Article dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor – Dispenser operated register
Patent
1976-02-18
1977-03-22
Reeves, Robert B.
Article dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
Dispenser operated register
221186, 53 59R, 53 78, B65G 4744, B65B 5720
Patent
active
040131920
ABSTRACT:
A pharmaceutical pill counter incorporating a rotating pill bowl and a stationary guide that cooperatively guide pills in single file to an exposed slide having a main portion that feeds prescription and stock bottle slide portions under the control of a gate. Each slide portion has a downwardly inclined orientation with an exposed channel shape to guide the pills downwardly while permitting the slide portions to be easily cleaned. The slide is preferably integrally defined by an upper housing portion of molded plastic and is located at a corner of the housing so that the prescription and stock bottle slide portions direct the pills to opposite sides of the corner. The gate includes a lower end pivotally mounted at a lower extremity of a common junction of the slide portions and an upper end that is moved along an upper extremity of this junction to direct the pills in the proper direction. The gate initially directs the pills to the prescription bottle slide portion until a photoelectric sensor along the main slide portion has sensed a programmed number of pills and then directs the remaining pills to the stock bottle slide portion. The rotating bowl and stationary guide are preferably molded from plastic and the guide includes a central hole that receives a removable upper end of a bowl drive shaft. A portion of the guide projects into the main slide portion to prevent rotation of the guide as the drive shaft rotates the bowl. A removable plastic shield is positioned over the slide and includes lower deflector portions that control the trajectory of pills as they leave the slide.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2059398 (1936-11-01), Roemer
patent: 2235286 (1941-03-01), Cookson
patent: 2873883 (1959-02-01), Schweiter
patent: 3386618 (1968-06-01), Gilbert
patent: 3746211 (1973-07-01), Burgess
patent: 3837139 (1974-09-01), Roseberg
ITL Industries, Inc.
Reeves Robert B.
Rolla Joseph J.
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