Tablet feeder
AssigneeYuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorTsuyoshi Kodama
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Abstract
Tablets T contained in a feeder vessel 2 are discharged through a feed port 7 by rotating a rotor 8 provided on the bottom of a feeder vessel 2. The bottom of the feeder vessel 2 is upwardly inclined toward the feed port 7 side. The rotor 8 has a disc-like shape and the outer periphery of the rotor 8 is formed with a substantially U-shaped cutout portion 9. The cutout portion 9 and the bottom of the feeder vessel 2 define a retaining portion 10 for retaining only one of the tablets T. Thus, the tablet feeder is capable of automatically feeding tablets, particularly half-tablets, with a simple and low-cost construction.
Claims7
A tablet feeder for discharging tablets contained in a feeder vessel through a feed port by rotating a rotor provided on the bottom of the feeder vessel, wherein the bottom of the feeder vessel is upwardly inclined toward the feed port side, the rotor having a disc-like shape, the outer periphery of the rotor being formed with a substantially U-shaped cutout portion, the cutout portion and the bottom of the feeder vessel defining a retaining portion for retaining only one of the tablets.
A tablet feeder for discharging tablets, the tablet feeder comprising:
- a feeder vessel including a feed port provided in a side of the feeder vessel and a bottom, which is upwardly inclined toward the side of the feed vessel that includes the feed port;
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- a rotor rotatably disposed on the bottom of the feeder vessel, wherein the rotor comprises a retaining portion for retaining a tablet on an outer periphery of the rotor, and the rotor is provided with a conveyance regulation means that is capable of permitting only the tablet, retained in the retaining portion, to be conveyed to the feed port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.