Patent ID: 7992477
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A medicine feeding device for feeding medicines from a press through pack in which a housing member is formed with a plurality of housing recess portions provided in at least one line on a seal surface side of a plate-shaped member and in which a sheet is stuck to the seal surface of the housing member with medicines housed in the housing recess portions, the medicine feeding device comprising: a support portion for supporting the seal surface side of the press through pack; a press section comprising a first pressing member for pressing the housing recess portions from one side other than the seal surface side of the press through pack; the press section further comprising a second pressing member for contacting the press through pack at locations that do not include the housing recess portions; and a cutter for making discrete cut slits less than a width of the press through pack at a part of a boundary portion between the housing recess portions and a seal surface of the sheet at least before the sheet is broken or the medicine is damaged by a pressing force exerted by the press section, the cutter and the pressing section being disposed on the same side of the support portion, wherein the first pressing member is provided at a position so as to be able to press one of the housing recess portions while the cutter is provided at a position to be able to make a cut slit at the part of the boundary portion between the housing recess portions and the seal surface of the sheet, wherein the first pressing member, the second pressing member and the cutter are movable upward and downward as an integrated structure, and the cutter is provided so as to make a cut slit after the press through pack is positioned by second pressing member, wherein the support portion does not support the seal surface side of the press through pack at a position directly under the housing recess portion being pressed by the first pressing member during a cutting operation.