Patent ID: 8887603

Claim:
A tablet division feeder comprising: a moving unit to move a tablet T; a fixing blade located in a movement path of the tablet T; and a support plate extending from the fixing blade such that divided tablets T 2 on the fixing blade are transferred and kept onto the support plate, wherein the fixing blade divides the tablet T into upper and lower divided tablets as the tablet T is moved in such a manner that the lower divided tablet T 1 is discharged and the upper divided tablet T 2 is transferred and kept on the support plate, and the upper divided tablet T 2 is discharged from the support plate as the upper divided tablet T 2 is further moved; and wherein the moving unit includes a rotor, which is installed in a container for receiving a plurality of tablets T such that a rotating shaft of the rotor is longitudinally arranged in the container, recesses are formed in an axial direction of the rotor along an entire lateral side of the rotor at a regular interval to receive the tablets T, a rotor receiving part of the container has a tablet discharge port, the fixing blade and the support plate are installed outside the rotor receiving part, a peripheral groove is formed along an entire lateral side of the rotor such that the fixing blade and the support plate are inserted into the peripheral groove, the fixing blade divides the tablet T, which is accommodated in the recess and moves while being guided along an inner wall of the rotor receiving part as the rotor rotates, in such a manner that the lower divided tablet T 1 is discharged through the discharge port and the upper divided tablet T 2 is transferred to and kept on the support plate extending from the fixing blade from a top surface of the fixing blade, and the upper divided tablet T 2 is discharged from the support plate to the discharge port as the rotor is further rotated.