Patents Assigned to Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8011395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tablet feeding device for supplying tablets accommodated in a tablet feeder to vials by supplying a power source from a surface side of the tablet feeder to a rotor of the tablet feeder and further allowing many tablet feeders to be mounted with high density. The tablet feeder 21 has a stationary guide member 119 having a stationary tilt plate 119c and a movable guide member 121 having a movable tilt plate 121c. The stationary tilt plate 119c is disposed adjacent to a tablet outlet 112 of the tablet feeder 21 and guides the tablets discharged from the tablet outlet 112 to the vials 4. The movable tilt plate 121c is movable between a receiving position and an operating position in association with an attachment and detachment of a driving means 202 with the tablet feeder 21. The movable tilt plate 121c overlaps with the stationary tilt plate 119c at the receiving position and continues to the stationary tilt plate 119c at the operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Yuyama
  • Patent number: 7992477
    Abstract: A medicine feeding device including a support portion (32) for supporting a seal surface side of a press through pack (5), a press section (33) for pressing the housing recess portions (9) from one side other than the seal surface of the press through pack (5), and a cutter (38) for making a cut slit in the sheet (11) at a boundary portion between the housing recess portions (9) and the seal surface (8) at least before the sheet (11) is broken or the medicine (6) is damaged by the pressure exerted by the press section (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Hiroshi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20110185565
    Abstract: A display change device is formed by connecting and thereby integrating an installation/removal device and a card display change device together. The card installation/removal device is configured to have at a back side thereof a pressure reception wall, at a further back side of which a position adjustment mechanism part is provided. The position adjustment mechanism part is configured to include a seat member, a moving part, and a drive part. The position adjustment mechanism part is configured to strike and move the card installation/removal device by an eccentric cam. The position adjustment mechanism part moves the eccentric cam far from the pressure reception wall under the condition that a reaction force Fr received by the eccentric cam becomes larger than a force Fa for pulling the moving part toward the pressure reception wall side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YUYAMA, Naoki Koike, Tatsuaki Kunimoto, Nobuyuki Fujishima
  • Patent number: 7988400
    Abstract: A vial conveyance device which includes, in order to hold and release a vial, at least two arms that can be opened and closed, an urging member that urges the arms in an opening direction, a frame body for opening and closing the arms, and a frame body stopper that stops the frame body in a state in which the arms are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Yuyama
  • Publication number: 20110173926
    Abstract: A medicine dispensing device including: a device body 3; a medicine containing unit 4 mounted in the device body 3 and including a plurality of medicine containers 9 configured to dispense medicines contained therein through a medicine ejecting portion; a medicine receiving unit 5 movably provided in the device body 3 and having at least two medicine receiving sections 26 that are moved to each of the medicine containers 9 of the medicine containing unit 4 to receive the medicine dispensed from the medicine ejecting portion and are moved to a discharging position to discharge the received medicines; a medicine collecting unit 6 having a plurality of medicine collecting sections 44 each collecting the medicines discharged from each of the medicine receiving sections 26 in the discharging position; and a control unit 7 configured to move each of the medicine receiving sections 26 to allow the medicine receiving section to receive the medicines dispensed from a corresponding medicine containing section and to di
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Jyunichi Iwaya, Akifumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110178634
    Abstract: A tablet dispenser includes a device body and a plurality of tablet cassettes disposed on one face of the device body. Each tablet cassette is capable of accommodating a plurality of types of tablets and of dispensing the tablets contained therein in a lateral direction. A plurality of chutes are in communication with the plurality of tablet cassettes. Each chute is disposed on the one face of the device body, adjacent to a corresponding tablet cassette. Each chute retains tablets dispensed from the corresponding tablet cassette and dispenses the tablets in a downward direction into a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji YUYAMA, Naoki KOIKE, Takafumi IMAI, Yoshinori KUMANO, Akira MAEDA, Mitsuhiro MITANI
  • Publication number: 20110168733
    Abstract: There is provided a medicine dispensing device including: a device body 1; a container 2 containing a plurality of blister packs 4 with medicines packaged individually as arranged one behind another and being attached to the device body 1 such that the blister packs are horizontally arranged one behind another; a dispensing member 3 movably provided in the device body 1 and being moved up to the container 2 to dispense the blister pack 4 contained in the container; a gripping member 35 gripping and carrying the blister pack 4 dispensed by the dispensing member 3; and a cutting member 36 cutting off a fraction from the blister pack 4 gripped and carried by the gripping member 35. Depending upon the opened positions of an opening/closing door 10, one sheet of the blister pack 4 is dispensed as it is or the fraction thereof is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Takayuki Fujikawa, Naoki Koike
  • Publication number: 20110170655
    Abstract: A tablet T is divided without moving a cutter and divided tablets T1, T2 are fed one by one. A rotor 24 is installed in a container 21 receiving the tablets T. A rotor receiving part of the container has a barrel shape with a bottom section formed with a discharge port 27, and a fixing blade 33 is installed outside the rotor receiving part. Recesses 25 are formed on an entire lateral side of the rotor at a regular interval to receive a tablet. A peripheral groove is formed on the entire lateral side of the rotor and a fixing blade and a support plate are inserted into the peripheral groove. The fixing blade divides the tablet, which is accommodated in the recess and move while being guided along an inner wall of the rotor receiving part as the rotor rotates. A lower divided tablet T1 is discharged to the discharge port 27 and an upper divided tablet T2 is kept on the fixing blade. The upper divided tablet is discharged as the rotor further rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Mitsuhiro Mitani, Masao Fukada
  • Patent number: 7964805
    Abstract: A medicine weighing device that includes, not only a weighing function, but also an inspection function. The medicine weighing device has a compact structure capable of displaying a weighed value and an inspection result on the same screen, and which can execute inspection according to the input state of weighing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Keita Yasuoka, Akitomi Kohama, Atsushi Kawano
  • Patent number: 7957929
    Abstract: A drug dispensing apparatus including a cassette for containing drugs in an aligned state, a rotor disposed at one open end of the cassette, a pushing unit for pushing the drugs toward the rotor, a drive mechanism for pivoting the rotor alternately between a dispensing position and a receiving position by operating a drive switch to dispense the drugs one-by-one, and a measuring unit for measuring the present quantity of the drugs in the cassette. The apparatus also includes a memory unit for storing a stock quantity N0 of the drugs in the cassette. When the rotor is returned to the receiving position from the dispensing position, the present quantity N measured by the measuring unit is compared with the stock quantity N0 stored in the memory unit. If the present quantity N is less than the stock quantity N0, the present quantity N is stored in the memory unit as a stock quantity N0, while if the present quantity N is same as the stock quantity N0, it is informed that the drug has not been taken out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Masahiko Kasuya, Akitomi Kohama, Masatoshi Warashina
  • Patent number: 7954531
    Abstract: A labeling apparatus of the present invention is constituted by: at least three support rollers which come into contact with the outer surface of the vial to rotate; an arm for rotatably supporting the support rollers; a rotation unit (rotation rollers) for rotating the vial held by the support rollers; a label supply unit for supplying labels to be attached on the outer surface of the vial; and an endless member which rotates according to the rotation of the vial between a first support roller with which the label fed from the label supply unit comes into contact first and a second support roller with which the label comes into contact second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Katsunori Yoshina
  • Patent number: 7950202
    Abstract: There is provided a medicine packing device, which prevents a free end of a bottom plate of a tablet dispensing measure from tilting due to its own weight. A bottom plate 43 is provided at a lower opening of a tablet dispensing measure 42. The bottom plate 43 includes a pin 44 at its base end. A leading end of the bottom plate is a free end. When the tablet dispensing measure 42 reaches corresponding stepped portions 37a to 37d by a movement of a tablet dispensing member 36, an opening protrusion 144b of a fixed plate 37 is fitted to an opening recess 43c of the bottom plate 43 and thus the bottom plate 43 pivots about the pin 44 from a closed position to an open position. If the bottom plate 43 moves to the open position, then tablets in the tablet dispensing measure 42 drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kodama, Katsunori Yoshina, Koji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7941915
    Abstract: A display change device is formed by connecting and thereby integrating an installation/removal device and a card display change device together. The card installation/removal device is configured to have at a back side thereof a pressure reception wall, at a further back side of which a position adjustment mechanism part is provided. The position adjustment mechanism part is configured to include a seat member, a moving part, and a drive part. The position adjustment mechanism part is configured to strike and move the card installation/removal device by an eccentric cam. The position adjustment mechanism part moves the eccentric cam far from the pressure reception wall under the condition that a reaction force Fr received by the eccentric cam becomes larger than a force Fa for pulling the moving part 102 toward the pressure reception wall side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Tatsuaki Kunimoto, Nobuyuki Fujishima
  • Patent number: 7934356
    Abstract: To quickly fill a bag with medicine containers without damaging the containers, a machine for filling a bag with medicine containers includes: a bag positioning member (4) for positioning and opening a bag (13); a first moving member (37) that reciprocates between a supply position inside the bag (13) and a waiting position outside the bag (13), the first moving member including a bottom surface portion for supporting medicine containers; a second moving member that reciprocates relative to the bag (13) and includes a guide surface (47) guiding medicine containers (11) to the bottom surface portion; and a drive-control means (59) that moves the first moving member (37) from the supply position to the waiting position while maintaining the second moving member (38) in a fixed position relative to the bag (13), thereby causing medicine containers (11) guided by the guide surface (47) to the bottom surface portion to remain in the bag (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Takayuki Fujikawa, Hidenori Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7933683
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a partition plate capable of efficiently cleaning a medicine remaining in a V-measure. The partition plate comprises: a slide member (8) which is installed so as to be capable of reciprocating along side plates and has a guide reception part (11); and a partition member (9) which has a guide part (18) removably guided by the guide reception part (11) of the slide member (8) and reciprocates together with the slide member (8) while maintaining such a state so as to be parallel with an end plate (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chisei Asaoka, Koji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7930060
    Abstract: A medicine supply system including a cart supply line (48) on which a plurality of carts (8) are disposed and aligned; a first transport unit for transporting the plurality of carts (8) on the cart supply line (48); a tray discharge unit (2) for storing the trays (7) in the plurality of carts; a second transport unit for transporting the plurality of carts with the trays stored in the tray discharge unit; a cart discharge line (49) on which the plurality of carts transported by the second transport unit are aligned; a tray supply lifter (1) for supplying the trays; a tray transport line (3) for transporting the trays supplied by the tray supply lifter to the tray discharge unit; a medicine dispensing unit (4) for dispensing the medicine to the trays, and a control unit (10) for supplying the trays from the tray supplying lifter 1 based on prescription data, dispensing the medicine into the trays, transporting the trays to the tray discharge unit, and storing the trays into the carts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Akitomi Kohama, Tatsuaki Kunimoto, Takashi Itou
  • Patent number: 7918068
    Abstract: A tablet filling instrument 1 for dispensing tablets into a vial 9 in accordance with prescription data and discharging the vial 9 filled with the tablets in one of a plurality of outlets 113 designates at least one of the outlets 113 to be a priority outlet 113p and discharges the vial 9 filled with the tablets in the priority outlet 113p when the tablets are to be dispensed in one of the outlets 113 at a time-point within a predetermined time length from a present time-point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Kumano
  • Patent number: 7892486
    Abstract: A harmless sterilization method and sterilization apparatus which provide adequate sterilization effects without residual gas. The method includes a sterilization step in which a chamber containing an object to be sterilized is depressurized; a hydrogen peroxide supply step in which hydrogen peroxide is supplied into the chamber; an ozone supply step in which ozone is supplied into the chamber; a sterilization step in which the hydrogen peroxide and ozone supplied inside the chamber are dispersed to sterilize the object to be sterilized; an exhaust step in which gas inside the chamber is exhausted; and a plasma generation step in which plasma is generated inside the chamber to break down hydrogen peroxide and ozone remaining near the object to be sterilized, and radicals which promote sterilization are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Mizuno, Hiroyuki Yuyama, Yoshinori Shirahara
  • Patent number: D633929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike
  • Patent number: D637428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Akira Maeda