Patent ID: 8360271

Claim:
A pharmaceutical product dispensing system comprising: a pharmaceutical product dispensing apparatus which aligns rows of pharmaceutical products for storage so that the products are sequentially ejectable, and which automatically discharges the products from the rows and guides the products downward for collection; and a pharmaceutical product storage apparatus which holds a two-dimensional array of a large number of containers accommodating pharmaceutical products so that the containers can be drawn forward, and which is configured to advance the containers by using container opening mechanisms provided behind the containers, the dispensing apparatus and the storage apparatus being provided side by side, wherein the pharmaceutical product dispensing apparatus comprises a first transporting mechanism to transport a pharmaceutical product, wherein a work table is attached to the pharmaceutical storage apparatus, a chute is formed by cutting a portion of the work table, and a weighing scale is provided in the chute, the storage apparatus being further provided with a second transporting mechanism for feeding a product ejected by the pharmaceutical product dispensing apparatus to the chute, wherein the first transporting mechanism of the dispensing apparatus and the second transporting mechanism of the storage apparatus constitute a continuous transporting channel that runs across the pharmaceutical product dispensing apparatus and the pharmaceutical product storage apparatus.