Patent ID: 7726095
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A medicine dispensing/packaging apparatus, comprising: a tablet feed mechanism comprising a plurality of tablet accommodation parts rotatably connected to each other, each of the tablet accommodation parts having a bottom plate rotatable about an axis on one side of the tablet accommodation parts in a path along which the tablet accommodation parts move; a carrying mechanism to carry the tablet feed mechanism in a direction that is generally horizontal, from a first point to a second point, and then, after reaching the second point, in a direction that is generally vertically downward; a supporting mechanism which, when the tablet feed mechanism is carried by the carrying mechanism from the first point in the generally horizontal direction, supports the bottom plates of the tablet accommodation parts, and removes the support of the bottom plates before the tablet feed mechanism reaches the second point in the generally horizontal direction, and after the support of the bottom plates is removed, the respective bottom plates of the tablet accommodation parts open and tablets contained in the tablet accommodation parts are thereby discharged; and a dispensing/packaging mechanism to recover the tablets discharged by the supporting mechanism for packaging.