PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensively medicine cart capable of advancing trays to be taken out at one time, and reliably preventing an error of tray insertion.SOLUTION: In this medicine cart, the front face of a body 11 is formed with a large number of sections 14 into which the medicines storage trays 5 are extractably inserted, drive mechanisms 12 are each disposed in the rear of each section 14, a reading device 15 of identification information 9 of the tray 5 is provided, a controller 20 controls the drive mechanism 12 based on the identification information 9 to bring the section in a tray-already-inserted state and the section of a tray-next-insertion candidate out of the sections 14 into a retreat drive state/perfect insertable state and to bring the other sections into an advance drive state/imperfect state in tray storage work, and to advance the trays storing medicines to be taken out simultaneously with takeout targets at one time in tray takeout work.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】取出対象のトレーを一斉に前進させることができるうえトレー挿着の誤りを確実に防止することもできる薬品カートを安価に実現する。【解決手段】薬品類収容トレー5を抜き取り可能に挿着する多数の区画14を本体部11の前面に形成し、各区画14の後方に駆動機構12を配設し、トレー5の識別情報9の読取装置15を設け、制御装置20が識別情報9に基づいて駆動機構12を制御して、トレー収納作業時には、区画14のうちトレー既挿着状態の区画とトレー次挿着候補の区画については後退駆動状態・完全挿着可能状態にさせるとともに他の区画については前進駆動状態・不完全状態にさせ、トレー取出作業時には取出対象と同時取出対象の薬品類を収容しているトレーを一斉に前進させる。【選択図】 図1
