Abstract: A medicine storing and dispensing apparatus includes: a cap container (501) storing a plurality of caps (2) for closing openings of vial bottles (3) and having a plurality of slits (508) formed on the bottom surface thereof; a plurality of cap stirring members (502) protruding from a rotating shaft (509) and extending inside a cap container (501) through the slits (508); and a cap pathway (503) which continues to the cap container (501), has a clearance allowing only one cap (2) to pass through, and which is inclined downward so as to align the passing caps (2).

Abstract: A tablet filling device for supplying a vial container of desired size certainly with no mistake comprising a plurality of containing means containing vial containers by size, a mean for taking out a vial container from the containing means based on prescription data, means for carrying a vial container taken out by the container take out means, a means or providing a table to a vial container carried by the carrying means, a means for collecting a vial container in the middle of carriage by the carrying means, a means provided on the carrying passage of the carrying means and detecting the size of a carried vial container, and a control means for judging whether the size of a vial container selected based on the prescription data matches the size of a vial container detected by the container size detection means and collecting the carried vial container by the container collection means if they do not match each other.

Abstract: A vial supply apparatus comprises: a vial supply part having a plurality of storage portions which store vials having different heights according to size, each storage portion comprising a rotatable endless member disposed at a predetermined interval from a partition wall, partitioning members disposed at predetermined intervals on the endless member, endless member driving means, and a supply port for dispensing a vial stored between adjacent partitioning members; a chute portion for dropping the vial dispensed from the supply port such that an opening of the vial faces upward; a robot arm for holding the vial supplied from the chute portion; and an adjustment table disposed below the robot arm, for adjusting an opening height of the vial supplied from the chute portion in accordance with the height of the vial.

Abstract: A compact tablet storage and take-out apparatus capable of quickly discharging and filing tablets. The tablet storage and take-out apparatus includes: a cylindrical drum; a drum driving device; a plurality of tablet cassette mounting bases fitted to an outer surface of the drum; tablet cassettes which are detachably mounted on the tablet cassette mounting bases; and a guide passage for guiding discharged tablets inside the drum. Moreover, the apparatus includes a transfer robot provided inside the drum so as to be liftable and also rotatable. The transfer robot is operable to transfers a vial between a delivery position located outside an opening formed in an upper end or a lower end of the drum and a tablet filling position. The position of at least one of the drum and the transfer robot is controlled so that an opening of the vial held by the transfer robot agrees with an outlet of the guide passage.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an optical film product that is configured such that the direction of an optical axis can be easily recognized and that markings do not interfere with a defect inspection and to provide a method for producing such an optical film product. The invention is directed to an optical film product, including: an optical film layer having an optical axis; a surface protection film that is laminated on the optical film layer to protect the surface of the optical film layer; and an optical axis information part that shows information about the optical axis and is interposed between the optical film layer and the surface protection film.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic relay which does not require a braided wire for securing a current capacity of a main contact unit. The electromagnetic relay includes a main contact unit inserted into a power supply path to a load and an arc contact unit connected in parallel to the main contact unit. An auxiliary contact unit is electrically independent of the main contact unit and the arc contact unit. The main contact unit includes a main fixed contact fixed to a frame body and a main contact spring made of a leaf spring and fitted with a main mobile contact which is attached to and detached from the main fixed contact. The arc contact unit and the auxiliary contact unit are arranged adjacent to each other. The main contact spring extends in a direction in which the arc contact unit and the auxiliary contact unit are arranged.

Abstract: A vial supply apparatus comprises: a vial supply part having a plurality of storage portions which store vials having different heights according to size, each storage portion comprising a rotatable endless member disposed at a predetermined interval from a partition wall, partitioning members disposed at predetermined intervals on the endless member, endless member driving means, and a supply port for dispensing a vial stored between adjacent partitioning members; a chute portion for dropping the vial dispensed from the supply port such that an opening of the vial faces upward; a robot arm for holding the vial supplied from the chute portion; and an adjustment table disposed below the robot arm, for adjusting an opening height of the vial supplied from the chute portion in accordance with the height of the vial.

Abstract: A device (1) for containing and dispensing tablets, wherein vial bottles (3) filled with tablets wait in waiting spaces (701a, b, c) and the vial bottles (3) are taken out from the waiting spaces (701a, b, c). A plurality of pair of holding members (703a, b) facing each other for holding the bodies of the vial bottles (3) are installed in the waiting spaces (701a, b, c), and stock sensors (710) of the same quantity as the pair of holding members (703a, b) are installed to check for each pair of holding members whether the vial bottles are held on the pair of holding members (703a, b) or not.

Abstract: A medicine storing and dispensing apparatus includes: a cap container 501 storing a plurality of caps 2 for closing openings of vial bottles 3 and having a plurality of slits 508 formed on the bottom surface thereof; a plurality of cap stirring members 511 formed in a rotating shaft 509 in the state of protruding inside the cap container 501 through-each of the slits 508; a cap stirring member 502 for steering the caps 2 by the stirring sections 510 through rotational driving; and a cap pathway 503 which continues to the cap container 501, has a clearance allowing only one cap 2 to pass through, and which is inclined downward so as to align the passing caps 2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compact tablet storage and take-out apparatus capable of quickly discharging and filing tablets. The tablet storage and take-out apparatus includes: a cylindrical drum; drum driving means; a plurality of tablet cassette mounting bases (341) which are fitted to an outer surface of the drum; tablet cassettes which are detachably mounted on the tablet cassette mounting bases; and a guide passage which guides inside the drum tablets discharged from the tablet cassettes. Moreover, the apparatus includes: a transfer robot which is provided inside the drum so as to be liftable and also rotatable, and which transfers the vial held by arms between a delivery position located outside an opening formed in an upper end or a lower end of the drum and a tablet filling position where the tablets discharged through the guide passage are filled.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic relay which does not require a braided wire for securing a current capacity of a main contact unit. The electromagnetic relay includes a main contact unit 2 A inserted into a power supply path to a load and an arc contact unit 3 A connected in parallel to the main contact unit 2A. An auxiliary contact unit 4 is electrically independent of the main contact unit 2 A and the arc contact unit 3A. The main contact unit 2 A includes a main fixed contact 27 fixed to a frame body 1 and a main contact spring 23 made of a leaf spring and fitted with a main mobile contact 25 which is attached to and detached from the main fixed contact 27. The arc contact unit 3 A and the auxiliary contact unit 4 are arranged adjacent to each other. The main contact spring 23 extends in a direction in which the arc contact unit 3 A and the auxiliary contact unit 4 are arranged.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tablet vessel feed apparatus comprising a stock container for storing a plurality of tablet vessels, a vessel takeout section for taking out the tablet vessels from the stock container, and a conveyor for conveying the tablet vessels taken out from the stock container. The apparatus further comprises an auxiliary conveyor for conveying the tablet vessel taken out from the stock container toward the conveyor; a delivery table for receiving the tablet vessel conveyed by the auxiliary conveyor to retain and then deliver the tablet vessel to the conveyor; a tablet vessel sensor for detecting the tablet vessel on at least any one of the auxiliary conveyor and the delivery table; and a controller. The controller allows the vessel takeout section to stop taking out the tablet vessels from the stock container while the tablet vessel sensor detects the tablet vessel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tablet vessel feed apparatus comprising a stock container for storing a plurality of tablet vessels, a vessel takeout section for taking out the tablet vessels from the stock container, and a conveyor for conveying the tablet vessels taken out from the stock container. The apparatus further comprises an auxiliary conveyor for conveying the tablet vessel taken out from the stock container toward the conveyor; a delivery table for receiving the tablet vessel conveyed by the auxiliary conveyor to retain and then deliver the tablet vessel to the conveyor; a tablet vessel sensor for detecting the tablet vessel on at least any one of the auxiliary conveyor and the delivery table; and a controller. The controller allows the vessel takeout section to stop taking out the tablet vessels from the stock container while the tablet vessel sensor detects the tablet vessel.

Abstract: A polysilane optical device comprising a hydrocarbyloxy group-containing polysilane encapsulated with a material having a light transmitting property and air impermeability, such as a glass, a polystyrene, an acryl resin, or a polycarbonate. The optical device has a high durability, and optical characteristics and functions thereof do not greatly change.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming an electronic circuit, which comprises coating a polyorganosilane on at least one surface of a substrate for forming an electronic circuit, followed by drying to form a solid state polysilane thin film, masking a portion for forming a circuit of said thin film and oxidizing a remaining portion to form an insulating portion, and then doping an oxidizing substance to the portion subjected to masking to form a conductive portion, and in order to oxidize a partial portion of the thin film, said thin film is irradiated with UV light in the presence of oxygen, preferably, in the oxidizing step, by carrying out partial oxidation while controlling an oxidation degree, the remaining portion is converted into three or more kinds of portions having different volume resistivities.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a polyorganosilane which comprises subjecting a disilane compound having at least two substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyloxy groups in one molecule to disproportionation reaction in the presence of a catalyst comprising a reaction product of an organic alkali metal compound represented by the formula (I):RM (I)wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group; and M represents an alkali metal,represented by the formula (III):MR.sup.3.sub.p M (III)wherein R.sup.3 represents a saturated or unsaturated chain or cyclic divalent hydrocarbon group or a divalent heterocyclic group, two or more R.sup.3 s may be the same or different and an ether oxygen atom may exist between two or more R.sup.3 s; p represents an integer of 1 or more; and M represents an alkali metal atom,and at least one of a disilane compound and a silane compound both of which have a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyloxy group(s).