Patent ID: 8196371

Claim:
A cap supply device for receiving caps configured to close vials filled with tablets and supplying the caps to a capping section one at a time, the cap having a center of gravity at a side opposite opening of the caps, the cap supply device comprising: a receiving section for receiving the caps; a discharge unit having an endless member within the receiving section and support members located at the endless member, the discharge unit being configured to upwardly lift and discharge the caps from the receiving section while the caps are vertically supported in the support members with the openings of the caps being directed to an opposite side of the endless member, wherein the endless member has a vertical portion and a tilt portion inclined downwardly from a lower end of the vertical portion; and a plurality of cap supply devices, wherein the caps are of different types and are discharged from the cap supply devices, each cap supply device having a cap selecting unit for selecting and supplying the caps discharged, wherein a stirring member is provided within a side wall of the receiving section, the stirring member being configured to reciprocate in a vertical direction along the side wall, and wherein the stirring member is driven to interlock with the endless member.