Automated dosage-dispensing system for powdery substances, and method of ascertaining that the system is ready for operation

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PATENT NO 10527483
APP PUB NO 20180149512A1
SERIAL NO

15813369

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A system (1) dispenses dosages of a powdery substance. It has a robotic handler (2), a weighing module (8) with a weighing pan (9), at least one storage rack (4) for holding a plurality of dispensing heads (3) and at least one storage rack (6) for holding a plurality of vials (5), a dosage dispenser unit (11) with a dispensing head receiver (12), a vial handling tool (17) and a dispensing head handling tool (18), a tool-docking station (19) for the handling tools, and a controller terminal unit (20). Different weighing pan adapters (15) adapt the weighing pan to different shapes and sizes of vials. Relative to a vertical working orientation, tlower portions of the weighing pan adapters are identical, to fit the weighing pan, but upper portions are different, to accommodate different shapes and sizes of vials. A station (16) is provided for storing the weighing pan adapters.

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  • METTLER-TOLEDO GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hofmann, Jan Greifensee, CH 12 15
Keller, Daniel Schaffhausen, CH 11 55
Meyer, Michalis Nänikon, CH 3 6
Weber, René Esslingen, CH 4 17

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