Filling station and method for filling a feeder unit with discrete medicaments
AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorsAnthonius Maria Hendrina de Boer, Cornelis Jan Jochemsen
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Abstract
A filling station for filling a feeder unit with discrete medicaments includes a base and a holder that is positionable in one or more inclined orientations relative to said base for holding the feeder unit in said one or more inclined orientations. A method for filling a feeder unit with discrete medicaments includes the step of filling the feeder unit with the discrete medicaments when the feeder unit is held by the holder in one of the one or more inclined orientations.
Claims29
A filling station for filling a feeder unit (8) from a top of the feeder unit with discrete medicaments, wherein the filling station (1, 101, 201, 301) comprises
- a base (2, 102, 202, 302) and
- a holder (3, 103, 203) connected to the base (2, 102, 202, 302),
- a feeder dock connected to the holder for movement with the holder, the feeder dock for removably receiving the feeder unit on the holder,
- wherein the holder (3, 103, 203) is positionable in one or more inclined orientations (B, C) relative to said base (2, 102, 202, 302), and
- wherein the holder (3, 103, 203) comprises one or more lateral supports (31, 32) extending parallel to a longitudinal direction (L) of the holder (3) for supporting the feeder unit (8) in the one or more inclined orientations (B, C) in a lateral direction (T) perpendicular to said longitudinal direction (L).
A filling station for filling a feeder unit (8) from a top of the feeder unit with discrete medicaments, wherein the filling station (1, 101, 201, 301) comprises
- a base (2, 102, 202, 302) and
- a holder (3, 103, 203) connected to the base (2, 102, 202, 302),
- a feeder dock connected to the holder for movement with the holder, the feeder dock for removably receiving the feeder unit on the holder,
- a swivel mechanism (5, 105, 305) for swiveling the holder (3, 103, 203) relative to the base (2, 102, 202, 302) about a swivel axis(S) between an upright orientation (A) and one or more inclined orientations (B, C)
- wherein the holder (3, 103, 203) is positionable in one or more inclined orientations (B, C) relative to said base (2, 102, 202, 302), and
- wherein the holder (3, 103, 203) has a center of gravity (G) that is located at one side of the swivel axis(S) in a lateral direction (L) perpendicular to said swivel axis(S) when the holder (3, 103, 203) is in the upright orientation (A).
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