Patent ID: 9248925
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B65B,G07F,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A medicine supply apparatus that subdivides and supplies medicines, comprising: a cassette unit that is provided movably between a fixed position where the medicines can be supplied and a drawn position displaced from the fixed position, and can temporarily retain the medicines in a subdivided manner, the cassette unit including a lower end which is configured to be opened at the fixed position to thereby supply the retained medicines downward; a cover provided movably between a closed position to cover the cassette unit from above and an opened position where the cassette unit is exposed when the cassette unit is held at the fixed position; and an association mechanism that associates operations of the cassette unit and the cover, wherein a space is created at the fixed position of the cassette unit when the cassette unit is held at the drawn position, and wherein the association mechanism restricts the operation of the cover so as to keep the cover at the closed position, at which the cover covers the space, when the cassette unit is held at the drawn position.