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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Barton Carter Mitchell, Pauline, SC (US);
Jerriel Keith Greene, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Darol Blake Foster, Moore, SC (US);
Michael Wayne Davis, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Barton Carter Mitchell, Pauline, SC (US);
Jerriel Keith Greene, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Darol Blake Foster, Moore, SC (US);
Michael Wayne Davis, Simpsonville, SC (US);
JM Smith Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for counting pharmaceutical units is provided having a supporting deck assembly, a hopper, a cylindrical chamber and a transport ring positioned between the hopper and the cylindrical chamber, wherein the hopper has a tilted floor, which can be shaken or vibrated to discharge the units on to a transport ring, and the transport ring is sloped downward from its inner to outer perimeter, which brings the units into contact with the undulating surface of the walls of the cylindrical chamber to promote singulation prior to counting.