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Medication filling apparatus

  • US 5,752,368 A
  • Filed: 08/23/1996
  • Issued: 05/19/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medication filling apparatus comprising:

  • a tablet case for holding a plurality of medications;

    a dispenser drum for dispensing the medications one at a time from said tablet case as it rotates;

    a motor for driving and rotating said dispenser drum;

    a sensor for detecting each of the medications which has been dispensed; and

    a controller which starts said motor, counts the dispensed medications according to an output of said sensor and produces a count value, and stops said motor when a predetermined count value is reached;

    whereinsaid controller decreases the voltage applied to said motor to reduce its speed of rotating said drum at a count value less than said predetermined count value.

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