Patent ID: 8387343
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A61J,B65B,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A medicine dispensing device comprising: a storage part configured to store and dispense a medicine; and a packing means configured to pack the medicine dispensed from the storage part into a packing paper sheet, wherein the packing means includes a packing part configured to pack the medicine; and a packing paper sheet conveying part configured to convey a packing paper sheet into which the medicine is packed by the packing part, wherein the packing paper sheet conveying part is configured to convey the packing paper sheet along a predetermined conveyance path through contact with the packing paper sheet, wherein the packing paper sheet conveying part includes: a power-operated belt; a pressing roller for pressing the packing paper sheet toward a conveyance plane of the conveyance path formed by the belt; and a detecting means configured to operate through contact with the packing paper sheet passing through the conveyance path, wherein the detecting means includes: a sub roller disposed at a lateral side of the pressing roller, the sub roller being rotatable through contact with the packing paper sheet passing through the conveyance path; a pinch roller disposed such that the packing paper sheet is interposed between the sub roller and the pinch roller; and a rotation detecting means configured to detect a rotation of the pinch roller, and wherein paper transfer abnormality in the packing paper sheet is detected when the rotation detecting means does not detect the rotation of the pinch roller during operation of the belt of the packing paper sheet conveying part.