Title:
MEDICATION PAYOUT DEVICE, HOPPER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/024852
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is a medication payout device provided with: a medication supply unit (1) provided with a plurality of parallel cartridge loading units (2) arranged one on top of another and a tablet pathway (4) that extends vertically along the cartridge loading units (2); medication cartridges (3) which can be loaded into the cartridge loading units (2) in the medication supply unit (1) and which contain medications in a manner such that said medications can be ejected; and a hopper (5) that collects tablets which have been paid out from medication cartridges (3) and have fallen down the tablet pathway (4). The hopper (5) is provided with a guide pathway (7) corresponding to the tablet pathway (4). The guide pathway (7) is provided with a plurality of direction-change pieces that medications from the tablet pathway (4) collide with, successively changing directions in a zigzag fashion.
Inventors:
YASUNAGA ITSUO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2010/064369
Publication Date:
March 03, 2011
Filing Date:
August 25, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
YUYAMA MFG CO LTD (JP)
YASUNAGA ITSUO (JP)
YASUNAGA ITSUO (JP)
International Classes:
B65B1/30; A61J3/00
Foreign References:
| JP2004284681A | 2004-10-14 | |||
| JP2004168473A | 2004-06-17 |
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