Patent ID: 9561154
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61J,B65B

Claim:
1. A pillbox loading device comprising: a box-like member comprising spaced apart first and second side walls, spaced apart first and second end walls interconnecting the first and second side walls, the first and second end walls spaced apart from one another in a horizontal direction, and a top closing an upper end of the box-like member, each of the end walls and side walls extending in a vertical direction downwardly away from the top; the first side wall comprising a slot extending through the first side wall, the slot being spaced vertically from an upper end of the first side wall, the slot having a horizontal width defined by a pair of spaced apart slot edges being disposed at opposite ends of the slot; and the top comprising a plurality of channels and channel walls separating adjacent pairs of channels, the top further comprising an opening through the top; the top opening having a horizontal width extending in the horizontal direction, the top opening being horizontally spaced away from one or both of the end walls, the top opening being spaced vertically between the upper end of the box-like member, and the slot of the first side wall, and the top opening being horizontally aligned with the slot of the first side wall; the plurality of channels being side-by-side to one another and extending from the first end wall to the second end wall, each channel comprising a floor extending away from the top opening and sloping upwardly from the top opening towards the top and channel walls dividing the end of the box-like member, the channel walls being proud of the channel floors.