System for individualized filling of blisters of blister packs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8406916
SERIAL NO

12275266

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Blister packs each having a plurality of pockets with individualized assortments of small objects are filled by fitting to each of a plurality of shuttles a respective such blister pack and circulating the shuttles around an annular track through a plurality of filling machines. Each machine has a plurality of supplies each holding a bulk quantity of small objects of a respective type, respective feeders each receiving the objects of a respective supply and advancing same one at a time to a respective picking location, and respective pickers. A memory of each shuttle is programmed with data regarding the intended contents of the pockets of the respective blister pack, and in each of the machines, the memories of the shuttles are read as they pass through the respective filling machine. The respective pickers are operated to move small objects from the feeders to the pockets in accordance with the data for the respective blister pack.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • UHLMANN PAC-SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bentele, Josef Laupheim, DE 5 88
Pfau, Georg Laupheim, DE 6 55

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