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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:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroyasu Hamada, Toyonaka, JP;
Assignee:
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Toyonaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 3/00 ; B26D 1/14 ; B26D 3/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 3/00 ; B26D 1/14 ; B26D 3/30 ;
Abstract
A tablet cutting apparatus including a cutter ( ) for notching a tablet, a receiver plate ( ) for supporting the tablet from the bottom, and a divider roller ( ) for dividing the tablet into two halves along the notch formed by the cutter ( ). The tablet is held between the divider roller ( ) and the receiver plate ( ). Thus, after notching the tablet by the cutter ( ), the tablet is divided into two by the receiver plate ( ) and the divider roller ( ), and thereby the tablet is precisely split into halves.