Medicine feeder and medicine feeding unit

A medicine feeder configured to feed solid medicines with an elongated shape, the medicine feeder comprising:

• a medicine container configured to contain the medicines, the medicine container having a medicine outlet that is formed in a bottom part;
• a medicine delivering part that is provided inside the medicine container and is rotatable about an axis intersecting the bottom part of the medicine container, the medicine delivering part having a plurality of medicine receiving spaces that are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction about the axis and contain the medicines one by one in an erected state, the medicine delivering part being configured to deliver the medicines contained in the respective medicine receiving spaces to the medicine outlet by being driven to rotate about the axis;
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• a medicine entry preventing part that is provided in the medicine container and has flexibility, the medicine entry preventing part being configured to prevent the medicines from entering one of the plurality of medicine receiving spaces that coincides with the medicine outlet by covering over the medicine receiving space, wherein
• a bulkhead portion partitioning between each two of the medicine receiving spaces that are adjacent in the circumferential direction about the axis is arranged between the medicine receiving spaces,
• the bulkhead portion is located below the medicine entry preventing part, and comprises a downstream side wall, an upstream side wall and an upper surface,
• the upper surface of the bulkhead portion is located below the medicine entry preventing part, and comprises a horizontal part, and a slope part that is adjacent to the horizontal part on the upstream side in the rotational direction of the medicine delivering part, the slope part comprising a slope rising in a direction from the downstream side wall to the upstream side wall, and
• the slope part is configured to cause the medicines being held between the upper surface of the bulkhead portion and the medicine entry preventing part to ride up on the slope part, and thereby cause each medicine to stride over each adjacent bulkhead portion so that the medicine does not fall into the medicine receiving space.