Hopper for collecting and dispensing discrete medicaments, outlet valve, dispensing device comprising said hopper and method

    公开(公告)号:US20240249584A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18291955

    申请日:2022-07-29

    CPC classification number: G07F17/0092 B65B5/103 B65B39/002

    Abstract: The invention relates to a hopper, an outlet valve, a dispensing device and a method for collecting and dispensing discrete medicaments, wherein the hopper comprises a hopper inlet, a hopper outlet and an outlet valve in the hopper outlet that is movable between a closed position in which the outlet valve blocks passage of the discrete medicaments out of the hopper through the hopper outlet and an open position in which the outlet valve allows passage of the discrete medicaments out of the hopper through the hopper outlet in a drop direction, wherein the outlet valve has a valve body that defines a holding surface at a side of the valve body that supports the discrete medicaments in the hopper outlet when the outlet valve is in the closed position, wherein said holding surface has a cross section for receiving the discrete medicaments.

    Packaging device with fault detection

    公开(公告)号:US20220402640A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17353948

    申请日:2021-06-22

    Abstract: A method for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches in a packaging device configured to form and fill the pouches in an elongated web, the method comprising the following steps: transporting the elongated web along a web trajectory, printing information on the elongated web related to the discrete medicaments that are fed to the elongated web at the position of the printed information on the elongated web, feeding the discrete medicaments to the elongated web at the position on the elongated web of the related printed information, inspecting the elongated web to determine whether there is a fault related to the elongated web, and in response to a fault being detected, printing a fault indication or a fault symbol on the elongated web, and forming an empty pouch at the position of the fault indication or fault symbol.

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