JP2019058634A - Medicine packaging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a medicine packaging apparatus capable of efficiently performing operation for medicine packaging and operation related thereto.SOLUTION: An upper cleaning device 24 and a lower cleaning device 23 are provided in a medicine packaging apparatus that packs a dose of medicine supplied from the outside and discharges the packed dose. The upper cleaning device 24 automatically performs predetermined cleaning operation in a state in which at least part of the upper cleaning device is located over a distributor tray 20. The lower cleaning device 23 performs predetermined cleaning operation with rotation of the distributor tray 20 in a state in which at least part of the lower cleaning device is located below the distributor tray 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine packaging device for packing medicines such as tablets and powders.

  There is known a drug packaging device which packages medicines such as tablets and powders one by one based on prescription. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a medicine packaging device.

The drug packaging device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a powder dispensing unit and a powder packaging unit, and the powder dispensing unit divides the input powder into one dose and sequentially supplies it to the powder packaging unit. Then, in the powder packaging unit, one dose of powder is divided and stored in a packaging sheet, which is sealed to form a medicine package.
In the medicine packaging device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a dispensing tray is provided in the powder dispensing unit, and the structure is such that the powder is introduced into the groove of the dispensing tray.

JP, 2005-162240, A

In the medicine packaging device having the above-described configuration, since the powder is dropped onto the distribution plate when performing the operation of packaging the powder, it may be necessary to clean the distribution plate and the periphery thereof.
If the operation (or operation) for cleaning is complicated, it is not preferable because the start of the operation of the packaging to be performed next is delayed.
Moreover, since a medicine packaging apparatus is an apparatus which handles the medicine which a person takes, its cleanliness is calculated | required compared with a general apparatus. That is, in order to reliably prevent mixing of other powders into the powder to be packaged (so-called contamination) and the like, it is necessary to reliably remove the powder or the like which has slightly remained.

The conventional medicine packaging device has room for improvement from the viewpoint of facilitating the cleaning and performing the cleaning more accurately.
The conventional medicine packaging device also has room for improvement from the viewpoint of conveying the formed medicine package to the discharge position without any delay, and from the viewpoint of improving the efficiency of the cleaning operation at the time of maintenance.
Furthermore, the conventional medicine packaging device has room for improvement from the viewpoint of efficiently supplying the tablet from the outside when packaging the tablet.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use drug packaging device capable of efficiently performing an operation for drug packaging and an operation related thereto.

  One aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems is a drug packaging apparatus for packaging and discharging an externally supplied drug one by one, which comprises a distribution tray having a power-driven, annular groove. An upper cleaning device and a lower cleaning device for cleaning the upper surface and the lower surface of the distribution plate, the upper cleaning device being in advance in a state where at least a part is positioned above the distribution plate; The lower cleaning device automatically performs a predetermined cleaning operation, and the lower cleaning device is a predetermined cleaning operation with at least a part thereof positioned below the distribution plate, and The cleaning operation accompanied by the rotation of the distribution tray is performed.

According to the medicine packaging device of this aspect, not only the upper surface (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a plate top) of the dispensing plate, but also the lower surface (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a plate lower) can be cleaned.
Therefore, it is possible to remove not only the powder remaining on the plate, but also the powder adhering to the lower side of the plate due to the generation of static electricity, etc., when the packaging operation is carried out. From this, the remaining powder can be more reliably removed, and the occurrence of contamination and the like due to the remaining powder can be further suppressed. Furthermore, unlike the manual cleaning device (the cleaning device used by the user by hand), cleaning can be performed more easily by performing an operation to clean the lower side of the plate while rotating the distribution plate. It has become.

  The lower cleaning device is disposed at a position adjacent to the radial end of the distribution plate, and includes an anti-scattering plate extending along the circumferential direction of the distribution plate, and a receiving member capable of storing powder. And a contact body disposed in the receiving space and in contact with the distribution plate from the lower side, the powder receiving plate member being closer to the distribution plate than the shatterproof plate And the cleaning operation performed by the lower cleaning device is disposed at a position adjacent to the lower end portion of the anti-scattering plate, in a state in which the contact body contacts the distribution plate from the lower side. It is preferable that it is an operation to rotate.

  In this aspect, the powder scattered during cleaning can be stored, and the stored powder can be collectively discarded. For this reason, there is no possibility that the powder that has splattered during cleaning under the plate adheres to other parts, and disposal of the powder collected during cleaning is also easy.

  In each aspect described above, a suction device is provided, and the upper cleaning device is provided with a tip nozzle portion at least a part of which is positioned above the annular groove, and a rotation mechanism portion, and the tip nozzle portion is an internal space Form a suction path communicating with the suction device, and a part of the side wall portion located between the tip end side and the base end side of the tip nozzle portion forms a suction port that communicates inside and outside; The rotation mechanism portion is for rotating the tip nozzle portion around the periphery of the tip nozzle portion, and a suction attitude with the suction port portion facing downward, and a suction attitude with the suction port portion. Preferably, it is possible to switch the posture between the standby postures facing different directions.

According to the present aspect, when the posture is switched between the standby posture when the cleaning operation is not performed and the suction posture when the cleaning operation is performed, the posture of the tip nozzle portion is not largely moved. Switching is possible.
For this reason, it is not necessary to secure a wide area for moving the tip nozzle portion, it can be disposed in a narrow space, and further, it is possible to shorten the time for attitude change.

  In each aspect described above, the tip nozzle portion includes a blocking plate portion including an elastically deformable spatula-like portion, and a suction port forming plate portion having an elastic coefficient larger than that of the spatula-like portion, and the suction port The forming plate portion extends outward from a part of the side wall portion of the tip nozzle portion, and the suction port portion is a portion formed between the spatula-like portion and the suction port forming plate portion And the spatula-like portion is curved so that the plan view is convex toward the downstream side in the rotational direction of the distribution plate at the suction attitude, and the spatula shape at the suction attitude It is preferable that a portion located on the lower end side of the portion be in close contact with the annular groove, and the suction port forming plate portion not be in contact with the annular groove.

  In each aspect described above, the cleaning operation performed by the upper cleaning device is a first operation to shift the upper cleaning device from the standby attitude to the suction attitude, and the upper side while rotating the distribution plate. The second operation for causing the cleaning device to perform the suction operation, the third operation for causing the upper cleaning device to shift from the suction posture to the standby posture, and the distribution while the upper cleaning device maintains the standby posture. The fourth operation of rotating the plate in the same direction as the second operation, and shifting the upper cleaning device from the standby attitude to the suction attitude again, and rotating the distribution dish in the same direction as the second operation. Preferably, the fifth operation of causing the upper cleaning device to perform the suction operation is performed in this order.

According to this aspect, since the cleaning operation is possible without reverse rotation of the distribution plate, it is not necessary to provide a control mechanism or the like for reverse rotation, which is preferable.
Furthermore, in this aspect, by performing the third to fifth operations after the second operation, it is possible to more reliably prevent the generation of the remaining powder at the time of suction.
Specifically, when the suction operation for cleaning is carried out with the conventional medicine packaging device, the powder is drawn linearly along the radial direction of the distribution dish at the portion where the distribution dish and the portion for blocking the medicine contact. Was a problem that
In this aspect, even if the powder remains linearly in the second operation, the third to fifth operations are carried out to provide the powder in the portion where the powder does not remain in the distribution plate. It is possible to contact the part that holds down and perform the suction operation again. That is, even when the remaining powder is generated due to the second operation, the remaining powder can be sucked, and the generation of the remaining powder can be more reliably prevented.

  In each of the aspects described above, the scraper includes a scraper for scraping the powder supplied to the distribution plate, and a scraper cleaning device for cleaning the scraper, the scraper being mounted on the annular groove. And a scratching plate movable in a direction toward or away from the ring, the scratching plate being capable of taking a standby position waiting at a position away from the annular groove, the scratching being possible The cleaning device for removal includes a plate insertion hole opened downward and a contact body for scraping, and the scraping device takes the posture at the time of standby, whereby the scraping plate is the plate insertion hole Is inserted from the lower side to come into contact with the scraping contact body, and in a state in which the scraping plate and the scraping contact body are in contact, one maintains contact with the other. Preferably, the scraping plate is cleaned by moving relatively.

In this aspect, since the dispenser can be automatically cleaned in addition to the distribution plate, it is possible to more reliably remove the remaining powder adhering to the dispenser (rubbing plate), which is more reliable. Can prevent the occurrence of contamination.
In addition, when the removal device takes the standby position, the removal plate is inserted into the plate insertion hole from the lower side, and when the removal device shifts to the standby state after the powder removal operation is performed, Immediately after it is possible to clean the removal device. That is, by providing the cleaning device around the standby position of the removal device, the cleaning device can be cleaned without bringing the cleaning device close to the removal device or moving the removal device significantly.
In addition, according to this aspect, the removal device can be cleaned with a relatively simple structure.

  In each aspect described above, the scraping contact body is a plurality of brushes and protrudes outward from the side surface portion of the rotating body, and the side surface portion of the rotating body is continuous in the circumferential direction of the rotating body One area and the other area, and the brush is attached to only one of the areas, or the brush is attached more closely than the other, and the rotating body rotates. It is preferable that an operation of moving the brush while contacting the scratching plate is performed intermittently.

The term "brush" as used herein includes hair bundles formed by bundling brush hairs. That is, it does not include a so-called handle portion, but includes a member formed of only brush bristles.
In this aspect, it is possible to suppress the scattering of the brush hair at the time of the cleaning operation, and it is possible to prevent the foreign matter from remaining in the inside of the medicine packaging device due to the cleaning operation.

  In each of the aspects described above, the medicine package is packaged by one dose of medicine to form a medicine package, and the conveyance apparatus is provided with a conveyance path for conveying the medicine package to a predetermined position; The primary conveyance unit includes a primary conveyance unit that forms at least a part of the conveyance path, and a power generation unit. The primary conveyance unit includes a conveyor unit and a pressing roller unit. The conveyor unit drives a conveyance surface forming member. Thus, the medicine package in contact is transported to the downstream side in the transport direction, and the power generation means generates power to be supplied to at least the pressing roller portion and the conveyor portion, and the pressing roller The unit includes at least one pressing roller, and the pressing roller rotates about an axis extending in a direction intersecting the transport direction by the power supplied from the power generation unit, At least a part of the medicine package passes between the conveyor unit and the pressing roller unit, and the pressing roller unit presses the medicine package toward the conveyor unit and makes contact with the conveyor unit. It is preferable to apply a force to the medicine package downstream in the transport direction.

According to this aspect, when transporting the formed medicine package, it is possible to suppress the medicine package from being wrinkled.
That is, in this aspect, power is supplied from the power generation means to the pressing roller portion and the conveyor portion. From this, it is possible to further apply a force toward the downstream side in the transport direction from the pressing roller to the medicine package transported by the conveyor unit. Therefore, the medicine package can be more reliably transported to the downstream side, and the medicine package is less likely to be clogged, so that the occurrence of wrinkles in the medicine package due to the clogging can be suppressed.

  In each aspect described above, the formed medicine package is divided into a storage area for storing the supplied drug and a non-storage area adjacent to an edge portion of the storage area, and the transport path A second transport section forming at least a part of the second transport section, the second transport section includes a sandwiching section sandwiching the non-housing area of the medicine package, and sandwiching the non-housing area by the sandwiching section Preferably, the medicine package is transported upward.

In this aspect, damage at the time of delivery of the medicine stored in the medicine package can be prevented.
In addition, since the non-storage area is held, it is preferable that printing information is not blurred when printing information on medicine such as dosing time on the storage area.

  In each aspect described above, the trough member includes at least a dispenser main body, a vibration applying device, and a powder feeding device including a trough member, and vibration is applied to the trough member by the vibration applying device. The powder on the lower part is dropped and supplied to the distribution plate, and the supply device main body portion and the trough member are respectively paired by the first main body side engaging portion and the first trough side engaging portion which are paired. The trough member is detachable from the supply device main body, and the trough member is engaged with the first main body side engaging portion and the first trough side engagement member. The engaging portion is engaged and mounted on the supply device main body, and the engaging structure is engaged and / or engaged with the first main body side engaging portion and the first trough side engaging portion. The trough member is the supply device body It is preferably biased in a direction approaching.

  In this aspect, the trough member of the powder supply device is removable from the supply device body, and the trough member is easy to clean. Further, at the time of attachment, a force is applied to the trough member in a direction approaching the supply device main body, so that it is hard to be removed unexpectedly.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a medicine packaging unit including the medicine packaging device of the above-mentioned aspects and a medicine shelf device for supplying tablets to the medicine packaging device, wherein the medicine shelf device comprises a plurality of medicine medicine packaging units. The tablet container is attachable, and the tablet conveyance device which conveys the tablet supplied from each tablet container to a predetermined position is provided, and the tablet conveyance device is provided with a primary conveyance part and a secondary conveyance part, and said primary The transport unit transports the tablets in a direction intersecting the direction from the medicine rack device side to the medicine packaging device side, and the secondary conveyance unit travels from the medicine shelf device side to the medicine packaging device side The tablet is conveyed in a direction, and the operation of conveying the tablet by the primary conveyance unit and then conveying the tablet by the secondary conveyance unit, and conveying the tablet by the secondary conveyance unit without conveying the tablet by the primary conveyance unit Each minute of the action to be done It is a unit.

The term "tablet" as used herein is intended to include all solid agents formed in the form of particles such as capsules, in addition to those obtained by compressing the drug into a predetermined shape, and the same applies to the following description.
According to this aspect, even when the medicine rack apparatus is enlarged and tablet containers are arranged at various positions, the tablets contained in the respective tablet containers can be supplied to the drug packaging apparatus by an appropriate conveyance operation. .

  In the aspect described above, the primary transport unit includes a receiving unit that receives the supplied tablet, and a tablet extrusion piece, and the tablet extrusion piece moves in the transport direction of the tablet in the primary transport unit. It is possible that the operation of transporting the tablet in the primary transport unit is preferably an operation of pressing and transporting the tablet positioned in the receiving unit by the tablet pushing piece.

  The aspect relating to the present invention is a cupboard device for discharging medicines in a desired number and supplying them to other devices, and a container mounting portion to which a plurality of tablet containers can be mounted, and a tablet for transporting tablets to a predetermined position The apparatus has a transport device and a plurality of tablet supply paths, and the tablet supply path forms a path for supplying a tablet supplied from the corresponding tablet container to the tablet transport device. The tablet supply path corresponding to the specified tablet container, performing a container specifying operation of specifying a tablet container containing a tablet to be supplied, including a tablet pushing piece portion for pushing and moving a tablet, based on data on prescription; And a standby position of the tablet pushing piece portion is changed according to the change.

According to this aspect, the operation of supplying the tablet to the drug packaging device can be accelerated, which is preferable.
The “other device” referred to here may be the above-described medicine packaging device.

  The related aspect described above is that the tablet transfer device includes a primary transfer portion, and the primary transfer portion is a portion that transfers the tablet in a direction intersecting the direction from the medicine shelf side to the other device side, And the receiving part which receives the supplied tablet and it has the said tablet extrusion piece part, The said primary conveyance part moves the said tablet extrusion piece part in a conveyance direction, A tablet is made by the said tablet extrusion piece part The tablet supply path is for feeding tablets to different positions of the receiving part, and the standby position of the tablet pushing piece part is the movement of the tablet pushing piece part It is further preferable to include a reference waiting position upstream of the direction and a change waiting position located downstream of the reference waiting position.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a medicine dispensing and packaging unit comprising a dispensing and packaging apparatus for packaging and / or sorting medicines and a cupboard unit for supplying tablets to the dispensing and packaging apparatus, and displaying various information And the container mounting portion has a plurality of individual mounting portions on which the tablet containers are individually installed, and a tablet which is likely to be used for a designated period based on data on prescription The use tablet prediction operation which specifies the tablet container which stores the tablet concerned can be performed, the display can display a recommendation container presentation screen, and the recommendation container presentation screen is the tablet in the container attachment part The installation status display section schematically shows the container attachment section in the installation status display section, and stores the tablet specified in the tablet use prediction operation. It is a drug packaging unit, wherein the individual installation part which is container not installed is highlighted.

According to this aspect, it is possible to appropriately carry out the replacement operation of the tablet container by the user, which is preferable.
The packaging device referred to here may be the above-described medicine packaging device.

  The above-described aspect further includes a planned tablet display unit for displaying a list of tablets specified by the used tablet prediction operation, and the recommended container presentation screen includes the installation status display unit and the planned tablet display unit. It is a screen which displays visually at the same time, and it is more preferable that the tablet which is not accommodated in the said tablet container installed in the said container mounting part is highlighted by the said planned tablet display part.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a drug packaging device capable of efficiently performing an operation for drug packaging and an operation related thereto.

It is a figure which shows the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention, and (a) is a figure which expands the peripheral part at the time of making a part of small part of a main part open. 7 (b) is an explanatory view showing a nozzle portion. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the powder dividing area incorporated in the medicine packaging device of FIG. 1, showing a part thereof enlarged and a transparent portion of the distribution plate in the enlarged part. It is a perspective view which shows the tablet supply unit incorporated in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of FIG. 1, (a) shows an appearance seen from upper side, and shows an appearance seen from lower side. It is a perspective view which shows the below-the-plate cleaning device of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the suction opening formation part of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the dish-on-a-plate cleaning device of FIG. 2, (a) shows the state to which the suction opening turned upwards, and (b) shows the state to which the suction opening turned downwards. It is a figure which shows the front-end | tip nozzle part of FIG. 6, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a side view, (c) is the top view seen from the downward side. It is sectional drawing which shows the front-end | tip nozzle part of FIG.7 (b), (a) is AA sectional drawing, (b) is BB sectional drawing, (c) is CC sectional drawing. (A) is a perspective view which shows the cleaning mechanism main body of FIG. 3, (b) is an expanded view which shows the rotating brush main body of (a) typically. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically a mode that the brush hair of the below-the-plate cleaning apparatus of FIG. 2 contacts a distribution plate. (A) is an explanatory view showing a state in which the plate cleaning device of FIG. 2 is in a cleaning posture, and (b) is a state where (a) the stopper plate contacts the upper surface of the powder injection groove It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which was carried out. It is explanatory drawing which shows the suction operation performed rotating a distribution dish in the state of Fig.11 (a). It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the removal apparatus entered in the cleaning apparatus for removal of FIG. It is a figure which shows the below-the-plate cleaning apparatus which concerns on embodiment different from above-described below-the-plate cleaning apparatus, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows a mode attached to the vicinity of a distribution plate. It is a perspective view which shows the medicine package conveyance apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part of the primary conveyance part of FIG. It is the perspective view which saw the medicine package conveyance apparatus of FIG. 15 from another direction, and it is set as the state which opened the cover member of the secondary conveyance part, and abbreviate | omits and shows a part of outer shell member. FIG. 17 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the medicine package is transported by the primary transport unit of FIG. 16, which is viewed from a direction different from FIG. 16. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that a medicine package is conveyed by the medicine package conveyance apparatus of FIG. 15, (a) shows a situation that a medicine package is conveyed by a part of primary conveyance part and a secondary conveyance part. (B) schematically shows how the swelling portion of the medicine package passes under the lower part of the pressing roller. It is an explanatory view showing signs that a medicine package is conveyed in a portion which a primary transportation part and a secondary transportation part continue, and penetrates and shows a part of medicine packaging. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically a mode that a medicine package is conveyed inside a secondary conveyance part, (a) shows the state seen from the primary conveyance part side, (b) is a direction different from (a) It shows the state seen from the viewpoint. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that operation which changes the supply speed of a powder medicine with the operation panel shown in FIG. 1 is performed, (a), (b) shows a speed change operation which each differs. It is a perspective view which shows the powder feeder of FIG. 2, and the hopper arrange | positioned on the upper side, and permeate | transmits and shows a hopper. FIG. 24 is a perspective view showing the powder supply device shown in FIG. 23, showing a state in which the supply device lid is open and the supply trough is removed. It is a perspective view which shows the trough for supply shown by FIG. 23, (a) shows a mode seen from upper direction, and the mode (b) shows a mode seen from lower. It is a figure which shows a mode that the latching piece part of the trough for supply is latched by the hole for latching, (a) is the state before latching and (b) shows the state after latching. [FIG. 26] It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that a supply trough is locked by a lock mechanism part following on FIG. 26, It locks in order of (a)-(c). FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional view showing the powder feeder and hopper of FIG. 23; It is a perspective view which shows the packaging apparatus with a medicine shelf which attached the tablet cassette shelf to the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of FIG. 1, and shows a drug packaging apparatus typically and transparently. It is a perspective view which shows the tablet supply apparatus of FIG. FIG. 31 is a perspective view showing an internal mechanism of the one-side tablet receiving portion of FIG. 30. FIG. 31 is an explanatory view showing how the pivoting plate portion pivots inside the one-side tablet receiving portion of FIG. 30, where (a) shows a state where the lower side of the tablet introduction space is blocked by the pivoting plate portion; b) shows the state where the lower side of the tablet introduction space is opened. It is a perspective view which shows a horizontal conveyance part, and abbreviate | omits and shows one part of the wall-like part located in upper side front. It is a perspective view which shows the internal mechanism of a horizontal conveyance part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the internal structure of the fall path formation part of FIG. 30, and its periphery, and is a figure which abbreviate | omits and shows the wall-like part located in the front side of a fall path formation part, (a), (b) Shows the situation seen from different directions. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the internal structure of a tablet extrusion part. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that a tablet extrusion part conveys a tablet, (a) shows a mode that a tablet conveyance apparatus takes a 1st waiting position, (b) is a tablet conveyance apparatus whole from the state of (a). (C) shows a state in which only the carrier portion has moved to the tablet outlet side from the state of (b). (A) is a perspective view showing the upper part of the medicine package carrier with the upper lid opened and the tablet supply unit rotated upward, and (b) is a sectional view of (a) It is explanatory drawing which shows the periphery of a powder medicine shield board part. It is a figure which shows the cleaning apparatus unit which can be attached to the tablet supply unit different from FIG. 3, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is sectional drawing. (A) is a perspective view which shows a mode that the hopper member which forms a chemical | medical agent inlet was seen from the back side, (b) is sectional drawing which shows a mode that the hopper member of (a) was mounted in the mounting board part. is there. (A) is a perspective view which shows a part of supply trough different from FIG. 25, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the supply trough of (a) was mounted in the saucer mounting part. . It is explanatory drawing shown typically, permeate | transmitting the upper part of the tablet cassette shelf of FIG. 29 seen partially from the back side in part, and (a), (b) is a state which each waits for a tablet extrusion piece part in a different position. Indicates It is a figure which shows a recommendation cassette presentation screen. It is a figure which shows a target information adjustment screen. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the cleaning operation | movement which can be performed with the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. The following embodiments are examples embodying the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these examples. Further, the front, rear, upper and lower, and left and right directions will be described based on the attitude of FIG. 1 unless otherwise noted.
The medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment includes, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus body 2 includes a housing 4 and an upper lid 5 rotatably mounted on the upper side of the housing 4. The manual cleaning device 6 is attached to a portion of the front side of the housing 4 which is closer to the side end. In addition, an operation panel 7 is provided on the upper portion of the device body 2.

The operation display unit 3 is a so-called touch panel, is formed by combining a display device such as a liquid crystal panel and a position input device such as a touch pad, and can perform operations for executing various operations described later It is. The housing 4 incorporates a control device (not shown) for controlling various operations.
Further, a powder dividing area 10 (see FIG. 2) is formed in the upper part of the housing 4, and a tablet supply unit 11 (see FIG. 3) is disposed on the upper side thereof.

The powder dividing area 10 is a part for dividing the supplied powder into one dose. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the distribution tray 20, the powder supply device 21, the scraping device 22, the below-the-plate cleaning device 23 (lower side cleaning device), and the above-the-plate cleaning device 24 (the upper side It has a structure provided with a cleaning device) and a medicine introduction port 25.
In the powder dividing area 10, two dispensing trays 20 are arranged in parallel, and each of the dispensing trays 20 is associated with one powder dispensing device 21, one scraping device 22, and a plate cleaning device 24. .
A drug inlet 25 for supplying a drug to a lower drug packaging portion (not shown) is formed in a portion around the dispensing tray 20 and between the two dispensing trays 20. Further, the under-tray cleaning device 23 is provided at a position adjacent to the medicine introduction port 25.

The distribution tray 20 is a disk-like member, and has an annular continuous annular powdery input groove 20a (annular groove) formed on the top surface thereof.
The distribution tray 20 can be rotated at a predetermined pitch by a rotation mechanism (not shown) such as a drive motor.
The powder supply device 21 supplies the supplied powder little by little to the powder injection groove 20a.

The scraping device 22 is provided with an arm member 30 and a disc-shaped scraping plate 31 as shown in FIG. 13, and a sealing material 32 made of rubber or resin is provided on the peripheral portion of the scraping plate 31. There is.
The scraping device 22 can move the scraping plate 31 up and down by operating the arm member 30, and the distribution attitude in which the scraping plate 31 is positioned on the lower side, and the upper side It is possible to change the attitude between the standing attitude and the standing attitude.
At the time of distribution, the operation of dividing the powder into one dose (the operation of collecting one dose of powder around the scraping plate 31) and the operation of injecting one dose of the powder into the drug inlet 25 It is an attitude to take at times. In the distribution attitude, the edge portion of the scraping plate 31 is in contact with the powder injection groove 20a.

On the other hand, in the standby state, the scraping plate 31 is disposed at a position away from the powder injection groove 20a. In the standby posture, a part of the scraping plate 31 is inserted into the scraping cleaning device 43 (described in detail later) from below.
In the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when one dose of powder is introduced into the medicine introduction port 25, the dispensing tray 20 is rotated in a state where the powder is supplied to the powder introduction groove 20a. Thereafter, the dispenser 22 moves from the standby position to the distributed position, and the dispensing plate 20 rotates by an angle corresponding to the number of divisions, whereby one dose of the powder is collected around the scraping plate 31. . Then, the scraping plate 31 is rotated, and the collected powder is introduced into the drug inlet 25.

As shown in FIG. 3, the tablet supply unit 11 includes a tablet handling unit 40 and a tablet delivery path 41.
The tablet hand portion 40 is a portion exposed to the outside (see FIG. 1 and the like) when the small lid portion 5a is flipped up to be in an open state (see FIG. 1), and holes for tablet loading are arranged in a grid. In addition, the upper surface of the tablet hand part 40 is an inclined surface which becomes a rising gradient as it goes to the rear side, and when viewed from the front side, all the grids are visible.
The tablet conveyance path 41 (FIG. 3, FIG. 30) is a portion for inserting the tablet hand portion 40 or a tablet supplied from the outside into the medicine introduction port 25 (see FIG. 2).

  The tablet supply unit 11 is provided with two cleaning devices 43 for scraping. One removal cleaning device 43 is positioned closer to one end in the left-right direction than the tablet transport path 41, and the other is positioned closer to the other end than the tablet transport path 41.

  The medicine packaging device 1 according to the present embodiment includes the manual cleaning device 6 (see FIG. 1), the under-tray cleaning device 23, the over-the-dish cleaning device 24 (see FIG. 2), and the cleaning device 43 for scraping (see FIG. 3). It has a structure provided with a cleaning device group consisting of the above, and can clean each part. These are all connected to a suction device (not shown). Then, by switching a switching valve (not shown) such as a three-way valve, the suction paths between the cleaning devices and the suction device are in communication.

As shown in FIG. 1, the manual cleaning device 6 has a structure including a nozzle portion 55 in which a suction port 55 a is formed on the front end side, and a hose portion 56.
The nozzle portion 55 is a portion having an approximate “F” shape, and has a structure in which the nozzle body 60 and the grip portion 61 are integrally formed.

  The nozzle body 60 is a cylindrical portion, a suction port 55a is formed at the tip end, and a portion for connecting with the hose portion 56 is formed at the rear end side. The shape of the suction port 55a at the tip is as if the cylinder was cut obliquely. The interior of the nozzle body 60 forms part of the suction path when in use. The gripping portion 61 is a portion for the user to hold by hand.

As shown in FIG. 4, the below-the-dish cleaning device 23 includes an extending path forming portion 65 and a suction port forming portion 66, which are formed by being connected to each other.
The extension path forming portion 65 is a substantially box-like member whose lower side is opened, extends in the front-rear direction, and has a shape in which a front end side which is one end side in the longitudinal direction is bifurcated. The extension path forming portion 65 is disposed on the mounting plate portion 10a of the powder dividing area 10 to be closed at the lower side, and the internal space 70 forms an air flow path. The internal space 70 of the extension path forming portion 65 also has a portion extending rectilinearly along the front-rear direction at most of the rear end side and a bifurcated portion branched to the left and right at the front end side There is. An opening communicating with the internal space 83 (described in detail later) of the suction port forming portion 66 is formed on the front end side of each of the bifurcated portions.

The suction port formation portion 66 is a member formed by attaching the brush body 81 to the formation portion main body 80, as shown in FIG.
The forming portion main body 80 is a portion in which the first suction port forming piece 80a, the forming piece connecting portion 80b, and the second suction port forming piece 80c are integrally formed, and is arranged in parallel in this order from one end side in the left-right direction. ing.
Here, since the first suction port forming piece 80a and the second suction port forming piece 80c are members that are symmetrical in the left-right direction, only the shape of one of the first suction port forming pieces 80a will be described.

The first suction port forming piece 80a is a bottomed box-like portion having an open upper side, and is surrounded on the upper side of the bottom plate portion located on the lower end side by an inner circumferential surface continuous with a substantially square ring. An internal space 83 is formed.
And the upper end surface of the 1st suction opening formation piece 80a is an inclined surface which becomes a downward slope toward the outside in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the opening surface (suction opening) of the internal space 83 formed on the top surface is also a surface inclined so as to have a downward slope toward the outside in the left-right direction.

Of the inner wall surfaces of the inner space 83, brush engaging portions 84 raised inward are formed on the surfaces facing each other in the left-right direction. A connecting hole 85 is formed in a standing wall-like portion located on the rear side of the internal space 83, penetrating the standing wall-like portion in the thickness direction.
The brush engaging portion 84 is a raised portion having a substantially “concave” shape in a side view, and a fitting portion recessed downward is formed on a part of the upper surface of the raised portion. For this reason, it is possible to support the brush body 81 by inserting a part of the lower end side of the brush body 81 into the fitting portion.

When the extending path forming portion 65 and the suction port forming portion 66 are connected via the connection hole 85 (see FIG. 4), the internal space of the extending path forming portion 65 and the first suction port forming of the suction port forming portion 66 The internal spaces 83 of the piece 80a and the second suction port forming piece 80c communicate with each other.
As shown in FIG. 5, the brush body 81 is formed by integrally attaching a brush hair (a hair bundle of brush hairs and a contact body) on the top surface side of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped pedestal portion 81a. is there. The brush body 81 is attachable to and detachable from the forming portion main body 80, and only the brush body 81 can be replaced.

The below-the-dish cleaning device 23 is, as shown in FIG.
Here, in the mounting plate portion 10a, a pipe connection hole (not shown) which penetrates the mounting plate portion 10a in the vertical direction and is connected to a suction device (not shown) is formed. Therefore, a series of spaces (lower suction path) extending from the suction device (not shown) through the inner space of the pipe and the inner space 70 of the extension path forming portion 65 to the opening of the inner space 83 of the suction port forming portion 66 Is formed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the on-dish cleaning device 24 has a free end side located above the powder injection groove 20 a of the distribution plate 20 and a base end radially inward of the powder injection groove 20 a. The proximal end side of the powder injection groove 20 a is housed inside the decorative plate member 96.
As shown in FIG. 6, the on-dish cleaning device 24 has a tip nozzle portion 98 and a nozzle pivoting device 100 (pivot mechanism portion) for pivoting the tip nozzle portion 98, and these are aligned in the vertical direction The support portion 101 is provided to support in the above state.
The nozzle rotation device 100 includes a motor 100a and a gear portion 100b integrally attached to the motor 100a.

  The tip nozzle portion 98 extends in a direction transverse to the powder injection groove 20a (a direction intersecting with the extending direction of the groove), and protrudes outward in the radial direction of the powder injection groove 20a (see FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 6, a plate upper hose portion 102 connected to a suction device (not shown) in the housing 4 is attached to a portion on the base end side of the tip nozzle portion 98. The tip nozzle portion 98 is configured to be rotatable about a rotation axis extending in the projecting direction.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the distal end nozzle portion 98 includes the connecting cylindrical portion 105, the proximal end cylindrical portion 106, the external gear forming portion 107, and the distal end side hollow body 108 from the proximal end side. It has a built-in structure. Further, a blocking plate portion 109 and a suction port forming plate portion 110 are provided at a position on the lower end side of the distal end side hollow body 108 in the cleaning operation of the distal end nozzle portion 98.
In the following description of the front end nozzle portion 98, the posture during cleaning operation (the posture shown in FIG. 6B, the posture during suction) will be described as a reference unless otherwise noted.

  The front end side hollow body 108 is a portion formed to project from the front surface of the external gear forming portion 107 toward the front end side. The distal end side hollow body 108 has a hollow body internal space 114 (see FIG. 8) formed therein, and communicates with the outside on the lower side (the lower side at the time of the cleaning operation).

As shown in FIG. 7B, the blocking plate portion 109 is formed in a wall shape so as to protrude further downward (outside) from the lower side (lower side during cleaning operation) of the tip nozzle portion 98. It is a part.
The blocking plate portion 109 includes a spatula-like portion 109a formed of an elastic member such as rubber, and a guide plate portion 109b attached to an upper portion (proximal end portion in the projecting direction) of the spatula-like portion 109a. It has a structure. The spatula-like portion 109 a is a portion having a smaller elastic coefficient than the suction port forming plate portion 110.

As shown in FIG. 7B, the spatula-like portion 109a is divided into a distal end side portion 115, a connecting portion 116, and a proximal end side portion 117 sequentially from the distal end side of the distal end nozzle portion 98.
The tip end side portion 115 is formed with a curved surface that is curved so as to be convex toward the outside in the projecting direction (the lower side of FIG. 7B) on the projecting end surface (the lower end surface of FIG. 7B) It is a part. The curvature of the curved surface is substantially the same as the curvature of the upper surface of the cross-sectional shape (the cross-sectional shape cut along a plane perpendicular to the circumferential direction) of the powder injection groove 20a.
The lower end side of the connection portion 116 is formed with a recessed portion.

In the side plate portion 109b, the protrusion length of the portion positioned on the tip end side (right side of FIG. 7B) of the tip end nozzle portion 98 is the protrusion of a portion positioned on the base end side (left side of FIG. 7B). Longer than length.
As shown in FIG. 7C, when viewed in plan from below (the lower side in the cleaning posture), the bar-like portion 109a and the side plate 109b both curve and extend It has become.
That is, when viewed in plan, the spatula-like portion 109 a and the guide plate portion 109 b are both curved so as to be convex toward the downstream side in the rotational direction of the distribution plate 20.

Specifically, the center side portions in the extension direction (longitudinal direction of the distal end side hollow body 108) of the spatula-like portion 109a and the backing plate portion 109b are in the rotational direction of the distribution plate 20 more than the respective ends in the same direction. It is curved to be located downstream.
Further, in the spatula-like portion 109a, a part of the surface located on the downstream side in the rotational direction of the distribution plate 20 is in close contact with the surface located on the upstream side in the same direction of the backing plate portion 109b.

As shown in FIG. 7C, the suction port forming plate portion 110 is positioned on the proximal side with the distal side portion 120 positioned on the distal side (left side of FIG. 7C) of the distal end nozzle portion 98. It is divided into the proximal side 121. The suction port forming plate portion 110 is a portion made of a material such as a synthetic resin as a raw material and integrally molded with the distal end side hollow body 108. Then, as shown in FIG. 7B, the lower side (the lower side at the time of the cleaning operation) of the tip nozzle portion 98 extends so as to protrude further downward (outside). Each portion of the suction port forming plate portion 110 has a shorter projection length than each portion of the blocking plate portion 109 adjacent in the rotational direction of the distribution plate 20.
Further, the lower end portion of the tip side portion 120 is closer to the blocking plate portion 109 than the upper end portion.

The suction port forming plate portion 110 and the blocking portion 109 are formed such that the end portions located on the tip end side (left side of FIG. 7C) of the tip end nozzle portion 98 are continuous and form the open end wall portion 125. ing.
And it is a base end side (right side of Drawing 7 (c)) of tip nozzle part 98 rather than this opening end wall part 125, and a portion between blocking board part 109 and suction opening formation board part 110 is cleaning operation At times, the suction port 126 functions as a suction port.

As shown in FIG. 8, the suction port 126 has a shape having a relatively wide portion and a relatively narrow portion in the longitudinal direction of the distal end side hollow body 108.
Further, the portion from the suction port 126 to the hollow body internal space 114 also has a relatively large cross-sectional area (a cross-sectional area cut in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tip nozzle portion 98) and a relatively small portion. It has a shape with
That is, the shape of the portion from the suction port 126 to the hollow body internal space 114 is different in each portion in the longitudinal direction of the distal end side hollow body 108 (tip nozzle portion 98). On the other hand, the cross-sectional area of the upper part is larger than that of the lower part in any part.

In the inside of the tip nozzle portion 98, a series of spaces consisting of spaces respectively located inside the connecting cylindrical portion 105 and the proximal end cylindrical portion 106 are formed through the hollow body internal space 114 from the suction port 126 There is.
This series of spaces is connected to the internal space of the upper dish portion 102 (see FIG. 6) and forms a part of the series of spaces (upper suction path) extending to the suction device (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 3, the cleaning device 43 for scraping is a disk insertion hole 130 (plate insertion hole) formed in the box body of the tablet supply unit 11 and communicating inside and outside, and a cleaning mechanism located inside the box body. It is comprised by the main body 131.
The disk insertion hole 130 is a hole having an opening in a portion straddling the front side wall portion 11 a and the bottom wall portion 11 b in the box body of the tablet supply unit 11.

  Here, an inner partition wall portion 133 is formed on the back side of the opening of the disk insertion hole 130 formed in the front side wall portion 11a. The inner partition wall portion 133 is continuous with the inner end portion in the left and right direction of the opening of the disk insertion hole 130 formed in the front side wall portion 11 a, and is an upright wall shape extending outward in the left and right direction It is a part.

The scraping plate 31 (see FIG. 13) of the scraping device 22 is inserted at a position behind the opening formed in the front side wall 11a of the disc insertion hole 130 and adjacent to the inner partition wall 133. It is a board storage area 134.
Then, the cleaning mechanism main body 131 is positioned at the back side of the plate storage area 134.

As shown in FIG. 9A, the cleaning mechanism main body 131 includes a motor 137, a motor connecting gear 138 integrally attached to the motor 137, and a rotating brush portion 139. Then, the motor connection gear 138 is rotated by the rotation of the motor 137 serving as the drive source, and the rotating brush portion 139 is rotated accordingly.
The rotating brush portion 139 includes a gear portion 140 and a rotating brush main body 141 (rotating body), and the gear portion 140 is in a state of meshing with the motor connecting gear 138.

The rotating brush main body 141 is a portion formed by integrally attaching a brush hair (hair bundle of brush hair) to a part of the side surface of the substantially cylindrical main body. The rotating brush main body 141 protrudes from one main surface of the gear portion 140 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the main surface and in a direction toward the outside.
A plurality of brush bristles, which are elastic bristles, are also closely packed to form a bristle bundle (brush), and the bristle bundles are attached to different positions, respectively. The plurality of hair bundles form a scraping contact body that contacts the scraping plate 31 during the cleaning operation. In addition, for the convenience of drawing, each hair bundle is represented in a cylindrical shape.

As shown in FIG. 9B, when the side surface of the rotary brush main body 141 is developed, it is one continuous area (area within the thick line in the figure), and the area is about 30 percent of the total area The brush hair (hair bundle) is attached only in the area.
The rotating brush main body 141 is divided into two areas consisting of one area and another area when the side face is expanded, and one of the areas is an area for attaching a brush hair, The area of the is not attached to the bristles.
The area of the region to which the brush hairs are to be attached is preferably greater than 0 percent and not more than 50 percent based on the total area, from the viewpoint of preventing scattering of the brush hairs during operation.
As a modification, there is also a configuration in which some of the brush hairs are provided densely and the brush hairs are provided very slightly in other regions.

The medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment operates the respective devices (the manual cleaning device 6, the below-the-dish cleaning device 23, the above-the-dish cleaning device 24 and the cleaning device for scraping 43) constituting the above-mentioned cleaning device group. Thus, the first to fourth cleaning operations can be performed.
Hereinafter, the first to fourth cleaning operations will be described in detail.

The first cleaning operation is a cleaning operation performed by operating the manual cleaning device 6.
In the first cleaning operation, when the user operates the operation display unit 3 or the like, the switching operation of the above-described three-way valve or the like is performed as necessary. In the first cleaning operation, the user holds the nozzle portion 55 (see FIG. 1 and the like) of the manual cleaning device 6 and brings the suction port 55a into proximity or in contact with a portion to be cleaned.

The second cleaning operation is a cleaning operation performed by the operation of the below-the-a-seat cleaning device 23 and the third cleaning operation is a cleaning operation performed by the operation of the on-the-dish cleaning device 24.
These cleaning operations can be performed automatically based on preset conditions. For example, it is possible to automatically perform the packaging operation before (or after) the packaging operation only when packaging a specific powder medicine in the packaging operation. In addition, regardless of the type of powder, it is also possible to automatically carry out the packaging operation before or after the packaging operation.
Furthermore, it is also possible to start cleaning on condition that the user operates the operation display unit 3.

When the second cleaning operation is started, a suction path is formed between the suction device (not shown) and the under-tray cleaning device 23.
Then, an operation of rotating at least one of the plurality of (two) distribution dishes 20 is performed, and a suction operation is performed by the below-the-dish cleaning device 23.
Here, the brush bristles (hair bundle) attached to the brush body 81 of the under-tray cleaning device 23 are attached so as to project upward from below as shown in FIG.
From this, by disposing the suction opening forming pieces (the first suction opening forming piece 80a and the second suction opening forming piece 80c) of the lower dish cleaning device 23 below the distribution plate 20, the brush on the lower surface of the distribution plate 20 Contact at least a part of the hair in a deformed state.

The brush bristles are in contact with the lower surface of the distribution plate 20 at a position near the radially outer end, and a part thereof is in contact with the distribution plate 20 from the lower side. More specifically, it is a curved surface portion formed in the vicinity of the outer end in the radial direction of the lower surface of the distribution plate 20, and is in contact with the curved surface portion whose height increases toward the outer side in the radial direction.
Also, the other part is in contact with the radially outer edge portion from the side. In this state, a suction operation is performed by the below-the-dish cleaning device 23 while rotating the distribution tray 20.

When the third cleaning operation is started, a suction path is formed between the suction device (not shown) and the on-dish cleaning device 24.
On the other hand, the on-dish cleaning device 24 has a suction state in which the opening of the suction port 126 faces upward from the standby state (a posture in which the suction port faces other than downward, see FIG. 6A). It shifts to the time posture (see FIG. 6 (b)). That is, the front end nozzle portion 98 is rotated, and the blocking plate portion 109 is rotated together with the suction port forming plate portion 110.

  When changing the posture, the blocking plate 109 rotates with the suction port forming plate 110. The tip nozzle portion 98 is rotated with the protrusion direction of the tip nozzle portion 98 as a rotation axis and one direction around the rotation axis as a rotation direction. Further, among the blocking plate portion 109 and the suction port forming plate portion 110 arranged in parallel in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, the suction port forming plate portion 110 side is the leading side, and the blocking plate portion 109 is the following. It is in the direction of the side.

When the posture for cleaning is changed, as shown in FIG. 11, the lower end portion (protruding end portion) of the blocking plate portion 109 comes into contact with the upper surface of the powder injection groove 20a.
Here, in the present embodiment, as described above, the tip nozzle portion 98 is rotated to shift to the suction posture. According to such a structure, there is an advantage that it is difficult for powder to enter between the lower surface of the blocking plate portion 109 and the upper surface of the powder injection groove 20a.

Here, a case will be considered in which the sealing plate portion 109 is temporarily lowered from the upper side to the vertical lower side to be in contact with the upper surface of the powder injection groove 20a. In this case, the lower surface of the blocking plate 109 descends from above the minute amount of powder powder, dust, etc. (hereinafter, also simply referred to as dust etc.) remaining on the upper surface of the powder injection groove 20a. Contact with For this reason, dust etc. will be in the state pinched | interposed between the dam board part 109 and the upper surface of the powder injection slot 20a.
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, since the blocking plate portion 109 rotates with the tip nozzle portion 98, it moves from the downstream side in the rotation direction of the distribution plate 20 toward the position to be disposed in the cleaning attitude. Go. At this time, a part of the dam plate portion 109 moves to a position to be disposed in the cleaning attitude while maintaining a state in contact with the upper surface of the powder injection groove 20a.
Thus, dust and the like are less likely to enter between the lower surface of the blocking plate portion 109 and the lower surface of the blocking plate portion 109 by moving the blocking plate portion 109 in the direction including not only the vertical component but also the circumferential component of the powder injection slot 20a. doing.

Then, in the suction posture, the distal end side portion 115 of the blocking plate portion 109 is fitted into the powder injection groove 20a. Therefore, the curved surface formed on the lower end side of the distal end side portion 115 is in a state of being in close contact with the powder injection groove 20a.
On the other hand, a part of the end portion located inward in the radial direction of the powder charging groove 20a and the vicinity thereof enter a recessed portion formed on the lower end side of the connecting portion 116.

In addition, the powder injection slot 20a is a hollow portion extending in an annular shape in a plan view, and the cross-sectional shape cut in a cross section perpendicular to the circumferential direction is concaved so as to be rounded and convex downward. It has an oval shape. That is, the edge end located in the radially outer side and the edge end located in the radially inner side are disposed at high positions, and a recess is formed therebetween. And the edge part of the powder injection | throwing-in groove | channel 20a respectively located in the inside and outside of radial direction becomes continuous in any ring shape by planar view.
Therefore, a recessed portion formed on the lower end side of the connection portion 116 is a portion positioned at a relatively high position on the inner side in the radial direction of the powder injection groove 20a, and an annular continuous portion enters It becomes a state.

  After the on-dish cleaning device 24 shifts to the suction attitude, an operation of rotating the distribution dish 20 is performed. At this time, the direction of rotation of the distribution tray 20 is a direction in which the scraping device 22 is on the upstream side and the on-dish cleaning device 24 is on the downstream side (the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 11A). Therefore, the blocking plate portion 109 in the cleaning posture is positioned downstream of the suction port forming plate portion 110 in the rotational direction of the distribution plate 20 (see FIG. 11B).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 12, in the cleaning posture, the lower end of the suction port forming plate portion 110 is positioned higher than the lower end of the blocking plate portion 109 and does not contact the upper surface of the powder injection groove 20a. ing. Therefore, dust and the like collected on the upper surface of the powder injection groove 20a are collected on the upstream side of the blocking plate portion 109 (upstream side in the rotational direction of the distribution plate 20) as the distribution plate 20 rotates. At the same time, the suction port 126 sucks the air into the distal hollow body 108.

  Then, in the third cleaning operation of the present embodiment, the on-dish cleaning device 24 is shifted from the standby posture to the suction posture (first operation), and the suction operation is performed while rotating the distribution plate 20 one or more turns ( Second operation). Subsequently, the on-dish cleaning device 24 is temporarily shifted to the standby posture (third operation), and the distribution dish 20 is rotated by a predetermined angle (fourth operation). Furthermore, the dish cleaning device 24 is again shifted to the suction attitude, the suction operation is performed while rotating the distribution dish 20 at a predetermined angle (fifth operation), and then the dish cleaning device 24 is shifted to the standby attitude Let As described above, the third cleaning operation is an operation of sequentially executing the series of operations.

  In the third cleaning operation of the present embodiment, when rotating the distribution plate 20 in each of the series of operations, the distribution plate 20 is rotated in the same direction. That is, in the series of operations, the distribution tray 20 is not reversely rotated. According to this configuration, it is preferable from the viewpoint that dust and the like collected are not scattered as much as possible at the time of cleaning.

  The fourth cleaning operation is a cleaning operation performed using the scraping cleaning device 43 (see FIG. 3). It is possible to automatically execute the fourth cleaning operation based on the set conditions. The fourth cleaning operation may be performed in parallel with the other cleaning operations, or may be performed independently.

In the present embodiment, the scraping device 22 is in the standby state in which the scraping plate 31 is positioned upward when the dispensing operation of the powder is not performed. Then, by taking the standby posture, a part of the scraping plate 31 is inserted into the disc insertion hole 130 on the tablet supply unit 11 side (see FIG. 13).
The fourth cleaning operation is an operation performed in this state, and is an operation for rotating both the scraping plate 31 and the rotating brush main body 141 (see FIGS. 9 and 13) of the cleaning mechanism main body 131.

Specifically, during the cleaning operation, the rotating brush main body 141 is arranged such that the extending direction thereof is the same as the thickness direction of the scraping plate 31. The rotating brush main body 141 is disposed at a position away from the side surface (the side surface continuous in the circumferential direction) located between the two main surfaces of the scraping plate 31.
Here, as described above, the brush hair (hair bundle) is attached to a part of the side surface of the rotating brush main body 141 so as to protrude outward. Therefore, when the rotary brush main body 141 is rotated, the brush bristles come in contact with the scraping plate 31 when coming close to the scraping plate 31 and come into contact with the scraping plate 31 when coming away from the scraping plate 31. It will not do. In other words, the brush hairs come into contact with the scraping plate 31 intermittently.

  Here, the rotational directions of the scratching plate 31 and the cleaning mechanism main body 131 at the time of cleaning may be the same or opposite. That is, also in a plan view (a plan view in which the sight line direction is the extension direction of the rotating brush main body 141), both may rotate clockwise, or both may rotate counterclockwise. Also, on the other hand, one of the scraping plate 31 and the cleaning mechanism main body 131 may rotate clockwise, and the other may rotate counterclockwise.

  Further, in the fourth cleaning operation, the cleaning operation of rotating the rotating brush main body 141 may be performed in a state where the scraping plate 31 is not rotated. In this case, the rotation brush main body 141 is rotated and then the rotation is stopped, and in this state, the scraping plate 31 is rotated in the circumferential direction, and the scraping plate 31 is not rotated again. You may implement. That is, the operation of cleaning may be performed while changing the cleaning target position of the scraping plate 31.

In the embodiment described above, an example in which the distribution tray 20 is rotated in the same direction in the second operation and the fourth operation is shown, but the second operation and the fourth operation are not limited to such an operation. A mechanism for rotating the distribution tray 20 in the reverse direction may be provided, and in the fourth operation, the distribution tray 20 may be rotated in the opposite direction to the second operation.
Specifically, when the second operation is carried out, there is a possibility that fine powders may remain linearly between the blocking plate 109 and the distribution plate 20 along the radial direction of the distribution plate 20. Conceivable.
Therefore, after the third operation, the fourth operation of rotating the distribution plate 20 in the opposite direction to the second operation may be performed, and the posture at the suction may be changed again. Then, when the suction plate portion 109 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the distribution plate 20 again by shifting to the suction attitude, the fifth operation is carried out by contacting the same position as at the end of the second operation. May be

In the above-described embodiment, when the cleaning operation is performed by the on-dish cleaning device 24, an example in which the suction operation is performed by shifting from the standby posture to the suction posture has been described. However, the cleaning operation performed by the on-dish cleaning device 24 is not limited to this.
For example, the cleaning operation for performing the suction operation with the on-dish cleaning device 24 in the standby position may be performed. Here, when the upper lid 5 is closed, a space surrounded by the upper lid 5 and the powder split region 10 is formed on the upper side of the powder split region 10. Then, for some reason (as a result of some operation), there is a possibility that the powder supplied to the distribution tray 20 at the time of the packaging operation may fly up in this space. That is, this cleaning operation is a cleaning operation that sucks in the powder floating in the space above the powder dividing area 10.

In the third cleaning operation described above, the first operation for shifting the pan-cleaning device 24 from the standby attitude to the suction attitude and the second operation for performing the suction operation while rotating the distribution dish 20 one or more turns Carried out. However, each operation executed in the first operation and the second operation, that is, an operation to shift the pan cleaning device 24 from the standby attitude to the suction attitude, an operation to rotate the distribution dish 20, and an suction operation The operations do not necessarily have to be performed in this order.
For example, the suction operation may be performed by the dish cleaning device 24 first, and thereafter, the operation to shift the dish cleaning device 24 to the suction posture may be performed. At this time, the distribution tray 20 may be rotated before performing the suction operation, may be rotated after performing the suction operation, and may be rotated before the operation of shifting to the suction attitude, and is shifted to the suction attitude. You may rotate it later. That is, the order in which these three operations are performed may be changed as appropriate, any operation may be performed first, and any of the remaining two operations may be performed second.
In the second operation, the number of rotations of the distribution plate 20 may be changed as appropriate, for example, when rotating only one turn, rotating a plurality of turns such as two or three, or only half a turn, It may be rotated by one third of one turn. That is, the rotation may be one rotation or less, or may be rotated by a predetermined amount. Similarly, when the rotation amount is made larger than one rotation, n rotation is performed n rotations such as one rotation half rotation or two rotations and two thirds of one rotation. Is not limited to an integer.

The third cleaning operation described above (the cleaning operation of the distribution tray 20 by the on-dish cleaning device 24) is also performed by the fourth and fifth operations from the state where the on-dish cleaning device 24 is in the standby position. Good. That is, after performing the operation (fourth operation) of rotating the distribution plate 20 by a predetermined angle in a state where the on-dish cleaning device 24 is in the standby posture, the on-dish cleaning device 24 is shifted to the suction posture to distribute The suction operation may be performed while rotating the plate 20 at a predetermined angle.
At this time, in each of the fourth operation and the fifth operation, the direction in which the distribution plate 20 is rotated is the same. That is, in the fourth operation, when the distribution dish 20 is rotated clockwise in plan view, the distribution dish 20 is rotated clockwise in plan view also in the fifth operation. On the other hand, in the fourth operation, when the distribution tray 20 is rotated counterclockwise in plan view, the distribution tray 20 is rotated counterclockwise in plan view also in the fifth operation.

Although the above-described below-the-plate cleaning device 23 is disposed between the two distribution trays 20 and carries out the suction operation during the cleaning operation (second cleaning operation), the lower cleaning device of the present invention is limited thereto. It is not a thing. For example, it may be an under-tray cleaning device 145 (lower cleaning device) as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 14A, the downward dish cleaning device 145 is a member formed by integrally fixing the anti-scattering plate 146 and the powder saucer member 147.

The shatterproof plate 146 is a curved plate-like member extending in a curved manner, and in detail, is curved so as to be convex outward in the radial direction of the distribution plate 20 at the time of installation (FIG. 14B). It extends while. At this time, it is preferable to form the shatterproof plate 146 along the outer peripheral portion of the distribution plate 20. That is, it is preferable that the curvature of the curved portion and the curvature of the outer peripheral portion of the distribution plate 20 be substantially the same.
The powder receiving member 147 has a bottom plate portion and a side wall portion, and forms a receiving space 148 which is a space surrounded by these. That is, the powder receiving member 147 is a box-shaped member with a bottom, and the receiving space 148 is a space that is open at the top and is recessed downward. The bottom plate portion of the powder receiving member 147 is curved so as to be convex downward, and the upper surface is concave.

The powder saucer member 147 is formed at a position adjacent to the lower end portion of the anti-scattering plate 146, and is disposed at a position adjacent to the distribution plate 20 as shown in FIG. 14 (b).
In addition, the brush body 81 is attached to the receiving space 148, and the brush hair (hair bundle) protrudes upward. That is, the brush body 81 is attached above the bottom plate portion of the powder receiving member 147.

The below-the-dish cleaning device 145 is attached at a position close to the radially outer end of the distribution plate 20, as shown in FIG. 14 (b).
At this time, most of the powder receiving member 147 is positioned below the lower surface of the distribution plate 20. From this, the brush hair (hair bundle) of the brush body 81 contacts the lower surface of the distribution plate 20 from the lower side.
Further, the shatterproof plate 146 extends along the circumferential direction of the distribution plate 20, and the inner side surface (the surface on the distribution plate 20 side) of the shatterproof plate 146 and the edge portion of the distribution plate 20 are slightly Are closely spaced with each other.
Further, also on the lower side of the space formed between the shatterproof plate 146 and the edge portion of the distribution tray 20, a part of the powder receiving member 147 is positioned.

In addition, it is preferable that the below-the-dish cleaning device 145 be attached at a position close to the supply port 282 (described in detail later) of the powder supply device 21. That is, it is preferable to attach so that the supply port part 282 may be located inside a part of the scattering prevention plate 146.
Here, the below-the-dish cleaning device 145 includes a magnet member (not shown) formed of a permanent magnet, and can be attached to the placement plate portion 10a (see FIG. 2) via the magnet member. . Therefore, the below-the-dish cleaning device 145 can easily be attached to and removed from the placement plate portion 10a and adjusted in the attachment position.

The second cleaning operation by the below-the-dish cleaning device 145 is a cleaning operation performed by rotating the distribution plate 20 in a state where the bristles are in contact with the lower surface of the distribution plate 20.
Therefore, it is possible to carry out the cleaning operation in parallel while performing various operations for rotating the distribution tray 20, that is, an operation for dividing the powder into one dose and an operation for supplying the powder to the drug inlet 25. There is. Further, the second cleaning operation can be performed in parallel with the cleaning operation (third cleaning operation) by the above-described plate cleaning device 24.

Although the above-mentioned embodiment showed the example which adopted a plurality of tufts (brush hair) as a contact object, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an example may be considered in which a foam such as a reinforced sponge is employed as the contact body. Also, felt, non-woven fabric, etc. may be adopted.
However, in terms of durability in long-term use, cost and efficient removal of the powder, it is preferable to form the contact body with brush hairs.

  The medicine package conveyance device 13 forms a conveyance path for conveying the medicine package 14 (see FIG. 18 and the like) to the takeout container 15, as shown in FIGS. The medicine package transport device 13 roughly includes a primary transport unit 160 located on the upstream side, and a secondary transport unit 161 located on the downstream side. Further, the takeout container 15 is provided rotatably in the front side of the apparatus.

  The primary conveyance unit 160 is formed by arranging various members inside the outer shell member 160 a. As shown in FIG. 16, the primary conveyance unit 160 includes the first conveyance conveyor 165 (conveyor unit), the second conveyance conveyor 166 (conveyor unit), the pressing roller unit 167, and the conveyance guide unit 168 as main members. It has a built-in structure.

The first conveyer 165 is a belt conveyer formed by winding a belt member (conveying surface forming member) around two conveyer rollers consisting of a first roller 165a and a second roller 165b as shown in FIG. A transport path is formed obliquely downward.
That is, a transport path is formed from the portion (right end side in FIGS. 15 and 16) serving as the introduction port of the medicine package 14 of the medicine package conveyance device 13 to the secondary conveyance unit 161.

  The second conveyer 166 is a belt conveyer located downstream of the first conveyer 165. The second conveyer 166 is a belt conveyer formed by winding a belt member (conveying surface forming member) around two conveyer rollers consisting of a first roller 166a and a second roller 166b as shown in FIG. And forms a conveyance path which is directed obliquely upward. The second transfer conveyor 166 forms a transfer path from the first transfer conveyor 165 to the secondary transfer unit 161. The reference numeral 169 is a tension roller.

  The pressing roller portion 167 has a structure including an attaching arm portion 173, a power supply pulley 174, and a connecting roller portion 175 formed by connecting a plurality of rollers, as shown in FIG. There is.

The mounting arm portion 173 is a long plate-like member, and one end side in the extending direction is rotatably attached to the outer shell member 160a (see FIG. 15), and the other end side is a part of the connecting roller portion 175 It is attached to.
More specifically, one end side of the mounting arm portion 173 in the extending direction is rotated by using an axis extending in the thickness direction of the mounting arm portion 173 as a rotation axis, and the other extending direction of the mounting arm portion 173 The end side is movable in the vertical direction.
As a result, the connecting roller portion 175 connected to the other end side in the extension direction of the mounting arm portion 173 is also rotatable upward from the natural state (a state in which no external force is applied), and is rotated upward. It is possible to turn downward from the above state.

However, a rotation restricting portion 177 is formed on one end side of the mounting arm portion 173, and rotation of the mounting arm portion 173 is restricted more than a predetermined amount.
That is, when the other end side of the mounting arm portion 173 is rotated upward from the disposition position in the natural state, a part of the one end side of the mounting arm portion 173 abuts on the rotation restricting portion 177, and more Rotation is blocked.

  The connecting roller portion 175 is a portion formed by connecting a plurality of (three in the present embodiment) rollers. The connecting roller portion 175 has a structure including a first pressure roller 180 (pressure roller), a second pressure roller 181 (pressure roller), and a third pressure roller 182 (pressure roller). A first connection arm 185 and a second connection arm 186 are provided to connect a plurality of rollers.

In the first pressing roller 180, two roller main portions are arranged in series, and one of the two roller main portions has a diameter larger than the other.
The two roller main portions belonging to the first pressing roller 180 are all members formed of an elastically deformable member such as foamed resin. The same applies to a roller main body belonging to the following second pressing roller 181 and third pressing roller 182.
The first pressing roller 180 is integrally attached to the power supply pulley 174, and as the power supply pulley 174 rotates, the roller main body of the first pressing roller 180 rotates.

  The second pressing roller 181 and the third pressing roller 182 also have two roller main bodies disposed in series. The diameters of the two roller bodies are the same.

Here, the first pressing roller 180 and the second pressing roller 181 are connected via the first connection arm 185, and one of the first pressing roller 180 and the second pressing roller 181 is located above the other. It is possible to move to Therefore, the first pressing roller 180 and the second pressing roller 181 are rotatable in the vertical direction while maintaining the state in which the roller body is rotated.
Similarly, the second pressing roller 181 and the third pressing roller 182 are connected via the second connection arm 186, and rotate in the vertical direction while maintaining the state in which the roller body is rotated. It is in a free state.

Further, each of the first pressing roller 180, the second pressing roller 181, and the third pressing roller 182 is provided with a belt winding portion (detailed illustration is omitted) capable of winding a belt member. Then, one belt member is wound around the respective belt winding portions of the first pressing roller 180 and the second pressing roller 181, and the other belt winding portions of the second pressing roller 181 and the third pressing roller 182 are Belt members are wound.
That is, the first pressing roller 180 and the second pressing roller 181 are connected to be able to transmit power to each other, and the second pressing roller 181 and the third pressing roller 182 are also connected to be able to transmit power to each other. .
From this, when the roller main body belonging to the first pressing roller 180 rotates with the rotation of the power supply pulley 174, the roller main bodies belonging to the second pressing roller 181 and the third pressing roller 182 also rotate. It has a structure.

As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the conveyance guide portion 168 is disposed near the downstream end of the second conveyance conveyor 166, and is a member having an inclined surface whose height increases toward the downstream side in the conveyance direction It has become. And this inclined surface forms a part of conveyance surface.
Further, on the inclined surface, a missing portion 171 is formed by dropping a portion near the upper end, and a portion of the vertical conveying belt member 218 (described in detail later) is disposed in the missing portion 171 It is in the state.

The secondary conveyance portion 161 is a member that forms a conveyance path extending in the longitudinal direction, and is rotatably attached to the main body member 210 (main body portion) and the main body member 210, as shown in FIG. It has a structure provided with a lid member 211 (lid portion).
In the secondary conveyance unit 161, the lid member 211 is rotatably connected to the main body member 210 at one end side in the width direction of the conveyance path, and the other end side of the lid member 211 approaches and separates from the main body member 210. It is possible to switch between the open state and the closed state.

The main body member 210 has a conveyance surface forming portion 162 disposed in a substantially vertical posture, and a main body side holding portion 215 (holding portion). The transfer surface forming portion 162 is a metallic band and reduces friction with the medicine package 14.
The main body side holding portion 215 (holding portion) is at a position near the end in the width direction of the conveyance surface forming portion 162.
The main body side holding portion 215 has an upper side pulley 216 and a lower side pulley 217. Each of the two pulleys 216 and 217 is a double pulley, and two grooves for suspending the belt are provided, and the vertical conveying belt member 218 is suspended on each of the two pulleys.
The vertical conveyance belt member 218 is a round belt having a circular cross-sectional shape. The shape of the vertical conveyance belt member 218 is arbitrary, and may be any of a square, a triangle, a V-belt, and the like. In any case, the vertical conveying belt member 218 is a narrow belt.

In the lid member 211, a lid-side holding unit 220 (holding unit) is formed at a position near the end in the width direction of the conveyance path. The lid side sandwiching portion 220 is a portion that makes a pair with the main body side sandwiching portion 215 described above, and is a portion that forms a sandwiching portion together with the main body side sandwiching portion 215.
The lid side clamping unit 220 is a portion formed by attaching a plurality of roller members 220 a (rollers for clamping) in a predetermined region extending in the vertical direction.
The plurality of roller members 220a are all idle rollers, and are arranged in parallel at intervals in the vertical direction. The extension direction of the shaft portion of the roller member 220a is the same as the extension direction of the width direction of the conveyance path. The roller body is formed of an appropriate elastic member such as rubber. That is, although it is elastically deformable, it is formed of a member which is less deformable than the roller main body portions belonging to the connecting roller portion 175 described above.

Then, by closing the lid member 211, the roller members 220a of the lid side holding unit 220 come into contact with the vertical conveyance belt member 218.
Here, as shown in FIG. 16, the medicine package transport device 13 includes a motor 225 (power generation means) which is a power source, and all the drive parts are driven by one motor 225.
That is, by the power supplied from the motor 225, each roller belonging to the first conveyer 165, the second conveyer 166, and the pressing roller 167 of the primary conveyer 160, and the vertical conveyer belt member 218 of the secondary conveyer 161. It is rotationally driven.

Specifically, when the motor 225 rotates, the motor connecting gear 228 rotates, and the interlocking gear 229 meshing with the motor connecting gear 228 rotates.
The interlocking gear 229 is integrally attached to the lower pulley 217 of the secondary conveyance unit 161 and the second roller 166 b of the second conveyance conveyor 166. Therefore, the second roller 166b rotates with the rotation of the interlocking gear 229, and the second conveyer 166 operates. The lower pulley 217 rotates, and the vertical conveying belt member 218 travels between the lower pulley 217 and the upper pulley 216 (see FIG. 17).

Then, when the second conveyer 166 operates, the first roller 166a of the second conveyer 166 rotates. From this, the first interlocking pulley 230 (FIG. 17) attached integrally with the first roller 166a and rotatable about the same rotation shaft also rotates. Then, power is transmitted to the second interlocking pulley 231 coupled to the first interlocking pulley 230 via the belt member, and the second interlocking pulley 231 is rotated.
At this time, the second interlocking pulley 231 is integrally attached so as to be rotatable on the same rotation shaft as the second roller 165 b of the first conveyer 165 described above. From this, with the rotation of the second interlocking pulley 231, the second roller 165b rotates, and the first conveyer 165 operates.

A belt support pulley 232 is formed at a position separated from the second interlocking pulley 231 by a predetermined distance. The belt support pulley 232 is connected to the second interlocking pulley 231 via a belt member 163. Then, of the belt member traveling between the second interlocking pulley 231 and the belt support pulley 232, a part of the portion positioned above fits in the groove portion formed on the side surface of the power supply pulley 174 And engage with the power supply pulley 174.
The power supply pulley 174 is rotated by the belt member. Then, with the rotation of the power supply pulley 174, each roller main body belonging to the connection roller portion 175 rotates.

The medicine package transport device 13 of the present embodiment can make it difficult to damage the tablet inside when the medicine package 14 is transported. In addition, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of wrinkles on the surface of the medicine package 14 at the time of transportation and the generation of clogs of the medicine package 14.
First, the medicine package 14 which is an object to be transported will be described.
In the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the medicine (tablet and / or powder) introduced into the medicine inlet 25 (see FIG. 2) is packaged one by one, and the medicine package 14 (shown in FIG. 18), and can be supplied to the medicine package carrier 13.
The formed medicine package 14 is, as shown in FIG. 18, a bag-like storage area 52 in which an internal space for storing a dose of medicine is formed, and a non-drug-containing area. It is divided into a storage area 53.

The non-storage area 53 is a portion formed by sealing the periphery of the storage area 52 by means of heat fusion or the like, and a transverse seal portion 53a extending in the short direction of the medicine package 14 and a longitudinal direction It has the structure which has the vertical seal | sticker part 53b extended. Specifically, it has a structure provided with a row of vertical seal portions 53b and a plurality of horizontal seal portions 53a.
At least a part of the medicine package 14 introduced into the medicine package transfer device 13 is placed on the belt member (transfer surface) of the first transfer conveyor 165 as shown in FIG. It is transported downstream.
Then, from the part introduced into the medicine package conveyance device 13 in advance, the parts are sequentially moved onto the belt member (the conveyance surface) of the second conveyance conveyor 166.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 19, in the downstream portion of the first conveyer 165, the lower portion of the first pressing roller 180 contacts the medicine package 14 from above. Furthermore, in the portion located on the downstream side of the second conveyer 166, the second pressure roller 181 and the third pressure roller 182 contact the medicine package 14 from the upper side at respective positions separated in the conveyance direction. It is in the state.

Here, as described above, the first pressing roller 180, the second pressing roller 181, and the third pressing roller 182 are the same (or substantially the same) together with the conveyors (the first conveyer 165, the second conveyer 166). It has a structure that rotates at the speed of That is, the pressing roller not only presses the medicine package 14 downward, but also applies a force to the medicine package 14 toward the downstream side in the transport direction.
From this, as compared with the structure in which the pressing roller belonging to the connecting roller portion 175 is idled, the medicine package 14 to be transported is less likely to be wrinkled.

Specifically, as described above, the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment is capable of packaging tablets as well as powders.
Then, as described above, the medicine package 14 is divided into the storage area 52 for storing the medicine and the non-storage area 53 which is a part where the medicine is not stored. Then, when a plurality of tablets are stored in one storage area 52, there is a possibility that a swelling portion may be formed in the storage area 52 depending on the overlapping manner (see FIG. 19B).

Then, when each pressing roller is made to idle, there is a possibility that the roller does not rotate as usual due to the reason such as being caught by the swelling portion of the medicine package 14 or the like.
In this case, since the roller becomes a resistance, the lower portion of the medicine package 14 in contact with the belt member of the second conveyor 166 precedes the upper portion of the medicine package 14 in contact with the roller. , Wrinkles may occur on the surface of the medicine package 14.
In addition, if only the lower portion precedes, the medicine package 14 can not maintain its normal posture during normal transportation, and may be twisted. And, such a twist may cause clogging during transport.

On the other hand, in the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, each roller belonging to the connecting roller portion 175 is rotated by the supplied power, and one side of the medicine package 14 in the vertical direction is opposite to the other side. It has a structure that is difficult to lead.
Further, as described above, since each roller belonging to the connecting roller portion 175 is attached to be able to rotate in the vertical direction with respect to the other rollers, as shown in FIG. Each roller will move up and down according to the bulging part of the body 14.
That is, each of the rollers moves upward (in a direction away from the top surface of the medicine package 14) according to the size of the medicine, when the bulge of the medicine package 14 passes under the roller. Also from this point, each roller is less likely to become a resistance during conveyance, and wrinkles are less likely to occur in the medicine package 14.

That is, in the present embodiment, not only the conveyor including the first conveyer 165 and the second conveyer 166 but also the conveyer and the plurality of rollers (the first pressing roller 180, the second pressing roller 181, and the third pressing roller 182) And the medicine package 14 is transported.
According to such a structure, it is possible to efficiently apply a force toward the downstream side in the transport direction to the medicine package 14, and efficient transport becomes possible.

Then, when a part of the medicine package 14 reaches the downstream end side of the second transfer conveyor 166, the reached portion runs on the inclined surface (curved surface) of the transfer guide portion 168, as shown in FIG. It becomes a state.
Then, at least the vertical seal portion 53 b of the medicine package 14 rides on the transport guide portion 168, and the vertical seal portion 53 b contacts the vertical transport belt member 218 disposed in the dropout portion 171.

Here, at the time of traveling of the two vertical conveying belt members 218, a portion which is a part of the lower end side and which extends in the vertical direction is disposed in the missing portion 171 and always moves from the lower side to the upper side There is.
Therefore, the vertical seal portion 53 b in contact with part of the two vertical transfer belt members 218 moves upward together with part of the two vertical transfer belt members 218. Then, they enter between the roller member 220 a and the two vertical conveyance belt members 218.

Here, as described above, when the lid side pinching portion 220 (see FIG. 17) is closed, the roller member 220a formed on the lid side pinching portion 220 and the two vertical conveyance belt members 218 contact with each other. It will be in a state of
At this time, since the two vertical transfer belt members 218 (and the roller member 220a in the present embodiment) are formed of elastic members, the medicine package 14 is pushed in between them, so that the medicine package 14 is formed. Between these (see FIG. 21).

That is, the vertical seal portion 53b moves upward, and reaches the position where the roller member 220a and the two vertical conveyance belt members 218 are in contact with each other. Then, while maintaining the state in which the vertical seal portion 53b is in contact with the two vertical conveying belt members 218, the roller enters the space between the roller member 220a and the two vertical conveying belt members 218. Thereafter, the medicine package 14 passes between them and moves upward as it is.
That is, the secondary conveyance portion 161 is a device for conveying the non-housing region 53 of the medicine package 14 upward while conveying the non-housing region 53 of the medicine package 14 by the roller member 220 a and the two vertical conveyance belt members 218. More specifically, the non-storage area 53 is a device that conveys upward while holding a plurality of places separated in the vertical direction.

As described above, according to the structure in which the non-storage area 53 of the medicine package 14 is sandwiched and conveyed, the tablet packaged inside the medicine package 14 is sandwiched between the roller member 220a and the vertical conveyance belt member 218. It is preferable without damage. Further, the bulged portion and the like formed on the medicine package 14 are preferable because they are not pinched by the roller member 220a and the vertical conveyance belt member 218.
And the medicine package 14 conveyed to the upper end side of the secondary conveyance part 161 is supplied to the extraction container 15 from the secondary conveyance part 161 (refer FIG. 15, FIG. 21 grade | etc.,).

  In the embodiment described above, an example in which a belt conveyor is adopted for the conveyor unit has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is, for example, a roller conveyor formed by combining a drive roller and a driven roller It is also good. The conveyor part should just be a conveyor which operate | moves with the motive power with which the member which forms a conveyance surface was supplied.

  In this embodiment, the formed medicine package is divided into a storage area for storing the supplied medicine and a non-storage area adjacent to the edge portion of the storage area, and at least The secondary conveyance unit includes a secondary conveyance unit that forms a part, the secondary conveyance unit includes a holding unit that holds the non-storage area of the medicine package, and the holding unit holds the non-storage area. The medicine package is transported upward.

  Furthermore, the secondary transport unit has a main body portion and a lid portion, a part of the pinching portion is formed on one of the main body portion and the lid portion, and another portion of the pinching portion It is formed on the other of the main body portion and the lid portion, and a part of the sandwiching portion is one or more belt members, the belt member is formed of an elastic material, and the cross-sectional shape is It extends circularly or cylindrically, and the other part of the pinching portion is one or more pinching rollers, which rotate around an axis extending in a direction intersecting the transport direction.

  Furthermore, the power generation means also supplies power to each of the conveyor unit and the holding unit.

  As described above, the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to include the operation panel 7 (see FIG. 1). The operation panel 7 is a so-called touch panel, and is formed by combining a display device such as a liquid crystal panel and a position input device such as a touch pad.

  The operation panel 7 is divided into a plurality of areas as shown in FIG. 22, and the plurality of areas include areas which function as various buttons by being pressed with a finger or the like. ing. Specifically, as an area having a function as an operation button, a start button 250, a stop button 251, a set plate open / close button 252, and a tablet supply start button 253 are formed. Further, a remaining number display unit 254 for displaying the remaining number of packed packets and two speed change units 255 are provided.

The start button unit 250 is an area to be pressed when starting the packaging operation of the medicine. The stop button unit 251 is an area to be pressed when it is necessary to stop the packaging operation being performed for some reason.
The set plate opening / closing button unit 252 is an area to be pressed when opening / closing a predetermined portion of the tablet handle unit 40 (see FIG. 1) of the tablet supply unit 11.
The tablet supply start button portion 253 is a portion to be pressed when starting the packing operation for tablets.

  The remaining number display unit 254 packages medicines one dose at a time during the packaging operation in progress, and finally forms the medicine package 14 in which the medicine of one or more doses is packaged. It is a part which displays the number of medicines for one dose which becomes unpackaged.

  The two speed change units 255 correspond to different powder supply devices 21 (see FIG. 2 and described in detail later). The speed changer 255 serves both as a part indicating the current supply speed (vibration amount) and a part for changing the supply speed when supplying the powder from the powder supply device 21 to the distribution tray 20. It is.

More specifically, the speed changer 255 is a part that displays the supply speed by a bar graph. That is, a plurality of bar-shaped portions arranged in parallel at intervals are displayed, and the display color of each bar-shaped portion is changed from one end side to the other end side in the parallel direction as the supply speed increases. There is.
For example, when the powder supply operation is not performed, the display colors of all the rod-like parts are displayed in a normal color (first color). Furthermore, when the supply speed is reduced most, only one rod-shaped portion located at one end side in the parallel direction is displayed in the changed color (second color), and the other rod-shaped portions are displayed in the normal color Be done. Then, when the supply speed is made the fastest, all rod-like parts are displayed in the color after the change.

Then, when changing the supply speed, as shown in FIG. 22A, the speed can be changed by an operation of moving the rod-like portions in the parallel direction while bringing a finger or the like into contact with the speed change unit 255.
That is, by moving the finger or the like from one end side to the other end in the parallel direction of the rod-like portions, the supply speed increases with the movement of the finger or the like, and the finger or the like is moved by moving the finger or the like in the opposite direction. As it moves, the supply speed decreases.

Further, as another speed change operation, as shown in FIG. 22B, the speed change can be performed by performing an operation of touching a finger or the like for a short time one or more times.
If the supply speed is neither maximum nor minimum, the current speed is specified from the current speed by touching the one end side of the rod-like parts in the parallel direction relative to the reference position with the part indicating the current speed as the reference position. The speed is reduced by the value. On the other hand, when the position on the other end side is touched, the speed is increased from the current speed by a specified value (FIG. 22 (b) shows the speed increase operation).

In addition, when the supply speed is the minimum, the rod portion (or the vicinity thereof) positioned closest to one end in the parallel direction of the rod portions is used as a reference position, and the part on the other end side is touched with a finger etc. In this case, the speed increases by a specified value from the current speed.
In addition, when a position away from the reference position (a position away from one end in the parallel direction of the rod-like portions) is touched with a finger or the like, the speed does not change.

In addition, when the supply speed is the maximum, the rod portion (or the vicinity thereof) located closest to the other end in the parallel direction of the rod portions is used as a reference position, and a portion located one end side of the reference position is touched with a finger or the like. In this case, the speed is reduced by the specified value from the current speed.
Similarly, when a position away from the reference position (a position away from the other end in the parallel direction of the rod-like portions) is touched with a finger or the like, the speed does not change.
As described above, the speed changing unit 255 according to the present embodiment is capable of performing two speed changing operations, and the user can select and execute an appropriate speed changing operation.

The medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment has a structure capable of individually opening and closing the small lid portions 5a, 5b and 5c (see FIG. 1) formed on the upper lid 5.
Among these, the two small lid portions 5b and 5c are portions that are opened when supplying the medicine powder to be packaged into the medicine packaging device 1, and separate medicine supply devices 21 (see FIG. It corresponds to 2). When these are opened, as shown in FIG. 1, the hopper placement area 260 located on the lower side can be exposed to the outside (in FIG. 1, the small cover portion 5c is opened). Show the inside of the situation at the time of

  The hopper arrangement area 260 is a space surrounded by the lower side plate portion 260 a and a side wall portion 260 b erected near the edge of the lower side plate portion 260 a. The hopper arrangement area 260 is an area for arranging the upper portion of the hopper 261 (described in detail later).

An information reader 263 is attached to one of the side walls 260b.
The information reader 263 can read information stored in an RFID tag (information storage means). That is, it is possible to read the information stored in the RFID tag attached to a container (not shown, hereinafter, also simply referred to as a transportation container) for transporting the powder such as a weighing dish.

Here, the information reading device 263 is individually attached to the two hopper arrangement areas 260 (the hopper arrangement areas 260 located inside the small lid portions 5 b and 5 c, respectively).
And since the two hopper arrangement areas 260 correspond to different powder supply devices 21, respectively, the powders charged into the hopper 261 of one hopper arrangement area 260 are distributed from the one powder supply device 21 to the other. It is supplied to the plate 20 (details will be described later). Further, the powders charged into the hopper 261 of the other hopper arrangement area 260 are supplied from the other powder supply device 21 to the other distribution tray 20.

Therefore, when the prescribed powder contained in the transport container is put into any of the hoppers 261, the transport container is brought close to the information reader 263 to read the information stored in the RFID tag of the transport container. The reading operation is possible.
And, by this information reading operation, it is possible to read information about the powder medicine contained in the transport container, and the judgment operation is carried out to judge whether or not the distribution tray 20 to which the predetermined medicine powder is to be supplied is correct. It is possible.

Although it is not particularly limited, if the dispensing tray 20 to which the powder is to be supplied is not correct after performing the above determination operation, a notification operation may be performed to notify that effect.
This notification operation may be an operation of displaying a message or an image on the operation display unit 3, may be an operation of providing a speaker device or the like and providing an audio flow, or an operation of implementing both of them. May be

Further, by storing information on the packaging operation using the housed powder in the RFID tag of the transport container, it is possible to obtain information on the packaging operation which has not been performed by the information reading operation.
Therefore, after the information reading operation is performed, the distribution tray 20 to which the powder is supplied from now on, and the device operated when performing the packaging operation with the distribution tray 20 are shifted to the standby state before the packaging operation is performed. May be implemented. For example, it is conceivable to display, on the operation display unit 3, the prescription information for starting the packing operation and the information indicating that the operation instruction to the distribution tray 20 corresponding to the information reader 263 has been acquired. Then, when each device is in a standby state, a preliminary operation may be performed by these devices before the packaging operation is performed, if necessary.
Furthermore, after the information reading operation is performed, a cleaning operation (the above-described cleaning operation) is performed to clean the distribution plate 20 from which the powder is supplied and the scraping device 22 associated with the distribution plate 20. May be

In the present embodiment, the information reading device 263 is provided in one of the side wall portions 260b adjacent to the hopper arrangement area 260, but the information reading device 263 may be attached at a position straddling a plurality of side wall portions 260b. Good.
Further, although the information reader 263 is provided on the side wall portion 260b and the RFID tag is provided on the carrying container, the RFID tag may be provided on the side wall portion 260b and the information reader may be provided on the carrying container. That is, the information reader 263 may be provided in one of the part adjacent to the hopper arrangement area 260 and the transport container, and the RFID tag may be provided in the other.

Here, when the hoppers 261 are arranged in the respective hopper arrangement areas 260, the powder feeders 21 (see FIG. 2) are positioned below them. Then, as shown in FIG. 23, the hopper 261 into which the powder is charged and the powder supply device 21 are placed adjacent to each other.
The powder supply device 21 has a structure including a supply trough 270 (trough member) disposed below the hopper 261 and a vibration device (vibration application device). Then, the operation of the vibration device causes the supply trough 270 to vibrate. Preferably, the vibration control device controls the number of vibrations in accordance with the value of a hygrometer (not shown) provided in the device.
When the powder is poured into the hopper 261, the powder drops onto the supply trough 270. Then, the powder trough moves above the supply trough 270 toward the supply port 282 (to be described in detail later) by the vibration of the supply trough 270, and the powder feeding groove of the distribution plate 20 from the supply port 282 Fall to 20a.

The supply trough 270 of the present embodiment is configured to be removable from the main body (hereinafter also referred to as a supply device main body 21 a) of the powder supply device 21.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 24, the powder supply device 21 has a structure including a supply device main body 21 a and a supply device lid 21 b.
And the supply apparatus main-body part 21a has the saucer mounting part 271 for mounting the trough 270 for supply (refer FIG. 23), and the lock mechanism part 272 (1st main body side engaging part).
On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the supply device cover 21b is rotatably attached to the supply device main body 21a, and the end side located closer to the supply port 282 is By moving it upward, it is possible to shift from the closed state to the open state.
Then, as shown in FIG. 24, the lock mechanism portion 272 is exposed to the outside by opening the supply device cover 21b.
That is, the supply trough 270 can be removed from the saucer placement unit 271 by opening the supply device lid 21 b and setting the lock mechanism 272 in the unlocked state.
This is explained in more detail below.

As shown in FIG. 25, the supply trough 270 includes a saucer main body 275 and a fixing member 276, which are integrally fixed members.
And the saucer main body portion 275 has a structure including a saucer bottom plate 280 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and a saucer side wall 281 formed so as to project upward from the edge of the saucer bottom plate 280 ing. The tip of the saucer main body 275 is a supply port 282.
A plurality of (three in this embodiment) raised portions 280 a are formed on the upper surface of the saucer bottom plate 280 at a portion near the downstream end in the flow direction of the powder in the longitudinal direction.
Further, of the lower surface of the saucer bottom plate portion 280, a portion closer to the upstream in the flow direction of the powder medicine serves as a portion for fixing the fixing member 276.
In the following description, the upstream side and the downstream side in the flow direction of the powder will be simply referred to as the upstream side and the downstream side.

The fixing member 276 is a substantially rectangular flat plate-like fixing plate portion 276a and a hooking piece portion 276b formed by bending one end side in the longitudinal direction of the fixing plate portion 276a upstream (second trough side engagement Parts, hooks). Further, the fixing plate portion 276a has a lock piece forming portion 276c formed such that the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the fixing plate portion 276a is bent upward.
The fixing plate portion 276a is a plate-like portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the supply trough 270, and the length in the short direction is short at the downstream end side which is one end side in the longitudinal direction.
The hooking piece portion 276b has a shape in which a part on the downstream end side of the fixing plate portion 276a is folded back to the upstream side. That is, a portion continuous with the downstream end side of the fixing plate portion 276a, a portion extending while curving so as to be rounded and convex toward the downstream side, and extend from the downstream end side of the fixing plate portion 276a upstream It has a part.

The lock piece forming portion 276c is formed by bending the upstream end side of the fixing plate portion 276a upward, and has a shape projecting upward at the upstream end side portion of the fixing plate portion 276a.
That is, the lock piece forming portion 276c is a plate-like portion projecting in an oblique direction toward the upper upstream side (the upper side and the outer side in the longitudinal direction of the fixing plate portion 276a).
The portion on the upper end side of the lock piece forming portion 276c has a shorter length in the short direction (the width direction and a direction orthogonal to the protruding direction and the thickness direction) as compared with the portion on the lower end side.
And the hooking piece insertion hole 283 (1st trough side engaging part) is formed in the part of the upper end side of the lock piece formation part 276c. The hooking piece insertion hole 283 penetrates the lock piece forming portion 276c in the thickness direction, and is a through hole whose opening shape is square.

The fixing member 276 is integrally fixed to the bottom of the tray main body 275. A portion on the upstream end side of the fixed plate portion 276a protrudes further to the upstream side than the portion where the upstream end of the saucer bottom plate portion 280 is located. The lock piece forming portion 276c continuous with the projecting end is disposed at a position further upstream from the standing wall portion (a part of the receiving side wall portion 281) located on the upstream side of the receiving body main portion 275.
The saucer mounting portion 271 has a shape including a mounting table forming plate portion 271a for mounting the supply trough 270 and a mechanism mounting plate portion 271b for mounting the lock mechanism portion 272, as shown in FIG. It has become.

The mounting table forming plate portion 271a is a plate-like portion extending along the longitudinal direction (the flow direction of the powder) of the supply trough 270 at the time of attachment, as shown in FIG. The mounting table forming plate portion 271a has a hooking hole 284 (second main body side engaging portion, receiving portion).
The hooking hole 284 is a hole that penetrates the mounting table forming plate portion 271a in the thickness direction, and has an opening having a substantially concave shape in a plan view.
The mechanism mounting plate portion 271b is a flat plate-like portion that is continuous with the upstream end portion of the mounting table forming plate portion 271a, and is a portion that protrudes obliquely downward from the upstream end portion. The upper surface of the mechanism mounting plate portion 271b is an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to the upper surface of the mounting table forming plate portion 271a.

As shown in FIG. 26 (b), the lock mechanism 272 has a mounting piece forming portion 290 (second structure), an intermediate connecting portion 291 (connection body), and a locking piece forming portion 292 (first structure). It has a structure with a body). The lock mechanism 272 is rotatably supported between the attachment piece forming portion 290 (second structure) and the intermediate connection portion 291 (connection body), and between the intermediate connection portion 291 and the attachment piece formation portion 290. It is also stopped.
The lock mechanism portion 272 is a toggle mechanism using the above-described intermediate connection portion 291 and the hooking piece formation portion 292 as a link, and when the middle connection portion 291 is rotated as shown in FIG. Boost and move.
In the present embodiment, the intermediate connection portion 291 has a structure including the sliding piece portion 301 and the spring member 302 (elastic member). The sliding piece 301 is attached so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction, and when the sliding piece 301 moves forward, the sliding piece 301 is always urged rearward by the spring member 302. The structure is

The hooking piece forming portion 292 is a box-like portion in which the rear side and the lower side are open, and a member storage space 313 (storage space) is formed in the inside (the lower side of the top surface).
The member storage space 313 is a space capable of storing substantially the entire intermediate connection portion 291 and the hooking piece formation portion 292, and is a space surrounded by both the upper side, the front side, and the left and right direction ends.
Furthermore, a hooking protrusion 315 is formed on the front side of the hooking piece forming portion 292.
The hooking protrusion 315 is a portion formed at the lower end of the standing wall shape located in front of the hooking piece formation portion 292, and at least a part thereof is a projection projecting in a backward direction.

A procedure for attaching the supply trough 270 to the saucer placement portion 271 will be described.
In the present embodiment, an engagement structure portion 278 is configured by the lock mechanism portion 272 (first main body side engaging portion) and the hooking piece insertion hole 283 (first trough side engaging portion).
As shown in FIG. 26 (a), the hooking piece 276b is inserted into the hooking hole 284 from above. Then, the supply trough 270 is moved rearward to hold the hooking piece 276b at the edge of the hooking hole 284.
In this state, as shown in FIG. 27 (a), the hooking piece forming portion 292 is moved in the direction approaching the fixing member 276, and as shown in FIG. 27 (b), the hooking piece The formation portion 292 is brought close to the lock piece formation portion 276c from above, and the hooking protrusion 315 is engaged with the lock piece formation portion 276c.
Then, as shown in FIG. 27C, the locking piece forming portion 292 is pushed in to change the posture, and the lock mechanism portion 272 is shifted to the engagement posture (state shown in FIG. 27C). .

The engagement posture is a state in which the retaining piece forming portion 292 has moved slightly forward (upward in the inclination direction of the mechanism attachment plate 271b) compared to the above-described standby posture (see FIG. 26A and the like). It has become.
In this state, the hooking piece forming portion 292 is always urged rearward. That is, in the state where the hooking protrusion 315 is inserted into the hooking piece insertion hole 283, the hooking piece forming portion 292 is always urged downward and to the rear. Thus, by shifting the lock mechanism portion 272 to the engagement posture, the supply trough 270 is locked.
As described above, in the powder supply device 21 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28, one engaging portion (first engaging portion) is formed by the hooking protrusion 315 and the hooking piece insertion hole 283. ing. Further, the hooking piece portion 276b and the hooking hole 284 form another engaging portion (second engaging portion). As described above, the supply trough 270 is engaged with the member on the supply apparatus main body 21 a side on the rear side of the saucer main body 275 and the front side of the saucer main body 275.

Then, when the lock mechanism portion 272 is in the engagement attitude and the supply trough 270 is in the lock state, the hooking projection 315 which is a part of one engagement portion and the hook which is a portion of the other engagement portion The stop piece 276b is always biased in the direction opposite to the moving direction when releasing the engagement.
That is, since the latching piece forming portion 292 is biased in the direction opposite to the moving direction when releasing the engagement, the force applied from the latching piece forming portion 292 The whole is also on the upstream side (left side in FIG. 27C) and is always pulled downward.
As a result, the rigid attachment of the supply trough 270 to the tray mounting portion 271 is possible. That is, even if it receives vibration, it has a structure which can maintain the attached state, without coming off suddenly. In addition, cleaning the supply trough 270 can be easily implemented by making the supply trough 270 and the saucer placement part 271 separate from each other and having a removable structure.

  Note that, as shown in FIG. 28, the mounting table forming plate portion 271a is fixed to the supply device main body portion 21a in a posture inclined so as to be inclined downward toward the downstream side (right side in FIG. 28). For this reason, when the supply trough 270 is attached to the saucer placement portion 271, the supply trough 270 is fixed to the saucer placement portion 271 in an inclined posture as it is.

Here, as shown in FIG. 25, the back surface of the fixed plate portion 276a, that is, the portion which becomes the lower surface at the time of attachment of the saucer placement portion 271 (see FIG. 26) A projecting portion 286 is provided.
For this reason, when the supply trough 270 is attached to the tray mounting portion 271, a gap is formed between the lower surface of the fixing plate portion 276a and the upper surface of the mounting table forming plate portion 271a at least around the protrusion 286. The Rukoto.
As described above, when the lower surface of the fixing plate portion 276a and the upper surface of the mounting table forming plate portion 271a are not in surface contact over the entire area, generation of noise when the supply trough 270 is vibrated can be suppressed. In addition, even when a small foreign object gets in between the fixed plate portion 276a and the mounting table forming plate portion 271a when the supply trough 270 is attached, the foreign matter is firmly held by these when the supply trough 270 vibrates. It can be a structure that is not maintained. In other words, it is possible to prevent a change in vibration (a bad influence on the vibration due to the specified vibration) caused by the vibration while the foreign object is firmly sandwiched.

Further, in the powder supply device 21 of the present embodiment, a vibrating device is disposed inside the supply device lid 21b, and the vibration is transmitted from the supply device lid 21b to the hopper 261.
Here, as shown in FIG. 23, the feeding device lid 21b is provided with a hopper movement restricting portion 287 for preventing unintended movement of the hopper 261 at the time of vibration.

Specifically, the hopper movement restricting portion 287 is a portion including the first movement restricting portion 295 and the second movement restricting portion 296 (cross direction restricting portion).
The first movement restricting portion 295 is a raised portion protruding from the upper portion (upper portion in a state in which the supply device cover 21 b is closed) of the supply device cover 21 b to the outside (upper in the same closed state). There is. In addition, the top surface portion is a curved surface.
The first movement restricting portion 295 is a portion engaged with a part of the hopper 261 (in this embodiment, a missing portion formed on a projecting portion protruding outward from the side surface of the hopper 261). That is, the movement of the hopper 261 to the supply port 282 side (movement of the supply trough 270 in the direction including the longitudinal component at the time of attachment) is restricted.

The second movement restricting portion 296 is a rod-like member formed so as to protrude outward from the surface on the supply port portion 282 side of the supply device cover 21b in a state where the supply trough 270 is attached and the supply device cover 21b is closed. It is a part. Specifically, a part of the tip end side is a rod-like portion bent downward.
More specifically, two second movement restricting portions 296 are arranged in parallel so as to be separated and opposed in a direction intersecting (orthogonal) with the flow direction of the powder, and each extends toward the supply port 282 side. There is. The hopper 261 is attached between the two second movement restricting parts 296. When the hopper 261 is attached, the second movement restricting parts 296 contact different sides of the hopper 261. It has a structure.
That is, the second movement restricting portion 296 is a portion that restricts the movement of the hopper 261 in the direction including the width direction component of the supply trough 270.

Here, the two second movement restricting portions 296 do not overlap with the supply trough 270 in plan view in a plan view in a state where the supply trough 270 is attached and the supply device lid 21 b is closed (the supply trough in the vertical direction It is formed in the position which does not overlap 270).
From this, even if the powder dropped from above stays on the upper side of the second movement restricting part 296, the powder above the second movement restricting part 296 does not fall into the supply trough 270. There is.

In the embodiment described above, the fixing member 276 is attached to the saucer main body 275, and the hooking piece insertion hole 283 is formed in a part of the fixing member 276 (the lock piece forming portion 276c). Is not limited to this.
For example, a protrusion may be provided on a part of the saucer main body 275 (for example, a part of the saucer side wall 281 located on the upstream side) to project upward, and a hooking piece insertion hole may be provided.
Further, instead of directly forming the hooking piece insertion hole 283 in the fixing member 276, a connecting member (for example, a plate-like member) is fixed to the fixing member 276 and hooked to the connecting member. A stop piece insertion hole may be formed. That is, at the time of locking, a structure may be employed in which the force from the hooking protrusion 315 is applied to the supply trough 270 via another member.

In the embodiment described above, an example is shown in which the hook portion 276b is provided in the supply trough 270 and hooked in the hook hole 284 of the saucer placement portion 271 (see FIG. 28). It is not limited to this.
Instead of the hooking piece portion 276b, a plate-like portion projecting downward may be provided, and a through-hole serving as a receiving portion may be provided in the plate-like portion. In this case, a projection may be provided at the opening edge of the hooking hole 284 and then the projection may be inserted into and engaged with the through hole of the plate-like portion.
That is, the receiving portion may be provided on the supply trough 270 side, and the hooking piece may be provided on the saucer placement portion 271 side.
In the embodiment described above, the lock mechanism portion 272 is provided in a part of the saucer placement portion 271, but the present invention is not limited to this. The lock mechanism 272 may be attached directly to the other part of the supply device main body 21 a without attaching the lock mechanism 272 to the saucer placement part 271.

In the present embodiment, the supply device main body portion and the trough member respectively have a second main body side engaging portion and a second trough side engaging portion which make a pair, and the second main body side engaging portion and the second main body side engaging portion The trough side engaging portion is a receiving portion on one side of which is a hooking piece, and the other is a receiving portion capable of hooking on the hooking portion, and in the state where the trough member is attached to the feeder main body, A member is placed on a part of the supply apparatus main body, the hooking piece is hooked on the receiving part, and the first main body side engaging part and the first trough side engaging part The locking piece and the receiving portion are engaged with each other by moving one of the locking piece and the receiving portion in a predetermined disengagement direction with respect to the other, from the locked state. The latch is released, and in the state where the first main assembly side engaging portion and the first trough side engaging portion are engaged, To serial trough member, the direction component directed downward, a force in a direction including a direction opposite to become directional component of the disengaging direction is applied.
The coupling body is provided with an elastic member, and the elastic restoring force of the elastic member causes a force in a predetermined direction to act on the first structure, and a force is exerted on the trough member through the first structure. Join.
Furthermore, a hopper member is disposed above the trough member, and the powder supply device includes a hopper movement restricting portion for restricting the movement of the hopper member, and the hopper movement restricting portion is the trough. It includes a cross direction restricting portion which restricts movement of the powder in a direction intersecting the flow direction of the powder, and the cross direction restricting portion is at a position not overlapping with the trough member in a plan view.

As shown in FIG. 29, the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can be used with the tablet cassette shelf 350 (tablet device) attached. That is, it is also a part of the medicine-shelf-equipped packaging apparatus 351 (medicine dispensing and packaging unit) including the medicine packaging apparatus 1 and the tablet cassette shelf 350.
The tablet cassette shelf 350 has a structure including a container mounting portion 361 for holding a plurality of tablet containers 360 and a tablet supply device 362 (tablet conveying device) located below the container mounting portion 361.
In the tablet cassette shelf 350 of the present embodiment, different types (two types) of tablet containers 360 are held.
A part of the near side of the tablet supply device 362 is inserted into the connection port (not shown) formed on the back side of the medicine packaging device 1 in the medicine-shelf-equipped packaging device 351. Further, the front end side of the tablet extrusion path 484 (to be described in detail later) of the tablet supply device 362 is connected to the rear end side of the tablet delivery path 41 (see FIG. 3) which is a part of the tablet supply unit 11 Form a path.

Then, when the tablet is supplied from the tablet cassette shelf 350 to the drug packaging device 1, the tablet dropped from the tablet container 360 is introduced into the tablet supply device 362 located on the lower side. Then, after being conveyed to the tablet extruding path 484 inside the tablet supply device 362, it is extruded from the tablet extruding path 484 to the tablet conveying path 41 (see FIG. 3).
Hereinafter, the tablet supply device 362 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 30, the tablet feeder 362 is roughly divided into a tablet receiving part 365 (introduction part) located on the upper side, and two right and left horizontal conveyance parts 366 (primary conveyance parts) located on the lower side thereof. And a falling path forming portion 367 (path forming portion). A tablet pushing unit 368 (secondary conveying unit) is formed below the falling path forming unit 367.
Therefore, the tablet supply device 362 includes a tablet receiving portion 365 (introduction portion) having a laterally extending shape, a lateral conveyance portion 366 (primary conveying portion) having a similarly laterally extending shape, and a tablet extrusion having a longitudinally extending shape. It has a three-tiered structure in which a portion 368 (secondary transport portion) is vertically stacked.
The uppermost tablet receiving unit 365 is a portion for receiving the tablet falling from above, and is a portion that functions as a tablet introduction unit in the entire tablet supply device 362.
The tablet receiving unit 365 includes a one-side tablet receiving unit 365a located on one end side in the left-right direction (the width direction of the tablet cassette shelf 350) and a other side tablet receiving unit 365b located on the other end side. It has become.

As shown in FIG. 30, the one-side tablet receiving portion 365a is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped portion extending in the left-right direction, and three tablet introduction spaces 370 (storage spaces) are formed.
In detail, three tablet introduction spaces 370a, 370b, and 370c are provided in parallel at an interval, and a connecting member arrangement portion 371 and a partition member 372 are located between them. That is, the three tablet introduction spaces 370 are divided into a plurality of spaces by dividing the space extending in the left-right direction by the connecting member arrangement portion 371 and the partition member 372.
The connecting member arrangement portion 371 is a space in which various members are arranged. The partition member 372 is a member in which a flat plate-like top plate portion positioned on the upper side and two vertical plate-like portions positioned on both ends in the left-right direction are integrally formed.
Each of the three tablet introduction spaces 370 is a space that communicates with the outside at the upper and lower sides, and has an opening surface serving as a tablet introduction port on the upper side. And by the rotation board part 384 (movable reception member) shown in FIG. 31, it is switchable with the state by which the lower side was obstruct | occluded, and the state by which the lower side was open | released outside.

As shown in FIG. 31, the one-side tablet receiving portion 365a (see FIG. 30) has a structure including a motor 378, a power transmission portion 379, and a rotational rocking conversion portion 380 as shown in FIG. It has become. Further, as shown in FIG. 31, the structure is provided with a first shaft 381, a shaft joint member 382, a second shaft 383, two rotating plates 384, and a rotation restricting mechanism 385.
In the one-side tablet receiving portion 365a, when the motor 378 operates and the shaft of the motor 378 continues to rotate around one of the axes (circumferential direction), the pivoting plate 384 swings. In other words, the rotation plate portion 384 can be swung without reverse rotation of the motor 378.
From this, in the one-side tablet receiving portion 365a, as shown in FIG. 32, a tablet receiving posture (see FIG. 32A) in which the lower side of the tablet introducing space 370 is blocked by the rotating plate portion 384; It is possible to switch between the tablet discharge position (see FIG. 32 (b)). In the tablet discharge posture, the lower side of the tablet introduction space 370 is in communication with the space on the lower side.
That is, the portion located below the tablet introduction space 370 and in communication with the outside is a discharge port for discharging the tablet to the outside.

The one-side tablet receiving unit 365a stands by in the tablet receiving posture, and receives tablets falling from the tablet container 360 (see FIG. 29 and the like). Then, the tablet is transferred to the tablet discharge posture in a state where the tablet is disposed inside the tablet introduction space 370, thereby supplying the tablet to the lower side (the lateral conveyance portion 366 and the drop path forming portion 367, see FIG. 30). In other words, after temporarily storing the tablet inside the tablet introduction space 370, the tablet is supplied downward.
Here, as shown in FIG. 32A, the pivoting plate portion 384 inclines with respect to the horizontal surface in the tablet receiving attitude, and becomes a portion that becomes an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward the front side. Have. Then, this portion is positioned above the portion serving as a tablet discharge port, and serves as a portion for receiving the tablet supplied to the one-side tablet receiving portion 365a. That is, the tablets dropped onto the rotating plate portion 384 slide down on the inclined surface as they are and are gathered downward.
The tablets introduced into predetermined two tablet introduction spaces 370a and 370b among the three tablet introduction spaces 370 are supplied to one side of the horizontal conveyance portion 366 in the middle stage, are pushed and moved in the lateral direction, and form a fall path It is supplied to the portion 367 and introduced into the lowermost tablet extrusion portion 368 (secondary conveyance portion).
The tablet introduced into the other tablet introduction space 370c drops directly into the drop path forming part 367 without passing through the lateral conveyance part 366 of the middle stage and is put into the tablet extrusion part 368 (secondary conveyance part) of the lowermost stage. be introduced.
The other side tablet receiving unit 365b has the same basic structure as the one side tablet receiving unit 365a, and thus the detailed description will be omitted. The tablet introduced to the other side tablet receiving portion 365b is supplied to the other side conveyance portion 366.

Subsequently, the lateral conveyance section 366 at the intermediate stage will be described. Two horizontal conveyance units 366 are disposed linearly in the middle stage.
Since the two horizontal conveyance units 366 have the same structure, only one will be described. As shown in FIG. 33, the lateral conveyance portion 366 has a medicine receiving groove portion 410 (reception portion), a wheel travel portion 411, a guide placement portion 412, and a lower box portion 413. ing.
More specifically, the wheel travel portion 411, the medicine receiving groove portion 410, and the guide placement portion 412 are arranged in parallel in this order from the front of the drawing, and these are integrally formed. And the lower side box part 413 is distribute | arranged to the position used as these downward side.

The drug receiving groove portion 410 is a portion into which the tablet dropped from the above-described tablet receiving portion 365 is introduced, is a groove-shaped portion recessed downward, and extends in the left-right direction with a substantially square shape in cross section. It forms a space.
A tablet discharge port 418, which is an opening communicating inside and outside, is formed at an end (end on the front side in FIG. 33) positioned on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the medicine receiving groove 410. The end where the tablet discharge port 418 is formed is an end (see FIG. 30 etc.) located on the center side in the left-right direction of the tablet supply device 362. Two lateral conveyance parts 366 are linearly arranged in the middle stage, and a tablet discharge port 418 is located at the opposite part of the two lateral conveyance parts 366.

In the medicine receiving groove portion 410, as shown in FIG. The tablet pushing piece 438 is disposed inside the drug receiving groove 410 and moves along the longitudinal direction of the drug receiving groove 410.
The mechanism for moving the tablet push-out piece portion 438 is as shown in FIG. 34, and comprises a linear guide member 452 constituted by a rail member 453 and a slider 454, a belt mechanism 446 run by a motor 445 and a wheel portion 451. ing.
The tablet pushing piece portion 438 is connected to the slider 454 of the linear guide member 452 and has freedom only in the linear direction. The tablet push-out piece portion 438 is indirectly connected to the belt of the belt mechanism 446 through another member, and linearly moves in the medicine receiving groove portion 410 according to the traveling of the belt. The wheel portion 451 supports the load of the tablet pushing piece portion 438.

From this, by moving the tablet push-out piece portion 438 inside the drug receiving groove portion 410, it is possible to push out the tablet.
That is, the tablet push-out piece 438 is one end side in the longitudinal direction of the drug receiving groove portion 410, and is made to stand by at the end side away from the tablet discharge port 418, the drug receiving from the tablet receiving portion 365 described above. The tablet is supplied (dropped) to the inner space of the groove portion 410.
Thereafter, the tablet push-out piece 438 is moved to the vicinity of the tablet discharge port 418 along the longitudinal direction of the drug receiving groove 410, and the tablet is pushed out from the tablet discharge port 418.

  As shown in FIGS. 30 and 35, the falling path forming portion 367 is a portion located on the lower side of one tablet introduction space 370c. The drop path forming portion 367 is in the form of a vertical hole, and a first drop regulating plate 460 (regulating member) and a second drop regulating plate 461 (regulating member, see FIG. 35) are disposed inside.

As shown in FIG. 35, the first drop regulating plate 460 is formed by two pair of regulating plate pieces 460a and 460b.
The upper surfaces of the two restricting plate pieces 460a and 460b are inclined surfaces having a downward slope toward the center in the left-right direction. And the tablet inlet 480a of the tablet extrusion part 368 is located in the downward side between the lower end parts of the inclined surface. That is, in the portion where the portions of the two restricting plate pieces 460a and 460b are closest to each other, a space communicating the upper side and the lower side is formed between the two restricting plate pieces 460a and 460b. The tablet inlet 480a is located at
The shape of the second drop regulating plate 461 is also substantially the same as the shape of the first drop regulating plate 460.

The space adjacent to the upper side of the tablet inlet 480a is in a state of being surrounded by the two upright plate portions of the drop path forming portion 367, the two regulating plate pieces 461a, and the regulating plate piece 461b.
As shown in FIG. 36, the lowermost tablet extrusion unit 368 includes an inlet formation unit 470 and an extrusion path formation unit 473. Then, as shown in FIG. 36, a tablet conveyance device 474 for conveying the tablets supplied to the inside of the extrusion path forming portion 473 is provided.

The inlet formation part 470 is a member attached to the upper side of the extrusion path formation part 473 as shown in FIG. 36, and the 1st tablet supply hole 480 which penetrates an inside in the up-down direction is formed. The opening located on the upper side of the first tablet supply hole 480 is a portion which becomes an introduction port (tablet introduction port 480 a) when the tablet is supplied to the tablet extrusion unit 368.
The extrusion route forming portion 473 is formed with a tablet extrusion route 484 which is a space extending in the front-rear direction inside.
The tablet push-out path 484 has a tablet outlet port 484a, which is an opening that communicates inside and outside on the front end side.
The extrusion path forming unit 473 incorporates a tablet transfer device 474.
As shown in FIG. 36, the tablet transport device 474 is configured to include an upper receiving portion 490 and a transport body portion 491 located on the lower side thereof. The carrier portion 491 linearly moves in the tablet pushing path 484 by a driving device (not shown).
The upper pedestal portion 490 engages with the transport body portion 491 by an engagement portion (not shown), and linearly moves to follow the transport body portion 491 to a predetermined position, but from the predetermined position, the both engage In the end, the upper receiving portion 490 stops at that position, and only the carrier portion 491 travels.
The upper receiving portion 490 is always pressed to the front side by a power source (not shown), and the carrier portion 491 is in a state of being connected to a driving device (carrier power portion) (not shown). There is.

The upper receiving portion 490 is formed with a tablet drop hole 510 which is a through hole penetrating vertically in the front side.
The carrier portion 491 is a portion for carrying the tablet, and as shown in FIG. 36, a storage hole 520 penetrating from the top surface to the bottom surface is formed in a part thereof.

Subsequently, a tablet conveying operation by the tablet pushing unit 368 of the present embodiment will be described.
The tablet extruding unit 368 is capable of executing a first transport operation for transporting tablets of one dose and a second transport operation for transporting tablets of a plurality of packages supplied for one dose each time. .
In the first transport operation, as shown in FIG. 37A, the tablet transport device 474 stands by in a first standby posture in which the upper receiving portion 490 and the transport body portion 491 are both located rearward. In the first standby posture, the first tablet supply hole 480, the tablet drop hole 510, and the storage hole 520 form a series of communication holes.

When a tablet is introduced into the tablet introduction port 480a with the tablet conveyance device 474 in the first standby position, the tablet falls through the inside of the communication hole and is inside the storage hole 520, and the tablet extrusion path The tablet is placed at a position above the bottom plate portion of 484.
Then, in the first standby posture, the transport body portion 491 is moved forward by operating a motor (not shown) from a state in which the tablet is stored at the storage position. At this time, in the upper receiving portion 490, the upper receiving portion 490 also moves forward as the transfer body portion 491 moves.

When the upper receiving portion 490 and the transport body portion 491 move forward while maintaining the contacting state, the upper receiving portion 490 is positioned at the foremost side in the movable range (see FIG. b) etc.). Then, after this, only the transport body portion 491 is further moved to the front side, and the transport body portion 491 is separated from the upper receiving portion 490 to the front side.
Then, when the transport body portion 491 moves forward, the front side portion of the transport body portion 491 is positioned further forward than the tablet outlet port portion 484a (see FIG. 37C). At this time, the entire area of the lower opening of the storage hole 520 is positioned forward of the bottom plate portion of the extrusion path forming portion 473. From this, the tablet located inside the storage hole 520 falls downward, and the tablet is supplied from the tablet pushing portion 368 to the tablet conveyance path 41 (see FIG. 3).

Subsequently, although the second conveyance operation will be described, the same detailed description as that of the above-described first conveyance operation will be omitted.
Also in the second transport operation, the tablet transport device 474 stands by in the first standby position, and transport is started after the first-packed tablet to be supplied first is stored inside the storage hole 520. Then, the sheet is conveyed in the same procedure as described above, and as shown in FIG. 37 (b), the upper receiving portion 490 is moved to the frontmost position.

Then, in the same manner as described above, the forward movement of the upper receiving portion 490 is stopped, and only the carrier portion 491 is moved forward, but at this time, in the second conveyance operation, 2 packets are subsequently conveyed The tablet of the eye (not shown) is supplied to the tablet inlet 480a.
Specifically, the carrier portion 491 moves to the front side in the same manner as described above, and conveys the previously supplied first-packed tablet to the front side. That is, the front side portion of the carrier portion 491 is moved further forward than the tablet outlet 484a (see FIG. 37 (c)), and the tablet is transported to the tablet conveyance path 41 (see FIG. 3). Supply tablets.
After this, the transport body portion 491 is moved to the rear side, and the upper pedestal portion 490 is brought into contact from the front side, so that the transport portion 491 and the upper pedestal portion 490 come into contact again (see FIG. 37 (b)).

The carrier portion 491 transports the tablet in the first packet, while the tablet in the second packet supplied to the tablet inlet 480 a is on the rear side portion of the receiving plate portion 500 which is a part of the upper receiving portion 490. Will fall into That is, during execution of the single transport operation of the transport body portion 491 (operation to move only the transport body portion 491 forward and to contact the upper receiving portion 490 again), the tablet in the second package is supplied. It becomes.
Then, after the transport body portion 491 comes in contact with the upper pedestal portion 490 again, the upper pedestal portion 490 pressed to the rear side by the transport body portion 491 also moves rearward by further moving to the rear side. Do. That is, it moves backward while maintaining the state in which the transport body portion 491 and the upper receiving portion 490 are in contact with each other.

As a result, the receiving plate portion 500 also moves backward, so the second-pack tablets supplied onto the receiving plate portion 500 while the tablet transport device 474 takes the first standby position. Falls downward.
That is, the tablet in the second package supplied on the inner lower end side of the first tablet supply hole 480 and on the receiving plate portion 500 is moved to the rear side by the receiving plate portion 500, whereby the tablet drop hole is formed. It is introduced into the upper opening of 510. Then, it falls downward from the first tablet supply hole 480.
Then, the second-packed tablet stored inside the storage hole 520 in the first standby posture is transported by the same procedure as described above. In addition, when the tablet after the third pack is supplied, that is, when the subsequent tablet is supplied, the tablets are sequentially transported in the same procedure.

As described above, the tablet supplied to the one-side tablet receiving unit 365a passes through the horizontal conveyance unit 366, the falling path forming unit 367, and the tablet extrusion unit 368, and passes the horizontal conveyance unit 366. Instead, it may be supplied to the tablet extrusion unit 368 through the drop path forming unit 367.
From this, when carrying out the conveying operation in the tablet extruding unit 368, depending on the prescription, after the tablets not passing through the lateral conveying unit 366 are supplied to the tablet extruding unit 368, the tablets passing through the lateral conveying unit 366 are tablet extruded It waits until it is supplied to the unit 368, and carries out the transport operation.
On the other hand, when all the tablets do not pass through the lateral conveyance portion 366, after the tablets are supplied to the tablet extruding portion 368, the conveyance operation is performed without performing such a standby operation.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the tablet is pushed and moved by the tablet pushing piece portion 438 in the lateral conveyance portion 366. However, the primary transport unit of the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, a primary conveyance unit provided with a small conveyer such as a roller conveyer or a belt conveyer may be used to convey tablets by operating the conveyer.
Also, instead of the drug receiving groove portion 410, a receiving portion having an inclined surface which is inclined toward the outlet may be formed at the bottom portion. Then, a mechanism for vibrating the inclined surface may be further provided, and the tablet dropped on the inclined surface may be moved by vibration and transported.

  Therefore, the above-described medicines-table packaging apparatus includes a medicine packaging apparatus for packing and discharging medicines supplied from the outside one dose at a time, and a medicine provided with a medicine shelf apparatus for supplying tablets to the medicine packaging apparatus. A packaging unit, wherein the medicine shelf device can hold a plurality of tablet containers, and has a tablet conveyance device for conveying a tablet supplied from each tablet container to a predetermined position, and the tablet conveyance device A primary conveyance unit and a secondary conveyance unit are provided, and the primary conveyance unit is a portion for conveying a tablet in a direction intersecting the direction from the medicine rack apparatus side to the medicine packaging apparatus side, and the secondary conveyance unit is An operation of conveying the tablet in the direction from the medicine cabinet side to the medicine packaging side and conveying the tablet by the primary conveyance unit and then conveying the tablet by the secondary conveyance unit; Without conveying by the conveyance unit, the above two Each operation to be transported by the transport section are possible.

  The primary transport unit includes a receiving unit that receives the supplied tablet, and a tablet extrusion piece, and the tablet extrusion piece is movable in the transport direction of the tablet in the primary transport unit. The tablet conveyance operation of the primary conveyance unit is an operation of pushing and moving the tablet positioned in the receiving unit by the tablet pushing piece.

  The tablet transport apparatus further includes an introduction unit into which the tablet supplied from the tablet container is introduced, and after the tablet is supplied to the introduction unit, the tablet is temporarily stored in the introduction unit. And discharging the tablet to the primary transport unit side or the secondary transport unit side.

  The introduction unit has a storage space for temporarily storing the introduced tablet, and a movable receiving member, and the storage space is for discharging the tablet to the primary conveyance unit side or the secondary conveyance unit side. And the introduction portion includes a tablet receiving posture in which the discharge opening is closed by the movable reception member when the movable reception member is moved, and the discharge opening is It is possible to switch between the tablet receiving attitude in which the external apparatus is in communication with the outside.

  Further, the movable receiving member has a portion which becomes an inclined surface inclined with respect to the horizontal direction in the tablet receiving posture, and the introducing portion receives the tablet introduced by the inclined surface.

  The tablet transport apparatus further includes a path forming unit, and the path forming unit is provided on the downstream side in the transport direction of the introduction unit and the primary transport unit and on the upstream side in the transport direction of the secondary transport unit. Forming a path for supplying the tablet supplied from the introduction portion or the primary transport portion to the secondary transport portion located on the lower side, and the inside of the path forming portion is formed of tablets. A regulating member for regulating the moving direction is formed.

Although the above-mentioned embodiment demonstrated the example which provided the medicine package conveyance apparatus 13 which conveys the medicine package 14 to the taking-out container 15, this invention is not limited to this.
For example, a box-shaped takeout container (not shown) is provided below the discharge port for discharging the medicine package 14 from the apparatus main body 2 to the medicine package conveying apparatus 13 without providing the medicine package conveying apparatus 13. It may be a structure to be installed.
In this case, a wheel member may be provided on the lower surface of the takeout container (not shown), and the user may push the handwheel to obtain a takeout container capable of traveling.
Furthermore, a magnet member formed of a permanent magnet may be attached to the side surface of the takeout container, and the takeout container may be adsorbed to the device body 2 by bringing the side surface of the takeout container into close contact with the wall surface of the device body 2. .

Further, in the medicine packaging device 1, a suction path extending from the periphery of the cleaning device for scraping 43 to a suction device (not shown) is formed. A case will be considered in which a part of the suction path is formed by a resin hose member 575 (see FIGS. 3B and 38B).
At this time, when the upper lid 5 is closed (see FIG. 1), a part of the hose member 575 is located above the powder dividing area 10 (not shown).
Specifically, a portion of the hose member 575 is disposed at a position away from the distribution plate 20 (not shown).

  From this, when the powder feeding groove 20a (see FIG. 2) is supplied with the powder and the dispensing plate 20 is rotated (the dividing operation of the powder), the powder which has soared for some reason is added to the hose member 575. There is a risk of temporary adhesion. Then, if the powder temporarily attached to the hose member 575 falls after a while, the powder may fall onto the distribution plate 20 during the dividing operation of the other powder, and contamination may occur.

Therefore, as a structure for preventing such contamination, as shown in FIG. 38, a portion of the hose member 575 and the distribution plate 20 are located above the distribution plate 20 and when the upper lid 5 is closed. The powder shield portion 580 may be formed at a position between the two.
Specifically, the powder medicine shielding plate portion 580 has a structure including a support frame portion 581 and a shielding plate portion main body 582, and the shielding plate portion 581a (described in detail later) of the support frame portion 581 is a shielding plate. It is a portion formed by mounting the portion main body 582.

  The support frame portion 581 is a frame-like portion formed to project forward from an upright wall-like portion adjacent to the rear end portion of the powder dividing region 10, and is a portion having a substantially square ring shape in plan view. A bottom plate portion 581a, two side wall portions 581b, and a front wall portion 581c are provided.

The bottom plate portion 581a is a plate-like portion whose thickness direction is in the vertical direction. A through hole which penetrates the bottom plate portion 581a in the thickness direction is formed in a central portion of the bottom plate portion 581a, and a through hole whose opening shape is substantially square is formed.
The two side wall portions 581b and the front wall portion 581c are both upright wall portions projecting upward from the edge portion of the bottom plate portion 581a.

  As described above, by mounting the powder shielding plate portion 580 on the frame-shaped support frame portion 581, the work of attaching and detaching the powder shielding plate portion 580 is facilitated. In addition, since the powder charge blocking plate portion 580 is located between the hose member 575 and the distribution tray 20, adhesion of the powder powder rising from the distribution plate 20 to the hose member 575 can be prevented. Further, even if the powder adheres to the hose member 575 for some reason, the powder falling from the hose member 575 can be received by the shield plate body 582, so that the powder can be prevented from falling onto the distribution plate 20.

  Moreover, the cleaning apparatus 43 (refer FIG. 3) for the removal of the tablet supply unit 11 is not restricted to the structure of above-described embodiment. For example, the cleaning device 43 for scraping may be unitized to form a tablet supply unit configured to be removable from the box. That is, you may form the tablet supply unit (the whole illustration is abbreviate | omitted) provided with the box part and the cleaning apparatus unit 590 (refer FIG. 39).

As shown in FIG. 39A, the cleaning device unit 590 is formed by housing each part of the cleaning mechanism main body 131 (see FIG. 9) inside the case member 595.
Specifically, the case member 595 is roughly divided into a box-like member in which the gear storage portion 595a, the brush storage portion 595b, and the connecting cylindrical portion 595c are integrally formed.

  The gear storage portion 595a is a portion for storing a part of the motor 137 and two gears (see FIG. 9) including the motor connecting gear 138 and the gear portion 140, and in a state in which the two gears can rotate in conjunction with each other. It is stored.

  The brush storage portion 595b is a portion for storing the rotating brush main body 141, and the rotary brush main body 141 is stored in a rotatable state. The shaft portion which is the shaft portion of the rotating brush main body 141 and is connected to the gear portion 140 is inserted into the partition portion 596 in the form of an upright wall located at the boundary between the gear storage portion 595a and the brush storage portion 595b. That is, in the partition 596, a through hole through which the shaft portion can be inserted is formed.

  The connecting cylindrical portion 595c is configured to be able to connect an external tubular member such as a hose, and the internal space of the connecting cylindrical portion 595c is in communication with the internal space of the brush storage portion 595b. In other words, in the brush storage portion 595b, a suction opening 597 (see FIG. 39B) continuous with the internal space of the connecting cylindrical portion 595c is formed in a part of the inner peripheral surface.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 39A, the brush storage portion 595 b is the partition wall 596 described above, and an outer wall 598 in the form of a standing wall facing the separation between the partition 596 and the rotating brush main body 141 in the axial direction. And the peripheral wall portion 600 is provided.

  The peripheral wall portion 600 is a portion located between the partition wall portion 596 and the outer standing wall portion 598. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 39 (b), the rotating brush main body 141 is a wall-like portion divided into the upper side wall 600 a, the standing wall 600 b, and the lower side wall 600 c and having a cylindrical shape. It is arranged in order along the circumferential direction.

  The upper side wall portion 600 a is a portion extending in a mountain shape at a position separated upward from the main body portion of the rotary brush main body 141. That is, the front end portion (right side in FIG. 39 (b)) is curved downward as it goes forward, and further, the rear end portion (left side in FIG. 39 (b)) goes backward. It is curved to move downward.

  The upright wall portion 600b is continuous with the rear end portion of the upper side wall portion 600a and extends in the vertical direction.

  The lower side wall portion 600c is continuous with the lower end portion of the upright wall portion 600b, and includes a plate-like portion extending obliquely from the rear side toward the front side and a flat plate extending frontward along the longitudinal direction. And the ring-shaped portion are integrally formed. Further, at the front end portion of the lower side wall portion 600c, a folded back portion 605 having a shape in which the front end portion is folded upward is formed. The folded back portion 605 is a wall-like portion projecting upward, and extends in the axial direction of the main body portion of the rotating brush main body 141.

  An opening is formed on the front side of the brush housing 595b and between the front end of the upper side wall 600a and the front end of the lower side wall 600c, which is the boundary between the outside of the brush housing 595b and the internal space. ing.

Here, in the peripheral wall portion 600, the front side portion of the upper side wall portion 600a and the front side portion of the lower side wall portion 600c are compared with most portions located on the rear side of the peripheral wall portion 600, from the inner peripheral surface A distance to the main body of the main body 141 is formed to be long.
That is, when the rotating brush main body 141 is rotated, the inner peripheral surface (inner surface) of the upright wall portion 600b and the brush bristles (hair bundle) come into contact, while the front side portions of the upper side wall 600a and the lower side wall 600c In this case, the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 600 and the brush hairs do not come in contact with each other.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 39 (b), the brush bristles of the rotary brush main body 141 have a radial direction of the main body in a plan view with the axial direction of the main body of the rotary brush main body 141 as a viewing direction. With the center position at the center as the center, the length of the radius is L1 and is within the range of the imaginary circle S1. In addition, L1 is taken as the length from the center position in the radial direction of a main-body part to the protrusion end of the longest brush hair.

Here, the distance from the central position in the radial direction of the main body portion of the rotary brush main body 141 to the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 600 is different in each portion of the peripheral wall portion 600.
That is, in each of the upper side wall portion 600a and the lower side wall portion 600c, the distance from the same center position to the inner peripheral surface is longer than L1.
Further, in the standing wall portion 600b, the distance from the same center position to the inner circumferential surface (inner side surface) of the standing wall portion 600b is shorter than L1.

From this, when the rotary brush main body 141 is rotated (clockwise in FIG. 39 (b)) in a direction in which the brush bristles approach from the top to the front side, the brush bristles contact the front portion of the lower side wall portion 600c. Then, it moves so as to gather the rear side portion of the lower side wall portion 600c.
Subsequently, the brush bristles move while being in contact with the upright wall portion 600b. At this time, the brush bristles are pressed against the standing wall portion 600b, and move upward while the peripheral portion on the tip side is bent. That is, the tip portion of the brush bristles is rubbed against the upright wall portion 600b.
Then, the brush bristles move forward without contacting the inner peripheral surface of the upper side wall portion 600a.

  From this, when the rotating brush main body 141 is rotated by the cleaning operation or the like, it is possible to remove the powder adhering to the brush hairs. That is, the brush bristles are moved while being in contact with the inner wall portion (the standing wall portion 600b) of the brush storage portion 595b, and the suction operation is performed simultaneously, thereby dropping the powder from the brush bristles and allowing suction.

  In addition, as described above, since the folded back portion 605 is formed in the lower side wall portion 600c, it is impossible to suction the powder dropped from the brush hair temporarily, and even if the powder drops downward, from the upper surface of the lower side wall portion 600c. It is possible to prevent the powder from falling downward. That is, it is possible to prevent the falling from the lower side wall portion 600c of the powder charge moving downward by its own weight.

As described above, a drug inlet 25 for supplying a drug is formed in a portion between the two dispensing trays 20 of the powder dividing area 10 (see FIG. 2). The medicine introduction port 25 is formed by attaching an introduction hopper to the mounting plate portion 10a.
Here, the introduction hopper may be a hopper member 630 shown in FIG. 40 (a).

  The hopper member 630 is a member having a substantially powder funnel shape, and the opening area of the introduction side opening located on the upper side is the opening area of the discharge side opening located on the lower side, similarly to the introduction hopper shown in FIG. It is larger than that (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 40). And, it is a space which narrows toward the lower side between the inlet side opening and the outlet side opening, and a space surrounded by the peripheral wall is formed, and the introduced powder flows through the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall, and the outlet side It has a structure that reaches the opening.

  Here, focusing attention on the back surface side of the hopper member 630, a powder passage hole 633 communicating with the discharge side opening is formed in the bottom portion of the hopper member 630. A plane having a planar spread is formed around the lower opening (upper side in FIG. 40A) of the powder passage hole 633.

Specifically, the lower portion of the hopper member 630 is provided with a mounting protrusion 635 whose outer shape at least the lower portion has a substantially square pole shape. The lower end portion of the mounting protrusion 635 is a portion that can be inserted into the powder introduction port 636.
Then, the lower opening of the powder medicine passage hole 633 is located at the central portion of the bottom surface of the mounting protrusion 635 and the periphery thereof. That is, a flat plate-like portion is located between the outer side surface of the mounting protrusion 635 in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the powder introduction port 636 and the lower opening of the powder passage hole 633.

From this, when the powder is put into the hopper member 630, even if the powder dropped downward through the powder passage hole 633 soars for some reason, it is mounted as shown by the arrow in FIG. 40 (b). It is possible to abut on the bottom surface of the projection 635 and to drop it.
That is, unlike the structure in which a gap is formed between the side wall portion of the mounting protrusion 635 and the peripheral portion of the powder passage hole 633, the powder does not fit into the gap, and the powder is surely directed downward. It can be dropped. The mounting protrusion 635 may not have a size that can be inserted (inserted) inside the powder introduction port 636, and may have a width (thickness) that can not be inserted into the powder introduction port 636. That is, the sum of the area of the bottom surface of the mounting protrusion 635 and the opening area of the lower opening of the powder passage hole 633 (the area of the bottom portion surrounded by the outer peripheral edge) is greater than the opening area of the powder introduction port 636 You may form so that it may become large. In this case, the peripheral portion of the powder introduction port 636 may be brought into contact with the bottom surface of the mounting protrusion 635 b so that the powder medicine passage 633 communicates with the powder introduction port 636.

In the above-described embodiment, the flat lock piece forming portion 276c (see FIG. 25) protruding in the oblique direction has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, as shown in FIG. 41, a lock forming piece 650 may be formed such that the portion on the protruding end side is bent back.

  The lock forming piece 650 is formed to have a length in the protruding direction longer than the lock piece forming part 276c described above, and is curved toward the upstream side (left side in FIG. 41B) of the fixing plate 276a. . From this, the upper end side portion of the lock forming piece 650 extends toward the upper side (the projecting direction of the entire lock forming piece 650), and then extends toward the upstream side, and further toward the lower side. Slightly extending.

  Therefore, the lock forming piece 650 extends upward from a position adjacent to the upper side of the locking piece insertion hole 283 or from an adjacent position slightly above the locking piece insertion hole 283, and then A downward curved surface is formed. The curved surface is formed on the upper end portion of the lock forming piece portion 650, and is a surface that curves so as to be convex toward the diagonally upper side.

Here, when the lock mechanism portion 272 is brought into the locked state, as described above, the locking piece forming portion 292 is brought close to cover the lock forming piece portion 650 from above, and the lock is formed inside the member storage space 313. The upper side portion of the piece portion 650 is accommodated. Then, the hooking protrusions 315 are inserted into the hooking piece insertion holes 283 to engage them.
At this time, in the structure of the lock piece forming portion 276c described above, it is assumed that the user has inserted the hooking protrusion 315 even though the hooking protrusion 315 is not inserted into the hooking piece insertion hole 283, There is a possibility that the packaging operation may be performed in a state in which the

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the lock forming piece portion 650 has the above-described shape and the hooking protrusion 315 is not inserted into the hooking piece insertion hole 283, the upper periphery of the lock forming piece portion 650 in the member storage space 313 It has a structure in which the intruded state is not maintained (it is difficult to be maintained).
That is, when the locking piece forming portion 292 is covered on the lock forming piece portion 650 and the locking projection 315 is not inserted into the locking piece insertion hole 283 and positioned on the upper side of the locking piece insertion hole 283, The protrusion 315 comes in contact with the curved surface formed on the upper side of the lock forming piece 650. Then, after the hooking protrusion 315 is moved to slide on the curved surface, as shown in FIG. 41 (b), the hooking protrusion 315 is placed on the portion on the upstream side of the curved surface. From this, when the user looks at the upper side, it can be immediately determined that the hooking protrusion 315 and the hooking piece insertion hole 283 are not engaged.

By the way, the above-described medicines-table packaging device 351 has a structure in which a control device (not shown) such as a substrate is incorporated in both or one of the tablet cassette shelf 350 and the medicine packaging device 1.
Then, an external device (mobile phone, PC (personal computer), tablet PC, other dispensing device) and a built-in control device can mutually transmit / receive data (signal) via the communication network, It has become possible to construct a drug delivery work support system.
Note that the control device described above, the mobile phone of the above device, a PC, a tablet PC, etc. is an information storage means comprised of an arithmetic means comprised of an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU, and a storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk. It has a built-in structure. Furthermore, it has a structure provided with a signal transmission / reception means configured of an interface circuit or the like for transmitting / receiving data (signal) to / from outside.

  From this, for example, when data on a prescription is input by an external PC, data on a prescription for use in the shelf mounted packaging device 351 (hereinafter, referred to simply as prescription data) is created, and based on this prescription data As a result, the packaging apparatus 351 with a medicine rack may be operated.

  Further, the prescription data may be created by the user of the medicine-shelf-equipped packaging device 351 such as a pharmacist directly inputting data on the prescription into the medicine-shelf-equipped packaging device 351.

The prescription data may also include information on the patient to whom the medication is provided, information on identifying the prescribed medication, information on the date on which the medication was provided, information on the number of days taken, and information on the timing of dosing. . It may be information formed by associating these pieces of information.
Furthermore, the information on the patient described above may include data such as a patient ID, a patient name represented by Kanji or Kana characters, a date of birth, an address, a telephone number, and the like.
Further, the information for specifying the prescribed drug mentioned above includes drug ID, drug name, information for specifying the tablet container 360 to be stored (cassette N o, container ID etc.), administration start date (dispense date), administration days Data such as the dose (amount used), the number of packages provided, etc. may be included. In addition, data for identifying the provider of the drug (eg, institution name, facility name, department name, etc .; for example, medical institution name, medical department name, etc.) may be included.
Furthermore, based on the prescription, information may be included to specify whether or not the packaging operation has already been performed by the medicine rack and packaging apparatus 351.
And the information regarding the above-mentioned dosing time is information which specifies whether the provided medicine is taken in the morning, daytime, or night.

  In addition, you may store the information regarding the stock amount (the accommodation amount of a tablet) of each tablet container 360 which can be hold | maintained in the container attachment part 361 in the storage means of the packaging apparatus 351 for a shelf and an external device. That is, each time the packaging operation is performed, the stock amount may be calculated and stored based on the prescription data.

  Here, as described above, when the tablet with shelf 351 supplies tablets from the tablet cassette shelf 350 to the medicine packaging device 1, the medicine shelf attached packaging device 351 has the lower side from the inside of the tablet container 360 held by the container attachment portion 361. The tablet is supplied to the tablet supply device 362 located at (see FIG. 29). Then, the tablet is conveyed inside the tablet supply device 362, and the tablet is supplied to the medicine packaging device 1 from the tablet extrusion path 484 of the tablet supply device 362 (see FIG. 29).

  At this time, in the tablet supply device 362, as described above, the tablet falling from the upper side is introduced into the tablet receiving portion 365 positioned on the lower side (see FIG. 30). And it will be supplied to the tablet extrusion part 368 through a different conveyance path | route according to the introduction | transduction position of a tablet. That is, when the tablet is introduced around the center in the left-right direction, the tablet is supplied to the tablet extrusion unit 368 through the falling path forming unit 367. On the other hand, when the tablet is introduced to either of the left and right ends, the tablet passes through the inside of one of the left and right two horizontal conveyance parts 366 and the drop path forming part 367 and then the tablet is pushed to the tablet extrusion part 368. Supplied.

  More specifically, in the upper portion of the container attachment portion 361, tablet containers 360 are arranged in a matrix and stored as shown in FIG. Specifically, eleven rows of tablet containers 360 in which six tablet containers 360 are formed in the vertical direction are formed, and the rows of tablet containers 360 are arranged in the horizontal direction.

Then, on the back surface side of the container attachment portion 361, as shown in FIG. 42, eleven tablet drop paths 660 (tablet supply paths) corresponding to the rows of the tablet containers 360 are formed. That is, the same number of tablet drop paths 660 as the number of rows of the row of tablet containers 360 are formed.
Each tablet dropping path 660 is surrounded by the peripheral wall to form a space extending in the vertical direction, and corresponds to a different row of tablet containers 360. And the path | route for falling the tablet supplied from the one or more tablet containers 360 which belong to the row | line | column of a corresponding tablet container 360 is formed.

  Specifically, for example, the row of tablet containers 360 located at the rightmost position (see FIG. 29) corresponds to the tablet drop path 660k located at the rightmost position (the leftmost in FIG. 42). Then, the tablets supplied from the tablet containers 360 belonging to the rightmost row are supplied to the tablet supply device 362 through the tablet dropping path 660k positioned on the rightmost side, regardless of which tablet container 360 supplies the tablets. . Similarly, the rows of tablet containers 360 located second from the right correspond to the one-to-one in sequence, respectively, in a manner corresponding to the tablet drop path 660j located second from the right.

In the tablet drop paths 660b and 660j positioned at both ends in the left-right direction, a drop regulating portion 662 is provided which regulates the moving direction of the tablet falling inside.
The drop restricting portion 662 is a plate-like member attached in an inclined posture, and the upper surface thereof is an inclined surface which is inclined downward from the end side to the center side in the left-right direction. In the drop restricting portion 662, a portion on the upper end side of the upper surface is disposed at a position from the end in the left-right direction. That is, the drop restricting portion 662 is a space located below (in FIG. 42, a space located below) the inner space of the tablet dropping paths 660b and 660j and extends diagonally across the space where the tablet falls. There is.
From this, when the tablet which has dropped the tablet dropping paths 660b and 660j falls onto the drop regulating portion 662, the moving direction is changed, and the tablet falls further to a position from the center in the lateral direction.

Then, the tablet introduced into the tablet supply device 362 through the tablet falling path 660f located at the center is supplied to the tablet pushing portion 368 (not shown in FIG. 42) through the falling path forming portion 367.
The tablet introduced into the tablet supply device 362 via any of a plurality of tablet falling paths 660 (tablet falling path 660a to tablet falling path 660e) positioned on one side in the left-right direction with respect to the central tablet falling path 660f. Are introduced into one of the lateral conveyance sections 366.
Furthermore, the tablet introduced into the tablet supply device 362 via any of a plurality of tablet falling paths 660 (tablet falling path 660 g to tablet falling path 660 k) located on the other side in the left-right direction than the central tablet falling path 660 f is , And is introduced into the other horizontal conveyance unit 366.

  Here, as described above, inside the lateral conveyance portion 366, the tablet which has dropped to any position of the medicine receiving groove portion 410 is pressed by the tablet pushing piece portion 438 (see FIG. 33). That is, by moving the tablet push-out piece portion 438 from the end side in the left-right direction to the center side, each tablet falling to a different position in the left-right direction is pressed to the drop path forming portion 367 side.

When the pressing operation is performed, the tablet push-out piece portion 438 is located further than the drop position of the tablet supplied from the tablet drop path 660 (tablet drop path 660a or tablet drop path 660k) located on the end side most in the left-right direction. And stand by at a position away from the end in the left and right direction.
Specifically, in the lateral conveyance portion 366 positioned on one end side (right side in FIG. 42) in the left-right direction, the drop position of the tablet supplied from the tablet drop path 660a positioned on the one end side in the left-right direction Also, the position on one end side in the left-right direction is taken as the reference standby position.
Then, after the tablet is dropped while the tablet pushing piece portion 438 stands by at the reference standby position, the tablet pushing piece portion 438 is moved to the center side in the left-right direction to press the tablet.
The horizontal conveyance portion 366 positioned on the other end side (left side in FIG. 42) in the left-right direction has the same basic structure as the horizontal conveyance portion 366 positioned on the one end side, I omit explanation.

  Here, in the packaging apparatus with a cupboard 351 (tablet cassette shelf 350) of the present embodiment, by operating based on the prescription data as described above, the tablet push-out piece portion 438 stands by at a position different from the reference standby position. It is possible to move the tablet and then press the tablet. This operation is described in detail below.

When the operation of supplying tablets to the medicine packaging device 1 is started, the container-cum-shelf packaging device 351 of this embodiment performs a container specifying operation of specifying the tablet container 360 in which the supplied tablets are stored.
That is, based on the prescription data and the data stored in the RFID tag attached to each tablet container 360, the tablet container 360 containing the tablets supplied from the plurality of tablet containers 360 arranged in parallel in a matrix is Identify. Further, it is specified at which position of the container mounting portion 361 the tablet container 360 in which the supplied tablet is stored.

In the present embodiment, the RFID tag attached to each tablet container 360 stores information (a drug name, a type, etc.) for specifying a drug to be stored. Then, by referring to the information of the RFID tag, the control device of the medicine-shelf-equipped packaging device 351 makes it possible to identify which tablet is stored in each tablet container 360 stored in the container attachment portion 361. ing.
Here, the information stored in the RFID may be referred to by the control device before the start of the container specifying operation, and may be stored in the storage means of the control device. In this case, the container specifying operation may be performed based on the prescription data and the data stored in the control device. Also, when creating prescription data, the information stored in the RFID is referred to, and the prescribed tablet (tablet name etc.) is associated with the information specifying the tablet container 360 in which the tablet is stored, both of them Prescription data may also be generated. In this case, the container specifying operation may be performed with reference to only the prescription data.

  Further, based on the result of the container specifying operation, the tablet drop path 660 used for supplying the tablet to the tablet supply device 362 is specified, and whether or not to use the lateral conveyance portion 366 is specified. That is, whether or not to use the lateral conveyance portion 366, and if it is used, it is specified which lateral conveyance portion 366 is to be used. That is, it is specified whether to use both of the two horizontal conveyance units 366 or which one of the two horizontal conveyance units 366 is to be used.

Furthermore, when the lateral transport portion 366 is used, the tablet drop path 660 located on the end side in the most horizontal direction among the tablet drop paths 660 for supplying tablets to the lateral transport portion 366 to be used is also specified. Ru. In other words, the tablet falling path 660 located most upstream in the moving direction of the tablet pushing piece portion 438 is identified.
Specifically, for example, in the lateral conveyance portion 366 positioned on the right side of FIG. 42, the right end side is the upstream side in the moving direction in the pushing operation of the tablet pushing piece portion 438, and the left end side is the downstream side. That is, the tablet falling path 660a located at the most upstream side becomes the tablet falling path 660 located at the most end side in the left-right direction.
On the other hand, in the other horizontal conveyance portion 366 positioned on the left side of FIG. 42, the left end side is the upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet pushing piece portion 438, and the right end side is the downstream side. That is, the tablet falling path 660k located at the most upstream side becomes the tablet falling path 660 located at the most end side in the left-right direction. That is, the moving direction in the pushing operation of the tablet push-out piece 438 is reversed on both sides sandwiching the falling path forming portion 367, and the falling path forming portion 367 side from which the tablet is pushed out becomes the downstream side of the moving direction.

Then, a standby position determination operation is performed to determine the standby position of the tablet push-out piece portion 438 based on the above-described identification result.
For example, as shown in FIG. 42A, if tablets are to be supplied from the tablet dropping path 660a located at the most end side in the left-right direction to the horizontal conveyance part 366, the reference standby position is the standby of the tablet extrusion piece part 438. It becomes a position.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 42 (b), the tablet is not supplied from the tablet dropping path 660a located on the most end side in the left and right direction, and the tablet dropping paths 660c and 660e are further separated to the center side in the left and right direction. When the tablet is to be supplied, the standby position of the tablet pushing piece 438 is changed.
That is, among the tablet dropping paths 660 for passing the tablets supplied to the horizontal conveyance unit 366, the tablet dropping path 660c positioned on the end side in the lateral direction (upstream in the moving direction of the tablet pushing piece 438) is specified. Ru. Then, a position which is an end side in the left-right direction with respect to the specified tablet drop path 660c and which is a center side in the left-right direction with respect to the reference standby position becomes a standby position (change standby position) of the tablet pushing piece portion 438.
That is, it is determined whether or not the tablet is supplied from the tablet falling path 660a positioned at the most end side in the left-right direction, and the operation to determine the standby position of the tablet pushing piece 438 based on the result of the determination is performed. . Then, after the tablet push-out piece portion 438 stands by at the determined standby position, an operation of pushing and moving the tablet is performed.

Here, in the operation of determining the standby position, a plurality of change standby positions may be set.
For example, the change standby position may be a position closer to the end in the left-right direction than each of the tablet dropping path 660b to the tablet dropping path 660e. In this case, when the tablet falling path 660 for passing the tablets supplied to the lateral conveyance portion 366 and located on the end side in the most horizontal direction is the most upstream side flow path, the left and right sides The position slightly on the end side in the direction is set as the change standby position. That is, when the tablet falling path 660e located at the most central side in the left and right direction is the most upstream side flow path, it is set as the change standby position slightly on the end side in the left and right direction with respect to the tablet falling path 660e. Similarly, when the tablet falling path 660d positioned second from the center side in the left and right direction is the most upstream side flow path, a slightly different end side in the horizontal direction than the tablet falling path 660d becomes the change standby position, The same is true for

On the other hand, only one change standby position may be set.
For example, the change standby position may be a position closer to the end in the left-right direction than the specific tablet drop path 660c. In this case, when the most upstream flow path is the specific tablet dropping path 660c, and the tablet falling path 660 located on the center side in the left-right direction with respect to the specific tablet dropping path 660c (tablet dropping paths 660d and 660e) If so, the tablet push-out piece 438 waits in the change waiting position. In contrast, when the most upstream flow path is the tablet falling path 660 (tablet falling path 660a, 660b) located on the end side in the left-right direction with respect to the tablet falling path 660c, the tablet pushing piece 438 is the reference standby position Wait at

As described above, only one change standby position may be set or a plurality of change standby positions may be set. That is, when the tablet falls between the reference standby position and the change standby position positioned on the end side in the most lateral direction from the reference standby position, the rear tablet pushing piece 438 may be held at the reference standby position. . In addition, when the tablet falls to the downstream side of the specific change waiting position, the tablet push-out piece portion 438 is located at the change waiting position located most downstream among the change waiting positions located on the upstream side of the dropping position of the tablet. You just have to wait.
Further, in the above example, although the example in which the drop control portion 662 is provided in the tablet drop paths 660b and 660j has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the drop control portion 662 may be appropriately provided in another tablet drop path 660. That is, the drop restricting portion 662 may be provided in any tablet drop path 660, or the drop restricting portion 662 may not be provided in any tablet drop path 660. Then, the change standby position may be a position on the upstream side of the vicinity of the lowermost end of the drop regulating portion 662. The tablet receiving unit 365 may be divided based on the position where the drop regulating unit 662 is provided. That is, the positions at which the connection member disposition portion 371 and the partition member 372 are formed may be shifted from the position on the vertically upper side of the drop restricting portion 662 in the left-right direction.

Furthermore, the tablet transport operation accompanied by the above-described standby position determination operation may be performed based on the information regarding the dosing timing of the prescription data.
For example, among medicines prescribed for a predetermined patient, the medicine for taking in the morning, the medicine for taking in the daytime, and the medicine for taking in the night are sequentially packaged by the medicine shelf-equipped packaging apparatus 351. At the time of implementation, the transport operation of the tablet with the standby position determination operation may be performed in each packing operation. That is, every time the packing operation for packing the tablets is performed, the tablet conveyance operation may be performed with the waiting position determination operation.

On the contrary, when the packaging operation is performed for each prescription prescribed for a plurality of patients, such as packaging the prescribed medication for one patient and packaging the prescribed medication for another patient The standby position determination operation may be performed only once in a motion targeted for one prescription.
That is, as in the case of separately packaging medicines to be taken in the morning, day, and night in an operation targeting one prescription, in the case where a plurality of packaging operations are performed, the packaging is performed by a plurality of packaging operations. An operation is performed to specify the most upstream flow channel described above for all tablets. Then, the standby position of the tablet push-out piece portion 438 is determined based on the identified most upstream side flow path. Furthermore, when the packaging operation is sequentially performed, the standby position of the tablet push-out piece portion 438 before the extrusion operation can be set to the same determined position in each operation. That is, the standby position determination operation may be performed on a plurality of packing operations, and the tablet transport operation may be performed a plurality of times based on the result of the standby position determination operation performed in advance.

By the way, as described above, the tablet extruding unit 368 linearly moves the tablet transport device 474 in a state where the tablet is disposed inside the storage hole 520, and transports the tablet (see FIG. 36). ).
Here, when the tablet transport device 474 is moved forward (right side in FIG. 36) and the tablet is transported to the medicine packaging device 1 side, it is preferable to move the tablet transport device 474 at high speed and then move at low speed. . That is, in order to reliably stop the tablet transfer device 474 at the specified position, the speed of the tablet transfer device 474 (the speed of the tablet transfer device 474 moved by the predetermined distance) after a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of movement is lower than that at the start of movement. It is preferable to do.

Furthermore, it is preferable to temporarily transmit a stop signal to a drive device (such as a motor) that drives the tablet conveyance device 474.
Specifically, when moving the tablet conveyance device 474 forward, an operation of temporarily stopping the drive device while moving is performed. At this time, since the tablet transfer device 474 moves as it is due to inertia, the driving device is driven again with lower output (the tablet transfer device 474 moves at a lower speed) until the tablet transfer device 474 stops completely. Perform the action. This makes it possible to bring the tablet transport device 474 into the decelerating state more quickly than in the case where the operation of simply reducing the output of the drive device is performed while the tablet transport device 474 is moving.

  By the way, as described above, the medicine-shelf-equipped packaging device 351 can supply up to 66 kinds of tablets from the tablet container 360 to the medicine packaging device 1. The container attachment portion 361 has a plurality of individual installation portions, and each of the individual installation portions is a portion for holding (storing) one tablet container 360 one by one. That is, the number of individually installed parts is equal to the number (66) of tablet containers 360 that can be held.

Here, in the pharmacy or the like in which the packaging apparatus 351 with a shelf is operated, the tablets provided to the patient may greatly differ depending on the day or the specific period. For this reason, it is preferable to appropriately change the tablet container 360 held by the container attachment portion 361 from the viewpoint of efficiently operating the medicine-shelf-equipped packaging device 351.
Therefore, in the packaging apparatus with medicine cups 351 of this embodiment, the recommended cassette screen 670 (recommended container presentation screen) shown in FIG. 43 is displayed on the operation display unit 3 to replace the tablet containers 360 by the user. It can be facilitated.

  The recommended cassette screen 670 is, as shown in FIG. 43, an installation status display unit 675, a planned tablet display unit 676, an object data change unit 677, a data adjustment button 678, a list display change button 679, and an end button. 680 is displayed. That is, it is a screen which displays each of these parts and each button in a viewable state simultaneously.

In the recommended cassette screen 670, a tablet having a high possibility of being a target of the packaging operation is listed on the planned tablet display portion 676 within a designated period (details will be described later) set in advance or automatically set by input. indicate. More specifically, for each tablet, information for identifying the tablet (tablet name and drug name) and information on the tablet (described in detail later) are listed as one related information (data for one line) Do. At this time, the planned tablet display unit 676 displays a list of tablets of the same number (66 in the present embodiment) as the number of tablet containers 360 that can be held by the container attachment unit 361. Further, among the tablets displayed in a list, those not stored in the tablet container 360 currently held by the container mounting portion 361 are highlighted and displayed (for example, the medicine 10 in FIG. 43).
The highlighted display in the present embodiment is a display in which the background color is displayed in a color different from the others.

  At the same time, the installation status display unit 675 displays a diagram schematically showing the current status of the container attachment unit 361. This figure is a figure which displays the several separate installation part of the container mounting part 361 visually, and is a figure which shows the positional relationship in the whole of each separate installation part. That is, it is a figure which shows the separate installation part arrange | positioned in matrix form in the container attachment part 361, and it is a figure by which the rectangular-shaped frame which shows each separate installation part is arrange | positioned in matrix form. Also, in each frame, a number (uniquely assigned number) for identifying the attached tablet container 360 is described.

  Then, in the diagram displayed in the installation status display unit 675, when each individual installation unit satisfies a specific condition, a portion corresponding to the individual installation unit satisfying the condition is highlighted. Specifically, when the individual installation portion is any of the replaceable state, the non-attachment state, and the small amount state, highlighting is performed in different colors.

Describing each condition, the “replaceable state” means that a tablet container 360 containing tablets not listed on the planned tablet display unit 676 is attached to the target individual installation unit It is a state.
In addition, the “non-attached state” is a state in which the tablet container 360 is not attached to the target individual installation unit.
Furthermore, although the “small amount state” means that the tablet container 360 containing the tablets listed on the scheduled tablet display unit 676 is attached to the target individual installation unit, the number of tablets will be insufficient in the future It is a state that is expected to
Specifically, the stock amount of tablets stored in the attached tablet container 360 is less than the usage amount in the packing operation expected to be carried out in the above-described designated period.

  From the above, only by comparing the installation status display portion 675 and the planned tablet display portion 676, the user should attach which tablet container 360 to which individual installation portion, and which tablet should be filled in advance. Can be easily grasped.

Here, in order to carry out the display operation described above by the installation status display unit 675 and the planned tablet display unit 676, the packaging apparatus with medicine cups 351 of the present embodiment may be a target of the packing operation within a designated period. Perform a use tablet prediction operation to identify high tablets.
The used tablet predicting operation will be described in detail below, with explanations of various buttons.

The used tablet prediction operation is roughly classified into data with past packing results (hereinafter also referred to as packing data) and data of which packing operation has not been performed at the time when the recommended cassette screen 670 is displayed Implementation is possible for the package data). That is, among prescription data, it is possible to carry out for any of the packaged data and the non-packaged data.
Then, by operating each button of the target data changing unit 677, it is possible to change the data to be targeted in the used tablet prediction operation.

Specifically, by pressing the Do data button 677a, which is one of the two buttons forming a pair, the used tablet predicting operation is performed on the packaged data. Then, the above-described display operation (hereinafter, also referred to as comparison screen display operation) is performed by the installation status display unit 675 and the planned tablet display unit 676.
On the other hand, by pressing the package monitor button 677b which is the other button, the used tablet prediction operation is performed on unpackaged data, and the comparison screen display operation is performed.

  Furthermore, the target data in the used tablet prediction operation is the issuer of the prescription for either the packaged data or the non-packaged data by designating the organization etc. by operating the provider specifying button 677c. It is possible to narrow down on the basis of institutions, facilities, departments, etc. and hereinafter referred to simply as providers.

  In the tablet-use prediction operation, in the case of using packaged data, it is assumed that all patients have assumed-day identification operations for identifying a date (hereinafter also referred to as an assumed date) on which tablets are expected to be prescribed for patients. After that, an operation of identifying a patient whose assumed date is included in a designated period is performed. Then, based on the data linked to the identified patient, a tablet that is likely to be a target of the packaging operation within the designated period is identified. In the case where unpartitioned packet data is to be processed, the assumed date specifying operation is not performed, and a tablet to be subjected to the packetizing operation included in the unpartitioned packet data is specified.

  In the expected day identification operation, the date when the prescribed tablet disappears from the patient's hand is calculated for each patient based on the administration start date of the tablet prescribed for each patient and the information on the administration days. That is, by adding the number of days of administration on the day of administration start, the day when the tablet is out of the patient's hand is calculated. Then, the same day as the day when the prescribed tablet disappears from the patient's hand or the day when a predetermined period is subtracted from this day (for example, the day before the day when the day disappears) is assumed as the assumed day.

Then, patients in which the designated period is included in the designated date are extracted, and data on tablets provided on the designated date is acquired for each of the extracted patients. More specifically, the type of tablet, the dose, and the number of packets are obtained or calculated.
In the case of using packaged data, it is assumed that tablets prescribed in the past for each patient will be provided again on the expected date.
From this, it is possible to identify a tablet that is likely to be subjected to the packaging operation during the designated period.

And based on the result of this use tablet prediction operation, the above-mentioned comparison screen display operation is carried out. That is, the comparison screen display operation is performed based on the acquired information or the value calculated from the acquired information.
In the comparison screen display operation, in addition to the drug name (drug name), each of the cassette Nio, the number of appearances, the used amount, and the stock amount is displayed in addition to the drug name (drug name).

“Cassette Nо” is a number uniquely identifying a tablet container 360 assigned to the tablet container 360 for storing each tablet.
The “number of appearances” is the number of times that the packing operation is performed in which each tablet is packaged when everything provided within the designated period is divided with respect to the extracted data.
"Used amount" is the total amount provided within a designated period for the extracted data for each tablet.
“Inventory” is the amount of each tablet currently contained in the tablet container 360.

  At this time, the display of the planned tablet display portion 676 can be switched by pressing the list display change button 679. That is, each time the list display change button 679 is pressed, it is possible to switch between a normal display state and a state in which only the highlighted one is displayed.

Furthermore, in the recommended cassette screen 670, by operating the data adjustment button 678, it is possible to display a screen for performing the change of the above-mentioned designated period and the adjustment of the target data used in the used tablet prediction operation. It has become.
In the present embodiment, as the data adjustment button 678, the current day target change button 678a and the assumed date change button 678b are displayed.

When the object change button 678a on the current day is pressed, the data adjustment screen 700 (see FIG. 44) is displayed.
As shown in FIG. 44, the data adjustment screen 700 displays a period display unit 701, a data display unit 702, a carry forward button 703, a date change button 704, a delete button 705, and a return button 706. It is a screen.

  The period display unit 701 is a portion in which a designated period set automatically is displayed. The designated period displayed here is a designated period used in the used tablet prediction operation and the comparison screen display operation described above.

The data display unit 702 is a portion for displaying, for each patient, a list of target data to be used in the used tablet predicting operation described above. That is, the information (patient name) specifying one patient and the information (dispense date, assumed date, etc.) related to this patient are listed as one related information (data for one line, also referred to as patient unit data) indicate.
The data displayed by the data display unit 702 is data corresponding to the conditions specified by the target data changing unit 677 when the data adjustment button 678 (see FIG. 43) is pressed.

The carry over button 703 is displayed on the inside and the outside of the data display unit 702, and in the data display unit 702, it is displayed as one item of each patient unit data.
Then, when the carry forward button 703 displayed on the data display unit 702 is pressed, the items on the assumed day of the patient unit data including the carry forward button 703 are changed. When one or more patient unit data is designated in the data display unit 702 (checked in a check box) and the carryover button 703 displayed outside the data display unit 702 is pressed, too. It is similar.
Specifically, the value of the assumed day belonging to the patient unit data is automatically changed to be after the last day of the designated period displayed on the period display unit 701 (in the present embodiment, the day after the last day).

  The date change button 704 is a button for changing the value of the assumed date, as the carry forward button 703 does.

The delete button 705 is also displayed on the inside and the outside of the data display unit 702, respectively.
This button is a button for deleting patient unit data, and when the delete button 705 displayed on the data display unit 702 is pressed, the patient unit data including the delete button 705 is deleted. The same applies to the case where the delete button 705 displayed outside the data display unit 702 is pressed in a state where one or more patient unit data are designated by the data display unit 702.

  The back button 706 is a button for ending the display of the data adjustment screen 700 and displaying the recommended cassette screen 670. When the back button 706 is pressed, the operation on the data adjustment screen 700 is reflected, and the used tablet prediction operation and the comparison screen display operation are performed.

The screen displayed by pressing the assumed date change button 678b (see FIG. 43) is a screen for data adjustment except that the designated period can be manually input in the portion corresponding to the period display portion 701 (see FIG. 44). As it is the same as 700, detailed explanation is omitted.
Note that the data adjustment button 678 may display only one button instead of the two buttons of the current day target change button 678a and the estimated day change button 678b. In this case, the period display unit 701 of the data adjustment screen 700 may display a screen enabling manual input of the designated period. At this time, on the screen to be displayed, the display may be initially displayed in a state in which the designated period set automatically is displayed, and the designated period may be changed by the operation of the user.

In the above-described example, each screen is displayed on the operation display unit 3. However, each screen described above is a display such as a liquid crystal display that does not have a position input device such as an external display. You may display it.
And when displaying on what is called a touch panel like the operation display part 3, operation which presses a button is implemented, for example, when a user touches a button part with operation instruments, such as a finger | toe and a touch pen. On the other hand, when displaying on a display device such as a liquid crystal display that does not have a position input device, a cursor pointer that moves in response to the operation of a known input device (mouse or the like) may be displayed together. That is, the cursor pointer may be placed on the screen on the button portion, and a predetermined button on the input device side may be pressed to perform an operation to press the button. The same applies to the button portion displayed on the display device described below.

As described above, the powder supply device 21 of the medicine packaging device 1 is configured to include the supply trough 270 and the vibration device (see FIG. 28). Then, the operation of the vibration device causes the supply trough 270 to vibrate.
By the way, the user vibrates the supply trough 270 in a state in which the supply trough 270 does not vibrate in the packing operation, for example, in a state in which the distribution tray 20 is rotating after the vibration of the supply trough 270 is stopped. It is conceivable that you may want to. That is, there may be a situation where the user wants to manually drop the powder into the distribution plate 20, for example, when a slight powder remains on the supply trough 270 and the user finds it.

  From this, the button portion is further displayed on any screen (input screen, operation screen, setting screen, etc.) displayed on the operation display unit 3 or the display device (display etc.) of the external computer, and the operation of this button portion It is good also as a structure which operates a vibration exciter by this and makes the trough 270 for supply vibrate. In addition, the button portion may be operable only during the time the distribution tray 20 stops rotating after the vibration of the supply trough 270 stops in the packaging operation. That is, the vibration device may operate by the operation of the button portion only when the operation is possible, and the button portion may not be operated when the operation is impossible, or the vibration device may not react to the operation of the button portion. Furthermore, when the operation is possible, it may be set appropriately, and for example, it may be appropriately operated even in a situation other than the above as before the cleaning operation.

Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the nozzle-side magnet member 800 is attached to a part of the outer peripheral surface of the proximal end cylindrical portion 106 in the above-described tip nozzle portion 98. The nozzle side magnet member 800 is a member formed of a known permanent magnet.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, two magnetic sensors 801 are attached to the support 101 that supports the tip nozzle 98.
The two magnetic sensors 801 are attached at a position 180 degrees apart in the circumferential direction of the proximal end cylindrical portion 106, and the proximal end cylindrical portion 106 rotates in a space located between the two magnetic sensors 801. It has a structure.

When the tip nozzle portion 98 is in the standby position (the position shown in FIG. 6A) and the cleaning position (the position shown in FIG. 6B), one magnetic sensor 801 and the nozzle side magnet member The position 800 and the position 800 are arranged at positions where they overlap in the radial direction of the proximal end cylindrical portion 106.
Here, the tip nozzle portion 98 may be reattached after being removed and cleaned. In the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, it is automatically mounted when the user mounts it in a posture different from the posture (the standby posture or the cleaning posture, which is the cleaning posture in the present embodiment). An attitude adjustment operation to shift to a prescribed attitude is possible.

Specifically, when the distal end nozzle portion 98 is not attached in the defined posture, the nozzle side magnet member 800 is shifted in the circumferential direction of the proximal end cylindrical portion 106 as compared with the case where it is attached in the defined posture. Attached to From this state, the tip nozzle portion 98 is defined by rotating the tip nozzle portion 98 until the above-described one magnetic sensor 801 and the nozzle side magnet member 800 overlap with each other in the radial direction of the proximal end cylindrical portion 106. Shift to posture.
The posture adjustment operation may be performed on the condition that the upper lid 5 is shifted to the closed state after the tip nozzle 98 is attached. Further, the prescribed posture in this posture adjustment operation is not limited to the above-described posture, and may be changed as appropriate.

In the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to carry out various cleaning operations for cleaning the distribution tray 20 described above. That is, among the cleaning operations for cleaning the distribution plate 20 described above, the distribution plate cleaning operation including at least one operation can be performed.
Moreover, in the medicine packaging device 1, it is possible to carry out various cleaning operations for cleaning the scraping device 22 described above. That is, it is possible to carry out the screw cleaning operation including at least one operation among the cleaning operations in which the above-described scraping device 22 is to be cleaned.
In addition to this, the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment is capable of performing a route cleaning operation for cleaning the powder introduction route.

Here, the powder introduction route to be cleaned in the route cleaning operation is a route for guiding the powder scraped out by the scraping device 22 to a packaging device (an internal device that packages tablets and powders one by one). The route cleaning operation specifically targets at least a part of the powder introduction route. That is, at least one of the introduction hopper (introduction hopper and hopper member 630 in FIG. 2) forming the medicine introduction port 25 and the member (cylindrical member) forming the powder introduction port 636 is to be cleaned. It may be.
Then, the path cleaning operation may include an operation of applying vibration to the introduction hopper by means of a vibrating member (not shown) disposed at a position close to the introduction hopper. Moreover, you may include the operation | movement which aspirates the remaining powder which adheres to a powder introduction path | route by operating the suction device mentioned above.

  Here, in the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, after performing the packaging operation, the dispensing tray 20 used in the packaging operation, the ejection device 22 corresponding to the distribution tray 20, and the powder introduction route We carry out a cleaning operation to clean it. That is, a continuous cleaning operation is possible in which the screw cleaning operation, the path cleaning operation, and the distribution plate cleaning operation described above are sequentially performed.

  Furthermore, in the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when the packaging operation is continuously performed, the execution order of the screw cleaning operation, the route cleaning operation, and the distribution plate cleaning operation is appropriately changed to execute the continuous cleaning operation. It is possible. This operation will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  First, when the packaging operation performed in advance is performed, before the start of the continuous cleaning operation performed after the completion of the packaging operation, prescription data on the packaging operation to be performed next is input. A determination operation is performed to determine whether or not it is (Step 1). Specifically, it is determined whether or not this prescription data has been input before the start of the screw cleaning operation (operation of cleaning the ejection device 22) which is initially executed in the continuous cleaning operation.

  Here, when the prescription data is not input (No in Step 1), the execution order is not changed (Step 5), and the cleaning operation is performed in the order of screw cleaning operation, path cleaning operation and distribution plate cleaning operation as usual. Implement (Step 6).

  In contrast, when prescription data is input (in the case of Yes in Step 1), it is determined whether or not the previously performed packaging operation is the packaging operation using only one side of the distribution tray 20. The determination operation is performed (Step 2).

  Then, when the packaging operation using only one side of the distribution tray 20 is performed (in the case of Yes in Step 2), the subsequent packaging operation uses one of the distribution trays 20 continuously. It is determined whether or not the packing operation is performed (Step 3).

That is, after performing the packaging operation using only one of the distribution trays 20 in advance, then performing the packaging operation using only the same distribution tray 20 (Yes in Step 2, Yes in Step 3) In the case (1), the execution order of the cleaning operation is changed (Step 4).
In contrast, when performing the packaging operation using only one of the distribution trays 20 and then performing the packaging operation using only the other distribution tray 20 (Yes in Step 2 and No in Step 3) ) Does not change the execution order of the operations (Step 5).

That is, when one of the dispensing trays 20 is continuously used, the cleaning operation is performed so that the dispensing tray 20 can be cleaned first in order to make it possible to supply the dispensing tray 20 with powder immediately in the subsequent packaging operation. Change the order (Step 4). Specifically, the order of execution is changed so that the screw cleaning operation, the distribution plate cleaning operation, and the route cleaning operation become the order (Step 4), and the cleaning operation is performed (Step 6).
On the other hand, when one dispensing tray 20 and the other dispensing tray 20 are used sequentially, it is preferable to first clean the powder introduction path used in the subsequent packaging operation, so the order of execution of the cleaning operation Without changing (Step 5), the cleaning operation is performed (Step 6).

In addition, when the packing operation performed in advance is the packing operation using both distribution dishes 20 (No in Step 2), the execution order of the cleaning operation is also changed (Step 4), The cleaning operation is performed (Step 6).
In any case, by performing the cleaning operation as described above, the scraping device 22, the dispensing tray 20, and the powder introduction path used in the packaging operation performed in advance are cleaned.

  Further, in the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, an operation of automatically rotating the supply device lid portion 21b of the powder supply device 21 (see FIG. 28) is possible. That is, an operation of automatically rotating the supply device cover 21b is possible by a drive mechanism such as a motor (not shown). Here, as shown in FIG. 23, the hopper 261 is placed (attached) to the supply device lid 21 b. Therefore, by rotating the supply device cover 21b, the size of the gap (see FIG. 28 and the like) formed between the lower surface of the hopper 261 and the supply trough 270 can be adjusted. That is, the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment adjusts the flow rate of the powder passing through the clearance by adjusting the size (hopper opening / closing level) of the clearance formed between the hopper 261 and the supply trough 270. Adjustment operation is possible.

This clearance adjustment operation may be an operation performed by operating the operation panel 7. That is, in the operation panel 7, an area (hereinafter, also simply referred to as an operation button) functioning as an operation button is further provided (not shown), and this area is used as a hopper opening / closing level change button, and the gap adjusting operation is executed by pressing. The structure may be
The speed changing unit 255 and the hopper opening / closing level change button may be displayed to be switched by pressing an operation button newly provided on the operation panel 7 or any part of the operation panel 7. That is, a state in which one of these is displayed and the other is not displayed may be switchable from a state in which one is not displayed and the other is displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 28, in the powder supply device 21 of the present embodiment, the piezoelectric element 805 is attached to the mounting table forming plate portion 271a via the attaching member. That is, the supply device main body portion 21a has a structure including the piezoelectric element 805 that vibrates when a voltage is applied, and by vibrating the piezoelectric element 805, it is possible to perform an operation to vibrate the supply trough 270. It has become.
Furthermore, a lid-side excitation member 806 is attached to the inside of the supply device lid 21 b. In the present embodiment, a known solenoid is employed as the lid-side vibrating member 806, and the hopper 261 is vibrated by repeatedly tapping the inside of the feeding device lid 21b with the movable iron core of the solenoid. It is possible.
That is, in the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, by operating the piezoelectric element 805 and the lid side excitation member 806, it is possible to execute the vibration operation of the supply device that vibrates the supply trough 270 and the hopper 261. .

  The vibration operation of the supply device may be an operation performed by operating the operation panel 7. That is, a vibration operation button (not shown), which is a new operation button, is provided on the operation panel 7 and pressed when the powder supply device 21 (the supply trough 270 and the hopper 261) is not vibrating. A vibration operation may be performed.

  Furthermore, the various cleaning operations described above may be performed by operating the operation panel 7. That is, one or a plurality of new operation buttons are provided on the operation panel 7 (not shown), and these are used as the cleaning buttons or the first to N-th cleaning buttons, and the corresponding cleaning operation is performed. It may be a structure.

  Further, the operation panel 7 of the above-described embodiment is provided with a first button 807 indicating the two distribution trays 20 and a second button 808. Here, the first button 807 and the second button 808 may be pressed to execute any one of a plurality of prescribed operations.

For example, by pressing the first button 807 (pressing only for a time shorter than a predetermined time) while the powdered medicine is supplied to one of the dispensing trays 20 associated with the first button 807, the distribution tray 20 is associated The gap adjusting operation of the powder supply device 21 may be performed. Similarly, by pressing (long-pressing) the first button 807 for a predetermined time or more while supplying the medicine into the distribution dish 20, in the medicine supply device 21 associated with the distribution dish 20, The vibration operation of the supply device described above may be implemented. Further, by pressing the first button 807 in a state where the packaging operation using the one distribution tray 20 associated with the first button 807 is not performed, it is specified among the various cleaning operations described above. Alternatively, one or more cleaning operations may be performed. In other words, various cleaning operations may be performed to clean one distribution plate 20 associated with the first button 807 or a device associated with the distribution plate 20.
That is, the first button 807 may carry out various operations for the distribution tray 20 associated with and / or the device associated with the distribution tray 20 depending on the pressed state and time. In addition, this is also the same as the 2nd button 808, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

  1; drug packaging device, 3; operation display unit (display device), 13: medicine package conveying device (carrying device), 14; medicine package, 20; dispensing tray, 20a; powder introduction groove (annular groove), 21 Powder feeder, 21a; feeder main body portion, 22: scraping device, 23, 145; dish lower cleaning device (lower side cleaning device), 24; dish upper cleaning device (upper side cleaning device), 31; scraping plate , 43; cleaning device for scraping, 53; non-storage area, 98; tip nozzle portion, 100; nozzle rotating device (rotational mechanism portion), 109; blocking plate portion, 109a; Mouth forming plate part, 126; suction port, 130; disc insertion hole (plate insertion hole), 141; rotating brush main body (rotary body), 146; scattering prevention plate, 147; powder receiving member, 148; receiving space 160; primary conveyance unit, 161; secondary conveyance unit, 165; first conveyance conveyor Bear part), 166; second conveyer (conveyor part), 167; pressing roller, 180; first pressing roller (pressing roller), 181; second pressing roller (pressing roller), 182; third pressing roller Holding roller) 210; main body member (main body portion) 211; lid member (lid portion) 215; main body side holding portion (holding portion) 218; vertical conveying belt member (belt member) 220; Part (sandwich part), 220a; roller member (roller for holding), 225; motor (power generation means), 270; trough for supply (trough member), 272; lock mechanism part (first main body side engaging part), 276b: hooking piece (second trough side engaging part, hooking piece), 283; hooking piece insertion hole (first trough side engaging part), 284; hooking hole (second body side engagement) Part, receiving part), 290; mounting piece forming part Second structure), 291; middle connection portion (connection body), 292; hooking piece forming portion (first structure), 302; spring member (elastic member), 313; member storage space (storage space), 315 Hooking projections

Claims (10)

A medicine packaging apparatus for packaging and discharging medicines supplied from the outside one by one, comprising:
Equipped with a distribution tray with a power-driven rotating annular groove,
It has an upper cleaning device and a lower cleaning device for cleaning the upper side and the lower side of the distribution plate, respectively.
The upper cleaning device automatically performs a predetermined cleaning operation with at least a part of the upper cleaning device positioned above the distribution plate.
The lower cleaning device is a predetermined cleaning operation in a state in which at least a part of the lower cleaning device is positioned below the distribution plate, and performs the cleaning operation with the rotation of the distribution plate. Pharmaceutical packaging equipment characterized by The lower cleaning device is disposed at a position adjacent to the radial end of the distribution plate, and includes an anti-scattering plate extending along the circumferential direction of the distribution plate, and a receiving member capable of storing powder. A powder receiving member forming an air space, and a contact member disposed in the receiving space and coming into contact with the distribution dish from below.
The powder saucer member is disposed at a position closer to the distribution plate than the shatterproof plate and adjacent to a lower end portion of the shatterproof plate.
The medicine package according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning operation performed by the lower cleaning device is an operation of rotating the distribution plate in a state where the contact body is in contact with the distribution plate from the lower side. apparatus. Equipped with a suction device,
The upper cleaning device includes a tip nozzle portion at least a portion of which is positioned above the annular groove, and a rotation mechanism portion.
The tip nozzle portion forms a suction path in which an internal space communicates with the suction device;
A part of the side wall portion located between the distal end side and the proximal end side of the distal end nozzle portion forms a suction port that communicates inside and outside,
The rotation mechanism portion rotates the tip nozzle portion around the periphery of the tip nozzle portion,
The posture can be switched between a suction posture in which the suction port portion faces downward and a standby posture in which the suction mouth portion faces in a direction different from the suction posture. The medicine packaging device according to claim 1 or 2. The tip nozzle portion includes a blocking plate portion including an elastically deformable spatula-like portion, and a suction port forming plate portion having a larger elastic coefficient than the spatula-like portion.
The suction port forming plate portion extends outward from a part of the side wall portion of the tip nozzle portion, and
The suction port portion has a portion formed between the spatula-like portion and the suction port forming plate portion,
The spatula-like portion has a curved shape so that the plan view is convex toward the downstream side in the rotation direction of the distribution plate at the time of the suction posture,
In the suction posture, a portion located on the lower end side of the spatula-like portion is in close contact with the annular groove, and the suction port forming plate portion is in a position not in contact with the annular groove. Pharmaceutical packaging device as described. The cleaning operation performed by the upper cleaning device is
A first operation of causing the upper cleaning device to shift from the standby posture to the suction posture;
A second operation of causing the upper cleaning device to perform a suction operation while rotating the distribution plate;
A third operation of causing the upper cleaning device to shift from the suction attitude to the standby attitude;
A fourth operation of rotating the distribution plate in the same direction as the second operation while the upper cleaning device maintains the standby posture;
A fifth operation of causing the upper cleaning device to shift from the standby posture to the suction posture and rotating the distribution plate in the same direction as the second operation to cause the upper cleaning device to perform a suction operation;
The medicine packaging device according to claim 3 or 4 which carries out in this order. A scraping device for scraping out the powder supplied to the distribution plate, and a scraping cleaning device for cleaning the scraping device;
The scraping device includes a scraping plate movable in a direction toward or away from the annular groove, and takes a standby posture in which the scraping plate stands by at a position separated from the annular groove. Is possible, and
The cleaning device for scraping includes a plate insertion hole opened downward and a contact member for scraping, and the scraping device takes the posture at the standby time, whereby the scraping plate is the plate Inserted from the lower side into the insertion hole to come into contact with the scraping contact body,
In a state in which the scraping plate and the scraping contact body are in contact with each other, the scraping plate is cleaned by moving relative to one another while maintaining the contacting state with respect to the other. The drug packaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that The scraping contact is a plurality of brushes, which project outward from the side surface portion of the rotating body, and
The side surface portion of the rotating body has one region and another region which are continuous in the circumferential direction of the rotating member, and the brush is attached to only one of the regions or one is compared with the other. The brush is closely attached,
7. The medicine packaging device according to claim 6, wherein the movement of the brush moving while being in contact with the scratching plate is intermittently performed by the rotation of the rotating body. One dose of medicine is packaged to form a medicine package,
A transport device for forming a transport path for transporting the medicine package to a predetermined position;
The transfer apparatus has a primary transfer unit that forms at least a part of the transfer path, and a power generation unit.
The primary transport unit has a conveyor unit and a pressing roller unit,
The conveyor unit is configured to convey the medicine package in contact with the downstream side in the conveyance direction by driving the conveyance surface forming member.
The power generation means generates power to be supplied to at least the pressing roller portion and the conveyor portion.
The pressing roller unit has at least one pressing roller, and the pressing roller rotates about an axis extending in a direction intersecting the transport direction by the power supplied from the power generation unit.
At least a part of the medicine package passes between the conveyor unit and the pressing roller unit, and the pressing roller unit presses the medicine package toward the conveyor unit and makes contact with the conveyor unit. The medicine packaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the medicine packaging body is provided with a force directed to the downstream side in the transport direction. The formed medicine package is divided into a storage area for storing the supplied drug and a non-storage area adjacent to an edge portion of the storage area,
A secondary transport unit forming at least a part of the transport path;
The secondary transport unit has a holding unit that holds the non-storage area of the medicine package, and the medicine package is transported upward while holding the non-storage area by the holding unit. The drug packaging device according to claim 8, characterized in that: And at least a dispenser main body portion, a vibration applying device, and a powdery dispenser having a trough member,
The vibration applied to the trough member by the vibration applying device causes the powder on the trough member to fall and be supplied to the distribution dish.
The supply device main body portion and the trough member each have an engagement structure portion constituted by a first main body side engaging portion and a first trough side engaging portion, which are paired.
The trough member is removable with respect to the supply device main body,
The trough member is mounted on the supply device main body by engaging the first main body side engaging portion and the first trough side engaging portion.
When the first main body side engaging portion and the first trough side engaging portion are engaged and / or in an engaged state, the engaging structure causes the trough member to move toward the supply device main body. 10. A medicament packaging device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is activated.