Patent ID: 8430269

Claim:
A tablet cassette of an automatic tablet packing apparatus comprising: a tablet cassette body including a receptacle portion having an open upper end, and a cylindrical portion formed below the receptacle portion and having a closed circular lower surface, the circular lower surface of the cylindrical portion being formed at the center thereof with a circular shaft hole, into which a pinion of a cassette pedestal is inserted, and also, at an outer circumferential position thereof with a discharge hole for discharge of a tablet; and a division block rotatably arranged inside the cylindrical portion, the division block having a cylindrical recess indented in the center of a lower surface thereof for engagement of the pinion and at least one transfer passage indented in an outer circumferential surface thereof to transfer the tablet introduced into the receptacle portion downward, wherein the transfer passage includes a separation recess for downward transfer of the tablet, a lower end of which is blocked by a prop, and a supply recess along which the tablet having passed through the separation recess is moved on the outer circumferential surface of the division block to thereby be discharged downward via rotation of the division block, and wherein a bottom ring is provided around a lower end of the division block to transfer the tablet located in the separation recess into the supply recess via rotation of the division block, the bottom ring having an opening for discharge of the tablet, wherein the bottom ring includes a passage edge surface located lower than the prop, an inclined edge surface to cause the tablet located in the separation recess to be moved upward in the separation recess so as to be transferred to the supply recess, and a supporting edge surface located higher than the prop, the passage edge surface, inclined edge surface, and supporting edge surface being formed in succession.