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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:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Norman D. Knoth, Clearwater, FL (US);
Jeffrey A. Johnsey, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Inventors:
Norman D. Knoth, Clearwater, FL (US);
Jeffrey A. Johnsey, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Assignee:
QEM, Inc., Largo, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cassette for dispensing pills whereby the cassette is coupled to a drive motor that operates in continuous revolution and the internal gears of the cassette translate the continuous motion into a stepping motion, whereby at each step, a system of turning members permit one pill to drop from the cassette into a target container.