Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Masahito Miyashita

Shoji Yuyama

Takafumi Imai

Katsunori Yoshina

Yoshinori Kumano

A device () for containing and dispensing tablets, wherein vial bottles () filled with tablets wait in waiting spaces () and the vial bottles () are taken out from the waiting spaces (). A plurality of pairs of holding members () facing each other for holding the bodies of the vial bottles () are installed in the waiting spaces (). Also, stock sensors () in the same quantity as the pair of holding members () are installed to check for each pair of holding members whether a vial bottle is held on the pair of holding members () or not.

Tablet storage and take-out apparatus

A medicine storing and dispensing apparatus includes: a cap container () storing a plurality of caps () for closing openings of vial bottles () and having a plurality of slits () formed on the bottom surface thereof; a plurality of cap stirring members () protruding from a rotating shaft () and extending inside a cap container () through the slits (); and a cap pathway () which continues to the cap container (), has a clearance allowing only one cap () to pass through, and which is inclined downward so as to align the passing caps ().

Medicine storing and dispensing apparatus

A vial supply apparatus comprises: a vial supply part having a plurality of storage portions which store vials having different heights according to size, each storage portion comprising a rotatable endless member disposed at a predetermined interval from a partition wall, partitioning members disposed at predetermined intervals on the endless member, endless member driving means, and a supply port for dispensing a vial stored between adjacent partitioning members; a chute portion for dropping the vial dispensed from the supply port such that an opening of the vial faces upward; a robot arm for holding the vial supplied from the chute portion; and an adjustment table disposed below the robot arm, for adjusting an opening height of the vial supplied from the chute portion in accordance with the height of the vial.

Vial supply apparatus

A compact tablet storage and take-out apparatus capable of quickly discharging and filing tablets. The tablet storage and take-out apparatus includes: a cylindrical drum; a drum driving device; a plurality of tablet cassette mounting bases fitted to an outer surface of the drum; tablet cassettes which are detachably mounted on the tablet cassette mounting bases; and a guide passage for guiding discharged tablets inside the drum. Moreover, the apparatus includes a transfer robot provided inside the drum so as to be liftable and also rotatable. The transfer robot is operable to transfers a vial between a delivery position located outside an opening formed in an upper end or a lower end of the drum and a tablet filling position. The position of at least one of the drum and the transfer robot is controlled so that an opening of the vial held by the transfer robot agrees with an outlet of the guide passage.

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Toyonaka, Japan

Masahito Miyashita