IP Library Granted Patent US 8,765,079
Granted Patent B2
US 8,765,079 · App. 13/548,427 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Dispensing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,765,079
App. No.
13/548,427
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dispensing apparatus includes: a dish mounting portion having a mounting surface mounted with a dish having a bottom surface and a side surface surrounding the bottom surface; a syringe, arranged above the dish mounting portion, having a nozzle configured to discharge liquid toward an interior of the dish; and a first driving portion configured to change the syringe in direction with respect to a first axis as a center, wherein the first axis is orthogonal to a normal to the mounting surface of the dish mounting portion.

Claims (14)

1. A dispensing apparatus comprising:

a dish mounting portion having a mounting surface mounted with a dish having a bottom surface and a side surface surrounding the bottom surface;

a syringe, arranged above the dish mounting portion, having a nozzle configured to discharge liquid toward an interior of the dish;

a first driving portion configured to rotate the syringe with respect to a first axis as a center of rotation, wherein the first axis is parallel to the mounting surface of the dish mounting portion; and

a second driving portion configured to rotate the syringe with respect to a second axis as a center of rotation, wherein the second axis is coplanar with a normal to the mounting surface of the dish mounting portion and perpendicular to the first axis.

2. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a third driving portion configured to move the syringe in a direction toward and away from the dish mounting portion.

3. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising

a fourth driving portion configured to rotate an inner bottom surface of the dish mounted on the dish mounting portion with respect to a dish first axis as a center of rotation, wherein the dish first axis is parallel to the first axis.

4. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising

a fifth driving portion configured to rotate the dish mounting portion with respect to a dish second axis as a center of rotation, wherein the dish second axis is perpendicular to the dish first axis.

5. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a third driving portion configured to rotate an inner bottom surface of the dish mounted on the dish mounting portion with respect to a dish first axis as a center of rotation, wherein the dish first axis is parallel to the first axis,

wherein the syringe is moveable such that the nozzle can be directed to an area in which the inner bottom surface of the dish is in contact with an inner side surface thereof.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046459/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2015
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035210/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2012
From: TOKUMARU, TOMOYOSHI
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029505/0252 →