Passing device, content receiving mechanism equipped with passing device, medication management device, and method for determining whether or not to discharge content

Abstract

A content passing device according to the present invention comprises: a passage operation part for guiding the movement of content; a passage movement part that is rotatably provided in the passage operation part and moves so that the content passes therethrough; and a detection unit that is provided in the passage operation part and detects the content discharged by the free rotational movement of one end of the passage movement part, wherein the detection unit detects information about the detected content. The passage operation part includes a duct-shaped passage part that forms a movement path for discharging a fixed amount of the content, and a guide part connected to the passage part to guide the content, wherein the content moves along the guide part and flows into the passage part, and is then discharged to the outside through an opening part at the upper end of the passage part, the passage movement part includes an opening member that opens or closes the opening part, a rotation shaft that is the center of the rotational movement, and a blocking member that is connected to the rotation shaft and rotates together with the opening member, the passage movement part forms one side wall of the passage part, and the light reception part and the light emission part are arranged facing each other on respective side walls formed on the left and right sides of the one side wall.

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