Capsule filling machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR DECAPPING, FILLING AND RECAPPING CAPSULES, A SUPPORT, SAID SUPPORT ACCOMMODATING FOUR STATIONS ON A CLOSED CIRCUIT, A PLURALITY OF CAPSULE-RECEIVING PLATES, THERE BEING ONE LESS NUMBER OF CAPSULE-RECEIVING PLATES THAN STATIONS, EACH PLATE BEING IN TWO PARTS INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL CAPSULE BODY PLATE AND A SUPERPOSED CAPSULE CAP PLATE, SAID BODY PLATES BEING COPLANAR AND ALL THE PLATES HAVING CAVITIES THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE CAPSULES, THE CAVITIES IN THE BODY PLATE BEING LESS IN DIAMETER THAN THE CAVITIES OF THE CAP PLATE, THE CAVITIES IN THE RESPECTIVE PLATES BEING ALIGNED IN PAIRS FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE CAPSULES, THE BODY PORTIONS OF THE CAPSULES BEING PLACED FIRST IN THE COMBINED CAVITIES AND THE CAP PLATE HAVING A RESTRICTION AGAINST WHICH THE EDGES OF THE CAPS ARE LODGED FOR LIMITED MOTION INTO THE CAVITIES, VACUUM MEANS FOR SEPARATING THE BODIES OF THE CAPSULES FROM THE CAPS WITHIN THE CAVITIES, POWER MEANS MOVING THE COMBINED SUPERPOSED PLATES LOADED WITH EMPTY CAPSULES FROM THE FIRST STATION TO THE SECOND STATION, POWER MEANS AT THE SECOND STATION FOR LIFTING THE CAP PLATE REVEALING THE OPEN ENDS OF THE CAPSULE BODIES, MEANS FOR FILLING THE CAPSULE BODIES AT THE SECOND STATION, SAID LIFTING MEANS REAPPLYING THE CAP PLATE TO THE BODY PLATE IN TIMED RELATION TO THE OPERATION OF THE FILLING MEANS, POWER MEANS FOR TRAVELING THE COMBINED PLATES CONTAINING CAPS AND FILLED BODIES IN SEPARATED CONDITION TO A THIRD STATION, MOVABLE PINS AT THE