MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617093702 A) filed by I. M. A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S. P. A. on August 03, 2026, for Machine For Filling Capsules.
Inventor includes Ribani, Massimo.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: A filling machine (1) for filling capsules (100) with at least one product comprises a plurality of operating stations (3-8) for operating on the capsules (100) and a planar motor system (2) for transferring the capsules (100) through the operating stations (3-8); the planar motor comprises a driving surface (9) and a plurality of moving units (10) which can be electromagnetically coupled to the driving surface (9) to be moved contactless independently thereon; each moving unit (10) comprises an upper supporting element (11), having upper seats (17) for housing caps (102) of the capsules (100), and a lower supporting element (12), having lower seats (18) for housing bodies (101) of the capsules (100); the upper supporting element (11) and the lower supporting element (12) are mutually positionable in a first operating configuration (A), in which the upper seats (17) surmount and are vertically aligned with the lower seats (22), and in a second operating configuration (B), in which the upper seats (17) are spaced apart from the lower seats (18) to allow filling the bodies (101) with a product.
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