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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Applicant:
Robert Czarnek, Johnstown, PA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Czarnek, Johnstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Czarnek & Orkin Laboratories, Inc., Highland Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 83/04 (2006.01); A61J 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is a pill dispensing method and apparatus wherein a first rotor rotates pills about a rotation axis along a first part of a spiral path at a first rotational speed whereupon the pills move spirally away from the rotation axis. A second rotor receives the pills from the first rotor and rotates the pills about the rotation axis along a second part of the spiral path at a second, greater rotational speed whereupon the pills move spirally away from the rotation axis toward a discharge chute which dispenses the pills into a pill bottle or a storage container.