US 6,208,911 B1 · Solid drug filling apparatus

Abstract

Apparatus for filling a solid drug, such as tablets, into a predetermined vial includes a rotary plate with a plurality of receiving sections formed on the upper surface of this rotary plate. The receiving sections are disposed under a plurality of tablet cases for receiving the solid drugs discharged from the tablet cases. Discharge orifices are formed through the bottom portions of the respective receiving sections and a chute guides the solid drugs from an orifice to a predetermined vial. A shutter opens or closes this orifice or the chute. When the solid drug is discharged from the tablet case, the rotary plate is rotated by a control device to adjust the position of the receiving section as the solid drug falling from the tablet case is dropped in the predetermined receiving section. When filing the solid drug into the vial, the rotary plate is rotated by the control device so that the discharge orifice of the receiving section coincides with the chute, and the shutter is then opened to discharge the drug through the chute into the vial.

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Dependent claims

A solid drug filling apparatus which comprises:

a plurality of tablet cases each for holding solid drugs,
a plate rotatably disposed under said tablet cases to receive solid drugs falling out of said cases, said plate having a plurality of partition members spaced apart on its upper surface to form a plurality of receiving sections, each receiving section arranged to capture solid drugs falling from said tablet cases, and a discharge orifice through said plate for each of said sections,
a guide portion having an inlet for receiving solid drugs passing through a receiving section discharge orifice and an outlet to dispense the solid drugs into a vial,
a shutter for opening or closing one of said guide portion inlet and discharge orifice, and
a control device, responsive to data concerning discharge of solid drugs from said tablet cases for controlling the rotation of said plate to
adjust the position of said plate to receive the solid drugs falling from the tablet cases into a predetermined receiving section,
position the discharge orifice of said predetermined receiving section discharge orifice to coincide with said guide portion, and
controll the opening of said shutter to discharge the solid drug into said guide portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Solid drug filling apparatus

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Solid drug filling apparatus

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