Patent ID: 6966452

Claim:
A pharmaceutical tablet dispensing and packaging system, comprising: a) a tablet packaging unit; b) a first tablet dispensing unit disposed on top of the tablet packaging unit and defined by a front portion, a rear portion and side portions, wherein first tablet cassettes each containing tablets are installed in the first tablet dispensing unit detachably through the front portion and aligned in columns to selectively release the tablets through the rear portion into the tablet packaging unit, wherein a plurality of vertical dividers are formed on the rear portion to incorporate a plurality of vertical grooves between and by the dividers and each rear side of the tablet cassettes; c) a second tablet dispensing unit substantially shaped in mirror image to and hinged sidewise to the first tablet dispensing unit so that when the dispensing units are hingedly closed a plurality of spatial shafts are formed by the corresponding grooves of the dispensing units to serve as downward channels through which the cassette-released tablets fall toward the tablet packaging unit; and d) a hopper disposed beneath the dispensing units into the tablet packaging unit to guide the cassette-released tablets down into the tablet packaging unit for tablet packaging.