Article dispensing – With discharge assistant – Having movable segregating chamber
Patent
1996-09-05
1999-02-02
Terrell, William E.
Article dispensing
With discharge assistant
Having movable segregating chamber
221157, 221233, 221234, 221258, 221263, 221264, 198691, G07F 1100
Patent
active
058653422
ABSTRACT:
A medication filling apparatus is equipped with a tablet case for holding medications and a dispensing drum which lets the medications fall through an outlet from the tablet case as it rotates, thereby dispensing the medications; it is further equipped with a plurality of grooves into which the medications from the tablet case are fed and which let the medications fall therefrom when they are aligned with the outlet; and a separating member which is provided in such a manner that it juts out into or over the groove aligned with the outlet. The separating member is composed of a material which has predetermined lateral and longitudinal dimensions and also certain flexibility; the separating member is capable of securely retaining a medication thereon. Furthermore, since the separating member has certain flexibility, it does not scratch medications even if the medications bump against it, and it also prevents a dispensing failure caused by the medications being caught.
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Ito Ken-ichi
Niijima Toshiyuki
Sanyo Electric Co,. Ltd.
Terrell William E.
Tran Khoi H.
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