JP2019217227A - Tablet push-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

To address the necessity of reducing operation procedures when using a device as well as ballooning production unit cost of the device for taking out tablets from a bulge part of a PTP package.SOLUTION: The tablet push-out device comprises: a narrow-width board body that makes the width in the orthogonal direction to the longitudinal direction of a board body upper surface having a through-hole in which tablets with different sizes pass, narrower than the size of a sheet part of a PTP package for one tablet; a pushing-pressure stationary tool that is provided on the narrow-width board body, and forms a clamping surface that, when any PTP package sheet part is inserted from a tip between itself and the narrow-width board body, can be opened/closed in the horizontal direction according to the size and shape of the bulge part of the PTP package and includes means for clamping the bulge part; and a pusher that is attached to the narrow-width board body or the pushing-pressure stationary tool via a rotational mechanism, and includes a push-out piece for causing tablets inside the PTP package clamped by the clamping surface to fall.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a PTP package (hereinafter, referred to as a package) in which a tablet is enclosed in a plurality of hollow ridges (hereinafter, referred to as ridges) formed by polymerization of a transparent resin sheet and an aluminum foil, and one tablet. The present invention relates to a tablet extruding device capable of easily taking out a tablet in a protruding portion from any of the package bodies cut into pieces.

Conventionally, there have been many applications relating to devices for removing tablets from the package, some of which are generally distributed as products, but none of these devices are quite popular due to their poor usability. I haven't.
In addition, there is also an application in which a tablet can be taken out from a package in which tablets are arrayed and molded, and a package obtained by cutting the package into tablets one by one, and an empty package after the tablets are taken out is excluded. Has been done.

Patent No. 5785319 Patent No. 5953623

As a problem to be solved by the present invention, Patent Literature 1 discloses that when a package is cut into tablets one by one and inserted with a fingertip, the insertion distance is long, so that it is difficult to push the package, and the sheet portion of the inserted package is pinched. When holding, the holding force is weak because it is sandwiched only by the elasticity of the material, so when the package is made of a harder material, it is held when the center of the raised portion of the inserted package is pressed from above Patent Literature 2 has been filed as an application for solving the problems that the sheet portion may drop or shift, and the tablet in the raised portion may not be pushed out.
However, in Patent Document 2, similarly to Patent Document 1 described above, when excluding an empty package that is cut into individual tablets after extruding a tablet, the exclusion for eliminating the package is also required. The mechanism must be operated again.
Therefore, in any of the patent documents, in order to implement the invention for commercialization, it is possible to incorporate a mechanism for eliminating the package in the entire configuration, although it is technically possible, Due to the fact that the cost of work and the like is too high, commercialization has not been realized.

In addition, in terms of convenience, in addition to the operation of pushing out the original tablets, in order to eliminate empty packages cut into individual tablets, the operation of operating the removal mechanism is clearly extra.
To explain this series of operations in detail, first, a package cut into one tablet is
Procedure 1. Hold it with your fingertips on the base,
Procedure 2. Push the placed package with your fingertip between the press stationary boards,
Procedure 3. Extrude the tablets,
Step 4. In order to remove the empty package, the operation unit must be operated.
Therefore, it takes four procedures to complete the operation.
Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention firstly reduces the manufacturing unit price by eliminating operation components for removing an empty package, and further, in the operation procedure, the above-mentioned procedure 1. And step 4. Accordingly, there is provided a tablet extruding apparatus which is completed by simply pulling out a package without performing any operation.
In addition, the present invention was intended for the elderly and the disabled from the beginning of development, but today, when the aging has accelerated, prescription drugs have been packaged by physicians at pharmacies. According to packaging, although there is a dedicated machine for pushing tablets out of the package, pharmacists themselves, which were rare before, are increasing the work of pushing out tablets from the package with their fingertips, which is a heavy burden on pharmacists At present.
By solving the above-mentioned problems, manufacturing for sale becomes possible, and a patent application is filed in view of the current situation in which the production of molds is advanced.

  The present invention provides a narrow base body in which the width in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the base body having a through hole through which tablets of different sizes pass is made smaller than the size of the sheet portion of a single PTP package, It is provided on a narrow board, and can be opened and closed to the left and right according to the size and shape of the raised portion of the PTP package when a sheet portion of an arbitrary PTP package is inserted between the narrow base body and the tip from the tip. And a pressing force stationary device forming a sandwiching surface having means for sandwiching the raised portion, and a pressing mechanism fixed to the narrow base body or the pressing force stationary device via a rotating mechanism and sandwiched by the clamping surface. And a pusher having an extruded piece for dropping the tablet in the PTP package.

In the present invention, the width of the upper surface of the narrow base is made smaller than the sheet portion of the package which is cut into tablets, so that there is an effect of two birds per stone as shown below.
1. The operation of inserting, pushing out the tablet, and removing the package can be completed while holding the small package that has been cut into one tablet at the fingertip once. It is much easier to use and easier.
2. Compared with the above-mentioned patent document, there is no member for removing an empty package, so that the manufacturing unit price can be reduced and the package can be provided at a low price.

  FIG. 2 is a side view of the first embodiment.   FIG. 2 is a plan view of an AA partial cross section of FIG. 1.   FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional plan view showing a state where a package is inserted in FIG. 2.   FIG. 2 is a front view, partially in section, taken along line BB of FIG. 1 with a package inserted.   It is CC sectional drawing of FIG.   It is CC sectional drawing in the state which extruded the tablet of FIG.   FIG. 10 is a side view of the second embodiment.   The left figure is a view taken in the direction of the arrow DD in FIG. 7, and the right figure is a sectional view taken along the line EE.   FIG. 8 is a side view of a state where the case of FIG. 7 is slid in a pulling-out direction.   FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a use state of the second embodiment.   It is explanatory drawing of a package.   It is a top view in the state where the package was inserted in Example 3.   The upper figure is a cross-sectional view of a state where the first row of tablets in FIG. 12 is extruded, and the lower figure is a cross-sectional view of a state where the second row of tablets are extruded.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Embodiment 1 which is a basic configuration of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
First, FIG. 1 is a side view of the first embodiment, in which a gap 25 for inserting the sheet portion of the package 41 is formed on the upper side of the narrow base body 1a, and the rear end of the pressing force stationary device 21 is formed. Part is locked to the rear end of the narrow base body 1a, and a pusher 31 provided with a push-out piece 32 on the lower surface of the front end and a pressing spring 33 on the lower surface near the rear end is attached to the narrow base. By being mounted on a bearing 4 formed on the upper surface of the body 1a, the pushing piece 32 can be moved up and down.
When the pressing tool 31 is pressed down, the pressing force fixing tool 21 is strongly pressed downward by the action of the pressing force spring 33, and presses against the narrow base 1a.

Next, FIG. 2 is an AA partial cross-sectional plan view of FIG. 1, in which a through hole 3 through which a tablet passes is formed on the front side of the rectangular narrow base body 1 a, and on the rear side of the through hole 3. When the package 41 is inserted from the front, the abutment 24 for stopping the raised portion 45 at the position of the stationary portion 22 is detachably provided, and the bearings 4.4 are formed at the rear of the narrow base 1a. Further, from the passage hole 3 to the rear end, bifurcated push-fixing fixtures 21 are provided so as to sandwich the abutment tool 24. The pressing force fixing devices 21 are bent left and right equally and open and close, and are also bent vertically.
Here, the most important point of the present invention is that the width 6 in the perpendicular direction to the longitudinal direction of the base is appropriately narrowed to be smaller than the size of the sheet portion 42 of the package cut into tablets. That is what you are doing.
The position of the stationary portion 22 shown in the passage hole 3 indicates that the position of the raised portion 41 is the best position for the extruded piece 32 in order to extrude the tablet 46.
In the present embodiment, the detachable abutment tool 24 is detachable on the upper surface of the narrow base body 1a. It is also possible to provide them together and make them removable.

Next, the operation and the method of use of the first embodiment of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 6.
First, FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional plan view similar to FIG. 2, in which the raised portion 45 is pressed between the narrow base body 1 a and the pressing force fixing devices 21, 21 together with the sheet portion 42 of the package. · Even if the tablet is inserted in a state of being sandwiched between the sandwiching surfaces 23 formed on the 21, even if the tablet is different in size and shape at the time of this insertion, the pressing portion 21 is evenly moved to the left and right by the raised portion 45. The protrusion 45 is positioned at the center of the narrow base body 1a, and is fixed to the stationary portion 22 when the protrusion 45 comes into contact with the abutment tool 24.
As described above, since the width 6 in the method perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the narrow base body 1a is appropriately smaller than the size of the sheet portion 42 of the package body cut into tablets, it is inserted. The ends of the sheet portion 42 of the packaged body protrude from both outer sides of the narrow base 1a.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10 illustrating a use state described later, while holding the sheet portion 42 of the packaging body 41 once at a fingertip, the sheet portion 42 is placed between the narrow base body 1a and the pressing force stationary devices 21. If the tablet can be inserted, the tablet is immediately pushed out, and then the tablet is pulled out, the empty package 41 can be removed.

Next, FIG. 4 is a sectional front view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1, and the raised portion 45 of the package is pressed directly above the passage hole 3 formed in the narrow base body 1 a by the pressing force fixing devices 21. And the sheet portions 42, 42 of the package protrude from the left and right outer sides of the narrow base 1a, and the leading end is pinched with a fingertip, so that the fingertip is pressed against the base 1a, 1a and the pressing and pressing fixture 21.・ Do not touch 21.
The pressing force fixing devices 21 located on the left and right are movable in the directions of the arrows shown in the figure.

  Next, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 4, in which the sheet portion 42 of the package is inserted between the narrow base 1 a and the pressing and pressing fixture 21, and the raised portion 45 abuts. This shows a state in which it is in contact with the tool 24 and is fixed in the fixed portion, and the contact tool 24 is detachably fitted and fixed to the narrow base body 1a.

  Next, FIG. 6 shows a state in which the pressing tool 31 is pushed down from the state of FIG. 5 and the tablet 46 is pushed out of the package. At this time, when the pressing tool 31 is pressed down, the pressing force is fixed by the action of the pressing spring. Since the tool 21 is pushed down and the sheet portion 42 of the package is pressed and fixed to the narrow base 1a, the tablet 46 can be pushed out reliably.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
First, FIG. 7 is a side view in which a case body 11 is provided below the narrow base body 1b, and a take-out port 12 and an inclined portion 13 are formed at the front end, and a plurality of extruded tablets are grouped. Then, if the case body 11 is tilted greatly forward, all the tablets can be taken out at once.
The slanted portion 13 prevents the tablet housed inside from rolling out carelessly, as the case body 11 is slightly inclined forward.

Next, the left view of FIG. 8 shows a state in which the package is inserted in the view taken in the direction of the arrow D-D of FIG. 7, and this embodiment also has a width of the upper surface of the narrow base body 1 b similarly to the first embodiment. The width is appropriately narrower than the size of the sheet 42 of the package body obtained by cutting each of the tablets.
Further, the cross-sectional shape of the case body 11 of this embodiment is trapezoidal, and the width of the lower part is widened. According to this, when the package is inserted between the pressing and pressing fixtures 21, the sheet portion 42 is formed. By adjusting the angles of both side surfaces of the case body 11 with the finger held by the fingertip, the finger does not touch the case body 11 and does not hinder the movement of the finger.
Further, since the cross-sectional shape of the case body 11 is trapezoidal, not only a round tablet but also a long capsule can be accommodated in the case body 11 with a margin.

Next, the right view of FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 7, and shows the passage hole 3 and the slide mechanism 14.
When the case body 11 is moved toward the front of the narrow base body 1b and pulled out by the slide mechanisms 14, the inside of the case body 11 can be cleaned.

  Next, FIG. 9 shows a state where the case body 11 shown in the side view of FIG. 17 has been moved in the forward direction of the narrow base body 1b by the slide mechanism 14, and the case body 11 can be pulled out as it is.

  Next, FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a use state of the present embodiment. As shown in the drawing, the main body 7 of the embodiment is held in one hand, and the sheet portion 42 of the package cut into tablets is placed at the fingertip. Hold the handle and insert it between the pressing force fixing devices 21 along the arrow a until the raised portion 45 comes into contact with the abutment device 24. Is pushed down to extrude the tablet, and then the package is pulled out to complete the operation.

  Next, FIG. 11 is a detailed view of the packaging body 41. In the packaging body shown in this figure, tablets are arranged in two rows, but some packaging bodies are arranged in three rows. .

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
In this embodiment, the detachable abutment member 24 of the first embodiment is removed, and the raised portion 45 of the package is fixed to the fixed portion by reference.
This embodiment will be described with reference to the first embodiment.
First, FIG. 12 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of the narrow base body 1a and the pressing / fixing fixture 21. The first row of the ridges 45 of the package arranged in three rows is pressed. The first row of tablets is extruded, and then the package 41 is moved rearward, whereby the tablets in the second and third rows can be sequentially extruded.

  Next, FIG. 13 shows a state in which the tablets are sequentially extruded in the first, second, and third rows as described above.

1a, 1b: Narrow base body 2: Narrow base body upper surface 3: Passage hole 4: Bearing 5: Axle attachment 6: Narrow base body width 7: Example body 11: Case body 12: Take-out port 13: Oblique Part 14: Slide mechanism 21: Pressing force fixing tool 22: Setting part 23: Nipping surface 24: Contact tool 25: Gap 26: External width 31 of the pressing force fixing tool 31: Pusher 32: Extruding piece 33: Pressing spring 41: Packaged body 42: Sheet part 43: Resin film 44: Aluminum foil 45: Raised part 46: Tablet 47: Width of sheet part

Claims (2)

A narrow base body in which the width in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the base body having a passage hole through which tablets of different sizes pass is made smaller than the size of the sheet portion of the PTP package of one tablet;
It is provided on the narrow board, and can be opened and closed right and left according to the size and shape of the ridge of the PTP package when a sheet portion of an arbitrary PTP package is inserted between the narrow base body and the tip from the tip. And a pressing force stationary device forming a sandwiching surface having a means for sandwiching the raised portion,
A tablet extruder comprising: a pusher having an extruded piece that is attached to the narrow base body or the pressing force fixing device via a rotating mechanism and drops the tablet in the PTP package sandwiched by the sandwiching surface.   When the PTP package is inserted between the narrow base body and the pressing force stationary device, the narrow base body or the contact tool for stopping the raised portion of the PTP package body at a fixed position. The tablet extruder according to claim 1, wherein the tablet extruder is detachably attached to the pressing force fixing device.

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