Test strip holder and test strip discharging mechanism

A test strip holder comprising:

• a holding member at which at least a portion of a lower side of an inner periphery is a cylindrical surface, wherein the holding member includes a cylinder having an interior for holding a test strip, wherein the test strip is elongated and has thickness X, and wherein a central axis of the cylinder is an imaginary central axis extending a length of the cylinder;
• an opening portion provided in an outer surface of the holding member;
• a sorting member configured to rotate at the interior of the holding member around a rotation axis that is parallel to and overlaps with the central axis;
• a pushing piece projecting out from a distal end edge of the sorting member, wherein the distal end edge is parallel to the central axis, and the pushing piece is parallel to and overlaps with the central axis;
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• a sorting piece projecting out from a distal end of the pushing piece toward the cylindrical surface,
• an entirety of the inner periphery of the holding member is the cylindrical surface,
• the sorting member is fixed to the holding member and is configured to rotate together with the holding member,
• the sorting member is fixed to the inner periphery of the holding member, and the pushing piece extends inwardly from the inner periphery in a direction towards the central axis,
• the opening portion is formed at a distal end side in a rotating direction with respect to the sorting member, and
• a door member configured to open and close is provided at the opening portion.