JP2011088634A - Medicinal substance packing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To downsize a medicinal substance packing device so that it can be easily carried into and from a clean bench or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A basic unit 10 includes a body part 11 equipped with a surrounding frame 15 of openings 16 which form medicinal substance dispensing sections on an upper face 14 thereof, a lid part 12 mounted above the body part 11 so as to be openable and closable, a plurality of heat generating bodies 23 equipped in an opening-and-closing surface 17 of the lid part 12, in a spatial relation such that the heat generating bodies 23 correspond to the medicinal substance dispensing sections on one-on-one, and a power-supply means for passing power suitable for heat sealing to the heat generating body 23 according to a closing operation of the lid part 12. The medicinal substance dispensing sections are formed one line only, and the openings 16 of the surrounding frame 15 as well as openings 22 and the heat generating bodies 23 of a heating part 20 are also formed one line only. An additional unit 30 includes a pedestal part 31 that is attachable to and removable from the body part 11, and feed mechanisms 32 and 37 and a printing means 35 for a dispensing paper 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable medicine packaging apparatus that can be carried by hand, and more particularly, to a manual medicine packaging apparatus that sets and heat-seals paper while manually opening and closing.

  A conventional portable medicine packaging apparatus has a main body equipped with a surrounding frame for a medicine distribution section on an upper surface, an openable / closable lid mounted on the main body section, and a one-to-one correspondence with the medicine distribution section. And a plurality of heating elements mounted on the open / close surface of the lid part, and an energizing means for supplying electricity suitable for heat sealing to the heating element in accordance with the closing operation of the lid part. . Then, manually open the lid, place one sheet of wrapping paper on the surrounding frame on the upper surface of the main body, distribute the medicine from the top to the medicine distribution section, and place another on it. When the lid is closed after placing the sheets of wrapping paper, the two wrapping papers are heat-sealed by the heating element to wrap the medicine. The drug distribution section is arranged in a matrix such as 7 rows and 3 columns or 4 rows and 3 columns.

In addition, an automatic medicine packaging apparatus that performs medicine packaging one after another by putting medicines of each packaging while separating two long packaging papers by thermal fusion has been put into practical use (for example, This also incorporates a paper feeding mechanism and a printing mechanism, and even if it is downsized, it is still a desktop type.
A clean bench with a cleaning pass box has also been put into practical use (see, for example, Patent Document 2), which is smaller than a clean room, less expensive, less space consuming, and easier to use. Demand is increasing due to the growing awareness of improvement.

JP 2005-053538 A JP 2004-183951 A

And even in the dispensing work in such a small clean unit such as a clean bench or clean booth, there is a need for not only the preparation of drugs but also the packaging with wrapping paper using the drug packaging device. Occasionally occurs.
However, since the above-described conventional medicine packaging apparatus has not been considered for use in a small clean unit such as a clean bench, it is larger than a cleaning pass box, not only a desktop type but also a portable type.

For this reason, a medicine packaging device cannot be taken in and out simply and quickly using a cleaning pass box. Even if there is an operator's doorway, if the operator enters or leaves the doorway, the work in the bench must be interrupted each time and the air cleanliness must be restored for a long time. Permanently installing the drug packaging device is only when the frequency of use of the drug packaging device is considerably high because valuable space continues to be occupied.
Therefore, it is a technical problem to reduce the size of the medicine packaging device so that it can be easily carried in and out of a clean bench or the like.

  The drug packaging device of the present invention (Solution 1) has been devised in order to solve such a problem, and has a main body equipped with a surrounding frame of a drug distribution section on the upper surface, and an upper part of the main body. An openable / closable lid mounted on the lid, a plurality of heating elements mounted on the open / close surface of the lid in a one-to-one correspondence arrangement with the medicine distribution section, and the heat generation according to the closing operation of the lid In a medicine packaging device provided with an energization means for supplying electricity suitable for heat sealing to the body, the medicine distribution section is only for one line, and the surrounding frame and the heating element are for one line correspondingly. It is equipped with it.

  Further, the medicine packaging apparatus of the present invention is (Solution means 2), which is the medicine packaging apparatus of the above-mentioned solution means 1, and a pedestal part on which the main body part can be freely attached and detached, and attached to the wrapping paper. Printing means for performing printing.

  In such a medicine packaging apparatus of the present invention (Solution 1), the medicine distribution section is narrowed down to one line so that only one line of the frame and the heating element is required. However, it is small and light enough to be easily carried, and can be easily carried into and out of a clean bench or the like through a cleaning pass box for small items such as drug containers and dispensing devices. Because it is so small, it can be easily carried outside the clean bench.

  Further, in the medicine packaging apparatus of the present invention (solution means 2), it is possible to print a medicine name or the like on the wrapping paper by providing a printing means. However, the basic packaging function unit and additional printing function unit can be combined with the base unit that can be freely attached to and detached from the pedestal unit equipped with the printing means. If divided, each can be easily carried with one hand, so it can be easily carried into and out of a clean bench or the like via a cleaning pass box. When printing is not required, only the parcel function part can be taken in and out, and it can be divided and transported as desired outside the clean bench.

About Example 1 of the present invention, the structure of a medicine packaging device is shown, (a) is a front view of a medicine packaging device with an expansion function, (b) is an external perspective view of a basic unit (basic packaging function part), (C) is an external perspective view of an additional unit (such as an additional printing function unit), and (d) is a front view showing a separated state of the basic unit and the additional unit. It is an external appearance perspective view of a heating part, (a) has shown the surface side and (b) has shown the back surface side. It is an external appearance perspective view of a basic unit, (a) shows a closed state and (b) shows an open state. It is an external appearance perspective view of a medicine packaging device with an extended function, (a) shows a separated state and a closed state, (b) shows a combined state and a closed state, and (c) shows a combined state and an open state.

A specific form for carrying out the drug packaging apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to Example 1 below.
In these drawings, for the sake of simplicity, fasteners such as bolts, coupling tools such as hinges, drive sources such as electric motors, transmission members such as timing belts, electric circuits such as motor drivers, controllers, etc. The electronic circuit and the like are not shown in the figure, and those necessary and related to the explanation of the invention are mainly shown.

  About the Example 1 of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated referring drawings. 1A is a front view of an extended function medicine packaging apparatus 10 + 30 including an additional unit 30 in addition to the basic unit 10, and FIG. 1B is an external perspective view of the basic unit 10 which is a basic packaging function unit. FIG. 4C is an external perspective view of the additional unit 30 having an extended function unit such as a printing function unit, and FIG. 4D is a front view showing a separated state of the basic unit 10 and the additional unit 30. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the heating unit 20, in which (a) shows the front surface side and (b) shows the back surface side.

  The drug packaging device 10 + 30 with an expansion function (see FIG. 1) includes a basic unit 10 (a drug packaging device having only a basic function) that is used alone, and an additional unit 30 that is connected to the basic unit 10 to expand its function. The upper surface of the base unit 11 of the basic unit 10 is placed on the upper surface of the pedestal portion 31 of the additional unit 30 so that both 10 and 30 can be attached and detached. The attachment / detachment means is omitted in the drawing, but can be attached and detached freely by one-touch engagement using, for example, a hook or a lock. For example, a positioning pin or a fitting groove is used. It can also be easily and quickly aligned.

  The basic unit 10 includes a rectangular box-shaped main body 11 having means for attaching to and detaching from the additional unit 30, and a lid 12 that is mounted on the main body 11 with a hinge or the like and can be opened and closed. The handle 13 is attached to the upper surface of the lid 12, and the heating unit 20 is attached to the opening / closing surface 17 of the lid 12. Further, a power source and a pulse current generation circuit (not shown) are accommodated inside the main body 11, and a power switch, an operation state display lamp, etc. are externally provided on the front surface of the outer surface of the main body 11. An enclosure frame 15 is provided on the upper surface 14 of the main body 11 that is opened and closed at 12. In the surrounding frame 15, for example, about three openings 16 forming a medicine distribution section are formed for one line. The opening 16 is formed by, for example, press punching or milling, and is a shallow depression surrounded by the surrounding frame 15 on the upper surface 14 of the main body 11.

  The heating unit 20 (see FIGS. 1B and 2) includes a support plate 21 made of a single piece of an electrically insulating material and having an opening 22 formed thereon, and a plurality of pieces mounted on the surface side of the support plate 21. The heating element 23 is attached to the lid 12 in a state where the back surface of the support plate 21 is in close contact with the opening / closing surface 17 of the lid 12. The openings 22 are formed by the same number as the openings 16 of the surrounding frame 15 described above, for example, by die cutting at the time of forming the support plate 21, punching after forming, etc., and overlap with the opening 16 facing when the lid 12 is closed. It has become. The heating element 23 is made of, for example, a nichrome wire or a thin plate, and is formed in a rectangular shape that is slightly larger than the opening 22. The four corners and the four corners are screwed so that the heating element 23 can be easily replaced. One by one. Thereby, the several heat generating body 23 is equipped with the opening-and-closing surface 12 of the cover part 12 by the one-to-one corresponding arrangement | positioning to the division for a medicine distribution.

  Corresponding to the fact that the medicine distribution section is only for one line, similarly to the surrounding frame 15, the heating element 23 is also equipped with only one line. Furthermore, a power supply terminal 24 is connected to one corner of the heat generating body 23 at both ends, and the adjacent heat generating bodies 23 are connected to each other by a connecting portion 25 of an electric conductor. The power feeding terminal 24 and the connecting portion 25 are located diagonally with respect to each heating element 23. The power supply terminal 24 is connected to the power supply line from the pulse current generation circuit described above. When the lid 12 is closed, the pulse current generation circuit is suitable for heat sealing of the packaging paper according to the closing operation. A pulse current is output, and electricity flows through one power supply terminal 24, the heating element 23, the connecting portion 25, the heating element 23, the connecting portion 25, the heating element 23, and the other power supply terminal 24.

  The additional unit 30 (see FIG. 1) includes a wrapping paper roll in a portion of the pedestal 31 that is located immediately before one end (left end in the figure) of the basic unit 10 when the basic unit 10 is mounted on the pedestal 31. In accordance with the operation of the head operating rod 34, the wrapping paper holding unit 32 that holds the ink 40, the ink ribbon winding unit 33 that forms an ink ribbon supply mechanism together with the ink ribbon holding unit 36, and the head operating rod 34 are moved. A print head 35 that performs printing on the wrapping paper at a printing position, and a platen 37 that assists the printing operation with the wrapping paper and an ink ribbon sandwiched between the print head 35 are provided. Although the platen 37 is a dual-purpose member that forms a paper feeding mechanism together with the paper holding unit 32, it may be dedicated by providing a paper feeding roller or the like.

Inside the pedestal unit 31, a packaging paper feed driving motor and a printing control electronic circuit (not shown) are accommodated. For example, printing information such as drug information is acquired by wireless communication or USB memory mounting, According to the operation of the switch, the preprocessing switch, etc., the feeding of the wrapping paper 41 + 42 and the printing on it are carried out for one line.
Note that the wrapping paper roll 40 is a consumable product in which two long lower wrapping papers 41 and an upper wrapping paper 42 are rolled up, and the wrapping paper 41 + 42 may be a two-sheet set of the same quality. A pair of transparent wrapping paper suitable for visual inspection and translucent wrapping paper suitable for printing may be used.

  About the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus 10 + 30 with an extended function of this Example 1, the use aspect and operation | movement are demonstrated referring drawings. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the basic unit 10, in which (a) shows a closed state and (b) shows an open state. 4 is an external perspective view of the medicine packaging device 10 + 30 with an extended function, where (a) shows a separated state and a closed state, (b) shows a combined state and a closed state, and (c) shows a combined state and an open state. ing.

First (see FIG. 3), if it is sufficient to perform only a basic packaging function, the basic unit 10 which is a medicine packaging apparatus having only a basic function is used. That is, the basic unit 10 is removed from the additional unit 30 and the basic unit 10 is used in a single state.
At that time, when the basic unit 10 is carried in the hand prior to use or is taken in and out of a small clean unit such as a clean bench through the cleaning pass box, the cover unit 12 is closed and made small ( (See FIG. 3 (a)).

  When manually packaging, first, the lid 12 is opened (see FIG. 3B), and a sheet of lower packaging paper 41 is placed on the surrounding frame 15 on the upper surface 14 of the main body 11. Put it on. Further, the medicine is distributed from the lower side wrapping paper 41 to the three openings 16 constituting the medicine distribution section, and another upper side wrapping paper 42 is placed thereon. Then, the lid 12 is slowly closed so that the wrapping paper 41 + 42 does not shift. Then, in response to the closing operation, a pulse current flows through the three heating elements 23 only once and is heated by the heating elements 23 so that the two wrapping papers 41 + 42 are heat-sealed, so that the medicine is divided into three packages. The After that, if the lid 12 is opened and the pre-packaged paper is taken out, the single packaging operation is completed, and the packaging operation is repeated as necessary.

Next (see FIG. 4), when an extended function such as a printing function or a wrapping paper feed function is also required, the medicine packaging apparatus 10 + 30 with an extended function is used. That is, in addition to the basic unit 10, an additional unit 30 that can freely attach and detach the basic unit 10 is also used.
Prior to use, the basic unit 10 and the additional unit 30 are separated from each other when the portable medicine packaging device 10 + 30 with an extended function is carried in a hand or taken out of a clean bench or the like through a cleaning pass box (see FIG. 4 (a)), one by one. In addition, the basic unit 10 is performed in a state in which the lid portion 12 is closed and becomes small.

Then, the basic unit 10 is attached to the additional unit 30 at the place of use, and the medicine packaging device 10 + 30 with an extended function is assembled and used (see FIG. 4B). Although the print information is fetched in advance, the print information is updated as needed.
Then, when packaging manually, the lid 12 is opened (see FIG. 4C), and the power supply switch, the pretreatment switch, and the like are operated to feed and print the packaging paper 41 + 42 to the additional unit 30. Let it be done. Then, one line of printed wrapping paper 41 + 42 is fed from the additional unit 30 toward the basic unit 10.

Since the delivered wrapping paper 41 + 42 is divided into a lower wrapping paper 41 and an upper wrapping paper 42, first, only the lower wrapping paper 41 is placed on the surrounding frame 15 on the upper surface 14 of the main body unit 11, The upper wrapping paper 42 is kept away. After that, as in the case of using the basic unit 10 alone, the medicine is distributed from above the lower side wrapping paper 41 to the three openings 16 forming the medicine distribution section, and the upper side wrapping paper 42 is provided thereon. And slowly close the lid 12 so that the wrapping paper 41 + 42 is not displaced. Then, according to the closing operation, the energization of the pulse current, the heating of the heating element 23, and the thermal fusion of the wrapping paper 41 + 42 are automatically executed, and the medicine is divided into three packages.
In this way, not only the basic unit 10 but also the medicine packaging device 10 + 30 with an extended function is easily carried, and is easily and quickly put in and out of the clean bench or the like through the cleaning pass box. Even if it is used in a narrow space, it is easy to use and does not get in the way.

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In the above embodiment, the perforation is not formed in the wrapping paper, but the perforation may be formed in the wrapping paper, for example, a perforation cutter is disposed in the middle of the adjacent heating elements 23. Then, the perforation can be formed accompanying the packaging operation by attaching the support plate 21 to the support plate 21 or the like.
In the above embodiment, the wrapping paper roll 40 is a roll of the two lower wrapping papers 41 and the upper wrapping paper 42, but the wrapping paper roll 40 is not limited thereto. Alternatively, the roll may be divided into a roll wound with the lower wrapping paper 41 and a separate roll wound with the upper wrapping paper 42, or a combination of a roll shape and a voting-type wrapping paper may be used. For example, the upper wrapping paper 42 is kept in a roll shape, and the lower wrapping paper 41 is a single-sheet wrapping paper having a width exceeding the width of the heating unit 20. You may do it.

  The drug packaging device of the present invention is miniaturized so that it can be taken in and out of a clean bench etc. through a cleaning pass box to improve portability, but the use destination is not limited to the inside of the clean unit, even outside the clean unit. It can be used in various forms such as use on a dispensing table and storage in a dispensing shelf.

10 ... Basic unit (drug packaging device),
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Main-body part, 12 ... Cover part, 13 ... Handle, 14 ... Top surface,
15 ... Go frame, 16 ... Opening (drug distribution section), 17 ... Opening / closing surface,
20 ... heating part, 21 ... support plate, 22 ... opening (compartment for medicine distribution),
23 ... heating element, 24 ... power feeding terminal (energization means), 25 ... connection part (energization means),
30 ... Additional unit,
31 ... Pedestal part, 32 ... Separation paper holding part, 33 ... Ink ribbon winding part,
34 ... head operating rod, 35 ... print head (printing means),
36 ... Ink ribbon holding part, 37 ... Platen (wrapping paper feed mechanism),
40 ... wrapping paper roll, 41 ... lower wrapping paper, 42 ... upper wrapping paper

Claims (2)

  A main body equipped with an enclosing frame for a medicine distribution section on the upper surface, an openable / closable lid mounted on the main body, and an open / close surface of the lid in a one-to-one correspondence arrangement with the medicine distribution section In the medicine packaging device comprising: a plurality of heating elements mounted on the lid; and an energization means for supplying electricity suitable for heat sealing to the heating elements in accordance with the closing operation of the lid, The medicine packaging apparatus is characterized in that only one line is provided, and the surrounding frame and the heating element are provided for one line correspondingly.   2. The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a pedestal part to which the main body part can be freely attached and detached, and a printing unit which is attached to the pedestal part and performs printing on the wrapping paper.

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