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Medication packaging apparatus

  • US 5,819,500 A
  • Filed: 08/23/1996
  • Issued: 10/13/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medication packaging apparatus, comprising:

  • a plurality of tablet cases for holding solid medications separately by type and from which the solid medications are selectively dispensed;

    a rotatable, conical shaped turntable located under said tablet cases to receive solid medications dispensed from said tablet cases;

    a guide provided around said turntable;

    a dispensing port formed on said guide for dispensing the solid medications carried thereto by centrifugal force as said turntable rotates;

    a strip of thermally weldable packaging paper having a closed bottom and an open top through which the medications dispensed through said guide dispensing port are loaded into said strip; and

    a heat sealing mechanism for forming continuous small bags of sections of said strip of said packaging paper into which the dispensed medications have been loaded.

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