PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article supply apparatus which can supply, reliably without damage, a required number of object articles among a large number of object articles, e.g. tablets.SOLUTION: An article supply apparatus includes a bowl feeder, a base board portion B1 provided with an article support surface B1d which contains a reception position B7 closely facing a delivery position A2 along a side wall surface A1b, on the outer peripheral side, of a runway A1 of the bowl feeder and a fall supply hole portion B8 opened to the article support surface B1d and located at a position separated from the delivery position A2, a rotation body B2 which is rotatable on the article support surface B1d and has an article reception portion B2f opened outward in the radial direction and downward in the rotation axial direction and being capable of housing an object article W1 on the article support surface B1d, a drive portion B4 rotating the rotation body B2 and a side peripheral surface portion B5 for preventing the article W1 housed in the article reception portion B2f from leaving outward in the radial direction.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】錠剤等の多数の対象物品から所要数の対象物品を損傷なく確実に供給することができる物品供給装置の提供。【解決手段】ボウルフィーダと、その走路A1の外周側の側壁面A1bに沿って位置する送出位置A2に近接して相対する受容位置B7を含む物品支持面B1dを有すると共にその物品支持面B1dに開口する落下供給孔部B8を送出位置A2から離隔した位置に有する基盤部B1と、物品支持面B1d上を回動し得、径方向外方及び回動軸線方向下方に開口して物品支持面B1d上において対象物品W1を収容し得る物品受容部B2fを有する回動体B2と、その回動体B2を回動させる駆動部B4と、物品受容部B2fに受容された物品W1が径方向外方へ離脱することを防ぐ側周面部B5を設ける。【選択図】図1
