Patent ID: 7922037

Claim:
A device for manually dispensing medications to a preliminary dispensing cassette for use in a medication sorting and packing apparatus, comprising: a frame member which allows an operator to insert/extract the preliminary dispensing cassette therein, via the front face thereof, the preliminary dispensing cassette is partitioned into a multitude of cells; a part for manually dispensing medications provided as one of a built-in member of a top face of the frame member or a lid that allows the operator to open/close the top face of said frame member, the part for manually dispensing medications has a multitude of cell through holes formed with a layout that matches a layout of the cells provided to said preliminary dispensing cassette; a multitude of open/closed switching members respectively provided within said cell through holes; and an open/closed switching driving means which drives said open/closed switching members independently of one another, wherein each of the open/closed switching members is configured to hold thereon a medication inserted into a corresponding cell through hole when closed and allow the medication to drop into a corresponding cell of the preliminary dispensing cassette when opened.