Device for transferring objects

摘要

A device for transferring objects comprises a feeder group (3) provided with a screw (4) which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof. The screw (4) bears at least one container (11) lodged between two steps of a thread thereof; the container (11) housing an object to be transferred. The container (11) exhibits a through-hole by means of which it can be freely appended to the screw (4), in such a way that the container (11) can be transferred in a direction of the axis of the screw (4) in two directions by effect of a rotation of the screw (4). The device comprises a magazine (2) bearing a plurality of screws (15), each of which can be selectively coupled to the screw (4) of the feeder group, in order to enable a transfer to or from the magazine (2) to be made of a predetermined number of containers (11). The device is particularly useful in hospitals for automatic dispensing of single doses of medicine. <IMAGE>