JP2016108045A - Tablet and package extrusion device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the difficulty of handling even for a healthy user, because when a plurality of tablets arrayed in a PTP package are used separately one by one, especially a small tablet package is smaller than one joint of a finger, and particularly the great difficulty for an elderly user and a handicapped user.SOLUTION: The tablet and package extrusion device includes a base having passage holes through which the tablets of different sizes pass, a package stationing tool having sandwiching adjustment means for inserting and holding the sheet part of an optional PTP package with the base and sandwiching the surroundings of a raised part corresponding to the raised part having a different size and a different shape of the PTP package on the left and right upper side of the passage holes, a movable body provided in the upper side of the package stationing tool via a back-and-forth sliding mechanism, and an extrusion piece having a vertically movable mechanism installed in the lower surface of the movable body to operate until at least a lower end reaches the lower position of the passage hole.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a PTP package (hereinafter referred to as a package) in which tablets are encapsulated in a plurality of hollow ridges (hereinafter referred to as bulges) formed by polymerization of a transparent resin sheet and an aluminum foil. The present invention relates to a tablet and an apparatus for extruding a package, which can easily take out a tablet in a raised portion from any of the packages cut into parts, and can easily exclude an empty package.

  Conventionally, in order to take out the tablet inside the package, the back surface of the aluminum foil is broken and taken out by pressing the raised portion of the resin sheet with the fingertip together with the tablet. There have also been applications for a tablet taking-out device that replaces pressing with a fingertip, and some of them are generally sold as commodities.

  Memoir 30470701

  Patent Publication 2009-255966

  The problem to be solved is that the size of a package in which a plurality of tablets are arrayed and encapsulated is divided into large and small sizes. It becomes smaller than the joint. This small package is very difficult to handle, and pressing the raised part of the package with your fingertips to take out the tablets inside it is a burden on the fingertips, even for healthy people, even the elderly and the disabled Is forced to great difficulty. However, none of the prior arts can take out tablets from a package cut into one tablet.

  The present invention inserts and holds a sheet portion of an arbitrary PTP package between a base having a passage hole through which tablets of different sizes pass, and the base on the left and right upper sides of the passage hole, and an arbitrary A package placing device having an adjustment clamping means for clamping the periphery of the raised portion corresponding to the raised portions of different sizes and shapes in the PTP package, a movable body having a front and rear slide mechanism above the base, and the movable It is characterized by comprising an extruding piece having an up and down movable mechanism that is arranged at the upper part of the body and operates until at least the lower end reaches the lower position of the passage hole.

  In the present invention, when the bulging portion of the packaging body having different sizes and shapes cut into one tablet is inserted into the packaging body placement device, the bulging portion can be easily held at the corresponding position by the adjustment clamping means, Next, push down the extruding piece to crush the bulging part and push the tablet in the bulging part downward, and then move the extruding piece forward with the tip of the extruding piece biting into the crushed bulging part. At the same time that the package body that has become can be easily removed, a state in which the next package body can be inserted into the package body fixing device is obtained.

  1 is a side view of Example 1. FIG.   It is a top view of the base | substrate of FIG.   FIG. 2 is a plan view of the package fixing device of FIG. 1.   It is AA sectional drawing of FIG.   6 is a side view of Example 2. FIG.   3 is a perspective view of a movable body A. FIG.   It is BB sectional drawing of FIG.   It is CC sectional drawing of FIG.   It is DD sectional drawing of FIG.   It is CC sectional drawing of the state which pushed down the extrusion piece of FIG.   It is CC sectional drawing of the state which moved the extrusion piece of FIG. 10 ahead.   It is sectional drawing of Example 3.   6 is a plan view of Example 4. FIG.   10 is a cross-sectional view of Example 5. FIG.   10 is a plan view of Example 6. FIG.   10 is a plan view of Example 7. FIG.   It is EE sectional drawing of FIG.   It is detail drawing of a package.

Form for carrying out the invention

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a state in which a package 31 cut into one tablet in this embodiment is inserted into the gap 15.
The upper surface of the main body 1 is a base 2a, a clearance 15 is provided on the upper side of the base 2a so that the sheet portion 32 of the packaging 31 can be barely inserted, and the packaging body placement device 11a is disposed. A movable body B25 that is provided on the side and that forms the finger contact portion 26 is disposed on the upper side. The movable body B25 is pivotally attached to the bearings 23a and 23b shown in FIG. The movable body B25 enables a vertical arc operation. Furthermore, a case body 8a for forming a take-out port 9 is provided on the lower side of the main body 1, and the case body 8a is pivotally attached to the main body 1 in the main body 1 (not shown). Allows opening and closing downwards.
Further, even if the emptied packaging body 31 is clogged by the passage hole 5a and cannot move, the case body 8a can be opened and removed from the lower side. Also, the inside of the case body 8a can be cleaned.
Further, the case body 8a is provided with a lid at the take-out port 9, so that the tablet in the case body 8a can be prevented from popping out unintentionally. If the case body 8a itself is transparent, the tablet inside can be confirmed. good.

Next, the configuration of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in the plan view of FIG. 2, the rectangular base 2 a is formed with a passage hole 5 a having sides 5 c and 5 d of the shape shown in the center and a slit 7 continuous therewith, and is further slid parallel to the slit 7 and on both sides. Holes 6a and 6b are formed.
As shown in FIG. 3, as the adjusting and clamping means provided in the package body fixing device 11a, one side is opened to form stationary portions 12c and 12d facing in a V shape, and the interval between the stationary portions 12c and 12d The open side is wide and the reverse side is narrow, and slits 13 are continuously provided through curved portions, and slide cutouts 14a and 14b are formed on both sides in parallel with the slits 13. Further, the packaging body fixing device 11a is constituted by a thin part and a thick part, and the gap 15 shown in FIG. 1 can be secured by the difference in thickness.

FIG. 4 shows a state in which FIGS. 2 and 3 are overlapped, and the sides 5c and 5d around the passage hole 5a formed in the base 2a and the stationary portions 12c and 12d are also formed in the base 2a. The slit 7 and the slit 13 formed in the packaging body placement device, and the slide holes 6a and 6b formed in the base 2a and the slide cutouts 14a and 14b overlap at the same position.
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a resilient body 28 is provided between the lower end of the extruded piece 27 and the base 2a in order to always ensure a space corresponding to the height of the raised portion 35 of the package 31. The elastic body 28 is illustrated as a coil spring, but is not limited thereto.
Further, in this figure, when the cut packaging body 31 placed on the base 2a is moved in the direction of the arrow and enters between the stationary portions 12c and 12d, the packaging body 31 has the raised portion 35 in the stationary portion 12c. Stops at the position sandwiched by 12d. The position at which the package 31 stops is not constant because the size of the raised portion 35 varies depending on the type of tablet, but the extruded piece 27 shown in FIG. 1 is always located directly above the raised portion 35. This will be described in detail in the second embodiment.
Further, the bearings 23a and 23b positioned in the slide holes 6a and 6b and the movable body A20 positioned in the slit 13 will be described in detail in the second embodiment.

Here, the gap 15 will be described in detail.
The gap 15 for inserting the sheet portion 32 of the package provided between the base 2a and the package holder 11a is such that the sheet portion 32 of the package has a frictional resistance between the substrate 2a and the package holder 11a. The gap 15 is a step formed by a thin portion and a thick portion formed on the stationary device 11a when the packaging device 11a is superposed on the base 2a. In addition, it is preferable that an interval corresponding to the step is secured at a portion close to the step, and the base 2a and the packaging body placement device 11a are in close contact with each other at a portion slightly away from the step.

Next, the configuration and use method of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. FIG.
First, FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where the second embodiment is obtained, and the shape of the side surface is exactly the same as that of the first embodiment.
Next, the movable body A20 having the front / rear slide mechanism and the movable body B25 having the up / down movable mechanism will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the movable body A20 is located in the slit 13 shown in FIG. 7, and forms a packaging body pushing portion 22 on the front side, and a slide plate that moves back and forth on the packaging body placement device 11a on the rear side. Bearings 23 a and 23 b having openings for the shaft body 24 are formed via 21, and an elastic body 28 is provided on the front side of the shaft body 24.
The lower portions of the bearings 23a and 23b from the slide plate 21 are also located in the slide holes 6a and 6b shown in FIG. 7, and wrap around to the lower side of the base 2b as shown in FIGS.

In addition, in FIG. 6, the lower ends of the bearings 23a and 23b go around to the lower side of the base 2a to prevent the slide plate 21 from floating, but instead of this wraparound part, they are guided to the upper side of the bearings 23a and 23b. A rail may be provided.
Further, when the package body 31 enters the package body placement device 11a, the package body push-out portion 22 is sandwiched in a fixed position even after the bump portion 35 reaches the front end surface of the push-out portion 22. The movable body A20 is moved rearward until it stops, and has a function of assisting the forward movement for removing the packaging body 31 emptied by the pushing piece 27.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, in the movable body B25, the upper surface of the distal end portion is used as a finger contact portion 26, an extruding side 27 is formed on the lower surface of the finger contact portion 26, and the other end portion is further connected to the bearings 23a and 23b. The vertical movement of the extrusion side 27 is made possible by attaching to the shaft. Further, since the movable body B25 and the movable body A20 are integrated with each other and are always moved back and forth at the same time, the pushing piece 27 is always positioned directly above the raised portion 35.
Therefore, the pushing piece 27 can perform up and down and front and back operations simultaneously.
This configuration is also common to the first embodiment.

Next, the guide surface 3 starting from the end of the base 2b on the take-out port 9 side is made flush with the base 2b at the position reaching the passage hole 5b. The side is narrowed. And the recessed part 4 which starts from the substantially center of this guide surface 3 is open | released by the through-hole 5b as a reverse gradient of the guide surface 3. FIG. The guide surface 3 facilitates the insertion of the raised portion 35 between the stationary portions 12c and 12d, and at the same time facilitates the insertion of the sheet portion 32 into the gap between the base 2b and the packaging body placement device 11a. be able to.
In addition, the recess 4 is left empty after the tablet 36 breaks the aluminum foil 34 of the package 31 and passes through the passage hole 5b, and the aluminum foil 34 is pressed and left below the sheet portion 32. This is to prevent the lower aluminum foil 34 from moving in the return direction when the packaging body 32 is removed.

Next, a method of using the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5, FIG. 8, FIG. 10, and FIG.
First, as shown in FIG. 5, the present embodiment is held in one hand, and then, as shown in FIG. 8, the finger pad 26 is moved to the position indicated by the dotted line in front with the thumb, and then the package 31 is inserted. However, at this time, even if the protruding portion 35 of the packaging body abuts against the packaging body extrusion portion 22 (indicated by a dotted line) and continues to enter while pushing the packaging body extrusion portion 22 with the protruding portion 35, the protruding portion 35 becomes the stationary portion. The package 31 stops when it is sandwiched between 12c and 12d. Then, the pushing piece 27 also moves together with the packaging body pushing portion 22 and stops just above the raised portion 35.
Next, as shown in FIG. 10, when the finger pad 26 is pushed down, the tip of the extruded piece 27 crushes the raised portion 35 of the package, and the tablet 36 enclosed inside breaks the aluminum foil 34 to form a case. It falls into 8a.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 11, when the finger 27 is released after the pushing piece 27 is moved to the vicinity of the recess 4, the movable body B <b> 25 is flipped up by the projectile 28, and the pushing piece 27 is moved. A space is formed between the lower end and the package 31 that has been crushed and emptied, and the package 31 can be easily removed with a fingertip.
When the package 31 is removed, the state returns to the state in which the next package can be inserted.
Further, if a lid is provided in the take-out port 9, if the main body 1 is tilted, the emptied package can be eliminated, and the tablet in the case 8 stops at the spot 36.

Next, Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 12, the second embodiment is the same as the second embodiment except that the case body 8 b is formed without the take-out port 9 formed in the case body 8 a of the second embodiment.
The case body 8b can be opened and closed by being pivotally attached to the main body 1 by the case body pivoting portion 10. When taking out the tablet in the case body 8b, it can be easily taken out by opening the case body a little.
If the case body is detachable, the inside can be easily cleaned.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 13, the only difference from the package fixing device 11 a of the above embodiment is that the adjustment clamping means are step-type fixing portions 17 c and 17 d facing in a V shape.
Even if it is a capsule and an elliptical tablet by making a stationary part into a staircase type, it can align stably in the direction of the extrusion piece 27, and can be stably fixed. The step-type stationary portions 17c and 17d can select a step portion that matches the size of the raised portion 35, and even a round tablet can be placed without any problem.

Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the present embodiment, in which an extruded piece concave portion 29 is provided at the lower end portion of the extruded piece 27 formed on the movable body B25. The extruded piece concave portion 29 depends on the size of the tablet. When the rising surface at the periphery of the raised portion 35 and the extruded piece concave portion 29 coincide with each other, the rising surface is not crushed, so that the pressing force to the finger contact portion 26 can be reduced.

Next, Embodiment 6 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In this embodiment, the side of the slit 13 of the packaging body placement device 11a is shortened to form a packaging body placement device 11c. According to this configuration, the slide plate 21 can be placed on the bases 2a and 2b.

Next, a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 16, it is used in the case of a large tablet that is easy to handle with a fingertip, and is used to push the raised portion 35 that is sandwiched and stopped in the package holder 11d with the fingertip to extrude the internal tablet.
As shown in FIG. 17, also in this embodiment, the gap 15 and the shape of the passage hole 5 are the same as those in the first and second embodiments. It is also possible to provide a lid at the outlet 9.

Next, FIG. 18 is a detailed view of a package called PTP for short.
Among tablets of various shapes and sizes, a package 31 is formed by collecting a plurality of identical tablets and cutting a series of packages into one tablet. Especially in elderly people, the package is often cut into tablets one by one.

1: Body 2a, 2b: Base 3: Guide surface 4: Recess 5a, 5b: Passing hole 5c, 5d: Sides 6a, 6b: Slide hole 7: Slit 8a, 8b: Case body 9: Extraction port 11a, 11b, 11c 11d: packaging body placement tool 12c 12d: placement part 13: slit 14a, 14b: slide notch 15: gap 16: cover 17c 17d: step type stationary part 20: movable body A
21: Slide plate 22: Packing body extruding part 23a, 23b: Bearing 24: Shaft body 25: Movable body B 26: Finger rest part 27: Extruding piece 28: Ejection body 29: Extruding piece recessed part 31: Packaging body 32: -Groove 33: Resin film 34: Aluminum foil 35: Raised part 36: Tablet

Claims (7)

  Insert and hold a sheet portion of an arbitrary PTP package between the base having a passage hole through which tablets of different sizes pass and the base on the left and right upper sides of the passage hole, and an optional PTP package A packaging body fixing device having an adjustment clamping means for clamping the periphery of the protruding portion corresponding to the protruding portions of different sizes and shapes, a movable body having a front and rear slide mechanism above the base, and an upper portion of the movable body An apparatus for extruding a tablet and a packaging body comprising an extruding piece having a vertically movable mechanism that operates until at least a lower end reaches a lower position of the passage hole.   The tablet and packaging body extruding device according to claim 1, wherein a downward slope facing the front in the sliding direction of the movable body is continuously provided on the front side of the passage hole.   The tablet and package extrusion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the front-rear slide mechanism includes a package extrusion unit.   4. The device for extruding a tablet and a package according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the adjustment clamping means included in the package stationary device is a V-shaped stationary part.   4. The device for extruding a tablet and a package according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the adjustment clamping means included in the package stationary device is a stepped stationary portion.   Inserting and holding a sheet portion of an arbitrary PTP package between the substrate having the passage hole and the substrate on the left and right upper portions of the passage hole, and protruding portions having different sizes and shapes of the arbitrary PTP package The tablet and package extrusion apparatus according to any one of claims 1 or 2, or 4 or 5, comprising only a package body fixing device having an adjustment clamping means for clamping the periphery of the raised portion corresponding to the above.   The tablet and package extrusion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a case body is provided on a lower side of the base having the passage hole.

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