Patent ID: 8782999

Claim:
A tablet supply apparatus; comprising: a main body including an upper portion and a lower portion; a case accommodating unit provided in the upper portion; a plurality of shelves provided in the case accommodating unit, the plurality of shelves configured to be drawn out forward of the main body; a plurality of tablet cases secured in each of the shelves, each of the tablet cases configured to accommodate a tablet; a tablet feeder provided on a front face of the lower portion, the tablet feeder configured to open forward of the main body, wherein the tablet feeder includes, a tablet feeder body including a space formed in the tablet feeder body for putting an additive tablet on a bottom of the space, an opening formed at front of the tablet feeder body and a lid member provided at the opening such that, the lid member opens forward of the main body, the lid member is movable between an open state under which the additive tablet is allowed to be put into the space and a close state under which the additive tablet is not allowed to be put into the space, the lid member is configured to be turnable in a front-and-rear direction around an axis extending in a horizontal direction, and wherein when the lid member is in the open state, the lid member is set to be inclined to a part of the bottom of the space such that the additive tablet is allowed to be guided along the inclined lid member to the part of the bottom of the space, and a shutter unit configured in the part of the bottom of the space and configured to open the part of the bottom of the space to drop the additive tablet, a hopper provided in the lower portion and below the plurality of tablet cases and the tablet feeder, the hopper configured to receive the tablet dropped from each of the tablet cases or the additive tablet dropped from the tablet feeder; and a filling device provided in the lower portion and configured to fill the tablet or the additive tablet discharged from the hopper.