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1. A medicine supply apparatus for dividing, into small portions, tablets or medicines having a dosage form similar to a tablet form and supplying the divided tablets or the medicines, the medicine supply apparatus comprising a tablet supplying portion that temporarily houses the tablets or the medicines, wherein
the tablet supplying portion includes a tablet supplying portion body, a bottom plate, and a bottom plate supporting member, the tablet supplying portion body includes a supply cell, the supply cell includes an upper opening portion opened upward and a lower opening portion opened downward, a tablet housing space is formed between the upper opening portion and the lower opening portion, the bottom plate is provided so as to correspond to the supply cell, and includes a bottom plate upper surface, a first end portion, and a second end, the first end portion of the bottom plate is attached to the tablet supplying portion body such that the lower opening portion is opened and closed by a pivotal movement of the second end of the bottom plate, the bottom plate supporting member supports the bottom plate from below to thereby make a pivotal movement of the bottom plate restrictable, and is relatively movable in a horizontal direction with respect to the tablet supplying portion body, the bottom plate pivotally moves between a state where the lower opening portion is blocked from opening and an opened state, along with the relative movement in the horizontal direction, and in a state where the bottom plate closes the lower opening portion, at least part of the second end of the bottom plate upper surface is located higher, whereas a lower surface in a periphery of the lower opening portion is located lower. |
