Title:
TABLET CASSETTE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/177285
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention simplifies the structure of tablet cassettes having an expanding/contracting tablet accommodating portion. This tablet cassette 10 comprises a tablet container 20 which randomly accommodates tablets, and, within the tablet container 20, a rotor 40 which has a plurality of tablet accommodating portions 67. By axially rotating the rotor 40, the tablets that have fallen into the tablet accommodating portions 67 are successively dropped from a discharge opening 28 in the bottom portion of the tablet container 20. The rotor 40 has a circumferentially expanding/contracting mechanism 59, a radially expanding/contracting mechanism 90, and a pressing member 47 which are externally mounted on a rotation shaft 41 passing through the bottom wall portion 25 of the tablet container 20. The circumferentially expanding/contracting mechanism 59 can expand and contract multiple tablet accommodating portions 67 in the circumferential direction in a coordinated manner. The radially expanding/contracting mechanism 90 can expand and contract the tablet accommodating portions 67 individually by moving a plurality of sliding members 94 individually in the radial direction. When the pressing member 47 is pressed against the sliding members 94, the pressing member 47 interferes with a protrusion 95 on each sliding member 94 and prevents radial movement of the sliding member 94.
Inventors:
OMURA YOSHIHITO
Application Number:
PCT/JP2021/007893
Publication Date:
September 10, 2021
Filing Date:
March 02, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOSHO INC (JP)
International Classes:
A61J3/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2012096328A1 | 2012-07-19 | |||
| WO2017164196A1 | 2017-09-28 | |||
| WO2020138116A1 | 2020-07-02 |
Foreign References:
| US20130247731A1 | 2013-09-26 | |||
| JP2005192702A | 2005-07-21 | |||
| JP2013039237A | 2013-02-28 | |||
| JP2019141330A | 2019-08-29 | |||
| JP2018241162A | 2018-12-25 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 4115870A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NISHIURA Tsuguharu (JP)
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