Device for the supply of tablets for pharmaceutical purposes or of another similar loose product between machining units arranged on different planes

摘要

The invention concerns a device for conveying loose products, especially medicinal tablets, from one machine to another located on different levels e.g. floors of a factory. To avoid damage to the product caused by contact between individual products or their striking the walls of the conveyor itself as a result of turbulence during their upward (suction, Fig. 7) or downward (gravity) flow along the conveyor, the device envisages a closed conveyor tube (3), made of a flexible material, connecting the said two machines and forming a spiral feed path round a central mounting column (1) which supports the tube (3) itselt the angle of successive sections of the said tube (3) can be adjusted and adapted to individual requirements, preferably using a plurality of supporting arms (5) which project radially from the column (1), one end of each arm (5) being attached to the mounting column (1) in such a way that the height of the arm itself can be adjusted and the other end being attached to the conveyor tube (3). The tube can be of transparent food-grade PVC and the device can have a hopper 13, vertical section 7 and shaped out feed section 17. IMAGE