Patent ID: 8033083
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A61J,A61K,B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process of separating and combining capsule sections; comprising: (A) delivering a capsule to an opening in a first rotatable wheel having multiple openings; (B) rotating said first wheel so that said opening aligns with an opening in a second rotatable wheel which has multiple openings; (C) separating said first and second capsule sections and moving said second capsule section to said opening in said second wheel; (D) rotating said first wheel so that said opening in said first wheel aligns with an opening in a third rotatable wheel which has multiple openings, and then moving said first capsule section from said opening in said first wheel to said opening in said third wheel; and (E) rotating said third wheel so that said opening in said third wheel aligns with one of said openings in said second wheel, and then combining said first capsule section with a second capsule section which may include said second capsule section or another second capsule section.