Supports: racks – Special article – Stacked articles
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-02
2011-12-27
Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)
Supports: racks
Special article
Stacked articles
C211S059200, C211S059400, C211S051000, C221S125000, C221S232000, C221S126000, C221S127000, C221S129000, C221S153000, C221S154000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08083078
ABSTRACT:
A vibration-assisted ejection cassette includes: outer plates11which align PTP-packaged drugs20for storage; a top frame12which is provided above an open front and which prevents accommodated drugs from being falling forward; an inner plate13which carries the accommodated drugs and advances the drugs when vibrated; and a vibrating member15which vibrates the inner plate13. Thereby, vibration is exploited to maintain the drugs20in alignment with each other, advance the drugs while maintaining the drugs in alignment and eject them one by one. Additionally, a retention member18for retaining an ejected drug is provided in front of the open front. A control circuit17activates or stops activating the vibrating member15in accordance with whether or not an ejection detecting member detects that a drug is being retained. In this way, it is ensured that drugs are either manually picked up one by one or ejected by an automatic mechanism in an equally easy and stable manner.
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Hirobe Hideaki
Omura Shiro
Omura Yoshihito
Crawford Gene O.
Dernier, Esq. Matthew B.
Gibson & Dernier LLP
Kumar Rakesh
Tosho Inc.
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