EP1568609A3
Apparatus and method of filling microscopic powder
Abstract
A powder filling apparatus comprises: a first container (10) configured to contain a powder;a weighing tank (30) configured to receive the powder from the first container and discharge a predetermined amount of the powder to a second container (40), comprising: an opening (31) configured to discharge the powder into the second container; anda regulator (32) configured to open and close the opening to discharge a predetermined amount of the powder into the second container; anda connector (20) configured to feed the powder from the first container into the weighing tank, said connector comprising a porous member (21) from which air is discharged.
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| US3188144A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 1-9,11-22,24-38,40 |
| US5711353A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 2,8,9,11-17,19-22,26-29,31,33,34,37 |
| US5727607A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 1-9,11-22,24-38,40 |
| US6056027A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 18,30 |
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| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1995, no. 08 29 September 1995 (1995-09-29) | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1568609
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1568609
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1568609
- Application
- 5009898
- Application, DOCDB
- 05009898
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20050009898
Titles3
- German
- Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Füllen eines mikroskopischen Pulvers
- English
- Apparatus and method of filling microscopic powder
- French
- Dispositif et procédé pour remplir une poudre microscopique
Classification
- CPC, 6
- B65B1/28
- B65B1/26
- B65B1/16
- B65B1/34
- B65B39/004
- B65B69/0008
- IPC, 5
- B65B1 16
- B65B1 34
- B65B39 00
- B65B1 28
- B65B69 00
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- United Kingdom