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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Tasuku Minami, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Toyonaka, JP;
Tasuku Minami, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Toyonaka, JP;
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A tablet feeder including a tablet accommodating section () capable of accommodating a multiplicity of tablets A; a tablet array member () which is disposed in the tablet accommodating section () and which, while being driven and rotated, retains the tablets A one after another in pockets () formed in an outer periphery thereof and discharges the tablets at a discharge position; and a partitioning member () whose partitioning portion () having a shape of a brush partitions the pocket () so that the upper tablets A do not fall into the lower pocket (). Thereby, the tablets A that are retained in the pocket () of the tablet array member () are discharged in a predetermined number. The partitioning member () includes a plurality of brush elements () constituting a partitioning portion (). At least part of the brush elements () each has a tip that is bent in a U-shape. Thus, deformation of the brush elements (), constituting the partitioning member (), can be surely prevented.