Patent ID: 7269476
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: A61J,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A dispenser for dispensing a predetermined number of dosages of a medicine from a bulk supply of the medicine, the dispenser having first and second opposite sides portions, comprising: a dispensing compartment; a storage container for receiving the bulk supply of the medicine therein, the storage container having a discharge port; a first conveyor having inlet and outlet ends and traveling at a first rate of speed in a first direction toward the first side portion of the dispenser, the first conveyor receiving at least one dosage of medicine thereon from the discharge port and transporting the at least one dosage to the outlet end;. a second conveyor having an inlet and outlet ends, the second conveyor traveling at a second rate of speed greater than the first rate of speed in a second direction toward the second side of the dispenser; wherein: the inlet end of the second conveyor receives the at least one dosage from the outlet end of the first conveyor and transports that at least one dosage to the dispensing compartment.