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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Szu-Hai Huang, New Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Ming Lai, New Taipei, TW;
Pei-Yi Chan, New Taipei, TW;
Jeng-Che Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Tui-Chien Wu, New Taipei, TW;
Pao-Heng Shen, New Taipei, TW;
Chao-Wen Shih, New Taipei, TW;
King-Lung Huang, New Taipei, TW;
Lap-Shun Hui, New Taipei, TW;
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
An automatic pill grasping apparatus includes an enclosure, a control chip, a pill grasping mechanism, and a pill storage mechanism. The enclosure includes a base. The pill grasping mechanism includes a grasping arm, a nozzle, and a driving mechanism. The nozzle being is engaged with the grasping arm, and the driving mechanism is attached to the base. The pill storage mechanism includes a plurality of pill storage cases for storing pills and an actuating mechanism attached to the base. The control chip is configured to control the actuating mechanism to rotate the plurality of pill storage cases in a first plane substantially parallel to the base and control the driving mechanism to rotate the grasping arm in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, for rotating the nozzle to stretch into the one of the plurality of pill storage cases to pick a pill.