Batch counter
AssigneeKirby Devon Limited
InventorJohn Kirby
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
There is disclosed a batch counter for tablets and tablet-like items comprising a hopper with a wide bottom opening for a supply of the items to be counted. A channel member is adapted to channel the items from the hopper to a counter device so as to pass in single file and spaced apart at the counter device so that the counter device can count the passage of individual items from the hopper. The channel member comprises a lightweight, vibratory, V-section guide channel resiliently suspended, downwardly inclined towards the counter device, beneath the bottom opening and adjusted at critical inclination for the flow of the items.
Claims20
A batch counter for tablets and tablet-like items comprising a hopper with a wide bottom opening for passage of a supply of the items to be counted, a counter device for counting the passage of the items from the hopper, and channel means for channeling the items from the hopper to the counter device so as to pass in single file and spaced apart at the counter device, the channel means comprising a lightweight, vibratory, V-section guide channel resiliently suspended, downwardly inclined towards the counter device, beneath the bottom opening of the hopper and adjusted at critical inclination for flow of the items, and a damming plate swingably suspended above the guide channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.