Patent ID: 6162998
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
An apparatus (10) for weighing hard gelatine capsules (1) comprising a weighing cell (27) with a weighing receptacle (25), a feed conduit (13) for forming a row (16) of hard gelatine capsules (1), a discharge conduit (34) with a rejection shunt (38), which adjoins the weighing receptacle (25), and a transfer device for transferring the hard gelatine capsules (1) from the feed conduit (13) onto the weighing receptacle (25) and from the weighing receptacle (25) into the discharge conduit (34), the transfer device includes a vane wheel (40), whose vanes (41) engage an outlet of the feed conduit (13), an inlet to the discharge conduit (34), and the weighing receptacle (25) and thereby between respective two vanes (41) form a virtually closed-off transport chamber (48) for the hard gelatine capsules (1).