Patent ID: 8985389
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61J,B65B,B65D,B65G,G07F

Abstract:
1. A medicine counting device provided with a medicine feeding device, the medicine feeding device comprising: a first rotor that is configured to rotate around a first axis; a second rotor in annular shape that is configured to rotate around a second axis extending in a direction different from that of the first axis; a partition wall extending from an inner circumference of the second rotor toward an outer circumference of the first rotor, wherein a medicine fed to the first rotor is transferred by rotation of the first rotor to a transfer part of the second rotor, and transferred medicine is transported to a downstream side in a rotating direction by rotation of the second rotor; a medicine discharging port provided outside in a radial direction of the second rotor; a medicine guiding section that is configured to guide a medicine on the second rotor to the medicine discharging port, the medicine guiding section comprising: a height regulator provided between the transfer part of the second rotor and the medicine discharging port and positioned so as to have a gap that is roughly same as a height of a medicine from an upper surface of the second rotor; and the medicine counting device comprising: a medicine detector for detecting a medicine that is discharged from the medicine discharging port; a counting means for counting number of medicines supplied based on a detection by the medicine detector; and a switching valve unit comprising a medicine passage that is divided into a first passage and a second passage arranged adjacent to each other, wherein the switching valve is able to switch a discharge destination of a medicine, which is discharged from the medicine guiding section, to either the first passage or the second passage, said switching valve further comprising: a first swing member for opening and closing the first passage; and a second swing member for opening and closing the second passage, wherein each swing member is provided with an elastic part that is elastically deformable.