The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 13, 2004
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Toyonaka, JP;
Katsunori Yoshina, Toyonaka, JP;
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Toyonaka, JP;
Katsunori Yoshina, Toyonaka, JP;
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drug filling apparatus capable of preventing drugs from being bridged to each other and reducing troubles. The drug filling apparatus functions to select specific tablets from various types of tablet groups and fill the selected tablets into a vial, and includes a storage cabinet, a drug supplying section, a drug halting section, a drug conveying section, a drug filling section, a vial storing section, and a vial carrying section. A drug dispenser is installed in the drug halting section. A receptacle of the drug dispenser is constituted by an outer receptacle portion and an inner receptacle portion. When a time for filling of tablets in the drug dispenser into the vial comes, a motor of a drive section rotates according to specified signals to rotate the inner receptacle portion; that is, the rotational orientation of the inner receptacle portion is changed to reverse the inner receptacle portion.