| 摘要 |
<p>Pill feeder tube 10 having sleeve 10 with cylindrical bore 10 slidably located within. Bore 10 has pill delivery chute 17 with polygonal cross section, and helical section 17 extending from inlet 23, toward exit 19. Tablet delivery chute 17 may be part straight 17, and helical part 17 may extend over the majority of bore 10 length. Sleeve 10 and core 10 may have matching pin openings 35, 36, perhaps positioned between helical 17 and straight 17 sections and spaced apart by the length of at least one capsule, lying in register to provide access to chute 17. Tube 10 may be formed of aluminium, steel, or another metal or polymer such as nylon, polycarbonate, or polyethylene, and may be impregnated with PTFE. Tube 10 may be formed by machining, injection moulding, casting, or a rapid prototyping method e.g. fused deposition modelling.</p> |
