Patent ID: 9240093
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A61J,B26D,B65D,G07F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A pharmaceutical dispensing apparatus including tablet dispensers in multiple steps in the entire circumference thereof to selectively dispense and package tablets through each tablet feeder based on a prescription, wherein a part of the tablet feeder in multiple steps is assembled with a tablet division feeder, the tablet division feeder comprising: a moving unit to move a tablet T, wherein a movement path of the tablet T is formed in the moving unit and the moving unit is configured to rotate; a fixing blade located in the movement path of the tablet T, wherein the fixing blade divides the tablet T into upper and lower divided tablets as the moving unit rotates; and a support plate extending from the fixing blade such that the upper divided tablet on the fixing blade is transferred to the support plate by the moving unit and kept onto the support plate and the lower divided tablet is discharged, wherein the upper divided tablet is discharged from the support plate as the moving unit further rotates.