Medicine feeding canister for in an automated medicine dispensing device
AssigneeCanister Solutions B.V.
InventorsArie van Wijngaarden, Caroline van Wijngaarden
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Abstract
Medicine feeding canister for in an automated medicine dispensing device, wherein the canister comprises a housing, a storage for storing a plurality of medicine units, a discharge for discharging the medicine units and a feeding mechanism for feeding the stored medicine units to the discharge, wherein the storage comprises a plurality of medicine holders, each of the medicine holders being arranged for holding one medicine unit separated from the other held medicine units, and wherein the feeding mechanism is arranged for feeding the medicine units in the medicine holders to the discharge.
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A medicine feeding canister, wherein the canister comprises a housing, a storage for storing a plurality of medicine units, a discharge for discharging the medicine units and a feeding mechanism for feeding the stored medicine units to the discharge, the storage comprises a plurality of medicine holders, each of the medicine holders being arranged for holding one medicine unit separated from the other held medicine units, and wherein the feeding mechanism is arranged for feeding the medicine units in the medicine holders to the discharge, wherein the medicine holders are movable, in particular with respect to the discharge, for feeding the medicine units to the discharge, wherein the medicine feeding canister comprises a plurality of stacked holding surfaces for holding a plurality of layers of medicine units, wherein each of the holding surfaces comprises an opening for transporting a medicine unit from said holding surface to a lower layer, wherein the openings in two subsequent layers are staggered in the horizontal direction and wherein the opening in the lowest holding surface forms the discharge.
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