Tablet container filling apparatus and method
AssigneeSparc Systems Limited
InventorKenneth Shail
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Abstract
Tablet-container filling apparatus is provided for feeding and separating tablets and for filling a tablet container with the said tablets. The tablet-container filling apparatus comprises a tablet-color identifier (3, 5), a tablet remover (4) whereby a rogue tablet is removable once identified by the tablet-color identifier, a tablet counter (7), a container conveyor (9), and a controller (5, 7) for controlling tablet flow into a container on said conveyor, the tablet-color identifier (3, 5) being on at least two sides of a tablet flow path, so that in use a tablet color is identifiable from at least said two sides.
Claims19
Tablet-container filling apparatus for feeding and separating tablets and for filling a tablet container with the said tablets, the tablet-container filling apparatus comprising a tablet-colour identifier, a tablet remover whereby a rogue tablet is removable once identified by the tablet-colour identifier, a tablet counter, a container conveyor, and a controller which controls tablet flow into a tablet container on said conveyor, wherein the tablet-colour identifier is on at least two sides of a tablet flow path, so that in use a tablet colour is identifiable from at least said two sides, wherein the tablet-colour identifier includes a plurality of electromagnetic radiation transmitters arranged to output a grid of electromagnetic radiation through which a tablet passes so that, in use, the passing tablet is countable by the tablet counter.
A method of identifying tablet colour using tablet-container filling apparatus, the method comprising the step of feeding a tablet onto a vertical tablet flow path, and providing a tablet-colour identifier on at least two sides of the vertical tablet flow path so that a colour of the tablet is determined from at least two different directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.