Device and method for arranging vials
AssigneeYuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakafumi Imai, Takafumi Ikeda
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Abstract
There is provided a device and method for arranging a vial, which can efficiently arrange a plurality of vials in the same arrangement place. A device for arranging a vial includes an arm member 150 for sandwiching one vial 1 and a carrying means 58 for carrying the vial 1 sandwiched by the arm member 150 to a vial arranging section 202. A layout of the vials 1 in the vial arranging section 202 can be set according to the number (n) of the vials 1 carried into the same vial arranging section 202. The carrying means 58 can advance and retract the arm member 150 in at least two or more directions in the vial arranging section 202.
Claims8
A method of arranging vials in a vial arranging section of a medicine filling and dispensing apparatus, the method comprising:
- carrying a first vial to the vial arranging section by an arm member sandwiching the first vial;
- advancing the arm member to the vial arranging section and arranging a second vial in the vial arranging section;
- advancing the arm member to the vial arranging section and arranging the first vial next to the second vial;
- spacing apart the first vial and the second vial by the arm member;
- and
- arranging a third vial between the first vial and the second vial.
A medicine filling and dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a vial arranging section in which a plurality of vials filled with medicines are arranged;
- and
- a carrying means including an arm member for sandwiching a first vial of the plurality, the carrying means advancing the arm member sandwiching the first vial to the vial arranging section and placing the first vial in the vial arranging section,
- wherein the vials arranged beforehand are moved by changing a spacing of the arm member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.