JP2006168790A - Medicine subpackaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine subpackaging machine which efficiently subpackages medicine by the realization of parallel processing of medicine subpackaging, i.e. the same arbitrary combines for subpackaging a powdered medicine and a tablet form medicine and also does another subpackaging operation in parallel. <P>SOLUTION: This medicine subdividing machine A is provided with a powdered medicine subdividing device 100, the first packaging device 300, the first hopper 510 between the device 100 and the device 300, a tablet form medicine subdividing device 200, the second packaging device 400, the second hopper 520 between the device 200 and the device 400, a transporting device 600 for transporting a tablet form medicine Q from the device 100 to the hopper 510, a selector 700 for selectively switching between the first switched-over condition where the tablet Q is supplied to the device 600 and the second switched-over condition where the tablet Q is supplied to the device 400 and a controller CONT. By switching the device 700 over to the first switched-over condition, the tablet Q is supplied to the device 300 and by switching the device 700 over to the second switched-over condition, the tablet Q is supplied to the device 400. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine packaging device for packaging powders and tablets (including powders and the like contained in capsules, the same applies hereinafter) in any combination.

  In the medicine packaging device, the powder distributed by the powder distribution device is packed by the packaging device and only the powder is packaged. The tablets distributed by the tablet distribution device are packed by the packaging device and only the tablets are packed. In addition to the above, there are those in which the powder distributed by the powder distribution device and the tablets distributed by the tablet distribution device are packaged by the packaging device and the powder and tablets are arbitrarily combined and packaged.

As a conventional medicine packaging device for packaging powders and tablets in any combination, for example, a number of tablet feeders, a tablet hopper for collecting tablets taken from these tablet feeders, and a tablet hopper attached to the tablet hopper A means for opening and closing the tablet passage; a turntable in which the powder is distributed in an annular manner; a cutting means for cutting the powder from the turntable by an arbitrary angle; the powder cut by the cutting means and the tablet hopper A hopper for receiving the collected tablets, a means attached to the hopper for opening and closing the medicine passage, and a packaging device for putting the powder and tablets dropped through the hopper (patent) Reference 1).
Japanese Patent No. 2807931

  However, in the conventional medicine packaging device for arbitrarily combining powder and tablets as described above, the powder and tablets can be arbitrarily combined and packaged in one packaging device. It is not possible to perform parallel processing of drug packaging operations such as performing other packaging operations in other packaging devices in parallel with packaging operations in which powders and tablets are arbitrarily combined and packaged in this packaging device Therefore, the fact is that an efficient medicine packaging operation is not performed.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem of the prior art, and a medicine packaging operation in which another packaging operation is performed in parallel with a packaging operation in which powders and tablets are arbitrarily combined and packaged. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine packaging device that can realize the parallel processing of the medicines and thereby perform medicine packaging operation efficiently.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a powder distribution device configured to distribute a powder and allow the distributed powder to fall downward, and a first disposed below the powder distribution device. A packaging device; a tablet dispensing device configured to dispense tablets and allow the dispensed tablets to drop downward; a second packaging device disposed below the tablet dispensing device; and the tablet dispensing A transport device configured to transport tablets supplied from the device toward the first packaging device and to drop the transported tablets onto the first packaging device, and tablets supplied from the tablet dispensing device A switching device configured to selectively switch between a first switching state supplied toward the transport device and a second switching state supplied toward the second packaging device, and a medicine packaging operation Control to control And the control device switches the switching device to the first switching state to supply the tablet to the first packaging device via the transport device, and the switching device is moved to the first switching device. By switching so that it may be in 2 switching states, it is comprised so that a tablet may be supplied to a said 2nd packaging apparatus, The pharmaceutical packaging device characterized by the above-mentioned is provided.

In the medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention, for example, the following parallel processing of medicine packaging operations can be performed. That is,
(1) When powder and tablets are packed in one package by the first packaging device and powder and tablets are packaged, and tablets are packed in one package by the second packaging device and only tablets are packaged When the powder and tablets are packed in one package by the first packaging device and the powder and tablets are packaged, the switching device is switched to the first switching state, and the tablet dispensing device The dispensed tablet is dropped downward, the switching device supplies the tablet supplied from the tablet distribution device to the transport device, and the transport device supplies the tablet from the switching device. The tablet is transported toward the first packaging device and the transported tablet is dropped toward the first packaging device, while the powder distribution device distributes the powder and the distributed powder is the Drop towards the first packaging device and the first packaging In the apparatus, the tablet supplied from the transport device and the powder supplied from the powder distribution device are packaged in a single package. In addition, when the second packaging device packs the tablets in a single package and separates only the tablets, the switching device is switched to the second switching state, and the tablets are distributed by the tablet dispensing device. The tablet is dropped downward, and the switching device supplies the tablet supplied from the tablet dispensing device to the second packaging device. In the second packaging device, the tablet dispensing device passes the switching device through the switching device. The supplied tablets are packaged in a package. Thus, the packaging operation for packaging the powder and the tablet and the packaging operation for packaging only the tablet can be performed in parallel.

(2) When the powder is packaged in one package by the first packaging device and only the powder is packaged, and the tablet is packaged in the package by the second packaging device and only the tablet is packaged. When packaging the powder in a single package and packaging only the powder with the packaging device, the switching device is switched to the second switching state, and the powder distribution device distributes the powder and distributes the powder. The powdered powder is dropped toward the first packaging device, and the powder supplied from the powder dispensing device is packaged in one package in the first packaging device. In addition, when the tablets are packed in one package by the second packaging device and only the tablets are packaged, the switching device is left in the second switching state, and the tablets are dispensed by the tablet dispensing device. Dispensing and dropping the dispensed tablet downward, the switching device supplies the tablet supplied from the tablet dispensing device to the second packaging device, and the tablet dispensing device in the second packaging device The tablets supplied through the switching device are packaged in one package. Thus, the packaging operation for packaging only the powder and the packaging operation for packaging only the tablet can be performed in parallel.

(3) In the case where the first packaging device is used to wrap a tablet in a single package and package only the tablet, and the second packaging device is used to package the tablet in a single package and package only the tablet. When packaging only one tablet by packaging the tablet in one package by the packaging device, the switching device is switched to the first switching state, and the tablet dispensing device distributes the tablet and distributes the tablet. The dropped tablet is dropped downward, the switching device supplies the tablet supplied from the tablet dispensing device to the transport device, and the transport device supplies the tablet supplied from the switching device to the first device. The transported tablet is transported toward the packaging device, and the transported tablet is dropped toward the first packaging device, and the tablet supplied from the transporting device is packaged in one package in the first packaging device. In addition, when the second packaging device packs the tablets in a single package and separates only the tablets, the switching device is switched to the second switching state, and the tablets are distributed by the tablet dispensing device. And the switching device supplies the tablets supplied from the tablet distribution device to the second packaging device, and the tablets supplied from the tablet distribution device in the second packaging device are supplied to the tablets. Package in one package. Thus, the packaging operation for packaging only the tablets and the packaging operation for packaging only the tablets can be performed in parallel.

  As described above, according to the medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the packaging operation for packaging the powder and tablets in any combination and the other packaging operation can be performed in parallel, The packaging operation can be performed efficiently.

  In the medicine packaging device according to the present invention, a first medicine disposed between the powder medicine dispensing device and the first packaging device so that the powder medicine supplied from the powder medicine dispensing device can be guided to the first packaging device. One hopper and a second hopper disposed between the tablet dispensing device and the second packaging device may be further provided so that the tablets supplied from the tablet dispensing device can be guided downward. . In this case, the transport device can transport the tablets supplied from the tablet dispensing device via the second hopper toward the first hopper and can drop the transported tablets onto the first hopper. In addition, the switching device supplies the tablet supplied from the tablet dispensing device via the second hopper to the first switching state in which the tablet is supplied to the transport device and to the second packaging device. The second switching state can be selectively switched, and further, the control device is switched so that the switching device is in the first switching state. The tablet is supplied to the second packaging device by supplying the first packaging device via the first hopper and switching the switching device to the second switching state. Rukoto can.

In the medicine packaging device according to the present invention, a shutter may be provided in the hopper, and the opening / closing operation of the shutter may be controlled. Examples of the configuration include the following (a) to (d). That is,
(A) In the case where the first hopper is provided, the control device further includes a first shutter that opens or blocks the powder and / or tablet supplied to the first hopper, and the control device further includes When configured to control the opening / closing operation of the first shutter according to the switching operation,
(B) a third hopper disposed between the switching device and the second packaging device and the third hopper so that the tablets supplied from the switching device can be guided to the second packaging device; A second shutter that opens or shuts off the supplied tablet, and the control device is further configured to control an opening / closing operation of the second shutter according to a switching operation of the switching device. If
(C) A fourth hopper disposed between the transport device and the first hopper and the fourth hopper so that the tablets supplied from the transport device can be guided to the first hopper. A third shutter that opens or closes the opened tablet, and the control device is further configured to control the opening and closing operation of the third shutter according to the switching operation of the switching device,
(D) This is a case where at least two of (a) to (c) are combined.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a parallel processing of a medicine packaging operation such as performing another packaging operation in parallel with a packaging operation for packaging powder and tablets in an arbitrary combination, It is possible to provide a medicine packaging apparatus capable of efficiently performing medicine packaging operation.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a medicine packaging device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings as appropriate.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an example A of a medicine packaging device according to the present invention. A medicine packaging device A shown in FIG. 1 includes a powder distribution device 100, a tablet distribution device 200 that is spaced apart from the powder distribution device 100 in the horizontal direction, and a first portion disposed below the powder distribution device 100. In addition to the first packaging device 300 and the second packaging device 400 disposed below the tablet dispensing device 200, the first to fourth hoppers 510, 520, 530, and 540 and the first to third shutters 550 and 560 are provided. , 570, a transfer device 600, a switching device 700, and a control device CONT (not shown in FIG. 1, see FIG. 6 described later).

  The powder distribution device 100 is configured to distribute the powder P and allow the distributed powder P to fall downward. The powder distribution apparatus 100 distributes the powder P every predetermined amount and distributes the powder P every predetermined amount. Is to drop downward. If it is such a configuration, any conventionally known ones may be used, for example, the powder is evenly dropped from the powder storage portion onto the powder tablet having a plurality of powder baskets each having a powder valve, and the powder falls. By sequentially opening the powder valve of the powder bowl, the powder is distributed evenly for each predetermined amount and the powder for each predetermined amount is dropped downward, and the powder is evenly arranged on the rotating disk-shaped member, By cutting out the powder arranged on the disk-shaped member at a predetermined angle, the powder may be distributed every predetermined amount and the powder every predetermined amount may be dropped downward.

  The tablet dispensing device 200 is configured to distribute the tablets Q and to allow the distributed tablets Q to fall downward. The tablet dispensing apparatus 200 distributes the tablets Q by a predetermined amount and supplies the tablets Q for each predetermined amount. Is to drop downward. As long as it has such a configuration, any conventionally known one may be used. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the cassette 10 has a plurality of cassettes 10 in which tablets are accommodated in a plurality of vertical and horizontal rows. Each of the cassettes 10 is mounted on a drum-shaped support frame (not shown) via a base member 110. The medicine selection means 1 dispenses tablets for each predetermined amount, and for each predetermined amount. As shown in FIG. 3, a tablet feeder provided with a plurality of drawer bodies 2 each configured to be able to be pulled out from the housing 5 and installed on the shelf 3 of the drawer body 2. By discharging the tablets from 4, the tablets are dispensed for each predetermined amount, and the tablets for each predetermined amount are dropped downward via a chute (not shown) provided between the left and right shelf rows of the drawer 2. There may be. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an example of the tablet dispensing device 200 in the medicine packaging device A shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from substantially the front, and FIG. 3 is a tablet dispensing device in the medicine packaging device A shown in FIG. FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of another example 200, FIG. 3A is a front view thereof, and FIG. 3B is a side view thereof.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the first packaging device 300 is disposed below the powder dispensing device 100, and the second packaging device 400 is disposed below the tablet dispensing device 200. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of main parts of the first and second packaging apparatuses 300 and 400 shown in FIG. Note that the first and second packaging apparatuses 300 and 400 have substantially the same configuration, and are shown in one figure in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the 1st and 2nd packaging apparatuses 300 and 400 are the 1st and 2nd heat-sealing apparatuses 310 and 410 for performing heat sealing with respect to heat welding sheet | seats S1 and S2, respectively, and illustration. The paper tube drums 320 and 420 are mounted on a gantry member that omits the rotation, and the heat welding sheets S1 and S2 are driven out from the paper tube bodies S1 ′ and S2 ′ supported by the paper tube drums 320 and 420. Means (not shown). Reference numerals 331 to 333 and 431 to 433 in the figure are guide bars for guiding the heat-weldable sheets S1 and S2 fed out from the paper tube bodies S1 ′ and S2 ′. And the second packaging device 300, 400.

  The paper tube drums 320 and 420 include various modes such as a superposed state (a state in which a single sheet is folded in half along a longitudinal center line and a state in which two sheets are overlapped). ) Is transported in the form of long heat weldable sheets S1 and S2 made of glassine polyethylene or cellophane polyethylene, and the sheets S1 and S2 are guided through guide bars 331 to 333 and 431 to 433, respectively. It is conveyed in the direction of arrow X.

  The conveyed sheets S1 and S2 are heat-sealed by the first and second heat sealing devices 310 and 410 in a part in the longitudinal direction and in the width direction of each package formed by the sheets S1 and S2. Then, the powder P supplied from the powder distribution device 100 and the tablet Q supplied from the tablet distribution device 200 are sheeted in the first heat seal device 310 via the first hopper 510 and the like by the packaging operation described later. The tablets Q supplied into the package E through the longitudinally unopened openings of the individual packages E formed in S1 or supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 are passed through the third hopper 530 or the like. In the second heat sealing apparatus 410, the individual packaging bodies E formed on the sheet S2 are supplied into the packaging body E through openings in the longitudinal direction that are not heat-sealed.

  After the powder P and the tablet Q are supplied, the individual packaging bodies E formed by heat sealing the longitudinal openings and the width direction which are not heat-sealed by the heat seal devices 310 and 410 are transported. It is conveyed toward the exit by rollers 330 and 430.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the first hopper 510 is disposed between the powder dispensing device 100 and the first packaging device 300 so that the powder P supplied from the powder dispensing device 100 can be guided to the first packaging device 300. And is configured to receive the powder P supplied from the powder distribution device 100 and to discharge the received powder P toward the first packaging device 300. Is.

  The second hopper 520 is disposed between the tablet dispensing device 200 and the second packaging device 400 so that the tablets Q supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 can be guided downward. The tablet Q is supplied with a substantially inverted triangular shape in a side view formed so as to receive the tablet Q supplied from, and to discharge the received tablet Q toward the switching device 700.

  In this example, the transport device 600 is a conveyor, and transports the tablets Q supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 via the second hopper 520 toward the first hopper 510 and the transported tablets Q. It is configured so that it can be dropped toward one hopper 510. More specifically, the conveyor 600 has an endless belt 610 in which a plurality of tablet accommodating portions 611 arranged at a predetermined pitch are formed. The endless belt 610 is disposed so that one end in the longitudinal direction reaches near the lower part of the second hopper 520, and the other end reaches near the upper part of the first hopper 510, and the transport driving unit 620 is driven to rotate. Thus, when the belt surface is on the upper side, the belt moves in a direction (Y direction in FIG. 1) from the vicinity near the second hopper 520 toward the area near the top of the first hopper 510. Thereby, the tablet Q supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 via the second hopper 520 is transported toward the first hopper 510 and the transported tablet Q is dropped toward the first hopper 510. it can.

  The switching device 700 has a first switching state in which the tablet Q supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 via the second hopper 520 is supplied toward the transport device 600 and a second state of supplying the tablet Q toward the second packaging device 400. The guide path 710 is configured to be able to selectively switch between the switching states, and is arranged to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 711 along a predetermined horizontal direction, and switching for rotationally driving the guide path 710 A drive unit 720 is provided. The switching drive unit 720 is connected to the control device CONT. Under the instruction of the control device CONT, when the guide path 710 is rotationally driven in the counterclockwise direction (arrow Z1 direction) in the figure, the guide path 710 is the first device. When the guide path 710 is rotationally driven in the clockwise direction (arrow Z2 direction) in the drawing so as to be in the switching state (solid line state in FIG. 1), the guide path 710 is in the second switching state (indicated by the broken line in FIG. 1). State). In addition, the guide path 710 guides the tablet Q to the tablet accommodating portion 611 on one end side of the endless belt 610 in the first switching state (solid line state in FIG. 1), and the second switching state (FIG. 1). It is configured to be guided to the third hopper 530 in the middle broken line state).

  The third hopper 530 is disposed between the switching device 700 and the second packaging device 400 so that the tablet Q supplied from the switching device 700 can be guided to the second packaging device 400. The tablet Q is supplied with a tablet Q supplied from 700, and the received tablet Q is discharged toward the second packaging device 400 in a substantially inverted triangular shape in a side view.

  The fourth hopper 540 is disposed between the transport device 600 and the first hopper 510 so that the tablet Q supplied from the transport device 600 can be guided to the first hopper 510. The tablet Q has a substantially inverted triangular shape when viewed from the side and is configured to receive the supplied tablet Q and to discharge the received tablet Q toward the first hopper 510.

  The first shutter 550, the second shutter 560, and the third shutter 570 are disposed in the first hopper 510, the third hopper 530, and the fourth hopper 540, respectively. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing a state in which the first to third shutters 550, 560, and 570 are provided in the first, third, and fourth hoppers 510, 530, and 540, respectively. The first to third shutters 550, 560, and 570 have substantially the same configuration, and the first, third, and fourth hoppers 510, 530, and 540 have substantially the same configuration. In FIG.

  The first to third shutters 550, 560, and 570 include first to third shutter plates 551, 561, and 571, first to third solenoid arms 552, 562, and 572, and first to third link members 553 and 563, respectively. , 573, first to third solenoids 554, 564, 574 which are driving means. One end of the solenoid arms 552, 562, 572 and one end of the link members 553, 563, 573 are fulcrum portions 550a, 560a, 570a, and the other end of the link members 553, 563, 573 and the shutter plates 551, 561, 571. One end is rotatably supported by fulcrum portions 550b, 560b, and 570b, and the other ends of the solenoid arms 552, 562, and 572 are connected to the rotation shafts 554a, 564a, and 574a of the solenoids 554, 564, and 574, respectively. . As a result, the rotation shafts 554a, 564a, 574a of the solenoids 554, 564, 574 are rotated in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing, thereby causing the shutter plates 551, 561 to pass through the solenoid arms 552, 562, 572 and the link members 553, 563, 573. 571 can be opened, while the rotation shafts 554a, 564a, 574a of the solenoids 554, 564, 574 are rotated in the clockwise direction in the drawing via the solenoid arms 552, 562, 572 and the link members 553, 563, 573. Thus, the shutter plates 551, 561, and 571 can be closed.

  The solenoids 554, 564, 574 are connected to the control device CONT, and can rotate the rotation shafts 554a, 564a, 574a by a predetermined amount under the instruction of the control unit CONT. Thereby, the first shutter 550 can open or block the powder P and / or the tablet Q supplied to the first hopper 510 by the first shutter plate 551, and the second shutter 560 can The tablet Q supplied to the third hopper 530 by the shutter plate 561 can open or block the tablet Q supplied to the fourth hopper 540 by the third shutter plate 571.

  FIG. 6 shows a schematic block diagram of a control system of the medicine packaging apparatus A shown in FIG. The control device CONT controls the medicine packaging operation. As shown in FIG. 6, the powder dispensing device 100, the tablet dispensing device 200, the first packaging device 300, the second packaging device 400, the first to the first packaging devices. A central processing unit (including a control arithmetic unit (not shown) connected to three solenoids 554, 564, 574, a conveyance driving unit 620, and a switching driving unit 720 and performing arithmetic processing based on signals input from various sensors, switches, and the like. CPU), a ROM for storing a control program for controlling the medicine packaging operation, and a RAM for temporarily holding data generated during the operation of the CPU. The CPU is configured to load the control program stored in the ROM into the RAM as necessary and execute it to operate the entire medicine packaging device A. The CPU has a built-in clock timer.

  This control device CONT switches the switching device 700 so as to be in the first switching state (the guide path 710 is a solid line in FIG. 1), whereby the tablet Q is transferred to the transport device 600, the fourth hopper 540, and the first hopper. The first packaging device 300 is supplied via 510, and the switching device 700 is switched so as to be in the second switching state (the guide path 710 is in the state of the broken line in FIG. 1), whereby the tablet Q is moved to the third hopper 530. And the opening and closing operation of the first shutter 550 and the opening and closing operation of the second shutter 560 are controlled according to the switching operation of the switching device 700. Or the opening / closing operation of the third shutter 570 is controlled.

  In the medicine packaging apparatus A described above, the following parallel processing of medicine packaging operations can be performed. That is,

(1) The powder P and the tablet Q are packaged in one package by the first packaging device 300, the powder P and the tablet Q are packaged, and the tablet Q is packaged in the single package by the second packaging device 400. When the powder P and the tablet Q are packaged in one package by the first packaging device 300 and the powder P and the tablet Q are packaged, the guide path 710 is switched to the first switching by the switching device 700. The tablet Q is switched to a state (solid line state in FIG. 1), the tablet Q is distributed by the tablet dispensing device 200, and the distributed tablet Q is dropped downward, and the switching device 700 is changed from the tablet dispensing device 200 to the first state. The tablet Q supplied via the two hoppers 520 is supplied toward the tablet container 611 of the transport device 600, and the surface of the endless belt 610 is moved in the arrow Y direction by the rotational drive of the transport drive unit 620 of the transport device 600. Guide path 71 of the switching device 700 The tablet Q supplied from 0 is transported toward the first hopper 510 to the fourth hopper 540 above the first hopper 510 and the transported tablet Q is transferred to the first hopper 510 via the fourth hopper 540. The tablet Q that is dropped and conveyed from the conveying device 600 by the first hopper 510 is guided to the first packaging device 300, while the powder P is distributed by the powder dispensing device 100 and the distributed powder P is distributed. The powder P, which is dropped downward and supplied from the powder distribution device 100 by the first hopper 510, is guided to the first packaging device 300. In the first packaging device 300, the fourth hopper 540 and the first hopper 540 from the transport device 600 are guided. The tablet Q supplied via the hopper 510 and the powder P supplied from the powder distribution device 100 via the first hopper 510 are packaged in one package.

  Here, the first and third shutters 550 and 570 can be opened and closed as follows. That is, when packaging powder P and tablets Q with the first packaging device 300, when the switching device 700 is in the second switching state, the third shutter plate 571 is closed and the third shutter 570 is closed. When the switching device 700 is in the first switching state, after the tablet Q is supplied from the transport device 600 to the fourth hopper 540, the third shutter plate 571 is opened to close the third shutter plate 571 when the first shutter 550 is closed. The shutter 570 is opened. In the closed state of the first shutter 550, after the powder P is supplied from the powder distribution device 100 to the first hopper 510 and after the tablet Q is supplied from the fourth hopper 540 to the first hopper 510, the first packaging is performed. At the start of the sealing operation by the first heat sealing device 310 of the device 300, the first shutter plate 551 is opened and the first shutter 550 is opened.

  When the second packaging device 400 wraps the tablets Q in a single package and separates only the tablets Q, the guide device 710 in the switching device 700 is in the second switching state (the state indicated by the broken line in FIG. 1). The tablet Q distributed by the tablet dispensing device 200 is dropped downward, and the tablet Q supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 via the second hopper 520 by the switching device 700 is dropped into the second packaging device. 400 is supplied to the third hopper 530 above the second packaging device 400 toward the 400, and is supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 via the second hopper 520, the switching device 700 and the third hopper 530 in the second packaging device 400. Wrap the tablet Q in a package.

  Here, the second shutter 560 can be opened and closed as follows. That is, when only the tablet Q is packaged by the second packaging device 400, when the switching device 700 is in the first switching state, the second shutter plate 561 is closed and the second shutter 560 is closed, so that the switching device When the tablet Q is supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 to the third hopper 530 via the second hopper 520 when the 700 is in the second switching state, the second heat sealing device 410 of the second packaging device 400 At the start of the sealing operation, the second shutter plate 561 is opened and the second shutter 560 is opened.

  Thus, the packaging operation for packaging only the tablet Q is performed in parallel with the packaging operation for packaging the powder P and the tablet Q.

(2) The powder P is packed in one package by the first packaging device 300 and only the powder P is packaged, and the tablet Q is packaged in one package by the second packaging device 400 and only the tablet Q is packaged. In the case where the first packaging device 300 wraps the powder P in one package and separates only the powder P, the guide path 710 is switched to the second switching state (the state of the broken line in FIG. 1) in the switching device 700. The powder P is distributed by the powder distribution device 100 and the distributed powder P is dropped downward, and the powder P supplied from the powder distribution device 100 by the first hopper 510 is supplied to the first packaging device. 300, the powder P supplied from the powder distribution device 100 via the first hopper 510 in the first packaging device 300 is packaged in one package.

  Here, the first shutter 550 can be opened and closed as follows. That is, when packaging only the powder P with the first packaging device 300, the first shutter plate 551 is closed and the first shutter 550 is closed, and the powder P is supplied from the powder distribution device 100 to the first hopper 510. Then, when starting the sealing operation by the first heat sealing device 310 of the first packaging device 300, the first shutter plate 551 is opened and the first shutter 550 is opened.

  When the second packaging device 400 packages the tablets Q in a single package and separates only the tablets Q, the switching device 700 is left in the second switching state, and the tablet dispensing device 200 The tablet Q is dispensed and the dispensed tablet Q is dropped downward, and the tablet Q supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 via the second hopper 520 by the switching device 700 is directed toward the second packaging device 400. The second packaging device 400 is supplied to the third hopper 530, and the tablet Q supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 via the second hopper 520, the switching device 700, and the third hopper 530 in the second packaging device 400 is one. Package in a package.

  Here, the opening / closing operation of the second shutter 560 is the same as the case where the second packaging device 400 of the above (1) wraps the tablet in one package and wraps only the tablet, and the description is omitted here. .

  Thus, the packaging operation for packaging only the tablets Q is performed in parallel with the packaging operation for packaging only the powder P.

(3) The first packaging device 300 wraps the tablets Q in one package and wraps only the tablets Q, and the second wrapping device 400 packages the tablets Q in one package and wraps only the tablets Q. In the case where the first packaging device 300 wraps the tablets Q in one package and separates only the tablets Q, the switching device 700 causes the guide path 710 to be in the first switching state (solid line state in FIG. 1). The tablet Q is dispensed by the tablet dispensing device 200 and the dispensed tablet Q is dropped downward, and the tablet 700 is supplied from the tablet dispensing device 200 via the second hopper 520 by the switching device 700. Q is supplied toward the tablet storage unit 611 of the transport device 600, and is supplied from the guide path 710 of the switching device 700 by the movement of the surface of the endless belt 610 in the arrow Y direction by the rotational drive of the transport drive unit 620 of the transport device 600. The first tablet Q It is conveyed toward the par 510 to the fourth hopper 540 above the first hopper 510 and the conveyed tablet Q is dropped to the first hopper 510 via the fourth hopper 540, and the first hopper 510 The tablets Q transported from the transport device 600 are guided to the first packaging device 300, and the tablets Q supplied from the transport device 600 via the fourth hopper 540 and the first hopper 510 in the first packaging device 300 are integrated. Package in a package.

  Here, the first shutter 550 can be opened and closed as follows. That is, when packaging only the tablet Q with the first packaging device 300, the first shutter plate 551 is closed, the first shutter 550 is closed, and the tablet Q is supplied from the fourth hopper 540 to the first hopper 510. Then, when starting the sealing operation by the first heat sealing device 310 of the first packaging device 300, the first shutter plate 551 is opened and the first shutter 550 is opened.

  Further, when the second packaging device 400 wraps the tablet Q in one package and separates only the tablet Q, the tablet Q is packaged in one package by the second packaging device 400 of the above (1). This is the same as when only Q is packaged, and a description thereof is omitted here.

  Thus, the packaging operation for packaging only the tablet Q is performed in parallel with the packaging operation for packaging only the tablet Q.

  Thus, according to the medicine packaging apparatus A, the medicine packaging operation of performing the packaging operation for packaging only the tablet Q in parallel with the packaging operation for packaging the powder P and the tablet Q in any combination is performed. Parallel processing can be realized, whereby the medicine P and Q can be efficiently packaged.

  In addition, in the medicine packaging apparatus A of the present example, in addition to the parallel processing described above, the second packaging apparatus 400 does not perform the packaging operation, and the first packaging apparatus 300 wraps the powder P in a single package. Wrapping only tablet Q, wrapping tablet Q in one package and wrapping only tablet Q, or wrapping powder P and tablet Q in one package and packaging powder P and tablet Q A single process of the packaging operation or a single process of the packaging operation in which the first packaging device 300 does not perform the packaging operation and the second packaging device 400 wraps the tablets Q in one package and packages only the tablets Q. Of course, it can be done.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an example of a medicine packaging device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an example of a tablet dispensing device in the medicine packaging device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of another example of the tablet dispensing device in the medicine packaging device shown in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 3 (A) is a front view thereof, and FIG. 3 (B) is a side view thereof. Is shown. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of main parts of the first and second packaging devices shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing a state in which the first, second, and third shutters are provided in the first, third, and fourth hoppers, respectively. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control system of the medicine packaging device shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Powder distribution apparatus 200 ... Tablet distribution apparatus 300 ... 1st packaging apparatus
400 ... second packaging device 510 ... first hopper 520 ... second hopper
530 ... Third hopper 540 ... Fourth hopper 550 ... First shutter
560 ... second shutter 570 ... third shutter 600 ... conveying device
700 ... Switching device CONT ... Control device

Claims (5)

A powder dispensing device configured to dispense powder and to allow the dispensed powder to fall down;
A first packaging device disposed below the powder dispensing device;
A tablet dispensing device configured to dispense tablets and to allow the dispensed tablets to fall down;
A second packaging device disposed below the tablet dispensing device;
A transport device configured to transport the tablets supplied from the tablet dispensing device toward the first packaging device and to drop the transported tablets to the first packaging device;
About the tablet supplied from the said tablet distribution apparatus, it is comprised so that it can selectively switch between the 1st switching state supplied toward the said conveying apparatus, and the 2nd switching state supplied toward the said 2nd packaging apparatus. Switching device,
A control device for controlling the medicine packaging operation,
The control device switches the switching device so as to be in the first switching state, thereby causing the tablet to be supplied to the first packaging device via the transport device and causing the switching device to be in the second switching state. By switching as described above, the medicine packaging device is configured to supply the tablet to the second packaging device. A first hopper disposed between the powder distribution device and the first packaging device so that the powder supplied from the powder distribution device can be guided to the first packaging device;
A second hopper disposed between the tablet dispensing device and the second packaging device so that the tablets supplied from the tablet dispensing device can be guided downward;
The transport device is configured to transport a tablet supplied from the tablet dispensing device via the second hopper toward the first hopper and to drop the transported tablet onto the first hopper. And
The switching device includes a first switching state in which tablets supplied from the tablet dispensing device via the second hopper are supplied to the transport device, and a second switching to be supplied to the second packaging device. Configured to selectively switch between states,
The control device switches the switching device to the first switching state, thereby supplying tablets to the first packaging device via the transport device and the first hopper, and switching the switching device to the first switching device. 2. The medicine packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the medicine packaging device is configured to supply the tablet to the second packaging device by switching so as to be in a two-switching state. A first shutter for opening or blocking the powder and / or tablet supplied to the first hopper;
The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control device is further configured to control an opening / closing operation of the first shutter according to a switching operation of the switching device. A third hopper disposed between the switching device and the second packaging device so that the tablet supplied from the switching device can be guided to the second packaging device;
A second shutter for opening or blocking the tablet supplied to the third hopper,
The medicine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control device is further configured to control an opening / closing operation of the second shutter according to a switching operation of the switching device. Packaging device. A fourth hopper disposed between the transport device and the first hopper so as to guide the tablet supplied from the transport device to the first hopper;
A third shutter for opening or blocking the tablet supplied to the fourth hopper,
The medicine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control device is further configured to control an opening / closing operation of the third shutter in accordance with a switching operation of the switching device. Packaging device.

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