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Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus

  • US 7,210,598 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2002
  • Issued: 05/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pill-dispensing apparatus for automatically dispensing solid pills, comprising:

  • a plurality of storage units for storing pills in bulk, each storage unit including an outer container, a track positioned in a bottom of the outer container, and a hopper movably positioned within the outer container for movement toward and away from the track to vary a size of a gap therebetwewn; and

    a pill-dispensing module including a dock for receiving and holding a selected one of the storage units, a drive unit for oscillating the track to motivate the pills along the track, a pill counter for counting pills dispensed from the track, and a lift for raising and lowering the hopper to vary a gap between the hopper and the track to control flow and to and to assist in motivating pills to fall from the hopper to the track.

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