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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shane P. Coughlin, Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
Scriptpro, LLC, Mission, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 9/00 ;
Abstract
A medicament dispensing cell ( ) is provided which is used in large, automated dispensing machines ( ) to provide rapid and accurate dispensing of medicament dosage forms such as tablets ( ), capsules, or pills. The cell ( ) includes a housing ( ) for storage of tablets ( ) and includes a rotatable platen conveyor assembly ( ) which moves the tablets ( ) along a passageway ( ) and through an outlet opening ( ). The passageway ( ) includes a restricted throat section ( ) defined by a bushing ( ) and an inclined roller ( ). The roller ( ) is oriented so as to prevent simultaneous passage of two tablets ( ) through the throat section ( ).