JP3296576B2 - Automatic tablet packaging machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic tablet packaging machine, and more particularly, to a tablet case as a tablet storage and supply unit arranged in a tablet supply mechanism for selectively and automatically supplying various tablets. The name of the stored tablet can be easily confirmed, and the supplementary supply of the tablet into each tablet case can be easily performed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there is an automatic tablet packing machine of this kind having a structure as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-98821.

[0003] An automatic tablet packaging machine having such a conventional structure has the following features.
In the upper part of the tablet packaging machine main body, a large number of storage units are arranged in a grid, and a partition-formed tablet supply mechanism unit is arranged, and an automatic packaging mechanism unit is arranged at the lower part thereof, and the tablet supply mechanism unit is disposed. In each of the storage sections, a tablet storage supply composed of a tablet case in which various tablets are stored is inserted from above and aligned, and a lid that can be opened and closed on the upper end of the tablet case forming these tablet storage supply is provided. A cap having a body is provided.

On the upper surface of the lid of the cap, a sample of tablets stored in the tablet case can be stored, or a drug name card, a number card of the tablet case, or the like can be attached. At the time of supplement supply, the tablets stored in the respective tablet cases are checked.

[0005]

However, in the conventional automatic tablet packaging machine described above, since the lid of the cap provided at the upper end of the tablet case is planar, about 250 types of tablets can be obtained. Not only is it difficult to confirm the name of the medicine in the tablet case stored and arranged, but also there is a problem that opening and closing the lid of the cap at the time of supplement supply is troublesome.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to easily confirm the name of a tablet case from the front and rear of the tablet packaging machine main body, and to easily open and close the cap lid during supplement supply. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic tablet packaging machine which can be used.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a tablet packaging machine in which a tablet supply mechanism is disposed at an upper portion and an automatic packaging mechanism is disposed at a lower portion thereof. In the automatic tablet packaging machine, the tablet supply mechanism unit arranges and arranges a tablet storage and supply body having a tablet case in which various tablets are stored in a horizontal plane, and is openable and closable at the upper end of each tablet case. Transparent
Provide a cap with a clear lid , this transparent lid,
The upper surface is on the rising end surface of the front surface and the upper surface portion inclined backward
To form a vertical cross-section "H" , arranged in a saw-tooth shape along the front-rear direction of the tablet packaging machine body, the upper surface of the lid
Along the display part formed in the part and the inside of the rising end face
The number car of the tablet case into the formed insertion groove
Tablet or tablet name stored in the tablet case
The rising end face is opened and closed with the lid.
It is a configuration with a handle.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a cap having an openable / closable lid is provided at the upper end of each tablet case forming the tablet storage / supply body. The upper surface and the rising end surface of the lid formed in a vertical cross-sectional shape of “F” are formed in the shape of a slant so as to be arranged in a saw-tooth shape along the front-rear direction of the tablet packaging machine body. If the tablet name card and the number card of the tablet case are arranged on the upper surface and the rising end face of the lid body by facing the front and rear sides of the packaging machine main body, each tablet case from the front and rear sides of the tablet packaging machine main body is provided. Visual confirmation of the tablets stored inside can be easily performed.

Further, since the rising end face of the lid having a vertical cross section of the shape of "F" is used as a handle for opening and closing, the rising end face of the lid protrudes upward, so that the opening and closing of the lid can be easily performed.
Supplementary supply of tablets into the tablet case is facilitated.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic tablet packing machine according to the present invention, wherein 1 is a tablet packing machine main body. .

As shown in FIG. 3, a tablet supply mechanism 10 to be described later is provided in an upper portion of the tablet packaging machine main body 1, and a tablet selectively supplied from the tablet supply mechanism 10 is provided in a lower portion thereof. Automatic packaging mechanism units 60 (described later), which are automatically packaged and discharged, are arranged.

In the lower part of the front side F of the main body 1 of the tablet packaging machine, an opening 2 serving as an exchange port for medicine package sheets and an inspection / maintenance operation port is provided with the automatic packaging mechanism 60.
The opening 2 is provided with a door body 3 which can be opened and closed freely.

The door body 3 is guided and engaged with guide rails 4 provided on both right and left sides of the tablet packaging machine body 1 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. It is suspended by a pair of left and right constant load suspension mechanisms 6 attached to a fixed frame 5 in the upper part of the tablet packaging machine main body 1.

The pair of left and right constant load suspension mechanisms 6, 6
The door body 3 is constituted by a band spring having the same load as that of the door body 3, and the door body 3 can be freely stopped at an arbitrary opening position by the balance.

In the figure, reference numerals 7 and 7 denote a pair of right and left magnets mounted on the fixed frame 5 with the constant load suspending mechanisms 6 and 6 interposed therebetween. The magnet catch plates 8, 8 provided at the upper end of the door body 3 correspond to the magnet catch plates 8, 8, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 4, the magnets 7 are attracted to the door body 3 at the uppermost open position of the door body 3 so that the door body 3 can be stably and reliably held and fixed.

That is, the tablet supply mechanism section 10 includes a cylindrical casing 11 having a large number of storage sections formed in a plane rectangular shape and divided into a plane lattice,
And a tablet storage and supply unit 20 inserted into each storage unit and arranged in a horizontal plane, and disposed at the lower part of the casing 11 and selectively supplied by a fixed amount from the tablet storage and supply unit 20 at a constant rate. And a pair of left and right belt conveyors 50 and 50 as first tablet conveying means for receiving tablets falling from the hopper 40.

On the other hand, the automatic packaging mechanism 60 is provided with a shutter conveyor 7 as a second tablet conveying means disposed at the lower center of the pair of left and right belt conveyors 50, 50.
0, and the tablets from the belt conveyors 50, 50 dropped onto the shutter conveyor 70 are placed in the medicine package sheet 101 continuously fed from the medicine package sheet feeding section 200 in which the medicine package sheet roll 100 is loaded. A heat sealing mechanism 300 for feeding and heat sealing; a cutting mechanism 400 for cutting the medicine package sheet 101 heat sealed as a package by the heat sealing mechanism 300;
The package transport mechanism 5 for transporting the package cut at 00 to an outlet 9 opened on the upper side surface of the tablet packaging machine body 1.
00.

The casing 11 of the tablet supply mechanism 10
Tablet storage and supply body 20 inserted and arranged in each storage section in the
As shown in FIG. 1, various tablets are placed at the upper end 21a.
The tablet case 21 includes a cylindrical tablet case 21 made of a transparent synthetic resin body accommodated from the side, and a driving unit 23 to which a lower end portion 21 b of the tablet case 21 is connected via a joint member 22.

In the tablet case 21, there is provided an alignment plate 24 connected to a swing arm 23a which is rocked by a motor (not shown) of the drive portion 23. The tablets housed in the tablet case 21 are aligned by the swinging motion of the swing arm 23a, and the tablets are separated and dropped one by one toward the passage 24a below the tablet case 21.

In the drawing, reference numeral 25 denotes the joint member 22.
The tablet detecting device 25 is mounted on a driving unit 23 to which the tablet case 21 and the aligning plate 24 are connected. The tablet detecting device 25 faces the tablet passage 24a falling from the aligning plate 24 through the tablet detecting device 25. The light emitting section 26 and a light receiving section 27 that receives light from the light emitting section 26, and the alignment board 24 that passes between the light emitting section 26 and the light receiving section 27.
The number of tablets separated one by one is counted.

Further, in the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes a cap made of a transparent synthetic resin body removably covered on the upper end 21a of the tablet case 21.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a lid 32 made of a transparent synthetic resin body hinged by a pin 31 is provided on the upper surface of the cap 30 so as to be openable and closable. Are formed so as to be inclined in the shape of a vertical cross section “F”, and on the upper surface 33 thereof, storage portions 34 and 35 for storing a tablet sample drug A and a desiccant B and a drug name card C And display portions 36 on which the number card D of the doublet case 21 can be arranged.

On the other hand, the lid 32 in the shape of a vertical cross section "F" is used.
On the inner side of the rising end face 37, there is formed an insertion groove 38 in which, for example, a medicine name card C or a number card D of the doublet case 21 can be arranged, and the medicine name card C inserted and arranged in this insertion groove 38 is formed. The number card D and the like of the doublet case 21 can be seen through from the outside of the rising end face 37. The rising end face 37 is formed in an arc-shaped concave surface so that a finger or the like can easily be caught, and is used as a handle for opening and closing. I have.

Further, the cap 30 covered with the upper end 21a of each of the doublet cases 21 is provided with a cap 30 as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the tablet case 21 is arranged in a saw-tooth shape along the front-rear direction of the tablet packaging machine main body 1, whereby each tablet case 21 is arranged from both front and rear sides of the front side F and the rear side R of the tablet packaging machine main body 1. The names of the tablets stored in the tablets can be easily checked visually.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a cap having an openable and closable lid is provided at the upper end of each tablet case forming the tablet storage and supply body. Are formed so as to be inclined in the shape of a vertical cross section "F", and are arranged in a saw-tooth shape along the front-rear direction of the tablet packaging machine main body. Since the upper surface of the body and the rising end face face the front and rear sides of the tablet packaging machine main body, if a drug name card, a number card of a tablet case, etc. are arranged on the upper surface of the lid and the rising end surface, the tablet packaging machine main body can be opened. Visual confirmation of the names of the tablets stored in the respective tablet cases can be easily performed from both front and rear sides.

[0026] Further, since the rising end face of the lid having a vertical cross section of the shape of "F" is used as a handle for opening and closing, the rising end face of the lid protrudes upward, so that the lid can be easily opened and closed. This makes it possible to easily supply and supply the tablets into the tablet case.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a tablet case which is a tablet storage and supply body inserted into a tablet supply mechanism disposed in an automatic tablet packaging machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic tablet packaging machine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an internal configuration of the automatic tablet packaging machine.

FIG. 4 is an essential part cross-sectional view showing a holding state of the door body at an uppermost open position.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part showing a cap-covered state and an open / closed state of a lid at an upper end portion of the tablet case.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement state of a lid of a cap covered on an upper end portion of the tablet case.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Tablet packaging machine main body, 10 ... Tablet supply mechanism part, 20 ... Tablet storage supply body, 21 ... Tablet case, 21a ... Upper end part, 30 ... Cap, 32 ... · Lid, 33 · · · upper surface, 37 · · · rising end face, 60 · · · automatic packaging mechanism.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-98821 (JP, A) JP-A-60-179647 (JP, U) JP-A-57-199546 (JP, U) JP-A-57-199546 182791 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65B 1/00-3/30 B65B 35/00-39/14

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic tablet packaging machine having a tablet supply mechanism disposed at an upper portion in a tablet packaging machine main body and an automatic packaging mechanism disposed at a lower portion thereof. A tablet storage supply body having a tablet case in which is stored is arranged in a horizontal plane, and at the upper end of each tablet case,
A cap having a closable transparent lid provided, the magnetic
The clear lid slopes the top surface to the front rising edge and back
The upper surface portion is formed in a vertical cross-sectional shape of "H", and arranged in a saw-tooth shape along the front-rear direction of the tablet packaging machine body ,
A display portion formed on the upper surface portion of the cover and the rising end surface;
Insert the tablet case into the insertion groove formed along the inside.
Number card or lock stored in the tablet case
The agent name card of the agent is arranged and the rising end face is in front.
An automatic tablet packaging machine characterized by a handle for opening and closing the lid .