Patent ID: 8968622
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. A device for ejecting capsules, the device comprising: a plurality of ejecting means for ejecting the capsules from a holder receiving the capsules; and a slaving control means for moving at least two ejecting means of the plurality of ejecting means in an ejection direction independently of one another, wherein the slaving control means includes a carriage movable in the ejection direction and cooperative with the at least two ejecting means, the carriage including recesses which correspond to the at least two ejecting means, in which recesses the at least two ejecting means are movably guidable relative to the carriage, and wherein the slaving control means further includes at least one cylinder mounted on the carriage and having an associated control piston configured to act on a corresponding one of the at least two ejecting means, wherein the associated control piston can be positioned in a respective recess of the corresponding one of the at least two ejecting means via the slaving control means, thereby putting the corresponding one of the at least two ejecting means into communication with the carriage for movement in the ejection direction together with the carriage.