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;
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,wherein the opening/closing member and the holding member are rotatably driven by separate motors.
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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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14 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; 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, wherein the opening/closing member and the holding member are rotatably driven by separate motors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. 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 for supplying the medicines towards a packing unit by an opening/closing member installed downstream of the holding member, 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 on the holding member to transfer the medicines towards the open packing passage, wherein the opening/closing member and the holding member are rotatably driven by separate motors. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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