Patent ID: 9409699
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61J,B65B,B65D,G01F

Claim Text:
1. A capillary metering device for a powder product, the capillary metering device comprising: a vibration body comprising a capillary formed within the vibration body for receiving and conveying a powder product; the vibration body further comprising a supply funnel with an open end, the supply funnel configured to store the powder product and to supply the powder product to the capillary arranged downstream of the supply funnel; a vibration drive operatively associated with the vibration body to cause, when activated, the vibration body to vibrate at a frequency and an amplitude suitable to convey the powder product in the capillary; wherein the vibration body comprises several body parts adjoining each other lengthwise in a direction from the open end of the supply funnel to an opening of the capillary remote from the supply funnel, the body parts including a first body part and a second body part; wherein the capillary is formed as a channel within at least the first body part and has a first open side extending across a length of the channel in a demounted state of the body parts; wherein the first open side of the channel in the mounted state of the body parts is closed by the second body part adjoining the first body part.