JP2749860B2 - Cut sheet binding device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a cut sheet binding apparatus for binding a stack of cut sheets obtained by cutting an inclusion sheet containing a medicine for each predetermined number of sections. It is about.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a medicine packing machine, a vertical seal is first applied while intermittently transferring a long folded packing sheet folded in half in the horizontal direction with a folded portion at the bottom. A compartment is formed between the seals that is adjacent to each other in the transfer direction. Subsequently, a desired drug is charged into the compartment, and then a horizontal seal is applied to an upper opening of the compartment so that the drug is sealed in the compartment. Has become.

Then, the long packaging sheet in which the medicine is sealed in each compartment is cut into a cut sheet by a cutter every predetermined number of sections, and a predetermined number of the cut sheets are collected according to a prescription, formed into a laminate, and bound. It is designed to be bound by a device.

 FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the above-mentioned conventional binding device.

In the figure, reference numeral 51 denotes a binding device, in which cut sheets are collected in predetermined numbers and placed on a pedestal 52. A groove 53 is formed in the pedestal 52, and the laminated cut sheets are bound by a band accommodated in the groove 53.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional cut sheet bundling apparatus, a work of correcting a mutual shift in the bundling to collect a predetermined number of cut sheets, and a step of laminating cut sheets on the base 52 of the bundling apparatus 51. Is required, and even after the binding is completed, it is necessary to remove the bound laminated cut sheets from the pedestal 52, which increases the cost for the binding.

In addition, it is necessary to secure a work space around the binding machine for manual binding.

The present invention solves the problems of the above-described conventional cut sheet bundling apparatus, corrects the displacement between the respective cut sheets of the laminated cut sheet, places the laminated cut sheet on the bundling apparatus, and performs the bound lamination. An object of the present invention is to provide a cut sheet binding apparatus which does not need to manually perform an operation of discharging a cut sheet and does not need to secure a work space around the cut sheet.

(Means for Solving the Problems) For this purpose, in the cut sheet binding apparatus of the present invention, a laminated cut sheet obtained by stacking cut sheets in which a medicine is packaged in a set number of compartments is bound. Has become.

And a pedestal provided with a groove on the upper surface, a storing means for storing the laminated cut sheet, and a moving means for moving the laminated cut sheet to a binding position on the pedestal in a state of being stored by the storing means, Binding means for binding the stacked cut sheets moved to the binding position in a state of being accommodated by the accommodation means, and discharge means for extruding the bound laminated cut sheets from the accommodation means and discharging from the binding position. Have.

(Operation) According to the present invention, as described above, in the cut sheet binding apparatus, a laminated cut sheet obtained by stacking cut sheets in which a medicine is packaged in a set number of compartments is bound. I have.

And a pedestal provided with a groove on the upper surface, a storing means for storing the laminated cut sheet, and a moving means for moving the laminated cut sheet to a binding position on the pedestal in a state of being stored by the storing means, Binding means for binding the stacked cut sheets moved to the binding position in a state of being accommodated by the accommodation means, and discharge means for extruding the bound laminated cut sheets from the accommodation means and discharging from the binding position. Have.

In this case, the stacked cut sheets accommodated by the accommodation means are moved to the binding position on the pedestal by the moving means, and are bound by the binding means at the binding position. Then, the bound laminated cut sheet is pushed out of the storage means by the discharging means, and is discharged from the binding position.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cut sheet binding apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an extruding means, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cut sheet conveying apparatus.

First, in FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a long packaging sheet that is folded in the width direction, and the packaging sheet 1 is made of a transparent cellophane film. And on one side,
A polyethylene layer is laminated so as to form a mirror surface and a matte surface in half each in the width direction, and is folded in two with the polyethylene layer inside, and a white display portion suitable for printing on the outer surface is a predetermined display. Although it is formed in a band shape with a width, the present invention is not limited to this, and other appropriately formed ones can be used.

Reference numeral 2 denotes an intermittent transfer member that horizontally intermittently transfers the package sheet 1 in the direction of arrow A with the folded portion at the bottom, and the intermittent transfer member 2 sandwiches the upper edge of the package sheet 1. It includes a feed roller 3 and a motor 4 that drives the feed roller 3 intermittently.

The package sheet 1 is heat-sealed at predetermined intervals along the transfer direction, with the folded part of the package sheet 1 as the bottom,
A compartment 5 having an open top is formed.

An appropriate medicine, such as a powder, is injected into the compartment 5 by a medicine injecting member. The upper opening of the divided sheet 1 after the introduction is sealed, and the medicine is sealed in each compartment 5. A series of long packaging sheets 1 are formed. Then, the package sheet 1 is further cut vertically by an appropriate number of packages by a cutter (not shown) disposed in front of the intermittent transfer member 2 to form a cut sheet 6.

The cut sheet 6 is transported while being sandwiched between the feed rollers 3 of the intermittent transport member 2 and is stacked in the reversing member 7. The reversing member 7 has a cut sheet mounting portion 8 on which at least a wall for leaning the cut sheet is formed. The cut sheet 6 is sent to the cut sheet mounting portion 8, abuts on the cut sheet stopper 9, and is stacked on the wall 10 of the cut sheet mounting portion 8.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a holding plate which is swingably supported. The holding plate 11 intermittently swings and presses the introduced cut sheet 6 against the wall body 10 to keep the laminated state until the next cut sheet 6 is introduced. maintain.

Further, a nozzle 13 for jetting compressed air is disposed at a position facing the wall body 10 of the cut sheet stacking section 8. The nozzle 13 constantly blows compressed air in the direction of the wall 10, and like the holding plate 11, the cut sheet device unit 8.
Is maintained.

Below the reversing member 7 having the above configuration, the reversing member 7
1 is provided with a transfer housing 14 for transferring the cut sheet 6 dropped by swinging in the direction of arrow C to the binding device of FIG. The transfer housing 14 includes a moving member 15 having a U-shaped cross section and an upper opening, and a moving mechanism 16.

Next, in FIG. 1, the moving member 15 has a bottom plate having a substantially L-shaped cross section which reciprocates in the direction of arrow D by a chain 17, and the cut sheet 6 on the bottom plate can be pushed forward. The moving mechanism 16 can be rotated in the direction of arrow E by a motor (not shown). Therefore, when the stack of cut sheets 6 dropped from the reversing member 7 is placed on the bottom plate in the moving member 15, it is gripped by a holding arm or the like driven by a solenoid, and in this state, the arrow It is appropriately moved in the directions D and E and sent to the binding device 21.

The binding device 21 has a pedestal 22 and a binding mechanism 23 as binding means disposed on the pedestal 22 in a gate shape. The bundling mechanism 23 accommodates a band in the groove 24, and the band forms a laminate of the cut sheet 6, that is, a laminated cut sheet.
25 are united.

At the lower part of the bundling mechanism 23, a housing 26 as a storage means for storing the laminated cut sheet 25 supplied to the binding device 21 by the transport housing 14 is provided, and the housing 26 serves as a moving means. It is rotatably supported by a shaft 27.

The housing 26 has a U-shaped cross section in which one end is opened and the other end is closed, and when the laminated cut sheet 25 is supplied from one end, the arm (not shown) Hold the laminated cut sheet 25 and hold it.
Rotates, and the housing 26 is turned 180 degrees. When the laminated cut sheet 25 in the housing 26 blocks the optical sensor 28 by this turning, the optical sensor 28 detects that the laminated cut sheet 25 is at the binding position, that is, on the groove 24. Then, when the optical sensor 28 detects the laminated cut sheet 25 at the binding position, the binding mechanism 23 operates to bind the laminated cut sheet 25.

Next, above the other end of the housing 26, a flap 31 is disposed as a discharge means that is swingably supported in the direction of arrow F about the shaft 30. The flap 31 is made of a magnetic material. When the magnet 32 is excited, the flap 31 is turned in the direction of arrow F so as to move away from the magnet 32. As a result, the laminated cut sheet 25 is discharged from the housing 26.

As described above, the laminated cut sheet 25 supplied to the binding device 21 by the transport housing 14 is turned 180 degrees while being stored in the housing 26, and then discharged from the binding device 21 by the pushing action of the flap 31. Is done. Therefore, a stocker or the like can be provided on the discharge side, and the space can be used effectively.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications are possible based on the gist of the present invention, and they are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the shaft 27 that rotatably supports the housing 26 is provided on the pedestal 22 side of the binding device 21, but may be provided above.

Further, although the compartment 5 is described using three cut sheets 6, the cut sheet stopper 9 disposed on the cut sheet mounting portion 8 is moved in the longitudinal direction so that it can be changed as necessary. It may be slidable.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a cut sheet binding apparatus, a laminated cut sheet obtained by stacking cut sheets in which a medicine is packaged in a set number of compartments is provided. It is designed to unite.

And a pedestal provided with a groove on the upper surface, a storing means for storing the laminated cut sheet, and a moving means for moving the laminated cut sheet to a binding position on the pedestal in a state of being stored by the storing means, Binding means for binding the stacked cut sheets moved to the binding position in a state of being accommodated by the accommodation means, and discharge means for extruding the bound laminated cut sheets from the accommodation means and discharging from the binding position. Have.

In this case, the laminated cut sheet is moved to the binding position in a state where the laminated cut sheet is accommodated by the accommodating means, and is bound. There is no need to manually perform the work of mounting. In addition, there is no need to secure a work space around the cut sheet binding device for correcting a shift between the cut sheets of the laminated cut sheets and placing the laminated cut sheets on the binding device.

Then, since the bound laminated cut sheet is pushed out of the storage means by the discharging means and discharged from the binding position, it is not necessary to manually discharge the bound laminated cut sheet.

Therefore, the cost for binding the laminated cut sheets can be reduced.

Further, since the laminated cut sheet is moved to the binding position after being accommodated by the accommodation means, it can be temporarily put on standby by the accommodation means.

Therefore, it is possible to adjust the timing of the packaging of the medicine by the packaging machine and the timing of the binding of the laminated cut sheets by the binding means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cut sheet binding apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an extruding means, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cut sheet conveying apparatus, and FIG. It is a perspective view of an apparatus. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Separation sheet, 2 ... Intermittent transfer member, 3 ... Feed roller, 4 ... Motor, 5 ... Partition chamber, 6 ... Cut sheet, 7 ... Reversing member, 8 ... Cut sheet placement Part, 9 ...
... Cut sheet stopper, 10 ... Wall, 11 ... Pressing plate, 13 ... Nozzle, 14 ... Transfer housing, 15 ... Movable member,
16… Movement unit, 21,51… Bundling device, 22,52 …… Base, 23… Bundling mechanism, 24,53 …… Groove, 25… Laminated cut sheet, 26 …… Housing, 31… Flap, 32 ... magnet.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cut sheet bundling apparatus for bundling laminated cut sheets obtained by laminating cut sheets each containing a medicine in a set number of compartments, comprising: (a) a pedestal having a groove on an upper surface thereof; b) accommodation means for accommodating the laminated cut sheet; (c) moving means for moving the laminated cut sheet to a binding position on the pedestal while being accommodated by the accommodation means; and (d) the binding position. And (e) a discharging unit that pushes out the bound laminated cut sheet from the receiving unit and discharges it from the binding position. A cut sheet binding device, comprising: