Tablet receptacle and drug dispensing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12303467-B2
Application number	US-202117996336-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2021
Priority date	Apr 18, 2020
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A tablet receptacle 50 receives the tablets discharged to the tablet dropping passage below a mounting part 12 in the drug dispensing device in which the tablets are packaged by being discharged from a tablet cassette 11 to a tablet dropping passage 42 through the mounting part 12 . The tablet receptacle 50 includes a receiving port 50 g to be inserted into the tablet dropping passage 42 when the tablet receptacle 50 is installed. The receiving port 50 g is configured to receive the tablets discharged from the tablet cassette 11 mounted on the mounting part 12 located above the tablet receptacle 50 and dropped along the tablet dropping passage 42.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tablet receptacle which receives tablets discharged to a tablet dropping passage below a plurality of mounting parts in a drug dispensing device in which the mounting parts on which tablet cassettes are mounted are arranged, and the tablets are packaged by being discharged from the tablet cassettes to the tablet dropping passage, the tablet receptacle comprising:
a receiving port that receives the tablets discharged to the tablet dropping passage when inserted into the tablet dropping passage,
wherein tablet receptacle further comprising a tablet guide extending obliquely downward from a bottom portion of the receiving port toward an inside of the tablet receptacle.

2. The tablet receptacle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the receiving port includes a receiving plate that is pivotable to have a steep inclination angle formed inward of the tablet receptacle when the tablet receptacle is mounted on the mounting part.

3. A tablet receptacle which is mounted to be replaceable with a tablet cassette on any one of a plurality of mounting parts in a drug dispensing device in which the mounting parts on which the tablet cassettes are mounted are arranged, and tablets are packaged by being discharged from the tablet cassettes to a tablet dropping passage, and which receives the tablets discharged to the tablet dropping passage, the tablet receptacle comprising:
a receiving port that is inserted into the tablet dropping passage when the tablet receptacle is mounted on the mounting part,
wherein the receiving port includes a receiving plate that is pivotable to have a steep inclination angle formed inward of the tablet receptacle when the tablet receptacle is mounted on the mounting part.

4. The tablet receptacle according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a vibration mechanism that vibrates the tablet receptacle.

5. The tablet receptacle according to claim 4 ,
wherein the vibration mechanism is configured to be driven by a drive unit driving the tablet cassette and provided in the mounting part.

6. The tablet receptacle according to claim 5 ,
wherein the vibration mechanism vibrates the tablet guide of the tablet receptacle.

7. The tablet receptacle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a vibration mechanism that vibrates the tablet receptacle.

8. The tablet receptacle according to claim 7 ,
wherein the vibration mechanism is configured to be driven by a drive unit driving the tablet cassette and provided in the mounting part.

9. The tablet receptacle according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a tablet guide extending obliquely downward from a bottom portion of the receiving port toward an inside of the tablet receptacle.

10. The tablet receptacle according to claim 9 ,
wherein the vibration mechanism vibrates the tablet guide of the tablet receptacle.

Assignees

• Yuyama Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamashita Koji
• Taniguchi Yoshinori

Classifications

• A61J2205/60

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• B65G2201/027

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• A47B67/02

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• B65B37/02

  by gravity flow · CPC title

• A61J7/02 Primary

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