Patent ID: 9393179
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61J,B65B,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A medicine supply apparatus comprising: a hopper including a passage that allows medicine to pass downward therethrough; and a deforming operation portion, wherein a part of a lower portion of the hopper is configured as a deformable portion having flexibility, the deformable portion is deformable so as to open and close the passage, the deforming operation portion deforms the deformable portion to thereby open and close the passage, and applies vibrations to the deformable portion, and the medicine adhering to an inner surface of the deformable portion is processed by the applied vibrations, wherein the deformable portion includes hopper's lock portions located on one side and another side with the passage there between to be engaged with the deforming operation portion, the deforming operation portion includes a pair of operation pieces that are located so as to sandwich the deformable portion from the one side and the other side, and each of the operation pieces includes a deforming operation portion's lock portion to be engaged with the hopper's lock portion.