Tablet dispenser of medicine packing apparatus and tablet dispensing method thereof
US9180992B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/0092
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automatic free-form tablet dispenser in a medicine packing machine and a method for supplying a tablet are provided. The automatic free-form tablet dispenser in a medicine packing machine, which provides tablets input from the outside to a hopper of the medicine packing machine by a predetermined quantity, includes a main body having a guide track through which the tablet received inside the main body transfers, a driving unit making the tablet transfer along the guide track, an entrance detection sensor detecting whether the tablet is proceeding to the entrance of the guide track or not, an arrival detection sensor detecting whether the tablet reaches to the exit of the guide track or not, and a control unit determining whether the arrival detection sensor detects the tablet within a predetermined time after the entrance detection sensor has detected the tablet.
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