EP2331044B1 - Automatische Maschine zum Sortieren von Gelatinekapseln - Google Patents

Automatische Maschine zum Sortieren von Gelatinekapseln Download PDF

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EP2331044B1
EP2331044B1 EP08875611A EP08875611A EP2331044B1 EP 2331044 B1 EP2331044 B1 EP 2331044B1 EP 08875611 A EP08875611 A EP 08875611A EP 08875611 A EP08875611 A EP 08875611A EP 2331044 B1 EP2331044 B1 EP 2331044B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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    • A61J3/07—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07B—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL
    • B07B4/00—Separating solids from solids by subjecting their mixture to gas currents
    • B07B4/02—Separating solids from solids by subjecting their mixture to gas currents while the mixtures fall

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  • a first example of such a device is composed of several sieves, arranged to form a cylinder of horizontal axis. Each sieve is pierced with several orifices calibrated to a diameter slightly greater than a few hundredths of a millimeter to that of the capsules.
  • Another machine uses a blowing device to eject empty (unmeasured) or single (separate head and body) parts.
  • the disadvantage of this system is that i! does not treat capsules individually. The capsules are processed in a cluster and often the defective parts can not be expelled because they are driven by the other capsules.
  • the publication US 3,997,058 describes another example of automatic capsule sorting device. It comprises a horizontal disc, rotatably mounted above a fixed plate, and pierced on its periphery with calibrated orifices arranged to accommodate only one capsule at a time.
  • the fixed plate is spaced apart from the disc by a distance slightly greater than the length of a capsule head.
  • Capsules having a diameter greater than that of a conformal capsule are retained on the upper face of the disc and discharged by suction means.
  • the device according to the invention integrates the two sorting functions (telescoped capsules and empty capsules, under dosed and single) while overcoming the various disadvantages of the existing devices mentioned above.
  • the machine consists of a screen in the form of a selection disk with or without rim, its axis is inclined by about twenty degrees from the vertical.
  • a selection disc without rim it is the frame of the machine that serves as a rim to allow the capsules to be contained.
  • Calibrated orifices adapted to the format of the capsules to be sorted are drilled on the periphery of this disc.
  • Each orifice consists of the following three parts: A conical inlet to facilitate the tilting and the introduction of the capsules, a calibrated section with a diameter of a few hundredths of a millimeter greater than that of the size of the capsule and a section of a diameter stronger which facilitates the descent of the capsules conform.
  • the orifice may contain several superimposed capsules.
  • the capsules to be sorted enter continuously into the machine through an inlet chute and fall into the lower part of the selection disk rotated by the motor shaft. They are housed in the calibrated orifices and go up towards the upper part of the device.
  • overfeeding the excess of capsules overflows into a specific tray (called "overflow").
  • the height of the rim and the angle of inclination of the disk are defined to prevent the capsules cover the entire surface by grouping them in the lower part.
  • a flexible scraper device assists in the introduction of the capsules into the holes of the selection disc.
  • a fixed plate located under the sieve obstructs the outlet of the holes forcing the capsules to remain superimposed vertically.
  • the retaining plate is recessed in the alignment of the orifices of the selection disk in its upper part.
  • Capsules with an assembly defect remain blocked in the calibrated holes of the selection disc. After a further quarter-turn rotation, these capsules pass over the "automatic ejection blow-off" nozzle. telescoped capsules "and are ejected upwards, via a chute, into a specific reject tank (called” Fault of Assembly Fault ").
  • This blowing also ensures automatic cleaning of the calibrated holes of the selection disc.
  • the selection disk has only one row of calibrated orifices.
  • the orifices are distributed in staggered rows on both rows. The drilling angle of the orifices is made such that the outputs of the orifices of the two rows open on the same diameter of the disc or close to being.
  • This essential characteristic allows an individual exposure of all the capsules during the passage facing the expulsion blowing web of the empty capsules.
  • the sorting machine consists of a selection disc 1 placed on a motor shaft 2.
  • This set is inclined by about twenty degrees to force the capsules to remain in the lower part of the disc.
  • the capsules slide into the inlet chute and fall into the lower part of the selection disk (to the left of the Fig. 2 ).
  • the motor shaft rotates the selection disk.
  • the capsules are introduced into the calibrated orifices pierced at the periphery of the disc.
  • the inclination of the disc and the flexible scraper device 3 help the introduction of capsules in the orifices.
  • the rim height is set to prevent the capsules to be sorted from covering the entire disk.
  • Each orifice of the selection disk 1 is constituted as follows.
  • a conical inlet to facilitate the tilting and the introduction of capsules a section calibrated with a diameter of a few hundredths of a millimeter greater than that of the capsule.
  • the orifice is of sufficient length to contain several superimposed capsules.
  • the orifices are distributed in staggered rows in two rows (see FIG. Fig. 4 ).
  • the drilling angle of the holes is made in such a way that the outlets of the orifices of the two rows open on the same diameter of the disc or close to being ( Fig. 1 ).
  • This essential characteristic allows an individual exposure of all the capsules during the passage facing the expulsion blowing web of the empty capsules.
  • the selection disk will have only one row of calibrated holes drilled perpendicular to the surface of the disk.
  • the capsules housed in the orifices are stopped by the retaining plate 4 (left side of the Fig. 2 ) and move up to the high position by rotating the selection disk. After a half turn, the retaining plate is hollowed out to allow the capsules to be emptied (right side of the Fig. 2 ).
  • Diameter compliant capsules pass through the calibrated orifice. In the fall, they pass in front of the expulsion blow-molding layer of the empty capsules 5.
  • the empty capsules slightly dosed as well as the single parts (body and capsule head separated) are deflected by blowing into a specific waste container (called "Fault of dosing defects").
  • the conforming capsules, heavier, are not deflected and fall into the outlet channel conforming capsules.
  • Capsules with an assembly defect remain blocked in the calibrated orifices. After an additional rotation of the selection disc a quarter turn ( Fig. 3 ), the blocked capsules pass over the automatic ejection blow-off nozzle of the telescoped capsules 6 and are ejected upwards, via a chute 7, into a specific reject tank (called "assembly defects tray”) ).

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  1. Automatische Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Gelatinekapseln nach deren Durchmesser und Gewicht, die erlaubt, die verformten oder schlecht zusammengefügten Gelatinekapseln, sowie die leeren, unterdosierten Gelatinekapseln und die Gelatinekapsel-Einzelteile zu beseitigen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine um ca. zwanzig Grad zur waagerechten geneigte und in Drehung über eine Rückhalte-Platte (4) angetriebene Sortier-Scheibe (1) beiträgt, wobei die besagte Sortier-Scheibe (1) auf ihrem Umfang kalibrierte Bohrungen aufweist, während die besagte Rückhalte-Platte (4) im oberen Bereich der Vorrichtung eine vor dem Auslass der Gelatinekapseln angeordnete Öffnung beträgt, und dadurch, dass die besagte Vorrichtung außerdem unter der besagten Öffnung der Rückhalte-Platte ein Luftgebläse (5) beträgt, das durch Blasen die leeren, unterdosierten Gelatinekapseln und die Gelatinekapsel-Einzelteile ablenkt.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die besagten Öffnungen der Sortier-Scheibe eine ausreichende Länge aufweisen, um eine oder mehrere übereinander angeordnete Gelatinekapseln aufzunehmen.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sortier-Scheibe auf ihrem Umfang zwei Reihen kalibrierte Bohrungen aufweist, die jeweils eine oder mehrere übereinander angeordnete Gelatinekapseln aufnehmen können, wobei die konischen Einlass-Bereiche der besagten Öffnungen in Quincunx angeordnet sind, während der Bohrungs-Winkel dieser Öffnungen so ausgelegt ist, dass die Auslasse der Öffnungen beider Reihen auf einem gleichen oder fast gleichen Durchmesser der Scheibe münden.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die kalibrierten Öffnungen der Sortier-Scheibe aus den drei folgenden Teilen bestehen: ein konischer Einlass, ein kalibrierter zylindrischer Teil, dessen Durchmesser um einige Hundertstel Millimeter größer ist, als der einer Gelatinekapsel, und ein breiterer zylindrischer Teil.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine unter der Sortier-Scheibe, in der Achse des Auslasses der kalibrierten Öffnungen angeordnete Blas-Düse (6) beträgt, um die verformten oder schlecht zusammengefügten Gelatinekapseln in eine Auswurf-Rutsche (7) auszublasen.
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