Patent ID: 8360056

Claim:
A medicine sprayer comprising: an air pump mechanism arranged to supply air by a pressure; a capsule puncture needle arranged to form a hole in a capsule; an air passage arranged to discharge a medicine within the capsule to outside the capsule, by the air supplied by the air pump mechanism; a first divided member formed with a capsule holding portion holding the capsule; a second divided member including the capsule puncture needle arranged to be moved into or out of the capsule holding portion; the first divided member and the second divided member being connected to be relatively pivoted with respect to each other, at least between a posture in which the capsule holding portion is exposed, and a posture in which the capsule holding portion is hid by the second divided member, the first divided member being arranged to restrict the advancing movement of the capsule puncture needle when the first divided member and the second divided member are in the posture in which the capsule holding portion is exposed, wherein the first divided member includes a capsule insertion hole which serves as the capsule holding portion, and which is formed in a protrusion of the first divided member; an outlet of the capsule puncture needle from the second divided member confronts an opening portion of the capsule insertion hole when the first divided member and the second divided member are in the posture in which the capsule insertion is hid so that the capsule puncture needle is arranged to be moved from the opening portion into the capsule insertion hole; and the outlet confronts the protrusion of the first divided member when the first divided member and the second divided member are in the posture in which the capsule insertion hole is exposed so that the protrusion of the first divided member restricts the advancing movement of the capsule puncture needle.