公开(公告)号：US20210386628A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17282966

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Kees JOCHEMSEN ,  Ton DE BOER

IPC: A61J7/00 ,  G16H20/13 ,  G07F11/18

Abstract: Disclosed is a medicine dispensing device and a method for dispensing medicine, wherein the medicine dispensing device includes a tray and a drop plate below the tray in a drop direction, wherein the drop plate is slidable relative to the tray between a hold position and a drop position, wherein the medicine dispensing device further includes one or more retaining members for retaining the drop plate relative to the tray in the drop direction when the drop plate is in a dispensing path, wherein the drop plate is slidable in a release direction into a release position outside of the dispensing path, wherein the one or more retaining members are arranged for releasing the drop plate from the tray in the release position.

公开(公告)号：US20190127091A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-02

申请号：US16095490

申请日：2017-03-30

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Ton DE BOER ,  Gerrit Jan SCHOLTEN ,  Kees JOCHEMSEN ,  Pieter Cornelis MEIJERS

IPC: B65B5/10 ,  B08B5/04 ,  B65B9/04 ,  B65B35/02 ,  B65B35/12

CPC classification number: B65B5/103 ,  B08B5/04 ,  B65B9/045 ,  B65B35/02 ,  B65B35/12 ,  B65B59/04 ,  B65B2210/08

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for dispensing solid substances, wherein the apparatus comprises a feeder section with a plurality of feeder units, a collection section with a plurality of hoppers and a dispensing section, wherein the plurality of hoppers are rotatable with respect to the feeder units and a first packing position for dispensing the solid substances to the dispensing section, wherein the apparatus comprises a cleaning device for removing pollutants from the hoppers, wherein the cleaning device comprises a hub and a plurality of ducts forming air connections between the plurality of hoppers and the hub, wherein the cleaning device comprises a first blocking member that is arranged for blocking the air connection between one of the hoppers and the hub when said one hopper is positioned in the first packing position.