Patent ID: 11954962
Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A cassette handling apparatus for transporting and receiving a cassette to and from a drug handling apparatus, the drug handling apparatus including a drug receiver for removing a drug from a cassette or loading a drug into the cassette, the cassette handling apparatus comprising:
a cassette shelf configured to store a plurality of cassettes;
at least one transporting cassette holder configured to temporarily hold a cassette removed from the cassette shelf and to be transported to the drug receiver;
at least one returning cassette holder configured to temporarily hold the cassette received from the drug receiver and to be returned to the cassette shelf; and
a cassette transporter configured to transport the cassette between the cassette shelf and the at least one transporting cassette holder, and between the cassette shelf and the at least one returning cassette holder,
wherein
the at least one transporting cassette holder includes a plurality of transporting cassette holders,
the at least one returning cassette holder includes a plurality of returning cassette holders,
the plurality of transporting cassette holders and the plurality of the returning cassette holders are disposed in proximity to the drug receiver in the cassette transporter,
the cassette transporter is configured to transport, within the cassette transporter, the cassette on the at least one transporting cassette holder or on the at least one returning cassette holder to the drug receiver,
the drug receiver includes a slot configured to allow a user to access to the cassette placed on the cassette transporter below the slot, and
the slot is disposed at a position to not allow the cassette, when being transported to the at least one transporting cassette holder or the at least one returning cassette holder, to pass through the slot.