Medicine packing apparatus

A medicine packing apparatus comprising:

• medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers each having a medicine contained therein;
• a relatively small number of medicine feed means on each of which one of the medicine containers is set for feeding a medicine in a quantity conforming to a prescription;
• medicine distributing means for annularly uniformly distributing the medicine fed from the medicine feed means over a distributing board and then dividing the medicine by one dose to discharge the same;
• packing means for packing the medicine discharged from the medicine distributing means by one dose;
• identification means provided for each of the medicine containers;
• read means for reading medicine data from the identification means of the medicine container set on the medicine feed means;
• set location memory means for memorizing the set location for the medicine container on the basis of the medicine data read by the read means;
• and
• set location search means for searching, on the basis of the set location data for each medicine memorized in the set location memory means, the medicine feed means on which a medicine container for the medicine corresponding to the prescription is set.

A medicine packing apparatus comprising:

• medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers each having a medicine contained therein;
• a plurality of hoppers for receiving a medicine dispensed according to a prescription data;
• medicine distributing means for annularly uniformly distributing the medicine fed from the hoppers on a distributing board and then dividing the medicine by one dose to discharge the same;
• packing means for packing the medicine discharged from the medicine distributing means by one dose;
• identification means provided for each of the medicine containers;
• read means for reading the medicine data from the identification means of the medicine taken out from the medicine storage shelves;
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• medicine check means for checking the medicine by comparing the medicine data read by the read means with the prescription data.

A medicine delivery apparatus comprising:

• medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers each having a medicine contained therein;
• a relatively small number of medicine delivery means on each of which one of the medicine containers is set for delivering a medicine in a quantity conforming to a prescription;
• identification means provided for each of the medicine containers;
• read means for reading medicine data from the identification means of the medicine container set on the medicine delivery means;
• set location memory means for memorizing the set location for the medicine container on the basis of the medicine data read by the read means;
• and
• set location search means for searching, on the basis of the set location data for each medicine memorized in the set location memory means, the medicine delivery means on which a medicine container for the medicine corresponding to the prescription is set.