Abstract:
An object of the invention is to provide a medicine feeding apparatus in which a usability is improved by automatically executing a fine adjustment of a horizontal position and a vertical position of a door panel in correspondence to an operating of taking a drawer in and out without necessity of executing a troublesome mount fine adjusting work of a door panel. In a medicine feeding apparatus provided with a main body, drawers attached to the main body so as to be freely drawn, and a plurality of tablet cases detachably attached to the drawers and receiving medicines, a door panel of the drawer is rotatably held and is finely adjusted to a proper position in correspondence to an operation of taking the drawer in and out.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0001]     The present invention relates to a medicine feeding apparatus which feeds a medicine received in a tablet case to a package bag in accordance with a kind of medicine and a quantity designated by a prescription, in a hospital, an ethical pharmacy or the like, and more particularly to a medicine feeding apparatus provided with drawers which are attached to a main body so as to be freely drawn, and a plurality of tablet cases which are detachably attached to the drawers and receive the medicine.  
         [0002]     In conventional, in the hospital and the ethical pharmacy, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-5282, the medicine prescribed by a doctor is supplied to a patient by using a medicine feeling apparatus (called as a tablet packaging machine in this document). In this system, there are automated all the works from an extracting work to a packaging work comprising the steps of discharging the medicine (a tablet, a capsule agent or the like) in accordance with the kind and the quantity described in the prescription from a discharge drum (called as an aligning table in the document mentioned above) within a tablet case one by one, collecting by a hopper via a chute, and thereafter packaging by a packing paper.  
         [0003]     On the other hand, as shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-237702, there is a structure in which the tablet case is attached so as to be freely drawn from the main body of the medicine feeding apparatus and be detachable, in order to make it easy to extremely easily execute a maintenance work such as a cleaning work, a replacing work and the like of the tablet case.  
         [0004]     In this case, in the medicine feeding apparatus as shown in the former document, the tablet case, the chute, the hopper and the like are contaminated by micro powders or the like generated from the medicine in correspondence to an impact caused by the medicine drop, and there is a case that the micro powders are erroneously enclosed in the packing paper. However, in the conventional medicine feeding apparatus, since the structure is made such that particularly the hopper, a loading apparatus and the like are fixed within the main body, it is extremely hard to execute a maintenance such as the cleaning work, the parts replacing work and the like.  
         [0005]     On the other hand, in the medicine feeding apparatus as shown in the latter document, a plurality of tablet cases receiving the medicines are provided in parallel to the freely drawn shelf, however, since a door panel having a function serving as a door attached to a front surface of the shelf is fixed firmly by a screw or the like, a positional relation between the door panels is displaced in a normal state in which a plurality of drawers are compressed, if the door panel is attached to a position displaced from a proper position by fastening the screw, so that there is generated a problem that an appearance from the front surface is deteriorated in the medicine feeding apparatus, and it is necessary to again execute an attachment fine adjusting work for repairing the positional relation.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0006]     An object of the present invention is to provide a medicine feeding apparatus in which a usability is improved by automatically executing a fine adjustment of a horizontal position and a vertical position of a door panel in correspondence to an operating of taking a drawer in and out without necessity of executing a troublesome mount fine adjusting work of a door panel. Further, in addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a medicine feeding apparatus in which a circuit board receiving a signal from a tablet case received in each of the drawers is arranged in a back side of a door panel, and the circuit board is separated in each of the drawers.  
         [0007]     In other words, in accordance with the present invention, there is provided a medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) comprising: 
        a main body ( 2 );     drawers ( 5 ) attached to the main body so as to be freely drawn; and     a plurality of tablet cases ( 6 ) detachably attached to the drawers and receiving medicines,     wherein a door panel ( 11 ) of the drawer ( 5 ) is rotatably held and is finely adjusted to a proper position in correspondence to an operation of taking the drawer in and out.        
 
         [0012]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the drawer ( 5 ) of the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is constituted by a drawer main body ( 15 ) detachably attaching a plurality of tablet cases ( 6 ), and a door panel ( 11 ) rotatably held to a front surface ( 16 ) of the drawer main body, and a circuit substrate ( 17 ) is arranged between the drawer main body ( 15 ) and the door panel ( 11 ).  
         [0013]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the drawer ( 5 ) of the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is structured such that the door panel ( 11 ) is rotatably held to the front surface ( 16 ) of the drawer main body ( 15 ) via a mounting plate ( 18 ).  
         [0014]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the mounting plate ( 18 ) of the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is rotatably held to the front surface ( 16 ) of the drawer main body ( 15 ) by a screw ( 23 ) and a spacer ( 24 ).  
         [0015]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, a thickness (T 1 ) of the spacer ( 24 ) in the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is larger than a thickness (T 2 ) of the mounting plate ( 18 ).  
         [0016]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the spacer ( 24 ) in the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is structured by a metal.  
         [0017]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the mounting plate ( 18 ) in the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is constituted by a panel mounting body ( 21 ) fixing the door panel ( 11 ), and a substrate mounting body ( 22 ) fixing the circuit board ( 17 ).  
         [0018]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the panel mounting body ( 21 ) in the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is provided with a cut-off hole ( 27 ) having an inner diameter R 2  which is smaller than an outer diameter R 1  of a head portion of a screw ( 23 ) and larger than an outer diameter of the spacer, and a difference in dimension between the inner diameter R 2  of the cut-off hole ( 27 ) and the outer diameter of the spacer is larger than a difference in dimension (T 1 −T 2 ) between a thickness (T 1 ) of the spacer and a thickness (T 2 ) of the mounting plate.  
         [0019]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, an outer periphery of the door panel ( 11 ) in the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is provided with protruding portions for fine adjustment ( 32 ,  33 ) opposing to the adjacent door panel.  
         [0020]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the protruding portion ( 32 ) in the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is formed at two right and left positions on an upper surface of the door panel ( 11 ), and has a proper height which is equal to an interval ( 3   a ) with respect to the upper and lower adjacent door panel.  
         [0021]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the protruding portion ( 33 ) in the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is provided at the center of both right and left side surfaces of the door panel ( 11 ), and has a proper height ( 2   a ) which is equal to an interval ( 4   a ) with respect to the right and left adjacent door panel.  
         [0022]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) is structured such that the door panel ( 11 ) attached to the panel mounting body ( 21 ) and the circuit board ( 17 ) attached to the substrate mounting body ( 22 ) are integrally rotated in correspondence to the operation of taking the drawer ( 5 ) in and out.  
         [0023]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, there is provided a medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) comprising: 
        a main body ( 2 );     a plurality of tablet cases ( 6 ) receiving medicines; and     drawers ( 5 ) attached to the main body so as to be freely drawn, and detachably attaching the tablet cases,     wherein the drawer ( 5 ) is constituted by a drawer main body ( 15 ) detachably attaching a plurality of tablet cases, and a door panel ( 11 ) rotatably held to a front surface of the drawer main body, a circuit board ( 17 ) is arranged between the drawer main body and the door panel, the door panel is rotatably held to the drawer main body ( 15 ) and is finely adjusted to a proper position in correspondence to an operation of taking the drawer ( 5 ) in and out, the medicine discharged from the tablet case ( 6 ) is free fallen so as to be collected at one position, and the collected medicine is charged into a medicine packing paper.        
 
         [0028]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the drawer ( 5 ) in the medicine feeding apparatus ( 1 ) rotatably holds the door panel ( 11 ) to a front surface ( 16 ) of the drawer main body via a mounting plate ( 18 ), and the mounting plate ( 18 ) is rotatably held to the drawer main body ( 15 ) by a screw ( 23 ) and a spacer ( 24 ). 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0029]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a state in which a certain drawer is drawn out in a medicine feeding apparatus in accordance with the present invention;  
         [0030]      FIG. 2  is a perspective view of a disassembled state in a front portion of the drawer of the medicine feeding apparatus in accordance with the present invention;  
         [0031]      FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view of a front portion of the drawer in the medicine feeding apparatus in accordance with the present invention; and  
         [0032]      FIG. 4  is a front elevational view explaining a positional relation of upper, lower, right and left sides of the door panel in the medicine feeding apparatus in accordance with the present invention. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT  
       [0033]     A description will be in detail given below of an embodiment in accordance with the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.  
         [0034]     A medicine feeding apparatus  1  in accordance with the present invention is installed in a hospital, an ethical pharmacy or the like, and carries out all the works from an extracting work of the medicine to a packing work of the medicine comprising the steps of discharging the medicine (the tablets, the capsule agent and the like) from a discharge port within a tablet case one by one in accordance with the kind and the quantity described in the prescription, collecting the medicine by a hopper via a chute serving as a free-fall passage by utilizing a weight of the medicine to one position, and thereafter packaging the medicine by a packing paper, in a series of mechanisms, whereby all the steps are automated. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the medicine feeding apparatus  1  is constituted by a main body  2  having a vertically longer rectangular shape, and a personal computer (not shown) for controlling.  
         [0035]     The main body  2  is constituted by an upper structure body  3  and a lower structure body  4  which can be separated from each other, and is structured such that the upper structure body  3  is laminated on the lower structure body  4  so as to be connected thereto. Further, a case receiving portion in which a front side and upper and lower sides are open is structured within the upper structure body  3  for receiving a tablet case  6  mentioned below, and a top surface of the case receiving portion is closed by a detachable top plate  3 A.  
         [0036]     Shelves  5 , . . . serving as drawers are provided at four lateral rows and five vertical stages (in conformity to twenty) within the case receiving portion of the upper structure body  3  so as to be freely drawn. A door panel  11  is attached to a front end of each of the shelves  5 , and the respective door panels  11  close a front opening of the upper structure body  3  in a state in which all the shelves  5 , . . . are received within the case receiving portion. A passage  12  open to upper and lower sides is formed in a center of the shelf  5  so as to extend longitudinally, and forms a passage through which the medicine discharged from the tablet case  6  of the shelf  5  positioned above the shelf drops down. Drive bases  13  of the tablet case  6  are attached to both right and left sides of the passage  12  longitudinally at eight positions (totally sixteen positions in the right and left sides) in parallel in a longitudinal direction (all of them is not illustrated). In this case, the tablet case  6  is constituted by the drive base  13  and a receiving container connected to the above thereof.  
         [0037]     Further, the lower structure body is open in a front surface and an upper surface, and is communicated with the upper structure  3  in the upper surface. Further, a packing machine (not shown) serving as a filling apparatus mentioned below is received and placed within the lower structure body  4 , and a front opening thereof is closed by double lower panels  8  and  8  so as to be freely opened and closed.  
         [0038]     Next, a description will be given of a structure of the front portion of each of the shelves  5 , that is, a structure in which the door panel  11  of the drawer (the shelf  5 ) is rotatably held and the door panel  11  is finely adjusted to a proper position in correspondence to the operation of taking the shelf  5  in and out, with reference to  FIGS. 2 and 3 . A description will be first given of a mounting structure of the door panel, and a description will be subsequently given of a fine adjusting means provided in the door panel  11 .  
         [0039]     Each of the shelves  5  is constituted by a drawer main body  15  detachably attaching a plurality of (sixteen in this case) tablet cases  6 , and the door panel  11  rotatably held to a front plate  16  of the drawer main body  15 , and a circuit board  17  is arranged between the front plate  16  of the drawer main body and the door panel  11 . The door panel  11  is rotatably held to the front plate  16  of the drawer main body  15  via a mounting plate  18 . The circuit board  17  is attached in an insulating manner to the mounting plate  18  via a resin insulating sheet  19 . The mounting plate  18  is constituted by a metal panel mounting body  21  fixing the door panel  11 , and a metal substrate mounting body  22  fixing the circuit board  17 .  
         [0040]     The mounting plate  18  is rotatably held to the front plate  16  of the drawer main body  15  by a screw  23  and a metal spacer  24 . A thickness T 1  of the spacer  24  is made larger than a thickness T 2  of the mounting plate  18  (the substrate mounting plate  21  in detail). In the present embodiment, the thickness T 2  of the substrate mounting plate  21  is set to 1.5 mm, and the thickness T 1  of the spacer is set to 2.5 mm, whereby a difference in dimension (T 1 −T 2 ) is secured to 0.9 mm. Further, since the difference in dimension is achieved by structuring the spacer  24  by the meal in place of the resin, it is possible to inhibit the spacer from being deformed on the basis of a rigidity of the metal, even if the spacer is fastened over the difference in dimension at a time of fastening the screw  23 , and even if the deformation is generated, the deformation can be absorbed by the difference in dimension. In the present embodiment, the screw  23  and the spacer  24  are both attached at four positions.  
         [0041]     The panel mounting body  22  is provided with a cut-off hole  27  having an inner diameter R 2  which is smaller than an outer diameter R 1  of a head portion of the screw  23  and larger than an outer diameter of the spacer, and a difference in dimension between the inner diameter R 2  of the cut-off hole  27  and the outer diameter of the spacer is larger than the difference in dimension (T 1 −T 2 ) between the thickness T 1  of the spacer and the thickness T 2  of the mounting plate  18 . In this case, the inner diameter R 2  of the cut-off hole  27  is set to 8 mm, the outer diameter of the spacer  23  is set to 5.5 mm, and the difference in dimension is set to 2.5 mm, and is set to be larger than the difference in dimension (T 1 −T 2 =0.9 mm) mentioned above. Since the difference in dimension is secured, the door panel  11  can be rotatably held to the drawer  5  (the drawer main body  15  in detail). Reference numeral  26  denotes a hole for getting off the screw  23  formed in the panel mounting plate  21 . An inner diameter thereof becomes larger than the outer diameter R 1  of the screw  23 . Reference numeral  29  denotes a screw for fixing the circuit board  17  to the substrate mounting plate  22 .  
         [0042]     Next, a description will be given of the fine adjusting means provided in the door panel side  11 . The fine adjusting means is constituted by protruding portions  32  and  33  for fine adjustment opposing to the adjacent door panel provided in the outer periphery of the door panel  11 . The protruding portion  32  is formed at two right and left positions on the upper surface of the door panel  11 , and is set to have a proper height  3   a  which is equal to an interval  3   a  with respect to the vertically adjacent door panel. The protruding portion  33  is formed at the center of both the right and left side surfaces of the door panel  11 , and is set to have a proper height  2   a  which is equal to a half of an interval  4   a  with respect to the laterally adjacent door panel.  
         [0043]     Reference numeral  31  denotes a handle formed in a lower portion of the door panel  11  by utilizing concavity and convexity, and reference numeral  24  denotes a display transparent portion provided at a position corresponding to an LED (a display means)  36  for displaying information concerning the tablet case provided in the circuit board  17 . Reference numeral  39  denotes a wiring hole provided in the front plate  16  of the drawer main body  15  for passing a signal line (not shown) from eight tablet cases  6  therethrough. Each of the signal lines is connected to a connection portion provided in the mounting substrate  17 . In accordance with the structures mentioned above, since it is possible to receive the signal from the tablet case  6  by each of the circuit boards  17  arranged so as to be separated into the respective drawers  5 , it is possible to construct the circuit which is independent in each of the drawers  5 .  
         [0044]     In accordance with the drawer (that is, the shelf)  5  in the first embodiment of the present invention, since the door panel  11  is rotatably held by the spacer  24 , the holding structure can be simplified. Since the thickness T 1  of the spacer  24  is larger than the thickness T 2  of the mounting plate (the panel mounting body in detail)  21 , it is possible to absorb the excessively fastened distance on the basis of the difference in dimension, even if there is generated a matter that the screw  23  is excessively fastened over the proper fastened position. Further, since the spacer  24  is made of metal, it is possible to inhibit and prevent the door panel  11  or the spacer  24  from being broken due to the fastening force, even if the screw  23  is excessively fastened over the proper fastened position.  
         [0045]     Since the mounting plate  18  is constituted by the panel mounting body  21  fixing the door panel  11 , and the substrate mounting body  22  fixing the circuit board  17 , it is possible to get a leg of each of the fixing screws  23  and  29  out by utilizing the gap formed between both the mounting bodies  21  and  22 . Further, the panel mounting body  21  is provided with the cut-off hole  27  having the inner diameter R 2  which is smaller than the outer diameter R 1  of the head portion of the screw and larger than the outer diameter of the spacer, and the difference in dimension between the inner diameter R 2  of the cut-off hole and the outer diameter of the spacer is larger than the difference in dimension (T 1 −T 2 ) between the thickness of the spacer and the thickness of the mounting plate, it is possible to rotatably hold the door panel  11  to the drawer  5  by utilizing the difference in dimension.  
         [0046]     Since the outer periphery of the door panel  11  is provided with the protruding portions  32  and  33  for fine adjustment opposing to the adjacent door panel, the protruding portions  32  and  33  are respectively brought into contact with the adjacent surfaces of the adjacent door panels  11  every time when the drawer  5  is taken in and out, whereby the rotatable door panel  11  is freely rotated, it is possible to appropriately adjust the gap of the vertically or laterally adjacent door panels to the fixed intervals  3   a  and  4   a  automatically, and it is possible to finely adjust the door panel  11 .  
         [0047]     Describing in detail, the protruding portion  32  is formed at two right and left positions on the upper surface of the door panel  11 , and is set to the proper dimension  3   a  which is equal to the interval  3   a  with respect to the vertically adjacent door panels, whereby the protruding portion  32  is brought into contact with the adjacent surfaces of the vertically adjacent door panels  11  every time when the drawer  5  is taken in and out, so that the rotatable door panel  11  is freely rotated, and it is possible to automatically adjust the gap  3   a  of both the door panels to the fixed interval  3   a.    
         [0048]     On the other hand, the protruding portion  33  is provided at the center of both the right and left side surfaces of the door panel  11 , and is set to the proper dimension  2   a  which is equal to a half of the interval  4   a  with respect to the laterally adjacent door panels, whereby the protruding portion  33  is brought into contact with the adjacent surfaces of the laterally adjacent door panels  11  every time when the drawer  5  is taken in and out, so that the rotatable door panel  11  is freely rotated, and it is possible to automatically adjust the gap  4   a  of both the door panels to the fixed interval  4   a.    
         [0049]     Since the fine adjusting work of the door panel  11  to the proper position can be executed every time when the drawer  5  is taken in and out, it is possible to lighten the fastening force and the fixing force between the drawer and the door panel. Since the door panel  11  is rotatably held by the mounting plate  18 , it is possible to execute the fine adjustment of the door panel  11  on the basis of the operation of taking the drawer  5  in and out. Since the door panel  11  attached to the panel mounting body  21 , and the circuit board  17  attached to the substrate mounting body  22  are integrally rotated in correspondence to the operation of taking the drawer  5  in and out, it is possible to always keep the positional relation between the substrate  17  and the panel  11  well.  
         [0050]     As in detail described above, in accordance with the present invention, since it is possible to execute the fine adjusting work of the door panel ( 11 ) to the proper position every time when the drawer ( 5 ) is taken in and out, it is possible to lighten the fastening force and the fixing force between the drawer and the door panel.  
         [0051]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since it is possible to receive the signal from the tablet case ( 6 ) by each of the circuit boards ( 17 ) arranged so as to be separated into each of the drawers ( 5 ), it is possible to structure the circuit which is independent per each of the drawers ( 5 ).  
         [0052]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the door panel ( 11 ) is rotatably held by the mounting plate ( 18 ), it is possible to execute the fine adjustment of the door panel ( 11 ) on the basis of the operation of taking the drawer ( 5 ) in and out.  
         [0053]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the door panel ( 11 ) is rotatably held by the spacer ( 24 ), it is possible to simplify the holding structure.  
         [0054]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the thickness (T 1 ) of the spacer ( 24 ) is larger than the thickness (T 2 ) of the mounting plate ( 18 ), it is possible to absorb the excessive fastened distance by the difference in dimension even if there is generated the matter that the screw ( 23 ) is excessively fastened over the proper fastened position, and it is possible to inhibit and prevent the door panel ( 11 ) or the spacer ( 24 ) from being broken due to the fastening force.  
         [0055]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the spacer ( 24 ) is made of metal, it is possible to inhibit and prevent the door panel ( 11 ) or the spacer ( 24 ) from being broken even if the screw ( 23 ) is excessively fastened over the proper fastened position.  
         [0056]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the mounting plate ( 18 ) is constituted by the panel mounting body ( 21 ) fixing the door panel ( 11 ), and the substrate mounting body ( 22 ) fixing the circuit board ( 17 ), it is possible to get the leg of each of the fixing screws ( 23 ,  29 ) out by utilizing the gap formed between both the mounting bodies ( 21 ,  22 ).  
         [0057]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the panel mounting body ( 21 ) is provided with the cut-off hole ( 27 ) having the inner diameter (R 2 ) which is smaller than the outer diameter (R 1 ) of the head portion of the screw and larger than the outer diameter of the spacer, and the difference in dimension between the inner diameter (R 2 ) of the cut-off hole and the outer diameter of the spacer is larger than the difference in dimension (T 1 −T 2 ) between the thickness of the spacer and the thickness of the mounting plate, it is possible to rotatably hold the door panel ( 11 ) with respect to the drawer ( 5 ) by utilizing the difference in dimension.  
         [0058]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the protruding portions ( 32 ,  33 ) for fine adjustment opposing to the adjacent door panel are provided in the outer periphery of the door panel ( 11 ), the protruding portions ( 32 ,  33 ) are respectively brought into contact with the adjacent surfaces of the adjacent door panels ( 11 ) every time when the drawer ( 5 ) is taken in and out, whereby the rotatable door panel ( 11 ) is freely rotated, appropriately adjusts the gap of the vertically or laterally adjacent door panels to the fixed intervals ( 3   a ,  4   a ) automatically, and can execute the fine adjustment of the door panel ( 11 ).  
         [0059]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the protruding portion ( 32 ) is formed at two right and left positions on the upper surface of the door panel ( 11 ), and is set to the proper dimension ( 3   a ) which is equal to the interval ( 3   a ) with respect to the vertically adjacent door panels, the protruding portion ( 32 ) is brought into contact with the adjacent surfaces of the vertically adjacent door panels ( 11 ) every time when the drawer ( 5 ) is taken in and out, whereby the rotatable door panel ( 11 ) is freely rotated, and it is possible to automatically adjusts the gap ( 3   a ) of both the door panels to the fixed interval ( 3   a ).  
         [0060]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the protruding portion ( 33 ) is provided at the center of both the right and left sides of the door panel ( 11 ), and is set to the proper dimension ( 2   a ) which is equal to a half of the interval ( 4   a ) with respect to the laterally adjacent door panels, the protruding portion ( 33 ) is brought into contact with the adjacent surfaces of the laterally adjacent door panels ( 11 ) every time when the drawer ( 5 ) is taken in and out, whereby the rotatable door panel ( 11 ) is freely rotated, and it is possible to automatically adjusts the gap ( 4   a ) of both the door panels to the fixed interval ( 4   a ).  
         [0061]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the door panel ( 11 ) attached to the panel mounting body ( 21 ), and the circuit board ( 17 ) attached to the substrate mounting body ( 22 ) are integrally rotated in accordance with the operation of taking the drawer ( 5 ) in and out, it is possible to always keep the positional relation between the substrate ( 17 ) and the panel ( 11 ) well.  
         [0062]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, the medicine feeding apparatus is provided with the main body ( 2 ), a plurality of tablet cases ( 6 ) receiving the medicines, the drawers ( 5 ) attached to the main body so as to be freely drawn, and detachably attaching the tablet cases, and the drawer ( 5 ) is constituted by the drawer main body ( 15 ) detachably attaching a plurality of tablet cases, and the door panel ( 11 ) rotatably held to the front surface of the drawer main body, the circuit board ( 17 ) is arranged between the drawer main body and the door panel, the door panel ( 11 ) is rotatably held to the drawer main body ( 15 ) and is finely adjusted to the proper position in correspondence to the operation of taking the drawer ( 5 ) in and out, the medicine discharged from the tablet case ( 6 ) is free fallen so as to be collected at one position, and the collected medicine is charged into the medicine packing paper. Accordingly, it is possible to execute the fine adjusting work of the door panel ( 11 ) to the proper position every time when the drawer ( 5 ) is taken in and out, and it is possible to lighten the fastening force and the fixing force between the drawer and the door panel.  
         [0063]     Further, in accordance with the present invention, since the drawer ( 5 ) rotatably holds the door panel ( 11 ) to the front surface ( 16 ) of the drawer main ( 15 ) body via a mounting plate ( 18 ), and the mounting plate ( 18 ) is rotatably held to the drawer main body ( 15 ) by the screw ( 23 ) and the spacer ( 24 ), it is possible to receive the signal from the tablet case ( 6 ) by each of the circuit boards ( 17 ) arranged so as to be separated per the drawer ( 5 ), it is possible to construct the circuits which are independent per the drawers ( 5 ), and it is possible to execute the fine adjustment of the door panel ( 11 ) every time when the drawer ( 5 ) is taken in and out.