JP4540558B2 - Bottle feeder, bottle dispensing device and chemicals dispensing system - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a bottle feeder for supporting a dispensing operation in a hospital pharmacy, a bottle dispensing device that holds a large number thereof, and a medicine dispensing system in which different types of devices are arranged side by side. A bottle feeder that discharges in order from the end, a bottle dispensing device that automatically dispenses bottles, and a chemical dispensing system that automatically dispenses bottles from the bottle dispensing device and semi-automatically dispenses chemicals such as bottles from the chemical storage device About.

  This invention is suitable for performing automatic discharge / automatic dispensing according to the prescription for handling bottles (bottle-shaped containers) containing and sealing liquids, infusions, physiological saline, distilled water, etc. In particular, bottles with stagnation are handled, and the bottles are suspended by using the stagnation of the bottles in order to keep the bottles aligned. It is sufficient that the dripping is present with a stopper or lid attached to the bottle body. The chemicals in this specification are not limited to those in bottles, but are stored in PTP-packed drugs, injectable drugs such as ampoules, vials, and contrast agents, and containers such as boxes and tubes. Drugs such as tablets, powders, ointments, eye drops, and other supplementary chemicals are applicable regardless of whether they can be stored in a line or cannot be dropped or discharged.

If the object to be stored is not limited to chemicals, a typical example of a storage with a separate storage function is for general-purpose lockers and facilities where the storage is divided into a number of compartments and doors are attached to each compartment For example, an article stand.
When the object to be stored is chemicals, there is known a chemical storage device in which chemicals such as ampoules are stored in a cassette and can be taken in and out with one touch (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This is done by guiding and displaying the cassette position to be put in and out with an LED or the like, and taking out the chemicals by manually picking it up.

There is also known a medicine shelf that displays a guide for the position to be taken out by illuminating a bottle containing powdered medicine (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
Furthermore, there is also known a medicine storage device that can open a door or a drawer box so large that such position guidance display is not required (see, for example, Patent Document 3). Since this is automatically performed until the opening operation in addition to the selection of chemicals during separate storage, the location of the desired chemicals becomes clear at a glance, and the chemicals can be taken out.

Considering automatic dispensing in addition to storage, a chemical dispensing device that can automatically discharge chemicals by providing a semi-cylindrical movable lid at the front end of the cassette and rotating it is realized. (For example, refer to Patent Document 4). This incorporates a dispensing transport mechanism for taking out stored chemicals from the chemical discharge port of the cassette and transporting them to a predetermined position.
In addition, a drug delivery device that includes a drug transport device that horizontally moves the drug discharged from the cassette, a drop guide member that drops and collects the drug, and a transporter transport device that transports the transporter to the input position of the collected drug is also developed. (See, for example, Patent Document 5).

Injectable drugs that are stored in a horizontal cassette in an aligned manner, are discharged from the cassette by opening and closing the gate, and the discharged injectable drugs are dropped by a shooter. A dispensing machine has also been developed (see, for example, Patent Document 6). In this dispensing machine, infusion bottles are also stored in a cassette in the same manner as ampoules and vials.
By using such a cassette and a dispensing device, various bottles, medicines, and chemicals are arranged and stored, and desired ones are automatically discharged, collected, and dispensed.

JP 2001-198194 A (FIGS. 5 and 11) JP 2004-148036 A (first page, FIG. 4) JP 2004-187958 A (first page, FIG. 3) JP 2004-275550 A (first page) JP 2004-344420 A (first page) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-278817 (first page)

However, in the case of drugs that are bulkier than PTP packaging agents or ampoules, such as infusion bottles, a cassette that can accommodate almost the entire bottle as in the prior art is used for alignment and maintenance. Expenses increase. For this reason, it is desired to achieve cost reduction and compact packaging by miniaturizing and slimming the cassette so that it is no longer appropriate to call it a cassette.
In addition, in order to reduce costs and achieve compact packaging, it is also necessary to realize a discharge mechanism that can accurately discharge a bottle only when necessary, with a simple structure.
Therefore, it is a technical problem of the bottle feeder and the automatic bottle dispensing device that the bottle alignment holding unit is slimmed and simplified, and the structure of the discharge mechanism is devised so as to be compact and simple. .

On the other hand, with regard to the semi-automatic medicine storage device, the convenience described above has been recognized, that is, the convenience of separating and storing a large number of chemicals and manually selecting and opening the target is automatic. The range of desired applications has expanded, and for example, there has been a demand for handling a large number of chemicals including not only those frequently used but also those that are not frequently used.
However, the conventional chemical storage device employs a special mechanism consisting of a combination of a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic coil in the open drive mechanism so that the drawer box can be opened large enough to be clearly understood. It is difficult to reduce the unit price.

For this reason, for example, if a large number of small drawers are arranged vertically and horizontally and the number of storage containers is increased, the number of open drive mechanisms is increased by the same amount, and the price of the apparatus is increased. Even if the unit price of the storage container is reduced by downsizing, the cost of the open drive mechanism does not drop so much unless the distance to drive it forward in the pull-out direction, that is, the drive distance is changed.
Then, in order to reduce the cost, it is a shortcut to shorten the drive distance of the open drive mechanism, and then the open drive mechanism can be configured by, for example, a mass-produced and inexpensive electric motor or cam.

Of course, if the drive distance of the open drive mechanism is shortened, it will not be possible to say that the storage container is sufficiently conspicuous even if the opening operation of the extraction object, that is, the advance of the storage container during the storage of the target chemical is automatically performed. It is desirable to use a position guide display in combination, and the cost increase thereby reduces the cost of the open drive mechanism.
As for the guidance display of the extraction target position, there is a method of reducing the cost by reducing the required number of light emitting members from the storage container by sharing the light emitting members in a vertical or horizontal arrangement (for example, FIG. 11 of Patent Document 1). In the conventional method, each of the storage containers does not shine.

On the other hand, when the same number of light emitting members as the storage container are provided and arranged one-on-one with the storage container (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and FIG. 5 and Patent Document 2), each of the storage containers shines, so that the visibility is excellent. It is difficult to reduce costs.
Therefore, in order to reduce the cost of chemical storage devices, it is acceptable to reduce the drive distance of the open drive mechanism, and keep the number of light emitting members smaller than that of the storage container. Using the fact that the advance is maintained, it is a technical problem of the chemicals storage device to modify the storage container so that each portion of the storage container shines even with a small number of light emitting members.

By the way, in large hospitals and pharmacies, various dispensing machines are arranged side by side, and a dispensing system is constructed by collecting required drugs manually and connecting each transport mechanism.
However, there are many types of chemicals even in bottles, and considering the drugs that are prescribed and applied together with bottled infusions, the types of drugs and medical materials that should be dispensed with bottles are enormous. However, mounting all of them on an automatic bottle dispensing device is excessively costly. Therefore, although frequently used bottles and the like are mounted on an automatic apparatus as described in Patent Document 5, many non-mounted chemicals that are not mounted on such an automatic apparatus are stored in a manual medicine shelf or the like. . This situation is the same when a frequently used chemical is mounted on a semi-automatic chemical storage device as described in Patent Document 3.

Therefore, the automatic bottle dispensing device and the semi-automatic drug storage device share the mounting so that as many chemicals as possible can be mounted in the dispensing machine within a limited budget, and both devices cost. The down is a first technical problem of the medicine dispensing system.
In addition, the two devices are linked together and a convenient work place is provided so that it is easy to perform the work of dispensing chemicals including bottles from the automatic bottle dispensing device and the semi-automatic chemical storage device that share the mounting. Ensuring it is the second technical issue of the chemicals dispensing system.

  The bottle feeder and the bottle dispensing device of the present invention (Solution means 1) were created in order to solve the technical problems of the bottle feeder and the automatic bottle dispensing device described above, and can be hung from a bottle. Assuming that there is, there is an alignment suspension by using it, and sequential discharge (sequential discharge) is performed by the revolving motion of the semi-cylindrical part of the discharge member (shaft rotation of the discharge member) It is like that. When these members are collected as a single unit, it becomes a bottle feeder (Claim 1), and when a large number of such feeders are arranged and combined with a collecting / dispensing mechanism, a bottle dispensing apparatus is formed (Claim 2).

  Specifically, a plate frame that forms an inclined path between opposing ends that can align the bottle in a suspended state by loosely inserting the bottle's sag, and a discharge side end of the plate frame An attached electric motor, and a discharge member having a semi-cylindrical portion facing the discharge side end of the ramp and connected to the rotation output shaft of the motor, and normally discharging the semi-cylindrical portion The leading bottle in the ramp is received by the inner concave portion of the semi-cylindrical portion on the side, and the semi-cylindrical portion circulates around the leading bottle by the rotational drive of the motor during operation. The bottle is released from the inner recess and discharged from the ramp.

In addition, the medicine dispensing system of the present invention (Solution 2, Claims 3 and 4 at the beginning of the application) includes the first technical problem described above (including the technical problem of the chemical storage device and the technical problem of the bottle dispensing apparatus). Is included), and
A bottle dispensing device that can discharge bottles sequentially (sequential discharge) and hangs in multiple rows, automatically discharges the bottles from each row, guides them downwards, and collects them. A medicine dispensing system in which a medicine storage device that is held side by side in a possible state and advanced by an open drive mechanism disposed rearward is provided in parallel,
The bottle dispensing device performs bottle alignment maintenance and alignment advancement by suspending the bottles on an inclined path between opposite ends of the plate frame, and sequentially discharging the bottles by rotating the semi-cylindrical portion of the discharge member. What to do,
The medicine storage device is provided with a light transmitting member that transmits light that passes in front of a plurality of the storage containers in the retracted state, and a visualizing unit that directs the light forward when receiving the light is stored in the storage It is formed or attached to the front end of each container.

Furthermore, the medicine dispensing system of the present invention (Solution means 3, claims 3 and 5 at the beginning of the application) was created to solve the second technical problem described above,
In a state that bottles can be discharged sequentially, bottle dispensing device that automatically suspends the bottles in multiple rows, automatically discharges the bottles from each row and guides them downwards, and a large number of storage containers for storing chemicals. A medicine dispensing system in which a medicine storage device that is held side by side and advanced by an open drive mechanism disposed rearward is provided side by side, and a work table is attached to the medicine storage device. A drop space is formed in a partially cut shape, a weighing meter is installed in the drop space, and a transport mechanism is provided for feeding the bottle paid out by the bottle dispensing device into the drop space. That's it.

  In such a bottle feeder and a bottle dispensing device of the present invention (Solution 1), the bottle curl is loosely inserted into the ramp using the fact that the bottle is curled, and this is repeated. The bottles are aligned in a suspended state. Bottles aligned and suspended on the ramp slide down the ramp and move toward the discharge side end, but the discharge side end of the ramp faces the semi-cylindrical portion of the discharge member. Since the semi-cylindrical portion is set as the discharge side and the leading bottle in the inclined path is received by the inner concave portion, the bottle is aligned and held by the plate frame and is maintained in that state.

  When the discharge mechanism is operated, the discharge member is axially rotated by the electric motor, and the semi-cylindrical portion of the discharge member circulates around the leading bottle by the rotational drive, and the leading bottle moves inside the semi-cylindrical portion by the revolving motion. Released from the recess, the leading bottle slides off the ramp and is discharged. In the meantime, the semi-cylindrical part in the middle of the rounding of the next bottle cuts between the head bottle and the next bottle is stopped by the outer peripheral surface and stays in the ramp. Then, when the semi-cylindrical part comes to the discharge side end of the ramp after completing one round, the next bottle moves up to the top and fits into the inner concave part of the semi-cylindrical part, and returns to the normal state. The preparation state for sequential discharge is maintained.

  In this way, bottle alignment maintenance and alignment advance are performed on the ramp, and sequential discharge and sequential discharge of the bottle are performed by the circular movement of the semi-cylindrical portion of the discharge member, and the bottle is discharged accurately only when necessary. However, since the inclined path which carries out the alignment suspending of the bottle is formed at the opposite end portion of the plate frame, the alignment holding portion becomes simple. Moreover, since the plate frame does not need to store the entire bottle, the height can be lower than the bottle as long as it has a width and rigidity that can hold and hold the bottle, so the alignment holding part can no longer be called a cassette. It becomes so slim.

In addition, the semi-cylindrical part responsible for sequential discharge does not need to accommodate the entire bottle, even if the top bottle is accommodated in the inner recess. Smaller. In addition, since the electric motor and the discharge member that orbits the semi-cylindrical part are directly connected or connected to the discharge side end of the plate frame, the discharge mechanism is simple and compact.
Therefore, according to the present invention, an inexpensive and small bottle feeder and bottle dispensing device can be realized.

In the medicine dispensing system of the present invention (Solution 2), the automatic bottle dispensing device and the semi-automatic medicine storage device are arranged side by side to share the mounting of bottles and other chemicals on both devices. Furthermore, with regard to the bottle dispensing device, the bottle alignment maintenance and alignment advance are performed by suspending on the ramp between the opposite ends of the plate frame, and the sequential discharge of the bottles is performed. By performing the circular movement of the semi-cylindrical part of the discharge member, the alignment holding part becomes slimmer than the cassette, and furthermore, it is not necessary to provide a weighing member or a biasing member individually. Is simplified, and as a result, the cost is reduced. For semi-automatic medicine storage devices, the automatic advance of the storage container is used to light each part of the storage container with a smaller number of light transmission members than the storage container, so that the convenience is not impaired. Cost reduction can be promoted.
Therefore, according to the present invention, the first technical problem of the medicine dispensing system described above (this includes the technical problem of the medicine storage device and the technical problem of the bottle dispensing apparatus) is solved.

  Furthermore, in the medicine dispensing system of the present invention (Solution 3), the automatic bottle dispensing device and the semi-automatic medicine storage device are arranged side by side to share the mounting of bottles and other chemicals on both devices. In addition, the bottles automatically discharged from the bottle discharging device are further automatically transferred to the drop-in space by the transport mechanism and placed on the weighing meter. Further, the chemicals dispensed semi-automatically from the chemical storage device are manually arranged on the work table, and after confirmation, are slid on the work table and transferred to the drop-in space.

In this way, confirmation by weighing is performed easily and quickly, and, if visual inspection of dispensing is necessary, all dispensed chemicals are returned from the electronic balance onto the work table for auditing.
Therefore, according to the present invention, after linking the automatic bottle dispensing device and the semi-automatic drug storage device that share the mounting, it is possible to secure a work place that can be used for dispensing or auditing the chemicals, By installing the weighing meter in a specific space that enhances the convenience of the work, the second technical problem of the medicine dispensing system described above is solved.

  Several modes for carrying out such a medicine dispensing system of the present invention will be described. According to the following Embodiments 1-4, the solution of the technical problem of the semi-automatic medicine storage device described above is further promoted.

The semi-automatic medicine storage device of the medicine dispensing system of the present invention (Embodiment 1) is a semi-automatic medicine storage device of the medicine dispensing system of the above-mentioned solution means, and has the following specific configuration. . That is, a large number of storage containers for storing chemicals, a storage section that holds them vertically and horizontally in a state where they can be pulled out forward, and a large number of storage containers that are disposed behind each of the storage containers and advance the corresponding storage containers. In a medicine storage device including an open drive mechanism, the open drive mechanism has a short drive distance, and transmits a light transmitting member (light emission) that transmits light in front of a plurality of the retracted storage containers. Member), and when the light is transmitted, a visualizing means for directing the light forward is formed or attached to the front end portion of each of the storage containers.
Here, “short drive distance” means that when the open drive mechanism advances the corresponding storage container, the advance distance is shorter than the depth of the storage container, that is, the length in the front-rear direction. In general, it is as short as the length in the front-rear direction related to the portion of the storage container that is recognized as the front end.

  In such a semi-automatic medicine storage apparatus of the present invention (Embodiment 1), when the storage container selected as the object to be taken out is automatically advanced by the corresponding open drive mechanism, the front end portion of the storage container is stored in the warehouse. Since the light emitted from the light transmitting member hits the front end portion and the light is directed forward by the visualizing means, the storage container to be taken out shines. This is the same when other storage containers are to be taken out, and each of the storage containers shines. Moreover, since the storage containers arranged facing the same light transmission line share a single light transmission member, a plurality of such storage containers cannot shine simultaneously, but even applications that require such use can be avoided. For example, there is no problem even if the number of light transmitting members is smaller than the number of storage containers.

Visualization means for changing the direction of light and making it easy to visually recognize is a known light guide member (see Patent Document 2), an appropriate reflection member, scattering member, or a surface that forms a reflection surface or scattering surface By performing the processing, it can be realized at a lower cost than the light transmitting member.
Therefore, according to the present invention, when the driving distance of the opening drive mechanism is shortened, each portion of the storage container is made to shine with a light transmitting member that is smaller than the storage container. The chemical storage device can be made inexpensive.

A semi-automatic medicine storage apparatus according to the present invention (Embodiment 2) is the medicine storage apparatus according to Embodiment 1 described above, wherein the open drive mechanism includes an eccentric cam attached to a motor and its rotating shaft. It is characterized by that.
In this case, if the open drive mechanism has a short drive distance, a sufficient cost reduction can be achieved by using commercially available mass-produced products.

Further, the semi-automatic medicine storage device of the present invention (Embodiment 3) is the medicine storage device of Embodiments 1 and 2, wherein the front plate of the storage container is transparent, and an inclined surface immediately behind it. The visualization means is a nameplate placed on the inclined surface.
In this case, the visualizing means is mounted by placing a nameplate on the inclined surface inside the storage container, and the nameplate that also serves as the visualizing means employs a plate-like body that reflects and scatters light on the surface. Since this may be a general whitish paper or the like, it can be implemented easily and inexpensively. If a light-emitting element with a high luminous intensity is made cheap, the reflectance of the visualization means is lowered and a part of the light is transmitted so that the light travels further straight. Simultaneous light emission can also be put into practical use.

A semi-automatic medicine storage device according to the present invention (Embodiment 4) is the medicine storage device according to any of Embodiments 1 to 3, in which the bottom plate of the storage container is opaque, and the light transmitting member transmits light. A light receiving member is provided first, and the drawer state of the storage container is determined based on the light receiving state.
In such a semi-automatic medicine storage device of the present invention (Embodiment 4), if the storage container protrudes from the storage part, the light transmission is blocked, while the storage container is retracted into the storage part. Light transmission is not blocked. As described above, the light receiving state of the light receiving member changes according to the presence or absence of the protrusion of the storage container. Therefore, it is automatically determined whether or not the automatic advance and manual push-back of the storage container are completed based on the light receiving state of the light receiving member. be able to. In addition, since the light receiving member is shared by the plurality of storage containers as well as the light transmitting member, the number of light receiving members is smaller than that of the storage container.

With respect to the bottle feeder, the dispensing device, and the dispensing system of the present invention, specific modes for carrying out this will be described with reference to Examples 1 to 5 below.
The embodiment 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 embodies the solution 1 described above as a bottle feeder (claim 1 at the beginning of the application), and the embodiment 2 shown in FIG. 3 is the solution described above. 1 is embodied as a bottle feeder arrangement type bottle dispensing device (claim 2 at the beginning of the application).

Examples 3 to 5 relate to a medicine dispensing system, and Example 3 shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 includes the above-described solving means 2 to 3 (claims 3 to 5 at the beginning of application) and Embodiments 1 to 2. Example 4 shown in FIG. 7 is an embodiment of Embodiment 3 described above, and Example 5 shown in FIG. 8 is an embodiment of Embodiment 4 described above. It is.
In the drawings, for the sake of simplicity, details of the supporting members such as frames, fasteners such as bolts, couplings such as hinges, electric circuits such as motor drivers, and electronic circuits are omitted. These drawings are mainly shown for the description of the invention and related items. Moreover, although the part which gave the hatching in the figure has shown the cross section, the part which attached | subjected the dot shows the member surface instead of a cross section.

  About the Example 1 of the bottle feeder of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated referring drawings. FIG. 1 shows the structure of the bottle feeder 10, (a) is a plan view, (b) is a longitudinal left side view, (c) is a front view, (d) is a longitudinal left side view, and (e) is a front view. (F) is the left view of the place which suspended the bottle 20 in the feeder 10 in alignment.

The bottle feeder 10 (see FIGS. 1A to 1C) includes a simple and slim plate frame 11 that replaces the cassette body, an electric motor 13 as a drive source for discharging operation, and a shaft that is driven by the motor 13. A discharge member 14 that is rotated and is responsible for sequential discharge and sequential discharge of the top bottle is provided.
The bottle 20 that is aligned and held in the feeder 10 is made of, for example, a plastic that is resistant to impact, and is sealed by containing infusion liquid or distilled water. . If the bottle body is twisted, alignment can be maintained. However, even if the bottle body is not twisted, for example, if the bottle body is wrinkled, the alignment can be maintained.

  The plate frame 11 is inclined by several degrees to several tens of degrees in order to form the inclined path 12, and the illustration is omitted. However, for example, when the board frame 11 is installed on a horizontal base, the legs having different lengths are used. When it is supported by and mounted on a shelf board or a frame bar, it is tilted together with the shelf board or the frame bar. The plate frame 11 is formed into an elongated rectangular tube having a quadrilateral cross section by bending or combining rectangular plate materials made of metal or by integrally molding plastic, but its lower side is completely connected. The central part is open and it becomes the ramp 12.

  The inclined path 12 is sandwiched from opposite sides by the opposed end portions 11a and 11b of the plate frame 11, and extends straight in the longitudinal direction of the plate frame 11 to reach the entire length. The width of the ramp 12 is larger than the bottle 20 so that the bottle 20 can be freely inserted, and smaller than the head such as a cap. When the bottle 20 is inserted into the ramp 12 while the head of the bottle 20 is inserted in the hollow of the plate frame 11, and the bottle is called the neck, the bottle 20 can be suspended in a hanging state. It is like that. Since the upper surface portions of the opposed end portions 11a and 11b face the hollow side of the plate frame 11 and become the sliding surface of the suspended bottle 20, if it is necessary to reduce the frictional resistance, for example, ethylene tetrafluoride Etc. are applied and pasted.

Of the two ends of the plate frame 11, the higher one (left side in FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1F) is used as a replenishing port for the bottle 20, so nothing is attached and the bottle is in a released state. . The lower end of the both ends of the plate frame 11 (the right side in FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1F) is equipped with a discharge member 14 that can be pivoted to selectively open and close the discharge port. An electric motor 13 having a rotation output shaft coupled thereto is externally provided.
For example, a commercially available flat-type electric motor is employed as the motor 13. The motor 13 is normally stopped at the ON position of the origin sensor 15 such as a push switch. When a discharge command is received from a controller (not shown), the discharge member 14 is rotated once. It is supposed to let you.

  The discharge member 14 is made by, for example, metal cutting or hard plastic molding, and the upper end portion is generally disk-shaped. The lower end portion and the intermediate portion are semicylindrical portions 14a having a shape obtained by substantially dividing the cylinder into two in the axial direction. The central portion of the upper end portion is connected to the lower end of the rotation output shaft of the motor 13, and the lower end portion approaches the ramp 12. The height of the inner recess 14 b of the semicylindrical portion 14 a is higher than the height of the head of the bottle 20. Then, based on the control of the controller and the intermittent drive of the motor 13 as described above (refer to FIGS. 1 (a) to (c) and (f)), the semi-cylindrical portion 14a is set to the discharge side and the inner recess 14b is normally used. The head of the leading bottle 20 in the ramp 12 is received at the time of operation (see FIGS. 1D and 1E), and the semicylindrical portion 14a is driven by the motor 13 to rotate. The head bottle 20 is released from the inner recess 14b and discharged from the inclined path 12 during the circulation.

  About the bottle feeder 10 of this Example 1, the use aspect and operation | movement are demonstrated referring drawings. FIG. 1 (f) is a left side view of the bottle 20 aligned and suspended from the feeder 10, and FIGS. 2 (a) to 2 (c) are vertical left side views of the feeder 10 for discharging operation. Are shown in time series.

  As described above, the bottle 20 handled by the feeder 10 has a drooping suspension that can be suspended, and contains infusion, distilled water, and the like. When such a bottle 20 is placed vertically and its neck portion (curl) is loosely inserted into the inclined path 12 of the feeder 10 from the higher side (left side in the figure), the head of the bottle 20 enters the hollow of the plate frame 11. The jaws are hung on the upper surfaces of the opposed end portions 11a and 11b. When the hand is released in this state, the bottle 20 slides down the ramp 12 to the lower side (right side in the figure), but in the normal state (see FIGS. 1 (f) and 2 (a)), the discharge member 14 has a semi-cylindrical shape. Since the top bottle 20 in the ramp 12 is received by the inner recess 14b with the portion 14a on the discharge side, the bottle 20 that has slid down the ramp 12 is the swash plate of the discharge mechanism 14 if it is the top. It abuts against the inner recess 14b of the portion 14a and stays there. The subsequent bottles 20 are lined up in a row in the ramp 12, and all the bottles 20 are aligned and suspended by the feeder 10.

  In this state, when a discharge command is issued, the motor 13 operates, and the discharge member 14 mounted on the rotation output shaft rotates, the leading bottle 20 is released from the inner recess 14b of the discharge member 14 and from the ramp 12. It is dropped and discharged. More specifically, when the discharge member 14 is rotated by a quarter (see FIG. 2B), the head of the top bottle 20 is exposed to the discharge side (right side in the drawing) by about half, but in this state it is still discharged. It remains in the inner recess 14 b of the member 14. When the arm further rotates and approaches ½ rotation (see FIG. 2 (c)), the head bottle 20 is completely exposed at the head, unsupported, slides down the ramp 12, and the discharge member 14 Released from.

Along with this, the next bottle 20 in the ramp 12 also tries to slide down, but the semi-cylindrical portion 14a of the discharge member 14 circulates around the head of the leading bottle 20 before dropping by the rotation drive of the motor 13. Since it has been inserted between the bottle 20, the next bottle 20 cannot be slid down with its head pressed by the semi-cylindrical portion 14a, so that the next and subsequent bottles 20 are prevented from moving forward.
Thereafter, although illustration is omitted, when the discharge member 14 rotates 3/4, the leading bottle 20 is dropped, and the leading bottle 20 is discharged out of the feeder.

  In this way, the bottles 20 are sequentially discharged and sequentially discharged from the feeder 10. Then, when the discharge member 14 further rotates and completes one rotation, it returns to the normal state (see FIGS. 1 (f) and 2 (a)), but until then, the semi-cylindrical portion 14a of the discharge member 14 is Returning to the discharge side, the inner concave portion 14b is directed to the bottle 20 in the ramp 12, so that the bottle 20 from the second to the top slides down one ramp 12 and is received in the inner concave portion 14b. Subsequent bottles 20 also slide down the ramp 12 and are displaced one by one. Although the number is reduced by one, since the bottle 20 maintains the aligned suspended state, the sequential discharge and sequential discharge of the bottle 20 can be repeated.

  With reference to the drawings, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 3A is a front view (BB cross-sectional view) of the bottle dispensing device 30, and FIG. 3B is a side view (AA cross-sectional view) of the bottle dispensing device 30.

  The bottle dispensing device 30 stores a large number of the above-described feeders 10 in the feeder storage section (16 pieces in total in 4 rows and 4 columns in the figure), and aligns the discharge side of the feeders 10 with, for example, the back of the device, and guides it to drop there. The road 31 is arranged. A transport mechanism 32 that constitutes a collecting / dispensing mechanism is disposed below the drop guide path 31, and a payout opening 33 is formed at the carry-out destination.

In this case, for example, an infusion bottle 20 is suspended in alignment with a certain feeder 10 and, for example, a distilled water bottle 20 is suspended in alignment with another feeder 10.
When a discharge command is issued to an appropriate feeder 10 by a controller (not shown) based on the prescription data or the derived dispensing instruction sheet data, the bottle 20 is sequentially discharged / rejected from each feeder 10 that has received it as described above. It is discharged sequentially. The discharged bottle descends on the drop guide path 31 and falls onto the transport mechanism 32, and is transported by the transport mechanism 32 and out of the apparatus from the discharge outlet 33.
Thus, desired items are automatically paid out from various bottles.

  A specific configuration of the medicine dispensing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4A is a front view of the entire system. 4 (b) and 4 (c) show the structure of the semi-automatic medicine storage device 100, FIG. 4 (b) is a front view, and FIG. 4 (c) is a perspective view. 5 shows a mechanical structure of the semi-automatic medicine storage device 200, where (a) is a front view of the entire device, (b) is a perspective view of the entire device, and (c) is a perspective view of the storage container 220. , (D) is a perspective view of the opening drive mechanisms 230 to 233, and (e) and (f) are right side views of main parts. FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of the control unit.

This medicine dispensing system (see FIG. 4 (a)) is capable of sequentially discharging (sequentially discharging) bottles made of plastic, for example, filled with infusion liquid or distilled water, and arranged in multiple rows to suspend bottles from each row. An automatic bottle dispensing device 30 that automatically discharges and guides it downward and collects, and a large number of storage containers for storing various drugs (medicines) including drugs in bottles are arranged side by side in a state where they can be pulled out forward and back. A semi-automatic medicine storage device 100 that moves forward by an open driving mechanism of the arrangement, and a large number of storage containers that also store various kinds of chemicals are arranged side by side in a state where they can be pulled out forward, and the rear drive is opened. A semi-automatic medicine storage device 200 that is advanced by a mechanism is arranged adjacent to each other in that order.
The medicine storage device 100 is provided with a transport mechanism 160 and a work table 115, but is not attached to the medicine storage device 200.

The bottle dispensing device 30 is the same as that described in the second embodiment, and is provided in the lower half of the inside of the housing of the medicine storage device 100 and the transport mechanism 32 provided in the lowermost portion of the housing. The transport mechanism 160 constitutes a series of transport paths that penetrate the bottle dispensing device 30 and the chemicals storage device 100.
Hereinafter, each part is demonstrated in order. That is, although the description of the bottle dispensing device 30 described above is omitted, first, the configuration of the semi-automatic medicine storage device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 4, and then the semi-automatic medicine storage device 200 will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration of the control apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

  The chemical storage device 100 (see FIGS. 4B and 4C) is provided with an opening / closing shutter 112 at the top of the casing 111, and a storage section 114 is allocated to the upper half of the casing 111 that is easy to handle. It has been. The storage section 114 is divided into a lattice pattern to form a multistage multi-row (10 stages and 8 rows in the figure) drawer frame, and the inner surface of each drawer frame is finished to a smooth surface with low frictional resistance. The storage container 220 is held side by side vertically and horizontally in a state where the storage container 220 can be pulled out forward and in a state where extrusion is possible. Although the opening driving mechanisms 230 to 233 are also attached to the drawer frame one by one, the opening driving mechanisms 230 to 233 are arranged behind the storage container 220 and thus cannot be seen from the front. A light transmitting member 213 is also arranged in the front upper end of the storage unit 214. Since the same thing is equipped also in the chemical | medical agent storage apparatus 200, the detailed description is mentioned later.

  The lower half of the casing 111 of the chemical storage device 100 is assigned to a work place where the dispensing operation and the inspection work for infusion bottles and chemicals are performed manually. Specifically, the height of the casing 111 A plate-like work table 115 having a flat upper surface is horizontally installed at an approximately middle position in the direction, and an indicator 150 is attached to the back of the work table 115 immediately above the work table. A drop space 116 is formed by cutting away a part of the work table 115 at the end far from the work table. A weigh scale 170 is installed in the drop space 116, and a transport mechanism is provided below the work table 115. 160 is built-in.

  The dropping space 116 is sufficiently deeper than the height of the weighing scale 170, and a discharge port 117 is formed at an intermediate height position between the work table 115 and the weighing pan of the weighing scale 170. In addition, an opening 118 is formed on the side of the bottle dispensing device 30 on both sides of the casing 111, and the transport mechanism 160 extends obliquely upward from the receiving port 118 to the discharge port 117, so that an automatic The bottle paid out by the bottle paying device 30 is received from the receiving port 118, carried to the discharge port 117, and further dropped into the drop space 116. The display device 150 is composed of, for example, a small liquid crystal panel, and can display the number of medicines to be dispensed automatically or semi-automatically or separately for each device 30, 100, 200. The weighing instrument 170 only needs to have sufficient accuracy and a weighing pan on the upper side, but in this example, an electronic balance capable of transmitting data of the weighing value is employed.

  In the medicine storage device 200 (see FIGS. 5A and 5B), an opening / closing shutter 212 is provided on the upper portion of the housing 211, and a drawer 215 and an electrical component 216 are provided on the lower portion of the housing 211. The vault 214 is assigned to the middle portion of the casing 211 in most cases where the hand is easily placed. The storage unit 214 is divided into a lattice shape like the storage unit 114 to form a multistage multi-row (17 stages and 8 rows in the figure) drawer frame, and the inner surface of each drawer frame has a smooth surface with low frictional resistance. Since it is finished, the storage container 220 is held side by side vertically and horizontally in a state where it can be pulled out, and in a state where extrusion is possible. Although the opening driving mechanisms 230 to 233 are also attached to the drawer frame one by one, the opening driving mechanisms 230 to 233 are arranged behind the storage container 220 and thus cannot be seen from the front. A light transmitting member 213 is also arranged in the front upper end of the storage unit 214.

  The storage container 220 (see FIG. 5 (c)) is a box-like body with a long open top so as to store and withdraw chemicals, and the front plate 221 is transparent. In this example, the side plate 223 and the bottom plate are used. 224 is opaque. At the front end in the storage container 220, specifically, immediately behind the front plate 221 inside the storage container 220, the bottom plate 224 is raised, or a laid-down triangular columnar member is mounted on the bottom plate 224, An inclined surface 222 is formed. The inclined surface 222 is finished to be a polished glass-like diffusely reflecting surface, which is inclined by about 30 ° to 60 ° (about 45 ° in FIGS. 5 (e) and 5 (f)) from the horizontal and faces obliquely upward. Therefore, when the light is transmitted vertically downward (see FIG. 5 (f)), the light is reflected and scattered light A and becomes a visualization means.

  The open drive mechanisms 230 to 233 (see FIG. 5D) include a commercially available flat-type electric motor 230, an eccentric cam 232 attached to the rotating shaft 231 and an origin sensor 233 such as a push switch. It is. When the long diameter portion of the eccentric cam 232 is stopped in contact with the origin sensor 233 (see FIG. 5 (e)), the storage container 220 can be sufficiently retracted and stored in the storage portion 214. When the rotation shaft 231 rotates once (see FIG. 5F), the long diameter portion of the eccentric cam 232 pushes the rear end face of the corresponding storage container 220 to advance the storage container 220. The forward movement amount, that is, the driving distance is, for example, about 2 to 3 cm which is sufficient to protrude the inclined surface 222 from the drawer frame and put a finger on the front plate 221, which is orders of magnitude greater than the depth of the storage container 220, for example, about 20 to 30 cm. short.

  The light transmitting member 213 (see FIG. 5A) is, for example, a red LED (light emitting diode) that emits beam-like light with strong directivity, one for each column of the drawer frame of the storage unit 214. It is provided and transmits light vertically downward. Then, in combination with the arrangement state of the storage container 220 described above, light is transmitted through a plurality of vertical lines of the storage container 220 in the retracted state (see the two-dot chain line in FIG. 5E). When the storage container 220 advanced by the eccentric cam 232 of the opening drive mechanisms 230 to 333 protrudes from the front end portion (see FIGS. 5B and 5F), the light receiving portion of the inclined surface 222 is reflected by the scattered scattered light A. Light up. The light transmission member 213 and the motor 230 described above operate according to automatic control of the main controller 300 described below.

  The control device (see FIG. 6) is a processor group including a main controller 300 composed of a programmable personal computer or a microprocessor system and a number of sub-controllers 310, 311, 312 composed of so-called one-chip microcomputers, A star connection or LAN connection is made around the main controller 300. If there is a console, the main controller 300 may be installed there, or may be stored in the lower part of the chemical storage device 100, the upper part of the bottle dispensing device 30, or the like. In this example, the chemical storage device 200 is used. Is stored together with a power source (not shown). The sub-controller 310 is distributed in the bottle dispensing device 30, the sub-controller 311 is distributed in the chemical storage device 100, and the sub-controller 312 is distributed in the chemical storage device 200.

  The main controller 300 selects the bottle 20 for the automatic bottle dispensing device 30 and controls the dispensing operation based on the medicine dispensing information, and also provides a large number of storage containers for the semi-automatic drug storage devices 100 and 200. One or more of 220 are selected and control is performed to activate the one corresponding to the selection among a number of open drive mechanisms 230 to 233. In order to obtain chemicals dispensing information that defines which chemicals are to be dispensed, prescription data and derived dispensing instruction data are received from a higher-level computer such as a prescription ordering system (prescription order entry system) illustrated by a broken line, A payout instruction can be input from an input device (not shown).

  In the medicine storage device 200, a plurality of motors 230 and a light transmission member 213 are connected to the main controller 300 via the sub-controller 312. In the medicine storage device 100, a plurality of motors 230 and a light transmission member 213 are connected to the main controller 300 via the sub-controller 311, and the display device 150, the transport mechanism 160, and the weighing meter 170 are also connected via the sub-controller 311. Connected to the main controller 300. In the bottle dispensing device 30, a plurality of motors 13 are connected to the main controller 300 via the sub-controller 310, and the transport mechanism 32 is also connected to the main controller 300 via the sub-controller 310.

  About the chemical | medical agent delivery system of this Example 3, the use aspect and operation | movement are demonstrated referring drawings.

  FIGS. 5A and 5B show an operation state of the semi-automatic medicine storage device 200, where FIG. 5A is a front view, FIG. 5B is a perspective view, and FIGS. 5E and 5F are right side views of main parts. FIGS. 5A and 5E show a state in which all the storage containers 220 are pushed back and retracted into the storage section 214. FIGS. 5B and 5F are two steps from the upper right. A state in which the storage containers 220 in the row are selected and automatically advanced is shown. 5 (e) and 5 (f) are also common to the storage unit 114 of the medicine storage device 100 shown in FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c), and FIG. 4 (b) and FIG. e) shows a state in which all the storage containers 220 are pushed back and retracted into the storage section 114, and FIGS. 4C and 5F show the storage containers in the second row and third row from the upper left. 220 shows a state in which the vehicle has been automatically advanced by being selected.

Prior to use, the semi-automatic medicine storage devices 100 and 200 store medicines such as medicines and medical materials in the respective storage containers 220 classified by type. Typical examples of pharmaceuticals (see Patent Document 3) include the above-mentioned supplements and solubilizers, but also include PTP packaging agents, box set medicines, and ampoules. Examples of medical materials include bone prosthetic materials and surgical tools.
In this medicine dispensing system, medicines that are frequently used among the medicines that are not mounted on the automatic bottle dispensing device 30 are first sorted and stored in the storage container 220. If there is a margin, other medicines are also sorted and stored in the storage container 220. The If there is a margin, a bottle overlapping the bottle dispensing device 30 is also mounted to avoid waiting for refilling.

  The storage containers 220 that classify and store such chemicals are all inserted into the drawer frames of the storage units 114 and 214, and their positions are input to the main controller 300 by manual operation or the like, and are stored in the chemical master file or the like. Remembered. This completes the preparation of the semi-automatic medicine storage devices 100 and 200. At this stage (see FIGS. 4B, 5A, and 5E), the storage containers 220 are all in the retracted state. Because it is closed with, none shines.

The automatic bottle dispensing device 30 is also prepared prior to use / automatic dispensing. Although repeated description is omitted, the bottles 20 containing infusion solution or distilled water are classified into types as described above and suspended in the feeder 10. The bottle 20 with high usage frequency is preferentially mounted. The typical bottle 20 has a thickness of several tens of millimeters, a width of several tens of millimeters and a length of several hundreds of millimeters, and a typical weight / mass of several tens to several hundreds of grams.
The preparation for using the chemicals dispensing system is now complete.

  In this state, when prescription data or dispensing instruction data is delivered to the main controller 300 by communication or input operation, a medicine code or a prescription quantity value is extracted from the data and used as medicine dispensing information. Furthermore, based on the medicine delivery information, the main controller 300 searches for a medicine master file, and if there is a bottle 20 that can be automatically delivered from the bottle delivery apparatus 30, it is first selected. If there is a medicine that can be dispensed semi-automatically from the medicine storage devices 100, 200, it is selected, or in the case of a set extending over both, the medicine is selected together with the bottle 20, and the number of withdrawals is displayed on the display 150. Is done.

Then, the bottle 20 discharged from the automatic bottle dispensing device 30 as described above is further automatically transferred to the conveyance mechanism 160 of the chemicals storage device 100 through the dispensing outlet 33 and the receiving port 118 and conveyed. It is transported to the discharge port 117 by the mechanism 160 and further sent into the drop space 116. Therefore, the sample is placed on the weighing pan of the weighing meter 170 and weighed.
On the other hand, when the medicines in the medicine storage devices 100 and 200 are selected as the withdrawal target / removal object by the main controller 300 based on the above-described medicine dispensing information, either in parallel or independently, The storage container 220 storing the target chemicals is selected, and the opening drive mechanisms 230 to 233 behind the storage container 220 are operated. Then, the target storage container 220 is pushed forward by the eccentric cam 232 and opened. Further, the upper light transmitting member 213 is turned on.

  In that state (see FIGS. 4C, 5B, and 5F), the front end portion of the target storage container 220 protrudes from the storage portions 114 and 214, and the light emitted from the light transmitting member 213 is the target. Since the reflected scattered light A hits the inclined surface 222 of the storage container 220 toward the front, the target storage container 220 appears to shine. Thus, the storage container 220 to be taken out becomes obvious and the mouth is opened, so that the operator pulls out the storage container 220 by placing a finger on the front plate 221 of the storage container 220 from the opening. Then, the desired chemicals are taken out, and then the storage container 220 is pushed back and closed, and the completion of the payout operation is input to the main controller 300 in order to leave a work history. Then, the light transmitting member 213 is turned off accordingly.

  In this manner, manual dispensing of various chemicals separately stored in a closed state in the chemical storage devices 100 and 200 is easily and quickly performed. The removal is performed manually, and the necessary amount of chemicals is removed according to the guidance of the display 150. It should be noted that even if the extraction is performed manually, the selection of the extraction target and the forward movement are automatic, so that the necessary medicine can be dispensed easily and accurately. Further, as described above, the opening drive mechanisms 230 to 233 have a simple structure in which the motor 230 and the eccentric cam 232 are combined, and the number of the light transmitting members 213 is the same as the number of the drawer frames of the storage units 114 and 214. Therefore, since the number of storage containers 220 is smaller, the semi-automatic chemical storage apparatuses 100 and 200 can be manufactured at low cost.

  The chemicals dispensed from the semi-automatic chemical storage devices 100 and 200 are spread on the work table 115 by the operator, and after confirming the kind and number of the agents, they slide on the work table 115 and drop into the space 116. Fall into. Therefore, it is placed on the weighing pan of the weighing meter 170 and weighed together with the bottle 20. The weighing value is visibly displayed on the weighing meter 170, and is reported from the weighing meter 170 to the main controller 300 through a signal or communication. The main controller 300 uses the unit weight value of the medicine master file, etc. It is converted into the number of bottles and the number of medicines, and then used for matching with the prescription quantity. For example, OK is displayed on the display 150 when they match, and NG is displayed on the display 150 when they do not match.

While referring to the determination display and the display of the number of payouts for each device, the operator can transfer not only the dispensing work by transferring the bottle 20 and the chemicals from the weighing meter 170 onto the work table 115, but also auditing the dispensing operation. Work can also be carried out easily.
Thus, in this medicine dispensing system, many medicines can be efficiently dispensed and further audited at a reasonable cost.

  A specific configuration of the semi-automatic medicine storage device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 7A is a perspective view of the storage container 220, FIG. 7B is a front view of the nameplate 225, and FIG. 7C is a perspective view of the storage container 220. As a specific example of the chemicals 250, FIG. 7 (c) illustrates a set drug such as a solubilizer or a replacement fluid that is often used together with an infusion solution or distilled water.

This chemical storage device is different from that of the third embodiment described above in that the storage container 220 is made by integral molding of transparent plastic and the visualization means attached thereto is placed on the inclined surface 222. This is embodied in the nameplate 225.
The storage container 220 can be manufactured at a low cost by integrally molding the inclined surface 222, the side plate 223, and the bottom plate 224 with the same material as the front plate 221.

The name plate 225 is made of opaque paper or plastic sheet, and is formed to be almost the same size as the inclined surface 222. At least one surface is a rough surface that scatters the irradiation light and reflects the chemical name, code, etc. It is filled in by writing or printing.
In this case, if the nameplate 225 is placed on the inclined surface 222 with the medicine name entry surface as a table, the visualization means is attached to the storage container 220 simply and inexpensively.

  The difference between the semi-automatic drug storage device of the present invention shown in FIGS. 8 (a) to 8 (c) and the right side view of the main part is the bottom plate 224 of the storage container 220. Is opaque, and a light receiving member 260 is provided at the light transmitting destination of the light transmitting member 213. Although not shown in the figure, the main controller 300 determines the pulled-out state of each storage container 220 based on the light receiving state of the light receiving member 260.

In this case, when the storage container 220 to be taken out is protruded from the storage units 114 and 214 by the opening drive mechanisms 230 to 233 (see FIG. 8A), the light transmission from the light transmitting member 213 to the light receiving member 260 is stored. The light receiving member 260 cannot receive light because it is blocked by the front end of the container 220.
Further, when the storage container 220 is further pulled out when taking out the chemicals 250 (see FIG. 8B), the light transmission from the light transmitting member 213 to the light receiving member 260 is not performed unless the storage container 220 is extracted. Since the light is blocked by the bottom plate 224 of the storage container 220, the light receiving member 260 cannot receive light.

On the other hand, when the chemicals 250 are removed, the storage container 220 is pushed back, and the storage container 220 is retracted into the storage portions 114 and 214 (see FIG. 8C), the light transmission member 213 to the light reception member. Since nothing obstructs the light transmission to 260, the light receiving member 260 receives light.
Then, a change in the light receiving state of the light receiving member 260 in accordance with the presence or absence of the protrusion of the storage container 220 is input to the main controller 300 as a signal, and their time stamp is recorded in the log data.

If the stop of light reception of the light receiving member 260 cannot be detected even after the motor 230 is operated, the main controller 300 determines that the automatic advance of the storage container 220 has not been completed, and an appropriate alarm is issued.
Furthermore, if there is an input of completion of the dispensing operation before the light receiving member 260 is detected to resume light reception after taking out the chemicals 250, the main controller 300 determines that the dispensing operation has not been completed, and the operator receives a storage container. A guidance message urging 220 to close is issued.

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In the second embodiment, the collecting / dispensing mechanism is configured to horizontally transport the bottle 20 discharged forward from the feeder 10 after dropping, but the collecting / dispensing mechanism is not limited to this, For example, the bottle 20 discharged from the feeder 10 may be picked up by XY movement or the like, and transported to the payout position after collection (see, for example, Patent Document 4). You may make it fall and collect after moving (for example, refer patent document 5).

In the above Examples 3 to 5, the shape and size of the storage container 220 are all the same, but may be different. In that case, the height of the eccentric cam 232 may be changed in accordance with the height of the storage container 220. If the eccentric cam 232 can push the rear end surface of the storage container 220, the motor 230 need not be in the same height range as the corresponding storage container 220.
Moreover, the installation location of the light transmission member 213 is not limited to the upper side, and may be the lower side or the left and right sides. The light transmission direction of the light transmission member 213 is not limited to the vertically downward direction, and may be upward, lateral, or oblique.

In the above embodiment, the control device has a two-stage configuration of the main controller 300 and the sub-controllers 310, 311, 312, but a local controller is provided for each payout device 30, 100, 200, A three-stage configuration including a local controller and sub-controllers 310, 311 and 312 may be used.
In the above embodiment, an escalator-like oblique conveyor is illustrated as the transport mechanism 160, but the transport mechanism 160 may be an elevator-like one or a combination of a plurality of types.
In the above embodiment, the work table 115 is cut right above the discharge port 117, but may be protruded above the drop space 116.
The medicine storage device 200 is used for expanding the storage section of the medicine storage device 100, and is appropriately increased or decreased according to the number of kinds of the medicines.

About Example 1 of this invention, the structure of a bottle feeder is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a vertical side view, (c) is a front view, (d) is a vertical side view, and (e) is a front view. Fig. 5 (f) is a left side view of the bottle when the bottles are aligned and suspended from the feeder. The discharge operation of a bottle feeder is shown in time series, and (a) to (c) are all longitudinal side views. About Example 2 of this invention, the structure of the automatic bottle delivery apparatus is shown, (a) is a front view (BB sectional drawing), (b) is a side view (AA sectional drawing). The structure of a medicine dispensing system is shown about Example 3 of this invention, (a) is a front view of the whole system, (b) is a front view of a semi-automatic medicine storage device, (c) is the perspective view. . The mechanical structure etc. of a semi-automatic medicine storage device are shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a perspective view, (c) is a perspective view of a storage container, (d) is a perspective view of an open drive mechanism, e) And (f) is a right view of the principal part. It is a general | schematic block diagram of a control part. About Example 4 of this invention, the structure of the semiautomatic chemical | medical agent storage apparatus is shown, (a) is a perspective view of a storage container, (b) is a front view of a nameplate, (c) is a perspective view of a storage container. About Example 5 of this invention, the structure of the semiautomatic chemical | medical agent storage apparatus is shown, (a)-(c) is a right view of the principal part.

Explanation of symbols

10 ... Feeder (bottle feeder),
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Board frame, 11a, 11b ... Opposite edge part, 12 ... Ramp, 13 ... Motor,
14 ... discharge member, 14a ... semi-cylindrical part, 14b ... inner recess, 15 ... origin sensor,
20 ... Bottle, 30 ... Bottle dispensing device (automatic),
31 ... Drop guide path, 32 ... Transport mechanism, 33 ... Discharge outlet,
100 ... Chemicals storage device (semi-automatic),
111 ... Case, 112 ... Shutter, 114 ... Warehouse,
115 ... work table, 116 ... drop-in space, 117 ... discharge port,
118 ... Reception port, 150 ... Display, 160 ... Transport mechanism, 170 ... Weighing meter,
200 ... Chemical storage device (semi-automatic),
211 ... Case, 212 ... Shutter, 213 ... Light transmitting member,
214 ... Storage part, 215 ... Drawer, 216 ... Electrical component part, 220 ... Storage container,
221 ... Front plate, 222 ... Inclined surface, 223 ... Side plate, 224 ... Bottom plate,
225 ... nameplate, 230 ... motor, 231 ... rotating shaft, 232 ... eccentric cam,
233 ... Origin sensor, 250 ... Chemicals, 260 ... Light receiving member,
300 ... main controller, 310, 311, 312 ... sub-controller

Claims (1)

In a state that bottles can be discharged sequentially, bottle dispensing device that automatically suspends the bottles in multiple rows, automatically discharges the bottles from each row and guides them downwards, and a large number of storage containers for storing chemicals. A medicine dispensing system in which a medicine storage device that is held side by side and advanced by an open drive mechanism disposed rearward is provided side by side, and a work table is attached to the medicine storage device. space narrowing down portion at the cut-away shape is formed, the drop included space weighing meter is installed in the conveying mechanism provided we are feeding bottles paid out by the bottle dispensing device to the drop-inclusive space, before The medicine storage device is provided with a light transmission member that transmits light in front of a plurality of the storage containers in the retracted state, and a visualizing means that directs the light forward when receiving the light transmission is provided in the medicine storage device. The storage capacity of the storage device Chemicals dispensing system characterized in that it is formed in each of the front end portion or attached.

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