Aligning and feeding device

An aligning and conveying apparatus comprising:

• a rotating disk having a disk-shaped bottom wall and supported so as to be rotatable;
• a first ring having a first circumferential wall surrounding the bottom wall and supported so as to be rotatable;
• a second ring having a second circumferential wall surrounding the first circumferential wall and supported so as to be rotatable;
• and
• driving means for independently rotating the rotating disk, the first ring, and the second ring around respective rotational axes,
• wherein
• a first conveying part is provided in an upper part of the first circumferential wall, and a second conveying part is provided in an upper part of the second circumferential wall,
• in the rotating disk and the first ring, the bottom wall is positioned lower than the first conveying part so as to form a retaining space for retaining preparations inside the first ring, and the respective rotational axes are relatively inclined such that the preparations move from the bottom wall to the first conveying part at a first delivery position,
• in the first ring and the second ring, the first conveying part is positioned lower than the second conveying part, and the respective rotational axes are relatively inclined such that the preparations move from the first conveying part to the second conveying part at a second delivery position,
• the first conveying part comprises an upper end surface of the first circumferential wall, a radially outer side of the first circumferential wall being covered by an inner wall surface of the second circumferential wall, and
• the second conveying part comprises a cut part having a shape obtained by circumferentially cutting off a radially inner side of an upper end surface of the second circumferential wall.