(19)
(11) EP 3 263 467 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.02.2018 Bulletin 2018/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.01.2018 Bulletin 2018/01

(21) Application number: 17179085.0

(22) Date of filing: 30.06.2017
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65B 29/02(2006.01)
B65B 65/00(2006.01)
 B65B 43/52(2006.01)
B65B 55/04(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD

(30) Priority: 01.07.2016 IT 201600068514

(71) Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
40133 Bologna (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • MADERA, Giovanni
    40126 Bologna (IT)
  • LANZARINI, Luca
    40056 Crespellano (IT)
  • MORETTI, Carlo
    40139 Bologna (IT)
  • GHIOTTI, Roberto
    40050 Monte S. Pietro (IT)
  • SARTONI, Massimo
    40139 Bologna (IT)
  • FEDERICI, Luca
    40135 Bologna (IT)

(74) Representative: Maccagnan, Matteo et al
Studio Torta S.p.A. Via Viotti, 9
10121 Torino
10121 Torino (IT)

   


(54) A FILLING MACHINE FOR CAPSULES


(57) A filling machine (6) to fill capsules (1) with respective quantities (2) of an incoherent product; the filling machine (6) has: at least one tray (8) having a plurality of pockets (9), which are designed to each hold a corresponding capsule (1); a feeding unit (7), which receives a disorderly mass of empty capsules (1) and inserts the capsule (1) into the pockets (9) of the tray (8), so as to fill the tray (8); a filling unit (11), which receives, from the feeding unit (7), the tray (8) containing empty capsules (1), so as to feed into each capsule (1) the corresponding quantity (2) of product; a transferring unit (12), which receives, from the filling unit (11), the tray (8) containing full capsules (1) and transfers the full capsules (1) to an output (13) of the filling machine (6); and a main conveyor (15), which feeds the tray (8) from an output station (S2) of the feeding unit (7) to an input station (S1) of the feeding unit (7) passing through the filling unit (11) and the transferring unit (12).







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