JP2007039118A - Apparatus for filling capsule with tablet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable apparatus for filling a capsule with tablets capable of minimizing failures in filling the capsule with flat tablets and counting a predetermined number of the flat tablets for surely putting them in a lying posture, with the failures extremely reduced in filling the capsule with the tablets. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus for filling the capsule with the tablets is constituted to accommodate the flat tablets t in a standing posture in a pocket 311 formed on an outer peripheral surface of a conveyance drum 31 from a tablet supply part 32 to carry them to below the drum, drop them from the pocket into a guide chute 331 below the drum in the standing posture, change the posture of the tablets into a lying posture along a curved track of the chute for putting them in the lying posture into a counting hole 21 formed on a counting disk 2, open a shutter plate 4, and fill a capsule body provided below the counting hole with the flat tablets in the lying posture. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a tablet filling device for counting a predetermined number of flat tablets (hereinafter referred to as “flat tablets”) and filling the capsules in a flat state.

  Capsules filled with a drug in a hard capsule composed of a cap and a body are generally capsules filled with a powder, granule, or liquid drug. However, in some cases, the capsule is composed of a cap and a body. It is also practiced to fill capsules by filling a predetermined quantity of tablets.

  That is, depending on the drug, it is usually necessary to change the dose at one time according to the patient's symptom, age, other conditions, etc. In this case, the drug is a tablet of a predetermined unit amount, and the number of doses is set. It is easy to change according to the patient. However, when the dosage is adjusted according to the number of tablets to be taken in this way, it is very troublesome for the patient to take the number of tablets according to his age and symptoms at the time of taking. Also, some patients have to take a very large number of tablets. Therefore, by taking a tablet containing a predetermined unit amount of an active ingredient as a capsule filled in the capsule in advance according to the age and symptoms of the patient and taking this, the burden on the patient at the time of taking can be reduced.

  Here, capsules filled with powdered or granular drugs are manufactured by automatically filling capsules with powdered or granular drugs using a capsule filling machine. Similarly, tablets are automatically filled into capsules. An automatic tablet filling machine for capsules has also been proposed. In this case, from the viewpoint of reducing the burden on the patient at the time of taking, a method of stacking and filling flat tablets that can be efficiently filled into the capsules in a flat state is employed.

  As a filling machine for filling tablets into capsules, a tablet filling device disclosed in JP-A-5-170201 (Patent Document 1) can be exemplified. As shown in FIG. 9 (A), this tablet filling device supplies a tablet t from a tablet supply hopper (not shown) to a first guide hole b of a first tablet guide chute a and enters the first guide hole b. The tablets t are accommodated in a row, and the lowest tablet of the tablets t accommodated in the first guide holes b is accommodated in the counting holes d of the counting plate c. As shown in FIG. The counting plate c is slid and inserted into the tablet holding hole f of the tablet holding block e that is displaced from the first guide hole b of the first tablet guiding chute a, and the reciprocating sliding movement of the counting plate c is predetermined. A predetermined number of tablets t are accommodated and held in the tablet holding hole f, and the shutter plate g arranged below the tablet holding block e is moved to move the shutter plate as shown in FIG. The tablet holding hole h and the tablet holding hole f are aligned to hold the tablet. The lower end surface of the hole f is opened, and the tablet t accommodated in each tablet holding hole f passes through the second guide hole j of the second tablet guide chute i and is arranged below the second guide chute i. By inserting the tablet t into the capsule body m held in the capsule holding block k, the capsule body m is filled with a predetermined quantity of tablets t.

  In the conventional tablet filling device, the tablet t is received from the tablet supply hopper into the first guide hole b of the first tablet guide chute a. At this time, the tablet t is tilted or standing upright. When the tablet t reaches the counting hole d in this state, the tablet t is not completely stored in the counting hole d, and the tablet t is held by the first tablet guide chute a, the counting plate c, and the tablet. It is sandwiched between blocks e and crushed.

  The tablet t falls from the first guide hole b and is stored in the tablet holding hole f, and further falls from the tablet holding hole f to the capsule body m to be filled into the capsule body m. In particular, since the drop distance at the stage where the tablet t is not accommodated or the stage where the accommodated tablet t is small is long, and the distance from the tablet holding hole f to the capsule body m is also long, the tablet t and the first guide hole b When the clearance between the tablet t and the capsule body m is large, even when the tablet t is accommodated in the flat state in the first guide hole b or the tablet holding hole f, the tablet t is slanted when the tablet t is dropped. In such an inclined state or standing state, the first guide hole b is easily stacked or filled in the capsule body m in such a state.

  On the other hand, when there is almost no clearance between the tablet t and the capsule body m, there arises a problem that poor filling occurs in which the tablet t remains in the opening of the capsule body m and is not accommodated in the capsule body m. Furthermore, it may be necessary to fill a plurality of different types of tablets into the same capsule. Therefore, in order to meet various requirements, a tablet that can be reliably filled into a capsule in a flat state. There is a need for a filling device.

JP-A-5-170201 JP-A-8-81040 JP 2000-128104 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and prevents filling failure when filling a flat tablet into a capsule as much as possible, counts a predetermined number of flat tablets, and reliably fills in a flat state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tablet filling device for a capsule capable of achieving the above.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a counting hole in which a predetermined number of flat tablets are accommodated and is intermittently rotated at a predetermined speed, and is arranged in contact with or close to the upper surface of the counting disk. The tablet constant supply unit includes a tablet constant supply unit, and a tablet filling device including a shutter that opens and closes a lower end opening surface of a counting hole formed in the counting disk, wherein the tablet constant supply unit holds the flat tablet in an upright state. A plurality of pockets for accommodating one by one on the outer peripheral surface, a transport drum that rotates at a predetermined speed around a horizontal axis, and a tablet supply means for supplying a flat tablet in an upright state in the pocket above the transport drum; A flat tablet that is disposed below or in contact with the surface of the transport drum below the transport drum and falls in a standing state from the pocket is guided by guiding it along a predetermined curved track. And a chute that is inserted into the counting hole of the counting disk disposed below after being converted into a state, and the flat tablet accommodated in the pocket in a standing state from the tablet supply means is rotated by the rotation of the transport drum. It is transported to the lower side of the transport drum at a predetermined speed, and is converted into a flattened state by the chute and inserted into the counting hole of the counting disk. The flat tablet is counted and stored in a flat state, and is transported by intermittent rotation of the counting disk. The shutter is opened at a predetermined rotational angle position, and the flat body in the counting hole is placed in the capsule body arranged below the counting hole. Provided is a tablet filling device for capsules, which is configured to fill tablets in a flat state.

  That is, in the tablet filling device of the present invention, a plurality of flat tablets are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the transport drum from the tablet supply means by the transport drum in the tablet constant supply unit arranged in contact with or close to the upper surface of the counting disk. Each of the flat tablets is stored in a standing position in the pocket and conveyed at a predetermined speed to the lower side of the conveyance drum by the rotation of the conveyance drum, and the conveyed flat tablet is a chute disposed below the conveyance drum from the pocket. It falls in a standing state, is guided along a predetermined curved track by a chute and converted into a flat state, and reaches a chute outlet located above the counting hole of the counting disk in the flat state. The flat tablet that has reached the upper side of the counting hole is put into the counting hole in a flat state, and a predetermined number of flat tablets are accommodated in the counting hole. Then, the operation of inserting the flat tablets from the tablet constant supply section into the counting hole is repeated a predetermined number of times, and a predetermined number of flat tablets are counted in the counting hole and stored in a flat state, and this is conveyed by intermittent rotation of the counting disk. By opening a shutter that opens and closes the lower end opening surface of the counting hole formed in the counting disk at a predetermined rotation angle position, the capsule body arranged below the counting hole is filled with the flat tablet in the counting hole in a flat state The

  Therefore, in the tablet filling device of the present invention, the flat tablet is moved while the posture is controlled from when the flat tablet is accommodated in the pocket of the transport drum until it moves to the chute outlet located above the counting hole of the counting disk. Therefore, the flat tablet does not reach the chute outlet in an inclined state or a standing state. Therefore, the flat tablet can be surely put into a flat state and inserted into the counting hole of the counting disk, and a predetermined number of flat tablets can be counted and filled into the capsule through the counting hole. In addition, since the flat tablet is transferred from the chute to the counting hole of the counting disk by natural fall, the flat tablet is counted without any fear of causing damage to the flat tablet due to mechanical movement during the transition from the chute to the counting hole. It is possible to reliably put into the hole.

  Further, a plurality of the tablet constant supply portions of the tablet filling device of the present invention are arranged along the circumferential direction of the counting disk so that a predetermined number of flat tablets are put into each counting hole from each tablet constant supply portion. Thus, if different types of flat tablets are supplied from each tablet constant supply unit, a plurality of different types of flat tablets can be filled in the same capsule, and the tablet constant supply unit By arranging along the circumferential direction of the counting disk, a plurality of different types of flat tablets can be filled in the same capsule in a small space without causing a significant increase in the size of the apparatus.

  Furthermore, the tablet filling device of the present invention is provided with a hole having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the flat tablet at a predetermined position of the shutter, and the hole is located at the center of the lower end surface of the counting hole when the shutter is closed. A tablet holding pin that can be moved up and down to support a flat tablet that enters into the counting hole through the hole and is inserted into the counting hole from the chute, is provided with the tablet holding pin or the preceding tablet supported by the tablet holding pin Thus, it is possible to configure so that the flat tablet put into the counting hole from the chute is received and supported at a predetermined position.

  In the tablet filling device configured as described above, when the tablet holding pin enters the counting hole through the hole provided in the shutter and the flat tablet is put into the counting hole of the counting disk from the chute, the tablet holding pin or The preceding tablet supported by the tablet holding pin is designed to receive the flat tablet, which is put in a flat state from the chute into the counting hole, at a predetermined position, so that the flat tablet moves from the chute to the counting hole of the counting disk. When the flat tablet is dropped, the distance that the flat tablet falls in the counting hole is shortened to prevent the flat tablet from tilting and standing up while the flat tablet charged in the flat state falls. The tablet can be stored in the counting hole while maintaining a flat state.

  In this case, it is preferable that the flat tablet put into the counting hole from the chute is received at the upper end portion of the counting hole by the tablet holding pin or the preceding tablet supported by the tablet holding pin.

  When the tablet filling device is configured in this way, the flat tablet initially accommodated in the empty counting hole is not dropped from the chute outlet located above the counting hole, and the tip of the tablet holding pin is at the upper end of the counting hole. It is received by. The second and subsequent flat tablets are received by the preceding tablet with almost no drop because the flat tablet (preceding tablet) accommodated in the counting hole is located at the upper end portion of the counting hole. Accordingly, each flat tablet accommodated in the counting hole is introduced into the counting hole while maintaining a flat state without substantially dropping from the chute outlet located above the counting hole, and is supported by the tablet holding pins. Therefore, when the flat tablet moves from the chute to the counting hole of the counting disk, the flat tablet tilts or stands upright in the counting hole without substantially dropping the flat tablet. The flat tablet can be stored in the counting hole while maintaining the flat state more reliably.

  Still further, the tablet filling device of the present invention is provided with tablet pressing means above the counting hole at the tablet filling position in the capsule body, the tablet pressing means descends and enters the counting hole, and the counting The flat tablet in the hole can be pushed downward and pushed into the capsule body disposed below.

  In the tablet filling device configured as described above, the tablet pressing means can reliably store the flat tablet accommodated in the counting hole of the counting disk in the capsule body, and in particular, the inner diameter of the capsule body and the flat tablet When filling a flat tablet with almost the same diameter and almost no clearance from the capsule body, even if the flat tablet does not fall into the capsule body and stays in the opening, it is counted by the tablet pressing means. Since the flat tablet in the hole is pushed downward and pushed into the capsule body, occurrence of such a filling defect can be avoided.

  In this case, the tablet pressing means is provided with a spring member, and the shutter is opened in a state where the flat tablet in the counting hole is pressed by the tablet pressing means by the elastic force of the spring member, and the spring member is elastic. It is preferable that the tablet pressing means is lowered by force to push the flat tablet downward.

  When the tablet filling device is configured in this manner, until the shutter is opened, the flat tablet accommodated in the count hole in a flat state is pressed by the elastic force of the spring member by the tablet pressing means. The flat tablet accommodated in the flat state is in a state where a downward force is applied. When the shutter is opened, the tablet pressing means is lowered by the elastic force of the spring member, and the flat tablet in the counting hole is pushed downward and pushed into the capsule body disposed below. Therefore, when the flat tablet moves from the counting hole of the counting disk to the capsule body, the elastic force of the spring member is released from the restrained state by the opening operation of the shutter, and the plurality of flat tablets are maintained in the flat stacked state. Since the tablet is pressed by the pressing means and moves to the capsule body instantly, the flat tablet in the flat state can be more reliably maintained in the flat state without being inclined or standing up while falling into the capsule body. Can be accommodated in the capsule body.

  As described above, the tablet filling apparatus of the capsule of the present invention prevents the filling failure when filling a flat tablet into a capsule as much as possible, and counts a predetermined number of flat tablets to ensure that it is flat. It can be filled, and the occurrence of filling failure in the tablet filling operation into the capsule is extremely low and the reliability is high.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, an Example is shown and the tablet filling apparatus of this invention is demonstrated more concretely.
1 and 2 show an example of a capsule filling machine using the tablet filling device of the present invention, and this capsule filling machine separates and conveys a capsule in which a cap and a body are temporarily bonded, into a cap and a body, After the flat tablet is filled on the separated body side, the capsule separating / binding device A is combined with the cap and the body again to form a capsule, and the capsule separating / binding device A is counted by counting a predetermined number of flat tablets. And a tablet filling device B for filling the capsule body separated by the above, and this tablet filling device B is constituted by the tablet filling device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

  The capsule separating / binding apparatus A includes a capsule posture changing / supplying unit 11, a capsule separating unit 12, a capsule transporting unit 13 including a cap holding disk 131 and a body holding block 132, a capsule coupling unit 14, and a capsule discharging unit 15. It is equipped with.

  In this capsule separating / combining device A, empty capsules in which a cap and a body are temporarily joined are aligned by the capsule posture changing / supplying unit 11 and supplied to the cap holding disk 131 with the body side down, and the aligned capsules are supplied. The cap holding disk 131 transports the capsule to the capsule separation unit 12, and after separating the transported empty capsule into a cap and a body by the capsule separation unit 12, the separated cap is formed into a cap pocket 131 a formed in the cap holding disk 131. The body is held in the body pockets 132a formed in the body holding block 132 and conveyed by the cap holding disk 131 and the body holding block 132, respectively, and the capsule body is placed at a predetermined tablet filling position below the tablet filling device B on the way. And is prescribed by tablet filling device B The capsule body filled with several tablets is transported to the capsule coupling part 14 by the body holding block 132 and the cap by the cap holding disk 131, and the transported body and cap are recombined by the capsule coupling part 14 to be coupled. The capsule is conveyed to the capsule discharge unit 15 by the cap holding disk 131 and discharged from the capsule discharge unit 15 to the outside of the apparatus. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 16 denotes a collection can that accommodates filled capsules discharged from the capsule discharge unit 15 to the outside of the apparatus.

  In the capsule posture conversion / supply unit 11, the empty capsules continuously supplied from the hopper 111 are transported downward between the three drums in which the pockets for storing the empty capsules are formed on the outer peripheral surface in order. Align the body side and the cap side in between. A cap pocket 131a is formed in the cap holding disk 131, and the aligned empty capsules are thrown into the cap pocket 131a from the upper surface side of the cap holding disk 131 and stored.

  The capsule transport unit 13 includes a cap holding disk 131 and a body holding block 132 disposed below the cap holding disk 131. The capsule holding disk 131 is disposed below the capsule posture conversion / supply unit 11. The body holding block 132 is formed with a body pocket 132 a corresponding to the cap pocket 131 a of the cap holding disk 131. The body pocket 132 a formed on the cap holding disk 131 and the body pocket formed on the body holding block 132 are formed. 132a is always located on the same axis and is in communication with each other.

  The empty cap supplied from the capsule posture conversion / supply unit 11 is held in the cap pocket 131a of the cap holding disk 131, and is conveyed to the capsule separating unit 12 by intermittent rotation of the cap holding disk 131. At this time, when the cap holding disc 131 rotates, the body holding block 132 rotates intermittently in synchronization with the rotation of the cap holding disc 131 and is displaced along the circumferential direction of the cap holding disc 131. Yes.

  In the capsule separating unit 12, the empty capsule is separated into a cap and a body by suction from below the body holding block 132, and only the capsule body is accommodated in the body pocket 132 a of the body holding block 132. The cap pocket 131a and the body are respectively held in the body pocket 132a of the body holding block 132 and conveyed by intermittent rotation of the cap holding disk 131 and the body holding block 132 (capsule conveying unit 13). The capsule box is moved forward to the tablet filling device B side and protrudes outward from the outer periphery of the cap holding disk 131, moves to a predetermined tablet filling position below the tablet filling device B, and is stored in the body pocket 132a. Flat tablets predetermined number is filled in the I over.

  Then, after the flat tablet is filled, the cap and the body are conveyed to the capsule coupling unit 14 by intermittent rotation of the capsule conveying unit 13, and the body holding block 132 moves back to the cap holding disk 131 side during the conveyance, and the cap is recaptured. The pocket 131a and the body pocket 132a communicate with each other on the same axis. Then, the body is pushed up by a coupling pin (not shown) in the capsule coupling portion 14 so that the cap and the body are coupled again, and the capsule in which the cap and the body are coupled is held in the cap pocket 131a of the cap holding disk 131. 131 is conveyed to the capsule discharge unit 15 by intermittent rotation, discharged from the capsule discharge unit 15, and collected in the collection can 16.

  The capsule filling machine of this example uses the capsule separating / combining device A to change the orientation of randomly supplied empty capsules, arrange them into caps and bodies, and then combine the caps and bodies again. When discharging and collecting, a predetermined number of flat tablets are counted and filled in the capsule body once separated by the tablet filling device B to produce a tablet-filled capsule. The tablet filling device according to the present invention is used.

  The tablet filling device B includes a counting disk 2 in which a counting hole 21 in which a flat tablet (circular flat tablet in this example) is accommodated, and 4 arranged close to the upper surface of the counting disk 2. Two tablet constant supply sections (first tablet constant supply section 3a, second tablet constant supply section 3b, third tablet constant supply section 3c and fourth tablet constant supply section from the upstream side in the rotation direction along the circumferential direction of the counting disk 2) 3d) and six shutter plates 4 for opening and closing the lower end opening surface of the counting hole 21 formed in the counting disk 2.

  The counting disk 2 is intermittently rotated at a predetermined speed by a driving source (not shown), and is rotatably disposed adjacent to the cap holding disk 131 of the capsule separating / combining apparatus A, as shown in FIG. In addition, the body holding block 132 protruding outward from the cap holding disk 131 at a predetermined angular position enters the lower side of the counting disk 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the counting disk 2 has a large number of counting holes 21, and in this case, counting is performed in which five circular counting holes 21 penetrating the counting disk 2 are arranged in a straight line. As shown in FIG. 1, the hole group is formed at six positions on the outer peripheral edge of the counting disk 2 by being displaced by 60 °. The counting holes 21 and the body pockets 132a formed in the body holding block 132 of the capsule separating / combining device A are arranged so as to correspond to each other.

  The first to fourth tablet constant supply units 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d have the same configuration in this example, and the tablet constant supply unit is the first tablet constant supply unit 3a. This will be described with reference to the other tablet constant supply units 3b, 3c and 3d. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the first tablet constant supply unit 3 a includes a transport drum 31 in which a plurality of drum pockets 311 for storing flat tablets t one by one in a standing state are formed on the outer peripheral surface, and a transport drum. A tablet feeder (tablet supply means) 32 for supplying the flat tablet t in an upright state to the drum pocket 311 at the top of 31, and a chute block 33 disposed below the transport drum 31 and close to the surface of the transport drum 31. It is equipped with.

  The transport drum 31 is rotated at a predetermined speed around a horizontal axis by a drive source (not shown), and has an opening on the outer peripheral surface thereof that is slightly wider than the transverse cross section of the standing flat tablet (in this example, a long length). Drum pockets 311 whose sides are opened in a rectangular shape along the circumferential direction of the transport drum 31 are formed, and 20 drum pockets 311 are formed in five rows in the horizontal axis direction at regular intervals along the circumferential direction. Each row corresponds to five guide chutes 331 of a chute block 33 to be described later, and a total of 100 drum pockets 311 are arranged. The transport drum 31 accommodates the flat tablets t one by one in the drum pocket 311, and transports the flat tablets t in an upright state from the upper part to the lower part of the transport drum 31 by rotation to the chute block 33 described later at the lowermost part. The flat tablet t is dropped. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 312 denotes a guide block for covering the drum pocket 311 so that the flat tablet t accommodated in the drum pocket 311 below the transport drum 31 is not dropped to a predetermined drop position. Is arranged so as to cover approximately a quarter of the outer peripheral surface of the transport drum 31 (the lower half of the tablet transport range).

Above the transport drum 31, a tablet feeder 32 is disposed so as to cover about a quarter circumferential portion from the upper end of the outer peripheral surface of the transport drum 31 to the rear side in the rotation direction. The flat tablet t is supplied to the drum pocket 311 of the drum 31 in an upright state.
The tablet feeder 32 includes a hopper 321, a tablet alignment supply tank 322 that aligns the flat tablets t supplied from the hopper 321 in an upright state and supplies the flat tablets t to the drum pocket 311, and the flat tablet t from the hopper 321. A vibrator 323 that vibrates the flat tablet t in the tablet alignment supply tank 322 and vibrates the hopper 321 for charging into the tank 322 is provided.

  A posture control block 324 for aligning the flat tablets t supplied from the hopper 321 in an upright state on the transport drum 31 is provided in the lower part inside the tablet alignment supply tank 322. The attitude control block 324 is provided with five slits corresponding to five rows of drum pockets formed on the outer peripheral surface of the transport drum 3, and each slit is provided from the hopper 321 side to the transport drum 31 side. It is formed in a substantially Y-shaped cross section that gradually becomes narrower, and the width of the slit on the side of the transport drum 31 is substantially the thickness of the flat tablet t. The flat tablet t is oscillated by the vibration given by the vibration device 323, and when the flat tablet t passes through the slit, the posture of the flat tablet t is regulated by the inner wall of the slit, and the flat tablet t rises from the tablet alignment supply tank 322. A flat tablet t is supplied in an upright state at the top. Note that. In FIG. 2, 325 is a level sensor for detecting the height of the flat tablet t supplied into the tablet alignment supply tank 322 and adjusting the vibration applied from the vibrator 323 to the hopper 321.

  A chute block 33 is disposed below the transport drum 31 in proximity to the lowest point on the outer peripheral surface of the transport drum 31. The chute block 33 has an upper end surface corresponding to five rows of drum pockets of the conveying drum 31 and a lower end surface corresponding to the five counting holes 21 of the counting hole group of the counting disk 2. Five guide chutes 331 are formed to guide the flat tablet t falling in the standing state along the curved path and to change the posture of the flat tablet t to the flat state. As shown in FIG. 3, the guide chute 331 has the same shape as the opening of the drum pocket 311 formed in the conveyance drum 31 in the upper end opening surface on the conveyance drum 31 side (in this example, the long side is conveyed) A rectangular shape along the circumferential direction of the drum 31), and the lower end surface on the counting disk 2 side is the same shape as the upper end surface of the counting hole 21 formed in the counting disk 2 (circular shape in this example). It is an open curved passage, and its lower end surface is displaced in the horizontal axis direction of the transport drum 31 with respect to the upper end surface. That is, the flat tablet t that has fallen from the drum pocket 311 to the guide chute 331 is changed in posture into a flat state in the guide chute 331 and is displaced in the horizontal direction.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 to 8, the shutter plate 4 corresponding to each counting hole group formed by the five counting holes 21 is provided on the lower surface of the counting disk 2 for each counting hole group ( In this example, a total of six sheets) are arranged so as to be movable in the horizontal direction. The shutter plate 4 has tablet passage holes 41 arranged in the same manner as the counting holes 21 and first to fourth tablets described later. The holding pin passage hole 42 having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the flat tablet through which the holding pins 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d pass is in the opening / closing operation direction (the radial direction of the counting disk 2) of the shutter plate 4 for each counting hole 21. Are formed along. The shutter plate 4 rotates integrally with the counting disk 2 and moves in the radial direction of the counting disk at a predetermined position. The shutter plate 4 moves to the center side of the counting disk 2 by a drive source (not shown). When the holding pin passage hole 42 is positioned at the center of the lower end surface of the counting hole 21, the shutter is closed (the flat tablet t is held in the counting hole 21), and the shutter plate 4 is on the outer peripheral side of the counting disk 2. When the tablet passage hole 41 coincides with the lower end surface of the counting hole 21, the shutter is opened (the flat tablet t accommodated in the counting hole 21 is dropped onto the capsule body). Even if the lower end opening surface of the counting hole 21 is blocked by the shutter plate 4, the lower end opening surface of the counting hole 21 may not necessarily be completely sealed. A gap may be formed between the counting disk 2 and the shutter plate 4 such that the accommodated flat tablet t does not fall out.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the tablet filling device of this example, the flat tablet is supported by entering the counting hole 21 through the holding pin passage hole 42 of the shutter 4 below the first tablet constant supply unit 3a. The first tablet holding pin 5a capable of moving up and down is provided for each counting hole 21, and as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the second to fourth tablet constant supply units 3b, 3c, 3d Similarly, the second to fourth tablet holding pins 5b, 5c and 5d are also provided below. 2 and 4 to 6, 51 supports the first to fourth tablet holding pins 5 a, 5 b, 5 c, and 5 d and guides the vertical movement, and the first to fourth tablet holding pins 5 a, It is a stopper that sets the rising limit of 5b, 5c, 5d.

  In this case, the first to fourth tablet holding pins 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d are all driven by a drive source (not shown) to move up and down, and the flat tablet t is inserted into the counting hole 21 from the guide chute 331. When it does, it enters into the counting hole 21 through the holding pin passage hole 42, rises to the ascending limit, stops, receives the flat tablet t introduced from the guide chute 331, and then descends to count hole 21 and holding pin. Retreating from the passage hole 42. Also, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the first to fourth tablet holding pins 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d corresponding to the first to fourth tablet constant supply units 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, The length gradually decreases from the first tablet holding pin 5a toward the fourth tablet holding pin 5d. In this case, the tip of the first tablet holding pin 5a is at the upper end surface of the counting hole 21 at the rising limit. The tip of the second tablet holding pin is lower than the upper end surface of the counting hole 21 by one flat tablet in the flat state at the upper limit, and the tip of the third tablet holding pin is the upper end surface of the counting hole 21 at the upper limit. The tip of the fourth tablet holding pin is positioned below the upper end surface of the counting hole 21 by the amount of three flat tablets in the flat state below the two flat tablets in the flat state. Yes. And the flat tablet t thrown into the counting hole 21 from the guide chute 331 is the 2nd-4th tablet constant supply part 3b by the tablet holding pin 5a in the counting hole 21 located under the 1st tablet constant supply part 3a. , 3c, and 3d, the counting holes 21 are supported by the tablet holding pins 5b, 5c, and 5d, respectively, and flat tablets (preceding tablets) accommodated in the counting holes are respectively formed at the upper end portions of the counting holes 21. It is received and supported.

  Further, in the tablet filling device of this example, as shown in FIGS. 2, 7, and 8, the tip portion is formed in a bowl shape above each counting hole 21 at the tablet filling position into the capsule body Cb. A plunger 6 (tablet pressing means) 6 that can move up and down is provided through the plunger guide 61. The plunger 6 has a spiral spring 62 attached to the outer peripheral surface thereof. One end of the spring 62 is a tip of the plunger 6 formed in a bowl shape, and the other end is a plunger guide 61. The spring 62 extends and contracts in accordance with the distance between the distal end portion of the plunger 6 and the plunger guide 61. The plunger 6 is lowered together with the plunger guide 61 by a driving source (not shown), enters the counting hole 21, contacts the flat tablet t accommodated in the counting hole 21, and stops. In a state where the jar 6 is in contact with the flat tablet t, the plunger guide 61 is further lowered by a drive source (not shown) and the spring 62 is compressed, and the elastic force of the compressed spring 62 causes the plunger 6 to move to the counting hole. The flat tablet t accommodated in 21 is pressed. When the shutter is opened, the compression of the spring 62 is released, the plunger 6 is lowered by the elastic force of the spring 62, and the plunger 6 pushes the flat tablet t in the counting hole 21 downward. It is pushed into the capsule body Cb disposed below the counting hole 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, below the tablet filling position of the capsule body Cb, the capsule body Cb held in the body pocket 132 a of the body holding block 132 is pushed up from the bottom and brought close to the shutter plate 4. A lift mechanism 7 is provided, and a capsule guide 71 that guides the capsule body Cb lifted by the lift mechanism 7 is provided between the shutter plate 4 and the body holding block 132 above the lift mechanism 7. The mechanism 7 can lift the capsule body Cb positioned below the counting hole 21 to shorten the distance between the counting hole 21 and the capsule body Cb.

Next, an operation of filling the capsule body Cb held by the body holding block 132 with the tablet filling device B with the flat tablet t will be described.
First, the flat tablet t, which is an object to be filled in the hopper 321 of the first tablet constant supply unit 3a, is charged into the tablet alignment supply tank 322 at a predetermined speed by the vibration of the vibrator 323. At this time, the level sensor 325 adjusts the amount of the flat tablet t put into the tablet alignment supply tank 322.

  The flat tablet t put in the tablet alignment / supply tank 322 falls onto the posture control block 324 provided in the lower part of the tablet alignment / supply tank 322 and enters into a slit formed in the posture control block 324. The slit is formed in a substantially Y-shaped cross section that gradually narrows from the hopper 321 side toward the transport drum 31 side, and the width of the slit on the transport drum 31 side is approximately the thickness of the flat tablet t. Moves while being vibrated by the vibration provided by the vibrator 323, and when passing through the slit, the posture of the flat tablet t is regulated by the inner wall of the slit, and the flat tablet t is in a standing state at the slit outlet.

  On the other hand, the conveyance drum 31 rotates at a predetermined speed, and the rotation of the conveyance drum 31 causes the drum pocket 311 to circulate, and the empty drum pockets 311 move along the slit outlets from below the tablet feeder 32. The flat tablet t that has reached the slit outlet is dropped and accommodated in the drum pocket 311 in an upright state. The flat tablet t accommodated in the drum pocket 311 at the upper part of the conveying drum 31 is held in the drum pocket 311 and conveyed to the lower part by the rotation of the conveying drum 31 while being supported by the guide block 312, and in this example, the conveying drum 31 The guide chute 331 formed on the chute block 33 disposed below the transport drum 31 is put up in a standing state.

  When the flat tablet t introduced into the guide chute 331 in a standing state slides down in the guide chute 331, the flat tablet t is guided along the curved track by the wall surface of the guide chute 331, and when the posture is changed, the flat tablet t reaches the outlet of the guide chute 331. It becomes a flat state.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 4A, the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2 is located below the guide chute 331, the shutter is closed, and the lower end surface of the counting hole 21 is the shutter plate. 4 is occluded. Further, the first tablet holding pin 5 a rises through the holding pin passage hole 42 formed in the shutter plate 4, enters the counting hole 21, and the tip of the tablet holding pin 5 a is positioned at the upper end surface of the counting hole 21. As shown in FIG. 4B, the flat tablet t dropped from the guide chute 331 is received in a flat state at the upper end portion of the counting hole 21 where the tip of the first tablet holding pin 5a is located. After receiving the flat tablet t, the first tablet holding pin 5a descends and exits from the counting hole 21 and the holding pin passage hole 42. At this time, the flat tablet t is also lowered together with the first tablet holding pin 5a, and the flat tablet t is held on the shutter plate 4. As shown in FIG. 4C, the first flat tablet t is in a flat state. In the counting hole 21. The counting hole 21 that accommodates the first flat tablet t moves together with the shutter plate 4 by intermittent rotation of the counting disk 2, is displaced by 60 °, and stops below the second tablet constant supply unit 3b.

  When the counting hole 21 in which the first flat tablet t is accommodated stops below the second tablet constant supply unit 3b, the second tablet holding pin 5b rises through the holding pin passage hole 42 formed in the shutter plate 4. The tip of the second tablet holding pin 5b pushes up the first flat tablet t and rises until the upper part of the first flat tablet t reaches the upper end surface of the counting hole 21. (See FIG. 5A).

  On the other hand, the second tablet constant supply unit 3b supplies the guide tablet 331 of the chute block 33 of the second tablet constant supply unit 3b with the flat tablet t standing up by the same operation as the first tablet constant supply unit 3a described above. Then, the posture of the flat tablet t is changed in the guide chute 331 and reaches the outlet of the guide chute 331. The flat tablet t dropped from the guide chute 331 is received in a flat state at the upper end portion of the counting hole 21 where the upper portion of the first flat tablet t is located. After receiving the flat tablet t, the second tablet holding pin 5 b descends and exits from the counting hole 21 and the holding pin passage hole 42. At this time, the two flat tablets t are also lowered together with the second tablet holding pins 5b, and the two flat tablets t are held on the shutter plate 4, and stacked on the first flat tablet t to be stacked on the second flat tablet t. The tablet t is accommodated in the counting hole 21 in a flat state. The counting hole 21 that accommodates the second flat tablet t moves together with the shutter plate 4 by intermittent rotation of the counting disk 2, is displaced by 60 °, and stops below the third tablet constant supply unit 3c.

  In the third tablet constant supply unit 3c and the fourth tablet constant supply unit 3d, the third and fourth flat tablets t are inserted into the counting holes 21 in the same manner as the tablet supply operation by the second tablet constant supply unit 3b described above. In the tablet supply operation by the third tablet constant supply unit 3c, as shown in FIG. 5B, the third tablet holding pin 5c disposed below the third tablet constant supply unit 3c is Together with the first and second flat tablets t, the upper portion of the second flat tablet t rises until it reaches the upper end surface of the counting hole 21, and the flat tablet t dropped from the guide chute 331 is the second flat tablet t. The upper part of the counting hole 21 where the upper part of the flat tablet t is located is received in a flat state.

  Similarly, in the tablet supply operation by the fourth tablet constant supply unit 3d, as shown in FIG. 6A, one fourth tablet holding pin 5d disposed below the fourth tablet constant supply unit 3d is provided. The flat tablet t that rises together with the second, third, and third flat tablets t until the upper part of the third flat tablet t reaches the upper end surface of the counting hole 21 and falls from the guide chute 331 is shown in FIG. As shown in (B), the upper end of the counting tablet 21 where the upper part of the third flat tablet t is located is received in a flat state, and the fourth tablet holding pin 5d is removed from the counting hole 21 and the holding pin passage hole 42. After the withdrawal, as shown in FIG. 7C, four flat tablets t are accommodated in the counting holes 21 in a flat state. The counting hole 21 containing the four flat tablets t moves together with the shutter plate 4 by intermittent rotation of the counting disk 2 and is temporarily displaced by 60 ° to stop the tablet supply operation and the tablet filling operation for the other counting hole groups. Wait for a further 60 ° displacement and stop at the tablet filling position.

  Below the counting hole 21 moved to the tablet filling position, the capsule body Cb is held in the body pocket 132a of the body holding block 132 by the capsule separating / binding device A as shown in FIG. The capsule body Cb in the body pocket 132a is pushed up from the bottom by the lift mechanism 7 provided below the body holding block 132, guided by the capsule guide 71, and brought close to the shutter plate 4 (FIG. 7 ( B)).

  On the other hand, the plunger 6 provided above the counting hole 21 moved to the tablet filling position descends together with the plunger guide 61 and enters the counting hole 21 to form the flat tablet t accommodated in the counting hole 21. The plunger guide 61 is further lowered and the spring 62 is compressed in a state where the plunger 6 comes into contact with the flat tablet t and comes into contact with the flat tablet t (see FIG. 7B). The flat tablet t accommodated in the counting hole 21 is pressed downward by the plunger 6 by the elastic force of the compressed spring 62.

  In this state, when the shutter plate 4 moves to the outer peripheral edge side of the counting disk 2 and the lower end surface of the counting hole 21 and the tablet passage hole 41 of the shutter plate 4 coincide with each other, the shutter is opened, and the compression of the spring 62 is released. At the same time, the plunger 6 is lowered by the elastic force of the spring 62, and the four flat tablets t in the counting hole 21 are pushed downward. As shown in FIG. Is immediately pushed into the capsule body Cb, which is disposed below, while maintaining a flat state.

  After the flat tablet t is filled in the capsule body Cb, the plunger 6 rises and exits the counting hole 21, and the plunger guide 61 rises together with the plunger 6 to return to the initial state. The lift mechanism 7 is also lowered to return to the initial state, and the capsule body Cb filled with the flat tablet t is also lowered and received by the body pocket 132a of the body holding block 132 (FIG. 8B). )reference). The counting hole 21 after discharging the flat tablet t is moved by intermittent rotation of the counting disk 2 and displaced by 60 °, and the operation of storing the flat tablet t again in the first tablet constant supply unit is repeated.

  On the other hand, the capsule body Cb filled with the flat tablet t is coupled to the cap by the capsule coupling part 14 of the capsule separating / binding apparatus A and is ejected from the capsule ejection part 15.

  As described above, the capsule filling machine according to the present embodiment once separates the empty capsule into the cap and the body by the capsule separating / combining apparatus A and conveys the capsule. After the number of flat tablets t is filled, the capsule is again combined with the cap by the capsule separating / binding device A to produce a capsule filled with the flat tablets t. As described above, the flat tablet t accommodated in the drum pocket 311 in a standing state from the tablet feeder 32 is transported at a predetermined speed to the lower side of the transport drum 31 by the rotation of the transport drum 31, and is flattened by the guide chute 331. The posture is changed and put into the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2, and this operation is performed once for each of the first to fourth tablet constant supply units 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d. 4 times in total, the four flat tablets t are counted in the counting hole 21 and accommodated in a flat state, and are transported by intermittent rotation of the counting disk 2, and the shutter is opened at the tablet filling position to open the counting hole 21. Is filled with four flat tablets t in the counting hole 21 in a flat state.

  According to the tablet filling device B of the present example, the flat tablet t is flattened until it moves from the drum pocket 311 of the transport drum 31 to the outlet of the guide chute 331 located above the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2. Since the posture of the tablet t is controlled, the tablet t does not reach the outlet of the guide chute 331 in a state where the flat tablet t is inclined or standing. Therefore, the flat tablet t can be surely flattened and inserted into the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2, and a predetermined number (four in this case) of flat tablets t can be counted and filled into the capsule body Cb. it can. Further, since the flat tablet t is transferred from the guide chute 331 to the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2 by natural fall, the flat tablet t is not damaged by the mechanical operation during the transition from the guide chute 331 to the counting hole 21. The flat tablet t can be reliably put into the counting hole 21 without fear of occurring.

  Further, in the tablet filling device of this example, four first to fourth tablet constant supply units 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d are arranged along the circumferential direction of the counting disk 2, and the first to fourth tablet holes are provided in the counting hole 21. One flat tablet t is inserted from each of the fourth tablet constant supply units 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, and from the first to fourth tablet constant supply units 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d. If different types of flat tablets t are supplied, a plurality of different types of flat tablets t can be filled in the same capsule, and the first to fourth tablet constant supply units 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d By arranging along the circumferential direction of the counting disk 2, a plurality of different types of flat tablets t can be filled in the same capsule in a small space without causing a significant increase in the size of the apparatus.

  Further, in the tablet filling device B of the present example, a holding pin passage hole 42 having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the flat tablet t is provided at a predetermined position of the shutter plate 4, and the holding pin passage hole 42 is a counting hole when the shutter is closed. 21 is located in the central portion of the lower end surface of 21, enters the counting hole 21 through the holding pin passage hole 42, and can move up and down to support the flat tablet t that is inserted into the counting hole 21 from the guide chute 331. The fourth tablet holding pins 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d are provided and counted from the guide chute 331 by the first tablet holding pin 5a or the preceding tablet supported by the second to fourth tablet holding pins 5b, 5c, 5d. The flat tablet t put into the hole 21 is received and supported by the upper end portion of the counting hole 21.

  Therefore, according to the tablet filling device B of this example, the first to fourth tablet holding pins 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d enter the counting hole 21 through the holding pin passage holes 42 provided in the shutter plate 4, When the flat tablet t is put into the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2 from the guide chute 331, the preceding tablet t supported by the first tablet holding pin 5a or the second to fourth tablet holding pins 5b, 5c, 5d The flat tablet t introduced in a flat state from the guide chute 331 into the counting hole 21 is received by the upper end portion of the counting hole 21, whereby the flat tablet t is counted from the guide chute 331 to the counting disk 2. The distance by which the flat tablet t when moving to the hole 21 falls in the counting hole 21 can be shortened.

  That is, in the tablet filling device B of this example, the flat tablet t initially accommodated in the empty counting hole 21 hardly falls from the outlet of the guide chute 331 located above the counting hole 21 and the upper end of the counting hole 21. The portion is received by the tip of the first tablet holding pin 5a. Further, the second and subsequent flat tablets t are not substantially dropped because the flat tablets (preceding tablets) t accommodated in the counting holes 21 are located at the upper end portion of the counting holes 21. received by t. Accordingly, each flat tablet t accommodated in the counting hole 21 is introduced into the counting hole 21 while maintaining a flat state without substantially dropping from the exit of the guide chute 331 located above the counting hole 21, and the second When the flat tablet t moves from the guide chute 331 to the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2 because it is held and accommodated in the counting hole 21 while being supported by the fourth tablet holding pins 5b, 5c, 5d. The flat tablet t is prevented from tilting or standing up in the counting hole 21 without substantially dropping the flat tablet t, and the flat tablet t is more reliably kept flat in the counting hole 21. Can be accommodated.

  Furthermore, in the tablet filling device B of this example, the plunger 6 is provided above the counting hole 21 at the tablet filling position in the capsule body Cb, and the plunger 6 descends and enters the counting hole 21. Thus, the flat tablet t in the counting hole 21 is pushed downward and pushed into the capsule body Cb disposed below. In this case, the plunger 6 is provided with a spring 62, and the spring 62 is elastic. The shutter is opened in a state where the flat tablet t in the counting hole 21 is pressed by the plunger 6 by the generated force, and the plunger 6 is lowered by the elastic force of the spring 62 to push the flat tablet t downward. It has become.

  Therefore, according to the tablet filling device B of the present example, the flat tablet t accommodated in the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2 can be reliably accommodated in the capsule body Cb by the plunger 6, and in particular, the capsule When filling a flat tablet t having the same inner diameter of the body Cb and the diameter of the flat tablet t and having almost no clearance from the capsule body Cb, the flat tablet t does not fall into the capsule body Cb but opens into the opening. Even if there is a possibility of staying, the flat tablet t in the counting hole 21 is pushed downward by the plunger 6 and pushed into the capsule body Cb. Can be avoided.

  Further, when the flat tablet t moves from the counting hole 21 of the counting disk 2 to the capsule body Cb, the elastic force of the spring 62 is released from the restrained state by the opening operation of the shutter, and the plurality of flat tablets t are in the flat stacked state. Since the tablet 6 is pressed by the plunger 6 while maintaining the state and immediately moves to the capsule body Cb, the flat tablet t in the flat state does not tilt or stand up while falling to the capsule body Cb. t can be accommodated in the capsule body Cb while maintaining the flat state more reliably.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example, The structure, shape, arrangement | positioning, combination, etc. of each part may be changed suitably in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, the number of tablet constant supply units can be changed as appropriate. In the above example, the case where one tablet is supplied to each counting hole from each tablet constant supply unit has been shown, but two or more tablets can be supplied from one tablet constant supply unit.

It is a schematic plan view which shows an example of the capsule filling machine using the tablet filling apparatus which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the 1st tablet constant supply part which comprises the apparatus, and the count disk, shutter, tablet holding pin, and stopper which were arrange | positioned under it. It is explanatory drawing of operation | movement of the flat tablet from a tablet constant supply part to a count disk, and is a perspective view which shows the part of a conveyance drum, a chute | block, and a count disk. It is explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which inserts a flat tablet from the tablet constant supply part to the counting hole of a counting disk, (A) is the state in which a flat tablet is injected into a counting hole from a 1st tablet constant supply part, (B) is input. (C) is the fragmentary sectional view which shows the state which the 1st tablet holding pin received the made flat tablet, and the state which the 1st tablet holding pin retreated from the counting hole and the holding pin passage hole. It is explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which throws a flat tablet into the counting hole of a counting disc from a tablet constant supply part, (A) is the state in which a flat tablet is thrown into a counting hole from a 2nd tablet constant supply part, (B) is the 1st. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the state by which a flat tablet is thrown into a count hole from a 3 tablet constant supply part. It is explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which inserts a flat tablet from the tablet constant supply part to the counting hole of a counting disc, (A) is the state in which a flat tablet is injected into the counting hole from the 4th tablet constant supply part, (B) is input. (C) is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the preceding tablet in which the flat tablets stacked are received on the fourth tablet holding pin is received, and (C) is a state in which the fourth tablet holding pin is withdrawn from the counting hole and the holding pin passage hole. . It is explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which fills a capsule with a flat tablet in the tablet filling position of the apparatus, (A) is the state in which the counting hole which accommodated the flat tablet was conveyed to the same position, (B) is a lift mechanism in which a capsule is carried out. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the state which lifted and the plunger pressed the flat tablet while raising. It is explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which fills a capsule with a flat tablet in the tablet filling position of the apparatus, (A) is the state which opened the shutter and the plunger pushed the flat tablet into the capsule body, (B) is a plunger and a lift. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the state in which the mechanism returned to the initial state and the capsule was accommodated in the capsule pocket. It is sectional drawing explaining sequentially the operation | movement at the time of throwing the counted tablet in the conventional tablet filling apparatus and the counted tablet into a capsule body.

Explanation of symbols

A Capsule Separation / Binding Device B Tablet Filling Device 2 Counting Disk 21 Counting Holes 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d Tablet Constant Supply Unit 31 Conveying Drum 311 Drum Pocket 32 Tablet Feeder 33 Chute Block 331 Guide Chute 4 Shutter Plate 41 Tablet Passing Hole 42 Holding pin passage hole 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d Tablet holding pin 6 Plunger 62 Spring

Claims (6)

A counting disk in which a counting hole for accommodating a predetermined number of flat tablets is formed and intermittently rotates at a predetermined speed;
A tablet constant supply unit disposed in contact with or close to the upper surface of the counting disk;
A tablet filling device for capsules, comprising a shutter for opening and closing a lower end opening surface of a counting hole formed in the counting disk,
The tablet constant supply unit is formed with a plurality of pockets for accommodating flat tablets one by one in an upright state on the outer peripheral surface, and a transport drum that rotates at a predetermined speed around a horizontal axis;
Tablet supply means for supplying a flat tablet in an upright state in the pocket at the top of the transport drum;
A flat tablet that is disposed below or in contact with the surface of the transport drum below the transport drum and falls in a standing state from the pocket is transformed into a flat state by guiding it along a predetermined curved track. A chute to be inserted into the counting hole of the counting disk disposed below,
The flat tablets stored in the pockets in an upright state from the tablet supply means are transported at a predetermined speed to the lower side of the transport drum by the rotation of the transport drum, and the posture is changed to a flat state by the chute and the counting is performed. This is repeated in the counting hole of the disk, and this operation is repeated a predetermined number of times, and a predetermined number of flat tablets are counted in the counting hole and stored in a flat state. An apparatus for filling a tablet into a capsule, wherein the shutter is opened at a position to fill the capsule body disposed below the counting hole with a flat tablet in the counting hole in a flat state.   A plurality of the tablet constant supply units are arranged along the circumferential direction of the counting disc, and a predetermined number of flat tablets are respectively introduced into each counting hole from each tablet constant supply unit. Item 2. A device for filling tablets into a capsule according to Item 1.   A hole having a diameter smaller than that of the flat tablet is provided at a predetermined position of the shutter, and the hole is located at the center of the lower end surface of the counting hole when the shutter is closed, and through the hole into the counting hole. There is provided a tablet holding pin that can move up and down and supports a flat tablet that enters into the counting hole from the chute, and is provided from the chute by the tablet holding pin or a preceding tablet supported by the tablet holding pin. The tablet filling device for capsules according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the flat tablets put into the counting holes are received and supported at predetermined positions.   The flat tablet put into the counting hole from the chute is configured to be received at the upper end portion of the counting hole by the tablet holding pin or a preceding tablet supported by the tablet holding pin. 3. A device for filling tablets into a capsule according to 3.   Tablet pressing means is provided above the counting hole at the tablet filling position in the capsule body, the tablet pressing means descends and enters the counting hole, and the flat tablet in the counting hole is moved downward. The tablet filling device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tablet filling device is configured to be extruded and pushed into a capsule body disposed below.   The tablet pressing means is provided with a spring member, and the shutter is opened in a state where the flat tablet in the counting hole is pressed by the tablet pressing means by the elastic force of the spring member, and the spring member is elastic. The tablet filling device according to claim 5, wherein the tablet pressing means is lowered by force to push the flat tablet downward.

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