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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Kunihiko Kano, Toyonaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Shigeyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kodama, Toyonaka, JP;
Shinya Yasuda, Toyonaka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yuyama Seisakusho, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An ampule feeder which can store a necessary number of ampules at the outlet so that ampules can be instantly discharged one by one in response to a discharge signal from the ampule feeder in which are randomly stored many ampules. The ampule feeder has a detachably mounted ampule container having a bottom plate inclinable in one direction. Ampules raised by an ampule receiver are fed by an endless belt of a dispenser and a predetermined number of them are stored in grooves formed in a rotor of a discharge means provided at the outlet. In response to a discharge signal, a necessary number of ampules are discharged.