Patent ID: 7082738

Claim:
A capsule filling-sealing apparatus comprising: a capsule filling section, having a turntable holding empty capsules and rotating intermittently at intervals of a constant rotation angle, configured to sequentially carry out a separation process for separating the body and the cap of said empty capsule at the stop position of the intermittent rotation of said turntable, a filling process for filling said body with a filling material, a connection process for connecting said body with said cap to form each of filled capsules, and a transfer process for discharging said filled capsules to the next process, a capsule transfer section for sequentially receiving and holding said filled capsules from said capsule filling section and for transferring said filled capsules while controlling said filled capsules in a desired posture, and a capsule sealing section having a transfer mechanism for receiving said filled capsules from said capsule transfer section and for transferring them in a substantially horizontal direction, and a sealing mechanism for forming a band seal at the connection portion of the cap and the body of said filled capsule to form each of sealed capsules, wherein said capsule transfer section comprises a discharge roller for sequentially receiving said filled capsules from said capsule filling section and for holding them, a connection chute having passages for discharging said filled capsules from said discharge roller and for transferring them using compressed air, and a transfer roller for receiving said filled capsules from said connection chute and for controlling said filled capsules in a desired posture, and said capsule filling section, said capsule transfer section and said capsule sealing section are configured integrally so that the production from empty capsules to completed capsules is carried out on the same production line.