Talyst Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Kameron Jerome Bumb

Darcy O Clarke

Geoffrey Wathen

Tao Liu

Paul William Budinich

Michael Sherrod

Darcy Clarke

The present disclosure provides a display module having a removably fixed retention member that allows disassembly of a computer device, for example, to improve the ease of field repair. The computer device includes a chassis frame forming an outer edge of the device. The chassis frame including a first slot defining a first portion of a keyway, and the display module having a retention member including a second slot forming a second portion of the keyway between the chassis frame and the retention member. The retention element is moveable within the keyway to contact both the retention member and the chassis frame. The computer device may include a compression gasket located between the chassis frame and the retention member. When the compression gasket is held in a compressed state, the first portion and the second portion of the keyway are aligned to allow movement of the retention element.

Display module having a removably fixed retention member

The apparatus and process of the present invention provides for the automated, singulated dispensing of articles, particularly solid oral medication in predetermined quantities. The apparatus of the invention is a canister which houses a screw having a channel of a certain width and depth that corresponds to the dimensions of a particular pill type. The screw is removably mounted within a canister, such that screws having channels of various dimensions, corresponding to a particular pill to be dispensed, can be substituted into the canister. Upon rotation of the screw, the articles to be dispensed travel along a sidewall, pass under a singulation ramp, and exit from an aperture on the proximal end of the canister. A rotational driver-coupling is mounted to the proximal end of the screw, allowing for activation of the canister by engaging the screw. The present invention further describes methods of dispensing articles.

Dispensing canister for delivery of solid medication

The processes of the present invention provides for the automated, singulated dispensing of articles, particularly solid oral medication in predetermined quantities. The dispensing of an article is effected by at least activating a driver-coupling connected to a screw having a channel of a predetermined width and depth corresponding to the dimensions of said article; rotating said screw until detection of an article drop; removing a second article from said channel; and stopping the rotation of said screw upon detection of an article drop. The methods of the present invention further include embodiments in which the rotation of the screw is subsequently reversed. Furthermore, the present invention permits for the dispensing of articles to be stopped upon having a predetermined number of articles dispensed or a detection of increased torque applied to the screw. The present invention provides for accurate pill dispensing.

Dispensing canister for delivery of solid medications

The apparatus and process of the present invention provides for the automated, singulated dispensing of articles, particularly solid oral medication in predetermined quantities. The apparatus of the invention is a canister which houses a screw having a channel of a certain width and depth that corresponds to the dimensions of a particular pill type. The screw is removably mounted to a cradle and the screw and cradle combination is positioned within the canister so that it is generally parallel to the base of the canister. By virtue of being removably mounted, screws having channels of various dimensions, corresponding to a particular pill to be dispensed, can be substituted into the cradle within canister. A removable shelf is mounted to at least one interior side of the cradle and is positioned near the proximal end of the screw and cradle combination.

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Snoqualmie, WA, United States of America

Kameron Jerome Bumb