US 11,812,783 B2
Apparatus and method to automatically insert a liquid in components for inhalers; in particular cartomizers for electronic cigarettes
Carlo Zaniboni, Ozzano dell'Emilia (IT)
Assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano Dell'emilia (IT)
Appl. No. 17/058,905
Filed by I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A., Ozzano dell'Emilia (IT)
PCT Filed May 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/063136
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/228870, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000005755 (IT), filed on May 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195949 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/10 (2020.01) [A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus (10) to automatically insert a liquid inside components (11) of inhalers, wherein each of said components (11) comprises a body (12) defining an internal cavity (13) that extends along a longitudinal axis (C), closed at one of its ends and configured to receive said liquid, said apparatus (10) comprising a means for injecting (50) having at least one injector (52), wherein said at least one injector (52) comprises an injector head (57) placed at one of its ends and having a substantially symmetrical conformation with respect to its symmetrical axis (Z) and configured to cooperate with said internal cavity (13) of said body (12), and at least one injection needle (58) configured to come out with respect to said injection head (57) in order to inject said liquid into the internal cavity (13), while said injection head (57) is stationary with respect to said body (12), arranging itself with the axis of symmetry (Z) substantially coinciding with the longitudinal axis (C) of said internal cavity (13).