Medicine supply apparatus
View Patent ↗A medicine supply apparatus to discharge a medicine into packing paper having a nozzle for discharging a medicine from a tablet case and a shutter rotatably provided in the nozzle for opening/closing a medicine drop path. The shutter includes a first rotatable shutter plate of a size capable of closing the inside of the nozzle, a second shutter plate swingably connected to the tip of the first shutter plate, and a guide for swinging the second shutter plate in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the first shutter plate in a final stage of the medicine discharge while the first shutter plate is opened. The tip of the second shutter plate is located in a position to narrow an outlet of the medicine drop path when the first shutter plate is opened.
1. A medicine supply apparatus for supplying a medicine comprising:
a tablet case containing the medicine;
a nozzle for discharging the medicine from said tablet case; and
a shutter rotatably provided in said nozzle for opening/closing a medicine drop path in said nozzle;
wherein said shutter comprises a first shutter plate of a size capable of closing the inside of said nozzle and that is rotated, a second shutter plate swingably connected to the tip of said first shutter plate, and a guide for swinging said second shutter plate in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of said first shutter plate in a final stage where said first shutter plate is opened, and
wherein the tip of said second shutter plate is located in a position to narrow an outlet of said medicine drop path when said first shutter plate is opened.
2. A medicine supply apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:
a roll of packing paper in the state where said packing paper is open at its upper end and folded at its lower end;
wherein said nozzle projects the medicine discharged from said tablet case into said packing paper upper open end that is being continuously drawn out;
heat seal means for sealing by heat welding an upper end opening of said packing paper having received the medicines from said nozzle, and partitioning said packing paper per pack; and
tension applying means for applying tension to said packing paper in a direction to close the upper end opening of said packing paper to be sealed by said heat seal means.
3. A medicine supply apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said tension applying means is movably provided and urged toward said packing paper by an elastic member.