Article dispensing and counting method and device

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A - Human Necessities

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A61J 7/02 (2006.01) A61J 7/00 (2006.01) B65B 35/12 (2006.01) B65B 57/20 (2006.01) G07F 11/44 (2006.01) G07F 11/62 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2492850

One embodiment of the present invention includes a system comprising a housing having an upper end and a lower end. The housing carries a plurality of movable blades defining an entry aperture proximate to the upper end, an exit aperture proximate to the lower end, and a chamber there between. An adapter may be provided for connection to the housing and for receiving an article storage container. The upper end of the housing carries a sensor responsive to the presence and absence of the article storage container. A memory device carries information about the presence and absence of the article storage container. An article determining and actuating station has electronics for interrogating the memory device, for controlling the plurality of blades and for determining the number of items dispensed. A receptacle collects articles that have been dispensed. Methods of associating a flow control device with an article storage container and of dispensing items are also disclosed.

L'invention porte dans une exécution sur un système comprenant une enceinte présentant une extrémité supérieure et une extrémité inférieure. Ladite enceinte, qui porte un ensemble de lames mobiles, comporte une ouverture d'entrée proche de ladite extrémité inférieure, une ouverture de sortie proche de ladite extrémité inférieure, et une chambre située entre les ouvertures. On peut prévoir un adaptateur se raccordant à l'enceinte et pouvant recevoir un récipient de stockage des articles. Une mémoire enregistre des informations sur la présence ou absence du récipient de stockage des articles. L'invention porte également: sur une unité de détermination et de commande munie de moyens électroniques d'interrogation de la mémoire, de commande des lames, et de détermination du nombre d'articles distribués; sur un réceptacle recueillant les articles distribués; et sur des procédés associant un dispositif de contrôle des débits à un récipient de stockage et de distribution d'articles.

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