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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 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
A pill grasping method comprises rotating a grasping arm with a nozzle to a predetermined initial position driven by a driving mechanism, rotating a number of pill storage cases to position one of the pill storage cases with a set number of pills to a predetermined grasping pill position driven by an actuating mechanism, rotating the grasping arm to enter into the corresponding pill storage case, starting a pump to generate a vacuum in the nozzle for sucking a pill, and determining if an actual pressure value in a pipe connecting the nozzle to the pump is less than a predetermined pressure value. The grasping arm is rotated to the predetermined initial position when the actual pressure value is less than the predetermined pressure value.