Medicine feeding device and a medicine counting device using the medicine feeding device

US9155681B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9155681-B2
Application numberUS-201213813928-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 19, 2012
Priority dateJan 20, 2011
Publication dateOct 13, 2015
Grant dateOct 13, 2015

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A medicine feeding device is configured by providing a first rotor 23 that rotates around a first shaft 24 , a second rotor 35 that rotates around a second shaft, a partition wall 18 extending from the second rotor 35 towards the first rotor 23 , a medicine discharge port 73 provided on the outside of the second rotor 35 , a medicine guide section 65 located in the downstream of a movement section 37 in the medicine transport direction, and a height regulator 41 disposed between the movement section 37 and medicine guide section 65 . In addition, the width regulator 52 that is disposed between the medicine guide section 65 and the height regulator 41 is further provided. Also, the medicine counting device is further provided with a medicine detection means 70 for detecting a medicine that is supplied from the medicine discharge port 73 , and a counting means (central control unit 83 ) for counting the medicines based on the detection by the medicine detection means 70.

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What is claimed is: 1. A medicine feeding device, comprising: a first rotor configured to rotate around a first axis; a second rotor in annular shape configured to rotate around a second axis extending in a direction different from that of the first axis; a partition wall extending from an inner circumference of the second rotor toward an outer circumference of the first rotor; a width regulator having a width regulating section movable in a radially outward direction of the…

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What does patent US9155681B2 cover?
A medicine feeding device is configured by providing a first rotor 23 that rotates around a first shaft 24 , a second rotor 35 that rotates around a second shaft, a partition wall 18 extending from the second rotor 35 towards the first rotor 23 , a medicine discharge port 73 provided on the outside of the second rotor 35 , a medicine guide section 65 located in the downstream of …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yuyama Hiroyuki, Koike Naoki, Mitani Mitsuhiro, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B65B59/001. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Oct 13 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).