VACUUM DRUM PILL COUNTER

摘要

A vacuum driven pill counter (1) having a counter housing (2) with a pill discharge aperture (4). A vacuum disk (102) is rotatably positioned in the housing (2) and has pill apertures (103) and an agitating finger (104). A vacuum source (28) is in communication with the housing (2) and is capable o f drawing a vacuum through the apertures (103) in the disk (102). A pill shelf (6) is positioned adjacent to the vacuum disk (102) and a pill separator (35 ) to remove pills retained on the apertures (103). There is a pill sensor (37) to detect pills that exit the discharge aperture (4).