Tablet filler device with star wheel
First Claim
1. In a tablet filler device having a feeder, a chute, a tablet sorting and advancing mechanism and a gravity feed for filling tablet containers, the improvement which comprises:
- a star wheel tablet sorting and advancing mechanism, having a star wheel that is a flat, circular plate, said star wheel having a plurality of a tablet slots which are complete pass-through slots absent a front or back, and which are arranged sequentially about an outer area of said circular plate.
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Abstract
In a tablet filler device having a feeder, a chute, a tablet sorting and advancing mechanism and a gravity feed for filling tablet containers, the improvement is a star wheel tablet sorting and advancing mechanism, having a star wheel that is a flat, circular plate. The star wheel has a plurality of a tablet slots which are complete pass-through slots absent a front or back, and which are arranged sequentially about an outer area of the circular plate. The tablet filler device may also include a rotating segment surface wheel adjacent the star wheel for counter rotation against the star wheel to enhance individual rapid speed placement of tablets into the slots of the star wheel. In other embodiments, the tablet filler device may include a step up, digitally controllable motor connected to the star wheel for driving the star wheel. In most preferred embodiments, there is also a computerized control system that includes star wheel drive control, and a plurality of quality assurance inspection and rejection features.
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1. In a tablet filler device having a feeder, a chute, a tablet sorting and advancing mechanism and a gravity feed for filling tablet containers, the improvement which comprises:
a star wheel tablet sorting and advancing mechanism, having a star wheel that is a flat, circular plate, said star wheel having a plurality of a tablet slots which are complete pass-through slots absent a front or back, and which are arranged sequentially about an outer area of said circular plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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