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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ryuzo Tobe, Gunma, JP;
Atsuo Inamura, Gunma, JP;
Manabu Haraguchi, Gunma, JP;
Shinya Uema, Gunma, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/100 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a medicine supply apparatus which can improve the efficiency of a dispensing operation. The medicine supply apparatus comprises a plurality of tablet cases stored in a main body case storage part, each tablet case including a container for containing medicines, and a discharge drum for discharging the medicines one by one from the container , and the container is provided with a residual amount sensor for detecting that the residual amount of medicines in the container is lowered to indicate a predetermined value.