Tablet cassette
AssigneeYuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsShoji Yuyama, Shuichi Inoue, Masaru Kinoshita
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Abstract
A tablet cassette in which a tablet is not discharged during a mounting or dismounting operation of the tablet cassette. The tablet cassette (1) incorporates a rotor (6) having pocket portions (7) for holding tablets (T). When the tablet cassette 1 is mounted on a mount base (2), rotation of the rotor (6) causes the tablets (T) held in the pocket portions (7) to be discharged though a discharge port (8). The tablet cassette (1) includes a press member (16) which is pressed when the tablet cassette (1) is mounted on the mount base (2) and a rotor reversing member (19) for reversing the rotor (6) by a predetermined quantity in conjunction with pressing of the press member (16).
Claims11
A tablet cassette for containing a number of tablets, the tablet cassette comprising:
- a rotor having a plurality of pocket portions for holding the tablets so that, when the tablet cassette is mounted on a mount base, rotation of the rotor causes the tablets held in the pocket portions to be discharged though a discharge port;
- a press member which can be pressed when the tablet cassette is held by a user to permit the tablet cassette to be mounted on the mount base;
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- a rotor reversing member for reversing the rotor by a predetermined quantity in conjunction with the pressing of the press member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.