TABLET FEEDING DEVICE, TABLET FEEDING METHOD, STATIC ELIMINATION UNIT, AND STATIC ELIMINATION METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a tablet from that the tablet is adhered to a tablet sheet due to static charging during pushing the tablet out of the tablet sheet, whereby the tablet cannot be taken out.SOLUTION: A tablet feeding device which takes out tablets from a tablet sheet with tablet storage parts in each of which a tablet is encapsulated, comprises: one or more tablet taking-out unit; a feeding unit for feeding the tablets taken out by the tablet taking-out unit; and a static elimination unit for statically eliminating the tablet sheet. The tablet taking-out unit comprises: a tablet sheet storage part which can store one or more tablet sheets; a carrying mechanism for carrying the tablet sheet; and a placing stand on which the tablet sheet carried by the carrying mechanism is placed. The static elimination unit comprises: an ion generation part which generates ions for statically eliminating the tablet sheet; and an ion supplying mechanism for supplying generated ions to one or more tablet taking-out units.