Pills on tape and reel

• US 20070051072A1
• Filed: 09/06/2005
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph Lai
• Original Assignee: Joseph Lai
• Inventors: Lai, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/219,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20070051072A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 53/411
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 63/04 for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 9/045 for single articles, e.g. tablets

Abstract

This present invention is for a new method of packaging for automated and manually pill processing. Pills are packaged inside of embossed pockets on a carrier tape then sealed with a cover tape. Packaged pills with information marked tapes then rolled onto a reel for fast, easy, clean, reliable, accurate, low-cost and automated ways of transporting, handling, counting/accounting, dispensing, storing, identifying, scheduling and protecting purposes.

Claims

1. A new fast, easy, clean, reliable, accurate, informative and low-cost method of packaging and dispensing pills for automated ways of transporting, handling, counting, dispensing, storing, identifying, reminding and protecting of said pills, comprising steps of:

a. placing said pills inside embossed storage pits on a carrier tape,

b. marking information regarding said pills onto a cover tape and said carrier tape,

c. placing said cover tape on top of said carrier tape with said pills in said embossed storage pits,

d. sealing means to attach said cover tape on top of said carrier tape becoming a sealed tape with said pills inside,

e. rolling said sealed tapes onto a reel,

Whereby said pills are packaged in said sealed tape and reel for said fast, easy, clean, reliable, accurate and low-cost automation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said pills are for medicine, drug, food and food supplement for human, plant and/or animal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said seal means is said cover tape that is heat sealed or pressure adhere onto said carrier tape with said pills inside said embossed storage pits.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said carrier tape, cover tape and reel are made of low-cost, contamination-free, non-toxic, recyclable and disposable material contains paper or plastic.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said packaged tape with said pills is counted and dispensed by an automated feeder, counter and cutter.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said packaged tape with said pills contains visible counting marks or feeding gear holes for said feeders and counters to recognize to feed and count fast and accurately.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said feed and counted tape with said pills is cut by said cutter to separate and dispense from the said packaged tape.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said cover tape and carrier tape are marked with said information to identify said pills contains brand, name, dosage, manufacturing date code, expiration date code, serial number, lot number and personal instructions for said pills.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said marked information instructions contains time and date reminder to help pill users to remember to take said pills.