Patent ID: 7857162

Claim:
A tablet feeder comprising: a tablet accommodating section capable of accommodating a multiplicity of tablets; a tablet array member which is rotatably disposed in the tablet accommodating section and which, while being driven and rotated, retains the tablets one after another in pockets defined in an outer periphery thereof such that the tablets can be discharged at a discharge position; and a partitioning member including a fixing portion and a partitioning portion having a plurality of brush elements that extend from the fixing portion and terminate in ends, the partitioning portion being disposed in the vicinity of the discharge position so as to partition the pocket at the discharge position and enter between upper tablets and a lower tablet so that the upper tablets are prevented from falling into a lower portion of the pocket, and thereby the tablets retained in the pockets of the tablet array member are discharged by a predetermined number, wherein at least two adjacent brush elements, among the brush elements constituting the partitioning portion of the partitioning member, are connected at the ends thereof so as to form a U-shaped tip portion.