PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning device of the hopper of a medicine packing machine capable of certainly blowing off the medicine adhered to the inner surface of the hopper over the whole area of the inner surface of the hopper, and to provide a cleaning method.SOLUTION: The cleaning device of the hopper of the medicine packing machine is equipped with the hopper 4 for receiving the medicine from a medicine supply part, the freely openable and closable lid 30 provided to the opening part formed to the lower end of the hopper 4 in order to charge the medicine received by the hopper 4 to parceling paper from the opening part and the nozzle 9 charged in the hopper 4 from above through a drive mechanism to blow air and also equipped with a nozzle position control means 26 for spraying air while moving the nozzle 9 in the up and down direction of the hopper 4 when the nozzle 9 is charged in the hopper 4 by the drive mechanism.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】ホッパーの内面に付着している薬剤を内面全域に渡って確実に吹き飛ばすことができる薬剤分包機のホッパーの清掃装置及び清掃方法を提供する。【解決手段】薬剤供給部からの薬剤を受け取るホッパー4と、該ホッパー4にて受止めた薬剤を該ホッパー4の下端の開口部から分包紙に投入するべく、該開口部に備えている開閉自在な蓋30と、前記ホッパー4内にそれの上方から駆動機構を介して投入してエアを吹き付けるノズル9とを備え、前記ノズル9が前記駆動機構にて前記ホッパー4内に投入されたときに、該ホッパー4の上下方向で該ノズル9を移動させながらエアを吹き付けるノズル位置制御手段26を備えた。【選択図】図15
