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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Masahiko Kasuya, Toyonaka, JP;
Akitomi Kohama, Toyonaka, JP;
Masatoshi Warashina, Toyonaka, JP;
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Masahiko Kasuya, Toyonaka, JP;
Akitomi Kohama, Toyonaka, JP;
Masatoshi Warashina, Toyonaka, JP;
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A medicine dispensing apparatus which allows a prescribed quantity of medicines to be reliably taken out based on prescription data. The medicine dispensing apparatus includes a plurality of cassettes () which contain medicines in alignment, a pressing device () for pressing medicines in the cassette () toward one end side, a dispensing device () disposed at one end portion of the cassette and having a holding recess portion () for holding a medicine, a driving mechanism () for rotating the dispensing device () to a receiving position at which the medicine in the cassette () can be received in the holding recess portion () and to a taking out position at which the medicine held in the holding recess portion () can be taken out, a display () for displaying a cassette () containing medicines required to be dispensed among the cassettes, a driving switch () for rotating the dispensing device (), and a controller () for rotating the dispensing device () from the receiving position to the taking out position by the driving mechanism () when the driving switch () of the cassette () displayed by the display is turned on.