JP2013078525A - Tablet packaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent undesired falling of temporarily stored tablets when a single-row storage mechanism 320 is drawn out in association with an upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and to allow a user to face and clean the mechanisms after the mechanisms are drawn out.SOLUTION: A tablet packaging machine 300 includes: tablet feeders 13 storing tablets and ejecting them one by one; a plurality of tablet feeder storage sections 12 each equipped with a plurality of the tablet feeders and drawable from a casing; an upper tablet collecting mechanisms 140 mounted to the tablet feeder storage sections and guiding the tablets ejected from the tablet feeders 13 downward to fall; a plurality of single-row storage mechanisms 320 temporarily storing the tablets falling from the upper tablet collecting mechanisms and then releasing them downward; a lower tablet collecting mechanism (15) collecting the tablets falling from the single-row storage mechanisms and supplying them downward; and a packaging device (17) dividing and packaging the tablets supplied from the lower tablet collecting mechanism into packaging bands. The single-row storage mechanisms 320 are configured to be drawn forward one by one in association with the upper tablet collecting mechanisms 140. In addition, side boards 322 of the single-row storage mechanisms 320 are used as detachable tablet falling prevention members while the single-row storage mechanisms are drawn out.

Description

  The present invention relates to a tablet packaging machine that accommodates various tablets and automatically discharges and packages desired tablets in accordance with prescriptions and dispensing instructions. More specifically, the present invention relates to an intermediate between an upper tablet collecting mechanism and a lower tablet collecting mechanism. In particular, the present invention relates to a tablet packaging machine in which an upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into a vertically divided left portion and a vertically divided right portion.

The structure and the like of some tablet packaging machines 10, 20, 30, 40 for packaging tablets such as pills and capsules corresponding thereto will be described with reference to the drawings.
Among them, the tablet packaging machine 10 has the most basic configuration with neither a tablet handing device nor a temporary storage mechanism (see FIGS. 8A to 8C, for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2). The tablet packaging machine 20 is one in which a tablet handing device 21 + 22 is incorporated in the tablet packaging machine 10 (see FIG. 8D, for example, see Patent Document 3), and the tablet packaging machine 30 is incorporated in the tablet packaging machine 20. The temporary storage mechanism 31 is incorporated (see FIG. 9, see, for example, Patent Documents 4 and 5), and the tablet packaging machine 40 is one in which the upper drug collecting mechanism 140 is vertically divided into two for easy internal cleaning. (See FIG. 10, for example, see Patent Document 6).

  First, the tablet packaging machine 10 having a basic configuration will be described. FIG. 8A is an external perspective view of the tablet packaging machine 10 viewed from the left front, and FIG. 8B is a schematic diagram illustrating the internal structure of the tablet packaging machine 10. (C) is the external appearance perspective view of the tablet packaging machine 10 seen from the left front. The tablet packaging machine 10 (see also Patent Documents 1 and 2) includes a large number of tablet feeders 13 for storing various types of tablets 1 and collecting tablets for collecting the tablets 1 discharged from these tablet feeders 13. A mechanism 14 and 15, a packaging device 17 for packaging the tablets 1 received from the tablet collecting mechanisms 14 and 15, and a controller 18 (control device) including a microprocessor system and the like are provided. Under the control of the controller 18, the required number of tablets 1 are discharged from the corresponding tablet feeder 13 in accordance with prescription data, derived dispensing instruction data, etc., and collected by the tablet collecting mechanisms 14 and 15 below. It is fed to the tablet loading unit 16 (collected tablet loading port) and further packaged by the packaging device 17. The sachet is sealed and wrapped with a wrapping band 2 (packaging paper) while being divided into dosage units and application units.

More specifically, in the case of the tablet packaging machine 10, a medicine cabinet 11 (medical shelf, tablet storage unit) is provided at the upper side, and a packaging device 17 is provided at the lower side, An upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 and a lower tablet collecting mechanism 15 serving as a tablet collecting mechanism communicate with each other between them, and the medicine container 11 has a plurality of tablet feeder storages 12 (tablet storages) that can be individually slid. The tablet feeder storages 12 are arranged side by side, and several to several tens of cassette detachable tablet feeders 13 are stored side by side in the vertical and horizontal directions.
Each tablet feeder 13 is roughly divided into a tablet cassette that accommodates a large number of tablets 1 so as to be ejectable, and a base portion that supports the tablet cassettes so as to be detachable and drives the ejection thereof. It is discharged and sent to the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14.

The upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 is composed of a conduit such as a duct, and is provided in a plurality of units in a distributed manner in the tablet feeder storage 12. It has multiple guideway sections that run in parallel.
The tablet feeder storage 12 can be pulled out forward together with the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 and the tablet feeder 13 mounted thereon by sliding horizontally.
The lower tablet collecting mechanism 15 is composed of a relatively large hopper-like member or funnel-like member, and is incorporated in a place below the medicine container 11 and above the packaging device 17 so that the upper opening has all the upper tablet collecting mechanism. The lower opening is squeezed toward the tablet insertion portion 16 of the packaging device 17, and the tablet 1 guided by any upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 is also opened at the lower opening. Since it is collected toward the packaging device 17 and sent to the packaging device 17, it is a common path portion from all the upper tablet collecting mechanisms 14 to the packaging device 17.

  A number of tablets are controlled under the control of the controller 18 in accordance with the operation of the operation panel 19 based on the designation of a prescription or the like that describes the dosage, usage, etc., or in accordance with a dispensing instruction in an appropriate input device or prescription ordering system (not shown). The tablet 1 discharged from the feeder 13 falls into the lower tablet collecting mechanism 15 via each upper tablet collecting mechanism 14, is collected by the lower tablet collecting mechanism 15, and the tablets of the packaging device 17 from the lower outlet thereof. It is input to the input unit 16. Through such a tablet collection route, the tablets 1 are packaged in the packaging band 2 by the packaging device 17. The packaging device 17 delivers the packaging band 2 by a predetermined length and performs packaging while heating and sealing. As described above, when the tablets are automatically packaged, the tablet 1 is supplied from the appropriate tablet feeder 13 to the packaging device 17 through the tablet collecting mechanisms 14 and 15 or each multiple thereof.

  Next, the tablet packaging machine 20 with the tablet handing device 21 + 22 will be described. FIG. 8D is a left side view of the tablet packaging machine 20. This tablet packaging machine 20 (see also Patent Document 3) is one in which the tablet handling device 21 + 22 is incorporated in the tablet packaging machine 10 as described above, and the tablet handling device 21 + 22 is, for example, a cassette type preliminary packaging unit. 21 and, for example, a conveyor type operating unit 22. A number of compartments are formed side by side in the pre-spreading section 21, and each compartment is open for opening a tablet, and the bottom and bottom are made of a shutter or the like for discharging a tablet so as to open and close. It has become. The pre-rolling unit 21 can be pulled forward from the housing of the tablet packaging machine 20 for tableting into each compartment. Further, the operation unit 22 automatically discharges the tablet 1 even if the tablet is manually put into the pre-rolling unit 21. Specifically, it is provided in the casing of the tablet packaging machine 20 at a position located below the pushed-in pre-spreading unit 21 and receives the tablets 1 discharged from the compartment of the pre-spreading unit 21. Each compartment is fed into the packaging device 17 via the lower tablet collecting mechanism 15.

  Furthermore, the tablet packaging machine 30 in which the temporary storage mechanism 31 is incorporated in the housing in addition to the tablet handing device 21 + 22 will be described. FIG. 9 is an external perspective view of the prototype tablet packaging machine 30 in which the temporary storage mechanism 31 can be pulled out, as seen from the left front when (a) has pushed both the tablet feeder storage 12 and the temporary storage mechanism 31 into the housing. FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure, and FIG. 4C is an external perspective view of one tablet feeder storage 12 and the temporary storage mechanism 31 pulled out from the housing as viewed from the left front.

  The temporary storage mechanism 31 is provided in an intermediate layer between the upper upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 and the tablet handing device 21 + 22 and the lower lower tablet collecting mechanism 15, and is discharged from the tablet feeder 13 to the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14. The tablet 1 that has been guided and dropped is temporarily retained, dropped at an appropriate time, and dropped to the lower tablet collecting mechanism 15. By temporarily storing, the difference in the discharge timing of each tablet feeder 13 and thus the variation in the drop start time, the difference in the drop path length of each upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 and the variation in the drop time, etc. Dispersion is eliminated, and the tablets 1 for one package are collectively dropped to the lower tablet collecting mechanism 15 to reduce the waiting time for loading the packaging device 17 and to help speed up the tablet packaging.

  The temporary storage mechanism 31 is mainly composed of a cylindrical body whose hollow is directed in the vertical direction and the vertical direction, and an opening / closing member that opens and closes the hollow. The temporary storage mechanism 31 is a cylinder corresponding to each of the upper tablet collecting mechanisms 14 arranged in a matrix. There are one in which the body and the opening and closing member are arranged in a plane in a matrix, and one in which the single tablet storage mechanism 32 is disposed in the upper tablet collection mechanism 14 for one row, and the temporary storage mechanism 31 of the tablet packaging machine 30 shown in the figure. Then, the latter single row storage mechanism 32 is provided in a plurality of rows. The temporary storage mechanism 31 is also provided with a double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 33 connected to each single-row storage mechanism 32 from one end side in order to simultaneously open and close the opening / closing members of the plurality of single-row storage mechanisms 32. The double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 33 drives the opening / closing member.

  In the tablet packaging machines 10, 20, and 30 described above, the upper tablet collection mechanism 14 is incorporated in each tablet feeder storage 12. For this reason, when cleaning the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14, first, the tablet feeder storage 12 is first pulled forward from the drug store 11 and the casing to expose the upper and lower ends of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14, and in this state, from the upper and lower openings. The cleaning tool was inserted in the hollow and the tablet dropping path surrounding surface inside the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 was wiped clean. However, since such a cleaning operation imposes an unnatural posture on the operator and is not only burdensome but also difficult to use, the efficiency is also low. Therefore, a tablet packaging machine that can easily clean the inner surface of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 is used. It was required to be realized.

  In order to meet the demand, the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 is vertically divided and the tablet dropping path surrounding surface inside the upper tablet collecting mechanism is exposed in association with the withdrawal of the tablet feeder storage 12. A packaging machine 40 has been developed (see, for example, Patent Document 6). FIG. 10 shows the configuration of the tablet packaging machine 40. FIG. 10A is a plan view of the upper medicine collecting mechanism 140 and the like when the medicine feeder storage 12 is pushed into the medicine storage 11, and FIG. FIG. 6C is a plan view of the upper medicine collecting mechanism 140 and the like when the medicine feeder storage 12 of the portion is pulled forward from the medicine warehouse 11, FIG. 5C is a perspective view of the upper medicine collecting mechanism 140 looking down from the upper right side, and FIG. It is the perspective view which looked down at the vertically divided right side part 142 of the upper medicine collection mechanism 140 from the diagonal left.

  The specific configuration of the tablet packaging machine 40 shown in the figure is equipped with a medicine feeder 13 for storing and sequentially discharging medicines, and a plurality of medicine feeder storages 12 equipped with a plurality of medicine feeders 12 that can be pulled out from the housing. The upper medicine collecting mechanism 140 that guides and drops the medicine discharged from the medicine feeder 13 downward, the lower medicine collecting mechanism 15 that collects and drops the medicine dropped from there, and the medicine is fed from there. In a medicine packaging machine 40 including a packaging device 17 that divides and packs medicines into packaging bands, the upper medicine collecting mechanism 140 includes a vertically divided left side portion 141 and a vertically divided right side portion 142, and the vertically divided left side. A portion 141 is mounted on the right side of the left side of the adjacent pair of the medicine feeder storage 12, and a vertically divided right side portion 142 is mounted on the left side of the right side of the drug feeder storage 12 of the adjacent pair; You have me.

JP 2005-192702 A JP 2006-109860 A JP 2007-209600 A JP 2001-087353 A JP 2011-182889 A JP 2011-182890 A Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-288960

  By the way, since the tablet feeder hangar 12 has the machine parts individually separated, it was possible to consider an improvement on the premise of the individual drawer. However, since any single row storage mechanism 32 is connected to the same double row simultaneous drive mechanism 33, the installation state is different from the tablet feeder storage 12. Therefore, on the premise that the temporary storage mechanism 31 that constitutes the middle part of the tablet dropping path is connected as a whole, a prototype that has been devised and improved so that the cleaning operation of the tablet dropping path surrounding surface is facilitated. It is the above-described tablet packaging machine 30 (see FIG. 9C), and after allowing the temporary storage mechanism 31 to be pulled forward, the single-row storage mechanism 32 having the tablet dropping path surrounding surface is disposed on the front side, A double row simultaneous drive mechanism 33 having no tablet drop path surrounding surface is arranged on the back side.

However, in this improvement, the plurality of single-row storage mechanisms 32 are arranged in parallel, and the tablet dropping path surrounding surfaces are spread and distributed in a flat shape. When cleaning the deviated portion, it is conceivable that the operator is forced to bend in, and the deposit that has risen against the intention is reattached to the cleaned portion. For this reason, since the cleaning work is difficult to perform and the efficiency is low, further improvement is required.
In order to meet this demand, a tablet packaging machine has been developed that makes it easy to clean the inner surface of the single-row storage mechanism (see Patent Document 7).

  The specific configuration includes a tablet feeder 13 for storing and sequentially discharging tablets, a plurality of tablet feeder storages 12 equipped with a plurality of tablet feeders 13 that can be pulled forward from the housing, and the tablet feeder storages. 12 and a plurality of upper tablet collecting mechanisms 14 for guiding and dropping tablets 1 discharged from the tablet feeder 13 downward, and temporarily storing the tablets 1 dropped from the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 A plurality of single row storage mechanisms 32 to be released, a double row simultaneous drive mechanism 33 for simultaneously operating a plurality of single row storage mechanisms 32 to simultaneously release tablets, and the tablet feeder storage 12 are provided below. A lower tablet collecting mechanism 15 that collects and drops the tablets 1 dropped from the single row storage mechanism 32, and a lower tablet collecting mechanism 15 is provided below the lower tablet collecting mechanism 15. In a tablet packaging machine 30 including a packaging device 17 for sorting and packaging tablets 1 loaded from a partial tablet collecting mechanism 15 into a packaging band 2, a connecting portion between the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 33 and the single-row storage mechanism 32 The double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 33 is disposed on the back side, and the single-row storage mechanism 32 is disposed side by side on the front side and forward one by one. It can be pulled out.

  In addition, the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 is an upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 having a vertically divided left portion 141 and a vertically divided right portion 142 which are divided into left and right portions in a vertically divided manner. A vertically divided left portion 141 of the tablet collecting mechanism 140 is mounted on the right side of the left one of the adjacent pairs of the tablet feeder storage 12, and a vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 is provided on the right side of the adjacent pair. On the premise of the above-described tablet packaging machine 40 that is mounted on the left side of the tablet feeder hangar 12, the single row storage mechanism 32 is the vertically divided left portion 141 or vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140. Either the lower end portion of the single row storage mechanism 32 is attached to one of the lower end portions, or the lower left portion 141 of the vertically divided left portion 141 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 is attached. Has become one said longitudinal split right portion of the single-row storage mechanism 32 is attached to the lower end of the vertical split right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140, that together.

  However, when such a tablet packaging machine is prototyped and operated and evaluated, or through an evaluation experiment assuming various situations, further problems have emerged. That is, the single row storage mechanism is vertically divided in the same manner as the upper tablet collecting mechanism so that the single row storage mechanism is pulled out along with the upper tablet collecting mechanism in both the vertically divided left portion and the vertically divided right portion. Since the cleaning work can be performed in a face-to-face state up to the single row storage mechanism, there is an advantage of excellent workability, while the single row storage mechanism is attached to one of the vertically divided portions of the upper tablet collection mechanism. In order to strictly evaluate safety, for example, even if you imagine an unexpected situation that the single row storage mechanism was pulled out while holding the tablet, the inconvenience that the tablet would fall into a place where it was being pulled out Since this cannot occur, there is an advantage that it is excellent in safety.

As described above, both have advantages and disadvantages, and it has been found that there is still room for improvement. Therefore, it is desired to develop and provide an apparatus having both advantages.
Therefore, even if the single-row storage mechanism is accompanied by the upper tablet collection mechanism, a tablet packaging machine that can prevent an undesired drop of the temporary storage tablet during withdrawal and can be cleaned in a face-to-face state after withdrawal is realized. Is a technical challenge.

The tablet packaging machine of the present invention (Solution means 1) was devised to solve such a problem, and is equipped with a tablet feeder for storing and sequentially discharging tablets, and a plurality of the tablet feeders. A plurality of tablet feeder storages that can be pulled forward from the housing, a plurality of upper tablet collecting mechanisms that are equipped in the tablet feeder storage and guide the tablets discharged from the tablet feeder downward and drop; A plurality of single row storage mechanisms for temporarily storing tablets released from the tablet collection mechanism and then releasing them; a double row simultaneous drive mechanism for simultaneously releasing a plurality of tablets by simultaneously operating a plurality of single row storage mechanisms; and the tablets A lower tablet collecting mechanism which is provided below the feeder storage and collects the tablets dropped from the single row storage mechanism and puts them downward; and provided below the lower tablet collecting mechanism. In tablet packing machine comprising a wrapping device for compartmented package tablets inserted from the lower tablet collection mechanism to the packaging zone,
The upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into left and right vertically divided left and right divided parts, and the vertically divided left part of the upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into the left side of the adjacent pair of the tablet feeder storages. Equipped with the right side of the upper tablet collecting mechanism on the left side of the right side tablet feeder hangar of the adjacent pair, and further comprising the double row simultaneous drive mechanism and the single row storage mechanism, A transmission mechanism that can be separated and engaged is provided at the connecting portion, the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism is arranged on the back side, and the single-row storage mechanism is arranged side by side on the front side and individually forward. A tablet dispenser that can be pulled out,
The single row storage mechanism is attached to the lower end portion of either the vertically divided left portion or the vertically divided right portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism, and the single row storage mechanism is vertically divided left portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism. In the aspect attached to the upper side, the right side portion of the single row storage mechanism is a detachable tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal, and the single row storage mechanism is attached to the vertically divided right side portion of the upper tablet collection mechanism. The left side portion of the storage mechanism is a detachable tablet drop prevention member that is detachable.

In addition, the tablet packaging machine of the present invention (Solution means 2) is also devised to solve the above-mentioned problem, and is equipped with a tablet feeder for storing and sequentially discharging tablets, and a plurality of the tablet feeders. A plurality of tablet feeder storages that can be pulled forward from the housing, and a plurality of upper tablet collection mechanisms that are equipped in the tablet feeder storage and guide the tablets discharged from the tablet feeder downward to drop. A plurality of single row storage mechanisms for temporarily releasing the tablets dropped from the upper tablet collecting mechanism and then releasing them; a double row simultaneous drive mechanism for simultaneously releasing a tablet by operating a plurality of the single row storage mechanisms; and A lower tablet collecting mechanism that is provided below the tablet feeder storage and collects the tablets dropped from the single row storage mechanism and throws them downward, and is provided below the lower tablet collecting mechanism. In tablet packing machine comprising a wrapping device for compartmented package tablets inserted from the lower tablet collection mechanism to the packaging zone have been,
The upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into left and right vertically divided left and right divided parts, and the vertically divided left part of the upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into the left side of the adjacent pair of the tablet feeder storages. Equipped with the right side of the upper tablet collecting mechanism on the left side of the right side tablet feeder hangar of the adjacent pair, and further comprising the double row simultaneous drive mechanism and the single row storage mechanism, A transmission mechanism that can be separated and engaged is provided at the connecting portion, the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism is arranged on the back side, and the single-row storage mechanism is arranged side by side on the front side and individually forward. A tablet dispenser that can be pulled out,
The single row storage mechanism is divided vertically into left and right vertical left portions and vertical right portions, and the vertical left portion of the single row storage mechanism is divided into the vertical left portion of the upper tablet collection mechanism. Attached to the lower end, the vertically divided right portion of the single row storage mechanism is attached to the lower end of the vertically divided right portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism, and further, tablets are stored and released to the vertically divided left portion of the single row storage mechanism. In an aspect equipped with a movable member for switching, a tablet dropping prevention member that is detachable from the right side is attached to the vertically divided left portion of the single row storage mechanism, and a tablet is attached to the vertically divided right portion of the single row storage mechanism. In an aspect equipped with a movable member for switching between storage and release, a tablet drop prevention member that is detachable from the left side is attached to the vertically divided right portion of the single row storage mechanism.

  Furthermore, the tablet packaging machine of the present invention is (Solution means 3), which is the tablet packaging machine of the above solving means 1 and 2, wherein the detachable member is smaller in height than the other members of the single row storage mechanism. It is characterized by.

  Moreover, the tablet packaging machine of the present invention is (the solution means 3), which is the tablet packaging machine of the above solution means 1 to 3, wherein the lengths of the upper part of the inner space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism are the lengths before and after the single row storage. It is longer than the length of the front and rear of the internal space of the mechanism, and the length of the front and rear of the lower portion of the inner space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism is changed from the length of the front and rear of the upper portion of the inner space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism. A longitudinally decreasing member having an obliquely upward slope that gradually decreases to the longitudinal length of the internal space of the single row storage mechanism is attached to and detached from either or both of the front lower part and the rear lower part of the upper tablet collecting mechanism. It is characterized by being freely mounted.

  In such a tablet packaging machine of the present invention (common part of the solving means 1 and 2), the advantages of the tablet packaging machine 40 described above are followed. In other words, the upper tablet collection mechanism is divided into left and right parts and divided into the left and right sides of adjacent pairs of tablet feeder storages, so that when the adjacent pairs of drug feeder storages are housed in the case, they are vertically divided. Since the left side portion and the vertically divided right side portion are combined and the upper medicine collecting mechanism exhibits its original function as a guide path for the dropped medicine, automatic dispensing is performed without any trouble. When cleaning the upper medicine collecting mechanism, first, only one of the adjacent pair of medicine feeder storages is pulled forward from the housing. Then, since the medicine drop path surrounding surface inside the upper medicine collecting mechanism is exposed at the side face of the medicine feeder storage that has been pulled out, wiping and cleaning can be performed easily and quickly in a face-to-face manner. Then push it back into the housing, pull out the other pair of drug feeder hangars and do the same, the other one will be clean. Therefore, the medicine packaging machine is easy to clean the inner surface of the upper medicine collecting mechanism.

Furthermore, without following the prior art, a transmission mechanism that can be separated and engaged is newly adopted so that the double row simultaneous drive mechanism and the single row storage mechanism can be connected and detached. Since the row storage mechanism can be pulled out individually, not only the single row storage mechanism at the left and right ends but also the central single row storage mechanism, only the object to be cleaned is pulled forward from the housing, Since the work can be performed while being pushed into the housing, the cleaning work can be performed in an easy posture, and the reattachment of the removed material to the single-row storage mechanism is also prevented.
In addition, the improvement of the upper tablet collecting mechanism and the improvement of the single row storage mechanism are not limited to each part, but also cooperate.

  That is, in the tablet packaging machine of the present invention (Solution 1), the single row storage mechanism is attached to the lower end portion of either the vertically divided left portion or vertically divided right portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism. When one side of the adjacent pair of tablet feeder hangars is pulled forward from the housing, the single row storage mechanism is also attached together with the vertically split piece side portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism when either one of the adjacent pairs is pulled out. Come forward one by one. Therefore, the single row storage mechanism can be cleaned one by one in an easy posture along with wiping and cleaning of the tablet dropping path surrounding surface inside the upper tablet collecting mechanism. In addition, if the adjacent pair of tablet feeder storages are housed together in the housing, the single row storage mechanism returns to the housing together with the upper tablet collection mechanism, and the single row storage mechanism is connected to the double row simultaneous drive mechanism. , Ready to operate. Therefore, the tablet packaging machine of the present invention can be easily cleaned not only on the inner surface of the upper tablet collecting mechanism but also on the inner surface of the single row storage mechanism.

In addition, since one side portion of the single-row storage mechanism in the same direction as the cleaning surface of the attachment destination is a detachable tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal, the tablet does not fall into any place during withdrawal. Without losing the advantage of being excellent in safety, the tablet drop path surrounding surface inside the single row storage mechanism can be exposed easily and quickly by removing the tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal. And also about a single row storage mechanism, wiping cleaning etc. can be performed by a facing type.
Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the single-row storage mechanism is accompanied by the upper tablet collection mechanism, the tablet that can prevent the temporary storage tablet from being undesirably dropped during the extraction and can be cleaned in a face-to-face state after the extraction. A packaging machine can be realized.

  Further, in the tablet packaging machine of the present invention (solution 2), the upper tablet collecting mechanism is followed by vertical division, the single row storage mechanism is also divided vertically, and the left portion of the vertical division is also divided vertically. As for the right side part, a single row storage mechanism is attached to the lower end of the upper tablet collecting mechanism, so that when one side of the adjacent pair of tablet feeder hangars is pulled forward from the housing, it will be removed together with the vertically divided piece side part of the upper tablet collecting mechanism. The vertical split one side part of the row storage mechanism also comes out forward, and the upper tablet collection mechanism and the single row storage mechanism expose the inner tablet drop path surrounding surface, so that wiping and cleaning etc. can be done easily and quickly face-to-face . Therefore, the tablet packaging machine of the present invention can be easily and quickly cleaned not only on the inner surface of the upper tablet collecting mechanism but also on the inner surface of the single row storage mechanism.

In addition, the left and right parts of the vertically divided single row storage mechanism equipped with the movable member for switching the tablet storage / release state are equipped with a removable tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal, so that Since the inconvenience that the tablet falls to the place where it does not occur cannot occur, the safety is improved. In addition, the attached part of the tablet drop prevention member when pulled out seems to have lost the advantage that wiping and cleaning etc. can be easily and quickly performed in a face-to-face manner, but it is easy by removing the tablet drop prevention member when pulled out after withdrawal And since the tablet fall path surrounding surface inside the single row storage mechanism can be exposed quickly, the above advantages are maintained or easily recovered.
Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the single-row storage mechanism is accompanied by the upper tablet collection mechanism, the tablet that can prevent the temporary storage tablet from being undesirably dropped during the extraction and can be cleaned in a face-to-face state after the extraction. A packaging machine can be realized.

  Furthermore, in the tablet packaging machine of the present invention (Solution means 3), since the height of the tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal is low, the tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal is provided in the single row storage mechanism that is pulled out together with the upper tablet collection mechanism. Even if it is installed, it is easy to look into the internal space of the single row storage mechanism, so check the internal state of the single row storage mechanism visually before removing the tablet drop prevention member when pulling out to prevent tablet dropping when pulling out. The necessity of cleaning performed by removing the member can be determined.

  Further, in the tablet packaging machine of the present invention (solution 4), the oblique upward slope in the single row storage mechanism is a place where the dirt on the tablet is strongly adhered and difficult to clean. By making the front and rear length gradual reduction member provided with a simple slope detachable, the difficulty of cleaning is reduced.

About Example 1 of this invention, the structure of the principal part of a tablet packaging machine is shown, (a) and (b) are top views, (c) looks down at the upper tablet collection mechanism and the single row storage mechanism from diagonally right above. (D) is the perspective view which looked down at the vertically divided right side part and single row storage mechanism of an upper tablet collection mechanism from diagonally upper left. The whole structure of the tablet packaging machine is shown, (a) and (b) are plan views, (c) is a front view, and (d) is a right side view. It is a schematic diagram which shows the internal structure of the tablet packaging machine. The structure of a single row storage mechanism is shown, (a) is a perspective view of a rectangular tube body, (b) is a perspective view of an opening / closing mechanism, and (c) and (d) are perspective views of the single row storage mechanism. The structure of a temporary storage mechanism is shown, (a) and (b) are perspective views of a temporary storage mechanism, (c), (d), and (e) are longitudinal front views of a single row storage mechanism. FIG. 4 shows the structure of the main part of the tablet packaging machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention, (a) and (b) are plan views, and (c) is an upper side view of the upper tablet collecting mechanism and the single row storage mechanism. (D) is the perspective view which looked down at the vertically divided right part of an upper tablet collection mechanism and a single row storage mechanism from diagonally upper left. About Example 3 of this invention, the structure of an upper tablet collection mechanism and a single row storage mechanism is shown in a tablet packing machine, (a) And (b) is a schematic diagram which shows an internal structure, (c) is upper tablet collection. The left side view of the vertically divided right portion of the mechanism, (d) and (e) are front views of the vertically divided right portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism, (f) and (g) are perspective views of the tablet dropping prevention member at the time of withdrawal, (H) is a perspective view of a longitudinally decreasing member. The structure of the conventional tablet packaging machine is shown, (a) is an external perspective view of the tablet packaging machine viewed from the left front, (b) is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the tablet packaging machine, and (c) is the tablet viewed from the left front The external appearance perspective view of a packaging machine, (d) is a left view of the tablet packaging machine with a tablet handing device. The structure of the prototype tablet packaging machine which enabled withdrawal of the temporary storage mechanism is shown, (a) is an external perspective view of the tablet packaging machine viewed from the left front, (b) is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the tablet packaging machine, c) is an external perspective view of the tablet packaging machine as viewed from the left front. The principal part structure of the tablet packaging machine which vertically divided the upper tablet collection mechanism is shown, (a) and (b) are plan views, (c) is a perspective view of the upper drug collection mechanism looking down from the upper right, (d) FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the vertically divided right portion looking down diagonally from the upper left.

About the tablet packaging machine of such this invention, the specific form for implementing this is demonstrated by the following Examples 1-3.
The embodiment 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 embodies the above-described solution 1 (claim 1 as originally filed), and the embodiment 2 shown in FIG. 3 (claims 2 to 3 at the beginning of the application) is embodied, and the third embodiment shown in FIG. 7 embodies the above-described solving means 2 to 4 (claims 2 to 4 at the beginning of the application). Is.
In these drawings, for the sake of simplification and the like, details such as fasteners such as bolts, couplings such as hinges, electric circuits such as motor drivers, and electronic circuits such as controllers are omitted from the illustration. The figure mainly shows what is necessary for the explanation and related items.
Further, since those described in the background art section are also common to the following embodiments, the repeated description will be omitted, and the following description will focus on differences from the prior art.

  A specific configuration of Example 1 of the tablet packaging machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1A is a plan view of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the like when all the tablet feeder storages 12 are pushed into the medicine storage 11, and FIG. 1B is a plan view of some tablet feeder storages 12 from the medicine storage 11. The top view of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the like when pulled forward, (c) is a perspective view of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the single row storage mechanism 320 looking down from the upper right, and (d) is the upper tablet collecting mechanism. It is the perspective view which looked down at the vertically divided right part 142 of 140 and the single row storage mechanism 320 attached to the lower end from diagonally upper left.

  FIG. 2 is a three-side view of the tablet packaging machine 300, wherein (a) and (b) are plan views, (c) is a front view, and (d) is a right side view. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the tablet packaging machine 300. 4 shows the structure of the single row storage mechanism 320, where (a) is a perspective view of the rectangular tube body 321, (b) is a perspective view of the opening / closing mechanism 325, and (c) and (d) are single row storage. 3 is a perspective view of a mechanism 320. FIG. FIG. 5 shows the structure of the temporary storage mechanism 310, (a) and (b) are perspective views of the temporary storage mechanism 310, and (c), (d), and (e) are longitudinal sections of the single-row storage mechanism 320. It is a front view.

  The tablet packaging machine 300 (see FIG. 1 to FIG. 3) is equipped with a number of tablet feeders 13 for receiving and sequentially discharging tablets 1 and a plurality of tablet feeders 13 as in the conventional tablet packaging machine 30 described above. A plurality of tablet feeder storages 12 that can be drawn forward from the cage housing, a medicine storage 11 equipped with a plurality of tablet feeder storages 12, and a tablet 1 that is mounted in the tablet feeder storage 12 and discharged from the tablet feeder 13 A plurality of upper tablet collecting mechanisms 140 for guiding and dropping, a plurality of single row storage mechanisms 320 for temporarily storing tablets 1 dropped from the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and then releasing them, and a plurality of single row storage mechanisms 320 simultaneously. And a double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 that is operated to simultaneously release the tablets.

Further, in addition to these, the tablet packaging machine 300 is also provided in the lower part of the medicine container 11 and collects the tablets 1 that have fallen from the single-row storage mechanism 320 and throws them downward. A collection mechanism 15, a packaging device 17 that is provided below the lower tablet collection mechanism 15 and that divides and wraps the tablets 1 loaded from the lower tablet collection mechanism 15 into the tablet loading unit 16 into the packaging band 2, and operation control thereof. The controller 18 and the operation panel 19 are also provided. The tablet handing device 21 + 22 also comes below the single row storage mechanism 320, but is equipped.
The difference between the tablet packaging machine 300 and the conventional tablet packaging machine 30 described above is that the upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 is modified to form the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 in the same manner as the conventional tablet packaging machine 40 described above. Unlike the conventional machines, the temporary storage mechanism 31 is modified to be a temporary storage mechanism 310. Hereinafter, these differences will be described in detail.

  The upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 may be a conventional upper tablet collecting mechanism 14 that is vertically divided into left and right parts and divided into a vertically divided left part and a vertically divided right part. In the illustrated example, manufacturing and cleaning are facilitated. Therefore, the vertically divided left portion 141 is formed by punching a communication hole to the tablet discharge port of the tablet feeder 13 on a flat veneer, and the vertically divided right portion 142 is also formed on the flat veneer. A communication hole to the outlet is formed, and the front edge portion and the rear edge portion are further bent by the same width and directed to the vertically divided left portion 141. The vertically divided left portion 141 is mounted on the right side of the left one of the pair of adjacent tablet feeder storages 12 and 12, and the vertically divided right portion 142 is included in the adjacent pair of tablet feeder storages 12 and 12. Equipped on the left side of the right one.

  In order to increase the tolerance of alignment, the vertically divided left side portion 141 of the flat plate is slightly wider than the vertically divided right side portion 142, and the upper end surface and the lower end surface are opened to open in the opposed state. Further, one upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 guides all the tablets discharged from the multiple tablet feeders 13 installed in the adjacent pair of tablet feeder storages 12 and 12 to drop. Further, the upper tablet collecting mechanism 15 can reduce the front-rear width of the upper opening of the lower tablet collecting mechanism 15 and shorten the single row storage mechanism 320 to secure the internal space of the double row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 in the housing. In 140, the lower end portion is narrowed and the lower end opening is slightly narrowed.

  Similar to the temporary storage mechanism 31, the temporary storage mechanism 310 includes a plurality of single-row storage mechanisms 320 and a single double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330, but the single-row storage mechanism 32 is modified to form the single-row storage mechanism 320. Thus, the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 33 is modified to become the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330, and is attached and detached by introduction of a transmission mechanism in which the connecting portion between the single-row storage mechanism 320 and the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 can be separated and engaged. It is different in that it is free. As for the planar arrangement of the temporary storage mechanism 310, the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 is arranged on the back side, and the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 is arranged side by side on the front side in the same manner as the temporary storage mechanism 31. However, with respect to the front drawer of the temporary storage mechanism 310, the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 is fixed, while the single-row storage mechanism 320 is attached to the lower end portion of the corresponding vertically divided right portion 142 and vertically divided. The temporary storage mechanism 31 differs from the temporary storage mechanism 31 in that it is drawn forward one by one together with the right side portion 142.

  The single row storage mechanism 320 (see FIG. 4) is a typical example in which a rectangular tube body 321 and an opening / closing mechanism 325 are combined. Of these, the rectangular tube body 321 (see FIG. 4A) has a long and narrow left and right side. The plate 322 and the right side plate 323 are composed of, for example, a front plate and a rear plate in which a through hole 324 is formed in the upper right corner. The upper surface and the lower surface are released, and the hollow is the tablet dropping path. The left side plate 322 of the rectangular tube 321 (see FIGS. 4A, 5E, and 1D) also serves as a detachable tablet drop prevention member when pulled out. A handle 322a convenient for carrying is equipped at both ends. Further, the opening / closing mechanism 325 (see FIG. 4B) is a flat and elongated plate body 326 in the front and rear, an elongated support shaft 327 to which the upper side of the plate body 326 is connected and fixed, and an end portion on the back side of the support shaft 327 And an engaging shaft 328 eccentrically connected in the form of a crank pin.

  The plate body 326 is loosely inserted in the hollow of the rectangular tube body 321 and the single shaft storage mechanism 320 is formed by inserting the support shaft 327 into the through hole 324 and attaching the stopper (FIG. 4C). ), (D)), and when the engaging shaft 328 is revolved to come to the uppermost position, for example, the plate body 326 becomes vertical, and the hollow, that is, the tablet dropping path of the rectangular tube body 321 is opened (FIG. 4C). ), See FIG. 5 (d)), when the engaging shaft 328 is revolved in the opposite direction and moved obliquely downward from the uppermost position, the plate body 326 becomes oblique and the hollow of the rectangular tube 321, that is, the tablet dropping path is formed. It is designed to be closed (see FIGS. 4 (d) and 5 (c)). Further, in such a single row storage mechanism 320, the right side surface of the left side plate 322 of the rectangular tube body 321 and the left side surface of the plate body 326 of the opening / closing mechanism 325 are the main tablet dropping path surrounding surfaces.

  The double row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 can operate a plurality of single row storage mechanisms 320 at the same time to release the tablets all at once, and a connecting portion with each single row storage mechanism 320 can be attached and detached. However, it is sufficient that the single row storage mechanism 320 is allowed to be separated and the connected single row storage mechanism 320 can be driven to open and close. (See FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b)), a guide 331 extending to the left and right, an electric motor 332 mounted on the guide 331, and extending to the left and right in the same manner as the guide 331 and guided to the guide 331 to the left and right A slider 333 that can reciprocate only, and a biasing spring 334 that biases the slider 333 to the left, for example, are provided.

When the electric motor 332 is not activated, the slider 333 moves leftward within the movable range (see FIG. 5A), but when the electric motor 332 is activated, the slider 333 is movable. It moves to the right within the range (see FIG. 5B).
Further, (see FIGS. 5A and 5B), the double row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 includes the same number of swing arms 335 as the single row storage mechanism 320, and the swing arms 335 have a single row. The storage mechanism 320 is arranged side by side at the same pitch and corresponds to the single-row storage mechanism 320 on a one-to-one basis. Each of the swing arms 335 is fixed in a state where it can swing around a fulcrum 336. For example, the upper end of the swing arm 335 is engaged with an engagement hole or the like of the slider 333 so that the slider 333 can move left and right. Accompanying this, swinging, that is, bi-directional rotation within a predetermined range is performed.

  In addition, an elongated hole-like engagement hole 337 is formed in the swinging portion, for example, the lower end portion of the swinging arm 335, and the width of the engagement hole 337 is larger than the shaft diameter of the engagement shaft 328 of the single row storage mechanism 320. Slightly wider. Therefore (see FIG. 5A), when the single row storage mechanism 320 is pushed into the housing, the engagement shaft 328 is inserted into the engagement hole 337 and the both engage with each other. Is pulled forward from the housing, the engaging shaft 328 is pulled out of the engaging hole 337 and both are detached. Therefore, the swing arm 335 is a drive-side transmission member, and the engaging shaft 328 Is a driven-side transmission member, and both transmission members 335 and 328 are transmission mechanisms that can be separately engaged and provided at the connecting portion between the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 and the single-row storage mechanism 320. In the normal state where the electric motor 332 is not activated, the tablet dropping path of the single row storage mechanism 320 is closed (see FIGS. 5A and 5C), and when the electric motor 332 is activated, the tablets of the single row storage mechanism 320 are closed. The drop path can be opened (see FIGS. 5B and 5D).

  It will be described in detail that the left side plate 322 of the rectangular cylinder 321 is a detachable tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal in the single row storage mechanism 320 (FIGS. 4A, 5E, 1D). )), The left side plate 322 is a swinging member / movable member that opens and closes the tablet dropping path using an attractive member such as a magnet, a locking member such as a hook-and-loop fastener, and a hooking member such as a hook. It is detachably attached to the front plate and the rear plate of the held rectangular tube 321. When the electric motor 332 is not activated, or when the vertically divided right portion 142 and the single row storage mechanism 320 are pulled out, the lower end of the plate body 326 responsible for opening and closing the tablet dropping path comes into contact with the left plate 322, and the plate body 326 Since the temporary storage space of the tablet 1 is maintained by the front plate, the rear plate, and the left side plate 322 of the rectangular tube body 321, even if the single row storage mechanism 320 is pulled along with the upper tablet collection mechanism 140, it is being pulled out. It is possible to prevent an undesired drop of the temporarily stored tablet.

In this embodiment, since the single row storage mechanism 320 is attached to the lower end of the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collection mechanism 140, the single row storage mechanism 320 is a portion located on the left side. The left side plate 322 is a detachable tablet drop prevention member that is detachable.
On the other hand, although not shown, when the single row storage mechanism 320 is attached to the lower end of the vertically divided left side portion 141 of the upper tablet collection mechanism 140, it is located on the right side of the single row storage mechanism 320. The right side plate 323, which is a part, is a detachable tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal, and the support shaft 327 of the plate body 326 for opening and closing the tablet dropping path is moved from the upper right to the upper left. In this state, the lower end may be brought into contact with the right side plate 323.

  About the tablet packaging machine 300 of this Example 1, the use aspect and operation | movement are demonstrated. Since the basic usage and operation are the same as in the prior art, repeated explanations are omitted, and here, the cleaning method of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the temporary storage mechanism 310, which is different from the conventional one, is used. Is described in detail. The double row simultaneous drive mechanism 330 of the temporary storage mechanisms 310 does not have a tablet drop path surrounding surface. Therefore, in the normal cleaning work, apart from maintenance work such as disassembly and repair, the single row storage mechanism 320 is used for the temporary storage mechanism 310. It is enough to clean.

  In a steady state such as during packaging (see FIGS. 2 and 3), all the tablet feeder storages 12 are pushed into the medicine storage 11 and housed in the housing. 141 and the vertically divided right portion 142 are opposed to each other in a close state or a close state, and the opposed inner surface surrounds the tablet dropping path, so that the dropped tablet can be guided from the upper end opening to the lower end opening. Each single row storage mechanism 320 surrounds the tablet dropping path at the lower end of the corresponding upper tablet collecting mechanism 140, and is opened and closed by opening and closing the tablet dropping path by driving the double row simultaneous driving mechanism 330 (FIG. 5). (Refer to (a) and (b)), in the closed state, the tablets 1 falling apart can be temporarily stored (see FIG. 5 (c)), and the stored tablets can be released all at once when opened. (See FIG. 5 (d)).

  When cleaning the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the single row storage mechanism 320, the operation of the automatic packaging described above is stopped, and then the vertically divided left side portion 141 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140, the upper tablet collecting mechanism, and the like. The process is divided into 140 vertically divided right portions 142 and single row storage mechanisms 320. More specifically (see FIG. 1B), first, only one of the two adjacent tablet feeder storages 12 is pulled out from the chemical storage 11 forward. If the left side of the adjacent pair is the tablet feeder storage 12 (see the left side of the tablet feeder storage being pulled out in FIG. 1B), the left side portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 is vertically divided. 141 comes out of the case, and the tablet drop path enveloping surface of that part is exposed all over, so it is cleaned by wiping and cleaning, but the tablet dropping path enclosing surface is exposed to the right side, so the cleaning work Can be done face-to-face. Specifically, it can be done easily with a feeling of being close to wiping the inner window in a standing posture.

  Then, the cleaned tablet feeder storage 12 is pushed back to the chemical storage 11, and the right tablet feeder storage 12 forming an adjacent pair with it or another adjacent pair is pulled forward from the chemical storage 11 (in FIG. 1B). (See the right side of the pill feeder hangar being pulled out). Then, this time, the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the single row storage mechanism 320 attached thereto come out of the housing, and the tablet dropping path surrounding surface of that portion is exposed to the whole area. Clean it by wiping and cleaning it. Also at this time, as for the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140, since the tablet dropping path surrounding surface is exposed in the left lateral direction, the cleaning operation can be performed in a face-to-face state.

On the other hand, the single-row storage mechanism 320 is exposed if the tablet dropping path surrounding surface is directed up and down by pulling out, but it is still enough that the exposed state of the tablet dropping path surrounding surface can still be cleaned in a face-to-face state just by pulling out. Therefore, the left side plate 322 is removed from the single-row storage mechanism 320 (see FIGS. 1D and 5E). Since the left side plate 322 is detachable, it can be easily removed even if it takes one step.
Then, since the removed left side plate 322 can be handled in an arbitrary posture, the tablet dropping path surrounding surface 322a can be cleaned in a facing state (see FIG. 5E).

In addition, after the left side plate 322 is removed, in the single row storage mechanism 320, the tablet drop path surrounding surface 326a of the plate body 326 of the opening / closing mechanism 325 is exposed in the left side direction with the diagonally upward direction (FIG. 5E). The cleaning work can also be performed in a face-to-face state. Since the single row storage mechanism 320 is attached to the lower end of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and is at a lower position, the single row storage mechanism 320 is more advantageous because it has a property that it is easier to work in an obliquely upward direction than right next to it.
When the cleaning is completed, the left side plate 322 is reattached to the single row storage mechanism 320, and then the tablet feeder storage 12 to which the cleaned vertically divided right side portion 142 is attached is pushed back to the medicine storage 11.

  As is clear from the above, when the single row storage mechanism 320 is pulled forward from the casing together with the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collection mechanism 140, the left side plate 322 is attached to the single row storage mechanism 320. In the single row storage mechanism 320, the tablet dropping path is closed by the left side plate 322 and the plate body 326. Therefore, for example, if the single-row storage mechanism 320 is pulled out from the housing together with the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 while the tablets 1 are held in the single-row storage mechanism 320, the left side plate is still in this case. If the tablet 322 is attached, the tablet 1 continues to be held in the single row storage mechanism 320, and therefore, the tablet 1 cannot fall from the single row storage mechanism 320 during the pulling operation, and the left side plate Since the tablets 1 fall from the single row storage mechanism 320 only after the 322 is removed, it is possible to reliably avoid the occurrence of an undesired situation in which the dropped tablets 1 remain inside the tablet packaging machine 300.

  A specific configuration of the tablet packaging machine 400 as Example 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 6A is a plan view of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the like when all the tablet feeder storages 12 are pushed into the medicine storage 11, and FIG. 6B is a plan view of some tablet feeder storages 12 from the medicine storage 11. The top view of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the like when pulled forward, (c) is a perspective view of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the single row storage mechanism 320 looking down from the upper right, and (d) is the upper tablet collecting mechanism. It is the perspective view which looked down at the vertically divided right part 142 of 140 and the vertically divided right part 422 of the single row storage mechanism 320 from the upper left.

The difference between the tablet packaging machine 400 and the tablet packaging machine 300 of the first embodiment described above is that the single-row storage mechanism 320 that is an integral body is changed to a single-row storage mechanism 420 that is not an integral body.
The single-row storage mechanism 420 is equivalent to dividing the temporary storage mechanism 310 into a vertically divided left part 421 and a vertically divided right part 422 in the form of being divided into left and right parts, but in the illustrated example, Corresponding to the vertically divided left portion 141 being a flat plate and the vertically divided right portion 142 being three-dimensionalized, the vertically divided left portion 421 is a flat plate corresponding to the left plate 322 of the rectangular tube body 321 of the single row storage mechanism 320. The vertically divided right portion 422 is provided with a tablet dropping prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal in addition to the entire remaining portion from which the left side plate 322 is removed from the single row storage mechanism 320.

  The vertically divided left side portion 421 of the single row storage mechanism 420 is integrated with the lower end portion of the vertically divided left side portion 141 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 so as to extend downward from the vertically divided left side portion 141 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140. When attached to the vertically divided left portion 141 and pulled forward from the housing, the tablet falling path surrounding surface is exposed to the right together with the vertically divided left portion 141. Further, the vertically divided right portion 422 of the single row storage mechanism 420 is attached to the lower end portion of the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 by an integrated process or retrofitting, and is attached to the vertically divided right portion 142. When it is withdrawn forward from the housing, the tablet falling path surrounding surface is exposed leftward together with the vertically divided right portion 142.

  Similarly to the left side plate 322 described above, the tablet drop prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal uses a pulling force member such as a magnet, a locking member such as a hook-and-loop fastener, a hooking member such as a hook, and the like to open and close the tablet dropping path. It is detachably attached to the front plate and the rear plate of the rectangular tube body 321 holding the swinging member / movable member that bears it. When the electric motor 332 is not started or when the vertically divided right portion 142 and the single row storage mechanism 320 are pulled out, the lower end portion of the plate body 326 that opens and closes the tablet dropping path is in contact with the tablet dropping prevention member 423 at the time of drawing. Since the temporary storage space for the tablet 1 is maintained by the front plate and the rear plate of the plate body 326, the rectangular tube body 321, and the tablet drop prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal, the single row storage mechanism 320 is associated with the upper tablet collection mechanism 140. Even if it is pulled out, it is possible to prevent the undesired fall of the temporarily stored tablet during the withdrawal.

  When the height of the tablet drop prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal matches that of the single-row storage mechanism 320, the tablet drop prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal can be regarded as also serving as the left side plate 322, and the vertically divided left side The part 421 can be regarded as a mere downward extension of the vertically divided left part 141. Then, the tablet packaging machine 400 uses the single row storage mechanism 420 as the upper tablet collection like the tablet packaging machine 300 of the first embodiment described above. This is attached to the vertically divided right portion 142 of the mechanism 140.

  On the other hand, when the height of the tablet drop prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal is smaller than that of the single-row storage mechanism 320, the vertically divided left side portion 421 functions as a tablet drop path surrounding member, which is clearly different from the tablet packaging machine 300. . Further, in that case, the vertically divided left side portion 421 and the tablet dropping prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal function as a tablet dropping path surrounding member, and the tablet dropping path surrounding surface outside the assigned range of the tablet dropping prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal is vertically left. Since the portion 421 is in charge, the height of the tablet drop path surrounding surface including the vertically divided left portion 421 and the tablet drop prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal only needs to match that of the single row storage mechanism 320.

  In this case, when only one of the two adjacent tablet feeder storages 12 is pulled forward from the medicine storage 11, either the vertically divided left portion 141 or the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 is selected. Since the one corresponding to either the vertically divided left portion 421 or the vertically divided right portion 422 of the single row storage mechanism 420 also goes outside, the both sides of the tablet dropping path envelopment surface. The cleaning work is performed immediately after the vertically divided left portion 421 is pulled out, and when the vertically divided right portion 422 is removed, the tablet falling prevention member 423 that is detachable after pulling is removed. Since it can be done as easily as wiping and cleaning the inner window, the wiping and cleaning can be done face-to-face and easily and quickly.

About Example 3 of the tablet packaging machine of this invention, the specific structure of the principal part is demonstrated referring drawings.
FIGS. 7A and 7B are schematic views showing the internal structures of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the single row storage mechanism 420, in which (a) shows the vertical left side portion 141 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the vertical structure. The mounting state in which the split right side portion 142 is in close contact is shown, and FIG.

  7C is a left side view of the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140, and FIGS. 7D and 7E are views of the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140. FIG. It is a front view, (d) shows the state which attached the tablet fall prevention member 423 and the longitudinal length decreasing member 424 at the time of extraction, (e) shows the tablet fall prevention member 423 and the longitudinal length gradually decreasing member 424 at the time of extraction. The removed state is shown. 7 (f) is a perspective view of the outer surface side of the tablet dropping prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal, and FIG. 7 (g) is a perspective view of the inner surface side / tablet dropping path surrounding surface side of the tablet dropping prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal. FIG. 7 (h) is a perspective view of the longitudinally decreasing gradual member 424.

This tablet packaging machine is a further improvement of the upper tablet collection mechanism 140 and the single row storage mechanism 420 in the tablet packaging machine 400 of the above-described second embodiment in order to further improve the practicality.
Specifically, the tablet 1 released from the communication hole to the tablet discharge port of the tablet feeder 13 to the tablet dropping path is prevented from jumping into the low-level communication hole in the middle of dropping the tablet dropping path. Therefore, the cover 14a is provided on both the vertically divided left portion 141 and the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 (see FIGS. 7A to 7C).

  Further, the tablet drop prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal (see FIGS. 7C to 7G) has a height B of the contact attachment / detachment portion at both ends of the single row storage mechanism 420 in order to secure the holding force at the time of mounting. This is the same as the front plate and the rear plate of the vertically divided right portion 422. In addition, the height A of the middle part, which occupies the majority, is made smaller than the height of the other members of the single-row storage mechanism 420 within the range that does not impair the function of preventing the tablet from dropping when it is pulled out. The inside of the single row storage mechanism 420 can be easily visually confirmed without removing the member 423.

  Furthermore, the length before and after the upper portion of the internal space (tablet dropping path) of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 is longer than the length before and after the inner space (tablet dropping path) of the single row storage mechanism 420 as described above. Although it is the same as the tablet packaging machines 300 and 400, the realization is not performed by bending the front lower corner or the rear lower corner of the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 obliquely as in the above example. A longitudinally decreasing member 424 is attached to the front lower corner and the rear lower corner of the internal space of the vertically divided right portion 142 (see FIGS. 7C to 7E and 7H).

  For example, the longitudinally decreasing member 424 is formed as a thick plate or box-like body having a right triangle when viewed from the side (see FIGS. 7C and 7H), and is the same means as the tablet drop prevention member 423 at the time of withdrawal. Alternatively, it can be attached and detached by other means (see FIG. 7 (e)), and if it is installed in the front lower corner or rear lower corner of the vertically divided right portion 142 (see FIGS. 7 (c) and (d)), The front lower part and the rear lower part of the internal space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 are filled, and at the same time, the obliquely upward slope 425 (see FIG. 7 (h)) of the longitudinally decreasing member 424 is formed in the internal space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140. The lower part is defined (see FIG. 7C), and the length of the lower part of the inner space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 is shifted from the top to the bottom. When viewed, from the front and back length of the upper portion of the internal space of the upper tablet collection mechanism 140, Before and after the interior space of the column reservoir mechanism 420 to length, so that the gradually decreased.

In addition, since the slanted upward slope 425 of the longitudinally decreasing member 424 is a place where the tablet 1 that has fallen hits strongly, when the base material is a metal such as stainless steel, for example, polyfluoride is used to reduce impact and prevent dust adhesion. The surface is coated with ethylene fluoride or the like.
For example, when the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the single row storage mechanism 420 are made by processing a stainless steel plate, both the materials of the abutting portions are made of metal, and if the same type of metal is rubbed when pulled out, an abnormal noise is generated. Since the surface of the contact surface may be damaged, at least one of the contact surfaces is coated with a coating material such as polyfluoroethylene to make the contact surface material different.

  In this case, the basic usage and operation, as well as the cleaning work of the vertically divided left side portion 141 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140 and the single-row storage mechanism 320 are the same as described above, and thus the repeated description is omitted. As for the vertically divided right portion 142, the cleaning work for most of the vertically divided right portion 142 is the same as described above, apart from the mounting portion of the longitudinally decreasing member 424. The cleaning operation of the longitudinally decreasing member 424 and the cleaning operation for the mounting portion of the longitudinally decreasing member 424 in the vertically divided right portion 142 will be described.

Since the longitudinally decreasing member 424 is detachable, it can be easily removed. Since the removed longitudinally decreasing member 424 can be handled in an arbitrary posture, the slanting upward slope 425 and other surfaces can be easily faced. Can be cleaned.
Further, since the vertically divided right portion 142 after removing the longitudinally decreasing member 424 is exposed to the left side in addition to the tablet dropping path surrounding surface, the mounting portion of the longitudinally decreasing member 424 is also exposed to the left and right. It can be performed in a face-to-face state including the attachment site of the gradually decreasing member 424.

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Although the illustration and description are omitted in the above embodiment, when the single-row storage mechanism 320 returns from the disengaged state to the engaged state with respect to the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism 330, the engagement shaft 328 has the engagement hole 337. It is also preferable to make further improvements so that it can be smoothly inserted. For example, the tip of the engagement shaft 328 may be sharpened by, for example, tapering the tip of the engagement shaft 328. For example, an urging means such as a weak spring is attached to the tablet packaging machine 300 to provide a single row storage mechanism. It is also possible to maintain the engagement shaft 328 in a state suitable for engagement by forcing 320 to a closed state when there is no external force. The position may be regulated and the range and regulation may be individually adjusted.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the tablet handing apparatus 21 + 22 was arrange | positioned under the single row storage mechanism 320, the tablet handing apparatus 21 + 22 may be arrange | positioned above the single row storage mechanism 320, for example, any If the lowermost tablet feeder 13 is omitted from the tablet feeder storage 12 and a tablet handing device 21 + 22 is incorporated instead, the tablet handing device 21 + 22 comes above the single row storage mechanism 320 and the tablet feeder storage 12 Accordingly, the tablet handing device 21 + 22 can be easily cleaned and repaired.

  Further, in the third embodiment, as a specific example of the vertically divided left portion 141 and the vertically divided right portion 142 of the upper tablet collecting mechanism 140, a single plate in which a large number of communication holes to the tablet discharge port of the tablet feeder 13 are formed vertically and horizontally. On the other hand, the cover 14a having a horizontally long cover 14a is provided. However, the vertically split left portion 141 and the vertically split right portion 142 are configured by holding the cover 14a as shown in FIG. You may do it. In that case, the communication hole to the tablet discharge port of the tablet feeder 13 becomes a horizontally long slit shape, and a single plate can be omitted.

  The tablet packaging machine of the present invention can also be applied to a tablet packaging machine without the tablet handing device 21 + 22.

1 ... tablet, 2 ... wrapping band (wrapping paper),
10 ... Tablet packaging machine,
11 ... Chemical warehouse, 12 ... Tablet feeder storage, 13 ... Tablet feeder,
14 ... Upper tablet collection mechanism, 15 ... Lower tablet collection mechanism, 16 ... Tablet input part,
17 ... Packing device, 18 ... Controller (control device), 19 ... Operation panel,
20 ... Tablet packaging machine,
21 ... Preliminary handing unit (hand-working device), 22 ... Actuating part (hand-working device),
30 ... Tablet packaging machine,
31 ... Temporary storage mechanism, 32 ... Single row storage mechanism, 33 ... Double row simultaneous drive mechanism,
40 ... Tablet packaging machine,
140 ... upper tablet collecting mechanism, 141 ... vertically divided left part, 142 ... vertically divided right part,
300 ... Tablet packaging machine,
320 ... single row storage mechanism, 321 ... rectangular tube,
322: Left side plate (tablet drop prevention member when pulled out), 322a: Handle,
323 ... right side plate, 324 ... through hole, 325 ... opening / closing mechanism,
326 ... Plate body, 327 ... Support shaft, 328 ... Engagement shaft (driven side transmission member),
330 ... Double-row simultaneous drive mechanism, 331 ... Guide,
332 ... Electric motor, 333 ... Slider, 334 ... Biasing spring,
335... Swing arm (drive side transmission member), 336 ... fulcrum, 337 ... engagement hole,
400 ... Tablet packaging machine,
420 ... Single row storage mechanism, 421 ... Vertical left part,
422 ... right side part of the vertical split, 423 ... tablet drop prevention member when pulled out,
424 ... Longitudinal longitudinally decreasing member, 425 ... Slanting upward slope

Claims (4)

A tablet feeder for storing and sequentially discharging tablets, a plurality of tablet feeders equipped with a plurality of the tablet feeders that can be pulled forward from the housing, and a tablet feeder storage that is equipped with the tablet feeder storage and discharged from the tablet feeder A plurality of upper tablet collection mechanisms for guiding the dropped tablets downward and dropping, a plurality of single row storage mechanisms for temporarily storing the tablets dropped from the upper tablet collection mechanism and then releasing them, and the single row storage mechanism A double-row simultaneous drive mechanism that simultaneously operates a plurality of tablets to release tablets, and a lower tablet collection that is provided below the tablet feeder storage and collects tablets that have dropped from the single-row storage mechanism and throws them downward A tablet package comprising: a mechanism; and a packaging device provided below the lower tablet collecting mechanism and configured to divide and pack the tablets input from the lower tablet collecting mechanism into packaging bands In,
The upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into left and right vertically divided left and right divided parts, and the vertically divided left part of the upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into the left side of the adjacent pair of the tablet feeder storages. Equipped with the right side of the upper tablet collecting mechanism on the left side of the right side tablet feeder hangar of the adjacent pair, and further comprising the double row simultaneous drive mechanism and the single row storage mechanism, A transmission mechanism that can be separated and engaged is provided at the connecting portion, the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism is arranged on the back side, and the single-row storage mechanism is arranged side by side on the front side and individually forward. A tablet dispenser that can be pulled out,
The single row storage mechanism is attached to the lower end portion of either the vertically divided left portion or the vertically divided right portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism, and the single row storage mechanism is vertically divided left portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism. In the aspect attached to the upper side, the right side portion of the single row storage mechanism is a detachable tablet drop prevention member at the time of withdrawal, and the single row storage mechanism is attached to the vertically divided right side portion of the upper tablet collection mechanism. A tablet packaging machine, wherein the left side portion of the storage mechanism is a detachable tablet drop prevention member that can be detached. A tablet feeder for storing and sequentially discharging tablets, a plurality of tablet feeders equipped with a plurality of the tablet feeders that can be pulled forward from the housing, and a tablet feeder storage that is equipped with the tablet feeder storage and discharged from the tablet feeder A plurality of upper tablet collection mechanisms for guiding the dropped tablets downward and dropping, a plurality of single row storage mechanisms for temporarily storing the tablets dropped from the upper tablet collection mechanism and then releasing them, and the single row storage mechanism A double-row simultaneous drive mechanism that simultaneously operates a plurality of tablets to release tablets, and a lower tablet collection that is provided below the tablet feeder storage and collects tablets that have dropped from the single-row storage mechanism and throws them downward A tablet package comprising: a mechanism; and a packaging device provided below the lower tablet collecting mechanism and configured to divide and pack the tablets input from the lower tablet collecting mechanism into packaging bands In,
The upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into left and right vertically divided left and right divided parts, and the vertically divided left part of the upper tablet collecting mechanism is divided into the left side of the adjacent pair of the tablet feeder storages. Equipped with the right side of the upper tablet collecting mechanism on the left side of the right side tablet feeder hangar of the adjacent pair, and further comprising the double row simultaneous drive mechanism and the single row storage mechanism, A transmission mechanism that can be separated and engaged is provided at the connecting portion, the double-row simultaneous drive mechanism is arranged on the back side, and the single-row storage mechanism is arranged side by side on the front side and individually forward. A tablet dispenser that can be pulled out,
The single row storage mechanism is divided vertically into left and right vertical left portions and vertical right portions, and the vertical left portion of the single row storage mechanism is divided into the vertical left portion of the upper tablet collection mechanism. Attached to the lower end, the vertically divided right portion of the single row storage mechanism is attached to the lower end of the vertically divided right portion of the upper tablet collecting mechanism, and further, tablets are stored and released to the vertically divided left portion of the single row storage mechanism. In an aspect equipped with a movable member for switching, a tablet dropping prevention member that is detachable from the right side is attached to the vertically divided left portion of the single row storage mechanism, and a tablet is attached to the vertically divided right portion of the single row storage mechanism. In the aspect equipped with the movable member for storage / release switching, the tablet packaging machine characterized by mounting the tablet dropping prevention member that is detachable from the left side to the vertically divided right portion of the single row storage mechanism.   3. The tablet packaging machine according to claim 1, wherein the detachable member is smaller in height than other members of the single row storage mechanism.   The front and rear lengths of the upper part of the inner space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism are longer than the front and rear lengths of the inner space of the single row storage mechanism, and the front and rear lengths of the lower part of the inner space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism An upper and lower length gradual decreasing member having an obliquely upward slope that gradually decreases the length from the front and rear lengths of the upper portion of the inner space of the upper tablet collecting mechanism to the front and rear lengths of the inner space of the single row storage mechanism. The tablet packaging machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tablet packaging machine is detachably attached to one or both of the front lower part and the rear lower part of the collecting mechanism.

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