Patent ID: 8062015

Claim:
An internal feed wheel assembly for a tablet press assembly, comprising: a base portion; a tablet insert chute having an exit aperture; a bowl top rotatably coupled to said base portion, said bowl top having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an inner periphery, a plurality of notches disposed on said lower surface and in communication with said inner periphery, and a first set of a plurality of apertures extending through said upper surface and in communication with said plurality of notches; at least one push pin at least selectively in line with a single of said notches; wherein said push pin is axially movable and extends into said single of said notches in an engaged state and is removed from said single of said notches in an un-engaged state; wherein said exit aperture of said tablet insert chute is positioned interiorly of and proximal to said inner periphery of said bowl top; and wherein each of said plurality of notches is geometrically dimensioned to receive a single tablet core.