JP2000084049A - Tablet cutter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly divide a tablet at a desired position. SOLUTION: This cutter has two blades of an upper blade 3 and a lower blade 5 respectively provided at one end of each of an upper plate 2 and a lower plate 4 in such a state as faced to each other. In addition, the cutter is formed out of a cutter body for cutting a tablet with the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5, a presser means 6 for shrinking a gap between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 by pressing one of the upper plate 2 and the lower plate 4 and a holding means 7 for holding a tablet between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tablet cutter, and more particularly, to an improvement of a tablet cutter for reliably cutting tablets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a child or the like takes a medicine, it is often less than half the amount of a single adult dose, and when the medicine is a tablet, the tablet is reduced to a predetermined size, that is, less than half. Must be given separately.

In such a case, tablets are divided using a tablet cutter as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-41546. As shown in FIG. 4, a tablet cutter disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No.
Is provided, the tablet cutting blade 11 is provided on the press table 14, and the support table is provided.
13 and the press table 14 are connected by a connecting portion 15.

[0004] The tablets to be divided are placed in the tablet storage section 12 and the tablets are divided by pressing the push table 14 toward the support table 13 like a push-off.

[0005]

However, when the above-mentioned conventional tablet cutter is used, a part of the tablet is broken into powder, or a part of the tablet is chipped, and the tablet is divided at a desired position. There is a problem that can not be.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to surely divide tablets at desired positions.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a tablet cutting device according to the present invention has the following features.
A cutter main body 1 provided at one end of the upper plate 2 and the lower plate 4 with two blades of an upper blade 3 and a lower blade 5 facing each other, and cutting the tablet by the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5; Pressing means for pressing either the upper plate 2 or the lower plate 4 to reduce the distance between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5
6 and holding means for holding the tablet between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5
7 is provided. As described above, by pressing the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 of the cutter body 1 with the pressing means 6, the tablet held by the holding means 7 is cut from above and below, so that the tablet can be reliably positioned at a desired position. Can be cut.

Further, in the tablet cutter according to the present invention, if the cutting device main body 1 is provided with a means 8 for preventing the tablet from being scattered after the cutting, the tablet after the cutting is provided. It can be reliably collected by the scattering prevention means 8.

Further, in the tablet cutter according to the present invention, when the holding means 7 is provided with holding portions 7a for holding the tablets, the tablet can be reliably held. Therefore, even when the cutting is performed by the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5, the tablet can be reliably cut without wobbling.

[0010] In the tablet cutting device according to the present invention, the holding means 7 has a storage portion 7b for storing a plurality of tablets, and an upper blade for each tablet from the storage portion 7b. If the lead-out section 7c leading out between the lower blade 5 and the lower blade 5 is provided, a plurality of tablets can be temporarily stored in the storage section 7b, and the tablets can be led out one by one from the lead-out section 7c. Tablets can be cut well.

The tablet cutter according to the present invention does not use the holding means 7 if the holding means 7 is configured to be housed in the cutting machine body 1 as described in claim 5. In some cases, the holding means 7 can be accommodated in the cutter main body 1, so that the tablet cutter can be made compact.

In the tablet cutter according to the present invention, if a blade interval adjusting means for varying the interval between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 is provided, the tablet cutter may be adapted to the upper position according to the tablet. The distance between the blade and the lower blade can be changed, so that more types of tablets can be cut.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the tablet cutter according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the tablet cutter according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of the tablet cutter of FIG. In FIG. 1, a cutting device body 1 includes an upper plate 2 provided with two blades, an upper blade 3 and a lower blade 5 provided to face the upper blade 3, at one end thereof.
And a lower plate 4. Also, upper plate 2 and lower plate 4
Are fixed to each other.

Here, the interval between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 is set so as to be larger than the thickness of a normal tablet.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a pressing plate as pressing means provided on the upper plate 2 side for pressing the upper plate 2 to reduce the distance between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5.

The upper plate 2 and the lower plate 4 are vertically penetrated by a shaft 21 at the end where the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 are provided. Further, the shaft 21 has a shaft 21
The rotating shaft 22 is provided substantially perpendicular to the shaft and penetrating through the shaft 21, and the rotating shaft 22 is disposed on the pressing plate 6 so that the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft 22 is the width direction of the pressing plate 6. By being attached to one end, the front and back surfaces of the pressing plate 6 can be rotated and inverted.

Then, the front and back surfaces are reversed, and the upper plate is
By pressing 2, the upper blade 3 is pushed toward the lower blade 5 side, and the distance between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 is reduced.

Reference numeral 7c denotes a lead-out portion formed from the arm-shaped elastic pieces 10, 10. The elastic pieces 10, 10 protrude at intervals larger than the outer diameter of a normal tablet, and the interval between the elastic pieces 10, 10 is gradually narrowed on the tip end side. On the distal end side of the elastic pieces 10, 10, there are shown holding portions 7a, 7a formed in a tooth shape so as to easily hold the side surface of the tablet. When the tablets are held by providing the holding portions 7a, 7a in this manner, the tablets can be reliably cut without shaking even when the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 cut.

As described above, a plurality of tablets can be temporarily stored in the storage section 7b, and the tablets can be led out one by one from the lead-out section 7c, so that the tablets can be cut efficiently.

Then, a holding portion 7c as a holding means is formed by a tablet leading-out portion 7c formed by the elastic pieces 10 and 10, and a storage portion 7b formed in a trapezoidal shape and capable of storing a plurality of tablets on the surface. Is composed.

Further, an upper blade 3 and a lower blade between the upper plate 2 and the lower plate 4
In the vicinity of 5, a bag 8 is provided as a means for preventing the tablet from being scattered, and a tablet cutter as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, the holding table 7 is
When the tablet cutter is not in use, it can be kept compact by rotating it in the cutter body 1 formed by the lower plate 4 and in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

The tablet cutter constructed in this manner is
Used as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, after storing a plurality of tablets, for example, four tablets 24, 24, 24, 24 in the storage part 7b, one tablet 24 is transferred to the holding parts 7a, 7a through the lead-out part 7c. It is conveyed and held by the holding portions 7a, 7a.
At this time, the position of the holding table 7 is adjusted such that the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 are located at a desired position of the tablet 24, for example, a half position of the tablet.

By pressing down the pressing plate 6 downward, the tablets held between the holding portions 7a, 7a can be cut by the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5.

Further, the cut tablets are supplied to the upper plate 2 and the lower plate 4
The bag 8 as a means for preventing the tablet from being scattered in between allows the tablet to be collected inside the bag 8 without scattering to the outside.

The scattering preventing means is not limited to the space between the upper plate and the lower plate, and may be any portion which can prevent the cut tablets from scattering.

Further, the scattering prevention means is not limited to a bag, but is formed of a plate-like member such as resin, as in the above embodiment.
It is also possible to constitute with what is formed so that the side surface may be covered over an upper board and a lower board. If the scattering prevention means is configured in this manner, the upper plate and the lower plate are in a closed state because the ends opposite to the side where the upper blade and the lower blade are formed are fixed, and the tablet is closed. Spattering can be prevented.

In short, the scattering prevention means may be of any shape as long as one end is closed to prevent the tablets from scattering.

In the above-described embodiment, the shaft 21 attached to the cutter body 1 is fixed. However, the shaft 21 is screw-shaped, and when the shaft is loosened, the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 are connected. The distance between the upper blade 3 and the lower blade 5 is shortened when the shaft is increased and the shaft is tightened, that is, the space between the upper blade and the lower blade is made variable, that is, the shaft serves as blade space adjusting means. Can also be fulfilled.

As described above, if the tablet cutter is configured so that the distance between the upper blade and the lower blade is variable, the distance between the upper blade and the lower blade can be adjusted according to the size and characteristics of the tablet. Become. Therefore, there is an advantage that the types of tablets that can be cut are widened.

The blade interval adjusting means is not limited to the above-mentioned screw shaft, but may be any as long as it can change the interval between the upper blade and the lower blade.

As another embodiment of the holding means, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of tablets can be stored in a substantially vertical direction, and an opening 9 for introducing tablets is provided at an upper portion and a substantially cylindrical shape is provided. And a tablet push-out portion 7d formed in a substantially semicircular shape at the lower end side inside the storage portion 7b and capable of pushing out the tablet to the outlet 10.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the tablet push-out portion 7d is provided in the storage portion 7b such that one end portion 23 protrudes outside the storage portion 7b. The tablets 24 can be extruded one by one by pushing 23 in the direction opposite to the extrusion direction (the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3).
Therefore, it functions as a lead-out unit that can lead out the tablets 24 one by one from the storage unit 7b.

The positional relationship between the storage section 7b and the tablet extruding section 7d does not necessarily have to be at the lower end side of the tablet extruding section 7d as in the above embodiment, and may be at the upper end side, for example.
In this case, when the tablets are extruded from the tablet extruding section 7d, appropriate pushing means for pushing the extruded tablets located on the lower side upward is required.

In the above-described embodiment, the holding portion is provided at the tip of the lead-out portion, but the lead-out portion is not always necessary.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, a tablet can be reliably cut at a desired position without chipping or cracking as in the prior art.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a tablet cutter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of the tablet cutter of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the holding means according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional tablet cutter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cutting device main body 2 Upper plate 3 Upper blade 4 Lower plate 5 Lower blade 6 Press plate 7 Holder

Claims (6)

[Claims] An upper blade is provided at one end of each of an upper plate (2) and a lower plate (4).
(3) and a lower blade (5) are provided so as to face each other,
Cutting machine body for cutting tablets by the upper blade (3) and lower blade (5)
(1) pressing means (6) for pressing any one of the upper plate (2) and the lower plate (4) to reduce the distance between the upper blade (3) and the lower blade (5); A tablet cutting device comprising a holding means (7) for holding a tablet between a lower blade (3) and a lower blade (5). 2. The tablet cutter according to claim 1, wherein said cutter body (1) is provided with means for preventing scattering of tablets after cutting (8). 3. The tablet cutter according to claim 1, wherein the holding means (7) is provided with holding portions (7a, 7a) for holding the tablets. The holding means (7) has a storage section (7b) for storing a plurality of tablets, and an upper blade (3) and a lower blade (5) for storing tablets one by one from the storage section (7b). The tablet cutting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a lead-out section (7c) leading out between the tablets. 5. The cutting device main body (1), wherein the holding means (7) is provided.
The tablet cutter according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tablet cutter is configured to be housed therein. 6. The tablet cutter according to claim 1, further comprising blade interval adjusting means for varying the interval between the upper blade (3) and the lower blade (5).