PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain a PTP cassette 10 which is insusceptible to the material and stiffness of PTP-packaged medicines 8 and furthermore an end condition and has a wide range of applications and permits the medicines to be discharged at high speeds.SOLUTION: The PTP cassette 10 includes: an aligned storage portion 11 storing the PTP-packed medicines 8 vertically stacked in a lying condition and sequentially discharging mechanisms 15 to 18 moving them forward by bringing action portions 16 into contact with the lowermost of the PTP-packaged medicines 8 at the inside bottom of the aligned storage portion 11, wherein the PTP cassette transversely feeds the PTP-packaged medicines 8 sequentially from the bottom and discharges them forward from a discharge opening 14. The sequentially discharging mechanisms 15 to 18 rotate the action portions 16 along a vertical plane by rotating the mechanisms 15, the action portions 16 move forward at the inside bottom of the aligned storage portion 11 at the uppermost portion where the action portions get into the gaps of front and rear protruding portions 8c and are rotating, the action portions 16 butt the protruding portions 8c at the time when the action portions 16 move forward and cause the PTP-packaged medicines 8 to be transversely delivered if the PTP-packaged medicines 8 keep protruding portion-forming surfaces 8b faced down at the inside bottoms of the storage space.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】PTP包装剤8の材質や剛性さらには端部状態の影響を受け難くて適用範囲が広く高速排出も可能なPTPカセット10を実現する。【解決手段】PTP包装剤8を各々は横にして縦に積み重ね収納する整列収納部11と、最下のPTP包装剤8に整列収納部11の内底で作用部16を接触させて前進させる順次排出機構15~18とを備えていて、PTP包装剤8を下から順に横送りして排出口14から前方へ排出するPTPカセット10において、順次排出機構15~18が作用部16を回転機構15にて鉛直面に沿って旋回させ、作用部16が前後の突起部8cの間隙に入って旋回中の最上位置では整列収納部11の内底で前進し、PTP包装剤8が収納空間の内底で突起部形成面8bを下にしていれば作用部16の前進時に作用部16が突起部8cに当接してPTP包装剤8が横送りされるようにする。【選択図】 図1
