Medicine supply apparatus

摘要

There is disclosed a medicine supply apparatus that can effectively solve medicine lodgment or blocking within a nozzle that discharges a medicine into packing paper. The medicine supply apparatus includes a nozzle for discharging a medicine discharged from a tablet case and a shutter rotatably provided in the nozzle for opening/closing a medicine drop path in the nozzle. The shutter includes a first shutter plate that has a size capable of closing the inside of the nozzle and is rotated, a second shutter plate swingably connected to the tip of the first shutter plate, and a guide for swinging the second shutter plate in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the first shutter plate in a final stage where the first shutter plate is opened. The tip of the second shutter plate is located in a position to narrow an outlet of the medicine drop path when the first shutter plate is opened.