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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Innovation Associates, Inc., Johnson City, NY (US);
Prashanth Balasubramanian, Vestal, NY (US);
Joseph H. Boyer, Johnson City, NY (US);
James Boyer, Endicott, NY (US);
Mark Jones, New Milford, PA (US);
Christopher Mayes, Vestal, NY (US);
George Plesko, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Edwin T. V. Quigley, Endicott, NY (US);
Joseph Scott, Vestal, NY (US);
Joseph Sienko, Apalachin, NY (US);
James Worthington, Binghamton, NY (US);
Alban Yee, Astoria, NY (US);
Innovation Associates, Inc., Johnson City, NY (US);
Abstract
A self-contained pill dispenser is disclosed. A housing is provided and a hopper for containing a plurality of pills is supported by the housing. A feed chute having a transport spiral therein is operatively connected to the hopper for receiving pills therefrom. The transport spiral has an outlet and controllable aperture. A vibrating plate is disposed proximate the outlet. A drive mechanism is connected to the vibrating plate for imparting vibration thereto. The drive mechanism can abruptly stop the vibration of the vibrating plate. A microcontroller is also operatively connected to the hopper, the transport spiral, and the drive mechanism. The system can self-calibrate the mechanism for counting and dispensing pills.