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：
US13853201
公开号：
US08833603B1
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 having a transport spiral therein is operatively connected to the hopper for receiving pills therefrom. The transport spiral 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 can abruptly stop the vibration of the vibrating plate. A microcontroller is also operatively connected to the hopper, the transport spiral, and the drive mechanism. The system can self-calibrate the mechanism for counting and dispensing pills.
