstract: A system for weighing containers includes a movable member having a peripheral edge in which a recess forms a seat for drawing a container, the movable member being activatable in a first movement direction such that a first wall of the seat abuts and draws the container; a container-weighing cell comprising a support plane for receiving and supporting the container; a container guide. The weighing cell, the movable member and the guide are reciprocally arranged such that when the container is drawn by the movable member the container can slide on the support plane and be guided by guide externally of the seat. The movable member is further activatable in a second, opposed, movement direction to detach the seat from the container and leave the container on the support plane for weighing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Cavina
  • DISTRIBUTOR UNIT FOR TABLETS OR CAPSULES
    Publication number: 20150203226
    Abstract: Distributor unit for transferring tablets and putting them in order, from a loading zone to an unloading zone, and for distributing the tablets in an orderly and controlled manner in organized blisters present in a blister strip. The distributor unit comprises belt-type feed means in which a feed belt is provided, along at least part of its length, and along at least part of its width, with a plurality of open through seatings each having at different times sizes coordinated with those of the tablets to be distributed, said open through seatings having a transverse interaxis about equal to, and a longitudinal interaxis equal to or less than, that of the blisters in the blister strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Ivano Baroncini
  • Device and method for removing and replacing containers from a conveyor line
    Patent number: 9073705
    Abstract: A device for removing and replacing containers from and on a conveyor line includes a first lateral guide wall; a second lateral guide wall; and a rotating disc provided with at least a seating The rotating disc is arranged between the first lateral guide wall and the second lateral guide wall for removing a container to be treated from the conveyor line and for replacing a treated container on the conveyor line The device further includes a first guide member mobile between a first retracted position and a first advanced position and a second guide member mobile between a second retracted position and a second advanced position The rotating disc, the first guide member and the second guide member are phase-activatable such as to transfer containers from and onto the conveyor line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Cavina
  • Machine and method for filling and weighing capsules
    Patent number: 9021772
    Abstract: A machine for dosing a product in capsules, includes a rotating turret which has seats suitable for receiving empty capsules and a dosing device for dosing the product in the capsules. The machine further includes a feeding unit having a first weighing device for weighing empty capsules, a transfer arrangement for transferring empty capsules, when weighed, to predetermined seats of the turret for being filled with the product, a second weighing device for weighing capsules filled with the product, and a processing device connected to the first and second weighing device for receiving data relative to weights measured by the first and second weighing devices and for calculating for each capsule a difference between the weight measured before and the weight measured after filling. In this manner, a respective quantity of dosed product is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventor: Maurizio Bedetti
  • Transporting apparatus
    Patent number: 8973741
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting objects includes a guide arrangement for supporting and guiding along a movement path at least one carriage supporting a support element suitable for receiving at least one object. A movement arrangement moves the carriage along the movement path. The carriage is provided with rolling elements and the guide arrangement includes at least three guides that are parallel to one another, each of which is arranged for supporting and guiding a respective rolling element in an operative configuration of the carriage. The guides define respective movement profiles conjugated and shaped so that each rolling element abuts on the respective guide at each point of the latter along the movement path. The rolling elements are arranged at the vertices of a triangle with respect to a plane that is parallel to the guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Cavina
  • Glove port safety mechanism
    Patent number: 8944988
    Abstract: A safety device for a glove port includes a hatch that is rotatably fixable by a hinge arrangement to an outer frame of the glove port so as to rotate between a closing position and an opening position for preventing or allowing access to the glove port, respectively. The device further includes a sensor associated associable with the glove port and arranged for engaging and/or detecting an abutment portion of the hatch in the closing condition and generating an alarm signal when the abutment portion does not engage the sensor, in particular when the hatch is not in the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luca Sassatelli
  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING A SOLID FORM OF MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20140322277
    Abstract: In a process and an apparatus (10) for making a solid form (11), preferably of a therapeutic or pharmaceutical product, an intermediate mass (31) of material is obtained from a respective basic layer (21) in the form of a sheet or band, the intermediate mass of material being composed of a plurality of layers of material and the solid form (11) of material being obtained from the intermediate mass (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Dario Rea, Giorgio Manaresi
  • SAFETY DEVICE FOR GLOVE PORTS
    Publication number: 20130269254
    Abstract: A safety device for a glove port includes a hatch that is rotatably fixable by a hinge arrangement to an outer frame of the glove port so as to rotate between a closing position and an opening position for preventing or allowing access to the glove port, respectively. The device further includes a sensor associated associable with the glove port and arranged for engaging and/or detecting an abutment portion of the hatch in the closing condition and generating an alarm signal when the abutment portion does not engage the sensor, in particular when the hatch is not in the closing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luca Sassatelli
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEIGHING ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20130206484
    Abstract: A total weight checking system and method for capsules filled with product includes a filling machine for filling the capsules according to a defined filling order, a weighing apparatus for weighing all the capsules and a transferring arrangement transferring for the capsules from the filling machine to the weighing apparatus. The transferring arrangement includes a removing arrangement and a conveying arrangement, the removing arrangement being suitable for removing the capsules from the filling machine and for transferring the capsules to the conveying arrangement according to the defined filling order, the conveying arrangement being suitable for housing and accumulating a plurality of capsules according to the defined filling order and transferring the capsules to the weighing apparatus according to the defined filling order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Salvatore Fabrizio Consoli, Roberto Trebbi
  • Method for exchanging information among digital units in a distributed system
    Patent number: 8462796
    Abstract: Method for exchanging information among digital units in a distributed system, with digital units being defined by at least a master node and slave nodes, involves transferring information references from a master node to slave nodes, the information references being sampled with sampling time corresponding to a cycle time period defined by a clock value of the master node. The method also involves estimating the number of the information references sampled arrived to the slave node from the master nodes during a periodic reference time interval, and using the number to recalculate the master clock value, so that the slave nodes are able to reconstruct master node information references during a following reference time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Ima Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Leonardo Potenza, Graziano Mazzuchetti, Carlo Rossi, Andrea Tilli, Pierantonio Ragazzini
  • TRANSPORTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130056332
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting objects includes a guide arrangement for supporting and guiding along a movement path at least one carriage supporting a support element suitable for receiving at least one object. A movement arrangement moves the carriage along the movement path. The carriage is provided with rolling elements and the guide arrangement includes at least three guides that are parallel to one another, each of which is arranged for supporting and guiding a respective rolling element in an operative configuration of the carriage. The guides define respective movement profiles conjugated and shaped so that each rolling element abuts on the respective guide at each point of the latter along the movement path. The rolling elements are arranged at the vertices of a triangle with respect to a plane that is parallel to the guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Cavina
  • DEVICE FOR FEEDING A PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR AN INFUSION PRODUCT, TO A PACKAGING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20120234733
    Abstract: A device (1) for feeding a product, in particular an infusion product, to a packaging machine is of the type comprising means (2, 6) for collecting and transporting the product and means (8) for conveying the product itself. The conveying means (8) are of the type with vibrating channeling means and are connected to the collection means (2, 6) to receive the product from the collection means (2, 6) and to feed the product to an operating station (10) of the packaging machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: DARIO REA, SAURO RIVOLA
  • ROTARY PAN
    Publication number: 20120186516
    Abstract: Described is a rotary pan (1) of the type comprising a central hollow cylindrical body (3) with end portions (4, 4?) shaped substantially like truncated cones, and mixing/deflecting means (7) attached to at least one inside surface of the pan (1) itself; the peripheral inside cylindrical surface (5) of the hollow body (3) comprises an extended zone (A) defined by a uniform distribution of through holes (6) and at least one zone (B) within the zone (A) forming an area by which the mixing/deflecting means (7) are attached or fixed to the peripheral surface (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: NICOLA GANDOLFI, ROBERTO TREBBI
  • Unit for filling containers with products in particular pharmaceutical products
    Patent number: 8220657
    Abstract: A unit (100) for filling containers (2) with products (1), in particular pharmaceutical products (1), includes a hopper (3, 3a) containing a mass of products (1) in bulk, conveying means (5, 6) aimed at feeding the products (1) leaving the hopper (3) along a predetermined path (P) up to a station (SR), where the containers (2) are filled with the products (1). The containers (2) are fed to the filling station (SR) by transporting means (4, C). A checking station (SC) for checking the products (1) is situated along the path (P) upstream of the filling station (SR). The conveying means (5, 6) include first means (51, 52, 53) consisting of vibrating planes and second conveying means (6). The second conveying means (6) are situated at the checking station (SC) between the conveying/vibrating planes (51, 52, 53) and the filling station (SR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A
    Inventor: Sergio Cicognani
  • Rotary pan
    Patent number: 8132528
    Abstract: Described is a rotary pan (1) of the type comprising a central hollow cylindrical body (3) with end portions (4, 4?) shaped substantially like truncated cones, and mixing/deflecting means (7) attached to at least one inside surface of the pan (1) itself; the peripheral inside cylindrical surface (5) of the hollow body (3) comprises an extended zone (A) defined by a uniform distribution of through holes (6) and at least one zone (B) within the zone (A) forming an area by which the mixing/deflecting means (7) are attached or fixed to the peripheral surface (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Nicola Gandolfi, Roberto Trebbi
  • MACHINE AND METHOD FOR FILLING AND CHECKING CAPSULES
    Publication number: 20110277871
    Abstract: A machine for dosing a plurality of products in capsules, or similar containers, includes a plurality of dosing units for filling the capsules with respective products and a turret arrangement that rotates intermittently and is arranged for housing and moving the capsules in sequence through the dosing units. The machine further includes a plurality of checking units, each of which is located downstream of a respective dosing unit for measuring a quantity of product dosed in the capsules by the respective dosing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Trebbi, Salvatore Fabrizio Consoli
  • Blister package
    Patent number: D686063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianluca Brillanti Ventura, Pierluigi Tampieri
  • Blister package
    Patent number: D695624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianluca Brillanti Ventura, Pierluigi Tampieri