EP 0197900 A3 19870415 - A MEANS FOR DISPENSING PHARMACEUTICALS
Title (en)
A MEANS FOR DISPENSING PHARMACEUTICALS
Publication
Application
Priority
SE 8500576 A 19850208
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0197900A2] The present invention relates to a means for dispensing solid pharmaceuticals such as tablets into medication receptacles. The means comprises a control unit and a feeding unit including a plurality of feed-in stations through which pharmaceuticals are supplied to the means. An elongate transport channel (6) leads from each feed-in station (32) and carries pharmaceuticals, preferably by means of vibration, towards a feed-out means (12). The transport channels (6) are driven individually, independently of each other. A photocell (13) emits an impulse to the control unit each time a tablet is passed from the transport channel (6) to the feed-out means (12). When the desired number of tablets has been supplied by the transport channel (6), the control unit discontinues the supply. The feed-out means (12) supplies the tablets to the medication receptacles which are arranged on a positioning member, preferably comprising a coordinate table (14). The control unit emits drive signals to the motors (15) of the coordinate table when the control unit has stopped the drives for all transport channels (6), whereupon the medication receptacles are indexed forward to a new position in which the control unit re-activates the drives for the transport channels (6).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65B 35/34 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65B 35/34 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
[AD] US 3885702 A 19750527 - JOSLIN JOEL A, et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0197900 A2 19861015; EP 0197900 A3 19870415; EP 0197900 B1 19881228; DE 3661515 D1 19890202; DK 160141 B 19910204; DK 57686 A 19860809; DK 57686 D0 19860206; FI 83033 B 19910215; FI 83033 C 19910527; FI 860522 A0 19860205; FI 860522 A 19860809; NO 860448 L 19860811; SE 8500576 D0 19850208; SE 8500576 L 19860809
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 86850035 A 19860205; DE 3661515 T 19860205; DK 57686 A 19860206; FI 860522 A 19860205; NO 860448 A 19860207; SE 8500576 A 19850208