Rotor for tablet cassette and tablet cassette

Abstract

A rotor ( 4 ) is received rotatably in a cassette body ( 3 ) for receiving tablets. The rotor comprises a tablet guiding path ( 4 b ) formed between a slanted inner face ( 6 a ) of the cassette body and a slanted outer face ( 22 a ) of the rotor for guiding the tablets received in the cassette body to a tablet discharging hole ( 7 ) disposed to the cassette body. The rotor comprises a separating member ( 8 ) disposed above the tablet discharging hole of the cassette body, a tablet supporting pedestal ( 53 ) disposed elevatably to the tablet guiding path for supporting the tablet at the bottom position in the tablet guiding path and a height adjustment mechanism ( 50 ) for adjusting a tablet discharging height between the tablet supporting pedestal and the separating member. The height adjustment mechanism makes the tablet supporting pedestal elevate to a direction inclined to a rotation shaft of the rotor along the tablet guiding path.

1 . A rotor received rotatably in a cassette body for receiving tablets, the rotor comprising:
 a tablet guiding path formed between a slanted inner face of the cassette body and a slanted outer face of the rotor for guiding the tablets received in the cassette body to a tablet discharging hole disposed to the cassette body;   a separating member disposed above the tablet discharging hole of the cassette body for separating a space between a tablet at a bottom position and a tablet at an upper position;   a tablet supporting pedestal disposed elevatably to the tablet guiding path for supporting the tablet at the bottom position in the tablet guiding path;   a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting a tablet discharging height between the tablet supporting pedestal and the separating member;   wherein the height adjustment mechanism makes the tablet supporting pedestal elevate to a direction inclined to a rotation shaft of the rotor along the tablet guiding path.   
     
     
         2 . The rotor of  claim 1 , wherein the height adjustment mechanism comprises a first rotation member, a plurality of second rotation members synchronously rotating with the first rotation member and being formed with a male screw to which the tablet supporting pedestal is screwed, a supporting member for preventing the tablet supporting pedestal from rotating about the second rotation member by supporting the tablet supporting pedestal from both sides, a height adjustment member for making the first rotation member rotate and making the second rotation member rotate through the first rotation member so as to make the tablet supporting pedestal elevate to a direction inclined to a rotation shaft of the rotor. 
     
     
         3 . A rotor received rotatably in a cassette body for receiving tablets, the rotor comprising:
 a tablet guiding path formed between a slanted inner face of the cassette body and a slanted outer face of the rotor for guiding the tablets received in the cassette body to a tablet discharging hole disposed to the cassette body;   a separating member disposed above the tablet discharging hole of the cassette body for separating a space between a tablet at a bottom position and a tablet at an upper position;   a tablet supporting pedestal disposed elevatably to the tablet guiding path for supporting the tablet at the bottom position in the tablet guiding path;   a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting a tablet discharging height between the tablet supporting pedestal and the separating member;   wherein the height adjustment mechanism makes the tablet supporting pedestal elevate with keeping a protrusion amount from the slanted outer face constant independent of an elevation position of the tablet supporting pedestal.