(57) The present invention relates to a means for dispensing solid pharmaceuticals such
as tablets into medication receptacles. The means comprises a control unit and a feeding
unit including a plurality of feed-in stations through which pharmaceuticals are supplied
to the means. An elongate transport channel (6) leads from each feed-in station (32)
and carries pharmaceuticals, preferably by means of vibration, towards a feed-out
means (12). The transport channels (6) are driven individually, independently of each
other. A photocell (13) emits an impulse to the control unit each time a tablet is
passed from the transport channel (6) to the feed-out means (12). When the desired
number of tablets has been supplied by the transport channel (6), the control unit
discontinues the supply. The feed-out means (12) supplies the tablets to the medication
receptacles which are arranged on a positioning member, preferably comprising a coordinate
table (14). The control unit emits drive signals to the motors (15) of the coordinate
table when the control unit has stopped the drives for all transport channels (6),
whereupon the medication receptacles are indexed forward to a new position in which
the control unit re-activates the drives for the transport channels (6).
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