JP2002347702A - Medicine supplying machine for medicine subdivision pack device, and method for supplying medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and readily supply each dose of tablets from a number of tablet cassettes to rapping paper and to efficiently remove the remaining powder of the tablet. SOLUTION: Tablet distributing conveyors 2 and 2 composed by being divided into a plurality of blocks with partition plates 2c on endless belts 2b are disposed in parallel under tablet cassettes 1a-1g and 1h-1r, respectively, each dose of medicine is continuousluy conveyed with a pair of corresponding partition plates of each tablet distributing conveyor, the conveyed medicines are temporarily received at a tablet receiving portion 3 to be collected into a dose of medicines, and the collected medicines are continuously supplied to a hopper 13 of a packaging means by a supplying means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine supply device and a medicine supply method for a medicine packing apparatus for conveying medicines such as various kinds of tablets supplied from a tablet cassette and packing the medicines for each use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are various kinds of drugs,
There is a medicine dispensing apparatus (medicine dispensing apparatus) that automatically separates and packs medicines such as tablets for a single dose because various kinds of medicines are to be dispensed at a time.

[0003] In the medicine packaging apparatus, the tablets discharged from the tablet cassette are thrown into the wrapping paper immediately before being inserted between a pair of heater blade members provided in the wrapping means through the hopper once per dose. The wrapping paper is inserted between the heater blade members, and the opening of the wrapping paper is adhered by the heat of the heater blade member.

[0004] Conventionally, a medicine feeder for supplying tablets discharged from a tablet cassette of such a medicine packing apparatus to the hopper of the above-mentioned packaging means for each single dose is configured as shown in FIG. That is, a large number of tablet cassettes 101 accommodating different types of tablets are densely arranged, and the first hopper 10 is provided so as to cover the lower portion of the tablet cassette 101.
2 are provided.

A squeeze is formed in the first hopper 102 so as to reduce the width, and a large number of tablets discharged from the tablet cassette 101 are collected in the squeezing portion 102a.
Two tablet conveyors 1 provided with endless belts
Numerals 03 are installed on both sides near the lower part of the hopper 102. Further, a supply conveyor 104 having an endlessly arranged belt for supplying the tablets collected by the tablet conveyor 103 to the second hopper 105 provided in the packaging means is provided at a lower portion between the tablet conveyors 103. I have.

In such a tablet feeder, a single dose of medicine to be dispensed according to a prescription is selectively discharged from the tablet cassette 101, falls along the first hopper 102, and drops on the belt of the tablet conveyor 103. Place on top. These tablets are supplied by the feed conveyor 10 by driving the tablet conveyor 103.
The tablets that have been transported to 4 and dispensed once by the drive of the supply conveyor 104 are supplied to the second hopper 105 provided in the packaging means, and the tablets are separated and packaged by the single dose by the packaging means.

[0007]

However, in such a conventional device, the tablets stored in the tablet cassette 101 are taken along the first hopper 102 along the first hopper 102 every time the tablet is taken. And let it fall
Since the tablets are collected by driving the tablet conveyor 103, it takes a long time to transport the tablets dispensed per dose, and there is a problem that the tablets cannot be quickly packaged.

[0008] When the tablets are discharged from the tablet cassette 101, there is a possibility that the tablet powder may also be placed on the outer surface of the belt of the tablet conveyor 103.
When the belt No. 3 moves downward, it is considered that the tablet powder also falls naturally. However, in practice, tablet powder is not completely removed due to friction of the belt of the tablet conveyor 103, and as the device is used for a long time, a large amount of tablet powder attached to the belt surface of the tablet conveyor 103 remains. There is a problem that it is not preferable.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to supply various kinds of tablets distributed from a large number of tablet cassettes in a single dose. A tablet dispenser and a tablet dispensing method for a drug dispensing device which can be used for a long period of time in a sanitary manner because the tablets distributed in the above can be quickly and easily supplied to the wrapping paper and the residual tablet powder can be removed. To provide.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a medicine from a medicine cassette accommodating a medicine is conveyed and supplied to the packaging means for each dose. A medicine supply device of a medicine packaging device for packing medicine by the packing means, wherein a plurality of partition plates are provided on an outer surface of an endlessly arranged belt to divide the belt into a plurality of sections. A medicine supply device for a medicine packing apparatus is provided, wherein a conveyor is provided, and each medicine taken in a single dose from the medicine cassette is received and conveyed to each section of the belt.

In the invention described in this section, the medicine from the medicine cassette can be simultaneously and continuously conveyed in each section on the belt for each single dose, so that the medicine can be more quickly and easily transferred to the wrapping paper. Can supply.

Further, as in the invention according to claim 2,
If it is arranged below the medicine conveyor and provided with means for removing the medicine powder remaining in each section of the belt after the medicine is conveyed, the remaining tablet powder can be removed, so that the sanitary treatment can be performed for a long time. This device can be used for

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the means for removing the drug powder remaining in each section of the drug conveyor comprises a quick-drying cleaning agent directed to the section of the drug conveyor after transferring the drug. A cleaning agent injection nozzle for injecting powder, an air injection nozzle for injecting air toward the compartment after the quick-drying cleaning agent has been injected, and a suction unit for sucking discrete tablet powder. The drug powder attached to each section of the belt of the drug conveyor is easily separated, and the drug powder can be efficiently removed. By spraying a quick-drying detergent such as alcohol onto each section of the belt of the drug conveyor, it is easy to remove the attached drug powder, and by blowing air immediately thereafter, it is easy to remove even powder that is difficult to remove. Can be removed. In addition, the use of alcohol or the like as a quick-drying detergent can also exert a disinfecting effect.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the partition of the medicine conveyor is pivotally supported at a predetermined interval on the outer surface of the belt, and the partition is placed upright with respect to the belt. When a medicine such as a tablet is ejected from the medicine cassette while the belt is driven, even if the tablet hits the diaphragm, the diaphragm makes the diaphragm elastic. As a result, the tablet can be prevented from being damaged. Therefore, the belt can be rotated faster, and the medicine can be supplied to the wrapping paper more quickly.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of medicine conveyors are arranged in parallel below the medicine cassettes, and each of the medicine conveyors corresponds to a section divided by a partition plate on a belt. The medicines to be taken once are transported separately in the corresponding set of compartments of each medicine conveyor, so that the medicines delivered in the corresponding set of compartments are combined into one dose. If a medicine receiving section for temporarily receiving a medicine and a supply means for supplying the medicine stored in the medicine receiving section to the packaging means for each single dose are provided, a large number of medicine cassettes can be provided. However, since a single dose of medicine discharged from a medicine cassette can be transported simultaneously in a corresponding set of compartments of a plurality of medicine conveyors, medicine can be conveyed from all medicine cassettes by one medicine conveyor. Receiving It is possible to shorten the transport distance by the drug conveyor than to transport Te, it is possible to more rapidly transport the drug.

Further, as in the invention according to claim 6,
The supply means is provided with a plurality of medicine feeding plates on an outer surface of an endlessly arranged belt, and drives the belt to successively feed a single dose of medicine accumulated in the medicine receiving portion by the medicine feeding plate. With such a configuration, the medicine for one dose can be continuously supplied to the packaging means, so that the medicine for one dose received from the medicine conveyor is wrapped with a belt as in the conventional case. The drug can be supplied more quickly than when it is supplied to the means.

Further, as in the invention according to claim 7,
By providing a means for removing the medicine powder attached to the supply means after the medicine is supplied, the medicine powder attached to the supply means can be removed.

According to the present invention, the means for removing the chemical powder adhering to the supply means includes an air injection nozzle for injecting air to the supply means after the supply of the medicine, and a discrete tablet. With such a configuration as to include a suction section for sucking the powder, the medicine powder attached to the supply means can be blown off and inhaled by air pressure, so that the medicine powder attached to the supply means can be efficiently removed.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the belt is divided into a plurality of sections by providing a plurality of partitions on the outer surface of the endlessly arranged belt. A medicine conveyor is arranged below the medicine cassette, a medicine receiving section for receiving medicine from each medicine conveyor, and a supply means provided below the medicine receiving section and supplying the medicine in the medicine receiving section to the packaging means. And a medicine supply method for a medicine packaging apparatus provided with a medicine supply device, wherein the medicine conveyed in the corresponding section on the belt of each medicine conveyor is combined into a single dose so that the medicine for a single dose is supplied to each medicine conveyer. The medicine is conveyed separately in corresponding sections of the medicine conveyor, and the medicine is temporarily received by the medicine receiving section, and the medicine is supplied to the packing means by the supply means every time the medicine for one dose is accumulated in the medicine receiving section. Supply Drug supply method of medicine packing apparatus according to claim is provided.

According to the invention described in this section, even when the number of drug cassettes is large, a single dose of drug discharged from the drug cassette can be simultaneously transported separately in corresponding sections of a plurality of drug conveyors. Therefore, the medicine can be transported more quickly than if the medicine is conveyed from all the medicine cassettes by one medicine conveyor.

Further, as in the invention according to the tenth aspect, after the medicine is conveyed to the medicine receiving portion, the medicine powder remaining in each section of the medicine conveyor is removed, and the medicine is supplied to the packaging means after the medicine is supplied to the packaging means. If the configuration is such that the medicine powder attached to the means is removed, the remaining tablet powder can be removed, so that the device can be used hygienically for a long period of time.

[0022]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
A preferred embodiment of the medicine packaging device according to the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the partition plate shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, a description will be given by taking a tablet packaging device as an example of a medicine.

The above-mentioned medicine packaging apparatus puts a medicine for a single dose supplied to the hopper into a wrapping paper and packs the medicine for each single dose, and a tablet for packing the medicine from the tablet cassette 1 into one. A medicine supply device is provided for collecting medicines for each dose and supplying the medicine to the hopper of the medicine packaging machine.

The above-mentioned medicine feeder is provided with a number of tablet cassettes 1 for storing different kinds of tablets. More specifically, the tablet cassette 1 includes tablet cassettes 1a to 1g and tablet cassettes 1h to 1r which are provided densely. These tablet cassettes 1a to 1g and tablet cassette 1h
.About.1r are arranged in a line at intervals. Each tablet cassette 1a,... May contain a different medicine, or may contain the same tablet.

Below the tablet cassettes 1a to 1g and the tablet cassettes 1h to 1r, one of the drug conveyors is provided.
Example tablet dispensing conveyors 2, 2 are provided.
These tablet distribution conveyors 2 are endless belts 2 respectively.
b and a motor 2a shown in FIG.
, So as to rotate. For example, the tablet distributing conveyors 2, 2 are arranged in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 (in the direction opposite to each other) via the rollers described above, and the tablets placed on the belt 2b are placed between the tablet distributing conveyors 2 (the center of the device). (The direction of gathering).

At this time, the tablet dispensing conveyors 2, 2 are controlled to rotate by the motor 2a at a timing such that the tablets simultaneously move from the corresponding sections on the belt of each tablet dispensing conveyor 2, 2 to the tablet receiving section 3, which will be described later. Is done. More preferably, the tablet dispensing conveyors 2, 2 may be controlled to rotate synchronously.

Thus, the sections on the belt of each of the tablet dispensing conveyors 2 and 2 are made to correspond to each other, and when the medicines to be conveyed in the corresponding set of sections (one set of dispensing sections) are combined, the dose for one dose is obtained. Thus, if a single dose of medicine is divided and transported in a corresponding set of compartments of each tablet dispensing conveyor 2, 2, a single dose of medicine is simultaneously delivered from the corresponding compartment of each tablet dispensing conveyor 2, 2. The medicine can be stored (collected) in the tablet receiving section 3 described later, and the medicine can be transported more quickly.

The tablet distributing conveyors 2 and 2 are
A large number of partition plates (distribution portions) 2c are provided on the outer surface of b. The belt 2b is divided into a plurality of sections by these partition plates 2c. As shown in FIG. 1, the partition plate 2c is formed to have a width at least as large as the width of the tablet cassettes 1 arranged side by side in the front-rear direction. Are pivotally supported with an interval between the tablet cassettes 1a, 1b,.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the partition 2c has pin mounting portions 2d formed on both sides of the upper portion of the belt 2b, and pins 2e provided at the lower end of the partition 2c.
By inserting both ends of the belt 2b, the partition 2c is
Pivoted on the outer surface of the body.

At the lower end of the partition 2c, a plurality of coil springs 2f as elastic members are provided on the pins 2e.
c is urged by the coil spring 2f in an upright state with respect to the belt 2b.

The tablet distributing conveyors 2, 2 are separated from the tablets below the tablet distributing conveyors 2, 2.
There is provided a powder removing means for removing a tablet powder as an example of a drug powder which remains after adhering to a tablet.

The powder removing means of the tablet distributing conveyors 2, 2 removes the tablet powder remaining in the section of the belt 2b after the tablet is conveyed, that is, when the section of the belt 2b is on the lower side. ing. Specifically, the powder removing means of the distribution conveyors 2, 2 is provided with a quick-drying cleaning agent toward the section of the belt 2b after the medicine is transported by the tablet distribution conveyors 2, 2.
For example, alcohol injection nozzle 6, which injects alcohol,
It comprises an air injection nozzle 7 for injecting air toward the section after the alcohol has been injected, and an inhaling section 8 for inhaling discrete tablet powder.

The alcohol injection nozzle 6 is provided on the upstream side in the belt rotation direction below the tablet dispensing conveyor 2, that is, near the center of the medicine packaging apparatus. The air injection nozzle 7 is adjacent to the alcohol injection nozzle 6. And is provided on the downstream side in the belt rotation direction. The air injection nozzle 7 is provided on one side of the belt 2b in a state where the injection port is inclined toward the belt 2b so that air is injected from the side of the belt 2b at a slightly smaller angle than the side. I have.

In order to efficiently inhale the tablet powder blown off by air pressure or the like, the suction section 8 is provided with a suction port which is wider at least in the belt direction than the installation site of the injection nozzles 6 and 7, and is provided on the other side of the belt 2b. Are staggered.

The alcohol injection nozzle 6 and the air injection nozzle 7 are connected to a compressor or a blower (not shown), the alcohol injection nozzle 6 is connected to an alcohol supply device (not shown), and the suction unit 8 is a vacuum generator for sucking air. Is linked to

By the way, two tablet distribution conveyors 2, 2
In the meantime, a tablet receiving part (an example of a medicine receiving part) as an example of a medicine receiving part for receiving a tablet falling from a section of the belt 2b when passing through the roller is provided below a roller on the downstream side (center side of the apparatus) in each belt rotation direction. Tablet support plate) 3 is provided. The tablet receiving portion 3 is formed in a plate shape longer than the entire width of at least the tablet cassettes arranged side by side as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

Between the two tablet distributing conveyors 2 and 2, the medicine accumulated in the tablet receiving portion 3 is placed above the roller on the downstream side in the belt rotation direction (the center of the apparatus) for each single dose. There is provided a supply means for supplying to a hopper 13 of a packaging means described below, which is disposed below the tablet receiving section 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the supply means comprises a plurality of feed plates (tablet transfer plates) 4 as an example of a drug feed plate provided on the outer surface of an endless belt 5a extended over rollers. The tablet supply conveyor (drug supply conveyor) 5 is provided. The belt 5a is arranged vertically displaced vertically upward with respect to the arrangement direction of the belts 2b, 2b of the two tablet dispensing conveyors 2, 2. The distance between the rollers around which the belt 5a is stretched is at least as long as the length of the tablet receiving portion 3 in the front-rear direction.

The belt 5a of the supply means is provided with a motor 5b.
Is rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 via the roller. The belt of the supply means is provided with one feed plate 4 at the timing when the tablets move from the corresponding sections of the tablet distribution conveyors 2 and 2 to the tablet receiving section 3.
The rotation of the belt 5a is controlled by the motor 5b so that the belt 5a can be sent out. Accordingly, the feed plate 4 is also driven in accordance with the rotation of the belt 5a, and the feed plate 4 moves downward from the rear of the belt 5a to the front while moving the tablets collected in the tablet receiving portion 3 for a single dose into the hopper 13. Can be delivered efficiently, and tablets can be supplied more quickly.

The feed plate 4 is pivotally supported on the outer surface of the belt 5a at a predetermined interval, similarly to the partition plate 2c of the tablet distribution conveyor, and stands upright with respect to the belt 5a by an elastic member such as a coil spring. Has been energized.

Here, above the roller located in front of the supply means, the tablet powder, which is separated from the tablets and adheres to the belt 5a and the feed plate 4 of the supply means and which remains as the medicine powder, is removed. Powder removing means is provided.

The powder removing means of the supply means is provided after the tablets are supplied to the hopper 13 by the feed plate 4, that is, when the feed plate 4 is located above the belt 5a, the tablet powder remaining on the belt 5a and the feed plate 4 is removed. Is to be removed. Specifically, the powder removing means of the supply means includes an air injection nozzle 7a for injecting air toward the surface of the belt 5a after the tablet is supplied by the supply means and the feed plate 4 (particularly, the end of the feed plate 4). It is constituted by an inhaling section 8a for inhaling the compressed tablet powder.

The air injection nozzle 7a is disposed above one side of the belt 5a of the supply means. The air injection nozzle 7a has an injection port for injecting air toward the end of the feed plate 4, and an injection port for injecting air toward the surface of the belt 5a. The suction section 8a is provided with a suction port having a length at least from the surface of the belt 5a to the end of the feed plate 4 in order to efficiently suck the tablet powder blown off by air pressure or the like. The air injection nozzle 7a is connected to a compressor or a blower (not shown) similarly to the air injection nozzle 7, and the suction part 8a is connected to a vacuum generator for sucking air, like the suction part 8.

Below the center of the medicine packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment, a packaging means for packaging medicine for each single dose is provided. This packing means is continuously folded for each single dose of medicine supplied to the hopper 13 provided below the tablet receiving portion 4 and immediately before being inserted between the pair of heater blade members 11. The wrapping paper 12 is put into the wrapping paper 12, and the wrapping paper 12 is inserted between the heater blade members 11 so that the opening of the wrapping paper 12 is adhered by heat.

The medicine packaging apparatus is provided with a control unit (not shown) including a CPU (central processing unit), a RAM (random access memory) and the like, and this control unit controls each unit based on a computer program. It has become. Note that a computer may be connected to the medicine packaging device, and the computer may have the function of the control unit.

A single-dose tablet discharged from the tablet cassette of the medicine packaging apparatus is selected based on information such as a prescription by a doctor or the like. The information on the prescription and the like may be input, for example, by providing an operation section in the medicine packaging apparatus and inputting the information from the operation section, or by connecting a computer to the medicine packaging apparatus and inputting the information via the computer. You may.

In such a medicine packaging apparatus, a tablet cassette, a motor for driving a belt, and the like are controlled based on a computer program, based on a prescription written by a doctor or the like input to a computer.
In this case, the tablet dispensing conveyors 2, 2 are rotated together in synchronization, and the belt 2 in each tablet dispensing conveyor 2, 2 is rotated.
b, 2b, among the sections divided by the partition plates 2c, 2c, the medicines to be conveyed in the corresponding sections of the respective tablet dispensing conveyors 2, 2 are combined into a single dose, so that the medicine is conveyed once. The medicine is controlled so as to be conveyed separately in the corresponding sections of each tablet dispensing conveyor 2,2.

More specifically, the belts of the tablet distribution conveyors 2 and 2 are synchronized and driven in the direction in which the tablets are conveyed toward the tablet receiving section 3. When the corresponding section on each belt 2b, 2b is located below the first tablet cassettes 1a, 1h among the multiple tablet cassettes 1a, 1b, 1c... If the tablets stored in 1a and 1h are prescribed tablets, a required number of tablets are discharged toward the corresponding section. Next, when the corresponding compartment moves and is positioned below the other tablet cassettes 1b and 1k, if the tablets stored in the tablet cassettes 1b and 1k are prescription tablets, the corresponding compartment is directed to the corresponding compartment. And discharge the required number of tablets.

Similarly, when the corresponding sections move one after another and are positioned below the other tablet cassettes 1c, 1p, the tablets stored in the tablet cassettes 1c, 1p are prescribed. If so, discharge the required number of tablets toward the corresponding compartment. Subsequently, if the tablets stored in the tablet cassettes 1g and 1r are prescribed tablets when they are located in the final tablet cassettes 1g and 1r, the necessary number of the last tablets are discharged toward the corresponding section. .

Thus, the tablets are conveyed by receiving the tablets from the tablet cassette 1 while the two corresponding sections (distributing sections) of the tablet distributing conveyors 2 and 2 move, and the tablet receiving section (tablet supporting plate) The tablets for each dose are stored in 3.

The tablets stored in the tablet receiving portion 3 are collected by a feed plate (tablet transfer plate) 4 linked to a belt 5a circulated by driving a motor 5b.
It is supplied to the hopper 13 of the packaging means.

The medicine supplied to the hopper 13 is packed by a packing means. That is, the medicine for one dose supplied to the hopper 13 is put into the wrapping paper 12, and the wrapping paper 1
2 is inserted between the heater blade members 11, the opening of the wrapping paper 12 is attached and cut by heat, and the wrapping paper 12 is wrapped per dose.

In this way, the tablets dispensed in accordance with the prescription are continuously distributed to a large number of sections (distribution sections) of the respective tablet distribution conveyors 2, 2 to which the tablets are continuously transferred. A large number of tablets divided into a set of compartments are supplied to the hopper 13 of the packaging means at a time. Thus, each time the belt 2b of the tablet dispensing conveyors 2 and 2 moves by one section continuously (for example, each time the belt 2b is rotated by substantially a half wheel in FIG. 1), it is put into a corresponding set of sections. Many tablets are quickly supplied to the hopper 13.

As described above, the medicine for one dose is conveyed separately in the corresponding sections of the tablet dispensing conveyors 2, 2, and the medicine for the single dose is conveyed from the corresponding section of each tablet dispensing conveyor 2, 2. It can be stored in the tablet receiving portion 3 at the same time. As a result, even when prescribing a large number of drugs, tablets can be continuously conveyed and supplied in a single dose in multiple sections of the tablet dispensing conveyor, so that a single dose can be more quickly and easily dispensed. Can be packaged. In addition, even when the number of tablet cassettes 2 and 2 is large, the medicine for one dose can be divided and transported at the same time. Since the transport distance by the drug conveyor can be shortened, the drug can be transported more quickly.

The partition plate 2c of the tablet dispensing conveyor 2 is
The belt 2b is pivotally supported on the outer surface of the belt 2b at a predetermined interval, and is configured to urge the partition plate 2c upright with respect to the belt by an elastic member such as a coil spring. When a medicine such as a tablet is discharged from the cassette, even if the tablet hits the partition 2c, the partition 2c has elasticity by the elastic member, so that the tablet can be prevented from being damaged. Therefore, the belt can be rotated faster, and the medicine can be supplied to the wrapping paper more quickly.

The supply means is provided with a plurality of feed plates 4 on the outer surface of a belt 5a wrapped around a roller endlessly, and drives the belt 5a to feed the single dose collected in the tablet receiving portion 3 by the feed plate 4. Since the medicines of one dose are successively sent to the hopper 13 of the packaging means, the medicine of one dose can be continuously supplied to the packaging means. The medicine can be supplied more quickly than in the case where the medicine is supplied to the packaging means by a belt.

Here, the belt 2b of the tablet distribution conveyor 2
Section receives tablets from the tablet cassette and transports them when the belt 2b moves above the rollers as the belt 2b moves.
After the medicine is conveyed, that is, after the tablet is dropped into the receiving portion 3 when passing through the roller near the receiving portion 3, the tablet moves to the lower side of the roller and the tablet powder remaining in the section is removed by the powder removing means. . Specifically, the section of the belt 2b moves with the movement of the belt 2b, and alcohol is injected at a position facing the alcohol injection nozzle 6, and air is injected at a position facing the air injection nozzle 7. Thus, the separated tablet powder is inhaled by the inhalation unit 8.

Thus, the medicine powder adhering to each section of the belt 2b of the tablet distribution conveyor 2 is easily separated,
The drug powder can be efficiently removed. That is, by spraying a quick-drying detergent such as alcohol onto each section of the belt of the tablet distributing conveyor 2, it is possible to easily remove the adhering chemical powder, and immediately thereafter, it is difficult to remove the drug which is difficult to remove by jetting air. Even powder can be easily removed. In addition, the use of alcohol or the like as a quick-drying detergent can also exert a disinfecting effect.

The feeding means moves the feed plate 4 in accordance with the driving of the belt 5a. When the feed plate 4 is located below the roller, the feed means 4 moves from the rear to the front while the tablet receiving portion 3 moves.
The medicine accumulated in the hopper 13 is sequentially pushed forward, scraped off, and supplied to the hopper 13. Then, after the medicine is supplied, that is, when the paper passes through the roller on the tablet receiving section 3 side, the feed plate 4 moves to the upper side of the roller, and the belt 5 of the supply means is moved by the powder removing means.
a, the tablet powder remaining on the feed plate 4 and remaining is removed.

More specifically, the feed plate 4 moves with the movement of the belt 5a, and air is jetted from one side at a position facing the air jet nozzle 7a. Thus, the separated tablet powder is inhaled from the other side by the inhaler 8a. Accordingly, the medicine powder attached to the supply means can be blown off and inhaled by air pressure, so that the medicine powder attached to the supply means can be efficiently removed.

A single dose of the medicine to be conveyed by being divided into a plurality of sections of the tablet dispensing conveyors 2 is 1
Not only a case where a similar tablet is prescribed for each batch, but also a case where a different tablet is prescribed for each morning, day and night. For example, tablets a to e are classified into tablet cassettes a to e, respectively, tablets (a, b, c) in the morning, tablets (a, b, d) in the day, and tablets (a, b, e) may be prescribed. in this case,
In the initial state, when the section divided by the partition plate 2c on the belt 2b of the tablet dispensing conveyor 2 first passes under the tablet cassettes 1a, 1b, 1c containing the tablets a, b, c, the section enters the section in the morning. Only tablets to be taken are discharged. The next section adjacent to the section for transporting tablets in the morning is a tablet cassette 1a, 1b,
Tablets a, b, d to take at noon when passing under 1d
Is discharged to this compartment. Furthermore, when the next section adjacent to the section for conveying tablets during the day passes under the tablet cassettes 1a, 1b, 1e containing the tablets a, b, e, the tablets a, b to be taken at night. , E are discharged to this compartment. Thus, the tablets conveyed in the morning, daytime, and night sections are collected in the tablet receiving section 3 and supplied to the hopper 13 via the supply means, and are packaged for each morning, daytime, and nighttime tablet by the packaging means. Is done.

The present invention makes it possible to easily and continuously package a variety of differently formulated tablets according to the date of taking in this manner. The date and time of taking the medicine with a printer may be printed on the packaging paper of the medicine.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. It is clear that a person skilled in the art can conceive various changes or modifications within the scope of the claims, and these naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention. I understand.

For example, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which two tablet dispensing conveyors 2 are arranged side by side as a medicine conveyor. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only one medicine conveyor is provided. The medicines for a single dose may be received from the medicine cassette and conveyed to each section divided by the partition plate. Also in this case, as in the case of providing a plurality of medicine conveyors described above, the medicine for a plurality of doses can be continuously conveyed for each dose by rotating the belt once.
The medicine can be quickly conveyed compared to the case where the medicine for one dose is conveyed by one rotation of the belt as in the related art.

Further, in the above embodiment, the medicine cassettes 1a to 1g, the tablet dispensing conveyor 2 and the powder removing means 6, 7 provided below the medicine cassettes 1a to 1g constitute the first set, and the medicine cassettes 1h to 1r and the lower When the tablet distributing conveyor 2 and the powder removing means 6 and 7 provided in the second set are used as a second set, if each set is arranged so that the tablets are conveyed to the tablet receiving part 3, Thus, the present invention is not limited to the case of being arranged in a row, but may be arranged side by side.

Further, a set in which two sets of the medicine cassette, the medicine conveyor, and the powder removing means are arranged in one row as in the above embodiment is further set as one set, and a plurality of these sets are arranged adjacent to each other. May be. In this case, the tablet cassettes may be densely arranged in a rectangular shape such as a square shape, for example, and may be densely arranged in the lateral direction and the width direction (the front-back direction in FIG. 1). In the present embodiment, as an example, the tablet cassettes 1 a to 1
1 g and the other tablet cassettes 1 h to 1 r can be regarded as separate components.

In this case, the transport length of the tablet receiving portion 3 and the belt 5a of the supply means should be at least longer than the sum of the widths of the tablet distribution conveyors constituting each set, and the feed plate provided on the belt 5a. The interval of 4 should be at least as long as the width of the tablet distributing conveyor constituting each set plus the width. Then, the belts of the respective tablet dispensing conveyors are driven synchronously, and the medicines to be conveyed in the corresponding sections of each tablet distributing conveyor among the sections divided by the partition plate on the belt in each tablet dispensing conveyor are combined. A single dose of the drug is delivered separately in the corresponding section of each tablet dispensing conveyor so as to be a single dose. As a result, all the tablets from each set of tablet dispensing conveyors are stored in the tablet receiving section 3 at the center of the device.
The medicines collected at the same time for each dose and stored in the tablet receiving section 3 are supplied to the hopper of the packaging means for each single dose by the feed plate of the supply means.

Thus, even when a large number of drugs are prescribed, tablets can be continuously conveyed and supplied for each dose in many sections of the tablet dispensing conveyor. Can be packaged for each dose.

It should be noted that two sets of the medicine cassette, the medicine conveyor, and the powder removing means are arranged in one row as in the above-described embodiment, and these sets are set upward (in the vertical direction).
May be laminated in large numbers.

Further, a large number of tablet cassettes are stacked on top of each other, and a medicine conveyor is arranged beside the lowermost tablet cassette, and the prescribed medicine is separated by a partition plate of the medicine conveyor from a lateral direction of the tablet cassette. It may be made to discharge to the divided section.

[0071]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a partition plate is provided on a belt of a medicine conveyor to divide the medicine, and various kinds of medicines supplied from a large number of medicine cassettes are put on the belt of the medicine conveyor. By supplying a single dose to the packaging means at a time in a single compartment, tablets can be continuously transported and supplied in a single dose in multiple compartments of the drug conveyor, so that the drug can be delivered quickly and easily. It can be supplied and packaged. Further, by providing a means for removing the residual medicine powder attached to the belt or supply means of the medicine conveyor, the apparatus can be used in a hygienic manner for a long period of time.

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FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a medicine packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a partition plate shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a conventional medicine packaging apparatus.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tablet cassette 2 Tablet distribution conveyor 2a, 5b Motor 2b, 5a Belt 2c Separator 2d Pin installation part 2e Pin 2f Coil spring (elastic member) 3 Tablet receiving part (Tablet support plate) 4 Feed plate (Tablet transfer plate) 5 Tablet supply Conveyor (supply means) 6 Alcohol injection nozzle 7 Air injection nozzle 8 Suction unit

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kim Ko-Ren 629 Neesong-dong, Geewang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea 4-106 F-term F-term (reference) 3E055 AA08 BA01 CA03 DA07 DA08 DA12 DA15 FA05 3E118 AA07 AB07 BA03 BA10 BB02 BB30 CA03 CA06 CA18 DA02 DA09 EA03 EA05 FA01 FA08

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A medicine supply device of a medicine packing apparatus for conveying medicine from a medicine cassette containing medicine, supplying the medicine to a packaging means for each dose, and packing the medicine by the packaging means. By providing a plurality of partition plates on the outer surface of the endlessly arranged belt, a medicine conveyor is provided in which the belt is divided into a plurality of sections, and the belt is divided for each dose of medicine from the medicine cassette. A medicine supply machine for a medicine packing apparatus, wherein each medicine is received by each section and conveyed toward said packaging means. 2. The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for removing medicine powder remaining in each section of the belt after the medicine is conveyed. Drug supply machine. 3. A cleaning agent jetting nozzle for jetting a quick-drying cleaning agent toward a section of the medicine conveyor after the medicine is conveyed, the means for removing the medicine powder remaining in each section of the belt,
3. The medicine packaging according to claim 2, further comprising an air injection nozzle that injects air toward the compartment after the quick-drying detergent has been injected, and an inhaler that inhales discrete tablet powder. Device drug supply machine. 4. The medicine conveyor, wherein the partition plate is pivotally supported on the outer surface of the belt at a predetermined interval, and provided with an elastic member for urging the partition plate upright with respect to the belt. The drug supply device of the drug packaging device according to claim 1. 5. A plurality of medicine conveyors are juxtaposed below the medicine cassette, sections divided by a partition plate on a belt of each medicine conveyor correspond to each other, and are conveyed in a corresponding set of sections. A medicine receiving section for temporarily transporting the medicine taken separately in a corresponding set of compartments of each medicine conveyor so that the medicine is combined into a single dose, and receiving the delivered medicine temporarily; 3. A medicine supply machine for a medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising supply means for supplying the medicine accumulated in the medicine receiving section to the packaging means for each dose. . 6. The supply means is provided with a plurality of medicine feeding plates on an outer surface of an endlessly arranged belt, and drives the belt to drive a single dose of medicine collected in the medicine receiving portion by the medicine feeding plate. The medicine supply machine of the medicine packing device according to claim 5, wherein the medicines are sequentially sent to the packaging means. 7. The medicine supply machine according to claim 6, further comprising means for removing the medicine powder attached to the supply means after the medicine is supplied. 8. The means for removing the medicine powder attached to the supply means includes an air injection nozzle for injecting air to the supply means after the medicine is supplied, and an inhalation unit for sucking discrete tablet powder. The medicine supply machine of the medicine packing device according to claim 7, characterized in that: 9. A plurality of partition plates are provided on an outer surface of an endlessly arranged belt, whereby a plurality of medicine conveyors each of which divides the belt into a plurality of sections are juxtaposed below the medicine cassette, and each of the medicine conveyors is provided. A medicine receiving portion for receiving a medicine from the medicine receiving portion, and a supply means provided below the medicine receiving portion for supplying the medicine in the medicine receiving portion to the packaging means. The medicine taken once is divided and delivered in the corresponding section of each medicine conveyor so that the medicine delivered in the corresponding section on the belt of each medicine conveyor is combined into a single dose. Supplying the medicine to the packaging means by the supply means each time the medicine is temporarily received in the medicine receiving part and the medicine for one dose is accumulated in the medicine receiving part. . 10. A medicine powder remaining in each section of the medicine conveyor after the medicine is conveyed to the medicine receiving section, and a medicine powder attached to the supply means is removed after supplying the medicine to the packaging means. The drug supply method for a drug packaging device according to claim 9, wherein: