JP2017109777A - Packaging device, and control method of the same, program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable efficient scraping by notifying a user of a fact that a scraping member should be replaced with a scraping member suitable for prescription data including the inputted number of packages.SOLUTION: A packaging device comprises: input means for inputting prescription setting data including the number of packages; a scraping member for scraping out granules on a groove; specifying means for specifying whether a first scraping-out member or a second scraping member having a wider scraping width than that of the first scooping member is provided as a scraping-out member; and notification means for notifying a user of the fact that the scraping member specified by the specifying means needs to be replaced according to the prescription setting data input by the input means and the scraping member specified by the specifying means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 23

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging device, a control method therefor, and a program, and more particularly to a technique for enabling efficient scraping.

  Conventionally, a split table (also called a rotary table or R disk) having an annular groove for depositing powder on the upper surface of an outer peripheral portion is provided in a powder package dispensed in a hospital or the like, and the rotary table is rotated. In this state, the powdered powder is supplied from the powder feeder to the annular groove of the rotary table, and the powder in the annular groove is divided by the scraper and divided into an appropriate number of divisions and supplied to the packaging device. There is provided a medicine packaging machine (hereinafter also simply referred to as a packaging machine) configured to wrap the packaging.

  The scraping device scrapes out a target amount of powder from the annular groove by the divided rotor unit, and supplies powder for each package to the packaging unit. The split rotor unit is disposed between the rotary plate that contacts the annular groove, the partition plate that is spaced apart from the rotary plate at a predetermined interval, and a part of which is in contact with the annular groove, and the rotary plate and the partition plate. It consists of a scraping nail that scrapes out powder.

  After the powder supply is distributed to the annular groove, when the scraping device scrapes the powder, the rotary table is intermittently operated and the divided rotor unit is intermittently rotated from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side of the rotary table. . With this intermittent rotation, the powder is scraped out by the scraping nail, whereby the powder is supplied to the packaging unit one by one.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a medicine packaging machine that divides powders deposited and deposited in an annular groove provided around a rotary table for division, takes out the powder from the annular groove, and wraps it using a packaging material. A technique for facilitating shortening of the distribution time of powders and reducing the time for packaging powders is disclosed.

  Patent Document 2 describes a split rotor that is easy to assemble and can be attached and detached with a scraping claw in a scraping device for a packaging machine.

JP 2010-173658 A JP 2010-195437 A

  However, in the apparatus described in Patent Document 1, when the number of packages (number of divisions) is small and the amount of packages per package is large, the division angle is large, so that the width of the scraping nail should be scraped. There was a problem that the powder did not fit and the packaging accuracy was deteriorated (the amount of packaging was less than the prescribed amount).

  In order to avoid the above-mentioned problem, the rotary table is rotated twice or more times, and at the same time, the powder to be packaged in one package is divided into two or more times (hereinafter divided into two times). This mode can be avoided by keeping the amount of scraping once within the width of the scraping claw, but the number of operations increases and the packaging time becomes longer.

  Therefore, in order not to make the packing time as long as possible, multiple width scraping nails (scraping members) that can be replaced (removable) by the user can be prepared, and the width suitable for the number of packages. It is conceivable to select and use a scraping nail.

  However, since the maximum number of sachets that can be packaged differs depending on the width of the scraping nail, the user can check the width of the scraping nail that is currently attached to the packaging machine. The number (prescription data) must be adjusted and set, and the confirmation / adjustment work becomes complicated.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for enabling efficient scraping by notifying the user that a scraping member suitable for prescription data including the input number of packages should be replaced. Is to provide.

  The present invention sets prescription setting data including the number of packages to be packaged, moves a groove member in which grooves for accumulating granules are formed according to the set prescription setting data, and A packaging device for performing packaging by performing a scraping operation for scraping the granular material on the groove using a first scraping member for scraping the granular material, or a second scraping member having a wider width than the first scraping member. , Whether the first scraping member or the second scraping member is provided as an input means for inputting the prescription setting data, a scraping member that scrapes the granular material on the groove, and the scraping member According to the specifying means, the prescription setting data input by the input means, and the scraping member specified by the specifying means. Characterized in that it comprises and a notification unit for notifying to replace the member.

  The present invention sets prescription setting data including the number of packages to be packaged, moves a groove member in which grooves for accumulating granules are formed according to the set prescription setting data, and A control method in a packaging apparatus for performing packaging by performing a scraping operation for scraping the granular material on the groove by using a first scraping member for scraping the granular material or a second scraping member having a wider width than the first scraping member. The input step for inputting the prescription setting data and whether the first scraping member or the second scraping member is provided as the scraping member for scraping the powder particles on the groove are specified. The scraping specified by the specifying step according to the specifying step to be performed, the prescription setting data input by the inputting step, and the scraping member specified by the specifying step Characterized in that it comprises a notifying step of notifying to replace the wood, the.

  The present invention sets prescription setting data including the number of packages to be packaged, moves a groove member in which grooves for accumulating granules are formed according to the set prescription setting data, and Using a first scraping member that scrapes particles, or a second scraping member having a wider width than the first scraping member, performs a scraping operation for scraping the granular material on the groove and performs reading. In the above-described program, whether the first scraping member is provided as an input means for inputting the prescription setting data and a scraping member for scraping the powder particles on the groove, or the second According to the specifying means for specifying whether the scraping member is provided, the prescription setting data input by the input means, and the scraping member specified by the specifying means. Characterized in that to function as a notification unit that notifies to replace the raking member identified by means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, efficient scraping can be enabled by notifying a user that it should replace | exchange for the scraping member suitable for prescription data containing the input number of packages.

It is a figure which shows an example of the figure which shows the tablet supply system (packaging system) containing a packaging apparatus and a tablet supply apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the figure which shows the internal structure of a packaging unit. It is a figure which shows an example of the simple perspective view which enabled it to understand the internal structure of the packaging apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the top view and sectional drawing of a turntable. It is a figure which shows an example of the simple perspective view of a scraping apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the exploded view of the division | segmentation rotor unit 510 which comprises the scraping apparatus 305, the drive shaft 601, the holding disk 602 attached to this drive shaft, and supporting the division | segmentation rotor unit 510, and the division | segmentation rotor unit fixing screw 603. It is a figure which shows an example of the top view of a turntable. It is a figure which shows an example of the simplification of the powdered powder distributed with the rotary table and divided rotor unit during powdering. It is a figure which shows an example of the simplification figure of the powdered powder distributed with the rotary table and division | segmentation rotor unit during powdering. It is a figure which shows an example of the top view of a turntable. It is a figure which shows an example of the simplification figure of the powdered powder distributed with the rotary table and division | segmentation rotor unit during powdering. It is a figure which shows an example of the perspective view of a scraping nail | claw. It is a figure which shows an example of the figure of a basic operation screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of scraping nail | claw determination. It is a figure which shows an example of the figure of a package number input screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the flowchart which shows a series of flow until performing packaging operation | movement. It is a simple perspective view of the scraping nail | claw 606 and the partition part 605. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of preparation operation | movement. It is a figure which shows an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of packaging operation | movement. It is a figure which shows an example of the figure which shows a packaging operation | movement setting table. It is a simple perspective view of the scraping nail | claw 606 and the partition part 605. FIG. It is a simple perspective view of the packaging apparatus of the state which opened the top cover. It is a figure which shows an example of the figure of a scraping nail | claw replacement | exchange message screen. It is a figure which shows the corresponding number of packages of each scraping nail | claw. It is a simple perspective view which shows the position of a scraping nail and a magnetic sensor, when a scraping nail exists in an initial position when a top cover is closed.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  Hereinafter, the medicine packaging machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a packaging device 5 for packaging a supplied tablet, a tablet supply device 10 (hereinafter also referred to as a tableting device) for taking out the tablet and supplying it to the packaging device 5 (hereinafter also referred to as a packaging device), a hand It is a figure which shows the tablet supply system (henceforth a tablet extraction system) including the whispering input part 102 and the powder supply part 103. FIG. A plurality of tablet extraction units 1 are mounted on the tablet supply device 10, and tablets are extracted from the tablet sheet by the tablet extraction unit 1. Such a tablet taking-out unit 1 can perform a taking-out operation of a tablet by inputting a packaging condition from a touch panel display 101 or the like provided in the information processing apparatus 300 or the packaging apparatus 5.
Next, the internal structure of the packaging unit 501 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a view showing the internal structure of the packaging unit 501.

  The packaging unit 501 is a unit in the packaging device 5. Reference numeral 502 denotes a roll paper feed mechanism that feeds roll paper in which the packaging sheets are continuous (paper in which the packaging paper is in a roll shape) to the packaging mechanism. 503 is for heating and welding the packaging sheet after the medicine (powder (granule), tablet) (medicine for one dose) accumulated in the main hopper 406 is put into the packaging sheet. The packaging mechanism that encloses the medicine put in the packaging sheet in the packaging sheet. Then, after the medicine accumulated in the main hopper 406 is put into the packaging sheet, the packaging sheet is heated and welded, so that the medicine put into the packaging sheet It is a packaging mechanism enclosed inside. That is, the packaging mechanism 503 and the packaging mechanism 504 heat and weld the packaging sheet, thereby encapsulating the medicine put into the packaging sheet.

  Reference numeral 505 denotes a dividing mechanism that forms a perforation for cutting on the packaging sheet for dividing the continuous roll paper into packaging sheets for each package. A printer 506 is a printing mechanism capable of printing date, patient data, and error information on a packaging sheet.

With such a packaging unit shown in FIG. 2, a tablet or powder for a single dose can be packaged in a packaging sheet. In addition, as a packaging sheet, not only the paper which coated the resin material which can be heat-welded on the surface but the transparent film material which can visually recognize the contents can also be used. Therefore, the wrapping paper is also called a packaging material or a package.
FIG. 3 is a simplified perspective view of the packaging device 5 provided with a scraping device.

As shown in FIG. 3, the packaging device 5 of this embodiment has a powder feeder 304 that supplies the powder charged in the powder charge hopper 303 to the rotary table 301 (a groove member in which grooves for accumulating particles are formed). And a rotary table 301 for receiving the powder falling from the powder feeder 304, and a scrape supplied to the main hopper 406 by quantitatively scraping the powder supplied to the rotary table 301 outward in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary table 301. It has a configuration including a dispensing device 305 and a packaging unit 501 that packages the powder scraped out by the scraping device 305.
FIG. 4 is a top view and a cross-sectional view of the rotary table.

  The rotary table 301 has a disk shape in plan view, is supported rotatably about the vertical axis in the direction of gravity (center of the rotary table), and receives powder falling from the powder feeder 304 on the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion thereof. An annular groove 401 having a circular arc cross section is provided. The rotary table 301 is rotationally driven by a drive mechanism.

The powder feeder 304 drops powder on the annular groove 401 of the rotating rotary table 301, and is disposed on the upper part of the annular groove 401.
FIG. 5 is a simplified perspective view of the scraping device.

The scraping device 305 includes a divided rotor unit 510, an arm 511, a drive motor (not shown), and the like.

  The divided rotor unit 510 is attached to the distal end side of the arm 511 extending inward and outward of the diameter of the rotary table 301 so as to be rotationally driven about the tangential axis of the rotary table 301. The arm 511 is rotatably supported on the base end side by an arm support shaft having a tangential axis of the rotary table 301.

  A drive motor is disposed behind the arm 511, and the rotational driving force by the drive motor is transmitted to the arm support shaft through a gear, and further, a pulley, a transmission belt, etc. provided in the arm 511 It is transmitted to the drive shaft 512 of the split rotor unit via the drive force transmission mechanism, and the split rotor unit 510 is rotationally driven with the drive shaft 512 as the rotation center point by this rotational drive force.

  FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the divided rotor unit 510, the drive shaft 601, the holding disk 602 that is attached to the drive shaft and supports the divided rotor unit 510, and the divided rotor unit fixing screw 603 constituting the scraping device 305.

  The divided rotor unit 510 includes a rotating plate 604, a partition portion 605, and a scraping claw 606, and is screwed to the drive shaft 601 by a divided rotor unit fixing screw 603.

  The drive shaft 601 is attached to a pulley (not shown) to which the rotational driving force of the drive motor in the scraping device is transmitted, and a holding disk 602 is screwed to the tip end side.

The user removes the rotating plate 604, the partitioning portion 605, and the scraping claw 606 from the holding disk 602 by removing and attaching (detaching) the divided rotor unit fixing screw 603, and cleans them or replaces them with new ones when there is wear. It can then be reattached.
Next, the width of the scraping claw 606 and the maximum number of divisions (maximum number of packages) of the packaging device 5 will be described.
FIG. 7 is a top view of the rotary table.

  The width of the scraping claw 606 is designed so that the powder accumulated in the annular groove 401 can be scraped out in the maximum number of divisions of the packaging device 5.

  For example, the width of the scraping claw of the packaging device 5 in which the specification maximum division number of the packaging device is set to 93 is a value (approximate value) 702 obtained by dividing the circumference of the circle at the deepest portion of the annular groove into 93 equal parts. ing.

  After the distribution of powder to the annular groove 401 is completed, when the scraping device 305 scrapes the powder, the rotary table 301 is intermittently operated, and the rotary plate 604 dams the powder and rotates the divided rotor unit 510. The table is intermittently rotated from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side. With this intermittent rotation, the powder is scraped by the scraping claw 606, and the powder is supplied to the packaging unit 501 one by one.

Specifically, the intermittent operation of the rotary table 301 and the split rotor unit 510 is an operation of rotating the rotary table 301 by a necessary angle (hereinafter referred to as a split angle) and simultaneously rotating the split rotor unit 510 once. It is an operation to repeat as many as required. The division angle is a value obtained by dividing the entire circumference of the rotary table by the number of divisions (number of packages). For example, when the number of packages is 12, the entire rotation table 360 ° / 12 packages = 30 °.
Next, the problem in scraping the distributed powder will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a simplified view of the powdered powder distributed with the rotary table and the divided rotor unit during powdering.

  When the number of sachets (number of divisions) is small and the amount of sachets is large, the value of the division angle is large, so that the powder to be originally scraped does not fit in the width of the scraping claw 606, and does not fit in the width of the scraping claw. The powder 802 is not packaged in the package that is originally packaged, and the packaged amount is less than the specified amount, so that there is a problem that the packaging accuracy is deteriorated.

  FIG. 9 is a simplified diagram of the powdered powder distributed with the rotary table 301 and the divided rotor unit 510 during the powdering. FIG. 10 is a top view of the rotary table.

  In order to avoid the above-mentioned problem, as shown in FIG. 10, the rotation of the rotary table is divided into two or more times, and the powder to be packaged in one package is divided into two or more times ( This can be avoided by keeping the amount of scraping once within the width of the scraping claw. (FIG. 9) However, since the number of scraping operations increases, a problem that leads to an increase in the packaging time occurs.

  FIG. 11 is a simplified diagram of the powdered powder distributed with the rotary table 301 and the divided rotor unit 510 during the powdering.

  In addition, in order to prevent the two-split mode from being entered, if the wide scraping claw 606 (b) with a wider scraping claw is scraped off, a split angle (groove of less than the width of the scraping claw) It is impossible to scrape out the number of packages that is the distance of the deepest part of (1). (If the width of the scraping nail exceeds the division angle, the scraping device 305 scrapes the powder of the first packet excessively to a part of the powder of the next package, and the package amount is the specified amount (one package). It is impossible because the amount of

That is, when the width of the scraping claw is increased, the maximum number of divisions of the packaging device 5 is reduced.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the scraping claw 606.

  Therefore, scraping nails having at least two kinds of widths that can be replaced (removable) by the user are prepared. In this embodiment, a narrow narrow claw 606 (a) (a first scraping member that scrapes the powder on the groove) and a wide wide claw 606 (b) (a powder on the groove). A second scraping member) was prepared.

The width of the narrow scraping claw 606 (a) is set to 12.5 mm by dividing the circumference of the deepest circle shown in FIG. 7 into 93 equal parts. Similarly, the width of the wide scraping claw 606 (b) is set to 18.5 mm by dividing the circumference of the deepest circle shown in FIG. 7 into 63 equal parts.
FIG. 17 is a simplified perspective view of the scraping claw 606 and the partition portion 605.

  Furthermore, a partition portion having at least two types of widths that can be replaced (removable) by a user corresponding to the width of each scraping nail is prepared. In this embodiment, a narrow partition 605 (a) having a narrow width and a partition 605 (b) having a wide width are prepared. Then, the user can select and use the scraping claw 606 to be used.

  The scraping claw 606 includes a positioning pin 2501, the partition portion includes a pin receiving portion 2502 at a position corresponding to the positioning pin 2501, and the narrow scraping claw 606 (a) has a wider width than the narrow partition portion 605 (a). The scraping claw 606 (b) can be attached only to the wide partition 605 (b).

  In the present embodiment, the scraping claw 606 and the partitioning portion 605, which are consumables, are separate parts so that they can be replaced separately according to their consumption, but the positioning pin 2501 and the pin receiving portion 2502 are eliminated, and the scraping claw 606 is removed. And the partition 605 may be integrated into a single component.

Further, in addition to the scraping claw 606 and the partitioning portion 605, the rotating plate 604 may be integrated, or the divided rotor unit 510 may be integrally replaced for each scraping claw 606 having a different width.
FIG. 21 is a simplified perspective view of the scraping claw 606 and the partition portion 605.

The partition portion 605 to which the scraping claw 606 is attached is provided with a neodymium magnet 2503 at a different position as an identifier (identification portion) for discriminating which width of the scraping claw 606 is attached. Read with a magnetic sensor. (An RFID module or the like can be used instead of a magnet and a magnetic sensor.)
FIG. 22 is a simplified perspective view of the packaging device with the top cover open.

  FIG. 25 is a simplified perspective view showing the positions of the scraping claw and the magnetic sensor when the top claw is in the initial position when the top cover is closed.

  A magnetic sensor 2801 that reads position information (= scraping claw width information) of the neodymium magnet 2503 provided in the partition portion 605 is attached to the inside of the top cover 2701, and when the top cover 2701 is closed, the top Simultaneously with the cover 2701, the magnetic sensor 2801 descends to the side of the initial positions of the scraping claw 606 and the partition portion 605. Then, it is determined which width of the partition portion 605 and the scraping claw 606 are attached.

  Since the top cover is opened when the scraping claw 606 and the partition portion 605 are attached and replaced, the sensor does not get in the way when the scraping claw 606 and the partition portion 605 are attached or replaced. Further, since the top cover is closed during the packaging operation, the problem that the width of the scraping claw 606 cannot be detected by the sensor does not occur.

  The packaging device discriminates the width of the attached scraping claw 606 so that prescriptions exceeding the maximum number of packages cannot be packaged. On the display screen, a mode (wide scraping nail mode, narrow scraping nail mode) indicating which scraping nail 606 is attached is displayed. .

  For example, when the wide scraping claw 606 (b) is attached, only 1 to 63 packets can be input, and the packaging operation can be performed only up to 63 packets. .

  Similarly, when the narrow scraping claw 606 (a) is attached, it is possible to input from 1 package to 93 packages.

  When the number of packages desired to be wrapped with the wide scraping nail 606 (b) is input when the narrow scraping nail 606 (a) is attached, the narrow scraping nail 606 ( In a), the number of powders to be scraped for one package is divided into a plurality of times and scraped.

  Hereinafter, a process executed by a control unit such as a CPU of the packaging device 5 operating each member will be described.

  FIG. 13 is a basic setting screen displayed on the touch panel display 101 (display unit) on the packaging device 5, and is controlled by a control unit (control computer) mounted on the packaging device 5.

  Reference numeral 1301 denotes a set number box, which displays the number of packages (= the number of medicines packed in one package). When this field is touched, the screen shifts to a packaging number input screen (FIG. 15).

Reference numeral 1302 denotes a display unit for the scraping nail mode, which is a portion where the “wide scraping nail mode” or the “narrow scraping nail mode” is displayed by the scraping nail determination process shown in FIG.
A stop button 1303 temporarily stops the packaging operation when touched.

  Reference numeral 1304 denotes a start button, which starts a packaging operation when touched. When the packaging operation is temporarily stopped, the packaging operation is resumed.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a flow of scraping claw determination. A control computer mounted on the packaging device 5 executes the process.

  In step S1401, the type of the scraping nail is acquired. Specifically, since the position of the neodymium magnet 2503 provided in the partition 605 is different between the wide scraping claw and the narrow scraping claw, the packaging device 5 reads the difference in this position with the magnetic sensor 2801, Determine (specify) the type of scraping nail. Two Hall elements are provided on the magnetic sensor 2801, and it is possible to determine the difference in the position of the magnet depending on which one detects the magnetism.

  That is, the packaging device 5 specifies whether a narrow scraping nail (first scraping member) or a wide scraping nail (second scraping member) is provided as the scraping member (identifying means). .

In step S1402, it is determined whether the type of the scraping nail acquired in step S1401 is wide. If it is a wide scraping nail, it branches to S1403, determines the wide scraping nail mode, and stores it in the memory of the control computer. Further, the process proceeds to S1404, and the “wide scraping nail mode” is displayed on the display portion of the scraping nail mode in FIG. If it is not a wide scraping nail, the process branches to S1405, determines the narrow scraping nail mode, and stores it in the memory of the control computer. Further, the process proceeds to S1406, where the “narrow scraping nail mode” is displayed on the display portion of the scraping nail mode in FIG.
FIG. 15 is a screen for inputting the number of packages, and is a screen for the user to input the number of packages.

  Reference numeral 1502 denotes a numeric keypad and a clear button, which are buttons for inputting and deleting the number of packages.

  Reference numeral 1503 denotes an enter button, which confirms the number of input packages and returns to the basic operation screen (FIG. 13).

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a series of processes from turning on the power of the packaging device 5 to ending the packaging operation. A control computer mounted on the packaging device 5 executes the process.
In step S1601, a basic operation screen (FIG. 13) is displayed.

  In step S1602, the user touches the set number field 1301 on the basic setting screen to display a package number input screen (FIG. 15).

  In step S1603, the user receives an input of the number of packages via the package number input screen, and stores the number of packages in the memory of the control computer when the user presses the enter button 1503.

  S1603 is an application example of input means for inputting prescription setting data including the number of packages to be packaged.

  In the number-of-packaging input screen, the number of packages to be packaged is input, but other prescription data may be input. Data input via the number-of-packaging input screen is prescription setting data, and the data includes the number of packages to be packed.

In step S1604, the scraping nail determination subflow shown in FIG. 14 is called.

  In step S1605, it is determined whether the number of packages received in step S1603 exceeds 63 packages. If it exceeds 63 packets, the process branches to S1608, and if not, the process branches to S1606.

  In step S1606, it is determined whether the selection of the scraping nail determined in step S1604 is wide. If the width is wide, as described above, the powder to be scraped off naturally falls within the width of the scraping nail, and the process branches to S1612. If the width is narrow, the powder to be scraped off does not fit within the width of the scraping nail and the packaging accuracy deteriorates. Therefore, the message branches to S1607 and is replaced with a wide scraping nail (FIG. 23B). ) Is displayed.

  Step S1607 is an application example of the notification means of the present invention, and the scraping specified by the specifying means in S1604 according to the prescription setting data input by the input means in S1603 and the scraping member specified by the specifying means in S1604 Notify that the part should be replaced.

  In step S1608, it is determined whether the number of packages accepted in S1603 exceeds 93 packages. If it is determined that the number of packages received in S1603 exceeds 93 (YES), the message shown in FIG. 23C is displayed on the display unit (step S1609), and the process is stepped. Return to S1604. On the other hand, if it is determined in S1603 that the number of packages received does not exceed 93 packets (NO), the process proceeds to step S1610.

  “63 packets” determined in S1605 and “93 packets” determined in S1608 are respectively stored in the first scraping member and the second scraping member as upper limit values of the number of packages that are allowed to be set ( Storage means).

  In S1605 and S1608, the number of packages included in the prescription setting data input by the input unit is larger than the upper limit value of the number of packages switched by the switching unit, and the number of packages in the first scraping member This is an application example of the determination means of the present invention for determining whether or not the value is equal to or less than the upper limit value.

  In S1610, it is determined whether the selection of the scraping nail determined in S1604 is wide. If the width is wide, the split angle is smaller than the width of the scraping nail in the first package as described above, and the package amount exceeds the specified amount. A message (FIG. 23A) is displayed to replace the scraping claw. If the width is narrow, the powder to be originally scraped fits into the width of the scraping nail, and the process branches to S1612.

  In S1612, according to the number of packages (number of packages) input by the user via the number of packages input screen (FIG. 15) and the scraping nail (type) determined by the scraping nail mode determination (S1604), Determine the number of divisions when performing the packaging operation, and create a packaging operation setting table (FIG. 20) indicating the number of divisions and the division angle when performing the packaging operation based on the result of calculating the division angle. doing.

  This is an application example of the switching unit that switches the operation setting related to the scraping according to the scraping member that has received the selection according to the identification result by the identifying unit.

  In S1613, the start of packaging from the user is accepted. When the start button 1304 is pressed on the basic operation screen, the process proceeds to S1614.

  S1614 is a preparatory operation, which is a preparatory operation before performing a packaging operation such as distributing powder on the rotary table.

  S1615 is a packaging operation, which is an operation for packaging powder medicine by the number of packages designated by the user.

  FIG. 18 shows the flow of the preparatory operation before performing a packaging operation such as distributing powder on the rotary table. This is a subflow process called in S1614 of FIG.

  In S1801, rotation of the rotary table is started. In order to distribute the powder uniformly on the rotary table, the powder is rotated at a high speed so that the powder does not jump out by centrifugal force.

  In S1802, the operation of the powder feeder 304 (operation of dropping the powder charged into the powder charging hopper 303 onto the rotary table) is started, and the powder charged into the powder charging hopper 303 is dropped onto the rotary table. Since this operation is the same as the conventional method, description thereof is omitted.

In step S1803, a powder detection sensor (not shown) located near the discharge port of the powder feeder 304 detects the fall of the powder and determines the presence or absence of the powder on the powder feeder. If all the powder is gone, the process proceeds to S1804.
In S1804, the operation of the powder feeder is stopped.
In step S1805, the rotation of the rotary table is stopped.

In step S1806, the divided rotor unit is lowered to a position where the annular groove 401 of the rotary table and the rotary plate 604 are in contact with each other.
By the operation so far, the preparation for performing the packaging operation is completed.

  FIG. 19 shows the flow of the packaging operation for packaging the number of packaged powders designated by the user. This is a subflow process called in S1615 of FIG.

In S1901, the reference position of the packaging operation setting table (FIG. 20) is initialized. That is, the reference position is the first package data.
In S1902, the number of divisions and the division angle are read from the packaging operation setting table.

  S1903 is a powder scraping operation, in which the rotary table 301 is rotated by the angle read in S1902 (the groove member in which the groove on which the granule is deposited is moved according to the prescription setting data) and at the same time the divided rotor The unit 510 is rotated once to scrape the powder toward the outer periphery. The powdered powder is supplied to the packaging unit 501. This scraping operation is repeated by the number of divisions read in S1902 in S1904.

  S1905 is an operation for wrapping one package, and is an operation for wrapping the powdered medicine scraped out in S1903 to S1904 in a packaging sheet.

  In step S1906, it is determined whether the number of packages instructed by the user has ended. If the number of packages has not ended, the reference position of the packaging operation setting table (FIG. 20) is updated to the next packaging data position in S1907, and then the process proceeds to S1902 to continue the powder packaging operation. If the number of packages is finished, the divided rotor unit is raised and returned to the original position in S1908, and the packaging operation is finished.

  FIG. 20 is a packaging operation setting table, which is a data table indicating the number of divisions and the division angle when performing the packaging operation. This table is temporarily created in the memory of a control computer mounted on the packaging device 5.

  S2001 is the number of divisions, and is a part for setting the number of division operations (scraping operations) performed on the powder to be packaged in one package. In this embodiment, it is set to twice when the double split mode is ON, and once when it is OFF.

S2002 is a division angle, which is an angle at which the rotary table rotates in one division operation.
Each row is packaging data and corresponds to each package from the first package to the final package.

  FIG. 20 shows an example when the number of packages is 30. The calculation of the division angle in these examples will be described.

  The scraping nail is in a state where a wide width is attached. The entire circumference of the rotary table is 360 ° / 30 packets = 12 °, and the division angle per package is 12 °. However, for the first package, it is not necessary to operate the width of the scraping nail. This is because, after the divided rotor unit is lowered, powder is present within the width of the scraping claw when the first packet is scraped. When the width of the scraping nail is converted into an angle, 360 ° / 63 packets≈5.71 °. Therefore, the division angle of the first package is 12−5.71 = 6.29 °.

  In step S1602, the scraping nail determination subflow shown in FIG. 14 is called.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of width scraping nails that can be replaced by the user is prepared, and the user selects a scraping nail having a different width according to the number of packages to be prescribed. It became possible to use.

  Then, it becomes possible to inform the user of the use of a scraping nail having a more appropriate width with respect to the number of sachets (divided). It became inducible to sachet using. As a result, even if there is a prescription with a small number of sachets (divided) and a large amount of sachets, by using a wide scraping nail, the powder that should be scraped will fit within the width of the scraping nail, and the operation time The packaging accuracy can be improved without increasing the number.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to enable efficient scraping by notifying the user that a scraping member suitable for prescription data including the input number of packages should be replaced. .

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily perform the operation setting related to the scraping operation with respect to the scraping member having a width attached by the user.

  Each means and each step constituting the embodiment of the present invention described above can be realized by operating a program stored in a RAM, a ROM, or the like of a computer. This program that can be read and executed by the apparatus and a computer-readable recording medium that records the program are included in the present invention.

  In addition, the present invention can be implemented as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and may be applied to an apparatus including one or more devices.

  In the present embodiment, the information processing device 300, the packaging device 5, and the tablet supply device 10 have been described as separate housings, but a packaging device or a tablet supply device in which these are integrated may be used.

  The present invention supplies a software program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments directly or remotely to a system or apparatus. In addition, this includes a case where the system or the computer of the apparatus is also achieved by reading and executing the supplied program code.

  Accordingly, since the functions of the present invention are implemented by computer, the program code installed in the computer also implements the present invention. That is, the present invention also includes a computer program for realizing the functional processing of the present invention. In that case, as long as it has the function of a program, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, and the like.

  Further, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the computer executing the read program. Furthermore, based on the instructions of the program, an OS or the like running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can be realized by the processing.

  As another method, a program read from a recording medium is first written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Then, based on the instructions of the program, the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are also realized by the processing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tablet extraction unit 5 Packaging apparatus 10 Tablet supply apparatus 101 Touch panel type display 102 Manual input unit 103 Powder input unit 300 Information processing apparatus 301 Rotary table 302 Feeder rotation mechanism 303 Powder input hopper 304 Powder feeder 305 Scraping device 400 Tablet supply Unit 401 Annular groove 406 Main hopper 501 Packaging unit 502 Roll paper 503 Packaging mechanism 504 Packaging mechanism 505 Dividing mechanism 506 Printer 510 Dividing rotor unit 511 Arm 512 Dividing rotor drive shaft 601 Driving shaft 602 Holding disc 603 Dividing rotor unit fixing screw 604 Rotation Plate 605 Partition 605 (a) Narrow partition 605 (b) Wide partition 606 Scraping claw 606 (a) Narrow scraping claw 606 (b) Wide scraping claw 701 Deepest of rotary table Circle 702 deepest circumferential powdered medicine 2501 positioning pins 2502 pin receiving portion 2503 neodymium magnets 2701 top cover 2801 magnetic sensor that does not fit into 93 equal portions approximations 801 sprayed been powdered medicine 802 scraping claw width of the turntable

Claims (6)

Prescription setting data including the number of packages to be packaged is set, and according to the set prescription setting data, the groove member in which the grooves on which the granules are deposited is moved to scrape the powder particles on the grooves A packaging device that performs a scraping operation to scrape powder particles on the groove using a first scraping member or a second scraping member having a wider width than the first scraping member,
Input means for inputting the prescription setting data;
A scraping member that scrapes the granular material on the groove;
A specifying means for specifying whether the first scraping member or the second scraping member is provided as the scraping member;
Notification means for notifying that the scraping member specified by the specifying means should be replaced according to the prescription setting data input by the input means and the scraping member specified by the specifying means;
A packaging apparatus comprising: The scraping member is provided with an identification unit for identifying whether the scraping member is the first scraping member or the second scraping member, and further includes detection means for detecting the identifying unit,
The identification means identifies whether the first scraping member or the second scraping member is provided as the scraping member as a result of detection by the detection means. A packaging device according to claim 1.   The packaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a switching unit that switches an operation setting related to the scraping by the scraping member according to a specifying result by the specifying unit.   The operation setting related to the scraping is at least one of an upper limit value of the number of packages to allow setting, a distance for moving the groove member per scraping operation, and a number of times of the scraping operation per packet. The packaging apparatus according to claim 3, comprising one. Prescription setting data including the number of packages to be packaged is set, and according to the set prescription setting data, the groove member in which the grooves on which the granules are deposited is moved to scrape the powder particles on the grooves A control method in a packaging device that performs a scraping operation to scrape out powder particles on the groove using a first scraping member or a second scraping member having a wider width than the first scraping member,
An input step for inputting the prescription setting data;
As a scraping member that scrapes the granular material on the groove, a specific step of specifying whether the first scraping member is provided or the second scraping member is provided,
A notification step for notifying that the scraped member specified by the specific step should be replaced according to the prescription setting data input by the input step and the scraped member specified by the specific step;
A control method comprising: Prescription setting data including the number of packages to be packaged is set, and according to the set prescription setting data, the groove member in which the grooves on which the granules are deposited is moved to scrape the powder particles on the grooves A program that can be read and executed by a packaging device that performs a scraping operation to scrape the granular material on the groove using a first scraping member or a second scraping member that is wider than the first scraping member. There,
The packaging device;
Input means for inputting the prescription setting data;
Specific means for specifying whether the first scraping member is provided or the second scraping member is provided as a scraping member for scraping the granular material on the groove;
In accordance with the prescription setting data input by the input unit and the scraping member specified by the specifying unit, the functioning unit functions as a notification unit that notifies that the scraping member specified by the specifying unit should be replaced. Program.

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