Medicine-supplying device and medicine-counting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9962317-B2
Application number	US-201715438543-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	Mar 21, 2012
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

This drug-supplying device is provided with: a rotator that discharges drugs towards the outer diameter by being rotated; a drug shape-specifying unit for specifying the shape of the drug; and a control unit that rotates the rotator at a rotational speed specified, on the basis of a speed table that correlates drug shape to rotator rotational speed, by the shape that has been specified by a drug-detecting unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medicine-supplying device comprising:
a rotator having an annular shape and configured to rotate in a circumferential direction and discharge a plurality of medicines on the rotator to an outer diameter direction of the rotator by rotation;
an inner guide configured to guide the medicine discharged to the outer diameter direction of the rotator by rotation, wherein
the inner guide has a tilted part whose surface is tilted toward the outer diameter direction of the rotator; and
a width restricting body configured to restrict a conveyance width of the medicine and being positioned at an upper stream side of rotation of the rotator with respect to the inner guide.

2. The medicine-supplying device according to claim 1 , further comprising an outer guide configured to form a passage where the medicine passes together with the inner guide, wherein
the outer guide is positioned at an upper stream side of rotation of the rotator with respect to the inner guide,
an interval between the inner guide and the outer guide is adjustable.

3. The medicine-supplying device according to claim 2 , wherein
the interval is changed by a displacement of the outer guide.

4. The medicine-supplying device according to claim 1 , further comprising an outer guide configured to form a passage where the medicine passes together with the inner guide, wherein
the outer guide is positioned at the upper stream side of the rotation of the rotator with respect to the inner guide;
an interval between the inner guide and the outer guide is changed by a displacement of the outer guide;
the outer guide and the width restricting body are movable by a single driving motor.

Assignees

• Yuyama Mfg Co Ltd
• Yuyama Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Koike Naoki
• Mitani Mitsuhiro
• Fukada Masao

Classifications

• B65B59/001 Primary

  Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the product to be packaged · CPC title

• B65B59/02

  Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running · CPC title

• B65B2210/04

  Customised on demand packaging by determining a specific characteristic, e.g. shape or height, of articles or material to be packaged and selecting, creating or adapting a packaging accordingly, e.g. making a carton starting from web material · CPC title

• B65B57/20

  Applications of counting devices for controlling the feed of articles (other applications B65B65/08) · CPC title

• B65B35/06

  Separating single articles from loose masses of articles · CPC title