Patent ID: 8157125
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A system for ejecting solid products contained within a blister package comprising: a first rotating de-blister member secured to a housing; a plurality of spaced apart package holding rollers or gear members rotatably secured adjacent to the first rotating de-blister member on an axial support, and wherein a blister package is secured between the first rotating de-blister member and the plurality of spaced apart package holding members and further wherein the plurality of spaced apart package holding members are laterally displaceable across the axial support while the axial support is secured to the housing, such that a distance between adjacent ones of the package holding members may be altered to correspond with the spacing between rows of blister cavities of the blister package that is to be emptied, the package holding rollers or gear members each having a corresponding lateral displacement arm that is in contact with its corresponding roller or gear member and the lateral displacement arms being mechanically connected to one another so that adjacent ones of the lateral displacement arms move simultaneously together or apart in order to laterally displace the package holding rollers or gear members across the axial support.