Patent ID: 11957642
Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. An internal substance supplier configured to supply an internal substance to be buried in a molded product into a die bore in a table of a compression molding machine configured to fill the die bore with a powdery material and compress the powdery material by upper and lower punches to obtain the molded product, the internal substance supplier comprising:
a conveying mechanism including a conveying member configured to capture and convey the internal substance; and
a supply mechanism including a scraping member disposed to cross a conveyance route of the internal substance by the conveying member in the conveying mechanism and configured to collide with the internal substance conveyed by the conveying member, a gliding member including a recessed groove configured to guide the internal substance colliding with the scraping member and scraped from the conveying member, to be adjacent to a position vertically above the die bore in the table of the compression molding machine, and a push transfer member including a projection configured to come into contact with the internal substance colliding with the scraping member, push the internal substance to a start edge of the recessed groove in the gliding member, and move along the recessed groove to transfer the internal substance to an end edge of the recessed groove,
wherein the scraping member comprises a side surface that is an upright partial cylindrical surface having a partial arc shape in a planar view along a rotary axis of a supply disc or in a vertical direction and having an axis and a diameter substantially equal to an inner circumferential side surface of the recessed groove.