Patent ID: 8118944

Claim:
A self cleaning pill counting device comprising in combination: a tray comprising: a base member having an upper surface for receiving a bulk quantity of pills; a trough member alongside the base member and provided with a depression having opposite ends and at least one surface for receiving a load of a counted quantity of pills from said bulk quantity, one of said opposite ends further defining a spout for the unloading said counted quantity of pills in a pills container, a lid member having a lower surface, the lid member being mounted on the base member and being movable between two extreme positions, that is: a first position where the lower surface of the lid member is away from the upper surface of the base member and the surface of the depression of the trough member; a second position where the lower surface of the lid member is close and above the upper surface of the base member and the surface of the depression of the trough member to thereby create a cavity; at least one port provided in the tray and/or in the lid member and adapted to be connected in fluid communication with the cavity and with an air intake of a vacuum device that is remotely controlled; being understood that when the lid member is in the second position and a vacuum is applied to the at least one port, an air stream is established within the cavity to entrain toward the vacuum device dusts and/or particles that may be present in the cavity.