Patent ID: 6119737
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A tablet packing apparatus having a tablet feeding section for feeding tablets, tablet vessel feeding sections for feeding tablet vessels, and a tablet packing section for packing tablets fed from the tablet feeding section, into a tablet vessel fed from the tablet vessel feeding sections, the tablet feeding section comprising:a plurality of feeder vessels for storing different types of tablets for each feeder vessel and discharging relevant tablets on the basis of prescription data;tablet conveyor means for conveying the tablets, discharged from the feeder vessels, to the tablet packing section;feeder shelves which accommodate one or more stacks of the feeder vessels; andone or more common guide paths which vertically extend in the feeder shelves and into which tablet discharging outlets of the feeder vessels open;wherein a path shutter which can be closed and opened is provided at the lower end of the one or more common guide paths;wherein at least two columns of the feeder shelves are disposed in parallel and a common hopper for receiving tablets discharged through the guide paths in the feeder shelves is provided;wherein the tablet conveyor means comprises at least two conveyor paths which are disposed in parallel below the common hopper and conveyor vessels which are disposed on the conveyor paths so as to be capable of reciprocating; andwherein the common hopper comprises distributing means capable of feeding any one of the conveyor vessels with tablets.