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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2017
Mettler-toledo Gmbh, Greifensee, CH;
Michalis Meyer, Nänikon, CH;
Daniel Keller, Schaffhausen, CH;
Jan Hofmann, Greifensee, CH;
René Weber, Esslingen, CH;
METTLER-TOLEDO GMBH, Greifensee, CH;
Abstract
A system () dispenses dosages of a powdery substance. It has a robotic handler (), a weighing module () with a weighing pan (), at least one storage rack () for holding a plurality of dispensing heads () and at least one storage rack () for holding a plurality of vials (), a dosage dispenser unit () with a dispensing head receiver (), a vial handling tool () and a dispensing head handling tool (), a tool-docking station () for the handling tools, and a controller terminal unit (). Different weighing pan adapters () adapt the weighing pan to different shapes and sizes of vials. Relative to a vertical working orientation, tlower portions of the weighing pan adapters are identical, to fit the weighing pan, but upper portions are different, to accommodate different shapes and sizes of vials. A station () is provided for storing the weighing pan adapters.