Patent ID: 6772907
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B65B,G07F

Abstract:
An automatic tablet dispensing and packaging system, comprising:a) a tablet dropping unit having door cabinets and slider cabinets, wherein the door cabinets are linearly aligned and swiveled to each side portion of the tablet dropping unit to serve as a front double door of the table dropping unit, wherein the slider cabinets are horizontally aligned in rear of the door cabinets such that each longer side surface of the slider cabinets becomes perpendicular to each rear surface of the door cabinets, wherein the slider cabinets are linearly slidable to move back and forth so that the forward sliding (toward the door cabinet) of the slider cabinets can be effected when the door cabinets are swung open, whereby the slider cabinets are selectively pulled out through a space reserved by opening the door cabinets; b) a plurality of tablet cassettes each containing therein and dropping therefrom a predetermined type of tablets, wherein the tablet cassettes are detachably racked in said each cabinet in columns and rows; c) a slider cabinet hopper below the slider cabinets to guide down the tablets from the cassettes in the slider cabinets; d) a door cabinet hopper below the door cabinets to guide down the tablets from the cassettes in the slider cabinets, wherein the slider cabinet hopper is horizontally aligned even with the door cabinet hopper; e) a middle hopper to guide down the tablets from the slide and door cabinets hoppers; f) a main hopper below the middle hopper to guide down the tablets from the middle hopper, wherein angles formed by a vertical imaginary line and respective inner side surfaces of the hoppers are gradually decremented to efficiently decrease tablet impact on the inner side surfaces of the hoppers; and g) a packaging unit adjacent to the main hopper to package the tablets from the main hopper into tablet containing paper bags.