US 12,258,159 B2
Machine for making capsules
Sauro Rivola, Ozzano Dell'Emilia (IT); Cristian Betti, Ozzano Dell'Emilia (IT); and Mauro Bianchi, Ozzano Dell'Emilia (IT)
Assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano Dell'Emilia (IT)
Appl. No. 17/626,676
Filed by I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.p.A., Ozzano Dell'Emilia (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/056648
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/024055, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000013971 (IT), filed on Aug. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250778 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 29/02 (2006.01); B65B 1/08 (2006.01); B65B 43/50 (2006.01); B65B 43/60 (2006.01); B65B 55/24 (2006.01); B65B 57/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 29/022 (2017.08) [B65B 1/08 (2013.01); B65B 43/50 (2013.01); B65B 43/60 (2013.01); B65B 55/24 (2013.01); B65B 57/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for making a capsule containing a powder product comprising:
a plurality of processing stations configured to perform respective processes for making capsules containing powder product;
a transport mechanism configured for conveying said capsules along a curvilinear processing path extending through the plurality of processing stations and comprising a transfer drum, configured to rotate about a substantially horizontal transfer axis, and a plurality of transport units configured to each receive at least one capsule body;
each transport unit being coupled to a lateral surface of the transfer drum, and said plurality of processing stations comprising a dosing station configured to dose the powder product in said at least one capsule body and a sealing station configured to seal a cover too said at least one capsule body, wherein each transport unit is configured to be moved relative to said lateral surface while said transfer drum rotates and to adapt a position of the transported at least one capsule body, so that the at least one capsule body assumes a predetermined angular orientation relative to each of said plurality of processing stations; and
the plurality of processing stations being positioned along a circular working path defined by the transfer drum.