"Dispenser, system and method for dispensing pills"
Inactive Publication Date: 2010-06-10
RICHARDSON JERRAL +1
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[0009]It is, therefore, an advantage of the present invention to provide a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills which may rotate a plate in a first rotational direction and / or a ring in a second rotational direction to transfer a number of pills into a gate of dispenser from a funnel of the dispenser.
[0010]Another advantage of the present invention is to provide a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills which may rotate a plate having a ridge for moving the pills from a funnel into a gate of the dispenser via an opening and / or a notch of the funnel.
[0011]And, another advantage of the present invention is to provide a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills which may detect, may measure and / or may count a number of pills located within a gate of the dispenser for dispensing the number of pills to a container.
[0012]Yet another advantage of the present invention is to provide a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills which may display a number of pills located within a gate and / or a pocket of the dispenser for dispensing the number of pills into a container.
[0013]A further advantage of the present invention is to provide a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills which may move a pill from a funnel into a gate of the dispenser via an opening of the funnel and / or a ridge on a plate.
[0014]Moreover, an advantage of the present invention is to provide a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills which may adjust to receive, to transfer, to count and / or to dispense pills having different sizes and / or different shapes.
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However, moving the plate between the open position and the closed position may damage and / or may destroy one or more pills which may be passing through the holes of the tray.
The pills which are damaged and / or are destroyed by the tray and / or the plate may leave a residue of a composition of the pills on the tray, on the funnel and / or in the container.
As a result, the pill dispenser may be contaminated from the residue of the pills and / or must be cleaned to remove the residue of the pills from the dispenser.
As a result, dismantling and / or cleaning the pill dispenser may be costly, inefficient and / or time consuming.
As a result, the pill dispenser may inaccurately and / or may inconsistently dispense the total number of pills into the container.
An error in the total number of pills dispensed into the container and / or distributed to the customer and / or to the patient may cause bodily harm to, injury to and / or death of the customer and / or the patient.
However, the holes of the tray may not be sized to receive the pills having the second shape and / or the second size.
However, configuring the pill dispenser to receive, to count and / or to dispense pills having a second size and / or a second shape may be costly, inefficient and / or time consuming.
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[0039]The present invention generally relates to a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills. The dispenser may have a funnel with an opening for moving and / or for transferring the pills from the funnel to a first disk. A second disk may be connected to the first disk and / or may be located adjacent to the first disk. The first disk may have a ridge with a spiral configuration and / or a top surface of the first disk for moving and / or for transferring the pills to a top surface of the second disk via the opening of the funnel. The first disk and / or second disk may be turned and / or may be rotated in a first rotational direction for transferring a pill to the top surface of the first disk and / or the second disk via the opening of the funnel. The second disk may have a notch for transferring the pills from the first disk and / or the funnel to a ring. The ring may be turned and / or may be rotated in a second rotational direction for transferring the pills to a passage via a gate ...
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A dispenser, a system and a method dispense pills from a funnel via a notch on a top side of a first disk. The first disk has ridges on a top side of the first disk for transferring the pills from the funnel to a top side of a second disk. The first disk and / or second disk rotate in a first rotational direction to transfer the pills to the second ring via an opening in a ridge of the first disk. A ring located adjacent to the opening of the first disk rotates in a second rotational direction for transferring the pills to a passage which is located adjacent to the ring. A gate and / or a pocket is located between the ring and an interior of the passage which is sized to receive the pills from the funnel. The pocket is sized to receive a pill from the ring of the dispenser. The dispenser has a configuration mechanism for determining and / or for identifying a configuration the pills. One of the pills is inserted between arms of the configuration mechanism to determine the configuration of the pills. A pin is connected to the configuration mechanism for positioning the pin within an interior of the passage based on the configuration of the pills. The pin prevents more than one of the pills from entering the pocket and / or the interior of the passage.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention generally relates to a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills. More specifically, the present invention relates to a dispenser, a system and a method for dispensing pills from a funnel into a container for distributing the pills to a user and / or to a customer. The funnel may be located adjacent to a top side of a plate having a ridge. The plate may be rotated in a first rotational direction for moving the pills outwardly through the notch of the funnel via the ridge onto a ring. The ring may be rotated in a second rotational direction to move and / or to transfer the pills from the ring into a pocket within the dispenser. The dispenser may have a pin adjacent to a gate for preventing the pills from entering the pocket of the dispenser. Arms of the configuration mechanism may be connected to the pin within the gate for positioning the pin based on the a configuration of the pills. The dispenser may be adjusted to and...
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CPCB65D83/04A61J7/02B65D2583/049B65D2583/0459
InventorRICHARDSON, JERRALRICHARDSON, JEREMY
OwnerRICHARDSON JERRAL