PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve an individually packaged medicine automatic feeder 40 which stores a number of individually packaged medicines 10 each formed by sealing a round medicine 11 in a bag 12 and sequentially feeds them each in a good posture.SOLUTION: The automatic feeder includes: a number of individual storage members 20 each of which includes a box body 21 whose top is opened and height C is lower than the height A of the round medicine 11 and which store one individually packaged medicine 10 in an upright position an endless belt 41 whose upper portion is horizontally tensioned and a drive unit 44 which circulatingly moves the endless belt 41 wherein the individual storage members 20 are arranged in a row circumferentially on the endless belt 41. Of each individual storage member 20, the box body 21 is shaped like a rectangular parallelepiped, a longitudinal internal dimension D is narrower than the outside diameter B of the round medicine 11, a lateral internal dimension F is wider than the outside diameter B of the round medicine 11, a front wall 23 includes a notch 24 formed at its center, and a rear wall 25 includes a notch 26 at its center, allowing the individually packaged medicine 10 to be movably inserted therein.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】丸もの薬剤11を一つずつ袋12に入れて密封した個別包装薬剤10を多数収納しておいて姿勢良く逐次供給する個別包装薬剤自動供給装置40をコンパクトに実現。【解決手段】上面が解放され高さCが丸もの薬剤11の高さAより低い箱体21からなり個別包装薬剤10を一つ立てて収容しうる個別収容部材20を多数と、上側部分が水平に張られた無端条帯41と、この無端条帯41を循環移動させる駆動部44とを備え、個別収容部材20を無端条帯41の外周に列設した。個別収容部材20は、箱体21が直方体状であり、前後の内法Dが丸もの薬剤11の外径Bより狭く、左右の内法Fが丸もの薬剤11の外径Bより広く、前壁23の中央に欠け24が形成され後壁25の中央に欠け26が形成されていて個別包装薬剤10を遊挿可能になっている。【選択図】 図1
