JP2019018109A - Medicine packaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a medicine packaging machine which allows a pharmacist who dispenses powder to put powder into a packaging device without necessity of moving, in a small space, and which comprises a function for automatically taking out a tablet from a tablet container stored in a tablet container shelf and packaging the tablet.SOLUTION: A packaging device 5 is arranged in a lower part region in a housing 3. A tablet container shelf 7 is arranged in an upper part region in the housing 3. A powder container shelf 9 is arranged so as to be arranged in a lateral direction with the tablet container shelf 7 so as to secure a dispensing space of powder in the upper part region in the housing 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine packaging machine having the function of a tablet packaging machine and the function of a powder packaging machine.

  In Patent Document 1, a tablet container shelf is arranged in an upper region inside a housing for the purpose of packaging tablets and powders in any combination, and a tablet packaging function is arranged in a lower region inside the housing. And a medicine packaging machine provided with a packaging device having a powder packaging function. In the medicine packaging machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, a powder feeder that supplies powder for one preparation is arranged in the lower region of the casing, and a powder for one preparation separately dispensed is manually charged into the powder feeder. Is done.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a powder container shelf is separably arranged on a plate for dispensing work, and a plurality of legs are detachably arranged under the plate for dispensing work, so that the plate for dispensing work is arranged. A dispensing system is disclosed which is configured so that the powder packaging device can be slid into the storage space under the dispensing work plate without being fixed by sliding. In the dispensing system disclosed in Patent Document 2, a pharmacist performs dispensing work by providing a powder container shelf on a plate for dispensing work and disposing a powder packaging device under the plate for dispensing work. This makes it easy to manually add the dispensed powder to the powder packaging machine.

Japanese Patent No. 2816415 JP 2002-85525 A

  However, in the medicine packaging machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, when manually putting the powder into the powder feeder, the pharmacist takes out the powder container from the powder container shelf separately provided and dispenses it at another place. After working, it is necessary to move to the medicine packaging machine and put the dispensed powder into the medicine feeder. For this reason, not only a space for dispensing powder is required, but also work efficiency is deteriorated. In addition, since the dispensing system disclosed in Patent Document 2 does not have a function for automatically packaging tablets, it cannot package tablets and powders at one location.

  The object of the present invention is to allow the powder to be dispensed into the packaging device without moving by a pharmacist who dispenses the powder in a small space, and to automatically take out the tablet from the tablet container accommodated in the tablet container shelf. The object is to provide a medicine packaging machine having a function of packaging.

  A medicine packaging machine targeted by the present invention includes a housing, a packaging device disposed in a lower region inside the housing, and a plurality of tablet containers disposed in an upper region inside the housing. A tablet container shelf, and a powder container shelf arranged side by side with the tablet container shelf so as to secure a dispensing space for the powder in the upper region inside the housing, and a plurality of powder containers stored therein It has. In this way, the pharmacist can remove the powder container from the powder container shelf without moving substantially, perform the dispensing operation, and then manually put the powder into the packaging device on the spot. In addition, a tablet container shelf is also provided, and by linking with a packaging device, it is possible to perform tablet packaging and powder packaging by a single medicine packaging machine.

  The tablet container shelf is constituted by first and second divided shelves, one end of which is connected to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism and the other end is connected by a coupler that can be unlocked, and the hinge mechanism is a powder container shelf. It is preferable that the tablet container shelf is configured so as to be located on the side opposite to the side where the is disposed. By providing the hinge mechanism in this manner, the flow line of the operator when replacing the tablet container stored in the tablet container shelf becomes simple and short, and the operator can work with little movement. it can.

  In addition, it is preferable that the tablet container shelf is arrange | positioned so that a coupling tool may be located in the powder container shelf side, and the powder container shelf is comprised so that operation of a coupling tool may not be inhibited. By comprising in this way, a 1st and 2nd division | segmentation shelf can be opened, without an operator moving substantially.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the powder container shelf is comprised so that an operator can unlock a coupling tool by manual operation, and the dispensing space is ensured. In this case, the powder container shelf is disposed with a predetermined space upward from the lower region, and the space has a size that allows manual operation and secures a dispensing space. By comprising in this way, not only can a coupling tool be unlocked by manual operation, but this space can be utilized as a space for performing dispensing operations such as measurement of powder.

  In addition, a powder container shelf can be comprised from the some shelf board member arrange | positioned at intervals in the up-down direction. In this case, it is preferable that the shelf board member has a shape in which the dimension between the shelf and the tablet container shelf increases within a predetermined range as it goes from the front to the back. If it does in this way, an unlocking operation | work and a dispensing operation | work can be performed easily.

  Moreover, it is preferable to arrange | position the powder feeder in a lower area | region so that the powdered powder can be thrown into the upper position of a packaging apparatus from the upper side. According to this arrangement configuration, the operator can put the powder into the powder feeder with almost no change in posture, which improves workability.

  In the upper region, a handing device is provided above the packaging device, and the lateral width of the handing device may be configured to be smaller than the lateral width of the tablet container shelf. . If comprised in this way, it can prevent that the width of the dispensing space provided in the downward direction of the powder container shelf narrows.

  The apparatus further includes an input / output device that inputs / outputs data that needs to be confirmed for the packaging operation, and an attachment mechanism that attaches the input / output device to the casing. The input / output device is allowed to be positioned in the upper space of the packaging device in front of the container shelf or the powder container shelf, and at the side of the tablet container shelf or the powder container shelf and from the upper space of the packaging device during the packaging operation. It may be configured to allow the input / output device to be located at a place where it is removed. If comprised in this way, not only conveyance will become easy, but the input / output device can be placed at a position where it is easy to see even in a narrow space.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the attachment mechanism is attached to the frame of the housing on the powder container shelf side.

  In addition, you may equip the lower area | region inside a housing | casing with the printing apparatus in the position used as the downward direction of a dispensing space. When the printing apparatus is provided in this way, when measuring powder using an electronic balance in the dispensing space, the measurement result is printed by the printing apparatus provided in the medicine packaging machine without using an external printing apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of movement of the worker when the powder is packaged.

It is a front view of the medicine packaging machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of a medicine packing machine. It is a top view of a medicine packing machine. It is a perspective view of the medicine packaging machine of the state which opened the tablet container shelf to the front side. It is a perspective view of the medicine packing machine of the state which opened and divided the tablet container shelf to the front side. (A) is the perspective view seen from the right diagonal front of the tablet container shelf removed from the medicine packaging machine, (B) is a right side view, (C) is a plan view, (D) is a front view, (E) is It is the perspective view seen from the left diagonal front. (A) is a perspective view of the shelf board member removed from the medicine packaging machine, and (B) is a plan view. It is a perspective view of the medicine packaging machine 101 of other embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a medicine packaging machine to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a medicine packaging machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the medicine packaging machine 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the medicine packaging machine 1. The medicine packaging machine 1 includes a housing 3, a packaging device 5, a tablet container shelf 7 in which a plurality of tablet containers (not shown) are stored, a powder container shelf 9 in which a plurality of powder containers (not shown) are stored, And an input / output device 11 for inputting / outputting data that needs to be confirmed for the packaging operation. The packaging device 5 is disposed in the lower region R1 inside the housing 3. The tablet container shelf 7 is disposed in the upper region R <b> 2 inside the housing 3. The powder container shelf 9 is arranged side by side with the tablet container shelf 7 so as to secure a powder dispensing space in the upper region R2 inside the housing 3. In the embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the front, the tablet container shelf 7 is disposed on the left side inside the housing 3, and the powder container shelf 9 is disposed on the right side. Further, the dispensing space S is secured by arranging a lowermost shelf member 13c of the powder container shelf 9 described later with a predetermined space from the lower region R1. In the present embodiment, the upper limit of the lower region R1 is defined by the work table 14 and the upper surface of the powder feeder 23 described later. In this way, the pharmacist removes the powder container from the powder container shelf 9 without moving substantially, performs the dispensing operation on the work table 14, and then manually inputs the powder into the powder feeder 23 on the spot. Can do. In addition, since the tablet container shelf 7 is also provided, it is possible to perform tablet packaging and powder packaging by the single medicine packaging machine 1 by interlocking with the packaging device 5.

  Next, the structure of the tablet container shelf 7 will be described. 4 is a perspective view of the medicine packaging machine 1 with the tablet container shelf 7 opened to the front side, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the medicine packaging machine 1 with the tablet container shelf 7 opened to the front side and divided. FIG. 6 is a drawing of the tablet container shelf 7 removed from the medicine packaging machine 1, FIG. 6A is a perspective view of the tablet container shelf 7 as seen from diagonally right front, and FIG. 6B is a tablet container. FIG. 6C is a plan view of the tablet container shelf 7, FIG. 6D is a front view of the tablet container shelf 7, and FIG. 6E is an oblique view from the left front of the tablet container shelf 7. FIG. 1, 4, and 5, the tablet container shelf 7 does not show a plurality of tablet containers for storing tablets. The tablet container shelf 7 shows a plurality of discharge mechanisms 16 for automatically discharging tablets from a plurality of tablet containers (not shown). In FIGS. 1, 4, and 5, all of the plurality of discharge mechanisms 16 are not labeled. An example of the tablet container is illustrated as “tablet container 1” in JP-A-2002-85525.

  The tablet container shelf 7 of the present embodiment is composed of a first divided shelf 15a and a second divided shelf 15b. Tablet containers (not shown) are stored in the first divided shelf 15a and the second divided shelf 15b, respectively. One end of the first divided shelf 15a and the second divided shelf 15b are coupled by a hinge mechanism 17 so as to be opened and closed, and the other end is coupled by a coupling 19 that can be unlocked. The hinge mechanism 17 is configured by arranging two hinges at upper and lower positions at one end of the first divided shelf 15a and the second divided shelf 15b. The coupler 19 is constituted by two lever fasteners 19a and 19b. As shown in FIG. 5, the lever fasteners 19a and 19b are each composed of a lever 20a and a hook 20b.

  In the tablet container shelf 7 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the coupler 19 is located on the side where the powder container shelf 9 is arranged, and the hinge mechanism 17 is located on the side opposite to the side where the powder container shelf 9 is arranged. It is configured as follows. By providing the hinge mechanism 17 in this manner, the flow line of the operator when the tablet container stored in the tablet container shelf 7 is exchanged is simplified and shortened, and the operator works with little movement. be able to. In the embodiment of the present invention, the tablet container shelf 7 includes the two couplers 19, but it goes without saying that the number of couplers may be increased or decreased.

  Next, the structure of the powder container shelf 9 will be described. The powder container shelf 9 is comprised from three shelf board members 13a-13c arrange | positioned at intervals at the up-down direction. FIG. 7 is a drawing of the shelf board member 13a removed from the medicine packaging machine 1, (A) is a perspective view of the shelf board member 13a, and (B) is a plan view of the shelf board member 13a. The shelf member 13a connects the front side 21a, the back side 21d, the right side 21e, the side 21c on the tablet container shelf 7 side, one end of the side 21a, and one end of the side 21c of the medicine packaging machine 1. It has a pentagonal shape composed of the side 21b. And the distance between the side 21b and the side 21e becomes long as it goes to the back from this side. By configuring the powder container shelf 9 from the three shelf members 13a to 13c having such a shape, the coupler 19 can be unlocked by a manual operation, and the operator can move the first without substantially moving. The divided shelves 15a and the second divided shelves 15b can be opened. Further, the lowermost shelf member 13c of the powder container shelf 9 is disposed with a predetermined space from the lower region R1. By comprising in this way, this space can be utilized as the dispensing space S for performing dispensing operations, such as measurement of a powder.

  In addition, a powder feeder 23 is disposed above the packaging device 5 in the lower region R <b> 1 inside the housing 3. The powder feeder 23 can be charged with a dispensed powder from a powder inlet 25 formed on the upper side. According to this arrangement configuration, the operator can put the powder into the powder feeder 23 with almost no change in posture, and workability is improved.

  Furthermore, a handing device 27 is provided in the upper region R2 inside the housing 3 above the packaging device 5 (below the tablet container shelf 7). And you may comprise so that the width dimension of the horizontal direction of the handing apparatus 27 may become smaller than the width dimension of the horizontal direction of the tablet container shelf 7. FIG. If comprised in this way, the area of the dispensing space S provided in the downward direction of the powder container shelf 9 can be prevented from narrowing.

  The medicine packaging machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an attachment mechanism 29 for attaching the input / output device 11 to the housing 3. The attachment mechanism 29 allows the input / output device 11 to be positioned in the upper space of the packaging device 5 in front of the tablet container shelf 7 or the powder container shelf 9 during the non-packaging operation, and the tablet container during the packaging operation. It is configured to allow the input / output device 11 to be located next to the shelf 7 or the powder container shelf 9 and away from the space above the packaging device 5. If comprised in this way, not only conveyance will become easy, but the input / output device 11 can be put in the position where it is easy to see even in a narrow space. In the embodiment of the present invention, the attachment mechanism 29 is attached to the frame 31 of the casing on the powder container shelf 9 side. By attaching in this way, the input / output device 11 does not interfere with the opening / closing operation of the first divided shelf 15a and the second divided shelf 15b.

  About the medicine packaging machine 1 of this embodiment, the use aspect and operation | movement are demonstrated.

  An operator such as a pharmacist stands in front of the medicine packaging machine 1 and performs a series of operations. First, the operator inputs prescription data necessary for the packaging operation to the input / output device 11. The prescription data can be input to the input / output device 11 via a prescription ordering system (not shown). And when the tablet container which accommodated the required tablet is accommodated in the tablet container shelf 7, a required tablet is sent out from the tablet container shelf 7 to the packaging apparatus 5 through the tablet guide path which is not shown in figure. Next, when the tablet container containing the necessary tablets is not stored in the tablet container shelf 7, the fact is displayed on the input / output device 11. In this case, the operator brings the necessary tablets from another place, and puts the necessary tablets into the hand handling device 27, thereby sending the necessary tablets to the packaging device 5. Further, when powder is necessary, the fact is displayed on the input / output device 11. In this case, the operator takes out the powder container containing the necessary powder from the powder container shelf 9. Then, in the dispensing space S, the powder is weighed using an electronic balance (not shown) and the necessary amount of powder is taken out. The taken-out powder is put into the powder feeder 23 from the powder inlet 25 to send out the necessary powder to the packaging device 5.

  Next, the case where the tablet container shelf 7 is replenished with tablets and the tablet dropping path of the tablet container shelf 7 is cleaned will be described.

  First, when a tablet is replenished to the first division shelf 15a, replenishment is performed to the medicine packaging machine 1 with the tablet container shelf 7 shown in FIG. 2 closed. That is, the tablet container is taken out from the front side, and after the tablet is replenished, the tablet container is returned to replenish the tablet to the tablet container shelf 7. On the other hand, when the tablet is replenished to the second divided shelf 15b, the replenishment is performed on the medicine packaging machine 1 with the tablet container shelf 7 shown in FIG. That is, in the closed state, the tablet container located on the back side is taken out, replenished with tablets, and then returned to the tablet container shelf 7 to replenish tablets.

  Further, the cleaning of the tablet dropping path of the tablet container shelf 7 is formed on the surfaces 33a and 33b of the first divided shelf 15a and the second divided shelf 15b facing each other. Therefore, the tablet dropping path of the tablet container shelf 7 is cleaned with respect to the medicine packaging machine 1 in a state where the tablet container shelf 7 shown in FIG.

  As described above, by using the medicine packaging machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to perform tablet packaging and powder packaging by one medicine packaging machine 1 with almost no movement of the operator. Not only can the tablet container shelf 7 be replenished with a minimum amount of operator movement, and the tablet drop path of the tablet container shelf 7 can be cleaned.

  Next, a medicine packaging machine 101 according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a medicine packaging machine 101 according to another embodiment of the present invention. A printing device 150 is provided in a lower region inside the housing 103 of the medicine packaging machine 101 at a position below the dispensing space. Compared to tablet dispensing, it is difficult to check the correctness of dispensing by visual inspection after packaging. Therefore, when dispensing a powder, it is necessary to check the correctness of the dispensing by leaving the measurement result of the dispensed powder in a record. When the printing apparatus 150 is provided as in the medicine packaging machine 101, when weighing powder using an electronic balance (not shown) in the dispensing space, the measurement result is printed without using an external printing apparatus. Since it can carry out with the printing apparatus 150 with which the packaging machine 1 was equipped, the movement of the operator at the time of packaging of a powder can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, there are a plurality of powder containers arranged side by side with a tablet container shelf, a tablet container shelf for storing a plurality of tablet containers, and a tablet container shelf so as to secure a dispensing space for the powder. Since the pharmacist removes the powder container from the powder container shelf without substantially moving and performs the dispensing operation, the powder is manually placed on the spot at the packaging device. Can be thrown in. In addition, a tablet container shelf is also provided, and by linking with a packaging device, it is possible to perform tablet packaging and powder packaging by a single medicine packaging machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drug packaging machine 3 Housing | casing 5 Packaging apparatus 7 Tablet container shelf 9 Powder container shelf 11 Input / output device 13a-13c Shelf board member 14 Working table 15a First division shelf 15b Second division shelf 16 Discharge mechanism 17 Hinge mechanism DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 19 Coupler 23 Powder feeder 25 Powder inlet 27 Handing device 29 Mounting mechanism 31 Case frame

Claims (1)

A housing,
A packaging device disposed in a lower region inside the housing;
A tablet container shelf arranged in an upper region inside the housing, and storing a plurality of tablet containers;
In the upper region inside the housing, a powder container shelf arranged side by side with the tablet container shelf so as to ensure a dispensing space for the powder, a powder container shelf for storing a plurality of powder containers,
In the lower region, a powder feeder is arranged at an upper position of the packaging device,
The powder feeder is arranged so that an operator can put a dispensed powder into the powder feeder from a powder inlet formed on the upper surface of the powder feeder that defines a part of the upper limit of the lower region. A drug packaging machine.

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