TABLET RELEASING DEVICE, DRUG PACKAGING MACHINE HAVING TABLET RELEASING DEVICE, AND TABLET CLASSIFICATION DEVICE

摘要

Provided is a tablet releasing device having a simple structure and capable of releasing tablets one by one from a group of a plurality of tablets. Also provided is a drug packaging machine incorporating the tablet releasing device.　This tablet releasing device has: a flat plate having a substantially horizontal surface and capable of rotating with tablets placed on the upper surface thereof; an outer circumferential-side guide body provided on the outer circumferential side of the upper surface of the flat pate; an inner circumferential-side guide body provided inward of the outer circumferential-side guide body on the upper surface of the flat plate; a tablet conveyance unit that is constituted from the flat plate, the outer circumferential-side guide body, and the inner circumferential-side guide body, and conveys tablets by rotating the flat plate; and a regulating body that is provided on the tablet conveyance unit to protrude from the outer circumferential-side guide body and/or the inner circumferential-side guide body, and is brought into contact with the tablets to regulate at least one of the amount, intervals, and orientation of tablets.