Medicine supply apparatus

A medicine supply apparatus for dividing, into small portions, tablets or medicines having a dosage form similar to a tablet form and supplying the divided tablets or the medicines, the medicine supply apparatus comprising a tablet supplying portion that temporarily houses the tablets or the medicines, wherein

• the tablet supplying portion includes a tablet supplying portion body, a bottom plate, and a bottom plate supporting member,
• the tablet supplying portion body includes a supply cell,
• the supply cell includes an upper opening portion opened upward and a lower opening portion opened downward,
• a tablet housing space is formed between the upper opening portion and the lower opening portion,
• the bottom plate is provided so as to correspond to the supply cell, and includes a bottom plate upper surface, a first end portion, and a second end portion,
• the first end portion of the bottom plate is attached to the tablet supplying portion body such that the lower opening portion is opened and closed by a pivotal movement of the second end portion of the bottom plate,
• the bottom plate supporting member supports the bottom plate from below to thereby make a pivotal movement of the bottom plate restrictable, and is relatively movable in a horizontal direction with respect to the tablet supplying portion body,
• the bottom plate pivotally moves between a state where the lower opening portion is blocked from opening and an opened state, along with the relative movement in the horizontal direction,
• a periphery of the lower opening portion of the supply cell includes an inner peripheral portion and an outer peripheral portion,
• a lower surface of the inner peripheral portion is located higher than a lower surface of the outer peripheral portion, and
• the bottom plate is abuttable against the lower surface of the inner peripheral portion.