Patent ID: 9561887
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B65B,B65D,B65G,B67D,G01F,G01G,G07F

Claim:
1. A medicine supply apparatus comprising: a) A hopper having a passage for passing a medicine downward, and the hopper is formed without a step in an inner surface, b) wherein a part of a lower portion of the hopper is a deformable portion having elasticity and the deformable portion is resiliently deformable so as to open and close the passage, and wherein a lock portion is secured to the outer surface on opposing sides of the deformable portion, c) the medicine supply apparatus further comprises an opening and closing portion that deforms the deformable portion to open and close the passage, d) the hopper has a lower end that is an output port for taking out the medicine, the lower end being located inside an envelope defined by a center-folded packing paper for packing the medicine, and e) the opening and closing portion is disposed outside the hopper and provided at a portion close to the lower end of the hopper so as to be located outside but close to the envelope of the packing paper and wherein the opening and closing portion comprises a pair of opposing driven opening and closing operation portions each with a pressing portion that moves close to the other pressing portion to depress the deformable portion, wherein each opposing driven opening and closing operation portion has a hanging portion extending therefrom and wherein each hanging portion is in engagement with the lock portion.