JP3118456B2 - Instruction supply device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] a) Industrial application field The present invention is intended to ensure that the instructions are stored in a packaging operation in which the instructions are stored together with the product in a package. As described above, the present invention relates to a manual supply apparatus that feeds out the manuals to a worker by a predetermined number one by one.

b) Conventional technology For example, when packaging pharmaceuticals and the like,
Efficacy documents must always be included in the package along with the medicinal product, as instructions that memorize the components of the medicinal product, how to take it, and its effects.

This packaging work involves assembling the folded paper package into a box, storing the medicine in the assembled package, storing the instructions in the package, and sealing the package with the medicine and the instructions The work is assigned to the work of attaching a label and the like, and each work is sequentially performed by each worker facing a transport line on which the supplied medicines and packages are transported.

In the operation of storing the manuals, the operator manually picks up a large number of manuals stacked beside the worker one by one and stores them in a package.

c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in this conventional packaging operation, when storing instructions in a package containing a product such as a pharmaceutical product, the operator may inadvertently forget to insert the instructions. Often there was.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve such a problem, and in order to ensure that the instructions are stored in a package without forgetting to insert the instructions at the time of packaging of medicines and other products, the present invention has been proposed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a manual supply device that can feed out and supply a predetermined number of sheets at a time.

[Configuration of the invention]

a) Means for Solving the Problems A manual supply device according to the present invention that achieves the above object has a storage section for stacking a large number of manuals, and the stacked manuals are linked to a motor. A feeding drive mechanism capable of feeding one sheet at a time from the lowest one in the feed belt,
A dispensing length setting unit that presets a dispensing length according to the length of the instruction so that the rear end of the instruction is extended to a position where the rear end portion is held on the distal end side of the extension driving mechanism unit; When the manual is fed to a predetermined position, the feeding is stopped, and when the fed manual is pulled out by the operator, the motor of the feed drive mechanism is controlled to restart feeding of the next manual. Set the desired number of feeds with the motor control unit,
A preset counter is provided for counting the number of actually fed manuals and outputting an output when the set number is reached, and a notifying means for notifying the operator that the set number has been reached by the output of the preset counter. ing.

b) Example Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a manual supply device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same.

In these figures, a storage section 3 for storing a large number of manuals 2 in a stacked state behind a pay-out passage is provided on a base 1 of the apparatus main body so as to straddle a feed belt 12. I have.
The storage section 3 includes left and right front guide plates 5,5 and rear guide plates 6,6 each having an L-shaped cross section so as to hold four corners of the manual 2. The left and right front guide plates 5, 5 are arranged along a long hole 7 formed on the base 1 in the left-right direction.
The mounting position of the left and right widths can be adjusted according to the width of the knob. After the adjustment, the knob 8 can be tightened and fixed on the base 1.

At the base of the front guide plates 5, 5, left and right lateral guide plates 9, 9 projecting rearward are integrally fixed, and the lateral guide plates 9, 9 are elongated holes 10 drilled in the front-rear direction. , 10, the mounting positions of the front and rear widths of the rear guide plates 6, 6 can be adjusted. After adjusting the position of the rear guide plates 6, 6 according to the length of the manual 2, tighten the knobs 11, 11, and fix the left and right rear guide plates 6, 6 to the horizontal guide plates 9, 9. Can be.

Further, inside the rear guide plates 6, 6, a step portion is provided so that the instruction manual 2 can be placed in a slightly downwardly inclined shape along the feeding direction.
6a, 6a are formed, and a large number of manuals 2 folded in two, four, or six are stored in the storage part 3 in a stacked state.

A drive motor 14 for driving the feed belt 12 and the reversing roll 13 is provided in the base 1, and as shown in FIG. And a timing pulley 17 to which a drive gear 16 is attached are connected by a toothed belt 18. The drive shaft 19 to which the timing pulley 17 is attached has a front belt wheel 20
The feed belt 12 is stretched between the front belt wheel 20 and the rear belt wheel 21. This feed belt
12, a tension belt wheel 22 abuts from below,
The tension belt wheel 22 can provide an appropriate tension to the feed belt 12. The feed belt 12 is exposed in a belt mounting hole 1a which is cut out in a rectangular shape on the base surface.

The drive gear 16 is engaged with a reverse roll gear 24 in a gear box 23 provided above the base 1. The roll shaft 25 to which the reverse roll gear 24 is fixed is a reverse roll bearing.
The reverse rotation roll 13 is fixed to the tip of the roll shaft 25. The reversing roll 13 is fitted into a slit 29a cut out at the lower part of a curved instruction holding plate 29 attached to a support plate 28 erected in the front direction of the front guide plate 5 in the left-right direction. It faces the feed belt 12 on the belt wheel 20. On the left and right sides of the instruction holding plate 29, holding plates 30 each having a short end and a curved end are attached.

The reversing roll 13 can be changed in the vertical direction by turning the adjustment knob 31, and the knob 31 has an appropriate gap for the manual 2 to feed out a gap between the feed belt 12 below the reversing roll 13 and one sheet. t (see FIG. 5). The reversing roll 13 reliably feeds out the instructions 2 one by one, and functions to prevent the second instruction from the bottom from being fed out.

A presence detection sensor is provided adjacent to the front passage of the reverse roll 13. The presence detecting sensor is for detecting the presence or absence of the fed instruction 2 on the passage. In this embodiment, the presence detecting sensor is connected to the light transmitter 32a disposed above the passage so as to receive the light. It is composed of a pair of photoelectric sensors 32 by a device 32b. This photoelectric sensor 32 is a projector
32a is supported and mounted on the stay 33, and the light receiver 32b is mounted in the base 1 at a position below the light projector 32a.

A preset counter 34 that can arbitrarily set the number of sheets to be fed out of the manual 2 and a timer 35 that sets the payout length according to the length of the manual 2 are attached to the side surface of the base 1. The preset counter 34 sequentially counts the number of fed manuals 2 and generates a signal when the number of manuals 2 is fed up to a set predetermined number, and informs a notification means such as a buzzer 36 based on the signal. Notify the worker that it has been activated and the set number has been reached.

Further, the timer 35 sets the drive time of the drive motor 14 after the description 2 fed by the drive motor 14 reaches the position of the photoelectric sensor 32 which is the above-described presence detection sensor, and sets the time according to the length of the description 2. Then, the manual 2 is held at a position between the reverse rotation roll 13 and the front belt wheel 20 via the feed belt 12 by feeding the manual 2 by a predetermined length.

Next, the circuit configuration and operation of the supply device of this manual will be described in the sixth.
Description will be made based on the drawings.

In this figure, reference numeral 37 denotes a fuse for protecting the circuit, and reference numeral
Reference numeral 32 denotes a photoelectric sensor 32 including a pair of a light emitter 32a and a light receiver 32b used in this embodiment as a presence detection sensor for the manual 2 described above. Reference numeral 38 denotes a lock-type start button which is operated as a power switch when the apparatus is started. switch,
Reference numeral 40 is a pilot lamp, reference numeral 39 is a pilot lamp.
40 is a resistor 39 for current adjustment.

The symbol PHT indicates that the photoelectric sensor 32 operates (the light emitter 32a
And the photodetector 32b is closed) and the photoelectric switch is closed. Reference numeral 35 is a timer for setting the feeding length described in the instruction manual 2, and reference numeral T1 is the set time after the timer 35 is energized. A timer contact that is closed at the time and held until the power supply to the timer 35 is stopped, a reference numeral 41 is a relay that controls the drive motor 14 and the preset counter 34,
Reference numeral 14 denotes a motor for feeding out the instruction manual 2, reference numeral C denotes a capacitor for starting the motor, and reference numeral RY1 denotes a relay contact that closes when the relay 41 is not energized and drives the motor 14.

Further, reference numeral 34 denotes a preset counter for setting the number of instructions 2 to be supplied and counting the number of instructions 2 fed up to the set number in an adding or subtracting manner.
Reference symbol RY2 is a relay contact that closes when the relay 41 is energized and operates so that the preset counter 34 counts one sheet. Reference code CO is a count contact that closes when the count value of the preset counter 34 reaches a set value. Reference numeral 36 denotes a buzzer used as a notification means, and reference numeral 42 denotes a current adjusting resistor of the buzzer 36.

The device controlled by the circuit diagram of FIG. 6 first sets the number of instructions 2 to be supplied to the preset counter 34, and the set number is displayed on the set value display section 34a of the preset counter 34.

Subsequently, a time setting T of the timer 35 is performed in order to determine the feeding length according to the length of the instructions 2 stacked in the storage unit 3. For example, when the speed at which the instruction manual 2 is extended by the drive motor 14 is 8.2 m / min (about 140 mm in one second), the photoelectric sensor is used.
If the entire length of the manual 2 to be used is 50 mm when the 32 is disposed 35 mm ahead of the reversing roll 13, the tip of the manual 2 extended as shown in FIG. 7A is detected by the photoelectric sensor 32. 0.1 seconds from the time of delivery (14 mm sent out)
If the time of the timer 35 is set so that the feeding by the drive motor 14 is stopped later, the operation is stopped in a state where the rear end of the manual 2 is held by the reverse rotation roll 13 and the front belt wheel 20 via the feed belt 12. Is done. The instruction manual 2
When the total length of the motor is 150 mm, the drive motor is set after 0.8 seconds (112 mm has been sent) as shown in Fig. 7 (b).
What is necessary is just to stop feeding by 14.

When the lock-type start button switch 38 is pressed after completing the above settings, the motor 14 is energized through the relay contact RY1 which closes when the relay 41 is de-energized, and the feed belt 1
2 and the reverse rotation roll 13 are driven, and only one lowermost manual 2 is fed out of the storage unit 3. Since the supplied instruction manual 2 shuts off between the light emitter 32a and the light receiver 32b of the photoelectric sensor 32 and closes the photoelectric switch PHT, the timer 35 is energized to start the timer, and the set time elapses. At this point, the timer contact T1 that has been opened so far is closed and the relay 41 is energized.

When the relay 41 is energized, the relay contact RY1 opens and the driving of the motor 14 is stopped.
Is stopped with its rear end held by the feed belt 12 and the reversing roll 13. Further, by this energization, the relay contact RY2 is closed and the preset counter 34 is operated to perform counting for one sheet, and the count value is displayed on the count display section 34b.

The drawn-out manual 2 is simply pulled out by a worker because the rear end portion is only held, and the worker stores the drawn-out manual 2 in a package in which a medicine is already stored.

When the drawn-out manual 2 is pulled out, the cutoff between the light emitter 32a and the light receiver 32b of the photoelectric sensor 32 is released, the photoelectric switch PHT is opened, and the power supply to the timer 35 is stopped. The contact T1 is opened, and the power supply to the relay 41 is stopped. This allows the relay contacts
Since RY1 is closed and the drive of the motor 14 is started, the following instruction 2 is issued.

Thereafter, the description 2 is sequentially sent out by repeating the same operation, and when the count value of the preset counter 34 reaches the set value, the set count contact CO is closed, and the buzzer 36 as a notification means operates.

The buzzer 36 informs the operator that the manual 2 has been fed out to the set number, and at that time, if there is no excess or deficiency in the number of packages, it can be confirmed that there is no omission of the manual 2.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the instructions are sequentially supplied by a predetermined number while being fed out one by one,
Instructions can definitely be stored in the package.

Further, by setting the feeding length of the supplied manual in advance according to the total length, the rear end is always held regardless of the length, so that the drawing is easy.

Further, when the supply of the set number of instructions is completed, the operator can be notified of this by a buzzer or other notification means. Can be determined.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a manual supply device according to the present invention, FIG.
The figure is a longitudinal sectional view of the device, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the device, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is an exploded view showing a driving mechanism of the apparatus, FIG. 5 is a side view of a main part of the apparatus, FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of the apparatus, and FIG. It is. [Explanation of reference numerals] 1... Base, 2... Manual 3... Storage section, 7,10... Slot 8,11,31... Adjustment knob 12... Feed belt, 13. Roll 14 Drive motor, 20 Front belt wheel 21 Rear belt wheel, 29 Manual holder plate 32 Photoelectric sensor (presence detection sensor) 32a Projector, 32b Receiver 34 Preset counter 35: Timer, 36: Buzzer (notification means)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage section for stacking a large number of instructions,
A feeding drive mechanism that can feed out the stacked instructions one by one from the lowest one with a feed belt interlocked with a motor, and a rear end portion of which holds the instructions at the leading end of the feeding drive mechanism. And a delivery length setting unit that presets a delivery length according to the length of the instruction so that the instruction is delivered to a predetermined position.When the instruction is delivered to a predetermined position, the delivery is stopped and the delivery is stopped. When a given instruction is pulled out by an operator, a motor control unit that controls the motor of the above-mentioned feeding drive mechanism unit so as to restart feeding of the next instruction, and a desired number of sheets to be fed, are set and actually fed. A preset counter that counts the number of instructions described and outputs an output when the set number is reached, and an operator that the set number is reached by the output of the preset counter. Feeder instructions, characterized in that it comprises a notifying means for transmitting.