Prashanth Balasubramanian,Joseph H. Boyer,James Boyer,Mark Jones,Christopher Mayes,George Plesko,Edwin T. V. Quigley,Joseph Scott,Joseph Sienko,James Worthington,Alban Yee
申请号:
US13853269
公开号:
US08833602B1
申请日:
2013.03.29
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
A self-contained pill dispenser is disclosed. A housing is provided and a hopper for containing a plurality of pills is supported by the housing. A feed chute is operatively connected to the hopper for receiving pills therefrom. The feed chute has an outlet and controllable aperture. A vibrating plate is disposed proximate the outlet. A drive mechanism is connected to the vibrating plate for imparting vibration thereto. The drive mechanism has a mechanism for abruptly stopping the vibration of the vibrating plate. A microcontroller is also operatively connected to the hopper, the feed chute, and the drive mechanism.