Patent ID: 6161721
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
In an automatic medicament dispensing machine, a dispensing cell for dispensing units of medicament comprising:a housing having walls configuring a storage section, a discharge section leading to an outlet, and a passage between said sections;a rotatable storage platen forming at least a portion of the bottom wall of said storage section and operable during rotation to convey medicament units from said storage sections to said passage for delivery to said discharge section; anda rotatable discharge platen forming at least a portion of the bottom wall of said discharge section and configured for receiving medicament units from said storage section by way of said passage and operable during rotation to convey medicament units so received to said outlet thereby dispensing medicament units from said dispensing cellsaid discharge platen having a periphery, said housing including discharge walls adjacent a portion of said periphery with a juncture therebetween, said discharge platen being sloped toward said periphery for inducing medicament units toward said juncture during rotation of said discharge platen in order to induce spreading of said medicament units into single file along said juncture.