Patent ID: 9663260
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B65B,B65D

Claim:
1. A drug feeder comprising: a storage part having an inner wall, a drug storage space for accommodating a number of solid drugs and a drug discharging outlet for discharging the drugs; a rotor having a side face with drug storage grooves formed thereon; and a separating member disposed in the drug storage space, wherein the rotor is rotatably installed in the storage part, the inner wall of the storage part and the drug storage grooves of the rotor define pockets, the pockets having upper sides with openings toward the drug storage space so as to enable the drugs in the drug storage space to drop into the pockets, the separating member is located above a height of the openings of the pockets and extends above the drug discharging outlet so as to occupy a predetermined amount of area planarly, the separating member preventing more than a predetermined number of the drugs from dropping into the drug discharging outlet from each of the pockets, the rotor is operable to rotate in the storage part to sequentially discharge the drugs from the storage part held in each of the pockets through the drug discharging outlet by sequentially communicating the pockets with the drug discharging outlet, and the rotor has a part that hits against a top part of the separating member so as to give a vertical motion to the separating member when the rotor is rotated to move any of the drugs in the drug storage space that are located on the separating member.