Automated dosage-dispensing system for powdery substances, and method of ascertaining that the system is ready for operation
US10527483B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 4, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G13/24
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system (1) dispenses dosages of a powdery substance. It has a robotic handler (2), a weighing module (8) with a weighing pan (9), at least one storage rack (4) for holding a plurality of dispensing heads (3) and at least one storage rack (6) for holding a plurality of vials (5), a dosage dispenser unit (11) with a dispensing head receiver (12), a vial handling tool (17) and a dispensing head handling tool (18), a tool-docking station (19) for the handling tools, and a controller terminal unit (20). Different weighing pan adapters (15) adapt the weighing pan to different shapes and sizes of vials. Relative to a vertical working orientation, tlower portions of the weighing pan adapters are identical, to fit the weighing pan, but upper portions are different, to accommodate different shapes and sizes of vials. A station (16) is provided for storing the weighing pan adapters.
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