Tablet cassette with silicon partition

• US 20080029535A1
• Filed: 08/02/2006
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jun H.O. Kim
• Original Assignee: Jun H.O. Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Jun Ho
• Application Number:
  US11/498,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20080029535A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 221/167
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/44 in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00

Abstract

The tablet cassette with silicon partition includes a cylindrical confiner, a division block, a dropping hole, and silicon partition. The division block is fitted into the cylindrical confiner and has a plurality of slots. The slot is disposed along a circumference of the division block and adapted to contain a tablet. The dropping hole is bored through the bottom of the cylindrical confiner. The silicon partition includes a dividing blade, a partitioning plate, and a fixing edge, and the silicon partition covers the slot of the division block over the dropping hole. The silicon partition prevents tablets other than the confined tablet in the slot of the division block from entering into the slot, and bumps elastically the tablet at a side edge of the silicon partition to prevent the tablet from being damaged.

Claims

1. A tablet cassette with silicon partition comprising:

a) a cylindrical confiner with a bottom wall and a side wall;

b) a division block, fitted into the cylindrical confiner, with a plurality of slots, wherein the slot is disposed along a circumference of the division block and adapted to contain a tablet of a predetermined size;

c) a dropping hole bored through the bottom wall of the cylindrical confiner for passing the tablet through; and

d) a flexible partition having substantially contiguous upper surface and lower surface comprising a dividing blade, a partitioning plate, and a fixing edge, wherein the flexible partition covers the slot of the division block over the dropping hole,

wherein the flexible partition prevents tablets other than the confined tablet in the slot of the division block from entering into the slot, wherein the flexible partition bumps elastically the tablet at a side edge of the flexible partition to prevent the tablet from being damaged.

2. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the flexible partition comprises a silicon patition.

3. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the division block has the shape of cone, wherein the division block comprises a rotational axis, a bottom wall, and a conical top wall, wherein the conical top wall has a predetermined radial groove for facilitating dividing the downhill movement of the tablet.

4. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the size of slot of the division block is determined by the size of the tablet, wherein the shape of slot of the division block is determined by the shape of the tablet.

5. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the size and the shape of the dropping hole are determined by the size and the shape of the slot of the division block.

6. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the dividing blade of the flexible partition has a cross-sectional shape of wedge for facilitating the vertical separation of the tablets down-poured from the above.

7. The tablet cassette of claim 6, wherein the dividing blade is elastic enough to prevent the tablet from falling into the slot below the dividing blade, wherein the dividing blade is flexible enough to prevent the tablet from being damaged from collision.

8. The tablet cassette of claim 6, wherein the inner edge of the dividing blade is circular following the inner circumferential line of the slot of the division block.

9. The tablet cassette of claim 6, wherein the thickness of the partitioning plate of the flexible partition is determined by the downward pressure of the tablets in the cylindrical confiner, wherein the thickness of the partitioning plate is determined by a predetermined stiffness for disposing the partitioning plate horizontally.

10. The tablet cassette of claim 9, wherein the thickness of the partitioning plate is approximately from 1.5 to 2.0 millimeter.

11. The tablet cassette of claim 6, wherein the fixing edge has a cross-sectional shape of wedge, wherein the dividing blade, the partitioning plate, and the fixing blade are made of silicon, wherein the dividing blade, the partitioning plate, and the fixing blade are integrated into one.

12. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the division block revolves with a given angular velocity, wherein the angular velocity of the division block is controlled.

13. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the division block further comprises a inter-slot barrier.

14. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the bottom wall of the division block is determined by the size and the shape of the tablet.

15. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the flexible partition is disposed on the inner wall of the cylindrical confiner.

16. The tablet cassette of claim 1, further comprising a partition holder for holding the flexible partition, wherein the partition holder comprises a holding slit for holding the flexible partition and a fixing device for fixing the partition holder to the wall of the cylindrical confiner.

17. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein the dividing blade comprises a comb structure for reducing the stiffness of the dividing blade.

18. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein a top surface of the dividing blade and the partitioning plate comprise a plurality of bumps of a predetermined size for damping the collision between the tablet and the dividing blade and for increasing the collision area, wherein the predetermined size of the bumps are determined by the size and shape of the tablet.

19. The tablet cassette of claim 1, wherein a top surface of the dividing blade and the partitioning plate comprise a plurality of oblong bumps in the radial direction of the division block for damping the collision between the tablet and the dividing blade and for increasing the collision area.

20. A tablet cassette with silicon partition comprising:

a) a cylindrical confiner with a bottom wall and a side wall;

b) a division block, fitted into the cylindrical confiner, with a plurality of slots, wherein the slot is disposed along a circumference of the division block and adapted to contain a tablet of a predetermined size;

c) a dropping hole bored through the bottom wall of the cylindrical confiner for passing the tablet through; and

d) a silicon partition comprising a dividing blade, a partitioning plate, and a fixing edge, wherein the silicon partition covers at least a portion of the slot of the division block over the dropping hole,

wherein the silicon partition prevents tablets other than the confined tablet in the slot of the division block from entering into the slot, wherein the silicon partition bumps elastically the tablet at a side edge of the silicon partition to prevent the tablet from being damaged.