Medicament dispensing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9433555-B2
Application number	US-201113806138-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	Jun 30, 2010
Publication date	Sep 6, 2016
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016

Abstract

The disclosed device increases the accommodation amount of blister packages and enables smooth dispensing even if a blister package is bent or similar. The device is provided with: a device body ( 1 ), a storage container ( 2 ) which accommodates blister packages ( 4 ) in a stacked state, and a dispensing member ( 3 ) which can dispense the accommodated blister package ( 4 ). The storage container ( 2 ) is provided with an outlet ( 13 ), which is formed on the base at one end side thereof, and which is for ejecting the blister package ( 4 ), and a biasing means ( 12 ) for biasing the accommodated blister packages ( 4 ) toward one end side. The dispensing member ( 3 ) is provided with a guide part ( 36 ) for guiding a side edge part of the blister packages ( 4 ), and biases the blister packages ( 4 ) toward one end side of the storage container ( 2 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A medicine dispensing device comprising:
a device body;
a storage container in which a plurality of blister packages in which medicines are separately packed are accommodated in a stacked state; and
a dispensing member movably provided at the device body, the dispensing member moving up to the storage container and dispensing the accommodated blister package,
wherein the storage container includes:
an outlet formed at one end side for taking out the blister package; and
a biasing means that biases the accommodated blister package towards the one end side,

wherein the dispensing member includes:
a guide part for guiding a side edge part of the blister package, wherein the blister package can be biased towards one end side of the storage container by the guide part, and
an elastic piece that is capable of biasing the blister package towards one end side of the storage container, wherein the guide part for guiding the side edge part of the blister package is provided at an end section of the elastic piece.

2. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage container further includes a curved surface at an inner side surface of storage container's body that is formed at the one end side located in a biasing direction by the biasing means, said curved surface is depressed in a direction to avoid interference with a curved shape of the blister package.

3. A medicine dispensing device comprising:
a device body;
a storage container in which a plurality of blister packages in which medicines are separately packed are accommodated in a stacked state; and
a dispensing member movably provided at the device body, the dispensing member moving up to the storage container and dispensing the accommodated blister package,
wherein the storage container includes:
an outlet formed at one end side for taking out the blister package; and
a biasing means that biases the accommodated blister package towards the one end side, and
a curved surface at an inner side surface of storage container's body that is formed at the one end side located in a biasing direction by the biasing means, said curved surface is depressed in a direction to avoid interference with a curved shape of the blister package, and

wherein the dispensing member includes:
a guide part for guiding a side edge part of the blister package, wherein the blister package can be biased towards one end side of the storage container by the guide part.

4. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the dispensing member further includes an elastic piece that is capable of biasing the blister package towards one end side of the storage container, and
the guide part for guiding the side edge part of the blister package is provided at an end section of the elastic piece.

Assignees

• Yuyama Shoji
• Yasunaga Itsuo
• Kasuya Masahiko
• Oike Norifumi
• Yuyama Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yuyama Shoji
• Yasunaga Itsuo
• Kasuya Masahiko
• Oike Norifumi

Classifications

• G07F17/0092

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

• A61J1/00 Primary

  Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes (capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00) · CPC title

• G07F11/42 Primary

  the articles being delivered by motor-driven means · CPC title

• B65D83/00

  Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents (dispensing means incorporated in closures B65D47/00) · CPC title

• A61J3/00 Primary

  Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms · CPC title