Patent ID: 7848846

Claim:
A tablet packing apparatus with tablet cases that discharge medicine tablets down a chute to a hopper leading to packing machine comprising: a plurality of reception compartments arranged in line into each of which at least one type of medicine tablet is to be respectively placed selectively, based on prescription data, said reception compartments being open on their upper side, arranged in a line and being movable; discharge means for discharging medicine tablets from said reception compartments, respectively, to a hopper; filling means for filling medicine tablets discharged from said hopper into containers; a guide means comprising a visual display device associated with each of said plurality of reception compartments for prompting a user to add medicine tablets to said reception compartments; a display panel; and control means for controlling said discharge means, said guide means, and said filling means, wherein said control means, energizes said visual display device associated with a reception compartment into which a type of medicine tablet should be placed and displays the quantity of the medicine tablet per dose on said display panel corresponding to the prescription data, moves said reception compartments along a line to a discharge position, controls said discharge means to discharge the medicine tablets to said hopper from each of said reception compartments as said reception compartment reaches said discharge position, and controls said filling means to fill the medicine tablets discharged from said hopper into containers.