Apparatus for storing and transporting drugs
First Claim
1. An apparatus for storing and transporting drugs comprising a case having a drug discharge opening, a plurality of storage/delivery means mounted in said case for storing drugs and discharging them toward said drug discharge opening, said case further having a plurality of drug inlets corresponding to said respective storage/delivery means, driving means for said storage/delivery means, displays provided near said respective drug inlets and drivingly associated with said driving means, a plurality of buckets each bearing specific identification data and adapted to run along a passage connected to said drug discharge opening formed in said case, and a detector for detecting the identification data of said each bucket to send signals for driving said driving means for said each storage/delivery means.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided which can assign drugs to respective buckets running on a conveyor with accuracy and high efficiency and transport them. A case accommodates a plurality of storage/delivery conveyors. Near the drug inlets for the respective conveyors, displays are provided which indicate the prescription number. Buckets running on a conveyor each carry an IC card. A detector reads the data on the IC card of each bucket so that the drug indicated by the data will be discharged into a right bucket from the storage/delivery conveyor.
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1. An apparatus for storing and transporting drugs comprising a case having a drug discharge opening, a plurality of storage/delivery means mounted in said case for storing drugs and discharging them toward said drug discharge opening, said case further having a plurality of drug inlets corresponding to said respective storage/delivery means, driving means for said storage/delivery means, displays provided near said respective drug inlets and drivingly associated with said driving means, a plurality of buckets each bearing specific identification data and adapted to run along a passage connected to said drug discharge opening formed in said case, and a detector for detecting the identification data of said each bucket to send signals for driving said driving means for said each storage/delivery means.
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Current AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yuyama Seisakusho
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Original AssigneeShoji Yuyama
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InventorsYuyama, Shoji
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Primary Examiner(s)Terrell, William E.
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Assistant Examiner(s)KELLY, TAMARA
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Application NumberUS08/305,052Time in Patent Office665 DaysField of Search198/349, 198/350, 198/370.01, 198/370.1, 198/465.2, 198/465.3, 198/358, 53/55, 53/168, 53/240, 53/237, 53/154, 221/69, 221/76, 221/130, 221/191, 221/192, 221/258, 221/2US Class Current198/349CPC Class CodesB65G 1/1371 with data records
