Medicine case and medicine supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11759398-B2
Application number	US-202117404612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2021
Priority date	Feb 21, 2019
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

This medicine case comprises: a case body for accommodating a medicine, the case body being such that a discharge opening for the medicine is provided in a bottom part thereof; and a rotating member disposed inside the case body, the rotating member rotating about a rotating shaft. The rotating member has a first side wall member and a second side wall member that are parallel to each other and that constitute a passage through which the medicine is guided to the discharge opening. The first side wall member and the second side wall member approach and separate from each other while remaining parallel to each other, adjusting the width of the passage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A medicine case, comprising:
a case body that accommodates a medicine, wherein the case body includes a bottom part and a discharge port for the medicine is provided in the bottom part; and
a rotating member disposed inside the case body, the rotating member rotating about a rotating shaft, wherein:
the rotating member includes a first side wall member and a second side wall member that are parallel to each other, wherein the first sidewall member and the second sidewall member form a passage and the medicine is guided to the discharge port through the passage, and
the first side wall member and the second side wall member are movable so as to approach and separate from each other while being maintained parallel to each to adjust a width of the passage.

2. The medicine case according to claim 1 , wherein
the second side wall member has a shape that is a mirror image of a shape of the first side wall member.

3. The medicine case according to claim 1 , further comprising a partition member, wherein:
an attachment position of the partition member is changeable and the partition member is enterable into the passage,
each of the first side wall member and the second side wall member includes a plurality of slots, wherein the partition member passes through one of the plurality of slots, when the rotating member rotates, and
the partition member defines a partition position in the passage, and the partition position is adjusted by changing the attachment position of the partition member.

4. The medicine case according to claim 3 , wherein:
the rotating member further includes a third side wall member disposed between the first side wall member and the second side wall member, and
the third side wall member is configured to advance and retract in a radial direction of the rotating member to adjust a depth of the passage.

5. The medicine case according to claim 4 , wherein:
the rotating member further includes an inclined plate disposed in an upper part of the rotating member, and
the inclined plate is configured to advance and retract along an extending direction of the inclined plate to adjust a depth of an inlet of the passage.

6. The medicine case according to claim 5 , wherein
the inclined plate is connected to the third side wall member and advances and retracts in conjunction with advance and retraction of the third side wall member.

7. The medicine case according to claim 4 , wherein
the third side wall member includes a plurality of slots, wherein partition member passes through the plurality of slots when the third side wall member is located on an outer side in the radial direction of the rotating member in the rotating member.

8. The medicine case according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first side wall member and the second side wall member approach or separate from each other while being maintained parallel to each other, the first side wall member and the second side wall member linearly move along a direction inclined with respect to a direction orthogonal to a radial direction of the rotating member which is parallel to an extending direction of the first side wall member and the second side wall member.

9. A medicine supply device, comprising the medicine case according claim 1 .

Assignees

• Phc Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Okaki Kohei
• Ueta Toshiaki

Classifications

• A61J7/02 Primary

  Pill counting devices · CPC title

• A61J7/0076 Primary

  Medicament distribution means (with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00) · CPC title

• G07F17/0092

  for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles (medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00) · CPC title

• G07F11/005

  Special arrangements for insuring that only one single article may be dispensed at a time · CPC title

• G07F11/007

  wherein the storage and dispensing mechanism are configurable in relation to the physical or geometrical properties of the articles to be stored or dispensed · CPC title