Apparatus for counting and dispensing pills using multi-staged pill singulation

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 is operatively connected to the hopper for receiving pills therefrom. The feed chute has an outlet and controllable aperture. A vibrating pla...

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Hauptverfasser:	BOYER JOSEPH H, BOYER JAMES, SIENKO JOSEPH, JONES MARK, WORTHINGTON JAMES, BALASUBRAMANIAN PRASHANTH, YEE ALBAN, PLESKO GEORGE, MAYES CHRISTOPHER, QUIGLEY EDWIN T. V, SCOTT JOSEPH
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BABY COMFORTERS CHECKING-DEVICES COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES CONVEYING DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS STORING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	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 is operatively connected to the hopper for receiving pills therefrom. The feed chute 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 has a mechanism for abruptly stopping the vibration of the vibrating plate. A microcontroller is also operatively connected to the hopper, the feed chute, and the drive mechanism.