JP2000247301A - Medicine dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To double the number of containers to be mounted, and to facilitate the operation of the containers from the proximal side by arranging a shelf on which tablet storage containers are arranged on the front of a powdered medicine processing unit in the same direction, arranging the tablet storage containers also on the front of the shelf, and rotating the shelf to attach/detach the tablet storage containers in the same direction. SOLUTION: A tablet cassette storage shelf 4 is equipped with a motor base 33 along a guide passage 28, and a shelf frame 39 is arranged on both side ends of the guide passage 28. A rotary shaft 40 of the tablet cassette storage shelf 4 is arranged on one of shelf frames 39, and supported by a powdered tablet packaging device 1. In addition, a plastic cable chain 41 is arranged in the vicinity of the rotary shaft 40 so that a power source to be connected to each motor base 33 and a control signal cable are moved as the rotary shaft 40 is rotated, and a body control substrate is connected to a control substrate 42 stored in the shelf frame 39 through this storage cable. The tablet cassette storage shelf 4 limits the range of rotation of the rotary shaft 40 to, for example, 120 deg., and surely stops it at both limited ends.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage shelf of a medicine dividing apparatus for enabling a medicine storing container to be attached and detached at a position substantially in the same direction with respect to the front of the medicine dividing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a packaging device provided with a processing unit for dividing and packaging powdered medicines into individual packages is provided. When packaging tablets, the amount of tablets to be packaged in one package in a grid-shaped square is provided. A packaging device capable of packaging tablets and powders by sequentially distributing and distributing the tablets and sequentially supplying the packaging device from the cells on which the disposition is performed is a well-known technique, and hassle-free distributing and packaging such tablets. To solve the problem, the applicant filed Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 6-256.
542 and Japanese Patent Application No. 10-77800.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Incidentally, Japanese Patent Application No. Hei.
A shelf for storing a small number of tablets, such as -77800, is arranged substantially in the same direction with respect to the front of the powder treatment unit, and a container for storing tablets arranged toward the front of the powder treatment unit is arranged. If a container for storing a small number of tablets is placed on the back of the shelf, only a few types of containers for storing a small number of tablets can be placed. In using the storage shelves by attaching and detaching the storage containers, there is a problem that the number of tablet storage containers is too small in the storage shelves as described above.

[0004] Further, in the storage shelf of Japanese Patent Application No. 6-256542, there is a problem that a large amount of wasted space is generated because the storage shelf is cylindrical.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to solve these problems.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the problem, according to the present invention, a shelf in which a small number of containers for accommodating a medicine are arranged is arranged substantially in the same direction with respect to the front of the medicine dividing apparatus. A shelf on which a container for accommodating medicine is arranged also on a back surface of a shelf for accommodating a medicine arranged toward the front of the dividing device, and a back surface of a shelf on which a container for accommodating the small number of medicines is arranged. The shelf on which the medicine storage container arranged on the side is arranged is rotated so that the medicine storage container can be attached and detached at a position substantially in the same direction with respect to the front of the medicine division device. A processing unit is also provided.

[0007]

FIG. 1 shows a powdered tablet packing apparatus 1, which is composed of a powdered medicine input V-box 2, a tablet manual dispensing apparatus 3, and a tablet cassette storage shelf 4, and a notebook personal computer 5 for handling print data, packaging control data, and the like. Is installed.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the powdered tablet packing apparatus 1. The powdered powder is charged into the area where the inside of the powdered powder V-box 2 is partitioned by the triangular partition plate 6, the surface is leveled, and then the powdered powder is charged. The opening / closing plate 7a of the V-box 2 is moved to the position indicated by the dashed line 7b, and the powder is dropped into the divided container 8 provided immediately below the powder-supplying V-box 2.

The divided container 8 is formed of an aggregate of small containers that receive one package of powdered medicine, and has a bottom cover 9a that can be opened and closed at the bottom of the container. When the bottom lid 9b is opened as shown by the dashed line and the powder is dropped on the packaging hopper 11, and the bottom lid opening / closing claw 10 returns to the original position, the bottom lid 9a is moved by the spring 12 to the bottom of the container.
Close as in a.

After the powder in the divided container 8 is dropped by opening the bottom cover 9a, the adjacent divided container 8 is moved to the base of the bottom cover opening / closing claw 10 by the motor 26, and the bottom cover 9 is similarly opened.

The powdered medicine that has fallen into the packaging hopper 11 is folded at the folding part 13 of the wrapping paper, sealed by the heater roller 14, and discharged as the wrapping band 15.

On the other hand, the packaging of the tablets is shown in FIG.
(A) It is configured as shown in (b),
The slide shirt 17 is arranged at the bottom of the. In the lower part thereof, a tablet dividing container 18 is arranged, and a small container 19 and a small container frame 20 which substantially coincide with the distribution box 16 arranged in the tablet manual dispensing apparatus 3, and a small container bottom for opening and closing the bottom of the small container 19. It is constituted by a lid 21, and is moved in contact with the surface of the slide plate 23 by the movement of the moving claw 22 that moves the tablet dividing container 18.

When manually distributing the tablets, the tablets are dispensed at the position indicated on the display unit 24, and the tablets distributed to the tablet dispersing device 3 are slid on a slide shirt 17 so that the tablets are dispensed to the distribution box 16. The spread tablets are dropped into the tablet dividing container 18.

When the tablets are delivered to the tablet dividing container 18, the tablet dividing container 18 is moved and the packaging hopper 11 is moved.
Since the small container bottom lid 21 is separated from the surface of the slide plate 23 above the guiding chute 25 for guiding the tablet to
(B) As shown in FIG.
The tablets in 9 are dropped on the guide chute 25.

When the movement of the tablet dividing container 18 further proceeds, the small container bottom cover 21 contacts the slide plate 23 again, so that the small container bottom cover 21 of the tablet dividing container 18 is closed.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are top views of the tablet dividing container 18, showing the opened state of the small containers 19 arranged in the horizontal direction.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the slide plate 23 has a guide chute 25 at a pitch obtained by dividing the width of the small container 19 in the feeding direction by the number of small containers 19 arranged in the direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. 4 (b), when the tablet dividing container 18 is moved by one pitch in the feed direction at the stepwise pitch as shown in FIG. The small container bottom lid 21 is opened.

Subsequently, if the feeding is continued at the same pitch, 2
The small container bottom cover 21 is opened sequentially from the 10th box to the 10th box, and tablets are dropped on the guide chute 25.

The tablets dropped on the guiding chute 25 are guided to the packaging hopper 11 and packed.

On the other hand, when tablets are to be dropped from the tablet cassette storage shelf 4 for packaging, as shown in FIG. 2, a storage shelf guiding chute 27 for guiding tablets is placed in the packaging hopper 11, and a drop guide passage 28 The tablet cassette 29 is arranged on the front side and the back side of the packaging device along the line.

The tablet cassette 29 is, as shown in FIG.
A groove for aligning tablets (not shown) is provided in a rotor 30 provided inside the tablet cassette, and the tablets aligned in the grooves are discharged one by one from the discharge port shown in FIG.

The tablet cassette 29 is provided with a lid 32 for protecting the tablet storage section from moisture or the like. The cassette 29 is mounted along a rail 34 disposed on a motor base 33 for rotating the rotor 30. The attachment state is reliably maintained at the attachment position by a catch member (not shown), and the connection between the drive gear 35 and the rotor gear 38a shown in FIG. Rotor gear 36 on matching rotor shaft
b is rotating.

The motor base 33 has a window 37 connected to the guide passage 28, and the number of tablets passing through the window 37 is counted by a counting sensor 38.

FIG. 7A is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.
A motor base 33 is attached to the tablet cassette storage shelf 4 along the guide passage 28, and a shelf frame 3 is provided at both ends of the guide passage.
9 are arranged.

One of the shelf frames 39 is provided with a rotating shaft 40 for rotating the tablet cassette storage shelf 4, and the rotating shaft 40 is supported by the powdered tablet packaging apparatus 1.

Each motor base 33 is provided near the rotating shaft 40.
The power supply, control signal cable, etc. connected to
As shown in FIG. 7, a plastic cable chain 41 is arranged so as to move in accordance with the rotation of the rotating shaft 40, and a cable housed in the plastic cable chain 41 is a control board housed and arranged in a main body control board and a shelf frame 39. 42 is connected.

The control board 42 includes a power distribution cable for power distribution to the motor base 33 and a window 37 connected to the guide passage 28.
The signal cables of the counting sensor 38 for detecting the tablets passing through the inside, and those capable of identifying the type of the cassette, the signal cables connecting the identification sensors and the like connect each motor base 33. .

The power cable stored in the plastic cable chain 41 is distributed to each motor base 33 through a control board 42.

On the other hand, the signal cable routed in the plastic cable chain 41 is for controlling the control board 42 and for transmitting and receiving control information of the designated motor base 33 and the like. By providing the tablet cassette storage shelf 4 on the movable side, the number of cables routed in the plastic cable chain 41 can be reduced.

The tablet cassette storage shelf 4 restricts the rotation range of the rotary shaft 40 to, for example, 120 degrees, and restricts the tablet cassette storage shelf 4 with a catch member or the like so as to stop at both ends. It is necessary to ensure a stable stop at both ends.

This is to prevent the tablet cassette storage shelves 4 from moving together during the operation of attaching and detaching the cassette.

The tablet cassette storage shelf 4 includes at least a support frame for supporting the drop guide passage 28, a drop guide passage 28, a motor base 33, and a tablet cassette 29 to facilitate rotation. You may make it rotate.

Although not shown, a handle must be provided when the rotation is performed manually, and a mechanism such as a rotation operation panel and a drive motor is required for the automatic rotation.

FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b) show a second embodiment of the tablet cassette storage shelf 4. Components common to the above description are given the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

In the second embodiment, the rotary shaft 40 is connected to a slide rail (not shown), and after the tablet cassette storage shelf 4 is pulled out to the front, the side of the guide passage on the side without the rotary shaft 40 is moved. The end rotates away from the shelf frame 39 as shown in FIG. 8B.

With this configuration, the rotating shaft 40 is supported by the shelf frame 39 while the shelf frame 39 is fixed, so that stable rotation can be ensured.

Also in the second embodiment,
A power supply, a control signal cable, and the like connected to each motor base 33 near the rotation shaft 40, as shown in FIG.
It is preferable to arrange the plastic cable chain 41 so as to move in accordance with the rotation of the rotating shaft 40, and to adopt the same form as described above so as to reduce the number of cables.

FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b) show a third embodiment of the tablet cassette storage shelf 4. Components common to the above description are given the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

In the third embodiment, the rotating shaft 40 is disposed at the center of the tablet cassette storage shelf 4, and FIG.
As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 10A, the rotating shaft 40 is formed of a donut ring which does not obstruct the guide passage 28. The rotating shaft 40 is formed by using a portion immediately below the wiring passage 43, and the rotating shaft 40 is formed. A projection member 44 provided on the cartridge 40 and a stopper 45 for limiting the rotation range of the projection member 44 are supported by the powdered tablet packaging apparatus main body.
Does not rotate more than 180 degrees.

As shown in FIG. 10 (b), the rotating shaft 40 supports the donut ring from below by a roller 46, and the upper portion is also supported by the donut ring.

The upper part of the donut ring is provided with a power source, a control signal cable, and the like connected to each motor base 33 at the center, and connected to a control board 42. The control board 42 and each motor base 33 are connected to a wiring passage 43. Connected by a cable wired to the

By having such a complicated wiring route,
The tablets can be moved to the packaging device without hindering the falling of the tablets falling in the guide path, and the cassette replacement and replenishment operation of the motor base arranged on the back surface of the storage shelf can be performed.

In the case where such a small number of cassettes are set and packaged each time they are used, it is preferable to arrange a cassette which is frequently used and is not frequently replaced on the motor base arranged on the back of the storage shelf.

Further, such an apparatus for setting and packaging each time a small number of cassettes are used is provided for each storage shelf as shown in FIG.
The operation panel 47 as shown in FIG. 7 is provided, and the number of times the setting key 48 corresponding to the morning, noon, evening, or sleeping time is pressed is counted up from 1 on the display unit 49 in accordance with the number of times. Has become.

When the set packaging conditions are stored, if the memory key 50 is pressed and operated for one second or longer, one packaging condition is stored, and the recall of the packaging conditions is stored by pressing the memory key 50 once. The packing condition is displayed on the display 4
9 is displayed.

If the setting of the packaging conditions has failed, the reset key 51 is operated to clear the settings.

When tablets are packaged according to the packaging conditions entered here, when the packaging conditions corresponding to the motor base arranged on the back of the storage shelf are input, the back of the storage shelf is placed on the front side. For example, if a cassette displayed on the notebook computer 5 in an arrangement corresponding to the storage shelf is selected, an input screen for the selected cassette is displayed as shown in FIG. May be entered.

The powdering treatment apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described with a configuration in which the powdered medicine is scattered in a powdered charging V-box and the powdered medicine dropped in a divided container is packaged.
02 may be employed in a powdered medicine processing apparatus that scrapes and packs the powdered medicine distributed to the R plate with a scraping-out device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the description has been made of the powdered tablet packaging apparatus.
You may employ | adopt the apparatus for filling a vial with a tablet.

[0051]

According to the present invention, the shelves on which containers for accommodating a small number of tablets are arranged are arranged substantially in the same direction with respect to the front of the powder processing unit, and are arranged toward the front of the powder processing unit. A shelf for accommodating a small number of tablets is also arranged on the back of a shelf for accommodating tablets, and a shelf for disposing a tablet storage container arranged on the back side of the shelf for accommodating the containers for accommodating the small number of tablets. Is rotated to allow the tablet storage container to be attached and detached at a position substantially in the same direction with respect to the front of the powder treatment unit. Because it is possible, there is no need to operate around the back of the packaging device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a powdered tablet packaging apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a powdered tablet packaging apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the tablet hand dispensing device.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the tablet hand dispensing device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a tablet cassette.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the tablet cassette.

FIG. 7 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows a rotating shaft according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11: Input panel

[Explanation of symbols]

 Powdered tablet packaging apparatus 1 Tablet cassette storage shelf 4 Guide passage 28 Motor base 33 Shelf frame 39 Rotating shaft 40 Plastic cable chain 41 Control board 42

Claims (2)

[Claims] In a medicine dividing apparatus for taking out one dose or one prescription from a container for storing a medicine and dividing the medicine, a shelf in which a container for storing a small number of medicines is arranged is placed on the front of the medicine dividing apparatus. Arranged in substantially the same direction, a shelf on which a container for accommodating a drug is arranged is also arranged on the back of a shelf on which a container for accommodating a medicine arranged toward the front of the medicine dividing device is arranged. By rotating the shelf for disposing the medicine container arranged on the back side of the shelf for disposing the medicine container, the medicine container can be attached and detached at a position substantially in the same direction with respect to the front of the medicine dividing device. A drug dividing device characterized by the following. 2. A medicine dividing apparatus, wherein a powder dividing apparatus is provided below the front of the medicine dividing apparatus.