PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact medicine dispensing/packaging apparatus in which if some powder medicine should remain in a second divisional container, the residual powder medicine will not be mixed with the powder medicine in a first divisional container.SOLUTION: The medicine dispensing/packaging apparatus includes: a divisional container 31 composed of a first divisional container 31a and a second divisional container 31b connectable to each other and each including a plurality of powder medicine accommodation parts 36 accommodating powder medicine in equal amounts corresponding to one package, each powder medicine accommodation part 36 being equipped with a bottom plate that can be opened and closed a carrying means 27 for horizontally carrying the divisional container 31 between an initial position and a first movement terminal position a dispensing/packaging means for recovering powder medicine dropped from the divisional container 31 carried by the carrying means by successively opening the bottom plates and dispensing/packaging the powder medicine package by package and a swinging means 50 for canceling the connection between the first divisional container 31a and the second divisional container 31b at the first movement terminal position to enable the first divisional container 31a to move to a second movement terminal position and swinging the second divisional container to a retracted position.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】コンパクトで、万一第2分割容器に散薬が残留していたとしても、落下して第1分割容器内の散薬に混ざることのない薬剤分包装置を提供する。【解決手段】散薬を1包分ずつ均等に分割して収容される複数の散薬収容部36からなり、互いに連結可能な第1分割容器31a及び第2分割容器31bで構成され、各散薬収容部36が開閉可能な底板を備えた分割容器31と、分割容器31を初期位置と第1移動終点位置の間で水平方向に搬送する搬送手段27と、搬送手段によって搬送された分割容器31から、順次底板を開放することにより落下させた散薬を回収して1包分ずつ分包する分包手段と、第1分割容器31aを第2移動終点位置に移動可能となるように、第1移動終点位置で、第1分割容器31aとの連結状態を解除して第2分割容器31bを待避位置に旋回移動させる旋回手段50とを備える。【選択図】図10
