Aperture position control for pill counting and dispensing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8849450
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13853236

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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 transport tube is operatively connected to the hopper for receiving pills therefrom, the transport tube having an input aperture. A microcontroller is electrically connected to the hopper, the transport tube, and the input aperture. A mechanism accepts a desired number of pills to be delivered by the transport tube by an operator. The microcontroller is adapted to determine whether the actual average number of pills delivered by the transport tube is equal to the desired number of pills specified by the operator. If the actual average number of pills is greater than the desired number, the microcontroller decreases the opening of the input aperture. A mechanism connected to the inlet aperture controls opening and closing operations thereof, pursuant to instructions transmitted by the microcontroller.

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INNOVATION ASSOCIATES INC711 INNOVATION WAY JOHNSON CITY NY 13790

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Balasubramanian, Prashanth Vestal, US 6 61
Boyer, James Endicott, US 8 62
Boyer, Joseph H Johnson City, US 19 1189
Jones, Mark New Milford, US 167 3373
Mayes, Christopher Vestal, US 10 61
Plesko, George Chadds Ford, US 9 695
Quigley, Edwin T V Endicott, US 6 61
Scott, Joseph Vestal, US 9 61
Sienko, Joseph Apalachin, US 6 61
Worthington, James Binghamton, US 8 64
Yee, Alban Astoria, US 8 61

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