Patent ID: 11873125
Assignee: PHC CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A medicine packaging apparatus comprising:
a packaging unit; and
a medicine supplying apparatus for supplying medicine to the packaging unit, wherein:
the medicine supplying apparatus is disposed over the packaging unit so that the medicine drops from the medicine supplying apparatus to the packaging unit,
the medicine supplying apparatus comprises:
a first drawer including a first medicine discharging portion configured to discharge a first medicine from a first tablet case storing the first medicine, and a first temporary storage disposed on a downstream side of the first medicine discharging portion in a path through which the first medicine drops, and configured to temporarily store the first medicine;
a second drawer including a second medicine discharging portion disposed on the downstream side of the first temporary storage in the path, and configured to discharge a second medicine from a second tablet case storing the second medicine, and a second temporary storage disposed on a downstream side of the second medicine discharging portion in the path and configured to temporarily store the first medicine and the second medicine; and
a third drawer including a third medicine discharging portion disposed on the downstream side of the second temporary storage in the path, and configured to discharge a third medicine from a third tablet case storing the third medicine,

the third drawer is a closest drawer to the packaging unit, and
the third drawer is configured such that the third medicine is directly dropped from the third medicine discharging portion to the packaging unit.