Patent ID: 6928790

Claim:
A medication filling apparatus comprising a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medications of respective types, a plurality of hoppers provided side by side below the respective tablet cases arranged to receive the medications dispensed therefrom, dispensing ports respectively formed at the bottommost portions of the hoppers, a plurality of holding cells that are disposed below the hoppers and are rotationally moved on circumferences where the dispensing ports of the hoppers exist, shutters for opening and closing lower end outlets of the holding cells, and charging means for guiding the medications dispensed from the holding cell to a predetermined container and for charging the medications wherein, when a medication is dispensed from a tablet case, a holding cell is rotationally moved to adjust its position thereby to align an upper end inlet of the holding cell to the dispensing port of the hopper that receives the dispensed medication so as to accommodate the medication falling from the tablet case in a predetermined holding cell, and when filling a container, the holding cell is rotationally moved to align its outlet to the charging means before a shutter is opened, wherein the holding cell is constructed by a fixed cell and a movable cell installed such that it can move in a direction for opening the outlet in relation to the fixed cell, and the movable cell is moved in a direction for opening the outlet by movable cell driving means when opening the shutter.