Abstract: A dosing device for dispensing small-particulate pharmaceutical preparations has at least one chamber for receiving a larger amount of the preparation and a dosing unit. A rotary valve has at least one dosing chamber for receiving a defined dose of the preparation. The dosing chamber is moveable between a filling position and a dispensing position. The rotary valve rotates about a substantially horizontal axis, and has an adjustment device for setting the volume in the dosing chamber and a twisting device. The twisting device constitutes the actuator for the adjustment device. The device is made of a plastic material carefully selected to assure that no softening agents or other volatile components will be released, which prevents drug contamination.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dosing device for dosing small-particulate pharmaceutical preparations with at least one chamber for receiving a larger amount of the preparation and a dosing unit, comprising a rotary valve carrying at least one dosing chamber for receiving a defined partial amount (defined dose) of the preparation, whereby the dosing chamber is moveable between a filling position, in which it is to be filled with a preparation from the chamber, and a dispensing position, in which the preparation is to be dispensed from the dosing chamber. The rotary valve is rotable about a substantially horizontal axis, and assigned an adjustment device for setting the volume in the dosing chamber and a twisting device, whereby the twisting device constitutes the actuator for the adjustment device. The plastic material chosen such, that no softening agents or other volatile components will be released, in order to prevent drug contamination.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for drawing off deformable masses containing air, such as sausage masses. The mass is transferred in a stream from a supply space into a filling cylinder where a vacuum is generated relative to the space to remove air from the mass, and the transferred mass is then ejected from the filling cylinder by means of a piston. To transfer the mass quickly and remove air from it completely, the mass stream is guided, during its transfer into the filling cylinder in such a way that, as it enters the filling cylinder, it first moves towards the cylinder wall at an angle to the direction of the piston. Moreover, during filling the level of mass in the filling cylinder is maintained at an essentially constant filling height so that a constant volume of free space remains above the mass in the filling cylinder.