JP2002370714A - Packaging hopper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging hopper with which a medicine does not pop out nor stir up. SOLUTION: An approximately inverted triangular packaging hopper 4 having an inlet 10 for accepting a medicine supplied from a medicine supply mechanism 2, an outlet 11 for discharging the accepted medicine to a packaging mechanism 5, and a slope 12 between the inlet 10 and the outlet 11, is equipped with an inclined partition 13 inside the hopper 4. The partition 13 is provided so that its upper end is located approximately at the center of the inlet 10, its lower end is located above the outlet 11 and distant from a slope 12b, and an extension of the lower end goes across the slope 12b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a packaging hopper used in a medicine packaging mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A medicine packaging mechanism is provided with a packaging hopper for guiding a medicine supplied from a medicine supply mechanism to the packaging mechanism. The outlet at the lower end of the packaging hopper is located above or within the packaging bag of the packaging mechanism. The medicine received in the receiving port at the upper end of the packaging hopper slides on the inner wall of the packaging hopper and is introduced into the packaging bag.

[0003]

However, in the conventional packaging hopper, a part of the medicine received in the receiving port at the upper end of the packaging hopper passes through the internal space of the packaging hopper without sliding on the inner wall of the packaging hopper. And fall into the packaging bag. For this reason, there have been problems such as the drug jumping out of the packaging bag and sooting smoke.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a packaging hopper in which a medicine does not fly out and smoke does not fly up.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a receiving port for receiving a medicine supplied from a medicine supply mechanism, an outlet for discharging the received medicine to a packaging mechanism, and the receiving port. In a packaging hopper having a generally inverted triangular shape having an inclined surface between an inlet and an outlet, an inclined partition plate is provided inside the packaging hopper. The partition plate may be provided such that an upper end is located substantially in the center of the receiving port, a lower end is located above the discharge port and at a position away from the inclined surface, and an extension of the lower end intersects the inclined surface. preferable.

In this packaging hopper, the medicine received in the center of the receiving port slides down along the partition plate, hits the inner wall of the hopper, slides down along the inner wall of the hopper, and falls from the discharge port into the packaging bag. I do. Therefore, there is no medicine that passes through the inner space of the packaging hopper and falls directly on the packaging bag without slipping on the inner wall of the packaging hopper, so that the medicine is prevented from jumping out of the packaging bag or sowing smoke.

It is preferable that the partition plate is detachable from the packaging hopper to facilitate cleaning.

[0008] A projection is provided on one side end of the upper end of the partition plate, and a projection is provided on the other side end, and the projection of the partition plate is engaged with an opposing upper end of the packaging hopper. It is preferable to form a notch and an engagement hole with which the projection engages to facilitate attachment and detachment to and from the packaging hopper.

It is preferable that a gap is formed between the partition plate and the inner wall of the packaging hopper to prevent the fine powder of the medicine from being clogged.

[0010] It is preferable that the packaging hopper and the partition plate are made of aluminum whose surfaces are subjected to a fluorine impregnated treatment to prevent adhesion of a chemical.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a powder dispensing and packaging apparatus 1 in which a packaging hopper 4 according to the present invention is used. This powder dispensing and packaging apparatus 1 has a powder dispensing mechanism 2 for supplying a single dose of powder based on a prescription. As the powdered medicine supply mechanism 2, R
Various forms such as a disk method and a V-measuring method can be adopted. In addition, a tablet supply mechanism may be combined with the powder supply mechanism 2.

A collection hopper 3 is provided below the powder supply mechanism 2.
The packaging hopper 4 described below is disposed, and a packaging mechanism 5 is disposed below the packaging hopper 4. This packaging mechanism 5
Moves the wrapping paper 7 wound around the roll 6 in the longitudinal direction by 2
After receiving the powdered medicine from the packaging hopper 4 into the opening, the opening is sealed in the longitudinal direction by the heater roller 8 and sealed at a predetermined interval in the width direction. Is formed.

The packaging hopper 4 has a substantially inverted triangular shape and, as shown in FIG. 2, a rectangular receiving port 10 for receiving a medicine supplied from the medicine supply mechanism 2 via the collection hopper 3;
It has a substantially circular discharge port 11 for discharging the received medicine to the packaging mechanism 5, and an inclined surface 12 between the reception port 10 and the discharge port 11. Inside the packaging hopper 4, a partition plate 13 is provided.
Is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the partition plate 13 has an upper end located substantially at the center of the receiving port 10, a lower end located above the discharge port 11 and separated from the inclined surface 12b, and an extension of the lower end. The line is arranged so as to intersect with the inclined surface 12b.

The packaging hopper and the partition plate are formed of aluminum, and both surfaces of the inner surface of the packaging hopper and the partition plate are subjected to a fluorine impregnation treatment. In this fluorine impregnation treatment, a plating layer of nickel or chromium is formed, and the surface of the plating layer is roughened to form grooves or holes,
Cracks are formed, and grooves or holes and cracks on the surface of the plating layer are impregnated with a tetrafluoride resin. By applying this fluorine impregnation treatment, adhesion of powder and sticking are suppressed,
Even if it adheres, it can be easily removed by hitting, vibrating, or sucking, and cleaning becomes easy.

The partition plate 13 is detachable from the packaging hopper 4. To explain the structure, as shown in FIG. 2, projecting portions 15 and 16 are formed on both side ends of the upper end of the partition plate 13, a projecting piece 17 is provided at the upper end of one projecting portion 15, and the other projecting portion is provided. A protrusion 18 is provided at the center of the tip of the portion 16. Width A between the tips of the projections 15 and 16
Is substantially equal to the distance between the inner surfaces of the upper portions of the packaging hopper 4 as shown in FIG. The width dimension B below the protrusions 15 and 16 is smaller than the inner surface of the packaging hopper 4 so that a relatively large gap G is formed between the partition plate 13 and the inner wall of the packaging hopper 4 when the packaging hopper 4 is mounted. It has become. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a notch 19 with which the projecting piece 17 of the
And an engagement hole 20 with which the projection 18 engages. The notch 19 and the engagement hole 20 are formed substantially parallel to the one inclined surface 12a of the packaging hopper 4 and obliquely toward the other opposed inclined surface 12b.

On the outer surface near the upper end of the packaging hopper 4, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a mounting guide 21, a handle 22, and a positioning rib 23 are formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the partition plate 13 is attached to the packaging hopper 4 by contacting the side end surface of the partition plate 13 on which the protruding piece 17 is formed with the inner surface of the packaging hopper 4. Is engaged with the notch 19. Next, the partition plate 1
When the projection 3 is slightly moved toward the projection 18 and pushed in, the projection 17 of the partition plate 13 engages with the notch 19, and the projection 18 engages with the engagement hole 20, as shown in FIG. Partition plate 13
Installation is completed. When installing the partition plate 13,
A gap G is formed between both end surfaces of the partition plate 13 and the inner surface of the packaging hopper 4. The gap G is so large that the fine powder of the medicine does not clog. The removal of the partition plate 13 can be easily performed by an operation reverse to that of the mounting.

In the medicine packaging apparatus 1 provided with the packaging hopper 4 having the above structure, the medicine supplied from the medicine supply mechanism 2 and dropped near the inner surface of the packaging hopper 4 via the collection hopper 3 is indicated by a broken line in FIG. As shown by a and b, it slides down along the inclined surface 12 and is accommodated in the opening of the wrapping paper 7. The medicine received in the center of the receiving port 10 is indicated by a broken line c in FIG.
As shown by, it slides down along the partition plate 13, hits the inclined surface 12 b of the packaging hopper 4, slides down along the inclined surface 12 b of the packaging hopper 4 and falls from the discharge port 11 into the opening of the packaging paper 7. I do. Therefore, as shown by the one-dot chain line d in FIG. 5, there is no medicine that passes through the inner space of the packaging hopper 4 and falls directly on the wrapping paper 7 without slipping on the inclined surfaces 12, 12b of the packaging hopper 4, and Jumping out of the wrapping paper 7 and soaring smoke are prevented.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, since the inclined partition plate is provided inside the packaging hopper, the medicine which falls directly into the packaging bag through the internal space of the packaging hopper is provided. Disappears, the drug jumps out of the packaging bag,
The soot is prevented from rising.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a powder dispensing and packaging apparatus to which a packaging hopper according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a packaging hopper.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging hopper showing a state in which a partition plate is being mounted.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging hopper showing a state at the time when the installation of the partition plate is completed.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the operation of the packaging hopper.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 2 powder supply mechanism 4 packaging hopper 5 packaging apparatus 10 receiving port 11 discharge port 12a, 12b inclined surface 14 extension line 17 protruding piece 18 projection 19 notch 20 engagement hole G gap

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A substantially inverted triangular shape having a receiving port for receiving a drug supplied from a drug supplying mechanism, a discharging port for discharging the received drug to a packaging mechanism, and an inclined surface between the receiving port and the discharging port. The packaging hopper according to claim 1, wherein an inclined partition plate is provided inside the packaging hopper. 2. The partition plate has an upper end located substantially at the center of the receiving opening, a lower end located above the outlet and separated from the inclined surface, and an extension line of the lower end intersects the inclined surface. The packaging hopper according to claim 1, wherein the packaging hopper is provided as described above. 3. The packaging hopper according to claim 1, wherein the partition plate is detachable from the packaging hopper. 4. A projecting piece is provided on one side end of an upper end of the partition plate, and a projection is provided on the other side end, and the projecting piece of the partition plate is engaged with a portion of the packaging hopper facing the upper end. The packaging hopper according to claim 3, wherein a notch to be formed and an engagement hole with which the projection engages are formed. 5. The packaging hopper according to claim 1, wherein a gap is formed between the partition plate and an inner wall of the packaging hopper. 6. The packaging hopper according to claim 1, wherein the packaging hopper and the partition plate are made of aluminum whose surfaces are subjected to a fluorine impregnation treatment.