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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Manabu Haraguchi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Kazushi Yamaoka, Ota, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A medication packaging apparatus for packaging solid medications specified by prescriptions at a hospital, pharmacy, etc. The medication packaging apparatus is equipped with: a plurality of tablet cases which hold solid medications separately by type; a turntable which is located under the tablet cases and which turns to receive and gather the medications at the outer periphery thereof by the centrifugal force thereof; a guide which is formed around the turntable and which has a dispensing port; and a heat sealing mechanism for forming a roll of thermally weldable packaging paper into small bags in succession. The mechanism for collecting the medications which have been released from the tablet cases can be made thinner and therefore, the entire medication packaging apparatus can be made smaller.