MEDICINE DISPENSER, METHOD OF DISCHARGING MEDICINE, AND AUTOMATIC MEDICINE PACKING MACHINE INCLUDING THE DISPENSER
First Claim
1. A medicine dispenser capable of discharging medicines one pill at a time by vibration, comprising:
- a frame; and
a medicine transfer unit attached to the frame and transferring medicines one pill at a time to an outside of the medicine dispenser, the medicine transfer unit comprising a detection unit that detects the number of medicines dropping from a medicine container to be packed, and a transfer unit that pushes the medicines, the number of which is detected by the detection unit, into a packing passage connected to a packing unit to transfer the medicines to the packing unit.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a medicine dispenser, which can detect the number of medicines such that an accurate number of medicines can be discharged for packing, a medicine discharging method, and an automatic packing machine including the medicine dispenser. The medicine dispenser includes a frame and a medicine transfer unit attached to the frame and transferring medicines one pill at a time to an outside of the medicine dispenser. The medicine transfer unit includes a detection unit that detects the number of medicines dropping from a medicine container to be packed, and a transfer unit that pushes the medicines, the number of which is detected by the detection unit, into a packing passage connected to a packing unit to transfer the medicines to the packing unit.
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15 Claims
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1. A medicine dispenser capable of discharging medicines one pill at a time by vibration, comprising:
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a frame; and a medicine transfer unit attached to the frame and transferring medicines one pill at a time to an outside of the medicine dispenser, the medicine transfer unit comprising a detection unit that detects the number of medicines dropping from a medicine container to be packed, and a transfer unit that pushes the medicines, the number of which is detected by the detection unit, into a packing passage connected to a packing unit to transfer the medicines to the packing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15)
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9. A medicine dispenser capable of discharging medicines one pill at a time by vibration, comprising:
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a frame; a vibration unit generating vibration to move medicines; a support unit supporting the frame and the vibration unit while preventing the vibration from being transferred from the vibration unit to the frame; and a pendulum rotatably mounted on the frame to uniformly spread the medicines when the medicines are moved in an overlapped state by the vibration, the pendulum comprising a swing rod swingably placed on holding grooves formed on the frame and a catch board suspended from the swing rod to uniformly spread the medicines when the medicines are moved in an overlapped state on the plate.
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10. A medicine dispenser capable of discharging medicines one pill at a time by vibration, comprising:
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a frame; and a medicine transfer unit attached to the frame and transferring medicines one pill at a time to an outside of the medicine dispenser, the medicine transfer unit comprising a detection unit that detects the number of medicines dropping from a medicine container to be packed, and a transfer unit that transfers the medicines, the number of which is detected by the detection unit, to a packing passage connected to a packing unit after making the medicines temporarily remaining in the transfer unit.
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11. A medicine dispenser capable of discharging medicines one pill at a time by vibration, comprising:
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a frame; a vibration unit mounted on the frame and moving medicines by vibration; and a medicine transfer unit transferring the medicines discharged one pill at a time from the vibration unit to an outside of the medicine dispenser, the medicine transfer unit comprising a detection unit provided to a discharge passage, through which the medicines discharged from the vibration unit pass, to detect the number of medicines passing through the discharge passage, a holding member causing the medicines, which have passed through the detection unit, to temporarily remain on the holding member inside the discharge passage, and an opening/closing member located downstream of the holding member to open a packing passage if the number of medicines measured by the detection unit and placed on the holding member equals a predetermined number of medicines, and to open a recovery passage if the number of medicines measured by the detection unit and placed on the holding member differs from the predetermined number of medicines. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A medicine discharging method capable of accurately discharging a specific number of medicines to be packed, comprising:
causing medicines to temporarily remain at a certain place when the medicines to be packed are individually moved from a medicine container, followed by pushing the medicines into a packing unit, if the number of medicines remaining at the certain place equals the number of medicines to be packed.
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14. A medicine discharging method capable of accurately discharging a specific number of medicines to be packed, comprising:
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causing medicines to temporarily remain at a certain place by a holding member when the medicines to be packed are individually moved from a medicine container; opening a packing passage located downstream of the holding member to supply the medicines towards a packing unit through the packing passage, if the number of medicines remaining at the certain place equals the number of medicines to be packed; and releasing a remaining state of the medicines to transfer the medicines towards the open packing passage.
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