Patent ID: 6925782

Claim:
A method for packaging pills in individual receptacles in a web being conveyed in a packaging direction, said method comprising: depositing pills into the receptacles; engaging a first wiper device with any pills protruding from the receptacles, the first wiper device being disposed non-perpendicularly with respect to the packaging direction; engaging a second wiper device with any pills still protruding from the receptacles following engagement with the first wiper device, the second wiper device being disposed substantially perpendicularly with respect to the packaging direction; and oscillating the first and second wiper devices substantially transversely to the packaging direction such that the first and second wiper devices vibrate laterally with respect to the web, the lateral vibration of the first and second wiper devices, as the wiper devices engage any protruding pills, thereby causing the protruding pills to be manipulated into a laid-down position in the corresponding receptacles.