Supply apparatus for drug packaging
AssigneeCretem Co., Ltd.
InventorHo Yeon Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a supply apparatus for drug packaging, used to supply a plurality of units of a drug to drug packaging members. The supply apparatus includes: a supply unit providing a supply path along which the units of a drug are supplied; a support unit elastically supporting the supply unit in such a manner such that the supply unit is inclined; a vibration unit vibrating the supply unit; and a detection unit detecting the units of a drug passing through the supply unit. According to this structure, it is possible to reduce drug supply errors, thereby improving drug supply efficiency.
Claims7
A supply apparatus for drug packaging, the apparatus supplying a drug unit to a drug packaging member, the apparatus comprising:
- a storage container in which drug units are stored;
- a supply channel having a hinged distal end, a free distal end opposite to the hinged distal end, an inlet through which the drug units are introduced into the supply channel from the storage container and positioned next to the hinged distal end, and an outlet from which the drug units are discharged outside and posited at the free distal end, the supply channel providing a supply path connecting the inlet and the outlet to each other, the outlet being arranged to be lower than the inlet;
- a supporter including a spring hinge having a distal end fixed to the hinged distal end of the supply channel and an opposite distal end fixed to a fixture other than the supply channel, the supporter elastically supporting the hinged distal end of the supply channel;
- a vibrator vibrating the supply channel at the hinged distal end such that an amplitude of vibration caused by the vibrator increases toward the outlet from the inlet;
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- a plurality of detection sensors detecting the drug units passing through the supply channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.