Patent · US Expired

Solid drug filling device

US6792736B1 · kind B1 · utility

42Cited by
12References
17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 24, 2001
Grant dateSep 21, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F17/0092
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A medication filling apparatus for filling a predetermined container with medications, such as tablets, provide improved assemblability and maintainability, and permits safe and reliable filling operations, while maintaining a compact size. The medication filling apparatus is equipped with a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medications of respective types, a plurality of hoppers provided side by side below the respective tablet cases in a corresponding manner to receive the medications dispensed therefrom, and charging means for guiding the medications dispensed from a dispensing port formed at the bottommost portion of each hopper to a predetermined container and for charging them, and is further equipped with retaining members on which the hoppers are hung, wherein the hoppers are detachably installed to the retaining members.

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