Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Filling means with receiver or receiver coacting means – Receiver with plural compartments or openings
Patent
1996-11-18
1998-07-07
Jacyna, J. Casimer
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Filling means with receiver or receiver coacting means
Receiver with plural compartments or openings
141 5, 141 67, 141100, 141236, 53471, 53478, 53539, B65B 104
Patent
active
057753890
ABSTRACT:
A multi-compartment container (12) is charged with a plurality of doses of powdered medicament so that the volume of each dose is less than that of the respective compartments in which it is contained. A respective protuberance (for example 92) is inserted into each respective compartment, which is then filled with medicament (91) and the protuberance is then removed. The container may take the form of an apertured plate, in which case the filling step can be achieved by placing the container (12) on a porous bed (22) and in communication with a reservoir (80) of particulate material, and then passing gas through the reservoir, the apertures in the container (12) and the bed (22). There is also shown apparatus for performing the method, the apparatus comprising a reservoir (80) for the particulate material and conduit means (81, 92, 94) for relaying particulate material from the reservoir to the compartments, the conduit means including protuberances which are insertable into the compartments to reduce the available volume of the latter. The size of the doses can be controlled by appropriate selection of protuberance dimensions, and a plate-type container, when filled by the method, can be relatively easily sealed by, for example, the application of laminated foil.
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Cambridge Consultants Limited
Jacyna J. Casimer
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