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EP1092412A1
EP1092412A1 EP99957014A EP99957014A EP1092412A1 EP 1092412 A1 EP1092412 A1 EP 1092412A1 EP 99957014 A EP99957014 A EP 99957014A EP 99957014 A EP99957014 A EP 99957014A EP 1092412 A1 EP1092412 A1 EP 1092412A1
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Francisco Javier Llorca Chulia
De Trabajo Simplificados S.L. Sistemas
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    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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  • the technical sector involved in this patent is pharmaceutical practice, that of filling hard gelatine capsules, of the type that contain an amount of specific for each of the ones that go to form a treatment, and in particular the ones based on a master formula.
  • Capsunorm loader For smaller scale production runs, what is known as the “Capsunorm loader” is used at chemists', this consisting of a device which positions the capsules of sizes 00 to 2, for inserting the capsules in the filling surface of a device for filling capsules. Said device is no use for sizes 3, 4 and 5 of the capsules, which are the smallest ones and most difficult ones to handle, apart from the difficulty of handling the aforementioned "loader” accurately. Said loader is intended to be used by a different device made by the same company.
  • ES U 278428 for a "device for automatically filling capsules” also commercially known as the “Capsunorm capsule fitter” which consists of at least one plate with holes in which to fit the capsules intended to be filled.
  • said "loader” is for arranging the capsules in the capsule-filling machines, in which these are secured, aligned on its surface, filled with the powder form specific and then closed.
  • said capsule fitter is not widely used for the smaller-sized gelatine capsules, which means that these have to be placed in the filling machine by hand. This also leads to the situation of the capsule fitter in practice also being discarded for the use of larger capsules, since these are the easiest ones to handle by hand, apart from the fact of it being rather awkward to use.
  • This invention covers a surface for holding empty hard gelatine capsules, and the use of said surfaces with the capsules inserted, meaning that this includes the arrangement of the capsules in the surface with holes, and using these capsules for filling in a small conventional machine.
  • the laminar surface 1 has the holes 2 set out in such a way that these coincide with the holes 8 in the surface 9 of the base 7 of the filler.
  • Said holes 2 have diameters 10 coinciding with the capsules, so that the latter are held in them, and also arranged in such a way that these coincide with each corresponding hole in the base of the filling machine.
  • the filling machines have, according to the size of the capsules, distances between holes which coincide with the distances between columns and rows 3 and 4 of the holes in the laminar surface 1. This means that to put the capsules in the holes 8 in the base of the filling machine, the operation simply involves placing the set of capsules inserted in the laminar surface over this, removing the laminar support by means of applying pressure through a card or suitable smooth surface.
  • each size of capsule has a corresponding size of laminar surface 1, and also of the base of the machine 7, so that this correspondence avoids the need to manually insert the capsules in the holes in the base 7.
  • the protection applied for is to be made material in a surface for holding empty hard gelatine capsules, in which there is a laminar part made of flexible material 1, which is fitted with holes 2, in all or part of said surface, with said holes 2 being placed in a regular pattern and uniform diameter the same as that of the capsules 5,6 which it holds and with the layout corresponding to the holes 8 of the base 7, of a manual capsule-fitting machine, and with said holes having sizes corresponding to each of the diameters of capsules available, that is, sizes 000 to 5; and their use includes the stages of inserting the capsules 5,6, set out in the laminar surface 1, in the surface 9, and in the corresponding holes 8 of the base 7, of a capsule-fitting machine, so that each capsule is left facing the hole which has to house this, making said capsules drop by means of a manual pressure on each capsule or by means of pressure by a surface suitable for exerting said pressure, to be inserted in said holes 8 of the filling machine.

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Abstract

The support is comprised of a laminar surface consisting of a flexible sheet provided with a plurality of holes having a diameter which corresponds to the sizes of capsules from 000 to 5, said holes being made in the sheet and in an arrangement corresponding to the surface of a manual filling machine. The invention also relates to the use of said lamellar surface with capsules inserted into the orifices in order to position the capsules on the filling surface of the corresponding machine. Industrial application as an aid for the encapsulation using small encapsulating machines.

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  • Surface for holding empty hard gelatine capsules and use of said surface with the capsules inserted.
  • The technical sector involved in this patent is pharmaceutical practice, that of filling hard gelatine capsules, of the type that contain an amount of specific for each of the ones that go to form a treatment, and in particular the ones based on a master formula.
  • Statement of the previous state of the art. In the pharmaceutical industry industrial techniques are used by means of which products are packed in the corresponding capsules by complex industrial processes. Through needing large-scale production to be profitable, said techniques lie outside the scope of this invention patent.
  • For smaller scale production runs, what is known as the "Capsunorm loader" is used at chemists', this consisting of a device which positions the capsules of sizes 00 to 2, for inserting the capsules in the filling surface of a device for filling capsules. Said device is no use for sizes 3, 4 and 5 of the capsules, which are the smallest ones and most difficult ones to handle, apart from the difficulty of handling the aforementioned "loader" accurately. Said loader is intended to be used by a different device made by the same company. ES U 278428 for a "device for automatically filling capsules" also commercially known as the "Capsunorm capsule fitter" which consists of at least one plate with holes in which to fit the capsules intended to be filled.
  • There is a prior case, ES U 262629, for an "improved device for filling medicine capsules" consisting of an assembly with an arrangement and application similar to the one already described.
  • The use of said "loader" is for arranging the capsules in the capsule-filling machines, in which these are secured, aligned on its surface, filled with the powder form specific and then closed.
  • Nevertheless, as has been stated above, said capsule fitter is not widely used for the smaller-sized gelatine capsules, which means that these have to be placed in the filling machine by hand. This also leads to the situation of the capsule fitter in practice also being discarded for the use of larger capsules, since these are the easiest ones to handle by hand, apart from the fact of it being rather awkward to use.
  • This invention covers a surface for holding empty hard gelatine capsules, and the use of said surfaces with the capsules inserted, meaning that this includes the arrangement of the capsules in the surface with holes, and using these capsules for filling in a small conventional machine.
  • In order to make the following explanation clearer, two sheets of drawings are enclosed, representing the essence of this invention in two figures.
  • Figure 1 shows a top view of the capsule-holding surface.
  • Figure 2 shows a view of said surface corresponding to a plate of a capsule-fitting machine.
  • In said Figures 1 indicates the laminar surface, 2 the holes made in said laminar surface, 3 the distance between the columns, 4 the distance between rows, 5 the base of the capsule, 6 the top of the capsule, 7 the base of the capsule-filling machine, 8 each of the holes made in the surface of the capsule-filling machine, 9 being the surface of the manual filling machine, 10 the diameter of the holes in the laminar surface.
  • The laminar surface 1 has the holes 2 set out in such a way that these coincide with the holes 8 in the surface 9 of the base 7 of the filler. Said holes 2 have diameters 10 coinciding with the capsules, so that the latter are held in them, and also arranged in such a way that these coincide with each corresponding hole in the base of the filling machine. The filling machines have, according to the size of the capsules, distances between holes which coincide with the distances between columns and rows 3 and 4 of the holes in the laminar surface 1. This means that to put the capsules in the holes 8 in the base of the filling machine, the operation simply involves placing the set of capsules inserted in the laminar surface over this, removing the laminar support by means of applying pressure through a card or suitable smooth surface.
  • It is obvious that each size of capsule has a corresponding size of laminar surface 1, and also of the base of the machine 7, so that this correspondence avoids the need to manually insert the capsules in the holes in the base 7.
  • An embodiment of this can be deduced from the explanation given in the two previous paragraphs.
  • To sum up, we wish to state that the protection applied for is to be made material in a surface for holding empty hard gelatine capsules, in which there is a laminar part made of flexible material 1, which is fitted with holes 2, in all or part of said surface, with said holes 2 being placed in a regular pattern and uniform diameter the same as that of the capsules 5,6 which it holds and with the layout corresponding to the holes 8 of the base 7, of a manual capsule-fitting machine, and with said holes having sizes corresponding to each of the diameters of capsules available, that is, sizes 000 to 5; and their use includes the stages of inserting the capsules 5,6, set out in the laminar surface 1, in the surface 9, and in the corresponding holes 8 of the base 7, of a capsule-fitting machine, so that each capsule is left facing the hole which has to house this, making said capsules drop by means of a manual pressure on each capsule or by means of pressure by a surface suitable for exerting said pressure, to be inserted in said holes 8 of the filling machine.
  • This is for industrial application to assist with capsule-filling by means of small capsule-filling machines.

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  1. Surface for holding empty hard gelatine capsules, characterised in that this includes a laminar portion made of flexible material (1) which has holes (2) in all or part of said surface, with said holes (2) being in a regular pattern and with a uniform diameter identical to that of the capsules (5, 6) which it holds and with an arrangement corresponding to the holes (8) of the base (7) of a manual machine for filling capsules, and with said holes being of sizes corresponding to each of the diameters of capsules available, these being sizes 000 to 5.
  2. Use of the capsule-holding surface, characterised by including the following stages:
    inserting the capsules (5, 6) in the laminar surface (1).
    setting said laminar surface (1) in the surface (9) of holes (8) in the base (7) of a capsule-filling machine;
    in such a way that each capsule is left facing the hole in which it has to be housed, with said capsules being housed by means of direct manual pressure on each capsule or by means of a surface suitable for exerting said pressure, to be inserted in said holes (8) of the filling machine.
EP99957014A 1998-06-18 1999-06-18 Support for empty hard gelatine capsules, and utilization of said support with the capsules inserted Expired - Lifetime EP1092412B1 (en)

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ES009801285A ES2159219B1 (en) 1998-06-18 1998-06-18 A SUSTAINING SURFACE OF EMPTY GELATINE CAPSULES, AND USE OF SUCH SURFACE WITH THE INSERTED CAPSULES.
ES9801285 1998-06-18
PCT/ES1999/000181 WO1999065447A1 (en) 1998-06-18 1999-06-18 Support for empty hard gelatine capsules, and utilization of said support with the capsules inserted

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