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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
Koichi Kobayashi, Ota, JP;
Manabu Haraguchi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Akinori Hatsuno, Gunma-ken, JP;
Toshitake Maruyama, Kumagaya, JP;
Tetsuo Sakurai, Ota, JP;
Koichi Kobayashi, Ota, JP;
Manabu Haraguchi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Akinori Hatsuno, Gunma-ken, JP;
Toshitake Maruyama, Kumagaya, JP;
Tetsuo Sakurai, Ota, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, JP;
Abstract
An object is to provide a medicine supply apparatus capable of reducing a time required for charging medicines without causing any trouble during counting of the medicines, the apparatus comprises: a discharge drum which discharges the medicines from a tablet case; a medicine detecting sensor which detects the medicines discharged from the tablet case, and a control device, and this control device controls a rotating motor for rotating the discharge drum to discharge the medicines from the tablet case, counts the discharged medicines based on a detecting operation of the medicine detecting sensor, and changes a discharge speed of the medicine by the discharge drum depending on a type of medicine in the tablet case.