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MATERIAL MEASURING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS

  • US 3,730,388 A
  • Filed: 02/10/1972
  • Issued: 05/01/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A pill counter for dispensing a desired quantity of pills from a supply of pills comprising pill retaining channels shaped to each retain a predetermined plurality of pills, one of said pill retaining channels being a unit pill dispensing channel, with other channels being multiple pill dispensing channels, a channel selector disposed between said channels and the supply of pills, said channel selector being movably mounted relative to the pill retaining channels for selective closing and opening movement thereof to determine the channels to be provided with pills from the supply of pills, a pill gate having pill passages and pill supports and being operatively disposed relative to said pill retaining channels to dispense pills therefrom upon actuation of the pill gate, said pill gate being mounted for movement between first and second pill dispensing positions and a pill supporting position, said pill supporting position being selected to align the pill supports with the pill retaining channels to maintain pills while the channel selector enables pills from the supply to enter open channels, with said first pill dispensing position being selected to align pill passages with the multiple pill dispensing channels to dispense the pills therein, and with said second pill dispensing position being selected to align a pill passage with the unit pill dispensing channel to dispense a single pill therefrom whereby a desired quantity of pills is discharged.

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