Feeder for a thermoforming machine

Abstract

The feeder for tablets, capsules or dragées has a stationary base unit and an exchangeable format unit with a sorting plate for evenly distributing the products and with a filling unit including a number of vertically extending filling tubes having a guiding channel for receiving the tablets, capsules or dragées from the sorting plate, and a blocking slide unit for temporarily blocking the guiding channels of the filling tubes. The base unit has a first hanger device for the sorting plate, a second hanger device for the filling unit, and at least one adjusting device for adjusting the first hanger device relative to the second hanger device.

1 . A feeder for tablets, capsules or dragées, comprising:
 a stationary base unit; and   an exchangeable format unit comprising:
 a sorting plate for evenly distributing the products; and 
 a filling unit including a number of vertically extending filling tubes having a guiding channel for receiving the tablets, capsules or dragées from the sorting plate, and a blocking slide unit for temporarily blocking the guiding channels of the filling tubes; 
   wherein the base unit comprises a first hanger device for the sorting plate, a second hanger device for the filling unit, and at least one adjusting device for adjusting the first hanger device relative to the second hanger device.   
   
   
       2 . The feeder according to  claim 1 , wherein the adjusting device is assigned to the first hanger device. 
   
   
       3 . The feeder according to  claim 1 , wherein the adjusting device is assigned to the second hanger device. 
   
   
       4 . A feeder according to  claim 1 , wherein the adjusting device comprises an adjusting cam. 
   
   
       5 . The feeder according to  claim 1 , wherein the first hanger device is supported by at least one first pin, which rests in a first guide groove in the adjusting device assigned to the first hanger device. 
   
   
       6 . The feeder according to  claim 5 , wherein the first hanger device is supported by two first pins. 
   
   
       7 . The feeder according to  claim 1 , wherein the second hanger device is supported by at least one second pin, which rests in a second guide groove in the adjusting device assigned to the second hanger device. 
   
   
       8 . The feeder according to  claim 7 , wherein the second hanger device is supported by two second pins.