JP2017018512A - Medicine dispersing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize dispersion of medicine by another dispersion method without limited to a defined dispersion method, to reduce the number of medicine transportation upon discharge of medicine, and to smooth and ensure release of medicine from sectioning room.SOLUTION: Driving mechanisms (45+46) are arranged for each of columns 44, 44 ... of a multiline conveyor 40 so that each conveyor 44 may execute independently conveyor transportation in a longitudinal surface, and post one column accomplishment next column progress program 75 and post one row accomplishment next row progress program 76 are selectively executed. In addition, an all-column common medicine collection mechanism 13 is arranged at a medicine discharge address for each of columns 44, 44 ... of the multiline conveyor 40 to omit a single column conveyor. In addition, a sectioning room 60 is constructed with a forward separation body 61 and a rear separation body 62 capable of being separated and jointed in a moving direction of the conveyor 44 so that the separation bodies 61, 62 are separated at a medicine discharge position and the separation bodies 61, 62 are jointed before reaching the medicine reception position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a drug handing device including an operating part (actuating member) that collectively receives drugs from a pre-rolling cassette in which a large number of masses are arranged vertically and horizontally, that is, arranged in multiple rows and columns. The present invention relates to a drug handing device in which a section includes a multi-row conveyor, and the multi-row conveyor includes a multi-row multi-row compartment.
Note that the mass and the compartment both contain the medicine separately and can be said to be almost synonymous / synonymous. However, in this application, the compartment for the preliminary firing cassette is called the mass, and the compartment for the conveyor of the operation unit is accommodated. Call your body a compartment and call them separately.
Also, when saying “how to distribute medicines when massaging”, it is called “how to distribute drugs” or “how to distribute drugs”.

2. Description of the Related Art Drug packaging machines such as tablet packaging machines that automatically package drugs such as tablets based on prescription data and derived dispensing data have been put to practical use, and many of them are equipped with drug handling devices. Here, such a medicine packaging machine and a medicine handing device are scratched and described.
7A and 7B show a schematic structure of the medicine packaging machine 10 equipped with the medicine handing device 14, where FIG. 7A is a front view (indicated by an arrow B), and FIG. 7B is a right side view (arrow). (A's reverse view).

The medicine packaging machine 10 collects medicines discharged from a large number of tablet feeders detachably installed on the drawer drawer shelf in the upper part of the casing 11 by the hopper 13, and the packaging machine 12 in the lower part of the casing 11. In other words, it is packaged in a separate manner on a wrapping paper.
The medicine handing device 14 is built in the middle part of the casing 11 of such a medicine packaging machine 10, but a necessary part can be pulled out from the front surface of the casing 11 at the time of preliminary sowing, and the preliminary sowing is completed. Later, it is housed in the casing 11 by a push-back operation or a switch operation, and in this state, the medicine is sequentially discharged to the hopper 13 in conjunction with the packaging operation of the medicine packaging machine 10.

As described above, the drug handing device incorporated in the medicine packaging machine (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 6) includes a spare paper cassette having a large number of cells arranged in multiple rows and multiple columns, and a larger number of columns. It has a number of compartments arranged in rows and columns, and a multi-row conveyor that collects medicines from the pre-sowing cassette in a lump, and a number of compartments arranged in a row having a larger number than the number of rows. And a single-line conveyor for receiving the drug for each line from the multi-line conveyor.
These single-row conveyors and multi-row conveyors form an operation unit that sequentially discharges medicines in units of each compartment and in units of each mass, and the driving thereof is controlled by a control device.

The pre-sowing cassette is equipped so that it can be pulled out and / or detachable from the packaging machine case when it is installed in the medicine packaging machine. In other words, preliminary sowing is performed manually or by a substitute device.
The pre-cooked pre-cooking cassette is set in the medicine packaging machine at the time of use and is positioned above the multi-row conveyor. When the opening operation is performed in this state, the bottom of each mass is opened all at once, Are dropped into the compartments of the multi-row conveyor immediately below.
As a result, the medicine is transferred from the pre-soaking cassette to the multi-row conveyor of the operating unit while maintaining the sorting state determined by how to distribute the medicines to the mass (hereinafter referred to as “sorting state at the time of sorting”).

The multi-row conveyor and the single-row conveyor are different in the number and direction of the rows, but both have a large number of compartments (partition members, compartment containers) on the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt circulating in the vertical plane (in the vertical plane). It was arranged in a state where it can swing within the above vertical plane, and the drug was received in the compartment coming to the upper side of the belt by the circulation movement, and turned downward at one end of the belt by the subsequent circulation movement. The medicine is dropped from the compartment, and then the lower side of the belt is moved by a circulating motion to send the compartment to the other end of the belt and return to the upper side of the belt.
In this manner, in the operating unit that circulates and moves the conveyor and the compartment row in the vertical plane, the compartment performs the reception and release of the medicine from the same opening.

Then, when the multi-row conveyor is circulated by one section, the medicine for one row is transferred from the multi-row conveyor to the single-row conveyor while maintaining the divided state at the time of sorting. When the circulation movement is performed by the amount, the medicine for one compartment is sequentially dropped and discharged from the one row of medicines that have been moved, while maintaining the divided state at the time of sorting.
By repeating such an operation, the medicine is discharged from the working part by one compartment, so that the medicine packaging machine reflects the division state at the time of sorting in units of each mass of the preliminary firing cassette. Served in a sachet.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-80103 JP 2007-209600 A JP 2007-297066 A JP 2010-005225 A JP 2010-011986 JP 2010-013145 A

[First issue]
In such a conventional medicine handing device, the multi-row conveyor circulates in the vertical plane (in the vertical plane) as described above, and the compartments arranged in each row also circulate in the vertical plane. It comes to exercise. When the circulation movement in the horizontal vertical plane (horizontal plane) is adopted instead of the circulation in the vertical plane, the movement direction of each row is not uniform. This is confusing and it is difficult to increase the density of the multiple compartments in the multi-row conveyor and the multi-row multi-row arrangement of the masses in the pre-cassette cassette. As described above, circulation in the vertical plane is adopted to align the moving directions of the compartments in each column and densely arrange the multi-row multi-column masses.

However, in the case of a drug handing device having the above-described operation unit in which a multi-row conveyor and a single-row conveyor are cascade-connected or subordinately connected, the packaging order that determines the drug discharge order is matched with the order of administration. However, since there is only one system of drug discharge order determined by a control procedure for sequentially discharging a plurality of compartments in the operating unit and discharging the drug, there is also a method of dividing the drug into the multi-row and multi-column mass in the pre-rolling cassette. There was only a system.
For example, in the mass arrangement of 6 rows and 11 columns, the first row and the first column to the sixth row and the first column, the first row and the second column to the sixth row and the second column,. One order is the longest one, or the selection range of how to distribute the drugs is limited to the order of one system of the subset. In other words, it was possible to make a profit only by dividing the “next row progression after completion of one row”.

  In this way, the method of dividing the medicine is limited to one system, and there is an advantage that it is easy to understand in many cases because the preliminary dispensing operation is always repeated in the same way of dividing. Rather than displacing the drug in the “next row progression after completion” method, for example, the so-called “next row progression after completion of one row” in which the rows and columns are exchanged is desired. Even so, there is dissatisfaction that it cannot be selected.

For example, in the conventional mass arrangement of 6 rows and 11 columns, the first row and the first column to the first row and the eleventh column, the second row and the first column to the second row and the eleventh column,. Even if you want to get drugs in the other longest order of row 11th column, the order corresponding to that subset, or even the order determined by dividing into several sub-matrices, etc. The ugly choice was not allowed.
To give a specific example, if you take medicine for morning, noon, evening, and night for 2 weeks under the 6-row / 11-row cell arrangement, the fixed drug discharge order is In order to make it easy to understand with only one system of “column progression”, squares of 4 rows and 11 columns out of 6 rows and 11 columns are used. For example, 11 days (see FIG. 7C) and 3 days (see FIG. The cassettes are divided into two cassettes (not shown), or two cassettes for seven days (not shown).

  On the other hand, if there is flexibility in the order of drug discharge, not only how to sort out “next row progression after completion of one row” but also how to sort out “next row progression after completion of one row” and “column division” You can also use a combination of " For example (see FIG. 7 (d)), the portion in the 1st to 4th columns and the portion in the 5th to 8th columns are separated by dividing the “next row progression after completion of one row”, and the portions in the 10th to 11th columns are All the medicines can be dispensed in a single pre-disposal cassette, for example, by separating the “next row progression after completion of one row”. This is a more complicated way of sorting than when limited to one system, but by using a combination of LED lighting and screen display (for example, see Patent Documents 2 and 3), it can be easily understood. It is worth making it selectable.

However, as described above, such selection is not allowed in the drug handing device having the operation unit in which the multi-row conveyor and the single-row conveyor are cascade-connected and subordinately connected. That is, the drug discharge order from a number of compartments is fixed due to mechanical restrictions, and only one of the next row progression after completion of one row and the next row progression after completion of one row Since the drug discharge order only corresponds to the method of drug distribution, there is no choice in how to distribute the drug to many squares of the preliminary distribution cassette because it is not possible to distribute the drug in the distribution method of other systems .
Accordingly, it is a first technical problem to realize a medicine handing device that can select other handing methods as well as other handing methods and spread medicines.

[Second issue]
In addition, in the drug handing device having the operation unit of the conveyor dependent connection as described above, the drug transfer from the multi-row conveyor to the single-line conveyor is performed between the discharges of the drug from the single-line conveyor. It is difficult to improve efficiency.
For example, in the above-described 6-row / 11-column mass arrangement, when the 6-row mass is used, drug transfer from a multi-row conveyor to a single-row conveyor is performed for each of six compartments, so that the medicine is fed six times from the single-row conveyor. Since every time the medicine is discharged, the medicine is transferred once and the medicine is discharged once, so that the efficiency is reduced accordingly. For example, when only 4 lines are used out of 6 rows of cells, since the medicine is transferred once every time the medicine is discharged from the single-line conveyor four times, the efficiency is further suppressed.
Therefore, a second technical problem is to realize a drug handing device that has a low drug transfer frequency and a high drug discharge efficiency.

[Third issue]
In the conventional drug handing device as described above, the partition chamber of the working part tilts and swings upward from the downward when the drug is discharged as the belt is folded at the end of the conveyor, so that not only gravity but also centrifugal force and vibration are generated. The medicine is also released from the opening by utilizing the action (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 4 to 6).
In addition, in order to smoothly and reliably release such a medicine, the opening of each compartment is made wider than the inner bottom, vertical protrusions are formed on the inner surface, and minute protrusions are formed on the inner bottom surface. Further improvements have been made (see, for example, Patent Documents 4 to 6).

However, in some medicines, for example, half-tablet medicines obtained by cutting tablets, the contact manner with the inner surface of the compartment is not uniform due to the existence of the fracture surface, and sometimes the measures described above However, the effect is not sufficient and it is not released smoothly, and it may take time to release.
Although it is rare that the time for releasing the drug from the compartment is long, the timing of its occurrence cannot be predicted, so in order to ensure drug discharge, the operating cycle of the entire operating part should always be adjusted to the maximum discharge time. Since it is necessary to keep it long, the efficiency of the packaging process is lowered.
Therefore, it is a third technical problem to realize a medicine handing device that smoothly and surely releases medicine from a compartment.

The drug handing device of the present invention (Solution means 1) was created to solve the first technical problem described above, and particularly relates to a mechanism part (hardware part).
A multi-column having a plurality of compartments arranged in a multi-row multi-row having a larger number of rows than a pre-soak cassette having a large number of masses arranged in a multi-row multi-column, and receiving the medicine from the pre-soak cassette in a lump In the medicine handing device provided with a conveyor, a driving mechanism is provided for each row of the multi-row conveyor, and the multi-row conveyor feeds the conveyor in the vertical plane of the compartment independently for each row. It is possible to perform.
Note that rows and columns are arranged in two intersecting directions, but it is relative which row corresponds to a row or column, and one of the two directions is arranged in a row. If this is true, the line in the other direction corresponds to the column. The same applies to other solutions.

The drug handing device of the present invention (Solution means 2) was created to solve the second technical problem in addition to the first technical problem described above. A device, further,
A medicine collecting mechanism for all rows is installed at a medicine discharge destination from the compartment in each row of the multi-row conveyor.

Furthermore, the drug handing device of the present invention (Solution means 3) was created to solve the above-mentioned first technical problem including the control part (software part). A drug handing device,
The control means for operating the multi-row conveyor for each row by controlling the driving mechanism causes one row of the conveyor feed to be performed by the conveyor feed for a plurality of compartments related to the corresponding row. After the completion of one row, the next row advancing means that carries out the conveyor feed for one row after completing the conveyor feed for one row, and the conveyor feed for one compartment in the corresponding multiple rows And a next row advancing means after completion of one row to complete the conveyor feed for one row after completion of the conveyor feed for any one row, and the next row advancing means is executed after the completion of the one row And whether to execute the next line advancing means after the completion of the one line is selected.

  The drug handing device of the present invention (Solution means 4) was created to solve the above-described third technical problem, and is the drug handing device of the above solution means 1-3, The compartment is provided with a front and rear divided body that can be divided and combined in the direction of travel of the conveyor, and when the compartment comes to the drug discharge position by conveyor feed in the vertical plane, the divided body is broken back and forth, It is characterized in that the divided bodies are aligned in the front-rear direction from the time when the compartment passes the medicine discharge position to the position where the medicine is received by conveyor feed in the vertical plane.

  Moreover, the medicine handing device of the present invention (Solution means 5) is the medicine handing device of the above solution means 4 and protrudes to the side of the front divided body that is the front of the divided bodies. A contact portion is formed in a rear divided body which is a rear one of the divided bodies, and a member to be contacted with which a contact portion of the rear divided body of the compartment coming to the medicine discharge position comes into contact It is equipped with the place which is not the object of conveyor feeding.

  Further, the drug handing device of the present invention (solving means 6) is the drug handing device of the above solution means 4 and 5, and when a plurality of the compartments are arranged in a straight line by conveyor feed in the vertical plane, The rear divided body of the front compartment is pushed forward by the rear compartment, so that the front and rear divided bodies in the front compartment are combined.

  The drug handing device of the present invention (Solution means 7) is the drug handing device of the above solution means 1 to 6, wherein the number of rows of the matrix comprising the array of cells is an integer multiple of seven. The number of columns of the matrix is an integer multiple of 4 and equal to or greater than 8, and the matrix is divided into 7 rows and 4 columns at portions where the cells are directly or indirectly visually recognized at the time of drug distribution. In addition, a visual recognition mark is attached to each of the plurality of partial matrices.

  In such a drug handing device of the present invention (Solution 1), the multi-row conveyor follows the conveyor feed in the vertical plane required for dense arrangement of the compartments, and then each row. By adding an appropriate drive mechanism to each column, each row can be operated independently, and by combining appropriate control means, the drug discharge order can be maintained as usual, and the drug discharge order can be maintained. Since it can be made different from the conventional one, the degree of freedom and selectivity of the medicine discharge order are increased, and the restrictions on how to separate the medicines into the preliminary sowing cassette and the sowing position are eased.

More specifically, if any one of the drive mechanisms is operated exclusively and a plurality of compartments related to the corresponding row are continuously conveyed to the conveyor, the medicines are sequentially discharged from the compartments for one row. In addition, if it is repeated in the order of the rows, the medicines can be discharged in the order of the medicine discharge in the next row after the completion of the first row corresponding to the above-described method of dividing the medicine in the next row after the completion of the first row. it can.
In addition, if a plurality of drive mechanisms are operated in sequence and the conveyor feed in each row is set to one compartment, the medicines can be discharged from the compartments for one row one after another. Are repeated in the line order, the medicines can be discharged in the order of the medicine discharge in the next line progress after the completion of the first line corresponding to the above-described method of dividing the medicine in the next line after the completion of the one line.

Furthermore, there is a high degree of freedom and selectivity with regard to whether the drugs are discharged in either order or both in the order of discharging the drugs, and the entire area including a large number of compartments that receive the drugs. As a matter of course, the medicines can be discharged uniformly in the same order, and the whole area can be divided into several partial areas, and the medicines can be discharged in the order selected for each partial area.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a drug handing device including a multi-row conveyor that can discharge drugs by selecting not only the fixed drug discharge order but also other drug discharge orders. The mechanism and hardware can contribute to the realization of a drug handing apparatus that can select other drug sorting methods and spread the drugs in addition to the sorting method.

Moreover, in the medicine handing device of the present invention (Solution means 2), the medicine collecting mechanism installed at the medicine discharge destination of the multi-row conveyor is shared by all rows of the multi-row conveyor, The medicine discharged from the multi-row conveyor is used for subsequent processing without omission regardless of which row is discharged. Therefore, even if the single-row conveyor is not connected to the multi-row conveyor, Sequential discharge is performed without inconvenience. In addition, since the transfer of the medicine is performed directly from the multi-row conveyor to the medicine collecting mechanism without going through the single-row conveyor, the number of times of the medicine transfer is reduced.
Therefore, according to the present invention, there is provided a drug handing device capable of discharging drugs by selecting not only a fixed drug discharge order but also other drug discharge orders and having a low drug transfer frequency and high drug discharge efficiency. Can be realized.

Furthermore, in the medicine handing device of the present invention (Solution means 3), the above-described multi-row conveyor having a high degree of freedom and selectivity is combined with a control means capable of selecting the medicine discharge order. Depending on the order, the drug discharge may be performed in the order of drug discharge corresponding to the method of drug distribution in the next row after completion of one row, or the drug discharge corresponding to the method of drug distribution in the next row after drug discharge is completed. Sometimes done in order. Depending on the selection for each divided region, medicine discharge may be performed while switching the order from the next row progression after completion of one row to the next row progression after completion of one row or vice versa. If other drug discharge orders are also introduced, drug discharge may occur in that order.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a drug handing device that can select a different sorting method and spread a drug in addition to a fixed sorting method.

In the medicine handing device of the present invention (solution 4), the compartment has an opening that serves as both a medicine inlet and outlet, as described above, and the conveyor feeds in the vertical plane. In such a case, the partition chamber is circulated and moved in the vertical plane, and the partition chamber fed and circulated by the conveyor is divided into the front and rear in the conveyor traveling direction, and the front and rear divided bodies are divided and combined. When the compartment is brought to the medicine discharge position by conveyor feed, the divided body breaks back and forth, and the conveyor feed passes the medicine discharge position to the medicine receiving position by conveyor feed. Since the divided bodies are combined, the compartment becomes a box with an opening at the top as usual in the medicine receiving position, and the dropped medicine is received from the mass of the preliminary cassette without any inconvenience, and the medicine is discharged. The location also occurs concomitantly light impact or vibration with a significantly wider opening by cracking of the front and rear divided bodies. Therefore, the medicine is released from the opening of the compartment more smoothly and reliably than when the opening of the compartment is constant.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a medicine handing device that releases medicine more smoothly and reliably from the compartment.

In the medicine handing device of the present invention (solution 5), a contact portion is formed on the rear divided body in the compartment fed to the conveyor, and the support member or the like not fed by the conveyor is applied. Equipped with a contact member, when the compartment is brought to the medicine discharge position by conveyor feed, the front divided body does not contact the contacted member, and the contact portion of the rear divided body contacts the contacted member As a result, when the front divided body moves forward by conveyor feeding, the rear divided body is temporarily stopped by contact, so that the front and rear division of the compartment is performed along with the conveyor feed, so that the front and rear division of the compartment is performed. For this reason, it is possible to easily divide the division body of the compartment that has come to the medicine discharge position back and forth without providing a drive mechanism or control means.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily realize a medicine handing device that releases medicine more smoothly and reliably from the compartment.

In the medicine handing device of the present invention (solution 6), when a plurality of compartments are arranged in a straight line by conveyor feed in the vertical plane, the rear divided body of the front compartment is the rear compartment. Since the front and rear divided bodies in the front compartment are united by being pushed together by the unit, the division of the front and rear divided bodies is performed along with the conveyor feed. The broken compartments can be easily combined without needing to provide a drive mechanism or control means. In addition, it is easily realized by arranging the compartments so densely that the front and rear compartments are pressed against each other in a straight line portion of the conveyor when a large number of compartments are arranged on the conveyor.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily realize a medicine handing device that releases medicine more smoothly and reliably from the compartment.

  Moreover, in the medicine handing device of the present invention (Solution means 7), the entire mass region such as 7 rows and 8 columns and 7 rows and 12 columns is divided into 7 rows and 4 columns of sub-matrices. By attaching a visual recognition mark, it becomes suitable for manually dispensing a conventional prescription in which the daily dose is 4 minutes in the morning, noon, and evening, and this is repeated weekly.

About Example 1 of this invention, the structure of a chemical | medical agent handing apparatus is shown, (a) is the left view (A arrow) of the principal part of a chemical | medical agent handing apparatus, (b) is the top view, (c) is the top view. A perspective view of the combined compartment, (d) is a perspective view of the compartment that is broken back and forth, and (e) is a functional block of the control device. The operation state of the medicine handing device is shown in time series, and (a) to (f) are all schematic views of the vicinity of the medicine discharge position in one conveyor of the multi-row conveyor. (A) is a mass layout diagram of a pre-sowing cassette that shows an example of how to dispense a medicine in the next row after the completion of one row and spread out the medicine for 4 minutes (4 times / day) × 7 days, (b ) Is a mass layout diagram of a pre-sowing cassette showing an example when a medicine is distributed in the next row after the completion of one row and the medicine is dispensed for 3 (3 times / day) × 14 days. (A) is a mass layout diagram of a pre-sowing cassette that shows an example of when a medicine is distributed in the next line after the completion of one line and a medicine is dispensed for 4 minutes (4 times / day) × 14 days; (b ) Is a mass layout diagram of a pre-sowing cassette that shows an example of how to dispense medicines for 3 minutes (3 times / day) × 14 days by selecting how to dispense medicines for the next line after completion of one line. When (a) spreads 3 minutes (3 times / day) x 18 days of medicine, the 14th day will be followed by the next row after the completion of one row and the next 4 days after the completion of one row. Mass layout diagram of the pre-waste cassette showing an example of selecting how to advance the medicine. When (b) spreads the medicine for 3 minutes (3 times / day) x 18 days, the 14th day is completed after the completion of the line. FIG. 4 is a mass layout diagram of a preliminary dispensing cassette showing an example in which a method for sorting medicines in row progress is selected and a method for sorting medicines in the next row is selected after completion of one row for the remaining four days. In Example 2 of the present invention, (a) is a mass layout diagram of a pre-rolling cassette with a visual recognition mark every 7 rows and 4 columns, and (b) is a schematic diagram of a portion showing a relationship between a multi-row conveyor and a hopper. It is. The general outline composition of the medicine packaging machine equipped with the medicine handing device is shown, (a) is a front view of the medicine packaging machine (B arrow view), (b) is the right side view of the medicine packaging machine (of arrow A) (Reverse view), (c) is a mass layout diagram of a pre-disposal cassette showing a conventional method of dispensing medicines, and (d) is a mass layout diagram of a pre-disposal cassette showing how to dispense drugs in question.

About the chemical | medical agent handing apparatus of such this invention, the specific form for implementing this is demonstrated by the following Examples 1-2.
The embodiment 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 embodies the above-described solving means 1 to 6 (claims 1 to 6 as originally filed), and the embodiment 2 shown in FIG. The solution 7 (claim 7 as originally filed) is embodied.

In these drawings, for the sake of simplicity, stationary support members such as bases and frames, movable support members such as drawer rails, fasteners such as bolts, electric circuits such as motor drivers, and electronic circuits such as controllers The details are not shown in the drawings, and those necessary and related to the explanation of the invention are mainly shown.
In addition, since the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those in the prior art in the illustration, the repeated description will be omitted, and the following description will focus on differences from the prior art.

  About the Example 1 of the chemical | medical agent handing apparatus of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated referring drawings. 1A is a left side view (viewed by an arrow A) of a main part of the drug handing device 20, FIG. 1B is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 1C is a perspective view of a compartment 60 in which the unit is combined. d) is a perspective view of the compartment 60 * which is broken back and forth, and (e) is a functional block of the control device 70. In FIG. 1, the combined compartments are simply denoted by reference numeral “60”, and the compartments that are cracked forward and backward are denoted by reference numerals “60 *” with “*”. FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of a portion of the conveyor 44 of each row in the multi-row conveyor 40 of the medicine handing device 20 that is in the vicinity of the medicine discharge position. The directions indicated by the arrows A and B correspond to those in FIGS. 7A and 7B, respectively.

  The medicine handing device 20 (see FIG. 1A) includes an upper preliminary rolling cassette 30, a lower multi-row conveyor 40 (conveyor), and a control device 70. Unlike the drug handing device 14 described above, the lowermost single-line conveyor is not provided. However, by improving the multi-row conveyor 40 and the like, the case of the drug packaging machine 10 is similar to the drug handing device 14 described above. 11 can be used to pre-spray medicines that are not mounted on the tablet feeder of the medicine packaging machine 10. In other words, the preliminary firing cassette 30 can be pulled out from the front surface of the housing 11 during the preliminary firing, and after the preliminary firing, the preliminary firing cassette 30 is stored in the housing 11 by a push-back operation or a switch operation. The medicine is sequentially discharged from the multi-row conveyor 40 to the hopper 13 in conjunction with the packaging operation of the packaging machine 10.

The preliminary firing cassette 30 (see FIGS. 1A and 1B) includes a cassette frame having a large number of masses (partitioning containers) 33, 33, a drawer member (not shown), a shutter operating member, a motor, and the like. The cassette frame is supported by a drawer member and can be pulled forward (in the direction opposite to the arrow B) from the opening of the front panel of the casing 11, and the cassette is activated by operating a motor in response to a switch operation (not shown). Enters and exits from the housing 11.
Each of the masses 33, 33... Has an open upper surface for loading of medicine, and all of the bottom surfaces are equipped with a double-opening or single-opening shutter so that all the masses can be opened and closed simultaneously by the shutter operating member. It has become.

A large number of masses 33, 33... Are arranged in a matrix of multi-rows and multi-columns, and due to the dense arrangement, the gaps between adjacent masses 33, 33 are narrower than the width of the mass 33 in both the row direction and the column direction. ing. The specific square arrangement (see FIG. 1B) is not the left and right six rows and the front and rear 11 columns described above, but the front and rear 7 rows and the left and right 8 columns, and the squares 33, 33. ) 7 rows and 8 columns in the left-right direction (arrow A direction). 56 such masses 33, 33... Are arranged in a lattice pattern and attached to the cassette frame, that is, the frame of the preliminary firing cassette 30.
As described above, in the drug handing device 20, the number of rows of the matrix composed of the 56 cells 33, 33,... It has become. In many cases, the preliminary firing cassette 30 has a main part including the entire mass detachable.

The multi-row conveyor 40 (see FIGS. 1A and 1B) is located in the housing 11 and is located immediately below the stored preliminary spare cassette 30, and has a number of compartments larger than the number of the masses 33. .., Eight conveyors 44, 44... Which are the same as the number of columns of the mass 33, and eight sets of transmission gears 45 and electric motors 46 (drive mechanisms) as many as the conveyors 44.
Each of the conveyors 44 is stretched in the front-rear direction (arrow B direction) by wrapping an endless belt made of synthetic rubber, soft plastic or the like rich in flexibility and elasticity on the support shafts arranged at both ends. It is designed to circulate in the vertical plane.

  In addition, one conveyor 44 is provided with a set of transmission gears 45 and electric motors 46 disposed, for example, near the rear end portion that do not interfere with the hopper 13. A small electric motor 46 is employed as a drive source and placed below the conveyor 44 so as not to disturb the dense arrangement of the masses 33, and a thin transmission gear 45 is employed in the transmission mechanism to It is placed on the side and fits in the gap between adjacent endless belts. As described above, since the multi-row conveyor 40 is provided with the drive mechanism (45 + 46) for each conveyor 44 in each row, it is only necessary to individually control the operation of the electric motors 46, 46. Since each column can be independently circulated in the vertical plane, the eight conveyors 44 in the multi-row conveyor 40 can be circulated at individual timings, either sequentially or simultaneously. .

Further, since a plurality of compartments 60, 60,... Are mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt of each row of conveyors 44 in a row over the entire circumference, the multi-row conveyor 40 is partitioned independently for each row. It is possible to feed the conveyor in the vertical plane related to the chambers 60, 60.
The plurality of compartments 60, 60... In which the multi-row conveyor 40 is located immediately below the pre-soaking cassette 30 can receive the medicine from each mass 33 of the pre-soaking cassette 30 in a batch ( The number of rows in the left-right direction / arrow A direction is 8 which is the same as the number of columns of the mass 33 and the number of conveyors 44, and the number of rows of the compartments 60 (number of rows in the front-rear direction / arrow B direction) is an endless belt. Only the upper part of the cell 33 is equal to or larger than the number of columns of the cell 33.

  Each of the compartments 60 (see FIGS. 1 (a) to 1 (d)) is a rectangular box-shaped compartment containing a plate that is open on the entire surface and has plates on the other five sides. It occupies almost the same area as the mass 33 in plan view and aperture view. The opening is used for receiving the medicine dropped from the mass 33 and is also used for discharging and releasing the medicine received and accommodated, so that only one side is sufficient. Moreover, the opening surface is slightly wider than the inner bottom surface for smooth taking in and out of the medicine. A mounting portion 64 is formed at the bottom of the compartment chamber 60, and the partition chamber 60 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt 44 directly or via an oscillating shaft pin or the like. It is attached to the conveyor 44 so that the conveyor can be fed.

  As described above, the endless belt of the conveyor 44 circulates in the vertical plane (in the vertical plane), and a plurality of compartments 60, 60,. Since the plurality of compartments 60, 60... Are lined up at the same pitch, the conveyor is fed in the vertical plane by the circulation movement of the conveyor 44, and the straight portion on the upper side of the conveyor 44 is linear with the opening up. In the straight-lined part below the conveyor 44, the straight line is arranged in a straight line with the opening downward, and in the endless belt turning part at the end of the conveyor 44, the part is separated from the other compartments 60. At the same time, the U-turn is made with the opening facing outward.

In addition, any conveyor 44 has its front end portion (left end portion in FIG. 1 (a) and upper end portion in FIG. 1 (b)), which is the end portion on the medicine discharge side, positioned above the hopper 13 and discharged. The medicine can be immediately fed into the hopper 13 without the intervention of another conveyor.
In this way, since the hopper 13 that functions as a medicine collecting mechanism shared by all rows is installed at the medicine discharge destination from the compartments 60 in each row (44) of the multi-row conveyor 40, the medicine handling device 20 is If the control device 70 performs control to appropriately synchronize the conveyor feed in the vertical plane by the multi-row conveyor 40 with respect to the conveyors 44 in each row, the contained medicine is placed in any direction in either the row direction or the row direction. Conveyor feed is performed for each compartment, and the pre-sprayed medicine is dropped and discharged by one column in each row, and can be used for packaging.

  Further, (see FIGS. 1C and 1D), the compartment 60 includes a front divided body 61 and a rear divided body 62 that are positioned forward and backward in the moving direction of the conveyor 44, that is, the moving direction of the upper portion of the endless belt. The front and rear divided bodies 61 and 62 are connected to the connecting portion 63 at the bottom, and can be divided and united by swinging around the connecting portion 63. When the divided bodies 61 and 62 are combined, the compartment 60 is box-shaped (see FIG. 1 (c)), and when the divided bodies 61 and 62 are separated into front and rear, the compartment 60 is broken and the opening is widened. (See FIG. 1 (d)).

Further (see FIGS. 1C and 1D), the compartment 60 has a contact portion 65 formed on the rear divided body 62. Although the contact part 65 illustrated the pin-like small protrusion planted by the side surface of the rear division body 62, it should just protrude in the side rather than the front division body 61. FIG.
The contacted member 22 (see FIGS. 1 (a) and 2 (a)) only illustrates the tip of the rod-shaped member, but the base or support frame that is not subject to conveyor feeding and is normally stationary. And the contacted portion is located at the medicine discharge position where the upper compartment chamber 60 of the conveyor 44 finishes moving forward and turns downward. When the compartment 60 is conveyed to the medicine discharge position, the front divided body 61 of the compartment 60 passes through, but the contact portion 65 of the rear divided body 62 comes into contact. .

  The control device 70 (see FIG. 1E) can be implemented with a control function of controlling the electric motor 46 of the drive mechanism (45 + 46) to operate the multi-row conveyor 40 for each row (44). For example, various circuit configurations can be used, and a dedicated controller for the drug handing device 20 or a controller / equipment for the drug packaging machine 10 may be used, but an electronic circuit mainly composed of a programmable microprocessor is easy to use. Since the program may have any configuration and creation language as long as necessary processing can be executed, an example of the module configuration is shown here.

In addition to the microprocessor equipped with the program memory and the data memory, the control device 70 inputs the driver of the electric motor 46 and the information related to the preparatory medicine from the medicine packaging machine 10 or the host device, which is not shown. In addition, a device interface is also provided that provides instructions and guidance for mass and pre-dispensing drugs by screen display and LED lighting.
Among them (see FIG. 1 (e)), a holding area for dispensing instruction data 72, a holding area for area division data 73, and other work areas are allocated to the data memory. After completion, the next row progression program 76 after completion of the next row as the next row progression means, the next column progression program 75 after the completion of one column as the next row progression means, and the selection program for selectively executing both programs 76, 75 74 and a setting program 71 for inputting the dispensing instruction data 72 and setting the area division data 73 are installed.

Dispensing instruction data 72 is data designating how many tablets to include in the morning, noon, evening, night of each day for each medicine to be preliminarily dispensed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 6), The setting program 71 inputs from the medicine packaging machine 10 or its upper device.
The setting program 71 is necessary on the basis of the dispensing instruction data 72 as described above, the arrangement information of the masses 33, 33... In the preliminary burning cassette 30 and the information on the feeding direction of the compartments 60, 60. In response to the inquiry output and determination input to the worker, the area division as illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5 described later related to the matrix arrangement of the cells 33, 33... Is determined. Whether to process the entire range in the first row after the completion of the first row, in the order of the drug distribution in the next row and in the order of drug discharge, or in the next row, after the completion of the first row, in the order of the drug distribution in the next row and in the order of the drug discharge In addition, it is determined which of the two processes is used to process each partial area, and the information is written in the area division data 73.

  The selection program 74, the next row progression program 75 after completion of the first row, and the next row progression program 76 after the completion of the first row cooperate to discharge the medicine from the compartments 60, 60. At that time, the selection program 74 refers to the area division data 73 to selectively start the next row progression program 75 after completion of one column and the next row progression program 76 after completion of one row. More specifically, if there is no area division for the spare firing range compartments 60, 60... That are located immediately below the corresponding preliminary firing range squares 33, 33. The control of discharging the medicine from the compartment 60 is executed by the program corresponding to the determined procedure among the programs 75 and 76. In addition, if the compartments 60, 60... In the preliminary burning range are divided, the control for discharging the medicine from each partial region corresponds to the determined procedure in both the programs 75 and 76. Is executed by the other program.

  After the completion of the first row, the next row progression program 75 sets the whole column or partial area designated by the area division data 73 in the compartments 60, 60. The medicines are discharged from the multi-line conveyor 40 in the order of medicine discharge corresponding to the direction (order of medicine discharge in the next row after completion of one row). Specifically, the operation control of the electric motor 46 of the conveyor 44 that is the target is performed, and the conveyor feed for one row is divided into the compartments 60, 60 that are targeted for drug discharge in the corresponding row. Repeating the conveyor feed for one row by repeating the conveyor feed for each, and then repeating the conveyor feed for the next row in the same way as many times as the number of rows to be discharged. It has become.

  After the completion of one line, the next line progress program 76 sets the whole or partial area designated by the area division data 73 out of the compartments 60, 60... The medicine is discharged from the multi-line conveyor 40 in the order of medicine discharge corresponding to the direction (order of medicine discharge in the next line after completion of one line). Specifically, the operation control of the electric motor 46 of the conveyor 44 that is a target is performed, and the conveyor feed for one row is divided into compartments 60 related to a plurality of rows that are targeted for drug discharge in the corresponding row. Repeating the conveyor feed for one line by repeating the conveyor feed for one line, and then repeating the conveyor feed for the next line in the same way is repeated as many times as the number of columns to be discharged. It has become.

About the chemical | medical agent handing apparatus 20 of this Example 1, the use aspect and operation | movement are demonstrated referring drawings.
FIG. 2 shows the operation state of one conveyor 44 in the multi-row conveyor 40 in chronological order, and (a) to (f) are all in the vicinity of the drug discharge position in the one conveyor 44 of the multi-row conveyor 40. It is a schematic diagram. Of the plurality of compartments 60, 60..., Those to be pointed out individually are denoted by reference numerals 60a, 60b, 60c.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the pre-sowing cassette 30 showing an example in which (a) selects the method of separating the drugs in the next row after completion of the first row and spreads the drugs for 4 minutes (4 times / day) × 7 days. 33, 33 ..., (b) is a preliminary soot showing an example of when a medicine is distributed in the next row after the completion of the first row and the medicine is dispensed for 3 minutes (3 times / day) × 14 days FIG. 6 is an arrangement view of the masses 33, 33.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the pre-sowing cassette 30 showing an example in which (a) selects the method of separating the medicine for the next line after the completion of one line and spreads the medicine for 4 minutes (4 times / day) × 14 days. 33, 33..., Arrangement diagram of (b) is a preliminary sowing showing an example when a medicine is dispensed in the next line after the completion of one line and the medicine is dispensed for 3 (3 times / day) × 14 days FIG. 6 is an arrangement view of the masses 33, 33.

  FIG. 5 shows that when (a) spreads medicines for 3 minutes (3 times / day) × 18 days, the 14th day is completed for one row and then the next row progression is selected. After the completion, the arrangement diagram of the masses 33, 33... Of the pre-sowing cassette 30 showing an example of selecting the medicine distribution method for the next line progression, (b) is the medicine for 3 minutes (3 times / day) × 18 days. Sometimes the 14th day is selected after the completion of the first row and the next row progression is selected, and the remaining 4 days are selected after the completion of the first row and the next row is progressed. 33, 33...

  First, with reference to FIG. 2, a common basic discharging operation that is not limited to the method of dispensing drugs and the discharging order will be described. Next, with reference to FIG. 3, Two examples of the drug discharge order will be described, and then two examples will be described with reference to FIG. 4 regarding how to distribute the drug in the next line after completion of one line, the drug discharge order, etc. Finally, referring to FIG. Two examples will be described in which region division is performed, and the method of dispensing medicines and partial drug discharge order for partial regions are used separately for the next row progression after completion of one row and the next row progression after completion of one row.

[Basic ejection operation]
In the medicine handing device 20, the preliminary handing cassette 30 is pulled out from the housing 11 of the medicine packaging machine 10 prior to the preliminary handing (see FIG. 7B), and instructions and displays not shown on the cells 33, 33. Then, the medicine is preliminarily fired, and after the preliminary sowing, the spare whisper cassette 30 is returned into the housing 11. At this time, the multi-row conveyor 40 is stopped in the initial state, and all the compartments 60, 60... Attached to the conveyors 44, 44... In each row are empty (FIG. 2A). reference).

  Then, when an opening operation is performed in this state, the medicines 8 are collectively transferred to the multi-row conveyor 40 from the pre-sowing cassette 30 in the medicine storage state. That is, the medicines 8, 8... Divided and accommodated in a large number of masses 33, 33... Fall from the respective masses 33 to the respective compartments 60 positioned correspondingly one by one below them (FIG. 2 (b). )reference). Therefore, it is transferred to the plurality of compartments 60, 60... With the opening facing upward on the endless belt 44, that is, at the medicine receiving position, while maintaining the divided state at the time of separation (see FIG. 2C). ).

Then, in conjunction with the automatic packaging of the medicine packaging machine 10, the compartment 60 which is the target of medicine discharge is mounted on the compartments 60, 60... The conveyor 44 is circulated for one room.
Then, the medicine 8 for one room is discharged from the compartment 60 which has come to the medicine discharge position and is at the head of the row among the compartments 60, 60. Through the packaging machine 12. Then, such drug discharge for each section is repeated for each package in the order of drug discharge corresponding to the method of drug distribution.

In this way, the medicine 8 is automatically supplied to the parcel from the medicine handing device 20 one by one in the medicine discharge order corresponding to the medicine dispensing method at the time of preliminary dispensing. The situation of discharge will be described in further detail.
When the conveyor 44 is driven and the endless belt starts to circulate in the vertical plane (see FIG. 2D), the plurality of compartments 60, 60. 44. The first compartment 60a of the compartments 60, 60... Arranged on the upper side of 44 begins to tilt downward from the forward movement, and the compartment 60b that has already been inclined sideways or downward is at least one of the compartments 60b. The front division body 61 of the chamber 60b faces downward.

  Then, the upper part and the lower part of the endless belt of the conveyor 44 are linearly formed by stretching, and the compartments 60, 60. The front divided body 60c of the compartment chamber 60b pushes the front compartment chamber 60c in front of it, at least the rear compartment body 62 of the compartment chamber 60c from the rear to the front. Since the front and rear are aligned under the conveyor 44, the front and rear divided bodies 61 and 62 are aligned in the front and rear before the partition chamber 60 passes the drug discharge position and reaches the drug reception position, so that the partition chamber 60 can receive the drug. Return to the free box.

  Then, when the conveyor 44 advances in the vertical plane by the conveyor 44 and the partition chamber 60a tilts to the medicine discharge position and becomes sideways or in an inclined state (see FIG. 2 (e)), the contact portion of the partition chamber 60a 65 abuts against the abutted member 22 and is prevented from moving. Therefore, when the compartment 60a further tilts the medicine discharge position by further conveyor feed in the vertical plane (see FIG. 2 (f)), only the front divided body 61 tilts and the rear divided body 62 Since the tilting can be stopped, the opening sides of the front and rear divided bodies 61 and 62 are separated.

In this way, the divided bodies 61 and 62 of the partition chamber 60a crack back and forth, the opening of the partition chamber 60 spreads all at once, and the front split body 61 of the partition chamber 60 faces obliquely downward, so that it was accommodated in the partition chamber 60a. The drugs 8, 8... Are smoothly and reliably released.
Then, before the conveyor feed in the vertical plane by the conveyor 44 is completed by one pitch at the partition chambers 60, 60..., The pitch of the connecting portion 63 in the partition chamber 60a with the progress of the rotation of the front divided body 61 is reached. Since the abutting portion 65 of the rear divided body 62 is detached from the abutted member 22 due to the progress, the posture for discharging the medicines 8, 8,... (Refer FIG.2 (c)).

[Example of progress of next row after completion of one row]
Next, with regard to how to distribute the drugs in the next row after completion of one row and the order of drug discharge, an example of repeating four times a day in the morning, noon, evening, and night for one week (see Fig. 3 (a)) and per day An example (see FIG. 3B) of repeating three times of morning, noon, and evening for two weeks will be described.
When the dispensing instruction data 72 is sent from the medicine packaging machine 10 or its upper device to the medicine handling device 20, the control device 70 of the medicine handling device 20 receives the dispensing instruction data 72 by the processing of the setting program 71. Stored in data memory.

  Then, when the control device 70 is informed of the start of the medicine pre-sowing operation based on the dispensing instruction data 72 by operating the input panel or the like, the controller 70 first determines how to spread the medicine by the processing of the setting program 71. The determined content is written into the area division data 73. The method for determining how to separate the medicines in the preliminary separation range is specified by a preset parameter value.For example, the method of separating the entire area after the completion of one line and the progression of the next line only, How to divide only by row progression, how to divide the next row after the completion of the first row, and then advance the next row after the completion of the first row. Selected based on how to divide. Since the designation can be changed by operating the input panel or the like, the designation is changed when the user is not satisfied with the display of the determination content or when the user wants to compare with another method of dispensing drugs. Whether to divide the area can also be specified. Hereinafter, an example in which division is possible will be described.

[Example 1 of progress in next row after completion of one row]
Here (see FIG. 3), since the operation of the next row progression after the completion of the first row will be described, it is assumed that it is decided to preliminarily distribute the entire region by the method of dividing the medicine after the completion of the first row. Then, when the content of the dispensation instruction data 72 repeats four doses of morning, noon, evening, and night per day for one week (see FIG. 3A), the processing of the setting program 71 of the control device 70 The first row of the first row is assigned to the first row and first column, and the first row of the first row is assigned to the second row and first column. Is assigned to the first day's evening glow on the fourth row and first column, and the first day's evening glow is assigned to the second row and first column on the second day. Repeat the same in the same manner, and then the night spread on the 7th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the 4th row and the 7th column, and the information is written in the area division data 73, and the corresponding drug preliminary Display and guidance are performed.

  The pre-spraying and guidance of this medicine can be well-known, so to put it simply, the number of letters to be used twice, the number of squares to be used, the number of vertical and horizontal squares, the position of the square to be used, the mass group An indicator showing the surrounding enclosure or the like may be attached to the preliminary firing cassette 30 and displayed (for example, refer to Patent Document 1), and an open / close type equipped on the upper surface of the frame that can be inserted and removed. The lid may be displayed on the screen so that the drug name can be selected, and the pre-spreading range of the selected medicine may be lit (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  When the operator preliminarily spreads the medicines 8, 8,... On the masses 33, 33,... Of the preliminary firing cassette 30 according to the display and the like, The medicines 8, 8... Are collectively delivered from the 30 masses 33, 33... To the compartments 60, 60... Of the multi-row conveyor 40, and then synchronized with the packaging operation of the medicine packaging machine 10 as described above. Then, the medicines 8, 8... In the compartments 60, 60... Are automatically discharged from the medicine handing device 20 one by one in the order of the medicine discharge in the next row after completion of the first row corresponding to the way of sorting at the time of preliminary rolling. To the hopper 13. Specifically, after the completion of the first column by the selection program 74, the next column progression program 75 is activated, and the processing of the program causes the compartment 60 in the first row and the first column, the compartment 60 in the second row and the first column,. The medicine 8 is discharged in the order of the compartment 60 in the first row, the compartment 60 in the second row, first column,..., The compartment 60 in the fourth row, seventh column.

[Example 2 of progress of next row after completion of one row]
In the same way, the method of separating the drugs in the next row after the completion of the first row is specified, but the case where three times of the morning, noon, and evening doses are repeated for two weeks (see FIG. 3B) will be described. .
In this case, the processing of the setting program 71 of the control device 70 assigns the morning sowing portion of the first day to the first row and first column cell 33, and the second row and first column cell 33 assigns the daytime daytime value. The sowing portion is assigned, the first row of the evening row on the first day is assigned to the cell 33 in the third row and first column, the second day morning row is assigned to the second row and the first column cell 33, and so on. Repeatedly, the evening glow on the seventh day is assigned to the cell 33 in the third row and the seventh column. In addition, the area division in which priority is given to the division in the row unit for the second week is adopted, and the morning hit on the 8th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the fifth row and the first column, and the cell in the sixth row and the first column is assigned. 33 is assigned the daytime soup for the 8th day, 7th row and 1st column is assigned the 8th day evening soup, and 5th row and 2nd column is assigned the 9th day morning. The sowing portion is assigned, and so on, the evening sowing portion on the 14th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the seventh row and the seventh column.

  Then, the information is written in the area division data 73 and the corresponding preliminary medicine is displayed and guided. Therefore, according to the display and the like, the operator places the medicines 8, 8 on the masses 33, 33. .. Are preliminarily fired and the preliminary whispering cassette 30 that has been preliminarily fired is placed in the casing 11, the medicine 8 is transferred from the masses 33, 33... Of the pre-soaking cassette 30 to the compartments 60, 60. , 8... Are delivered in a lump, and then the medicines 8, 8... In the compartments 60, 60. Are automatically discharged from the medicine handing device 20 one by one in the discharge order corresponding to the above and sent to the hopper 13. Specifically, also in this case, after the completion of the first row by the selection program 74, the next row progression program 75 is started, and the processing of the program partitions the medicines in the order of medicine discharge corresponding to the method of dividing the medicines into the cells 33, 33. The medicine 8 is discharged from the chambers 60, 60.

[Example 1 of progress of next line after completion of one line]
Next, with regard to how to separate the drugs in the next line after completion of one line and the order of drug discharge, an example of repeating four times a day in the morning, noon, evening, and night for two weeks (see Fig. 4 (a)) and per day An example (see FIG. 4B) of repeating three times of morning, noon, and evening for two weeks will be described. Here, it is assumed that the method of dividing the medicine in which the next line progresses after the completion of one line throughout the entire area is adopted. In addition, when trying to divide the area by week, such as for the first week or the second week, the above-mentioned one column completion followed by the next column progression was preferentially adopted to divide by row unit. In the subsequent row progression, since region division is performed in which priority is given to division in units of columns, the division into two is performed in the first to fourth columns and the fifth to sixth columns.

  In this case (see FIG. 4A), the morning sowing portion of the first day is assigned to the cell 33 in the first row and the first column by the processing of the setting program 71 of the control device 70, and the cell in the first row and the second column. 33 is assigned to the first day's soup for the first day, and the first row of the third row is assigned to the first row of the third row. The sowing portion is assigned, the second row 1st column 33 is assigned the second day morning strike,..., The seventh row 4th column square 33 is assigned the seventh day night strike. Further, the morning sowing portion of the 8th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the first row and the fifth column, the daytime sowing portion of the eighth day is assigned to the mass 33 in the first row and the sixth column, and so on. The night spread of the eighth day is assigned to the square 33 of the eye, the morning strike of the ninth day is assigned to the square 33 of the second row and the fifth column, ..., 14 to the square 33 of the seventh row and the eighth column. Allotment for the night of the day is assigned.

  Then, the information is written in the area division data 73 and the corresponding preliminary medicine is displayed and guided. Therefore, according to the display and the like, the operator places the medicines 8, 8 on the masses 33, 33. .. Are preliminarily fired and the preliminary whispering cassette 30 that has been preliminarily fired is placed in the casing 11, the medicine 8 is transferred from the masses 33, 33... Of the pre-soaking cassette 30 to the compartments 60, 60. , 8... Are delivered in a lump, and then the medicines 8, 8... In the compartments 60, 60. Are automatically discharged from the medicine handing device 20 one by one in the discharge order corresponding to the above and sent to the hopper 13. Specifically, in this case, after the completion of one line, the selection program 74 activates the next line progression program 76, and the processing of the program causes the compartments 60, 60 in the discharge order corresponding to the way of dividing into the cells 33, 33. The medicine 8 is discharged from 60.

[Example 2 of progress of next line after completion of one line]
Also, assuming that the medicine distribution method for proceeding to the next line is specified after completion of one line throughout the entire area, the case of repeating three times a day in the morning, noon and evening for two weeks will be described (see FIG. 4B). .
In this case, the process of the setting program 71 of the control device 70 divides the area into the first to third columns and the fifth to seventh columns, and the first row 1st column 1 33 The sowing portion is assigned, and the first day's sowing portion is assigned to the first row and second column cell 33, and the first day's evening sowing portion is assigned to the first row and third column cell 33. The first day cell 33 is assigned the morning strike on the second day,..., The seventh row, third column cell 33 is assigned the seventh day evening event. In addition, the morning sowing portion on the 8th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the first row and the fifth column, and the day sowing portion on the eighth day is assigned to the square 33 in the first row and the sixth column. The grid for the evening of the eighth day is assigned to the grid 33, the grid for the morning of the ninth day is allocated to the grid 33 in the second row and the fifth column, ..., the fourteenth day to the grid 33 in the seventh row and the seventh column Will be allocated for that evening.

  Then, the information is written in the area division data 73 and the corresponding preliminary medicine is displayed and guided. Therefore, according to the display and the like, the operator places the medicines 8, 8 on the masses 33, 33. .. Are preliminarily fired and the preliminary whispering cassette 30 that has been preliminarily fired is placed in the casing 11, the medicine 8 is transferred from the masses 33, 33... Of the pre-soaking cassette 30 to the compartments 60, 60. , 8... Are delivered in a lump, and then the medicines 8, 8... In the compartments 60, 60. Are automatically discharged from the medicine handing device 20 one by one in the discharge order corresponding to the above and sent to the hopper 13. Specifically, in this case, after the completion of one line, the selection program 74 activates the next line progression program 76, and the processing of the program causes the compartments 60, 60 in the discharge order corresponding to the way of dividing into the cells 33, 33. The medicine 8 is discharged from 60.

[Combination example 1 of both progressions]
Next, an example in which the next row progression after the completion of the first row is preceded by the next row progression after the completion of the first row with respect to the medicine sorting method and the drug discharge order involving switching between the next row progression after the completion of the first row and the next row progression after the completion of the first row. Will be explained.
In this case (see Fig. 5 (a)), the drug pre-spreading corresponding to the prescription that repeats three times a day in the morning, noon and evening for 18 days can be done with one cassette. Although it is performed, the advance of the next column is designated after the completion of one column, so it is not possible to say unconditionally because it depends on the selection instruction etc. on the input panel by the operator. And the 4th to 6th row partial regions and the 7th row partial region are divided into the 1st to 3rd row partial regions and the 4th to 6th row partial regions. The medicine distribution method is assigned, and the partial area in the seventh row is assigned the medicine distribution method for the next line progression after the completion of one line.

  More specifically (see FIG. 5 (a)), the first morning sowing of the partial area of the first to third rows in the first row and first column of cells 33 is performed by the processing of the setting program 71 of the control device 70. Minutes are assigned to the cell 33 in the 2nd row and 1st column, and the day's evening soup is assigned to the cell 33 in the 3rd row and 1st column. The morning glow for the second day is assigned to the square 33 in the column, and the evening glow for the eighth day is assigned to the square 33 in the third row and the eighth column. Also, for the partial region in the 4th to 6th rows, the morning sowing portion on the 9th day is assigned to the square 33 in the 4th row and 1st column, and the daytime sowing portion on the 9th day in the 5th row and 1st column square 33. Is assigned to the cell 33 in the sixth row and the first column, and the morning gift for the second day is assigned to the cell 33 in the second row and the second column. The evening glow on the 16th day is assigned to the mass 33 in the eighth row. Furthermore, for the partial area of the seventh row, the morning sowing portion of the 17th day is assigned to the square 33 of the seventh row and first column, and the daytime sowing portion of the 17th day is assigned to the square 33 of the seventh row and second column. ..., And the evening glow on the 18th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the seventh row and the sixth column.

  Then, the information is written in the area division data 73 and the corresponding preliminary medicine is displayed and guided. Therefore, according to the display and the like, the operator places the medicines 8, 8 on the masses 33, 33. .. Are preliminarily fired and the preliminary whispering cassette 30 that has been preliminarily fired is placed in the casing 11, the medicine 8 is transferred from the masses 33, 33... Of the pre-soaking cassette 30 to the compartments 60, 60. , 8... Are delivered in a lump, and then the medicines 8, 8... In the compartments 60, 60. Then, each section is automatically discharged from the medicine handling apparatus 20 and sent to the hopper 13.

  Specifically, in this case, the compartments 60, 60... Are arranged in the discharge order corresponding to the way of dividing the partial areas in the first to third rows into the cells 33, 33. After the completion of the first row, the processing of the next row progression program 75 once again completes the compartments 60, 60 in the order of discharge corresponding to the way of dividing the partial areas of the fourth to sixth rows into the squares 33, 33. After the completion of the first line, the medicine 8 is discharged, and then the compartment 60, 60,... In the discharge order corresponding to the method of dividing the partial area of the seventh line into the cells 33, 33,. The drug 8 is discharged from.

[Combination example 2 of both progressions]
Next, an example in which the next row progression after the completion of the first row is preceded by the next row progression after the completion of the first row with respect to the medicine sorting method and the drug discharge order with switching between the next row progression after the completion of the first row and the next row progression after the completion of the first row. (See FIG. 5B). In this case (see Fig. 5 (b)), it is necessary to pre-spray the medicine corresponding to the prescription that repeats the three times of morning, noon, and evening for 18 days. However, since the advance of the next line is designated after the completion of one line, it is not possible to say unconditionally because it depends on the selection instruction or the like on the input panel by the operator. It is divided into a partial region in the fourth column, a partial region in the fourth to sixth columns, and a partial region in the seventh to eighth columns. After the completion of one line, the method of dividing the medicine for the next line progress is assigned, and the partial area of the seventh to eighth columns is assigned the method for dividing the drug for the next line after the completion of the first line.

  Specifically (see FIG. 5 (b)), the first day in the morning on the first row 1st column cell 33 in the first to third column partial areas by the processing of the setting program 71 of the control device 70. Minutes are assigned to the first row and second column of squares 33, and the first day's evening glow is assigned to the first row and third column of squares 33. The morning glow on the second day is assigned to the square 33 in the column,..., The evening glow on the seventh day is assigned to the square 33 in the seventh row and third column. Also, for the partial region in the 4th to 6th columns, the morning sowing portion on the 8th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the 1st row and 4th column, and the daytime sowing portion on the 8th day to the cell 33 in the 1st row and 5th column. Is assigned to the square 33 in the first row and the sixth column, the evening glow on the eighth day is assigned to the square 33 in the second row and the fourth column, and the morning glow on the second day is assigned to the seventh row. The evening glow on the 14th day is assigned to the square 33 in the sixth row. Further, for the partial region in the 7th to 8th columns, the morning sowing portion on the 15th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the 1st row and 7th column, and the daytime sowing portion on the 15th day in the 2nd row and 7th column cell 33. ...,..., The evening glow on the 18th day is assigned to the cell 33 in the sixth row and the eighth column.

  Then, the information is written in the area division data 73 and the corresponding preliminary medicine is displayed and guided. Therefore, according to the display and the like, the operator places the medicines 8, 8 on the masses 33, 33. .. Are preliminarily fired and the preliminary whispering cassette 30 that has been preliminarily fired is placed in the casing 11, the medicine 8 is transferred from the masses 33, 33... Of the pre-soaking cassette 30 to the compartments 60, 60. , 8... Are delivered in a lump, and then the medicines 8, 8... In the compartments 60, 60. Then, each section is automatically discharged from the medicine handling apparatus 20 and sent to the hopper 13.

  Specifically, in this case, the compartments 60, 60... In the discharge order corresponding to the way of dividing the partial areas in the first to third columns into the squares 33, 33. The medicine 8 is discharged from the first and second compartments 60, 60 in the discharge order corresponding to the way of dividing the partial areas in the fourth to sixth columns into the masses 33, 33... After the completion of the first row, the medicine 8 is discharged, and then the compartment 60, in the discharge order corresponding to the method of dividing the partial areas in the seventh to eighth rows into the masses 33, 33,. The medicine 8 is discharged from 60.

  In this way, in this medicine handing device 20, medicines can be preliminarily dispensed in several different ways of separating the medicines, and these medicines are provided in a proper order in any case, In this medicine handing device 20, the arrangement of the masses 33, 33... In the pre-handing cassette 30 is 7 rows and 8 columns. Day) x 7 days (1 week) drugs can be made in one cassette (see Fig. 3 (a)), but min 4 (4 times / day) x 14 days (2 weeks) drugs need to be divided into cassettes. is there. On the other hand, if it is a method of dividing the drug in the next line after the completion of one line (see FIG. 4 (a)), the drug of 4 minutes (4 times / day) × 14 days (2 weeks) is spread in one cassette. be able to. If it is 3 minutes (3 times / day), the medicine for 14 days (2 weeks) can be dispensed in one cassette regardless of how it is divided (see FIGS. 3 (b) and 4 (b)). Furthermore, if both methods of dividing the medicine are used in addition to the area division (see FIG. 5), the medicine can be easily understood in one cassette up to 3 minutes (3 times / day) × 18 days.

  About the Example 2 of the chemical | medical agent handing apparatus of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated with reference to drawing. 6A is an arrangement diagram of the masses 33, 33... Of the preliminary burning cassette 30 in which the visual recognition marks 34 are added every 7 rows and 4 columns, and FIG. 6B shows the relationship between the multi-row conveyor 40 and the hopper 13. It is a schematic diagram shown.

  This medicine handing device is different from that of the first embodiment described above in that the visual mark 34 is attached to each of the partial matrixes obtained by dividing the matrix of the masses 33, 33. (See FIG. 6A), the hopper 13 is a combination of a hopper 13a for collecting medicine discharged from a tablet feeder, a hopper 13b for collecting medicine discharged from a multi-row conveyor 40, and a hopper 13c for joining them together. (Refer to FIG. 6B).

  In this case, a visual recognition mark 34 is attached to each of the partial regions in the first to fourth columns of the 7 × 8 matrix and the partial regions in the fifth to eighth columns of the 7 × 8 matrix. Therefore, when pre-dispensing medicines within 2 weeks in minutes 4 (4 times / day) or minutes 3 (3 times / day), it will be easier to understand if the procedure of the next line is used after completion of one line. . In addition, in the medicine handling apparatus 20 that does not require a single-row conveyor, it is not necessary to make the row pitch of the conveyor 44 and thus the row direction of the mass 33 (direction of arrow A) constant, so that the fourth row It is also possible to slightly widen the gap between the conveyor 44 and the conveyor 44 in the fifth row for insertion of the visual mark 34.

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In the compartment 60 of the above-described embodiment, the front divided body 61 and the rear divided body 62 are only brought into contact with each other at the divided portions at the time of combining, but both sides of the front divided body 61 and both sides of the rear divided body 62 For example, a part of the long side portions of the front divided body 61 may enter inside the short side portions of the rear divided body 62, for example.
In the multi-row conveyor 40 of the above embodiment, only the transmission gear 45 is mentioned as being provided between the conveyors 44 of each row, but a partition plate that stabilizes the movement of the compartment 60, and the like. May be provided between the rows, outside the rows, etc., and a gap closing plate or the like that prevents unwanted loss or mixing of the jumped medicine 8 may be provided at appropriate places.

The drug handing device of the present invention can be incorporated into a tablet packaging machine as described above, and can also be incorporated into a powder packaging machine or a tablet powder mixing type drug packaging machine. It is also possible to equip the casing with a chemical handing device and a packaging machine to make a hand-held type packaging machine.
In addition, the specific mode in which the case is equipped with the medicine handing device is not limited to the mode in which the pre-sowing cassette is mounted so that it can be pulled out from the case as in the above-described embodiment. Since it is sufficient that the medicine can be preliminarily dispensed on the mass of the preliminary sowing cassette, for example, the preliminary soaking cassette may be fixed to the upper surface of the casing, or the preliminary soaking cassette may be attached to and detached from the top plate of the casing.
Pre-spray the medicine in a pre-spray cassette at a location separate from the medicine packaging machine and medicine hand-held device, and then carry the pre-sold pre-handed cassette to the medicine packaging machine and attach it to the medicine hand-held device. The medicine may be discharged.

8 ... drug, 10 ... drug packaging machine (tablet packaging machine), 11 ... casing,
12 ... Packing machine, 13 ... Hopper (drug collecting mechanism), 14 ... Drug handing device,
20 ... Drug handing device, 22 ... Contacted member,
30 ... Preliminary card cassette, 33 ... Mass (divided container), 34 ... Mark for visual recognition,
40 ... multi-row conveyor (conveyor), 44 ... conveyor (for one row),
45 ... Transmission gear (drive mechanism), 46 ... Electric motor (drive mechanism),
60 ... compartment (divided container), 61 ... front divided body, 62 ... rear divided body,
63 ... connection part, 64 ... attachment part, 65 ... contact part,
70 ... Control device (controller), 71 ... Setting program,
72 ... Dispensing instruction data, 73 ... Area division data, 74 ... Selection program,
75 ... Next row progression program after completion of one row, 76 ... Next row progression program after completion of one row

Claims (7)

  A multi-column having a plurality of compartments arranged in a multi-row multi-row having a larger number of rows than a pre-soak cassette having a large number of masses arranged in a multi-row multi-column, and receiving the medicine from the pre-soak cassette in a lump In the medicine handing device provided with a conveyor, a driving mechanism is provided for each row of the multi-row conveyor, and the multi-row conveyor feeds the conveyor in the vertical plane of the compartment independently for each row. A drug handing device characterized in that it can be used.   The medicine handing device according to claim 1, wherein a medicine collecting mechanism for all rows is installed at a medicine discharge destination from the compartment in each row of the multi-row conveyor.   The control means for operating the multi-row conveyor for each row by controlling the driving mechanism causes one row of the conveyor feed to be performed by the conveyor feed for a plurality of compartments related to the corresponding row. After the completion of one row, the next row advancing means that carries out the conveyor feed for one row after completing the conveyor feed for one row, and the conveyor feed for one compartment in the corresponding multiple rows And a next row advancing means after completion of one row to complete the conveyor feed for one row after completion of the conveyor feed for any one row, and the next row advancing means is executed after the completion of the one row The medicine handing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein whether or not to execute the next line advancing means after completion of the one line is selected.   The compartment is provided with a front and rear divided body that can be divided and combined in the direction of travel of the conveyor, and when the compartment comes to the drug discharge position by conveyor feed in the vertical plane, the divided body is broken back and forth, 2. The divided body is configured so as to be aligned in the front-rear direction between the time when the compartment passes the medicine discharge position and the time when the compartment reaches the medicine receiving position by conveyor feed in a vertical plane. 3. A drug handing device described in any one of 3 above.   A contact portion that protrudes to the side of the front divided body that is the front side of the divided body is formed in the rear divided body that is the rear side of the divided body, and is at the medicine discharge position. 5. The medicine handing device according to claim 4, wherein a member to be contacted with which a contact portion of the rear divided body of the compartment comes into contact is provided at a place not to be conveyed by the conveyor.   When a plurality of the compartments are arranged in a straight line by the conveyor feed in the vertical plane, the rear divided body of the front compartment is pushed forward by the rear compartment, and the front and rear divided bodies in the front compartment are The medicine handing device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the medicine handing device is combined.   The number of rows of the matrix composed of the matrix is an integer multiple of 7, the number of columns of the matrix is an integer multiple of 4 and is 8 or more, and the matrix is divided into 7 rows and 4 columns. 7. The drug handing device according to claim 1, wherein a visual recognition mark is attached to each of the partial matrices.

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