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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2002
Taizo Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Akira Nagao, Tenri, JP;
Motohiro Yagyu, Nara, JP;
Shinichi Ito, Kakamigahara, JP;
Fumiyasu Kojima, Gifu, JP;
Taizo Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Akira Nagao, Tenri, JP;
Motohiro Yagyu, Nara, JP;
Shinichi Ito, Kakamigahara, JP;
Fumiyasu Kojima, Gifu, JP;
Shionogi Qualicaps Co., Ltd., Yamatokoriyami, JP;
Abstract
A counting and feeding apparatus for small article, characterized in that tablets are fed intermittently from a feeding means () to the outer peripheral surface of a transfer drum () multiple pieces at a time and suckingly held on the outer peripheral surface of the transfer drum (), a plurality rows of tablets orderly arranged along the circumferential direction of the drum are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the transfer drum () and transferred, one tablet is inputted from each of the rows into a temporary reservation means at a specified transfer position, and these steps are repeated specified times, whereby the tablets can be counted for each row, and the specified quantity of tablets can be reserved in the temporary reservation means and then fed to containers or a packing mechanism section.