JP3725237B2 - Medicine cabinet - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a chemical storehouse for storing a plurality of chemical containers each containing a chemical.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, medicines handled by medical institutions such as hospital pharmacies include internal medicines such as tablets and powders, external medicines and injection medicines. These medicines are packaged by pharmaceutical manufacturers and delivered to medical institutions. Prior to use, medical institutions store each necessary medicine in an appropriate medicine container that can be removed. It is preferable to keep it. Therefore, various types of tablet packaging machines equipped with a large number of tablet feeders for storing tablets and supplying them as needed are available as devices for such applications, and handle powders and other chemicals. Similar devices are also being developed.
[0003]
For example, the above-described tablet packaging machine includes a large number of tablet feeders and a packaging device that is disposed below and wraps the tablets taken out from each tablet feeder. The component part in which many tablet feeders are arrange | positioned among this tablet packaging machine can be called a chemical | medical warehouse in the meaning of the part which accommodated various medicines so that extraction was possible. The medicine cabinet is provided with a large number of tablet feeders and a guide path member for dropping the tablets taken out from each tablet feeder toward the packaging device.
[0004]
In such a tablet packaging machine, it is generally required to arrange as many tablet feeders as possible in the medicine cabinet. Therefore, in the upper space of the packaging device, a chemical storage is installed using the width and depth dimensions of the packaging device as a guide, and a plurality of tablets are placed in this chemical storage in each of the front, rear, left, and right directions. It is common to place a feeder. Conventionally, a plurality of tablet feeders are arranged in a line in the front-rear direction and arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction so that tablets can be replenished to each tablet feeder as needed. Is formed as a drawer that can be pulled out from the housing of the entire tablet packaging machine, and a plurality of such drawers are arranged in the left-right direction to constitute a medicine cabinet.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional medicine cabinet, each drawer has a height between the upper and lower sides of the medicine cabinet, and a plurality of tablet feeders per one row are placed on each drawer in all vertical stages. Therefore, it is unavoidable that the weight of each drawer body is considerably increased, and a great amount of force is required to pull out the drawer body. there were. Also, the housing that supports the heavy drawer so that it can be pulled out is required to have sufficient strength, and when the drawer is pulled out, the front of the housing is sufficient to prevent the entire tablet packaging machine from falling due to the movement of the center of gravity. There was a problem that it was necessary to take measures to prevent falling.
[0006]
Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-40901 discloses a tablet packaging machine in which drawers having a pair of left and right shelves on which a plurality of tablet feeders are placed are provided in multiple stages in the vertical direction. However, in this tablet packaging machine, since the guide path for tablets is formed between the pair of left and right shelves, there is no part of the guide path when any drawer is pulled out. There is a problem that it is not possible to take out the tablet from the tablet feeder placed on the other drawer.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and the problem is that the weight of the drawer body for pulling out the chemical container can be reduced, and any drawer body can be pulled out. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine storage that can take out medicine from a medicine container corresponding to another drawer.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The chemical storage of the present invention has a discharge mechanism for storing the chemicals and discharging the stored chemicals, respectively, and a plurality of chemical containers arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, and driving the discharge mechanism to each chemical container In a chemical warehouse provided with a driving means for taking out the medicine and a guiding means for guiding the medicine taken out from each medicine container by the driving means to a predetermined place, the medicine container is divided into a plurality of sets in the vertical direction. The medicine container for each group is provided with a plurality of drawer bodies that can be pulled out separately from the guide means.
[0009]
In this chemical warehouse, the chemical containers are divided into a plurality of groups in the vertical direction, and each drawer body separates the chemical container for each group from the guide means and pulls it out. The weight of each drawer body is reduced as compared with the conventional chemical warehouse where the chemical containers are drawn out collectively. Further, since the guide means remains without being pulled out even when an arbitrary drawer is pulled out, the medicine can be taken out from the medicine container corresponding to the other drawer.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0011]
FIG. 3 is a front view of the tablet packaging machine including the drugstore according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Each of the tablet packaging machines 1 stores a plurality of medicine containers (not shown in FIG. 3) in which medicines (tablets) are removably accommodated, and guides the medicines taken out from each medicine container downward. A medicine container 2 having a guide path member (not shown in FIG. 3) for packaging, a packaging device 3 disposed below the medicine container 2 for packaging the medicine taken out from each medicine container, and the medicine container 2 and a packaging device 3, and a funnel-shaped chute 4 that guides the medicine taken out from each medicine container to the packaging device 3. In the medicine cabinet 2, a plurality of medicine containers are arranged in each of the front and rear, left and right, and top and bottom directions. The medicine cabinet 2 divides the medicine containers into a plurality of groups in the vertical direction and the left-right direction for each row and one row, and a plurality of drawers 10 capable of pulling out a plurality of medicine containers for each group collectively. have. Therefore, the drawer bodies 10 are arranged in a plurality of rows in the left-right direction and in a plurality of stages in the up-down direction. Each drawer 10 has a front panel 11 at the front end, and the front panel 11 is provided with a handle 12 for pulling the drawer 10 forward. The plurality of drawers 10, the packaging device 3, and the chute 4 are accommodated in the entire housing 5 of the tablet packaging machine 1.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of a chemical warehouse according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA ′ of FIG. As shown in these drawings, in the medicine cabinet 2, a partition portion 21 that partitions the space as the medicine cabinet 2 among the spaces in the housing 5 for each row, and a space for one row partitioned by the partition portion 21. Is further provided with a partitioning portion 22 for partitioning each of the two. These partition portions 21 and 22 are fixed to the housing 5. A rail holding portion 23 extending in the front-rear direction is fixed to the upper surface of each partition portion 22. The left and right ends of the rail holding portion 23 are bent upward, and rails 24 extending in the front-rear direction are fixed to the outside of the bent portion. Each drawer 10 has a movable body 13 that is disposed above the rails 24, 24 and is movable along the rails 24, 24. The movable body 13 is bent downward so that the left and right ends are positioned outside the rails 24 and 24, and fitting portions 13a and 13a that are movably fitted to the rails 24 and 24, respectively, are fitted to the bent portions. Is provided. The front end of the moving body 13 is joined to the front panel 11.
[0013]
A plurality of medicine containers 31 each containing a medicine (tablet) are arranged in a row on the moving body 13, and each medicine container 31 is placed in a space surrounded by the moving body 13 and the rail holding portion 23. A plurality of drive units 32 are arranged in a row so as to correspond. Each drive unit 32 includes a motor (not shown) and a rotation shaft 32a that is rotationally driven by the motor. A hole having a diameter larger than the diameter of the rotation shaft 32 a is formed in the moving body 13 at a position corresponding to the rotation shaft 32 a of the drive unit 32. In the present embodiment, the drive unit 32 is fixed to the moving body 13 via the connecting unit 34. Each chemical container 31 is detachably attached to the moving body 13. Each chemical container 31 is connected to the rotating shaft 32a of the drive unit 32 through a hole formed in the moving body 13 when mounted on the moving body 13, and is driven and accommodated by the rotating shaft 32a. It has a medicine discharge mechanism (not shown) that discharges one medicine (tablet) from a discharge port (not shown) one by one. For example, the upper end side of the rotation shaft 32a of the drive unit 32 is a gear, while the connecting portion with the rotation shaft 32a of the drive unit 32 in the medicine discharge mechanism of the medicine container 31 is a gear on the upper end side of the rotation shaft 32a. It is an internal gear that meshes with. Each drive unit 32 is controlled by a control unit (not shown) in the tablet packaging machine 1 based on prescription data input from the outside, and discharges the drug in the drug container 31 so as to discharge a necessary number of drugs (tablets). The mechanism is driven.
[0014]
The left part of the medicine container 31 has a medicine passage extending in the vertical direction in the space of each stage and one row partitioned by the partitioning portions 22 and 23, and the medicine taken out from each medicine container 31 is placed downward. A guide path member 33 for guiding is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the guide path member 33 is divided for each stage, and as shown in FIG. 2, one guide path member 33 is provided for each of the plurality of medicine containers 31 for one stage. Each guide path member 33 is formed with a plurality of receiving portions 33a for receiving the medicine discharged from each discharge port at a position corresponding to the discharge port of each drug container 31 for one row and one row. The moving body 13 is notched at a portion located between the discharge port of the medicine container 31 and the receiving portion 33a of the guide path member 33. The upper and lower ends of each guide path member 33 are opened, and the medicine that has passed through the upper guide path member 33 enters the lower guide path member 33. In addition, the partition part 22 is not formed in the part in which the guide path member 33 is arrange | positioned. The medicine that has passed through the lowermost guide path member 33 reaches the packaging device 3 via the chute 4. The guide path member 33 is fixed to the housing 5 or the partition portion 21 via the connecting portion 36.
[0015]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the drug containers 31 for one row and one row are detachably attached to the moving bodies 13 of the drawers 10 and the drive unit 32 for one row and one row is provided. Since it is fixed, when the drawer body 10 is pulled out from the housing 5, the medicine container 31 and the drive unit 32 for one stage and one row together with the drawer body 10 are separated from the guide path member 33 and pulled out collectively. It is supposed to be. Note that an engaging member that constitutes a stopper that engages with each other and fixes the drawer 10 is attached to the rear end of the movable body 13 of the drawer 10 and the corresponding portion of the inner wall of the housing 5. The stopper engages both engaging members when the drawer body 10 is pushed in to fix the drawer body 10, and when the drawer body 10 is pulled with a force greater than a predetermined magnitude, The engagement is released and the drawer 10 can be pulled out.
[0016]
Next, the operation of the chemical storage according to the present embodiment will be described. Each medicine container 31 of the medicine cabinet 2 stores a predetermined medicine. When a predetermined drive unit 32 is driven under the control of the control unit in the tablet packaging machine 1, the drug discharge mechanism of the drug container 31 corresponding to the drive unit 32 is driven, and a predetermined number of pieces are supplied from the drug container 31. Chemicals are discharged. The medicine discharged from the medicine container 31 enters the guide path member 33 from the receiving portion 33a, passes through one or a plurality of guide path members 33, and further reaches the packaging device 3 via the chute 4.
[0017]
When an arbitrary chemical container 31 is taken out to supply chemicals to the chemical container 31, the handle 12 of the drawer 10 on which the desired chemical container 31 is mounted is pulled by hand, and the drawer 10 Is pulled out from the housing 5 to the front. In the present embodiment, the drug containers 31 for one row and one row are detachably attached to the moving bodies 13 of the drawers 10 and the drive units 32 for one row and one row are fixed. When the drawer body 10 is pulled out to the near side, the medicine container 31 and the drive unit 32 for one row and one row together with the drawer body 10 are separated from the guide path member 33 and pulled out collectively. And it becomes possible to remove the desired chemical | medical agent container 31 from the moving body 13 of the drawer body 10 in the state which pulled out the drawer body 10. FIG.
[0018]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the drawer bodies 10 are provided for each one row of chemical containers 31, each drawer body collectively pulls out the chemical containers for all stages in the vertical direction. Compared to the conventional medicine warehouse, the weight of each drawer 10 is reduced, and it is possible to easily perform operations such as replenishing medicine to the medicine container 31. Further, the strength of the housing 5 may be smaller than that of the conventional case, and the measures for preventing the tipping of the front of the housing 5 when the drawer body 10 is pulled out may be simpler than that of the conventional case. Further, when the drawer body 10 is pulled forward, the drug containers 31 and the drive unit 32 for one row and one row are pulled out together with the drawer body 10, but the guide path member 33 remains in the housing 5 without being pulled out. Therefore, compared with the case where the guide path member 33 is also pulled out together with the drawer body 10, the weight of the drawer body 10 itself is further reduced, and even when the drawer body 10 is pulled out, other drawer bodies are drawn out. The medicine can be taken out from the medicine container 31 placed on 10 by driving the drive unit 32. In the present embodiment, the guide path member 33 does not necessarily need to be divided for each stage, and may be continuous for all stages.
[0019]
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of a medicine cabinet according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB ′ of FIG. In the medicine storage according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the drawer body for each stage and one row is a drawer body 10A for pulling out the medicine container 31 and the drive unit 32 for one stage and one row, It is divided into a drawer 10B for pulling out the guide path member 33 divided for each stage. The drawers 10A and 10B have front panels 11A and 11B, respectively. Although not shown, the front panels 11A and 11B are each provided with a handle. The front panel 11A is joined to the moving body 13, and the front panel 11B is joined to the guide path member 33 that also serves as the drawer 10B. A rail 51 extending in the front-rear direction is fixed to the inner wall of the housing 5 or the surface of the partition portion 21 facing the guide path member 33. The guide path member 33 is provided with a fitting portion 52 that is movably fitted to the rail 51, so that the guide path member 33 can slide in the front-rear direction along the rail 51. .
[0020]
In the chemical storehouse according to the present embodiment, when the drawer body 10A is pulled forward, the medicine container 31 and the drive unit 32 for one stage and one row are pulled out together with the drawer body 10A, but the guide path member 33 is a housing. 5 remains. On the other hand, when the drawer body 10B is pulled forward, only the guide path member 33 divided for each stage is pulled out. Therefore, according to the chemical warehouse according to the present embodiment, for example, when the guide path member 33 is cleaned, only the desired guide path member 33 can be pulled out, and the guide path member 33 can be easily cleaned. Further, the drawer body 10B for pulling out the guide path member 33 is lighter than the drawer body when the medicine container 31, the drive section 32, and the guide path section 33 for one row and one row can be pulled out collectively. Therefore, the pull-out operation when pulling out the guide path portion 33 for cleaning the guide path member 33 is facilitated.
[0021]
Other configurations, operations, and effects of the present embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment.
[0022]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the present invention, the chemical containers for all stages may be divided into a plurality of sets in the vertical direction, and a drawer member may be provided for each set. The drawers do not necessarily have to be provided in one row per row, and each drawer may be configured to pull out two or more stages of chemical containers 31 or the like. You may comprise so that the chemical | medical container 31 etc. of 2 or more rows may be pulled out collectively. In addition, the present invention is not limited to tablets, and can be applied to ampoules, vials, infusion solutions, powders, various external drugs, and other chemical containers that store appropriate drugs. In addition, as a guide means for guiding medicine to a predetermined place (collection or collection place of medicine), instead of the guide path member, it moves to the medicine discharge section in each chemical container and receives the chemical from each chemical container to receive the predetermined collection. , A transport device for transporting to the collection place may be provided.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the chemical warehouse of the present invention, the chemical container is divided into a plurality of groups in the vertical direction, and each drawer body is pulled out separately from the guide means for each chemical container. Compared to the conventional chemical warehouse where the drawer body pulls out the chemical containers for all the vertical stages at once, the weight of each drawer body can be reduced, so that the chemicals for the chemical containers can be reduced. Work such as replenishment can be easily performed, and an effect of preventing a fall when the drawer body is pulled out can be achieved easily. Furthermore, according to the medicine warehouse of the present invention, even when the drawer is pulled out, the guide means remains without being pulled out, so that the medicine can be taken out from the medicine container corresponding to the other drawer. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of a chemical warehouse according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the tablet packaging machine including the medicine storage according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of a chemical warehouse according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB ′ of FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tablet packaging machine 2 Drug storage 5 Housing 10 Pull-out body 11 Front panel 12 Handle 31 Chemical container 32 Drive part 33 Guide path member

Claims (1)

A plurality of chemical containers each having a discharge mechanism for storing and discharging the stored chemicals, and a plurality of chemical containers arranged in a vertical direction, and a driving means for driving the discharge mechanism to take out the chemical from each chemical container And a medicine storage provided with guidance means for guiding medicine taken out from each medicine container to a predetermined place by the driving means, the medicine container is divided into a plurality of sets in the vertical direction, A plurality of drawers that can be pulled out separately from the guide means, and another drawer body that can be pulled out separately from the chemical containers for each set. A chemical warehouse.

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