Impregnation apparatus and impregnation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9987606-B2
Application number	US-201615155148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2016
Priority date	Oct 14, 2015
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

An impregnation apparatus for impregnating a material in a combined medicament. The impregnation apparatus includes a delivery device, a dispensing device, a transmission device, a scraper device, and an impregnation execution device. The combined medicament is poured into a receiving unit by the dispensing device. The scraper device includes a scraper moving unit and a scraper structure arranged on the scraper moving unit. The scraper moving unit drives the scraper structure, leveling the combined medicament in the receiving unit. The impregnation execution device includes a carrying unit and a carrier moving unit. The material is disposed in the carrying unit and is impregnated into the receiving unit carrying the combined medicament by moving the carrying unit. The instant disclosure further provides an impregnation method.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An impregnation apparatus for impregnating a material into a combined medicament, comprising:
a delivery device for delivering a dispensing container, the delivery device comprises a receiving portion for receiving the dispensing container;
a dispensing device arranged adjacent to the delivery device for pouring-out the combined medicament into a receiving unit;
a transmission device arranged adjacent to the delivery device, wherein the receiving unit is arranged on the transmission device;
a scraper device arranged adjacent to the transmission device, the scraper device comprises a scraper moving unit and a scraper structure arranged on the scraper moving unit, the scraper structure is driven by the scraper moving unit and slides on the surface of the combined medicament to level the combined medicament received in the receiving unit; and
an impregnation execution device arranged adjacent to the transmission device, the impregnation execution device comprises a carrying unit for carrying the material and a carrier moving unit for moving the carrying unit, wherein the carrying unit is driven by the carrier moving unit to impregnate the material positioned on the carrying unit into the receiving unit carrying the combined medicament.

2. The impregnation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the dispensing device comprises:
a first medicament supplying unit arranged adjacent to the delivery device for transmitting a first medicament to the dispensing container;
a magnetic element supplying unit arranged adjacent to the delivery device for transmitting a magnetic element to the dispensing container;
a second medicament supplying unit arranged adjacent to the delivery device for transmitting a second medicament to the dispensing container, wherein the first medicament and the second medicament in the dispensing container are stirred by the magnetic element for forming the combined medicament; and
a medicament pour-out unit arranged adjacent to the delivery device for pouring-out the combined medicament from the dispensing container into the receiving unit.

3. The impregnation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the delivery device further comprises a first additional work station, a magnetic element supplying work station, a second additional work station and a medicament pour-out work station, the first medication supplying unit is arranged adjacent to the first additional work station, the magnetic element supplying unit is arranged adjacent to the magnetic element supplying work station, and the second medicament supplying unit is arranged adjacent to the second additional work station.

4. The impregnation apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the delivery device further comprises a container recycle work station and a discharge work station, the container recycle work station is arranged adjacent to the medication pour-out work station for receiving the dispensing container which has poured-out the combined medicament, and the discharge work station is arranged adjacent to the container recycle work station for receiving the dispensing container from the container recycle work station.

5. The impregnation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the dispensing container is transmitted by the delivery device and sequentially passes the first additional work station, the magnetic element supplying work station, the second additional work station, the medication pour-out work station, the container recycling work station and the discharge work station.

6. The impregnation apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a cleaning unit adjacent to the scraper device and a drying unit adjacent to the cleaning unit, wherein the cleaning unit comprises a cleaning solution for cleaning the combined medicament remaining on the scraper structure, the drying unit comprises a gas injection port for drying the scraper structure which is cleaned by the cleaning unit.

7. The impregnation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the carrying unit is driven by the carrier moving unit and moves upward and downward relative to the surface of the combined medicament.

Assignees

• Apaq Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsai Cheng-Han
• Huang Kuo-Chen
• Liang Ming-Tsung
• Wang Kuan-Chong
• Chien Ming-Goo

Classifications

• B01F13/1072

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F15/0298

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F15/00025

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F13/0818 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B08B1/00

  Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools (cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto B08B9/00) · CPC title