Sorting device for tablets

A sorting device for tablets for separating out multiple tablets, the sorting device comprising:

• a plurality of stations including a feed station, a sorting station and an ejection station;
• a tablet transporter configured to move to individual ones of said plurality of stations in a direction of rotation;
• said tablet transporter including a row of tablet receivers for single tablets and a doublet receiver for multiple tablets which have been separated out;
• said doublet receiver being positioned laterally adjacent to said row of tablet receivers;
• each of said tablet receivers of said row of tablet receivers having a side wall laterally separating said tablet receiver from said doublet receiver;
• an individual one of said tablet receivers, a corresponding one of said side walls, and said doublet receiver conjointly defining a sorting region;
• and,
• a sorting tine configured to be moveable to and fro over a travel path in a lateral direction extending transversely to the direction of rotation in such a manner that said sorting tine passes over said sorting region.