JP2627327B2 - Medicine bag making device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a medicine bag making apparatus for making a medicine bag.

[Prior Art] Generally, when a drug prescribed by a doctor is administered to a patient at a hospital or the like, the drug is put into a medicine bag in which a patient name, a usage of the drug, and the like are described and handed to the patient.

The medicine bag used in this manner is preferably placed in a relatively small bag when the medicine to be put into it is, for example, a small amount of medication or eye drops, and for example, several times a day. If it is a large amount of oral medicine like a day, you need to use a larger bag,
Conventionally, several sizes of medicine bags are prepared, and from these, a medicine bag of the size most suitable for the amount of medicine to be administered is selected, and a patient name and usage of the medicine are written in the medicine bag each time. In addition, they put in drugs and hand them to patients.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, it is troublesome to store and manage medicine bags of several sizes, and a medicine bag having a size most suitable for the quantity of medicine to be administered is selected. In addition, it is troublesome and time-consuming to write the patient name and the usage of the drug in the selected medicine bag. Therefore, conventionally, the work of selecting the medicine bag and writing the medicine bag in a pharmacy of a hospital is conventionally required. Had to spend a lot of time on the computer.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine bag making apparatus capable of automatically creating a medicine bag of an arbitrary size.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a means for transferring a long tubular sheet along a longitudinal direction, and an optional medicine bag along the longitudinal direction on the tubular sheet. Means for setting a mark for setting the size of the sheet, means for detecting the mark, means for sealing between both side edges of the tubular sheet, and cutting between both side edges of the tubular sheet along a sealing portion. Means for setting a sealing position by the sealing means and a cutting position by the cutting means based on a position at which a mark is detected by the detecting means.

[Action] By adopting the above means, a medicine bag is automatically created from a long tubular sheet, and a mark is added according to an arbitrary size of the medicine bag to be created.
A medicine bag of an arbitrary size is created along the longitudinal direction of the tubular sheet.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described.

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention, wherein 1 is a flat cylindrical shape with both side edges joined, and a plurality of feed holes 3 and 3 are formed in the joint portions 2 and 2 along the longitudinal direction, respectively. Is formed in a long cylindrical sheet, and the cylindrical sheet 1 has a roll 4
It is designed to be used by being pulled out from a state wound around. 5 is the cylindrical sheet 1 fed from the roll 4,
A printer that prints an appropriate mark 6 for setting the size of the medicine bag along the longitudinal direction thereof and a medicine bag description item 7 such as a patient name and a usage of medicine in a range of the medicine bag set by the mark 6. This is a bag making apparatus for making a predetermined medicine bag from the tubular sheet 1 on which the mark 6 and the medicine bag description item 7 are printed by the printer 5.

The bag making device 8 includes a pin tractor 9 that fits into a plurality of feed holes 3 formed on both side edges of the tubular sheet 1 and transports the tubular sheet 1 along its longitudinal direction.
And a roll cutter 10 that cuts out the feed holes 3 and 3 while leaving a part of the joints 2 and 2 of the tubular sheet 1.
A sensor 11 installed behind the roll cutter 10 to detect the mark 6 printed on the conveyed tubular sheet 1 and temporarily stop the pin tractor 9, and a sensor 11 installed near the rear of the sensor 11; When the sensor 11 detects the mark 6 and temporarily stops the pin tractor 9, a heat sealer 13 that seals between the two joining portions 2 and 2 of the tubular sheet 1 to form a seal portion 12, and a heat sealer 13 behind the heat sealer 13. When installed in a state where the sealing portion 12 of the tubular sheet 1 is stopped at the installation position, the cutter 14 cuts the leading edge of the sealing portion 12 along the sealing portion 12 to form an opening of the medicine bag. In conjunction with the operation of the pin tractor 9, the counting is continued while the tubular sheet 1 is transferred from the installation position of the heat sealer 13 to the installation position of the cutter 14, and when the counting is completed, the pin tractor 9 is temporarily stopped and the cutter is stopped. 14 The first counter that activates
When the sensor 11 detects the next mark 6 and stops the pin tractor 9 before the counting of the first counter 15 is completed, the counting is started in conjunction with the subsequent operation of the pin tractor 9. And a second counter 16 similar to the first counter 15.

The pin tractor 9, the roll cutter 10, the heat sealer 13 and the cutter 14 are operated by appropriate driving means (not shown) during operation.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a tension bar for applying a tension to the tubular sheet 1 introduced from the printer 5 into the bag making apparatus 8, and reference numeral 18 denotes a required length of the tubular sheet 1 between the printer 5 and the bag making apparatus 8 for allowing a sufficient length. A sensor for detecting the angle of the tension bar 17 for operating the bag making device 8 for the first time, and 19 is a medicine bag tray.

Next, the operation of the above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the printer 5 is operated to set an appropriate mark 6 on the cylindrical sheet 1 to set the size of the medicine bag along the longitudinal direction.
And the medicine bag description item 7 such as the patient name and the usage of the medicine are printed in the range of the medicine bag set by the mark 6.

The cylindrical sheet 1 is moved between the printer 5 and the bag making device 8.
When the sensor 18 detects that the required length has been set aside, the bag making device 8 starts operating.

That is, first, the pin tractor 9 is fitted into a large number of feed holes 3, 3 formed on both side edges of the tubular sheet 1 to transfer the tubular sheet 1 along its longitudinal direction. 10 cuts the portions of the feed holes 3 and 3 while leaving a part of the joints 2 and 2 of the tubular sheet 1.

The cylindrical sheet 1 from which the feed holes 3 and 3 have been cut is still transported, and the mark 6 printed thereon is
Is reached, the sensor 11 detects the mark 6 and temporarily stops the pin tractor 9. At this time, the first counter 15 is set to a count start state, and the heat sealer 13 seals the gap between the two joining portions 2 and 2 of the tubular sheet 1 to form the sealing portion 12.

When the operation of the heat sealer 13 is completed, the pin tractor 9
Is operated again to transfer the cylindrical sheet 1 on which the seal portion 12 has been formed, and the first counter 15 counts in conjunction with this.

When the count value of the first counter 15 reaches a predetermined value as a transfer amount by which the tubular sheet 1 is transferred from the installation position of the heat sealer 13 to the installation position of the cutter 14, the first counter 15 stops counting. Then, the pin tractor 9 is temporarily stopped and the cutter 14 is operated.

As a result, the cutter 14 is moved to the position where the
Is cut along the seal portion 12 to form the opening of the medicine bag for the cylindrical sheet 1 in which is stopped, and the cut medicine bag 20 is discharged to the medicine bag tray 19. .

When the operation of the cutter 14 is completed, the bag making device 8 starts the next operation after confirming the detection of the sensor 18, and the medicine bags 20 are sequentially created in the same manner.

After the operation of the heat sealer 13 is completed, the pin tractor 9
When the sensor 11 detects the next mark 6 and temporarily stops the pin tractor 9 before the first counter 15 that counts in conjunction with the operation of the counter ends counting, the count of the first counter 15 is increased. Since the process has not been completed, the second counter 16 is set to the count start state, while the heat sealer 13 seals the gap between the two joining portions 2 of the tubular sheet 1 to form the next sealing portion 12.

In this case, in conjunction with the resumption of the operation of the pin tractor 9, the first counter 15 first stops counting, temporarily stops the pin tractor 9, activates the cutter 14, and discharges the medicine bag 20 to the medicine bag tray 19, Subsequently, in conjunction with the operation of the pin tractor 9 again, unless the sensor 11 detects the next mark 6, the second counter 16 finishes counting and temporarily stops the pin tractor 9. Is operated to discharge the next medicine bag 20 to the medicine bag tray 19.

Therefore, the length along the longitudinal direction of the tubular sheet 1 is longer than the distance from the installation position of the heat sealer 13 to the installation position of the cutter 14, and even if it is shorter than that, the installation position of the heat sealer 13 The medicine bag 20 of an arbitrary size is created along the longitudinal direction of the tubular sheet 1 without any restriction due to the distance from the position to the installation position of the cutter 14.

In the above-described embodiment, the cylindrical sheet 1 in which a large number of feed holes 3, 3 are formed along the longitudinal direction at the joints 2, 2 on both side edges is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Also, an appropriate transfer means other than the pin tractor 9 can be used. In the above embodiment, when the cutter 14 is operated in a state where the sealing portion 12 of the tubular sheet 1 is stopped at the installation position, the leading edge of the sealing portion 12 is cut along the sealing portion 12 to open the medicine bag. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the cutter 14 operates in a state where the sealing portion 12 of the tubular sheet 1 is stopped at the installation position, the center of the sealing portion 12 is sealed. The cutting may be performed along the portion 12, and instead, one of the right and left roll cutters 10 may be cut without leaving the joining portion 2 of the tubular sheet 1 to form an opening of the medicine bag. In the above embodiment, when the tubular sheet 1 is transferred from the installation position of the heat sealer 13 to the installation position of the cutter 14, the first counter and the second counter are used as means for temporarily stopping the pin tractor 9 and operating the cutter 14. Although the present invention has been used, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it is possible to use a timer which stops the timing operation while the pin tractor 9 is stopped, and the number of the second counter is not limited to one but may be two. More than one can be used. Further, in the above embodiment, both the heat sealer 13 and the cutter 14 are operated when the pin tractor 9 is temporarily stopped. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, both the heat sealer 13 and the cutter 14 If they are configured to rotate, the tubular sheet 1 is actuated by the operation of the pin tractor 9.
It is needless to say that the present invention can be variously changed and modified in the above embodiment.

[Effect of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, a medicine bag can be automatically created from a long tubular sheet, and
By attaching a mark according to the desired size of the medicine bag to be created, it is possible to create a medicine bag of any size along the longitudinal direction of the tubular sheet. It is not necessary to prepare each medicine bag, and it is not necessary to select the medicine bag of the size most suitable for the quantity of the medicine to be administered. Therefore, it is convenient to store and manage the medicine bag, and it is also troublesome and troublesome. This provides excellent effects such as greatly reducing the work of selecting a medicine bag and the work of writing a medicine bag.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a tubular sheet with a part cut away, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cylindrical sheet, 2 ... Joining part 3 ... Feed hole, 4 ... Roll 5 ... Printer, 6 ... Mark 7 ... Description of medicine bag, 8 ... Bag making device 9 ... Pin tractor, 10: Roll cutter 11: Sensor, 12: Seal part 13: Heat sealer, 14: Cutter 15: First counter, 16: Second counter 17: Tension bar, 18: Sensor 19 Medicine bag tray, 20 ... medicine bag

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. Means for transporting a long cylindrical sheet along a longitudinal direction, means for attaching a mark to the cylindrical sheet for setting an arbitrary size of a medicine bag along the longitudinal direction, and the mark Detecting means, a means for sealing between both side edges of the tubular sheet, a means for cutting between both side edges of the tubular sheet along a seal portion, and a position at which a mark is detected by the detecting means. Means for setting a seal position by the sealing means and a cut position by the cutting means as a reference.