WO2024228156A1 - Device for blistering pills, tablets, capsules and the like and method therefor - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a device and an associated method for packaging individual medicaments in blisters, in particular a device and a method for blister packing pills, tablets, capsules and the like according to the preamble of claim 1 and claim 9, respectively.
- compositions such as pills, tablets, capsules and the like are often packaged in disposable packaging before being shipped to consumers.
- disposable packaging includes thermoformed and cold-formed blister packs as well as pouches, bags or disposable bottles.
- An important aspect in the manufacture of these packages is the placement of the pills in the blister packs before a sealing film layer is applied.
- This process is preferably carried out by an automatic machine capable of placing the pills precisely and accurately at high speed.
- a blister packaging machine is known, for example, from the document US 5,737,902.
- the feed system described therein comprises a feed cassette with a number of tubes and a chute arrangement with several chutes for guiding individual pills into the corresponding container. Above the feed cassette is an orientation plate which guides the tablets into the feed cassette, which in turn guides the tablets into the chutes.
- the orientation plate closes off a funnel, which is arranged above the feed cassette of the feed system, towards the tubes.
- the funnel filled with the tablets to be packed moves up and down to separate and orient the tablets to the tubes so that these tablets can be fed sequentially through the tubes to the drop shafts and simultaneous and precise filling from all drop shafts into the corresponding tablet cavities of blister packs can take place. This is because only if all tablet cavities of a blister pack each contain one tablet can this blister pack be used for sale.
- a feed system is equipped with a funnel and a feed cassette in which a number of tubes are arranged so as to be movably held, in such a way that they open into a number of chutes of a chute arrangement with which a blister pack can be filled, characterized in that the feed cassette comprises a vibration plate which has a number of openings for the number of tubes, through which the tubes are held guided, wherein the vibration plate has a vibration articulation point which is operatively connected to a vibration unit in such a way that the tubes can be excited to a vibration movement indirectly via the vibration unit, the vibration articulation point or the vibration plate perpendicular to a number of longitudinal axes of the number of tubes.
- the vibration plate according to the invention which causes the tubes to vibrate perpendicularly to their longitudinal axis, can prevent tablets, pills or capsules falling through the tubes from jamming or wedging. It is advantageous that the vibration plate is enclosed by the feed box. Possible embodiments are characterized by the fact that the vibration plate closes the feed box at the top to the funnel, or at the bottom to the chute arrangement, or is arranged - in a type of sandwich structure - between two pin plates also arranged in the feed box. In each of these embodiments, it is also advantageous that this vibration plate can also be added to existing installations of feed plates.
- An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the vibration plate is positively connected to at least one shaped spring, so that the vibration plate can be reset against the vibration movement.
- the operative connection between the vibration plate and the vibration unit is formed as a fixed connection by means of the vibration articulation point, or that this operative connection is formed as a touch contact, or as a magnetic coupling.
- the essence of the present invention is to be seen in the method for blister packing pills, tablets, capsules or the like in that it comprises a feed system with a funnel and a feed cassette in which a Number of tubes are arranged so as to be movably held, in such a way that they open into a number of drop shafts of a drop shaft arrangement with which a blister pack can be filled, characterized in that the feed cassette comprises a vibration plate which has a number of openings for the number of tubes, through which the tubes are held and guided, wherein the vibration plate has a vibration articulation point which cooperates with a vibration unit in such a way that the tubes are indirectly excited to a vibration movement perpendicular to a number of longitudinal axes of the number of tubes via the vibration unit, the vibration articulation point or the vibration plate.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a blistering device according to the invention with a feeding system comprising a vibrating plate;
- Fig. 2 is a further perspective view of the device according to Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device according to the invention with a vibration unit for the vibration plate;
- Fig. 4 shows a further embodiment of the device for blister packing according to Fig. 1 with a vibration plate between two pin plates in a feed box, and
- Fig. 5 shows yet another embodiment of the device for blister packing according to Fig. 1 with a vibration plate which closes the feed box at the bottom.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a device for blister packing according to the present invention with a feed system 1 comprising a vibrating plate 10.
- This feed system 1 has a funnel la arranged above a feed box 1b, which is designed to receive bulk material in the form of pills, tablets, capsules and the like, but which are not explicitly shown here.
- the funnel la has an orientation plate 3 with recesses 5 on its underside facing the feed box 1b, with movably mounted tubes 4 protruding through the recesses 5 into the funnel 1b.
- the funnel la performs an up and down movement 6 relative to the tubes 4, whereby the bulk material - not shown - can be fed individually to the tubes 4.
- the tubes 4 are also arranged movably in the feed box 1b, whereby these tubes 4 open into a compartment shaft arrangement 9 with a number of drop shafts 9a in the direction of fall of the bulk material.
- the feed box 1b is closed at the side by means of a box side wall 2, behind which - as will be shown below in connection with Fig. 2 - a shaped spring 12 is in operative connection with the vibration plate 10 according to the invention.
- a box side wall 2 behind which - as will be shown below in connection with Fig. 2 - a shaped spring 12 is in operative connection with the vibration plate 10 according to the invention.
- the vibration plate 10 is arranged on the top of the feed box 1b facing the funnel 1a, whereby the feed box 1b is provided with a base plate 11 towards the drop shaft arrangement 9, and between This base plate 11 and the vibration plate 10 have two pin plates 7a, b arranged for the purpose of separating the bulk material sliding down into the tubes 4.
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the feed box 1b of the device for blister packing according to Fig. 1, wherein the above-mentioned shaped spring 12 - here exposed by removing the box side wall 2 - is visible.
- a support element 16 is arranged at each of the outer corners of the base plate 11, wherein each of these support elements 16 has a number of guide grooves 16a, which are arranged in such a way that the two pin plates 7a, b are arranged displaceably in these guide grooves 16a for the purpose of separating bulk material in the tubes 4.
- the shaped spring 12 is, on the one hand, arranged in a fixed position on the base plate 11 or between adjacent support elements 16 and, on the other hand, is positively connected to the vibration plate 10, whereby the vibration plate 10 is thereby held movable and can be excited to a periodic movement transversely to a longitudinal axis 4a of the tubes 4 against the spring force of the shaped spring 12.
- the positive connection between the vibration plate 10 and the shaped spring 12 is formed in the present case by means of brackets 10a on the vibration plate 10 and locking bars 12a of the shaped spring engaging therebetween in a positive manner.
- the vibration plate 10, the pin plates 7a, b and the base plate 11 have openings 14 aligned with one another in which the tubes 4 are movably arranged.
- the tubes 4 have projections 15 on their side walls by means of which the tubes 4 are held in an operative connection with the vibration plate 10 according to the invention.
- the vibration plate 10 is periodically excited, the tubes 4 are excited to vibrate transversely to their longitudinal axis 4a in such a way that bulk material falling through the tubes 4 has no possibility of wedging/getting stuck in these tubes 4.
- the vibration plate 10 has a vibration articulation point 13a, which - as shown in Fig. 3 - is operatively connected to a vibration element 13b.
- This operative connection between the vibration element 13b and the vibration articulation point 13a on the Vibration plate 10 can be designed as a glued or screwed connection or as a locking connection or a magnetic coupling.
- the feed box 1b comprises a box end wall 8 on which the vibration element 13b can be arranged.
- the vibration plate 10 is articulated by means of its brackets 10a to the locking bars 12a of the shaped springs 12 - not visible here.
- Fig. 4 shows an embodiment of the invention in which the vibration plate 10 is arranged in a kind of sandwich structure between the two pin plates 7a, b, and Fig. 5 shows a further embodiment of the invention in which the vibration plate 10 is designed such that it closes off the feed box 1b at the bottom.
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VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERBLISTERUNG VON PILLEN, TABLETTEN, KAPSELN UND DERGLEICHEN UND VERFAHREN DAZU DEVICE FOR BLISTERING PILLS, TABLETS, CAPSULES AND THE LIKE AND METHOD THEREFOR
Technisches Gebiet technical field
[0001] Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung und ein zugehöriges Verfahren zum Verpacken von einzelnen Medikamenten in Blistern, insbesondere eine Vorrichtung und ein Verfahren zum Verblistern von Pillen, Tabletten, Kapseln und dergleichen gemäss dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 bzw. des Anspruchs 9. [0001] The present invention relates to a device and an associated method for packaging individual medicaments in blisters, in particular a device and a method for blister packing pills, tablets, capsules and the like according to the preamble of claim 1 and claim 9, respectively.
Stand der Technik, technologischer Hintergrund der Erfindung State of the art, technological background of the invention
[0002] Pharmazeutische Produkte wie Pillen, Tabletten, Kapseln und dergleichen werden häufig in Einwegverpackungen verpackt, bevor sie an die Verbraucher versandt werden. Zu solchen Einwegverpackungen gehören tiefgezogene und kaltgezogene Blisterverpackungen sowie Beutel, Tüten oder Einwegflaschen. [0002] Pharmaceutical products such as pills, tablets, capsules and the like are often packaged in disposable packaging before being shipped to consumers. Such disposable packaging includes thermoformed and cold-formed blister packs as well as pouches, bags or disposable bottles.
[0003] Ein wichtiger Aspekt bei der Herstellung dieser Verpackungen ist die Platzierung der Pillen in den Blisterverpackungen, bevor eine verschliessende Folienschicht aufgebracht wird. Dieser Vorgang wird vorzugsweise von einer automatischen Maschine durchgeführt, die in der Lage ist, die Pillen mit hoher Geschwindigkeit präzise und genau zu platzieren. Eine Ausführungsform einer Blisterverpackungsmaschine ist beispielsweise bekannt der Druckschrift US 5,737,902. Das hierin beschriebene Zuführsystem umfasst eine Zuführkassette mit einer Anzahl Röhrchen und eine Fallschachtanordnung mit mehreren Fallschächten zur Führung einzelner Pillen in den entsprechenden Behälter. Über der Zuführkassette befindet sich ein Orientierungsplatte, das die Tabletten in die Zuführ kassette leitet, die wiederum die Tabletten in die Fallschächte leitet. [0003] An important aspect in the manufacture of these packages is the placement of the pills in the blister packs before a sealing film layer is applied. This process is preferably carried out by an automatic machine capable of placing the pills precisely and accurately at high speed. One embodiment of a blister packaging machine is known, for example, from the document US 5,737,902. The feed system described therein comprises a feed cassette with a number of tubes and a chute arrangement with several chutes for guiding individual pills into the corresponding container. Above the feed cassette is an orientation plate which guides the tablets into the feed cassette, which in turn guides the tablets into the chutes.
[0004] Die Orientierungsplatte schliesst einen Trichter, der oberhalb der Zuführ kassette des Zuführsystems angeordnete ist, zu den Röhrchen hin ab. Der mit zu verpackenden Tabletten befüllte Trichter führt eine Auf- und Abbewegung durch, um die Tabletten zu den Röhrchen zu vereinzeln und zu orientieren, so dass diese Tabletten sequentiell durch die Röhrchen den Fallschächten zugeführt werden können und eine gleichzeitige und exakte Befüllung aus allen Fallschächten in entsprechende Tablettenhöhlen von Blisterverpackungen erfolgen kann. Denn nur wenn alle Tablettenhöhlen einer Blisterverpackung jeweils eine Tablette aufweist, kann diese Blisterverpackung für den Verkauf genutzt werden. [0004] The orientation plate closes off a funnel, which is arranged above the feed cassette of the feed system, towards the tubes. The funnel filled with the tablets to be packed moves up and down to separate and orient the tablets to the tubes so that these tablets can be fed sequentially through the tubes to the drop shafts and simultaneous and precise filling from all drop shafts into the corresponding tablet cavities of blister packs can take place. This is because only if all tablet cavities of a blister pack each contain one tablet can this blister pack be used for sale.
[0005] Die Erfahrung zeigt aber, dass Tabletten, selbst wenn sie vereinzelt den Röhrchen zugeführt wurden, in diesen Röhrchen stecken bleiben können; hierfür können äussere Einflüsse, wie beispielsweise Luftfeuchtigkeit oder Verschmutzung, schuld sein, oder Eigenschaften der Tablettenoberflächen selber, wodurch ein „Verklemmen" oder „Verkeilen" der Tablette in den Röhrchen auftreten kann und somit eine gleichzeitige und exakte Befüllung aus allen Fallschächten in entsprechende Tablettenhöhlen von Blisterverpackungen -zumindest lokal bzw. temporärunterbrochen sein kann. [0005] Experience shows, however, that tablets, even if they have been fed into the tubes individually, can get stuck in these tubes; this can be due to external influences, such as air humidity or contamination, or to properties of the tablet surfaces themselves, which can cause the tablet to "jam" or "wedging" in the tubes and thus simultaneous and precise filling from all drop shafts into the corresponding tablet cavities of blister packs can be interrupted - at least locally or temporarily.
Darstellung der Erfindung representation of the invention
[0006] Es ist Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, eine Vorrichtung und ein Verfahren zur Verblisterung von Pillen, Tabletten, Kapseln und dergleichen dahingehend weiterzuentwickeln, dass eine verbesserte, gleichzeitige und exakte Befüllung von Blisterverpackungen ermöglicht wird; insbesondere soll mittels einer der Erfindung die Durchführung von Tabletten durch die Röhrchen zu den Fallschächten verbessert werden. [0006] It is an object of the present invention to further develop a device and a method for blister packing pills, tablets, capsules and the like in such a way that an improved, simultaneous and precise filling of blister packs is made possible; in particular, the passage of tablets through the tubes to the drop shafts is to be improved by means of one of the invention.
[0007] Die dieser Erfindung für die Vorrichtung zugrundeliegende Aufgabe wird gelöst durch die Merkmale des Anspruchs 1; die diesen Erfindungsgedanken weiterbildenden Merkmale sind Gegenstand der Unter ansprüche 2 bis 8. Die dieser Erfindung für das Verfahren zugrundeliegende Aufgabe wird gelöst durch die Merkmale des Anspruchs 9. [0007] The problem underlying this invention for the device is solved by the features of claim 1; the features that further develop this inventive idea are the subject of subclaims 2 to 8. The problem underlying this invention for the method is solved by the features of claim 9.
[0008] Der Kern der vorliegenden Erfindung ist für die Vorrichtung zur Verblisterung von Pillen, Tabletten, Kapseln oder dergleichen darin zu sehen, das ein Zuführsystem mit einem Trichter und einer Zuführkassette ausgestattet ist, in welcher eine Anzahl Röhrchen beweglich gehalten angeordnet sind, und zwar derart, dass sie in eine Anzahl Fallschächte einer Fallschachtanordnung münden, mit der eine Blisterverpackung befüllbar ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zuführkassette eine Vibrationsplatte umfasst, die für die Anzahl Röhrchen eine Anzahl Öffnungen aufweist, durch die die Röhrchen geführt gehalten sind, wobei die Vibrationsplatte einen Vibrationsanlenkpunkt aufweist, der mit einer Vibrationseinheit derart wirkverbunden ist, dass die Röhrchen mittelbar über die Vibrationseinheit, den Vibrationsanlenkpunkt bzw. die Vibrationsplatte senkrecht zu einer Anzahl Längsachsen der Anzahl Röhrchen zu einer Vibrationsbewegung anregbar sind. [0008] The essence of the present invention is to be seen in the device for blister packing pills, tablets, capsules or the like, that a feed system is equipped with a funnel and a feed cassette in which a number of tubes are arranged so as to be movably held, in such a way that they open into a number of chutes of a chute arrangement with which a blister pack can be filled, characterized in that the feed cassette comprises a vibration plate which has a number of openings for the number of tubes, through which the tubes are held guided, wherein the vibration plate has a vibration articulation point which is operatively connected to a vibration unit in such a way that the tubes can be excited to a vibration movement indirectly via the vibration unit, the vibration articulation point or the vibration plate perpendicular to a number of longitudinal axes of the number of tubes.
[0009] Mittels der erfindungsgemässen Vibrationsplatte, die die Röhrchen in eine Vibrationsbewegung senkrecht zu deren Längsachse versetzen, kann ein Verklemmen oder Verkeilen von sich durch die Röhrchen fallenden Tabletten, Pillen oder Kapseln verhindert werden. Dabei ist von Vorteil, dass die Vibrationsplatte vom Zuführkasten umfasst wird. Mögliche Ausführungsformen zeichnen sich dadurch aus, dass die Vibrationsplatte den Zuführkasten nach oben zum Trichter, oder nach unten zur Fallschachtanordnung verschliesst, oder -in einer Art Sandwich-Struktur- zwischen zwei im Zuführkasten ebenfalls angeordneten Stiftplatten angeordnet ist. Bei jeder dieser Ausführungsformen ist zudem von Vorteil, dass diese Vibrationsplatte auch in bereits bestehenden Installationen von Zuführplatten ergänzend hinzugefügt werden kann. [0009] The vibration plate according to the invention, which causes the tubes to vibrate perpendicularly to their longitudinal axis, can prevent tablets, pills or capsules falling through the tubes from jamming or wedging. It is advantageous that the vibration plate is enclosed by the feed box. Possible embodiments are characterized by the fact that the vibration plate closes the feed box at the top to the funnel, or at the bottom to the chute arrangement, or is arranged - in a type of sandwich structure - between two pin plates also arranged in the feed box. In each of these embodiments, it is also advantageous that this vibration plate can also be added to existing installations of feed plates.
[0010] Eine vorteilhafte Ausführungsform der Erfindung sieht vor, dass die Vibrationsplatte formschlüssig mit mindestens einer Formfeder in Wirkverbindung steht, so dass die Vibrationsplatte gegenüber der Vibrationsbewegung rückstellbar ist. [0010] An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the vibration plate is positively connected to at least one shaped spring, so that the vibration plate can be reset against the vibration movement.
[0011] Bei vorteilhaften Ausführungsformen der Erfindung kann ferner vorgesehen sein, dass die Wirkverbindung zwischen der Vibrationsplatte und der Vibrationseinheit mittels des Vibrationsanlenkpunkts als eine feste Verbindung aus gebildet ist, oder dass diese Wirkverbindung als ein Berührungskontakt ausgebildet, oder als eine magnetische Kopplung. [0011] In advantageous embodiments of the invention, it can further be provided that the operative connection between the vibration plate and the vibration unit is formed as a fixed connection by means of the vibration articulation point, or that this operative connection is formed as a touch contact, or as a magnetic coupling.
[0012] Der Kern der vorliegenden Erfindung ist für das Verfahren zur Verblisterung von Pillen, Tabletten, Kapseln oder dergleichen darin zu sehen, dass ein Zuführsystem mit einem Trichter und einer Zuführkassette aufweist, in welcher eine Anzahl Röhrchen beweglich gehalten angeordnet sind, und zwar derart, dass sie in eine Anzahl Fallschächte einer Fallschachtanordnung münden, mit der eine Blisterverpackung befüllbar ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zuführkassette eine Vibrationsplatte umfasst, die für die Anzahl Röhrchen eine Anzahl Öffnungen aufweist, durch die die Röhrchen geführt gehalten sind, wobei die Vibrationsplatte einen Vibrationsanlenkpunkt aufweist, der mit einer Vibrationseinheit derart zusammenwirkt, dass die Röhrchen mittelbar über die Vibrationseinheit, den Vibrationsanlenkpunkt bzw. die Vibrationsplatte senkrecht zu einer Anzahl Längsachsen der Anzahl Röhrchen zu einer Vibrationsbewegung angeregt werden. [0012] The essence of the present invention is to be seen in the method for blister packing pills, tablets, capsules or the like in that it comprises a feed system with a funnel and a feed cassette in which a Number of tubes are arranged so as to be movably held, in such a way that they open into a number of drop shafts of a drop shaft arrangement with which a blister pack can be filled, characterized in that the feed cassette comprises a vibration plate which has a number of openings for the number of tubes, through which the tubes are held and guided, wherein the vibration plate has a vibration articulation point which cooperates with a vibration unit in such a way that the tubes are indirectly excited to a vibration movement perpendicular to a number of longitudinal axes of the number of tubes via the vibration unit, the vibration articulation point or the vibration plate.
[0013] Vorteile des Verfahrens zur Verblisterung von Pillen, Tabletten, Kapseln oder dergleichen ergeben sich in entsprechender Weise wie für die Vorrichtung zur Verblisterung. [0013] Advantages of the method for blister packing pills, tablets, capsules or the like arise in a corresponding manner as for the device for blister packing.
[0014] Weitere Ausführungsformen der erfindungs gemässen Vorrichtung sowie des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens und deren zugehörigen Vorteile sind Gegenstand der detaillierten Beschreibung und der Figuren. [0014] Further embodiments of the device according to the invention and of the method according to the invention and their associated advantages are the subject of the detailed description and the figures.
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[0015] Im Folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand von Figuren beispielhaft erläutert. Gleiche Gegenstände sind in den Figuren grundsätzlich mit gleichen Bezugszeichen versehen. An dieser Stelle wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die Figuren keine einschränkende Wirkung auf den vorliegenden Erfindungsgegenstand als solches haben, sondern lediglich exemplarische Ausführungsformen des Erfindungsgedankens -wie dieser sich in den Ansprüchen darstellt- zeigen. [0015] The invention is explained below by way of example using figures. In the figures, identical objects are generally provided with the same reference numerals. At this point, it should be noted that the figures have no limiting effect on the present subject matter of the invention as such, but merely show exemplary embodiments of the inventive concept - as it is presented in the claims.
[0016] Es zeigen rein schematisch die [0016] They show purely schematically the
Fig. 1 eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Vorrichtung zur Verblisterung gemäss der Erfindung mit einem eine Vibrationsplatte umfassenden Zuführsystem; Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a blistering device according to the invention with a feeding system comprising a vibrating plate;
Fig. 2 eine weitere perspektivische Ansicht der Vorrichtung gemäss Fig. 1; Fig. 3 eine perspektivische Darstellung der erfindungs gemässen Vorrichtung mit einer Vibrationseinheit für die Vibrationsplatte; Fig. 2 is a further perspective view of the device according to Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device according to the invention with a vibration unit for the vibration plate;
Fig. 4 eine weitere Ausführungsform der Vorrichtung zur Verblisterung gemäss Fig. 1 mit einer Vibrationsplatte zwischen zwei Stiftplatten in einem Zuführkasten, und Fig. 4 shows a further embodiment of the device for blister packing according to Fig. 1 with a vibration plate between two pin plates in a feed box, and
Fig. 5 eine noch weitere Ausführungsform der Vorrichtung zur Verblisterung gemäss Fig. 1 mit einer Vibrationsplatte, die den Zuführkasten, nach unten verschliesst. Fig. 5 shows yet another embodiment of the device for blister packing according to Fig. 1 with a vibration plate which closes the feed box at the bottom.
Wege zur Ausführung der Erfindung Ways to carry out the invention
[0017] In Fig. 1 ist eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Vorrichtung zur Verblisterung gemäss der vorliegenden Erfindung mit einem eine Vibrationsplatte 10 umfassenden Zuführsystem 1. Dieses Zuführsystem 1 weist einen über einem Zuführ kästen lb angeordneten Trichter la auf, der für die Aufnahme von Schüttgut in Form von Pillen, Tabletten, Kapseln und dergleichen ausgebildet ist, die aber hier nicht explizit dargestellt sind. Der Trichter la weist auf seiner dem Zuführkasten lb zugewandten Unterseite eine Orientierungsplatte 3 mit Ausnehmungen 5 auf, wobei beweglich gelagerte Röhrchen 4 durch die Ausnehmungen 5 in den Trichter lb hineinragen. Im Betrieb führt der Trichter la eine Auf- und Abbewegung 6 gegenüber den Röhrchen 4 durch, wodurch das -nicht gezeigte- Schüttgut vereinzelt den Röhrchen 4 zuführbar ist. [0017] Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a device for blister packing according to the present invention with a feed system 1 comprising a vibrating plate 10. This feed system 1 has a funnel la arranged above a feed box 1b, which is designed to receive bulk material in the form of pills, tablets, capsules and the like, but which are not explicitly shown here. The funnel la has an orientation plate 3 with recesses 5 on its underside facing the feed box 1b, with movably mounted tubes 4 protruding through the recesses 5 into the funnel 1b. During operation, the funnel la performs an up and down movement 6 relative to the tubes 4, whereby the bulk material - not shown - can be fed individually to the tubes 4.
[0018] Auch im Zuführkasten lb sind die Röhrchen 4 beweglich angeordnet, wobei diese Röhrchen 4 in Fallrichtung des Schüttguts in eine Fachschachtanordnung 9 mit einer Anzahl Fallschächten 9a münden. Der Zuführkasten lb ist seitlich mittels einer Kastenseitenwand 2 verschlossen, hinter der -wie nachfolgend im Zusammenhang mit der Fig. 2 noch zu zeigen sein wird- eine Formfeder 12 mit der erfindungsgemässen Vibrationsplatte 10 in Wirkverbindung steht. In der hier in Fig.l gezeigten Ausführungsform ist die Vibrationsplatte 10 auf der dem Trichter la zugewandten Oberseite des Zuführkastens lb angeordnet, wobei der Zuführkasten lb zu der Fallschachtanordnung 9 hin mittels einer Bodenplatte 11 versehen ist, und zwischen dieser Bodenplatte 11 und der Vibrationsplatte 10 sind zwei Stiftplatte 7a, b zwecks Separierung des in den Röhrchen 4 herabgleitenden Schüttguts angeordnet. [0018] The tubes 4 are also arranged movably in the feed box 1b, whereby these tubes 4 open into a compartment shaft arrangement 9 with a number of drop shafts 9a in the direction of fall of the bulk material. The feed box 1b is closed at the side by means of a box side wall 2, behind which - as will be shown below in connection with Fig. 2 - a shaped spring 12 is in operative connection with the vibration plate 10 according to the invention. In the embodiment shown here in Fig. 1, the vibration plate 10 is arranged on the top of the feed box 1b facing the funnel 1a, whereby the feed box 1b is provided with a base plate 11 towards the drop shaft arrangement 9, and between This base plate 11 and the vibration plate 10 have two pin plates 7a, b arranged for the purpose of separating the bulk material sliding down into the tubes 4.
[0019] Fig. 2 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht des Zuführ kastens lb der Vorrichtung zur Verblisterung gemäss Fig. 1, wobei die oben bereits erwähnte Formfeder 12 -hier freigelegt durch Entfernen der Kastenseitenwand 2- sichtbar ist. An den äusseren Ecken der Bodenplatte 11 sind jeweils ein Stützelement 16 angeordnet, wobei jedes dieser Stützelemente 16 eine Anzahl Führungsnuten 16a aufweist, die derart angeordnet sind, dass in diesen Führungsnuten 16a die beiden Stiftplatten 7a, b zwecks Separierung von Schüttgut in den Röhrchen 4 verschiebbar angeordnet sind. [0019] Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the feed box 1b of the device for blister packing according to Fig. 1, wherein the above-mentioned shaped spring 12 - here exposed by removing the box side wall 2 - is visible. A support element 16 is arranged at each of the outer corners of the base plate 11, wherein each of these support elements 16 has a number of guide grooves 16a, which are arranged in such a way that the two pin plates 7a, b are arranged displaceably in these guide grooves 16a for the purpose of separating bulk material in the tubes 4.
[0020] Die Formfeder 12 ist zum einen an der Bodenplatte 11 bzw. zwischen benachbarten Stützelementen 16 ortsfest angeordnet und zum anderen formschlüssig mit der Vibrationsplatte 10 verbunden, wobei die Vibrationsplatte 10 hierdurch beweglich gehalten ist und quer zu einer Längsachse 4a der Röhrchen 4 gegen die Federkraft der Formfeder 12 zu einer periodischen Bewegung anregbar ist. [0020] The shaped spring 12 is, on the one hand, arranged in a fixed position on the base plate 11 or between adjacent support elements 16 and, on the other hand, is positively connected to the vibration plate 10, whereby the vibration plate 10 is thereby held movable and can be excited to a periodic movement transversely to a longitudinal axis 4a of the tubes 4 against the spring force of the shaped spring 12.
[0021] Die formschlüssige Verbindung zwischen der Vibrationsplatte 10 und der Formfeder 12 ist vorliegend mittels Konsolen 10a an der Vibrationsplatte 10 und dazwischen formschlüssig eingreifenden Rastbalken 12a der Formfeder ausgebildet. [0021] The positive connection between the vibration plate 10 and the shaped spring 12 is formed in the present case by means of brackets 10a on the vibration plate 10 and locking bars 12a of the shaped spring engaging therebetween in a positive manner.
[0022] Die Vibrationsplatte 10, die Stiftplatten 7a, b sowie die Bodenplatte 11 weisen zueinander fluchtende Öffnungen 14 auf, in denen die Röhrchen 4 beweglich angeordnet sind. Dabei weisen die Röhrchen 4 an deren Seitenwänden Vorsprünge 15 auf, mittels derer die Röhrchen 4 mit der erfindungsgemässen Vibrationsplatte 10 wirkverbunden gehalten sind. Bei einer periodischen Anregung der Vibrationsplatte 10 werden die Röhrchen 4 quer zu deren Längsachse 4a zu einer Vibrationsbewegung derart angeregt, so dass durch die Röhrchen 4 fallendes Schüttgut keine Möglichkeit zum Verkeilen/ Festsetzen in diesen Röhrchen 4 hat. [0022] The vibration plate 10, the pin plates 7a, b and the base plate 11 have openings 14 aligned with one another in which the tubes 4 are movably arranged. The tubes 4 have projections 15 on their side walls by means of which the tubes 4 are held in an operative connection with the vibration plate 10 according to the invention. When the vibration plate 10 is periodically excited, the tubes 4 are excited to vibrate transversely to their longitudinal axis 4a in such a way that bulk material falling through the tubes 4 has no possibility of wedging/getting stuck in these tubes 4.
[0023] Die Vibrationsplatte 10 weist einen Vibrationsanlenkpunkt 13a auf, der -wie Fig. 3 zeigt- mit einem Vibrationselement 13b wirkverbunden ist. Diese Wirkverbindung zwischen dem Vibrationselement 13b und dem Vibrationsanlenkpunkt 13a an der Vibrationsplatte 10 kann als eine verklebte oder verschraubte Verbindung ausgebildet sein oder als eine Rastverbindung oder eine magnetischen Kopplung. Wie der Fig. 3 ferner entnehmbar ist, umfasst der Zuführkasten lb eine Kastenabschlusswand 8, an der das Vibrationselement 13b angeordnet sein kann. Gut zu erkennen ist in der vorliegenden perspektivischen Draufsicht von schräg oben auf den Zuführkasten lb, wie die Vibrationsplatte 10 mittels deren Konsolen 10a an den Rastbalken 12a der -hier nicht sichtbaren Formfedern 12- angelenkt ist. [0023] The vibration plate 10 has a vibration articulation point 13a, which - as shown in Fig. 3 - is operatively connected to a vibration element 13b. This operative connection between the vibration element 13b and the vibration articulation point 13a on the Vibration plate 10 can be designed as a glued or screwed connection or as a locking connection or a magnetic coupling. As can also be seen from Fig. 3, the feed box 1b comprises a box end wall 8 on which the vibration element 13b can be arranged. In the present perspective top view from an angle above the feed box 1b, it can be clearly seen how the vibration plate 10 is articulated by means of its brackets 10a to the locking bars 12a of the shaped springs 12 - not visible here.
[0024] Die Fig. 4 zeigt eine Ausführungsform der Erfindung, bei welcher die Vibrationsplatte 10 in einer Art Sandwichstruktur zwischen den beiden Stiftplatten 7a, b angeordnet ist, und die Fig. 5 zeigt eine weitere Ausführungsform der Erfindung, bei der die Vibrationsplatte 10 derart ausgebildet ist, dass sie den Zuführkasten lb nach unten abschliesst. [0024] Fig. 4 shows an embodiment of the invention in which the vibration plate 10 is arranged in a kind of sandwich structure between the two pin plates 7a, b, and Fig. 5 shows a further embodiment of the invention in which the vibration plate 10 is designed such that it closes off the feed box 1b at the bottom.
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1 Zuführsystem la Trichter lb Zuführkasten 1 feeding system la hopper lb feeding box
2 Kastenseitenwand 2 box side wall
3 Orientierungsplatte 3 orientation plate
4 Röhrchen, beweglich gelagert 4 tubes, movably mounted
4a Längsachse des Röhrchens 4 4a Longitudinal axis of tube 4
5 Ausnehmungen in 3 5 recesses in 3
6 Bewegungspfeil für Auf- und Abbewegung von lb6 Movement arrow for up and down movement of lb
7a, b Stiftplatte zur Separierung 7a, b Pin plate for separation
8 Kastenabschlusswand 8 box end wall
9 Fallschachtanordnung 9 Drop shaft arrangement
9a Fallschacht 9a Fall Shaft
10 Vibrationsplatte 10 vibration plates
10a Konsole an 10 für 12a 10a console on 10 for 12a
11 Bodenplatte von lb 11 base plate from lb
12 Formfeder 12 form springs
12a Rastbalken an 12 für 10a 12a locking bar at 12 for 10a
13a Vibrationsanlenkpunkt an 10 für 13b13a Vibration pivot point at 10 for 13b
13b Vibrationseinheit für 13a 13b Vibration unit for 13a
14 Öffnungen in 7a, 7b, 8, 10 für 4 14 openings in 7a, 7b, 8, 10 for 4
15 Vorsprünge an 4 zwecks Wirkverbindung mit 1015 projections on 4 for the purpose of effective connection with 10
16 Stützelement 16 support element
16a Führungsnut an 16 16a guide groove on 16
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