Patent ID: 8869667
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: B26D,B26F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for singulating unit dose blisters from a blister card including at least two perforations separating unit dose blisters positioned adjacent to each other and extending along a longitudinal length of the blister card, the apparatus comprising: a table with a reference end; a visual indicator; wherein the table and the visual indicator are movable with respect to one another, such that the visual indicator is aligned with the first perforation location and the reference end of the table is aligned with the second perforation location; a perforation determiner that generates information indicative of a distance between the first perforation location and the second perforation locations as well as the locations of the perforations along the blister pack based on a number of total number blister packs and the relative position of the first perforation located under the visual indicator and the second perforation being aligned with the reference end of the table; a blister card cutter configured to utilize the received information indicative of the distance to determine cutting locations for cutting at the first perforation location, the second perforation location and additional perforation locations and to enable cutting of each perforation extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the blister card responsive to sequential cutting and repositioning operations based on determined cutting locations.