Patent ID: 7690529

Claim:
An automatic medicine packing machine for packing a variety of medicines dose by dose continuously, comprising: a plurality of cassette units in which the variety of medicines are accommodated; a hopper configured to collect the medicines discharged from the cassette units; a packing unit configured to pack the medicines collected by the hopper; and a shutter assembly mounted on the hopper to temporarily suspend the medicines discharged from the cassette units, the shutter assembly including a frame detachably mounted to an upper end of the hopper, an openable and closable shutter unit arranged and mounted on the frame, a driving device configured to drive the shutter unit to be opened and closed, and an interlocking unit configured to transfer a driving force of the driving device to the shutter unit to interlock the shutter unit, the shutter unit including a shutter member pivotably mounted to open and close a passage between the cassette unit and the hopper, and a connection member detachably coupled to the interlocking unit and allowing the shutter member to be rotated by the driving force transferred through the interlocking unit, the interlocking unit including an interlocking member installed to be pivotable on a pivot shaft by the driving device within a predetermined angle range, the pivot shaft being integrally formed in a lower end of the interlocking member, a fitting groove into which the connection member is detachably coupled being formed in an upper end of the interlocking member, and the connection member including a cylindrical end portion to be detachably coupled to the fitting groove.