US Patent Issued to QUALICAPS on Sept. 8 for "Capsule direction restricting mechanism" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,072, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to QUALICAPS Co. LTD. (Yamatokoriyama, Japan).

"Capsule direction restricting mechanism" was invented by Kenichi Kasai (Yamatokoriyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule direction restricting mechanism includes a supply path 10, a restricting device 20, and a discharge path 30. The restricting device 20 includes: a pressing member 40 that presses a capsule 90 at a predetermined position P in a width direction, and moves the capsule 90 toward the discharge path 30; and a slit-like posture changing portion 50 that is disposed between the predetermined position P and the discharge path 3...