MEDICATION PAYOUT DEVICE, HOPPER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

Disclosed is a medication payout device provided with: a medication supply unit (1) provided with a plurality of parallel cartridge loading units (2) arranged one on top of another and a tablet pathway (4) that extends vertically along the cartridge loading units (2); medication cartridges (3) which can be loaded into the cartridge loading units (2) in the medication supply unit (1) and which contain medications in a manner such that said medications can be ejected; and a hopper (5) that collects tablets which have been paid out from medication cartridges (3) and have fallen down the tablet pathway (4). The hopper (5) is provided with a guide pathway (7) corresponding to the tablet pathway (4). The guide pathway (7) is provided with a plurality of direction-change pieces that medications from the tablet pathway (4) collide with, successively changing directions in a zigzag fashion.