Abstract: A machine is provided for depositing a ring of material on pharmaceutical ampoule tips or similar, said material being pasty or liquid at the time when it is deposited on said tips and being able then to be hardened, characterized in that it comprises means (4,5,6) for transporting said ampoules (3) in a line, these latter being disposed perpendicularly to their advancing direction; at least one reservoir (9) containing said material; and means (8) for transferring said material between said reservoir (9) and at least one of the tips of said ampoules (3). The invention also covers an assembly of such machines and the self-break ampoules provided with such a ring, made more especially from a plastic material, in particular at the level of the pre-break rings when it is a question of pharmaceutical ampoules with two self-break tips.

Abstract: A machine for the manufacture of ampullae, particularly pharmaceutical ampullae, of the type according to which the ampullae are formed from sticks of glass.The machine has an automatic control device for sequentially introducing, at a determined position in said path, thelower end of each of the sticks of the bundle into a stick guide and supply scoop between the two corresponding mandrels.Principal applications: manufacture of pharmaceutical ampullae.