Abstract: A control nozzle assembly includes a port base and a lift gate and is secured to an automated pill counting system having a sloping pill outflow port. The port base includes a body for attachment to the automated counting system and a substantially-vertical and downward facing nozzle supported by the body. The nozzle has a funnel portion with a substantially-vertical passage extending therethrough. An inner side the nozzle facing the body has an opening configured for receiving at least a portion of the pill outflow port therein so that pills exiting the pill outflow port enter the nozzle and are directed downward toward the bottom outlet opening. The lift gate manually moves within a groove in the port base in a vertical direction between a blocking position which prevents the pills from entering the nozzle and a dispensing position which permits the pills to enter the nozzle.

Abstract: A pharmacy pill tray includes a viewing platform with a floor surface to support pills thereon, and a generally cylindrical-shaped transfer chamber. The transfer chamber includes a semi-cylinder trough with an open top extending along and below an edge of the floor surface and a semi-cylinder door secured to the trough to open and close the open top of the trough. The transfer chamber is configured to selectively receive at least some of the pills from the floor surface. The door includes a primary door portion pivotably secured to the trough, and a secondary door portion pivotably secured to the primary door portion. A dispensing spout extends from an open end of the trough for dispensing the pills from the trough. A transfer gate is movable between a blocking position which prevents dispensing the pills through the spout, and a dispensing position which permits dispensing the pills through the spout.