RU-2026112114-A - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PARTS OF AN INHALATION PRODUCT

Inventors

• ПРЕСТИА, Иван
• Д'АМБРОДЖИ, Валерио

Assignees

• ФИЛИП МОРРИС ПРОДАКТС С.А.

Dates

Publication Date

20260505

Application Date

20240919

Priority Date

20230926

Claims (20)

1. 1. A method for removing a capsule containing dry powder from an inhalation device, the method comprising the steps of:
2. providing an inhalation article having a distal end opposite the mouthpiece end of said inhalation article, wherein the inhalation article comprises a tubular member and a dry powder capsule located within said tubular member, and wherein the inhalation article has an elongated body extending along the longitudinal axis of said inhalation article,
3. provide an object extraction unit for a device for processing inhalation articles, wherein said object extraction unit comprises an article holding means for holding the inhalation article and an object ejection means configured to eject a dry powder capsule from said tubular member of the inhalation article, wherein the object ejection means is configured to push the dry powder capsule out of the tubular member so that the dry powder capsule exits from the distal end of the inhalation article, and
4. pushing said dry powder capsule out of the tubular member using an object extraction device such that the dry powder capsule exits from the distal end of the inhalation device.
5. 2. The method according to claim 1, in which the means for pushing the object comprises a plunger configured to push the capsule with dry powder outward from the tubular element,
6. wherein the plunger tip, adapted to be inserted into the tubular element of the inhalation product, does not exceed 2 millimeters in diameter in the direction that is perpendicular to the direction of insertion,
7. wherein, preferably, the end surface of the plunger, designed with the possibility of contact with the capsule with dry powder, contains a concave recess.
8. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, in which the object pushing means is configured to apply a force of less than 110 newtons, preferably less than 100 newtons, more preferably less than 80 newtons, more preferably less than 50 newtons, more preferably less than 30 newtons, more preferably less than 20 newtons, more preferably less than 15 newtons to the dry powder capsule when pushing the dry powder capsule to push the dry powder capsule out of the tubular element.
9. 4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the object ejection means comprises an internal air channel configured to supply compressed air to said dry powder capsule.
10. 5. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the means for holding the article comprises one or more rotating drums.
11. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the means for holding the article comprises a rotating drum located closer to the flow direction,
12. wherein the rotating drum located closer to the flow contains a plurality of recesses,
13. wherein said recesses are located in a circular direction around the axis of rotation of the rotating drum located closer to the flow direction, and
14. wherein each recess is designed with the possibility of accommodating one inhalation device in such a way that the longitudinal axis of the inhalation device placed in the recess is located parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotating drum located closer along the flow direction,
15. Preferably, the rotating drum located closer to the flow direction is located closer to the flow direction relative to the means for pushing out the object.
16. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the means for holding the article comprises a vacuum system configured to cause the inhalation articles to stick within said recesses,
17. the vacuum system contains a vacuum source and a stationary shell,
18. wherein said fixed shell is fixed relative to the rotational movement of the rotating drum located closer to the flow direction,
19. in this case, the stationary shell passes through less than a full revolution of the rotating drum located closer to the flow direction, and
20. wherein the fixed shell is designed with the possibility of selectively providing a fluid connection between the vacuum channels of the said recesses and the vacuum source depending on the rotation position of the corresponding recess.