MEDICINE DISPENSING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine dispensing apparatus capable of accelerating powder dividing/packaging work.SOLUTION: In the medicine dispensing apparatus including plural container placement devices arranged near a distribution unit, motions that powder storage containers storing different kinds of powder are placed in the plural container placement devices and the different kinds of powder is loaded to a distribution unit can be executed. In executing the motions, without waiting setting of all of the powder storage containers to be placed to the container placement devices, vibration of vibration base parts of the container placement devices to which the powder storage containers have been set is started.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 17