Apparatus for making fluid filled capsules

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLUID FILLED CAPSULES COMPRISING A FEEDER HEAD HAVING OPPOSITE CURVED SIDES TERMINATING IN A WEDGE-SHAPED NOZZLE, A PLURALITY OF OPPOSED DIE BARS MOVABLE ACROSS SAID CURVED SIDES AND HAVING MATING FACES PROVIDED WITH DIE POCKETS HAVING SEVERING LANDS THEREAROUND, CHAIN LINKS CONNECTING SAID DIE BARS TOGETHER, FIRST SPROCKETS WITH WHICH SAID CHAIN LINKS MESH AND OPERABLE TO DETERMINED THEIR PATH ALONG SAID CURVED SIDES OF SAID FEEDER HEAD, SECOND SPROCKETS SPACED FROM SAID FIRST SPROCKETS, SAID CHAIN LINKS EXTENDING FROM SAID FIRST SPROCKETS TO AND AROUUND SAID SECOND SPROCKETS, SAID CURVED SIDES AND THE ADJACENT FACES OF SAID DIE BARS BEING ADAPTED FOR A SHEET OF GELATINE OR THE LIKE TO BE FED BETWEEN EACH CURVED SIDE AND THE ADJACENT DIE BARS, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID FEEDER HEAD, SAID FEEDER HEAD HAVING NOZZLE PASSAGEWAYS DISCHARGING FROM SAID WEDGE-SHAPE NOZZLE AND BETWEEN SAID SHEETS OF GELATINE TO DEFORM THE SHEETS INTO SAID POCKETS OF SAID DIE BARS, MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID OPPOSED DIE BARS AS THEY LEAVE SAID FIRST SPROCKETS TO PRESS THE ADJACENT SURFACES OF SAID SHEETS OF GELATINE INTO SEALING CONTACT AROUND SAID POCKETS, AND ADDITIONAL MEANS FOR MOVING SAID OPPOSED DIE BARS TOWARD EACH OTHER WHEREBY SAID SEVERING LANDS SEVER THE INDIVIDUAL FLUID FILLED CAPSULES FROM SAID SHEETS OF GELATINE.