Patent ID: 7971414
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A61J,B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for filling a blister card with at least one product, the apparatus comprising: a press plate adapted for displacement between a first position and a second position to force a plurality of tablets of at least one product out of a corresponding plurality of blisters carried by a first blister card, the press plate comprising a flat plate disposed in a generally horizontal plane; a transfer fixture comprising a plurality of passageways, each passageway having a central axis that is disposed at an angle less than ninety degrees relative to the plane in which the flat plate of the press plate resides, each passageway adapted to receive one tablet of the plurality of tablets when the plurality of tablets are forced out of the first blister card, thereby transferring the plurality of tablets into a corresponding plurality of blisters carried by a second blister card; and a tray for supporting the second blister card.