Medicine feeder
CA 2467071 A1 · Owner: Yuyama Mfg. Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Hashimoto, Hiroshi; Minami, Tasuku
Overview
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The invention provides a tablet feeder that is simple in construction and yet capable of accurately preventing drawbacks from occurring due to jamming of medicine or the like. A motor (6) installed on a case support block (3) is driven to rotate a rotor (9) disposed in a medicine receiving case (1) through a plurality of gears. The tablets received in the medicine receiving case (1) are held in the pockets (10) of the rotor (9) and is moved to the discharge section (11) to discharge tablets from the discharge section (11). The gearing is composed of a driving gear (7) connected to the rotary shaft of the motor (6), and a driven gear (13) meshing with the driving gear (7). Installed …
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- Filed November 13, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 13, 2022.
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