Patent ID: 6311743
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: B65B,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for feeding tablets in a packaging machine, the device including:a vibrating container having a bottom wall, said container filled with a mass of tablets, with a portion of said bottom wall featuring tablet feeding channels set in communication with related slots also made in said bottom wall;conveying means for conveying said tablets along a predetermined feeding path and for releasing said tablets into respective blisters of a blister band moved inside the packaging machine, said conveying means communicating with said slots;said device further including:a plate forming said conveying means and featuring at least two side by side grooves defining respective channels for conveying said tablets;a covering element coupled to said plate, said covering element being able to move with respect to said plate;actuator means connected to at least said covering element, for driving said covering element to oscillate with respect to said plate.