# US 2010/0164337 A1 · Medicine Cart > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0164337 A1 - Document ID: US20100164337A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/293,800 - Filed: 2007-03-15 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2006-03-27 - Assignees: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shoji Yuyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100164337A1 ## CPC - A61G 12/001: {Trolleys for transport of medicaments, food, linen, nursing supplies (carts specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis A61B50/13; hand carts B62B3/00)} - G07F 11/42: the articles being delivered by motor-driven means - G07F 17/0092: {for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles (medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00)} - Y10T 70/5097: Cabinet - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract Provided is a medicine cart (1) including a cassette (10) which is upwardly open and accommodates a plurality of medicine containers in an upright state in a row; a shelf plate (8) on which a plurality of the cassettes (10) are placed and which can be drawn out of a main body (3) of the medicine cart (1); and a pressing member (47) provided in each cassette (10) and adapted to forwardly press a rearmost medicine container, in which a locking means (61) for locking the pressing member (47) at a predetermined position in the cassette (10), and an unlocking means (62,63) for canceling the lock of the pressing member (47) by the locking means (61) if the shelf plate (8) is pushed in or drawn out, are provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medicine cart comprising: a cassette which is upwardly open and accommodates a plurality of medicine containers in an upright state in a row; a shelf plate on which a plurality of the cassettes are placed and which is drawable out of a main body of the medicine cart; a pressing member in the cassette, the pressing member being adapted to forwardly press a rearmost medicine container; a locking means for locking the pressing member at a predetermined position in the cassette; and an unlocking means for canceling the lock of the pressing member if the shelf plate is pushed in or drawn out. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A medicine cart according to claim 1, wherein the locking means comprises a locking lever rotatably provided on the cassette, and wherein the locking lever comprises a claw biased in a direction so as to be lockable to the pressing member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A medicine cart according to claim 2, wherein the locking lever of each cassette is fixed to a common spindle and rotatable around the common spindle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2, 3) A medicine cart according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the unlocking means comprises an unlocking lever which is rotatably provided on the shelf plate and adapted to rotate the locking lever against a biasing force to cancel the locking of the claw to the pressing member, and an unlocking member on the main body of the medicine cart and adapted to be locked to the unlocking lever of at least one cassette at if the shelf plate is pushed in or drawn out. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A medicine cart according to claim 4, wherein the unlocking lever comprises an engagement portion that engages with the unlocking member and an operating portion abutting the locking lever that operates the locking lever. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A medicine cart according to claim 5, wherein the engagement portion of the unlocking lever extends downwardly from the spindle of the unlocking lever, and wherein the operating portion extends horizontally on both sides from the spindle of the locking lever. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) A medicine cart according to claim 4, wherein the unlocking member comprises a first unlocking member provided at a front side portion of the main body and a second unlocking member provided at a rear side portion of the main body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) A medicine cart according to claim 4, wherein the unlocking member comprises a pin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) A medicine cart according to claim 4, wherein the unlocking member comprises an unlocking bar having at both ends thereof a first unlocking end provided at a front side portion of the main body and a second unlocking end provided at a rear side portion of the main body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) A medicine cart according to claim 5, wherein the unlocking member comprises a first unlocking member provided at a front side portion of the main body and a second unlocking member provided at a rear side portion of the main body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) A medicine cart according to claim 6, wherein the unlocking member comprises a first unlocking member provided at a front side portion of the main body and a second unlocking member provided at a rear side portion of the main body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) A medicine cart according to claim 5, wherein the unlocking member comprises a pin. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) A medicine cart according to claim 6, wherein the unlocking member comprises a pin. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) A medicine cart according to claim 7, wherein the unlocking member comprises a pin. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) A medicine cart according to claim 10, wherein the unlocking member comprises a pin. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) A medicine cart according to claim 11, wherein the unlocking member comprises a pin. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) A medicine cart according to claim 5, wherein the unlocking member comprises an unlocking bar having at both ends thereof a first unlocking end provided at a front side portion of the main body and a second unlocking end provided at a rear side portion of the main body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 6) A medicine cart according to claim 6, wherein the unlocking member comprises an unlocking bar having at both ends thereof a first unlocking end provided at a front side portion of the main body and a second unlocking end provided at a rear side portion of the main body.