Article dispensing – With means to agitate – vibrate or jar articles in supply...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2008-10-21
Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
With means to agitate, vibrate or jar articles in supply...
C221S311000, C221S31200B, C221S31200B, C221S280000, C221S289000, C221S290000, C221S292000, C221S293000, C221S205000, C221S007000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07438201
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for precisely, detecting a tablet dropped in a last hopper so that packaging speed of tablets is increased and operation of a shutter and a sealer is precisely performed, is disclosed. The automatic medicine packaging machine includes a last hopper provided at the lower end of a hopper installed in a main frame, a shutter installed in the last hopper, and a shutter driving part for driving the shutter to open and close the last hopper, and the apparatus includes a dropping tablet detector installed in the last hopper to detect when the tablet is dropped into the last hopper and to input the detected information about the dropping tablet to the controller such that the moment when the shutter is opened is optimized.
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Collins Michael K
Crawford Gene O.
JVM Co., Ltd.
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
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