JP2657853B2 - Heat tablet removal device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[Industrial applications]

[0001] The present invention generally relates to a heat tablet take-out device for taking an arbitrary number of heat tablets called PTP tablets and sheet tablets.

[Prior art]

[0002] Generally, a heat tablet is 10
Tablet tablets or capsules are arranged in five rows in two rows each, and among these, a board made of a material that is hardly deformed and has a blister is called a PTP tablet. A material made of a material that is arbitrarily deformed is called a sheet tablet.

When such a heat tablet is administered to a patient at a hospital pharmacy, for example, in accordance with a doctor's prescription, the prescription is generally not limited to 10 tablets, so the required number of tablets must be cut.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, conventionally, there has been no apparatus capable of extracting the required number of heated tablets, so that a pharmacist manually cuts or removes the required number of heated tablets by hand.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide a heat tablet removing device capable of automatically removing a required number of heated tablets.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of stock means for accommodating each type of heat tablet, an accumulation means for accumulating the heat tablets taken out of each stock means, and Transfer means for transferring the heat tablets from the stock means to the stacking means, and each stock means is provided with a take-out means for taking out the heat tablets in a sheet, and a cutting means for cutting and taking out the heat tablets in fractions. A suitable number of tablets can be taken out according to the number of the heat tablets, the stacking means is provided with a plurality of stacking containers movably, and each stacking container sequentially enters the receiving position of the heat tablets from the transfer means, It is configured to be releasable, and the required number of heated tablets taken out of each stock means according to the prescription are sequentially accumulated in each accumulation container of the accumulation means.

[0007]

According to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned means, an appropriate number of heat tablets according to the prescription are taken out from each stock means by the operation of the take-out means or the cut means, and the heat tablets are transferred to the stacking means. However, the heat tablets of other prescriptions are separately stacked in a plurality of stacking containers.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a heat tablet dispenser according to the present invention. This heat tablet dispenser includes a plurality of stock units for accommodating heat tablets according to their types (especially, the size of the backing paper). The stock parts 1, 1,... Are provided with cut parts 2, 2,.

The heat tablets taken out of the stock sections 1, 1,... Without being cut or cut by the cut sections 2, 2,. It is transported to the stacking unit 4 and is stacked on the stacking unit 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, for example, each stock portion 1 has a horizontal cross-sectional area that matches or is slightly larger than the size (length × width) of the backing of the heat tablet to be accommodated.
The cassette 5 has a height to stack several to 100, preferably several tens, heat tablets.

[0011] Compared to the large number of types of heat tablets, the size of these mounts is only a few, and at most ten, so that if several kinds of cassettes 5, 5,. Heat tablets can be accommodated.

Further, if each cassette 5 is constructed so that one or a plurality of pieces can be added in the height direction,
An arbitrary height can be configured according to the thickness of the heat tablets to be accommodated or the desired number of heat tablets to be accommodated.

In each stock unit 1, a take-out member 6 is arranged below the cassette 5, and a cut unit 2 is arranged below and below the cassette 5.

The take-out member 6 takes out the heat tablets stored in the cassette 5 one by one in order from the lowermost one, and cuts the lowermost heat tablets into the cutting section 2.
And the cut portion supply operation for supplying the cut portion.

Such a take-out member 6 is, for example,
It can be configured by a roller that can rotate forward and reverse, and performs a sheet output operation by rotating the roller forward,
In addition, the cut portion supply operation can be performed by rotating the roller slightly forward to separate the rear end of the lowermost heat tablet from an appropriate support table, and then rotating the roller reversely.

The cut section 2 holds the heat tablet supplied by the cut section supply operation of the take-out member 6,
A delivery member 7 for delivering a required pitch, and a delivery member 7
And a cutter 8 for cutting the heat tablets sent out by the above to the required number of tablets.

The delivery member 7 holds an appropriate portion of the heat tablet, preferably a rear end of the backing paper, in order to accurately position a folding line or a cut line formed in advance on the heat tablet at a cutting position of the cutter 8. And a delivery function of delivering the held heat tablet by a required pitch of a fold line or a cut line.

The holding function of the delivery member 7 can be constituted by, for example, a mechanism for vertically holding the rear end of the backing sheet of the heat tablet, or another appropriate mechanism.

The delivery function of the delivery member 7 is as follows.
It can be constituted by a pulse motor or a motor with a tachometer generator, or any other appropriate mechanism.

The cutter 8 cooperates with the delivery member 7 to
It cuts the fold line or cutout line of the heat tablet that comes to the cut position, but in the case of even number cut, it is sufficient to cut across the width of the heat tablet mount linearly, whereas in the case of odd number cut Means that the width cut of one row of the heat tablet and the width cut of the other row must be shifted by one pitch, and the ends of both cut lines must be cut in the vertical direction. It is necessary to operate differently in the case of the above and the case of the odd number cut.

As the blade of the cutter 8, for example, a long piece slightly longer than the width thereof along the width of the backing sheet of the heat tablet,
From the end of the long piece toward the feeding direction of the heat tablet, it is possible to use an L-shaped blade in which a short piece equal to the length of one pitch is formed in an L shape along the longitudinal direction of the mount. In this case, the cutter 8 needs a mechanism for moving the L-shaped blade in the width direction of the backing sheet of the heat tablet.

When an even number is cut by the cutter 8 using an L-shaped blade, the short piece of the L-shaped blade is located outside the side of the mount of the heated tablet, and the long piece of the L-shaped blade is connected to the heated tablet. The L-shaped blade may be positioned at a position crossing the entire width of the backing sheet and cut.

When one tablet is cut by the cutter 8 using an L-shaped blade, a short piece of the L-shaped blade is located at the center of the two rows of the heated tablet and extends to the leading end in the feeding direction of the heated tablet, and The L-shaped blade may be cut at a position where the long piece of the L-shaped blade extends outward across the width of one row of the heat tablet.

When an odd number of cuts other than one tablet is cut by the cutter 8 using the L-shaped blade, first, the short piece of the L-shaped blade is located outside the side of the mount of the heat tablet and the L-shaped blade is cut. The L-shaped blade is positioned and cut at a position where the long piece of the heat tablet crosses only the width of one row of the heated tablet, and then the heated tablet 1 is sent out by one pitch. The L-shaped blade may be positioned and cut at a position in the center of the row where the long piece of the L-shaped blade extends outward across the width of the other row of the heat tablet.

As the blade of the cutter 8, for example, a first horizontal blade substantially equal to the width of one row along the width direction of the board of the heat tablet, and the other horizontal row along the width direction of the board of the heat tablet. A second horizontal blade substantially equal to the width of the tablet, and a vertical blade equal to the length of one pitch along the longitudinal direction of the mount of the heat tablet,
A combination blade arranged in a T-shape can be used. In this case, the cutter 8 does not need a mechanism for moving the combination blade in the width direction of the backing sheet of the heat lock, but the three blades are independently provided. A mechanism that operates the actuator is required.

When cutting an even number with the cutter 8 using a T-shaped combination blade, the vertical blade is not operated,
What is necessary is just to operate | move a 1st horizontal blade and a 2nd horizontal blade simultaneously, and just to cut.

When one tablet is cut by the cutter 8 using a T-shaped combination blade, the cutting may be performed by operating the vertical blade and either the first horizontal blade or the second horizontal blade.

At this time, the vertical blade of the T-shaped combination blade is
In the case where the vertical blade is arranged from the first horizontal blade and the second horizontal blade in the direction in which the heat tablet is delivered, the vertical blade is positioned at one pitch from the leading end of the heat tablet in the delivery direction. Cutting can be performed by simultaneously operating either the horizontal blade or the second horizontal blade.

The vertical blade of the T-shaped combination blade is the first blade.
If the horizontal blade and the second horizontal blade are arranged in a direction opposite to the feeding direction of the heat tablet, first, the vertical blade,
The heating tablet is positioned at one pitch from the leading end in the feeding direction, and only the vertical blade is operated to cut. Then, the heating tablet is fed one pitch, and then the first horizontal blade or the second horizontal blade is cut.
The cutting can be performed by operating only one of the horizontal blades.

When an odd number of cuts other than one tablet is cut by the cutter 8 using the T-shaped combination blade, the vertical blade of the T-shaped combination blade is directed from the first horizontal blade and the second horizontal blade in the feeding direction of the heated tablet. When the heat tablet is arranged at first, only one of the first horizontal blade and the second horizontal blade is operated to cut, and then the heat tablet is sent out by one pitch. What is necessary is just to operate simultaneously with either the other side blade or the second side blade, and to cut.

Further, the vertical blade of the T-shaped combination blade is the first blade.
When arranged from the horizontal blade and the second horizontal blade in the direction opposite to the direction in which the heat tablet is sent out, first, the vertical blade,
Either the first horizontal blade or the second horizontal blade is operated at the same time to cut, and then the heat tablet is sent out by one pitch, and only the other of the first horizontal blade or the second horizontal blade is used. It only has to be activated and cut.

Further, for example, the first horizontal blade and the second horizontal blade are displaced by one pitch along the longitudinal direction of the mount of the heat tablet with the vertical blade therebetween, and are arranged in a Z-shape. The combination blade can also be used as a blade of the cutter 8. In this case, the cutter 8 does not need a mechanism for moving the combination blade in the width direction of the backing sheet of the heat lock, but the three blades are independent of each other. And a mechanism to operate it is required.

Although not shown, it is preferable that each stock unit 1 is provided with an appropriate sensor for detecting, for example, when a heat lock is lost in the cassette 5 and notifying the operator of the loss. Prior to the detection of the sensor, it is also preferable to provide an appropriate sensor for detecting when the number of the heat tablets in the cassette 5 is low.

It is preferable that each stock unit 1 is provided with an appropriate sensor for detecting, for example, when the heat tablet is detached from the remaining portion by the cutting of the cutting unit 2, and before that, It is also preferable to provide an appropriate sensor for detecting the number of locks to be cut based on the feed amount of the heated tablet by the feed member 7.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of the stock sections 1, 1,... Each of these steps has a shelf shape.

In such an arrangement, each stock unit 1
May be configured so that the entire heating tablet can be removed from the housing in order to easily perform the work of refilling the heating tablet, or such that only the cassette 5 can be removed from the housing with the cut portion 2 left. It may be configured, and furthermore, it is possible to perform the replenishing operation of the heat tablet without removing it from the housing.

The transfer means 3 comprises a stock unit 1 having a shelf shape,
1, ... are installed corresponding to their stock parts 1,
, Receiving the heated tablets taken out of the shelf conveyors 9, 9, ... and the heated tablets transported by all the shelf conveyors 9, 9, ... And a conveyer 10 that conveys the sheet to one stacking unit 4.

All of the shelf conveyors 9, 9,... And the collecting conveyor 10 collect heat tablets taken out of the stock units 1, 1,. Since a plurality of medicine bags may be handed to a human patient, the medicine bags are desirably stacked for each medicine bag, so that the whole of the medicine bags is configured to operate in cooperation as a single transfer means 3.

The stacking unit 4 includes a plurality of buckets 11, 11,
Each bucket 11 is taken out of the stock units 1, 1,..., And each of the buckets 11 is provided with a shelf conveyor 9, 9,.
The heat tablets conveyed by 0 are sequentially stored for each medicine bag.

The accumulation section 4 also has a medicine bag making section 1 for making medicine bags corresponding to the heat tablets stored in each bucket 11.
2 is provided, and the medicine bag created by the medicine bag creation unit 12 is accommodated in the corresponding bucket 11 together with the heat tablet.

The medicine bag making section 12 forms a detachable ear piece at an edge of the medicine bag to be handed to the patient, and creates a medicine bag with ears on which the name of the medicine of the corresponding heat tablet is displayed. In such a configuration, the pharmacist checks and inspects the medicine bag in the bucket 11 and the heat tablet with reference to the medicine name displayed on the ear piece, and then inserts the heat tablet in the medicine bag. When handing to a patient, it is convenient to cut off the ear pieces and leave only the ear pieces.

Next, the operation of the above-configured heat tablet removing device will be described.

For example, when prescribing a heat tablet one tablet at a time three times a day for seven days, 21 heat tablets must be taken out of the stock unit 1 in which the tablets are taken and administered to the patient. No.

In this case, the take-out member 6 of the stock portion 1
Is operated, and only one heated tablet is supplied to the cut portion 2 as a sheet by the cut portion supplying operation, and two heated tablets are taken out as a sheet of 10 tablets by the sheet releasing operation. At the same time, the cutting section 2 is operated, and one tablet is taken out of the sheet by cutting one tablet.

Then, the two sheets of the heated tablet and the single heated tablet are conveyed to the side of the housing by the shelf conveyor 9 of the transfer means 3 and further collected by the collecting conveyor 10. 4 transported.

A total of 21 heat tablets that have reached the stacking unit 4 are accommodated in a single bucket 11 and the bucket 11 has
An eard medicine bag in which the medicine name of the heat tablet is displayed on an ear piece is also stored.

For this reason, the pharmacist checks and inspects the medicine bag in the bucket 11 and the heat tablet with reference to the medicine name displayed on the ear piece, then cuts off the ear piece, leaves only the ear piece, and puts it in the medicine bag. You can put the heat tablet and hand it to the patient.

When prescribing the same heat tablet three times a day for 14 days, one tablet at a time, 42 heat tablets are taken out of the stock section 1 containing the tablet and administered to the patient. Must.

In this case, since nine tablets other than the one tablet cut and taken out last time remain in the cut part 2, the delivery member 7 is operated and taken out, and then the stock part 1 is taken out. The member 6 is actuated, and only one heated tablet is supplied to the cut portion 2 as a sheet by the cut portion supplying operation, and three heated tablets are taken out as a sheet of integrated 10 tablets by the sheet releasing operation. At the same time, the cutting section 2 is operated, and the sheet is cut by an odd number from the sheet.
Take out the tablets.

Then, the heat tablet integrated with the nine tablets, the heat tablet in the state of three sheets, and the heat tablet integrated with the three tablets are conveyed to the side of the housing by the shelf conveyor 9 of the transfer means 3. , And further conveyed to the collecting section 4 by the collecting conveyor 10.

A total of 42 heat tablets that have reached the stacking unit 4 are accommodated in a single bucket 11, and the bucket 11 is formed with a medicine bag forming unit 12.
An eard medicine bag in which the medicine name of the heat tablet is displayed on an ear piece is also stored.

Therefore, also in this case, the pharmacist checks and inspects the medicine bag in the bucket 11 and the heat tablet with reference to the medicine name displayed on the ear piece, and then separates the ear piece and removes only the ear piece. Leave it, and put the heat tablet in the medicine bag and hand it to the patient.

Further, the same heat tablets were then
When prescribing tablets three times a day for three days, nine heat tablets must be removed from the stock part 1 in which the tablets are stored and administered to the patient.

In this case, since seven tablets other than the three tablets previously cut and taken out remain in the cut part 2, the delivery member 7 is operated to take out the same, and then the stock part 1 is taken out. The member 6 is operated, and only one heat tablet is supplied to the cut portion 2 as a sheet by the cut portion supply operation, and the cut portion 2 is operated to take out two tablets from the sheet by an even number cut.

Then, the seven-tablet-integrated heat tablet and the two-tablet-integrated heat tablet are conveyed to the side of the housing by the shelf conveyor 9 of the transfer means 3 and further conveyed to the collecting section 4 by the collective conveyor 10. Is done.

A total of nine heat tablets that have reached the stacking unit 4 are accommodated in a single bucket 11 and the bucket 11
An eard medicine bag in which the medicine name of the heat tablet is displayed on an ear piece is also stored.

Therefore, in this case as well, the pharmacist checks and inspects the medicine bag in the bucket 11 and the heat tablet with reference to the medicine name displayed on the ear piece, then cuts off the ear piece and removes only the ear piece. Leave it, and put the heat tablet in the medicine bag and hand it to the patient.

In the above-described embodiment, the cassette 5 of each stock unit 1 can be taken out by taking out the heated tablet as a sheet by switching operation of the take-out member 6, and by fractional cutting by taking out the required number of tablets. Although the present invention is commonly used, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a cassette exclusively for feeding a sheet and a cassette exclusively for feeding a fraction provided with the cut portion 2 are provided separately and as one set. It can also be configured.

In the above embodiment, the stock unit 1
1, ... are arranged in a plurality of units in the width direction of the housing of the heat tablet unloading device, and in a plurality of upper and lower stages. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
It is also possible to arrange the stock parts 1, 1,... In a plurality of steps in the front-rear direction of the housing, and in a plurality of upper and lower stages, and to integrally form them so that they can be pulled out from the housing toward the front. At the position where the sheet is pulled out from the housing, the work of replenishing the sheet locks to the stock units 1, 1,...

In the above-described embodiment, the transfer means 3 is composed of a plurality of upper and lower shelf conveyors 9, 9,... Installed corresponding to the respective shelf-shaped stock units 1, 1,. , 9, ... are assembled, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example,
Are installed in correspondence with the tower-shaped stock units 1, 1,... Arranged vertically, and receive the heat tablets taken out of the stock units 1, 1,. And the heat tablets conveyed by all the down conveyors, and collects them in one stacking unit 4
The transfer means 3 can also be constituted by the conveyer conveyed to the storage device.

In the above embodiment, the stacking unit 4 is constituted by a bucket conveyor in which a plurality of buckets 11, 11,... Circulate, but the present invention is not limited to this. By means, the stacking unit 4 can be configured.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the collecting section 4 is provided with the medicine bag creating section 12 for creating a medicine bag corresponding to the heat tablet stored in each bucket 11, and the medicine bag created by the medicine bag creating section 12 is provided with the medicine bag. The corresponding bucket 11 is configured to be accommodated together with the heat tablet, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the taken-out heat tablet and the corresponding medicine bag are synchronized by appropriate means. It is possible to combine.

【The invention's effect】

[0063]

The present invention is configured as described above.
From each stock means, it is possible to take out an appropriate number of heat tablets according to the prescription by operating the take-out means or cutting means, and therefore, even if the prescribed number of tablets is not a sheet unit but includes a fraction, The required number of tablets can be automatically removed from the heated tablets, and the removed heated tablets can be accumulated in a plurality of accumulation containers separately from the heat tablets of other prescriptions. For example, when performing successively from the removal of the heat tablet to the accumulation for a plurality of prescriptions, the operator does not need to collect the heat tablets to be accumulated from the accumulation container each time, and the heat tablets of different prescriptions can be accumulated in the accumulation container. The risk of mixing inside can be avoided beforehand, and as a result, the process from removal of the heated tablet to accumulation can be performed automatically and continuously for multiple prescriptions. In the meantime, the worker can engage in other work, and therefore, it is extremely easy to handle the heat tablet according to the prescription, and the burden on the worker is significantly reduced compared to the case of manual processing. It has excellent effects such as the ability to perform.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a heat tablet removing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic elevation view showing a stock portion of the heat tablet removing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic elevation view showing an example of the entire configuration of the heat tablet unloading device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Stock unit 2: Cut unit 3: Transfer means 4: Stacking unit 5: Cassette 6: Take-out member 7: Sending member 8: Cutter 9: Shelf conveyor 10: Assembly conveyor 11: Bucket 12: Medicine bag making unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of stock means for accommodating each type of heat tablet, an accumulation means for accumulating the heat tablets taken out of each stock means, and a transfer means for conveying the heat tablet from each stock means to the accumulation means. With each said stock means, a take-out means for taking out a sheet of the heat tablet,
Cutting means for cutting the heated tablets to provide a fraction, so that the heating tablets of the appropriate number of tablets according to the prescription can be taken out, the collecting means, a plurality of collecting containers are provided movably, The stacking container is configured to be able to sequentially enter and exit the receiving position of the heat tablet from the transfer means, and the required number of heat tablets taken out of each stock means according to the prescription are sequentially transferred to each stacking container of the stacking means. A heat tablet take-out device characterized by being integrated.