Patent ID: 6202385
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
An automatic tablet dispenser comprising a tablet dropping unit having a drum unit comprised of a plurality of vertically elongated release guides having disposed thereon a plurality of tablet cassettes for storing and releasing tablets, via release holes disposed within said release guides, down to a means disposed below said tablet dropping unit for packaging the tablets released from the tablet dropping unit and discharging packaged tablet bags to an exterior of the automatic tablet dispensing system, wherein said drum unit is partitioned into at least two drum bodies having a predetermined space therebetween, and a means to rotate said tablet dropping unit comprising:a rotating gear plate fixed on top of said drum bodies;a guide plate fixed beneath said drum bodies;a motor attached to said automatic tablet dispenser adjacent said gear plate;a driving gear fixedly attached to said motor, said motor rotatably engaged to said gear plate for rotating said gear plate; anda plurality of auxiliary gears provided along the periphery of said gear plate.