Patent ID: 6690998
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A medicine packing apparatus which feeds medicines in accordance with prescription data to distribute and pack the medicines by individual dose, wherein the apparatus is provided with first and second hoppers having two separated passages, wherein each of said first and second hoppers is arranged to feed a different kind of medicine, wherein a common hopper is provided between a medicine packing position and each of said first and second hoppers, wherein said common hopper is disposed directly beneath said first hopper such that said first hopper can directly feed the medicines to said common hopper, wherein said common hopper is not disposed directly beneath said second hopper such that said second hopper cannot directly feed the medicines to the common hopper, wherein a medicine delivery device for delivering the medicines from said second hopper to said common hopper is provided beneath a lower end of said second hopper, and wherein an inside of said common hopper is partitioned so as to include two separate passages for the different kinds of medicines.