Global Patent Index - EP 3173343 A1

EP 3173343 A1 20170531 - AUTOMATIC MEDICINE PACKING MACHINE

Title (en)

AUTOMATIC MEDICINE PACKING MACHINE

Title (de)

AUTOMATISCHE MEDIZINVERPACKUNGSMASCHINE

Title (fr)

MACHINE D'EMBALLAGE AUTOMATIQUE DE MÉDICAMENTS

Publication

EP 3173343 A1 20170531 (EN)

Application

EP 16199798 A 20161121

Priority

KR 20150165590 A 20151125

Abstract (en)

An automatic medicine packing machine is disclosed. The automatic medicine packing machine includes a main body provided with a hopper installed at the lower portion thereof to allow medicines to be dropped thereinto and a plurality of cassette supports installed therein, cassettes, each cassette being installed on any one of the cassette supports and provided with a medicine storage space and a medicine discharge port formed therein, and a controller configured to sense points of time of discharge of medicines from the cassettes, to detect the positions of the cassettes accommodating the corresponding medicines if one or more medicine selection signals are transmitted to the controller, and to vary timings of discharge of the medicines through the medicine discharge ports of the detected cassettes so that points of time of dropping of the medicines into the hopper may coincide with each other.

IPC 8 full level

B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B65B 57/14 (2006.01); G07F 11/44 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP US)

B65B 5/103 (2013.01 - EP US); B65B 35/02 (2013.01 - EP US); B65B 57/14 (2013.01 - EP US); B65B 65/00 (2013.01 - CN); G07F 11/44 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/0092 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3173343 A1 20170531; CA 2948934 A1 20170525; CN 106864888 A 20170620; KR 20170060865 A 20170602; US 2017144787 A1 20170525

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 16199798 A 20161121; CA 2948934 A 20161118; CN 201611043889 A 20161124; KR 20150165590 A 20151125; US 201615356216 A 20161118