Patent ID: 7596925

Claim:
A medicine delivering device including a printer that performs predetermined printing, by use of an ink ribbon, on a packaging paper for packaging a medicine, the medicine delivering device comprising: a stationary member that is provided in a device body, a movable member that is movably provided to the stationary member, a printer head that is swingably provided to the movable member, a backup roller that is provided to the stationary member and that opposes the printer head, an ink ribbon that is detachably provided to the movable member and that is configured to guide an ink tape to the printer head, a tension bar that is swingably provided to the stationary member and that is configured to press the ink tape such that a tensile force is adjusted, and a swinging mechanism attached to the printer head and to the tension bar, such that when the movable member moves relative to the stationary member, the swinging mechanism swings the printer head and the tension bar in mutually opposing directions.