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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Keita Yasuoka, Toyonaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yuyama Seisakusho, Toyonaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 17 ; 221-6 ; 221 14 ; 221274 ; 221 10 ; 36447804 ; 36447912 ;
Abstract
A method of supplying ampules, stored in a container, to any of a plurality of feeders of an ampule dispenser which has run out or is short of ampules in stock. The ampules are supplied only after confirming that the ampules in the storage container are the kind to be supplied into the intended feeder. When any feeder of the ampule dispenser runs out or is short of ampules, a bar code on the ampule storage container is read by a bar code reader and compared with an identification code provided on the intended feeder. If they coincide with each other, the ampules in the container are supplied into the intended feeder.