Tablet Feeding Device

• US 20090301603A1
• Filed: 05/17/2007
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yuyama Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yuyama Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Yuyama, Shoji
• Granted Patent: US 8,011,395 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 141/234
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 5/103 for packaging pills or tablets

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tablet feeding device for supplying tablets accommodated in a tablet feeder to vials by supplying a power source from a surface side of the tablet feeder to a rotor of the tablet feeder and further allowing many tablet feeders to be mounted with high density.

The tablet feeder 21 has a stationary guide member 119 having a stationary tilt plate 119c and a movable guide member 121 having a movable tilt plate 121c. The stationary tilt plate 119c is disposed adjacent to a tablet outlet 112 of the tablet feeder 21 and guides the tablets discharged from the tablet outlet 112 to the vials 4. The movable tilt plate 121c is movable between a receiving position and an operating position in association with an attachment and detachment of a driving means 202 with the tablet feeder 21. The movable tilt plate 121c overlaps with the stationary tilt plate 119c at the receiving position and continues to the stationary tilt plate 119c at the operating position. The tablet feeder 21 positioned below is formed with a cutout 118 into which the movable member guide member 121 enters when the movable guide member 121 of the tablet feeder 21 positioned above is moved to the operating position.

Claims

1. A tablet feeding device for supplying tablets to vials by removably disposing a tablet feeder in a plurality of mounting bases, supplying a power source to a rotor of the tablet feeder from an outer driving means and discharging the tablets accommodated in the tablet feeder from a tablet outlet,

the tablet feeder having a stationary guide member and a movable guide member, the stationary guide member having a stationary tilt plate disposed adjacent to the tablet outlet of the tablet feeder and configured to guide the tablets discharged from the tablet outlet to the vials, the movable guide member having a movable tilt plate movable between a receiving position and an operating position in association with attachment and detachment of the driving means with the tablet feeder for overlapping with the stationary tilt plate at the receiving position and continuing to the stationary tilt plate at the operating position,

wherein the tablet feeder is formed with a cutout into which the movable guide member enters when the movable guide member of the tablet feeder is moved to the operating position.

2. The tablet feeding device of claim 1, further comprising an opening/closing member for opening and closing the tablet outlet in association with the attachment and detachment of the driving means with the tablet feeder.

3. The tablet feeding device of claim 2, wherein the movable guide member is moved to the operating position in association with an opening operation of the opening/closing member, and wherein the movable guide member is moved to the receiving position in association with a closing operation of the opening/closing member.