EP2727845A1 - Drug-packaging device - Google Patents
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Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to a drug-packaging device that is loaded with a rolled sheet and configured to package the sheet while drugs are filled in the sheet.
- There is known a drug packaging device that is loaded with a rolled sheet and configured to package the sheet while drugs are filled in the sheet. When the loaded sheet is used up, this device needs a work of exchanging a new sheet.
- The drug packaging device has a long and complicated feeding path because filling of drugs, packaging, etc. are performed in a limited space. Therefore, a work of removing all the loaded sheet remaining on the feeding path and perfectly setting a new sheet when the loaded sheet is exchanged by the new sheet is troublesome. In order to simplify this sheet exchange work, a method of connecting an end portion of the sheet remaining in the device and an end portion of the new sheet has been proposed, and a method of manually connecting both the end portions with a double-sided adhesive tape or a structure having a construction of positioning both the sheets, setting an adhesive tape on a center stage provided between the sheets and connecting both the sheets by this adhesive tape have been proposed (see
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- Patent Document 1:
JP-A-2010-23999 - Patent Document 2:
JP-A-2001-72003 - Filling of drugs is difficult at the connection site between both the sheets. Therefore, a conventional device is provided with a FEED button for feeding sheets, and a user is required to operate the FEED button until the connection site between both the sheets has passed over a drug filling position.
- However, an unused sheet is wasted by the amount corresponding to this feeding amount of the sheet, resulting in waste of the resources. Furthermore, the user must perform the operation of feeding the sheet by a predetermined amount, which induces a working load.
- The present invention has been implemented in view of the foregoing situation, and has an object to provide a drug-packaging device that can reduce the number of steps to be executed by a worker with suppressing waste of a sheet which is caused by exchange of the sheet.
- This specification contains all the content of Japanese Patent Application No.
2011-146414 filed on June 30, 2011 - In order to attain the above object, according to the present invention, a drug-packaging device having a roll type sheet mounted therein and a feeding mechanism for feeding the sheet to a drug filling unit to fill drugs in the sheet is characterized by comprising: a detector that detects a connection site between a sheet remaining at the drug filling unit side and a new sheet; and a controller that skips drug filling processing at the connection site on the basis of a detection result of the detector.
- In the above construction, the controller may skip the drug filling processing when the connection site passes over the drug filling unit, and next drug filling processing.
- Furthermore, in the above construction, a packaging unit that packages the sheet at an indicated size may be provided, and the controller may skip the drug filling processing at the connection site, and continue packaging based on the packaging unit to generate a blank package.
- In the above construction, a print unit that prints the sheet may be provided, and the controller may skip printing on an area corresponding to the blank package.
- In the above construction, a print unit that prints the sheet may be provided, and it may be printed on an area corresponding to the blank package by the controller that the area is a blank package.
- In the above construction, the sheet may be successively fed through the print unit, the drug filling unit and the packaging unit in this order, and the detector may be disposed upstream of the print unit.
- In the above construction, a mark may be provided to a connection portion between the respective sheets, and the detector may detect the presence or absence of the mark.
- According to the present invention, there are provided the detector for detecting the connection site between the sheet remaining at the drug filling unit side and the new sheet, and the controller for skipping the drug filling processing at the connection site on the basis of the detection result of the detector. Therefore, the worker's operation of feeding the packaging sheet can be eliminated, and the number of steps to be executed by the worker can be reduced with suppressing waste of sheets caused by sheet exchange.
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Fig. 1] Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a drug packaging device according to an embodiment of the present invention. - [
Fig. 2] Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the drug packaging device. - [
Fig. 3] Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a packaging unit when the packaging unit is viewed obliquely from a front upper right side. - [
Fig. 4] Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the drug packaging device when the drug packaging device is viewed obliquely from a front upper left side. - [
Fig. 5] Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the functional construction of the drug packaging device. - [
Fig. 6] Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the peripheral construction of a working plate. - [
Fig. 7] Figs. 7(A) to (D) are diagrams showing a connecting work of packaging sheets which accompanies exchange of a roll sheet. - [
Fig. 8] Figs. 8(A) to (C) are side views of a temporarily fixing work of the packaging sheets. - [
Fig. 9] Fig. 9 schematically shows the construction of a detection sensor. - [
Fig. 10] Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing connection site skip processing. - [
Fig. 11] Figs. 11 (A) to (F) schematically showapackaging sheet in a time series manner. - [
Fig. 12] Fig. 12 is a perspective view showing a packaging unit according to a modification. - An embodiment of the present invention will be hereunder described with reference to the drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing adrug packaging device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, andFig. 2 shows the internal construction of the drug packaging device. InFig. 1 , the front surface (front side) of thedrug packaging device 1 is represented by reference character FR, the back surface thereof is represented by reference character BK, the right surface thereof is represented by reference character RP and the left surface is represented by reference character LP. - The
drug packaging device 1 is disposed in a hospital or a dispensing pharmacy. All the steps from extraction of tablets till packaging, in which drugs (tablets, capsules or the like) of kinds and numbers described on a prescription are discharged fromtablet cases 6 one by one, passed through a chute 15 (seeFig. 2 ) serving as a passage for naturally dropping the drugs by using the weight of the drugs, collected at one place by a hopper 17 (seeFig. 2 ) and then packaged in a packaging sheet (sheet) S, are automated and performed in a series of mechanisms. - As shown in
Fig. 1 , thedrug packaging device 1 has a vertically long rectangular main body (housing) 2, and apersonal computer 101 described later for controlling thedrug packaging device 1. Themain body 2 has anupper structure 3 and alower structure 4 which are mutually separable from each other, and configured so that theupper structure 3 is joined onto thelower structure 4. Theupper structure 3 functions as a drug accommodating unit for accommodating plural tablet cases in which drugs are put, and the upper surface thereof is covered by adetachable top plate 3A. - The
upper structure 3 is provided withplural shelves 5 constituting multi-column and multi-stage drawers of four columns in the right-and-left direction and five stages in the up-and-down direction (totally twenty drawers), and eachshelf 5 is configured to be drawable to the front side of thedrug packaging device 1. Adoor panel 11 is secured to the front end (front surface) of eachshelf 5, and therespective door panels 11 block the opening of the front surface of theupper structure 3 under the state that all theshelves 5 are accommodated in theupper structure 3. -
Driving bases 12 in whichplural tablet cases 6 can be arranged on two rows in the right-and-left direction, and apassage 13 which are vertically opened between thetablet cases 6 on the two rows in the right-and-left direction are provided in eachshelf 5 so as to extend in the depth direction. Thepassages 13 constitutechutes 15 for downwardly dropping drugs discharged from thetablet cases 6 of theshelves 5 arranged in the up-and-down direction. In this embodiment, thechutes 15 of four columns in the right-and-left direction are formed. - The front surface and the upper surface of the
lower structure 4 are opened. Thelower structure 4 intercommunicates with theupper structure 3 at the upper surface thereof. As shown inFig. 2 , a pair of right andleft shutters chutes 15, asingle hopper 17 provided below theshutters packaging unit 18 provided below thehopper 17, etc. are accommodated and mounted in thelower structure 4. The opening of the front surface of thelower structure 4 is configured to be freely openable and closable by double door typefront doors 8, 8 (seeFig. 1 ). - A take-
out port 21 is formed in thefront door 8 at the left side of the front surface. The take-out port 21 is provided to take out a package filled with predetermined kinds and numbers of drugs, and packages filled with drugs are discharged to the take-outport 21. - As shown in
Fig. 2 , the right andleft shutters respective chutes 15 to thehopper 17. An additional drug feeder (UTC) 23 is provided between theshutters additional drug feeder 23 is a feeder for arbitrarily supplying drugs to be added, and it intercommunicates with the inside of thehopper 17. - The
hopper 17 has a rectangular funnel shape which has a broadly opened upper surface and is tapered to the lower end thereof. Thehopper 17 receives drugs dropping from therespective chutes 15 and theadditional drug feeder 23, and supplies the drugs to anozzle 44 below thehopper 17. - The
packaging unit 18 is detachably screwed to a pair of right and left drawing rails 31, 31 which are secured to the right and left side of the bottom surface of thelower structure 4. Accordingly, thepackaging unit 18 is allowed to be freely drawn from the inside of thelower structure 4 to the front side thereof under the state that thefront doors packaging unit 18 is attachable and detachable to and from the drawing rails 31, 31 under the drawn state.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thepackaging unit 18 when thepackaging unit 18 is viewed obliquely from the front upper right side, andFig. 4 is a perspective view showing thedrug packaging device 1 when thedrug packaging device 1 is viewed obliquely from the front upper left side. InFig. 3 , an arrow represented by reference character F represents the drawing direction of thepackaging unit 18 when thepackaging unit 18 is drawn to the front surface side of thedrug packaging device 1, andreference numeral 19 represents a grip used to draw thepackaging unit 18. - As shown in
Figs. 3 and4 , thepackaging unit 18 has asheet supply board 42 on which aroll 41 having a thermally-sealable rolled packaging sheet S is detachably mounted, aprinter unit 43 functioning as a print unit for printing characters and figures such as barcodes, etc. on the packaging sheet S, anozzle 44 functioning as a drug filling unit for filling drugs in the packaging sheet S, athermal seal head 45 functioning as a packaging unit for closing the packaging sheet S filled with drugs by thermal sealing, a feedingroller 46 constituting a feeding mechanism for feeding the packaging sheet S drawn out from theroll 41, acutter 47 for cutting the packaging sheet S, and aconveyor unit 48 for feeding the packaging sheet S having drugs packaged therein (package) to the take-outport 21. Thesheet supply board 42, theprinter unit 43, thenozzle 44, thethermal seal head 45, the feedingroller 46, thecutter 47 and theconveyor unit 48 are successively arranged from the upstream side in this order along the feeding passage of the packaging sheet S.Fig. 4 shows a state that theroll 41 is removed from thesheet supply board 42. - The
packaging unit 18 has abox body 51 standing upwards from the center of the bottom surface in the right-and-left direction in thelower structure 4. Parts (a driving motor for thethermal seal head 45, a driving mechanism for amovable roller 54 described later, etc.) which are not visually exposed to the outside of thepackaging unit 18 are arranged in thebox body 51, and members which are visually exposed to the outside of thepackaging unit 18 are arranged by using spaces at the right, left, upper and back sides. - More specifically, at the left side of the
box body 51 are arranged thesheet supply board 42, afirst feeding roller 53 for first guiding the packaging sheet S drawn obliquely from theroll 41 of thesheet supply board 42 to the upper right side and folding the packaging sheet S downwards, amovable roller 54 for applying tension to the packaging sheet S downstream of thefirst feeding roller 53, and asecond feeding roller 55 for guiding the packaging sheet S downstream of themovable roller 54 and folding the packaging sheet S so that the packaging sheet S directs to the entrance of theprinter unit 43 as shown inFig. 4 . A feeding passage for feeding the packaging sheet S to theprinter unit 43 while applying tension to the packaging sheet S is constructed by the above members. - The
first feeding roller 53 is fixed at a higher position than theroll 41 mounted on thesheet supply board 42. Therefore, when theroll 41 is exchanged, the packaging sheet S drawn out from theroll 41 can be easily wound by a worker (user). Furthermore, the rotational shafts of thefirst feeding roller 53, themovable roller 54 and theroll 41 mounted on thesheet supply board 42 are parallel to one another, and extend obliquely to the upper left side in an oblique direction which is near to a substantially horizontal direction. On the other hand, the rotational shaft of thesecond feeding roller 55 is not parallel to the above rotational shafts. The rotational shafts of thefirst feeding roller 53, themovable roller 54 and theroll 41 mounted on thesheet supply board 42 may be properly changed insofar as they are parallel to one another and can be arranged in the space at the left side of thebox body 51, and thesecond feeding roller 55 may be also positionally properly changed. - As shown in
Fig. 3 , the upper surface of thebox body 51 is formed as a sloped surface which is sloped to the lower right side. Theprinter unit 43 is disposed on the upper surface of thebox body 51, and the packaging sheet S is passed through theprinter unit 43, and fed to the lower right side. The lower end of thenozzle 44, thethermal seal head 45, the feedingroller 46 and thecutter 47 are successively arranged in this order at the lower right side of theprinter unit 43, and theupstream end 48A of theconveyor unit 48 is located at the right side of thecutter 47. Theconveyor unit 48 extends obliquely to the upper left side behind thebox body 51, and then it bends and extends forwards at the rear left side of thebox body 51. Theconveyor unit 48 is provided with arear end 48B at a position where theconveyor unit 48 intercommunicates with the take-outport 21 of the front door 8 (seeFig. 1 ). - Next, the basic operation of the
drug packaging device 1 will be described. - The
roll 41 is obtained by rolling an elongated packaging sheet S while the packaging sheet S is beforehand doubled (folded in half), and theroll 41 is mounted on thesheet supply board 42 while the axis of theroll 41 is tilted to the lower right side with respect to the horizontal plane (seeFig. 2 ). The packaging sheet S is fed by the feedingroller 46, whereby the packaging sheet S is successively passed through thefirst feeding roller 53, themovable roller 54 and thesecond feeding roller 55 in this order and then fed to theprinter unit 43. The surface of the packaging sheet S is printed by theprinter unit 43, and numerals are printed in ascending order like 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. in this embodiment. - Subsequently, the doubled packaging sheet S is spread at the open side thereof so that the cross-sectional shape thereof is V-shaped, filled with drugs discharged from the
nozzle 44 through the open side, pinched from both the sides thereof and thermally sealed by thethermal seal head 45, and then packaged at a predetermined package size while the packaging sheet S is compartmented every package. Thereafter, the packaging sheet S is cut into proper lengths with thecutter 47, and fed and discharged to the take-outport 21 by the conveyor unit 48(seeFig. 1 ), whereby packages filled with desired kinds and numbers of drugs are created one by one. -
Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the functional construction of thedrug packaging device 1. - A
controller 120 centrally controls the respective parts of thedrug packaging device 1, and has CPU (Central Processing Unit) as operation executing means, ROM (Read Only Memory) in which a basic control program executed by CPU, data associated with the basic control program, etc. are stored in a non-volatile fashion, RAM (Random Access Memory) in which programs executed by CPU, data associated with the programs, etc. are temporarily stored, other peripheral circuits, etc. Thecontroller 120 executes various kinds of time counting operations and time counting of the present time on the basis of reference clocks generated by an oscillator (not shown). - The
controller 120 is connected to thepackaging unit 18, aninterface unit 121, adrug detection sensor 122, the shutter solenoid 123, amotor driver 124, adisplay unit 125, aninput unit 126 and astorage unit 127. - Under the control of the
controller 120, thepackaging unit 18 creates packages filled with predetermined drugs, and feeds the created packages to the take-outport 21 by theconveyor unit 48. - The
interface unit 121 is connected to apersonal computer 101 through a signal communication cable or the like, and receives/transmits various kinds of signals from/to thepersonal computer 101 under the control of thecontroller 120. This construction enables thepersonal computer 101 and thedrug packaging device 1 to receive and transmit various kinds of data therebetween, and also enables a worker (user) to execute various instructions to thedrug packaging device 1 through thepersonal computer 101. - The
drug detection sensor 122 detects drugs discharged from thetablet cases 6, and outputs a detection value to thecontroller 120. Thecontroller 120 counts the number of drugs discharged from thetablet cases 6 on the basis of the detection value input from thedrug detection sensor 122. The shutter solenoid 123 operates theshutters controller 120. The motor drier 124 is connected to various kinds of motors equipped to thepackaging unit 18, and supplies driving current to these motors to control the operation of the motors under the control of thecontroller 120. - The
display unit 125 displays various kinds of information under the control of thecontroller 120. Theinput unit 126 accepts a worker's input operation, and outputs it to thecontroller 120. Thestorage unit 127 is constructed by EEPROM or a flash memory, and stores various kinds of data in a rewritable fashion under the control of thecontroller 120. In thestorage unit 127 are stored acontrol program 127A executed by thecontroller 120, etc. - In this embodiment, when the
roll 41 is exchanged, there is performed a work of drawing thepackaging unit 18 to the front side through the drawing rails 31, 31 and connecting a packaging sheet S remaining at thepackaging unit 18 side and a packaging sheet S of anew roll 41 through a tape. The method of performing this connection work does not need to completely remove a used packaging sheet S and set a new packaging sheet S on the complicated feeding passage, and also has an advantage that the used packaging sheet S can be used at the maximum level to avoid waste of resources. However, the connection work itself is liable to be cumbersome. - Therefore, this embodiment is provided with a working
plate 151 serving as a working table on which the connection work is performed. - As shown in
Fig. 3 , the workingplate 151 is located to be exposed to the front side when thefront doors lower structure 4 are opened. More specifically, thepackaging unit 18 is provided with apartitioning plate 57 through which the upper side of thebox body 51 is partitioned into the right and left parts, and the workingplate 151 is secured at the upper and front side of thepartition plate 57. Theroller group 53 to 55 located on the upstream side of theprinter unit 43 and theprinter unit 43 are separated from each other through thepartition plate 57. -
Fig. 6 shows the workingplate 151 together with the peripheral construction thereof. - As shown in
Fig. 6 , the workingplate 151 has one rectangular flat plate type metal plate, and one end corner portion thereof is secured to thepartition plate 57 through astay 152 by a fastening member (a bolt and a nut in this embodiment) 35. The workingplate 151 is freely pivotally swingable around thefastening member 35 in an X direction ofFig. 6 , and it can be tilted to the front side (the front surface side of the drug packaging device 1) and the back side (the back surface side of the drug packaging device 1). - The
fastening member 35 is parallel to the shaft of thefirst feeding roller 53 which first guides the packaging sheet S drawn out from theroll 41. When the workingplate 151 is tilted to the front side, the workingplate 151 can be set along a flat plane M1 (seeFig. 4 ) which extends from the shaft of thefirst feeding roller 53 orthogonally to the front side (front surface side). - Furthermore, by tilting the working
plate 151 to the back side (the back surface side of the drug packaging device 1), the back surface of the workingplate 151 can be exposed to the front side or upper side. - A center line LC (see
Fig. 6 ) representing the center between the front side and the back side is provided to both the surfaces of the workingplate 151. A pair of upper and lower clips CL1 are provided at the back side of the center line LC, and a pair of upper and lower clips CL2 are provided at the front side of the center line LC. These clips CL1 and CL2 are pivotally swingable in a Y-direction along the surface of the workingplate 151 around the respective fastening members (bolts and nuts in this embodiment) 36 for fastening the respective clips to the workingplate 151. The center line LC is provided by attaching a plastic tape having a conspicuous color such as a fluorescent color or the like or printing it. -
Figs. 7(A) to (D) show the connection work of packaging sheets S which exchange of rolls involves. - When the worker connects the packaging sheets S, the rear end portion SA of a residual packaging sheet S (represented by a two-dotted chain line in
Fig. 7 ) of a usedroll 41 is disposed in a first portion AR1 as a back side area of the center line LC of the workingplate 151 while the clips CL1 are evacuated (Fig. 7(A) ), and then the clips L1 are returned, whereby the rear end portion SA of the packaging sheet S can be temporarily fixed (Fig. 7(B) ). - Here,
Figs. 8(A) to (C) are side views showing the temporarily fixing work of the packaging sheet S. As shown inFig. 8 , when the packaging sheet S is temporarily fixed, the rear end portion SA of the doubled packaging sheet S is spread to be V-shaped in section (Fig. 8(A) ), and the folded portion SK as the apex is brought into contact with oneside portion 151K of the working plate 151 (Fig. 8(B) ). Under the above state, the rear end portion SA is clipped from the upper and lower sides by the pair of upper and lower clips CL1 (Fig. 8(C) ). Since the packaging sheet S is temporarily fixed while the folded portion SK of the packaging sheet S is brought into contact with the oneside portion 151K of the workingplate 151 as described above, the packaging sheet S can be accurately positioned at the same position every time. - As shown in
Fig. 8(C) , the respective tips of the clips CL1 swell to the workingplate 151, so that the packaging sheet S can be pressed by these tips. - When the temporarily fixing work of the residual packaging sheet S of the used
roll 41 is finished, the front end portion SB (represented by a two-dotted chain line inFig. 7 ) of a packaging sheet S of anew roll 41 is disposed in a second portion AR2 as a front side area of the center line LC of the workingplate 151 while the clips CL2 are evacuated as shown inFig. 7(C) , and then the clips CL2 are returned, whereby the front end portion SB of the packaging sheet S can be temporarily fixed (Fig. 7(D) ). In this case, as shown inFig. 8 , the packaging sheet S is temporarily fixed while the folded portion SK of the packaging sheet S is brought into contact with oneside portion 151K of the workingplate 151, whereby the packaging sheet S can be accurately positioned at the same position every time. Accordingly, the rear end portion SA of the packaging sheet S before the exchange and the front end portion SB of the packaging sheet S after the exchange can be easily aligned with each other on a straight line. - Subsequently, the end portion SB (or SA) of one of the packaging sheets S is covered on the end portion SA (or SB) of the other packaging sheet S on the center line LC while the center line LC is set as a mark, and both the packaging sheets are connected to each other by using a double-sided adhesive type connection tape (double-sided adhesive tape) or a one-sided adhesive type connection tape (one-sided adhesive tape). When this connection work or the temporarily fixing work is performed, the working
plate 151 is properly swung to check the back surface of the packaging sheet S, whereby it can be easily checked whether both the doubled packaging sheets S are set under a proper state. - In this case, if the front end portion SB of the packaging sheet S of the
new roll 41 to be subsequently temporarily fixed is covered, from outside, on the rear end portion SA of the packaging sheet S of the usedroll 41 to be previously temporarily fixed, the superposing work can be smoothly performed. In addition, the front end portion SB of the packaging sheet S of thenew roll 41 is not exposed to the inside of the doubledpackaging sheet. Therefore, there is an advantage that the connection site does not obstruct the spreading work of the doubled packaging sheet S in the neighborhood of thenozzle 44, etc. - The present invention is not limited to the above style, and conversely, the front end portion SB of the packaging sheet S of the
new roll 41 may be put in the rear end portion SA of the packaging sheet S of the usedroll 41. In this case, the front end portion SB of the packaging sheet S of thenew roll 41 is not exposed to the outside of the doubled packaging sheet. Therefore, the connection site does not obstruct the feeding work of the feedingroller 46, etc. - In the construction that the
roll 41 is exchangeably mounted, the packaging sheet S wound around theroll 41 is fed under tension and filled with drugs, etc. as in the case of this embodiment, the feeding passage of the packaging sheet S is liable to be long and complicated. However, under this construction, this embodiment is provided with the workingplate 151 having the first portion AR1 for temporarily fixing the end portion SA of the packaging sheet remaining at the nozzle (drug fillingportion) 44 side and the second portion AR2 for temporarily fixing the end portion SB of the new packaging sheet S, and the end portions SA and SB of the respective packaging sheets S which are temporarily fixed to the first portion AR1 and the second portion AR2 are connectable to each other. Therefore, a worker can easily perform the connection work of both the packaging sheets S. - Furthermore, the first portion AR1 and the second portion AR2 are formed in one plate. Therefore, the work can be easily performed, and the construction is simple. Furthermore, the working
plate 151 is located so as to be exposed to the front side when thefront doors lower structure 4 are opened, which also facilitates the connection work of the packaging sheets. - In addition, as shown in
Fig. 4 , the workingplate 151 of this embodiment is along the flat plane M1 extending in an orthogonal direction from the shaft of thefirst feeding roller 53 for feeding the packaging sheet S. Therefore, the rear end portion SA of the pre-exchange packaging sheet S can be easily directly moved to the first portion AR1 of the workingplate 151 without removing the rear end portion SA from thefirst feeding roller 53, and the temporarily fixing work of an existing packaging sheet S can be easily performed. - Furthermore, the
first feeding roller 53 is a feeding roller provided on the most upstream side of the feeding passage. Therefore, it is located on the upstream side of themovable roller 54 for applying tension to the packaging sheet S, etc. Therefore, the connection work of the packaging sheet S can be performed without removing the packaging sheet S from the feedingrollers 53 to 54 containing themovable roller 54, and a work of re-hanging the packaging sheet S is unnecessary. - Furthermore, since the working
plate 151 is provided at a position where it is exposed to the front side when thefront doors lower structure 4 are opened, the connection work of the packaging sheet S can be easily performed. The workingplate 151 is provided to be freely swingable so that the obverse and reverse surfaces thereof can be exposed to the front side. Therefore, the posture of the workingplate 151 can be adjusted so that the packaging sheet S can be easily temporarily fixed, and the connection work canbe more easily performed. Accordingly, the connection work of the doubled rolled packaging sheet S can be easily performed. - In addition, in this embodiment, the end portions SA, SB of the respective packaging sheets S can be connected to each other under the state that the
packaging unit 18 is disposed in thelower structure 4. That is, as shown inFig. 2 andFig. 4 , thesheet supply board 42 is disposed at the front lower side of the workingplate 151 which is disposed at the front upper side. Therefore, the work can remove apre-exchange roll 41 from thesheet supply board 42, attach anew roll 41, temporarily fix the end portion SA of the packaging sheet S at thepre-exchange roll 41 side to the workingplate 151, temporarily fix the end portion SB of the packaging sheet S of thenew roll 41 to the workingplate 151, and connect both the packaging sheets S without drawing thepackaging unit 18 from the inside of thelower structure 4 to the front side thereof. Accordingly, even when the working space at the front side of thedrug packaging device 1 is narrow, the above work can be performed. - It is needless to say that the above work can be performed under the state that the
packaging unit 18 is drawn from thelower structure 4 to the front side thereof. - In general, it is required to avoid a situation that drugs are filled to the connection site after the packaging sheets S are connected to each other as described above. In this case, if a FEED button or the like for feeding a packaging sheet is provided and the worker is required to operate the FEED button until the connection site has passed over the drug filling position, this work would be cumbersome, and this is not preferable.
- Therefore, in this embodiment, a detection sensor (detector) 161 (see
Fig. 5 ) for detecting the connection site of the packaging sheets S is provided, and connection site skipping processing of skipping drug filling processing, etc. so that drugs are not filled to the connection site is executed on the basis of the detection result of thedetection sensor 161. -
Fig. 9 is a diagram showing the construction of thedetection sensor 161. - The
detection sensor 161 is constructed by a transmission type optical sensor, and has alight emittingunit 162 for emitting inspection light to a packaging sheet S as a detection target, and alight receiving unit 163 for receiving the inspection light transmitted through the packaging sheet S. The connection site of the packaging sheet S is detected by detecting the difference in transmission light amount which is different between the connection site of the packaging sheet S and the other place. - Furthermore, the
detection sensor 161 detects the transmission light amount in the neighborhood of the folded portion SK of the packaging sheet S. The transmission light amount in the neighborhood of the folded portion SK is detected because the presence or absence of a connection tape can be surely detected by adhesively attaching the connection tape so that the connection tape straddles over the folded portion SK when the packaging sheets S are connected to each other by using the workingplate 151. Furthermore, a marking tape different from the connection tape (a tape represented by reference character TM inFig 11 described later) may be attached to the folded portion SK and detected. Since the folded portion SK is located at the open side (oneside portion 151K side) of the workingplate 151, the work of attaching the tape to the folded portion SK is easily performed. - The
detection sensor 161 is located on the upstream side of thenozzle 44 for filling drugs, and more specifically, it is disposed between theprinter unit 43 and theroller group 53 to 55 located upstream of theprinter unit 43. -
Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing the connection site skip processing, andFigs. 11(A) to (F) are time-series diagrams of the packaging sheet S. The connection site skip processing is performed by executing acontrol program 127A through thecontroller 120. - As shown in
Fig. 10 , at a predetermined period (a period of 5ms in this embodiment), thecontroller 120 detects on the basis of thedetection sensor 161 whether there is a connection site of the packaging sheet S or not. When the connection site of the packaging sheet S is detected (step S11), thecontroller 120 executes skip position count-down processing (step S13) until the connection site reaches a skip position (step S12: NO). - The skip position count-down processing is the processing of counting the time from the detection of the connection site of the packaging sheet S until arrival of the connection site at the printer head as a skip start position. In this embodiment, the time concerned corresponds to the drug preparation time of one package, and it is determined whether drug preparation for one package is performed or not. When drug preparation for one package is performed, the
controller 120 determines the skip position (step S12: YES), and starts skip processing of skipping predetermined processing containing drug filling processing (step S14). - In this skip processing, the
controller 120 interrupts the print processing based on theprinter unit 43 and the drug filling processing based on thenozzle 44 and continues the packaging processing based on thethermal seal head 45 and the feeding processing based on theconveyor 48 out of the processing involved by the drug preparation. - As described above, when the packaging processing and the feeding processing are executed without executing the drug filling processing, an empty package, that is, a blank package is generated. The
controller 120 executes the skip processing to generate a blank package. Furthermore, thecontroller 120 counts the frequency of the skip processing, finishes the skip processing when the count value reaches a preset frequency (2 in this embodiment) (step S15: YES), and shifts to the drug preparation start processing. In this drug preparation start processing, the print processing and the drug filling processing which are being interrupted are resumed, and all the processing involved by the drug preparation (the print processing, the drug filling processing, the packaging processing, the feeding processing, etc.) can be executed. - In
Fig. 11 , the connection site of the packaging sheet S is represented by reference character CN, packages which are filled with drugs without being skipped are represented by reference character IN, and packages which are skipped and thus filled with no drug are represented by reference character NOT. As shown inFig. 11 , in this embodiment, a blank package is formed at a connection site CN, another blank package is also formed so as to be continuous with the connection site CN on the downstream side of the connection site concerned. The area corresponding to these two blank packages is not printed. Therefore, the packaging sheet S is also thermally sealed at the connection site CNportion as in the case of the other portions, and thus the connection site CN can be fed under the same condition by the feedingroller 46 and theconveyor 48. Furthermore, the area corresponding to a blank package is not printed, and thus "no print" enables the area to be externally visually recognized as being a blank package. - As described above, this embodiment is provided with the detection sensor (detector) 161 for detecting the connection site CN between the packaging sheet S remaining at the nozzle (drug filling unit) 44 side and the new packaging sheet S, and the
controller 120 skips the processing of filling drugs to the connection site CN on the basis of the detection result of thedetection sensor 161. Therefore, as compared with the conventional construction that a worker must operate the FEED button for feeding the packaging sheet, this embodiment can eliminate this type of operation, and the number of steps to be executed by the worker can be reduced with reducing waste of the sheet which is caused by sheet exchange. - Furthermore, the
controller 120 skips the drug filling processing over plural times (twice in this embodiment) when the connection site CN passes over thenozzle 44. Therefore, the situation that drugs are filled into an area containing a connection site CN can be surely prevented. - In this embodiment, the skip frequency is set to twice. However, it may be three or more times. Furthermore, from the viewpoint that the area containing the connection site CN is surely prevented from being filled with drugs, it is preferable to increase the skip frequency as the package bag size is smaller. In this case, the skip frequency may be automatically changed in accordance with the set package bag size. When the package bag size is large and the area containing the connection site CN can be surely avoided from being filled with drugs by only one skip, the skip frequency may be set to once.
- Furthermore, in this embodiment, the
controller 120 continues packaging based on thethermal seal head 45 to generate blank packages whereas the drug filling processing is skipped at the connection site CN. Therefore, the packaging sheet S can be closed at even the connection site CN, and the packaging sheet can be surely and easily fed. - Furthermore, the
controller 120 skip the print processing based on theprinter unit 43 at the connection site CN so that the area corresponding to a blank package is not printed. Therefore, "no print" on a package makes it easy to externally recognize that the package is a blank package, and a situation that a blank package is misidentified as being filled with drugs canbe avoided. Furthermore, thedetection sensor 161 is provided upstream of theprinter unit 43 which is provided upstream of the packaging sheet S. Therefore, the connection site CN can be surely detected before the print processing, the drug filling processing and the packaging processing are executed. - Furthermore, in this embodiment, the marking tape TM (see
Fig. 11 ) serving as a mark is provided to the connection site CN of the packaging sheet S, and thedetection sensor 161 detects the presence or absence of the marking tape TM. Therefore, the connection site CN of the packaging sheet S can be surely detected. - The above-described embodiment is merely an embodiment of the present invention, and any modification and application can be made without departing from the subject matter of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the working
plate 151 is provided to thepartition plate 57. However, the present invention is not limited to this style, and the position and installation method of the workingplate 151 are properly alterable. For example, as shown inFig. 12 , the workingplate 151 may be provided in the neighborhood of thefirst feeding roller 53. Even in the construction shown inFig. 12 , the workingplate 151 is provided at the position where it is exposed to the front side when thefront doors lower structure 4 are opened, and it is provided freely swingably, whereby the workingplate 151 can be oriented along the flat plane extending in the orthogonal direction from the shaft of thefirst feeding roller 53, and the connection work of the packaging sheet S can be facilitated. - Still furthermore, in the above embodiment, the working
plate 151 is set along the flat plane M1 extending in the orthogonal direction from the shaft of thefirst feeding roller 53, whereby the temporarily fixing work of the packaging sheet S can be facilitated (seeFig. 4 ). However, the present invention is not limited to this style. For example, the temporarily fixing work of the packaging sheet S can be also facilitated by setting the workingplate 151 along a flat plane extending in the orthogonal direction from the rotating shaft of theroll 41 mounted on thesheet supply board 42. Furthermore, the temporarily fixing work of the packaging sheet S can be also facilitated by setting the workingplate 151 along the flat plane M1 as well as the above flat plane. That is, in the present invention, the workingplate 151 may be set along the flat plane extending in the orthogonal direction from at least any one of the shaft of any feeding roller and the rotating shaft of theroll 41 within the range that the temporarily fixing work of the packaging sheet S can be facilitated. - Still furthermore, in the above embodiment, the
controller 120 skips the print processing. However, the present invention is not limited to this style. It may be printed that the area corresponding to a blank package is a blank package (for example, characters of "blank package" may be printed) without skipping the print processing. Legibility of "blank package" is enhanced by this printing. - In the above embodiment, processing of measuring the feeding distance of the packaging sheet S or processing of measuring the packaging frequency of the packaging sheet S may be applied as the skip position count-down processing. That is, there may be applied the processing of measuring the feeding distance on the basis of the rotation amount of the feeding
roller 46 or the like and determining whether this feeding distance reaches a distance by which the connection site of the packaging sheet S reaches the skip start position, or the processing of determining whether the packaging frequency of the packaging sheet S reaches a packaging frequency at which the connection site of the packaging sheet S reaches the skip start position. -
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- drug-packaging device
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- main body (housing)
- 8
- front door
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- packaging unit
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- sheet supply board
- 43
- printer unit (print unit)
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- nozzle (drug filling unit)
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- thermal seal head (packaging unit)
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- feeding roller (feeding mechanism)
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- cutter
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- conveyor unit
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- first feeding roller
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- movable roller
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- second feeding roller
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- controller
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- working plate
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- detection sensor (detector)
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- CN
- connection site
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- marking tape
Claims (7)
- A drug-packaging device having a roll type sheet mounted therein and a feeding mechanism for feeding the sheet to a drug filling unit to fill drugs in the sheet, characterized by comprising:a detector that detects a connection site between a sheet remaining at the drug filling unit side and a new sheet; anda controller that skips drug filling processing at the connection site on the basis of a detection result of the detector.
- The drug-packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the controller skips the drug filling processing when the connection site passes over the drug filling unit, and subsequent drug filling processing.
- The drug-packaging device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a packaging unit that packages the sheet at an indicated size, wherein the controller skips the drug filling processing at the connection site, and continues packaging based on the packaging unit to generate a blank package.
- The drug-packaging device according to claim 3, further comprising a print unit that prints the sheet, wherein the controller skips printing on an area corresponding to the blank package.
- The drug-packaging device according to claim 3, further comprising a print unit that prints the sheet, wherein it is printed on an area corresponding to the blank package by the controller that the area is a blank package.
- The drug-packaging device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the sheet is successively fed through the print unit, the drug filling unit and the packaging unit in this order, and the detector is disposed upstream of the print unit.
- The drug-packaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a mark is provided to a connection portion between the respective sheets, and the detector detects the presence or absence of the mark.
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