Patent ID: 11951076
Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 10:
11. A method for filling capsules or similar containers with a product in powder, granules, tablets, micro-tablets, delayed-action drugs or similar, comprising:
picking-up a dose of product from a tank by means of a dosing unit mounted on a supporting element, said dosing unit comprising a respective hollow and inferiorly open dosing cylinder and a respective piston movable inside the dosing cylinder and arranged in a first internal position to form a dosing chamber suitable for receiving and retaining said dose of product;
moving said piston from said first internal position to a second internal position so as to reduce a volume of said dosing chamber and compress said dose against a bottom wall of said tank;
moving said dosing unit at a body of a capsule in order to push said dose of product out of said dosing cylinder and release the dose into said body by moving said piston inside said dosing cylinder in an external position;
wherein said moving said dosing unit is carried out by activating a first moving system for moving said supporting element along two operating directions at least between a lowered picking position, in which said dosing unit is inserted in said tank, and a dosing position, in which said dosing unit is aligned with and facing said body.