Patent ID: 8678231
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A medicine dispensing device comprising: a device body having a front face; and a medicine conveyance member that conveys medicines arranged in a plurality of lines in the device body one by one, wherein the medicine conveyance member includes a medicine holding member movable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the medicine holding member including: wherein the medicines are stored in each of a plurality of cassettes juxtaposed in the device body, the cassette comprising: wherein the clamping member further includes: a pivotal plate that supports the clamp pieces to move close to or away from one another and to be pivotable; and a urging means that urges the pivotal plate to the vertical position, wherein the pivotal plate includes a pressure receptor portion that, when moving down the clamping member, abuts a compression portion formed in the device body to thereby cause the clamping member to rotate to the horizontal position against an urging force exerted by the urging means.