Drug supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025302700-A1
Application number	US-202519238059-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 13, 2025
Priority date	Feb 20, 2023
Publication date	Oct 2, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A drug supply device, includes a conveyor that guides travel of a drug, and a drug accelerator that pivots by a motor, blocks the drug on the conveyor in a first attitude, and pivots toward a second attitude to accelerate and deliver the drug, in which the conveyor includes a retainer that retains the drug in a state where blocking by the drug accelerator is released, and the drug accelerator accelerates and delivers the drug retained in the retainer.

First claim

1 . A drug supply device, comprising:
a conveyor that guides travel of a drug; and a drug accelerator that pivots by a motor, blocks the drug on the conveyor in a first attitude, and pivots toward a second attitude to accelerate and deliver the drug, wherein the conveyor includes a retainer that retains the drug in a state where blocking by the drug accelerator is released, and the drug accelerator accelerates and delivers the drug retained in the retainer.

2 . The drug supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the retainer is curved to be at least partly positioned higher toward a front side in a traveling direction of the drug.

3 . The drug supply device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the drug accelerator includes a deliverer that accelerates and delivers the drug, and the retainer is curved along a trajectory of a tip of the deliverer during a pivot of the drug accelerator.

4 . The drug supply device according to claim 3 , wherein
the drug is delivered diagonally upward in the traveling direction by the deliverer.

5 . The drug supply device according to claim 4 , wherein
the conveyor includes a cover member that bounces downward the drug delivered by the deliverer.

6 . The drug supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the drug accelerator oscillates between the first attitude and the second attitude by the motor.

7 . The drug supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the drug accelerator includes:
a blocker that blocks the drug, and
a deliverer that delivers the drug.

8 . The drug supply device according to claim 7 , wherein
the drug accelerator in the first attitude closes off, by the blocker and the deliverer, a space surrounded by the conveyor, such that the space is impassable by the drug.

Assignees

• Phc Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Katou Yoshirou
• Morii Hideyuki

Classifications

• A61J7/0084 Primary

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• B65B57/00

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