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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1994
David J Revelle, Rochester, NY (US);
Peter A Pastecki, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas C Reiter, Hilton, NY (US);
Bayer Corporated, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus (10) for orienting and loading solid compact medicaments, such as solid compact medicaments (A), into a carrier device (C) comprises a feeder (12) having a plurality of elongated first channels (20) through which the solid compact medicaments travel with an acute angle relative to a predetermined orientation of the carrier device (C). An orienting member (32) cooperating with the feeder (12) reorients the solid compact medicaments to the predetermined orientation as they exit the feeder (12). In an alternative embodiment, a pitch changing means (42) in fluid communications with the orienting means (32) provides for final orientation of the solid compact medicaments prior to loading in the carrier device (C).