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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroyasu Hamada, Toyonaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yuyama Seisakusho, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/10 ; B65B 6/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/10 ; B65B 6/126 ;
Abstract
A drug filling machine has a plurality of feeders containing a plurality of different kinds of drugs. A plurality of drugs are discharged from one or some or the feeders into a vial. A sealing unit is provided for sealing the mouth of the vial with a transparent sheet. The sealing unit includes a sheet presser for pushing the transparent sheet into the mouth of the vial to form a sealing sheet having a tray-shaped section, a cutter for cutting the transparent sheet into a predetermined shape, and a heater for fusing the transparent sheet to the top end of the vial to seal the mouth of the vial.