JP4619888B2 - Powder supply device and medicine packaging device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a powder supply device and a medicine packaging device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a powder supply device used in a medicine packaging device, a powder consisting of a supply basket (hereinafter referred to as “V 升”) and a plurality of powder storage bodies that divide and store the powder dropped and supplied from the V 升There is a storage body group and an endless body that supports the powder storage bodies and can reciprocate them in a horizontal plane (for example, see Patent Document 1). Moreover, the medicine packaging apparatus is provided with a packaging unit for packaging the powder stored in each powder storage body one by one.

  In the powder supply device of the medicine packaging device, V 升 forms a powder storage space by bringing the lower edge of the movable plate into contact with the lower edge of the fixed plate. The length can be adjusted by the partition plate. That is, when dividing the powder, adjust the position of the partition plate according to the number of divisions according to the prescription, then put the powder into the storage space, level the powder with a spatula, The powder storage body group is moved by driving the endless body so that the powder storage body at the end serving as a reference is positioned immediately below the end of the storage space. Then, by rotating the movable plate of the V soot and separating it from the fixed plate, the powder stored in the storage space of the V soot is dropped into each powder storage body below, and the powder in the storage space is stored. The body is stored evenly.

  After the powder is stored in each powder storage body, the endless body is driven so that all the powder storage bodies are temporarily retracted from the powder dropping position located in the substantially central portion in the left-right width direction, and then the endless body is reversed. The powder storage body is intermittently moved in the direction, and each powder storage body is intermittently moved to the powder dropping position in order from the powder storage body positioned on the tip side. The bottom of each powder container that arrives sequentially at the powder dropping position is opened and the powder falls, so that the powder is packaged in one package.

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  By the way, in the medicine supply device using the endless body as described above, a feeder that evenly stores the powder in each powder storage body by vibration is used instead of V 升 in order to facilitate or improve the packaging operation. It is possible.

  When the feeder is used, when the supply of the powder is started after the powder storage body at the end of the powder storage body as a reference is positioned below the feeder, as in the case of using the above-described V soot, It becomes necessary to wait for the feeder to be driven until the movement of the storage body group is completed. Therefore, even if a feeder is used to improve the efficiency of packaging work, the work efficiency will be reduced accordingly.

  Then, this invention makes it a subject to provide the chemical | medical agent supply apparatus and chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus which can suppress the fall of work efficiency, even if it uses a feeder for the division | segmentation of a powder in view of the said subject.

  The powder supply device of the present invention is provided with a powder storage body group composed of a plurality of powder storage bodies, and a feeder for dropping the powder onto each powder storage body using vibration is disposed above the powder storage body group. , A powder supply device for storing powder powder falling from the feeder evenly in each powder storage body while moving the powder storage body group in a horizontal plane, wherein the powder supply port of the feeder is linearly The powder storage body is disposed above the central powder storage body in the powder storage body group at the reference position, and the powder from the powder storage body on the center side excluding the powder storage body at the end of the powder storage body group. It is characterized in that it is configured to start the supply of falling.

  In the said structure, since the division | segmentation of a powder is performed using a feeder, the efficiency of the division | segmentation operation | work of a powder improves. Furthermore, by starting the powder supply from the powder storage body on the center side of the powder storage body group, it is possible to move the powder storage body group and supply powder in order from the powder storage body at the end. Therefore, the amount of movement of the powder storage body group until the supply of powder is started is reduced or eliminated. Accordingly, the time required to start supplying the powder to the powder container is shortened by that amount, and a reduction in efficiency of the powder dividing operation can be suppressed.

  In the powder supply device of the present invention, the feeder supply port is arranged above the central powder storage body in the powder storage body group at the reference position, and the powder supply is supplied from the central powder storage body. It is preferable.

  When starting to supply powder to the powder container group, powder supply will start immediately without moving the powder container group at all, so the time to start supplying powder to the powder container group Is almost gone.

  The powder supply device of the present invention is provided with an endless body having a linear part region and a curved part region to support and move the powder container group in a horizontal plane, and each powder container in the powder container group at the reference position. Is preferably contained within the straight line region.

  In the above configuration, by providing a curved portion region and allowing the powder storage body group to move in the curved portion region, the same number of powder storage bodies is provided, and the powder storage body group is linearly moved only in the straight portion region. In comparison, the front-rear width of the apparatus can be reduced.

  In the powder supply device of the present invention, when the endless body is driven, the powder storage body group is placed in a horizontal plane without bringing the powder storage body at the end opposite to the direction of the movement directly below the powder supply port of the feeder. It is preferable to perform the operation of dropping the powder into the powder container by moving the powder container in one direction and then moving the powder container group in the other direction within the horizontal plane.

  Furthermore, the medicine packaging device of the present invention is provided with any of the powder supply devices described above, and configured to perform a packaging operation of enclosing a predetermined amount of the powder stored in each powder container in a packaging bag. It is characterized by having.

  According to the above configuration, since the powder is divided using the feeder, the efficiency of the powder dividing operation is improved. In addition, compared to the case where powder powder is sequentially supplied from the powder storage body by moving to the powder storage body at the end at the start of powder supply, the amount of movement of the powder storage body group is reduced or eliminated. The time until the start of supplying the powder to the powder container is shortened, and the efficiency reduction of the powder dividing operation is suppressed. Furthermore, by providing the bending portion region and allowing the powder storage body group to move in the bending portion region, the front-rear width of the apparatus can be reduced as compared with the case where the powder storage body group is moved linearly.

  According to the medicine supply device and medicine packaging device of the present invention, when starting to supply powder to the powder container, without moving the powder container group and supplying it from the powder container at the end, Since powder supply is started from the powder storage body at the center of the powder storage body group, the amount of movement of the powder storage body group until the powder supply starts is reduced or eliminated, and the powder storage body is correspondingly reduced. The time until the supply of the powder is started is shortened, and even if it has a configuration in which the powder is dropped and supplied to each powder storage body using a feeder, it is possible to suppress a decrease in work efficiency.

  Hereinafter, a medicine packaging device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an entire configuration of a medicine packaging device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic front view, FIG. 3 is a conceptual perspective view of a packaging portion, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the overall configuration, FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the powder storage bodies, and FIG. 7 is a side cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the V soot and the powder storage body.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the medicine packaging device 1 includes a rectangular parallelepiped (box-shaped) main body 2, an upper lid 3 that covers the upper portion of the main body 2, and a front lid 4 that covers the front portion of the main body 2. It has been. Further, a powder supply device 5 is provided on the upper portion of the main body 2, and a packaging portion 10 is disposed below the powder supply device 5. The wrapping unit 10 encloses the powder 7a stored in the powder storage bodies 6A, 6B, 6C constituting the powder storage body group 6 in the powder supply device 5 into the wrapping paper 8 (see FIG. 3) by a predetermined amount. The wrapping operation is executed.

  The powder supply device 5 is provided at the front upper part of the main body 2 and includes a powder storage body group 6 composed of the powder storage bodies 6A, 6B, 6C, and an upper frame (not shown) of the main body 2 above the powder storage body group 6. A powder supply rod (hereinafter referred to as “V 升”) 12 for dropping and supplying the powder 7a to the powder container group 6 and a vibration feeder 13 (hereinafter simply referred to as “V”) provided in parallel with the V 升 12. 4 and FIG. 5, a tablet packaging unit 14 disposed at the upper rear portion of the powder container group 6 and a chute 15 disposed below the tablet packaging unit 14. With. The powder storage body group 6 is composed of 46 powder storage bodies.

  Here, the powder storage body 6A is a powder storage body at the end, the powder storage body 6B is a central powder storage body, and the powder storage body 6C is a powder storage body other than the powder storage bodies 6A and 6B. . That is, the number of powder storage bodies 6C is set to 44.

  As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, adjacent powder storage bodies constitute a housing 9 having two powder storage chambers 17, 18 partitioned by a partition wall 16, and each powder storage chamber 17 is provided at the lower part. , 18 has a lid member 20 movable around one end edge. Here, each lid member 20 is normally in a state in which the bottoms of the powder storage chambers 17 and 18 are closed by the attractive force of the magnet, and when the powder storage chambers 17 and 18 reach a predetermined powder falling position, The stop projections 21 are operated to open the bottoms of the powder storage chambers 17 and 18 by engaging with a lid opening / closing mechanism (not shown).

  In short, in the case of this embodiment, 23 casings 9 having the powder storage chambers 17 and 18 are provided, and the powder storage body group 6 is composed of 46 powder storage bodies as described above. This number is one more than the maximum number of divisions of the powder 7a. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the powder storage body 6A (reference No. 1) at the end on the feeder 13 side is formed to have a maximum width in the left-right direction larger than the other powder storage bodies 6B and 6C. Yes. More specifically, the lateral width of the upper storage port 6a of the powder storage body 6A is set wider than the upper storage ports 6b and 6c of the other powder storage bodies 6B and 6C.

  The rear surfaces of the housings 9 are supported and fixed to endless belts 22 (an example of an endless body) spanned by a pulley (not shown).

  The endless belt 22 is configured to be able to move (turn) in a horizontal elliptical orbit in a horizontal plane as viewed in plan by driving a pulley (not shown). That is, the endless belt 22 forms front and rear straight line regions 23 and 24 that do not hang on the pulley, and left and right curved region 25 and 26 that hang on the pulley. The straight portion regions 23 and 24 of the endless belt 22 are formed to have a length obtained by aligning the powder storage body group 6 (housing 9) in a straight line or slightly longer than that.

  The overall length of the V collar 12 is set to approximately half of the straight portion region 23 (24) of the endless belt 22. As shown in FIG. 7, the V collar 12 includes a fixed plate 27, a movable plate 28, and a partition plate 30. The movable plate 28 is rotatable about the pivot shaft 31 so that the lower edge portion 28a of the movable plate 28 can contact and separate from the lower edge portion 27a of the fixed plate 27.

  A storage space 32 for the powder 7a having a V-shaped cross section is formed by contacting the lower edges 27a and 28a of the fixed plate 27 and the movable plate 28 with each other. A drive unit (not shown) for rotating the movable plate 28 around the pivot shaft 31 is provided. The partition plate 30 is movably provided in the longitudinal direction (left-right width direction) with respect to the fixed plate 27 (movable plate 28) so as to adjust the length of the storage space 32 in the longitudinal direction, that is, the number of divisions of the powder 7a. The position can be adjusted. Moreover, V 升 12 has a scale (not shown) for setting the number of divisions of the powder 7a based on the prescription.

  The powder container group 6 can be arranged at a reference position Y below the V-shaped ridge 12. Here, the reference position Y is a position where all the powder storage bodies 6A, 6B, 6C are linearly aligned, that is, the powder storage body groups 6A, 6C on one end side and the other end side are on the front linear portion region 23. It is a position that does not reach any of the bending portion regions 25 and 26.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the feeder 13 is provided in the main body 2 via a base 35 and vibrates in the left-right width direction by a vibrator 36 (for example, a piezoelectric vibrator is used). . A supply hopper 37 for supplying the powder 7a to the feeder 13 is disposed above the feeder 13. The feeder 13 has a powder supply port 38 formed on the side and below of the powder 7a supplied from the supply hopper 37. It is configured to supply from. Then, at the reference position Y of the powder storage body group 6, the powder storage body 6 </ b> B (reference numeral 23) is located directly below the powder supply port 38 of the supply hopper 37.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the tablet packaging unit 14 includes a plurality of (45) tablet division storage chambers 40 arranged so as to occupy the substantially right half of the upper surface of the upper lid 3. The tablet division storage chamber 40 has a shutter 43 that can be opened and closed all at the bottom, and normally the shutter 43 is kept closed.

  The tablet packaging unit 14 has a plurality of tablet storage chambers 44 so as to match the arrangement of the tablet division storage chambers 40, and a lid that can be opened and closed with one side as a fulcrum at the bottom of each tablet storage chamber 44 (see FIG. (Not shown). Thus, when the shutter 43 of the tablet divided storage chamber 40 is opened, the tablets 7b in the tablet divided storage chamber 40 fall all at once and are received in the tablet storage chamber 44. Moreover, the lid at the bottom of each tablet storage chamber 44 is opened by a lid opening / closing mechanism (not shown), and the tablet 7b in the tablet storage chamber 44 falls toward the lower opening 15a of the lower chute 15.

  A powder hopper (not shown) is disposed below the powder storage chambers 17 and 18, and the powder hopper and the lower opening 15 a of the chute 15 are transferred to the wrapping paper 8 by the wrapping portion 10 (powder 7 a and tablets 7 b) Is connected to a supply hopper 45 (see FIG. 3). The supply hopper 45 is disposed so as to be positioned at the center in the left-right width direction of the main body 2. The lower part 15 a of the supply hopper 45 is arranged at the center in the left-right width direction of the main body 2. In particular, a center cassette 46 is provided on the lower side of the lower opening 15 a of the chute 15 so as to reciprocate back and forth with respect to the lower opening 15 a, and the tablet 7 b is moved along with the movement of the center cassette 46. It is supplied toward the supply hopper 45.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the packaging unit 10 intermittently disposes the heat-weldable sheet from a roll body 47 around which a long heat-weldable sheet (packaging paper 8) made of glassine polyethylene or cellophane polyethylene is wound. The medicine is packaged one by one while being drawn out. Note that the heat-weldable sheet is wound in a state of being folded in advance in two. The packaging unit 10 includes a heat seal device 48 and a drive roller 50 that sandwiches the heat-weldable sheet and pulls it out from the roll body 47. In the middle of the roll body 47 and the drive roller 50, the heat-weldable sheet is a guide. Guided to bar 51. The heat seal device 48 has a pair of heaters 52 and 53 so as to sandwich the heat-weldable sheet from both the front and rear sides, and each heater 52 and 53 has a width direction seal portion 55 and a longitudinal direction seal portion 56.

  Next, a method for using the medicine packaging device 1 having the above-described configuration and a method for dividing the powder 7a will be described. First, since this medicine packaging device 1 has the V-shaped tub 12 and the feeder 13, they can be used separately. In other words, the driving unit of the movable plate 28 of the V 升 12 and the driving unit of the vibrator 36 can be selectively driven.

  Further, the medicine packaging device 1 stores (spreads) the powder 7a in the powder storage body group 6 by rotating the powder storage body group 6 so as to swing in a horizontal plane. In other words, when the endless belt 22 is driven to move the powder storage body group 6 in one direction within the horizontal plane, the powder storage body 6A (or powder storage body 6C) at the end opposite to the moving direction. The powder 7a is moved to the other direction in the horizontal plane so that the powder 7a is dropped onto the powder containers 6B and 6C. To do.

  Specifically, when the powder 7a is divided (packed) using V 用 い 12, for example, in the morning, noon, and evening three times a day for seven days, a total of 21 packets (the maximum number of divided pieces of V 升 12) )), The partition plate 30 is moved to the scale indicating “21”, and an amount of the powder 7a corresponding to the prescription is put into the storage space 32 of the adjusted length and the leveling is performed. The In this case, the powder container group 6 is arranged at the reference position Y.

  Subsequently, when the movable plate 28 of the V plate 12 is rotated, the lower edge portion 28a of the movable plate 28 is separated from the lower edge portion 27a of the fixed plate 27 in the front-rear direction, and the lower portion of the V plate 12 is opened, and the powder 7a. Falls naturally. Thereby, the powder 7a is equally divided | segmented and accommodated in the 21 powder storage bodies 6C below the V 升 12, respectively. Subsequently, the pulley is driven to move the powder storage body group 6 so that the powder storage body 6C at the end storing the powder 7a is located in the center of the main body 2 in the left-right width direction. The 6C powder storage chamber 18 is set at a predetermined powder drop position.

  Then, the pulley is intermittently driven and the endless belt 22 is intermittently driven, the powder container group 6 is intermittently fed, and the bottom of each powder container 17 (18) is opened. Then, the powder 7 a falls to the supply hopper 45, and the powder 7 a is dropped from the supply hopper 45 and supplied to the heat-weldable sheet (in the wrapping paper 8). In the packaging unit 10, it is necessary to sandwich the heat-weldable sheet from the front and rear with the heaters 52 and 53 of the heat seal device 48 while intermittently feeding the heat-weldable sheet by driving the driving roller 50 intermittently. The part is heat-sealed to form a heat-sealed portion H, and a sachet 60 in which a medicine is enclosed is formed.

  In the case where the powder 7a is packaged using the feeder 13, for example, three times a day in the morning, noon, and evening, for 15 days, let's package the powder 7a with a total of 45 packages (one less than the maximum number of divisions) Then, a necessary amount of powder 7a is put into the supply hopper 37 above the feeder 13, and the feeder 13 is driven at the start of supply. Then, the powder 7a is first supplied to the powder container 6B immediately below the powder supply port 38 (center in the left-right width direction). Then, the endless belt 22 is driven by driving the pulley simultaneously with the driving of the feeder 13 to move the powder storage body group 6 from the reference position Y, and sequentially supply the powder 7a to the powder storage bodies 6A, 6B, 6C. To. In this case, the endless belt 22 is driven so that the powder storage body group 6 rotates counterclockwise in plan view, and powder storage is performed until the powder storage body 6A at the end comes directly below the powder supply port 38 of the feeder 13. By moving the body group 6 in a horizontal plane, the powder 7 a is sprinkled on the powder storage body group 6.

  Subsequently, by reversing the pulley, this time, the endless belt 22 is reversed, and the powder storage body group 6 is rotated clockwise in plan view, so that the powder storage body 6C (No. 46 at the opposite end) is rotated. ) Is moved until the powder container 6C (symbol No. 45) that is adjacent to the inside of the powder is directly below the powder supply port 38 of the feeder 13, so that the powder 7a is sprinkled on the powder container group 6. The end of the powder 7a sprinkling is detected by a sensor (not shown) disposed below the powder supply port 38. If the powder 7a remains in the supply hopper 37, that is, if the powder 7a continues to fall from the powder supply port 38, the pulley is further reversed and the powder container group 6 is rotated counterclockwise in plan view. Let

  Further, when the powder storage body group 6 is rotated (reciprocated) clockwise or counterclockwise as described above, a powder storage body in which the powder 7a is sprinkled multiple times is generated. If the frequency of the feeder 13 is constant, the amount of powder 7a dropped from the powder supply port 38 per unit time is constant, and the moving speed of the endless belt 22 is constant, the powder 7a is sprinkled twice. In this case, the amount of the powder 7a that is twice that of the other powder storage bodies is stored in the powder storage body, so that the division accuracy is lowered. In order to eliminate such an inconvenience, in this embodiment, the moving speed of the powder storage body group 6 is adjusted by adjusting the moving speed of the endless belt 22 (the rotation speed of the pulley), and the powder 7a is supplied. The amount is controlled to be constant for each powder container.

  As described above, by starting the supply (sprinkling) of the powder 7a from the predetermined powder storage body 6B (center in the left-right width direction) immediately below the powder supply port 38 of the feeder 13, the powder storage body group 6 is Compared with the case where powder 7a is supplied in order from the powder storage body 6A at the end by moving in the horizontal plane from the reference position Y, the powder storage body 6A at the end is moved to a position directly below the powder supply port 38 of the feeder 13. The time required for the process can be omitted, and the powder 7a can be divided efficiently. Further, if the end of the powder storage body 6A is not awaited, it may not be used from the predetermined powder storage body 6B (in the center in the left-right width direction). The division work can be performed efficiently as long as it does not wait for arrival.

  Of the powder 7a, especially granular ones are likely to scatter when hitting the edge of the powder container. However, since the powder storage body 6A has a larger maximum width in the left-right direction than the other powder storage bodies 6B and 6C, even if the powder 7a scatters, it is easy to collect. Therefore, the powder 7a spilled outside from the powder storage body 6C (No. 2) adjacent to the inside of the powder storage body 6A at the end is stored in the powder storage body 6A at the end. The powder 7a spilled and stored in the powder storage body 6A at the end can be recovered as one package by opening the bottom of the powder storage body 6A at the end and dropping the powder 7a. Further, the powder storage body 6C (No. 45) adjacent to the inside of the powder storage body 6C (No. 46) at the opposite end is controlled to move until it comes directly below the powder supply port 38 of the feeder 13. Thus, the powder 7a spilled into the powder storage body 6C (NO. 46) at the opposite end opens the bottom of both powder storage bodies 6C (No. 45, 46) and drops the powder 7a. Can be accurately collected as one package.

  In the above example, three times a day in the morning, noon, and evening, 15 days, the case where powder 7a is packaged in a total of 45 packages, for example, when a prescription less than 2 packages is made than 45 packages, The powder storage bodies on the side of the powder storage bodies 6A and 6C at both ends are not used. This is due to the following reason. That is, the endless belt 22 has the curved portion regions 25 and 26, and therefore the powder container also moves along the curved path. Therefore, when the prescription is less than 2 packages than 45 packages, the powder storage body on the side of the powder storage body 6A, 6C side at both ends is not used, and it is curved by using the powder storage body on the center side as much as possible. This is because the number of the powder storage bodies that move along the trajectory is reduced or eliminated, and the scattering accuracy of the powder 7a can be suppressed to ensure the division accuracy.

  In addition, in the case where the prescription is less than two packages than the maximum number of divisions, considering the scattering of the powder 7a, the powder storage body at one end of the powder storage body group 6 used for the division and its In addition, the powder 7a scattered in the powder storage container adjacent to the outer side is collected at the same time as the powder 7a in the powder storage container at one end within the range used for the division to make one powder. Can do. In addition, the powder storage body at the other end of the powder storage body group 6 within the range used for the division, and the powder 7a scattered in the powder storage body adjacent to the outer side of the other one are used for the division. By collecting at the same time as the powder 7a in the powder container in the other end, it can be made into one package. By doing so, it is possible to ensure the division accuracy.

  Further, as described above, in the medicine packaging device 1, it is possible to selectively use the V 升 12 and the feeder 13 in accordance with the prescription amount of the powder 7a based on the prescription. Here, in the medicine packaging device 1, when 45 powder storage bodies 6A and 6B are prescribed to use 21 powder storage bodies 6A and 6B (when the amount of powder 7a is small) In addition, if the powder 7a is supplied using the feeder 13, the powder 7a may fall from the feeder 13 by the time the number of divisions according to the prescription is reached, so that the division accuracy deteriorates. In such a case, if the powder 7a is supplied to the powder storage body group 6 by using the V 升 12, the powder 7a can be supplied with high accuracy. Moreover, depending on the prescription amount of the powder 7a, it may be quicker to divide the powder 7a using V 升 12. In such a case, workability is improved as compared with the case where the feeder 13 is used for division.

  On the contrary, when the amount of the powder 7a is large, if the division is performed using the feeder 13, the work is easy. In this case, the workability is improved as compared with the case where the division is performed using the V 升 12.

  It is preferable that the feeder 13 is not allowed to be driven when the V 升 12 is used, and the V 升 12 is not allowed to be driven when the feeder 13 is used.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The whole structure schematic perspective view of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. Similarly a schematic front view. The conceptual perspective view of a packaging part similarly. Similarly the whole composition schematic top view of a medicine packing device. The whole structure schematic side view similarly. The perspective view which expanded one of the powder storage bodies similarly. Side surface sectional drawing which similarly shows the relationship between V soot and a powder container.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Drug packaging apparatus, 2 ... Main body, 5 ... Powder supply apparatus, 6 ... Powder storage body group, 6A, 6B, 6C ... Powder storage body, 7a ... Powder, 7b ... Tablet, 8 ... Packaging paper, 10 ... Packaging unit, 12 ... V 升, 13 ... Feeder, 14 ... Tablet packaging unit, 15 ... Chute, 15a ... Lower opening, 16 ... Septum, 17, 18 ... Powder storage chamber, 20 ... Cover member, 22 ... Endless Belt, 23, 24 ... straight portion, 25, 26 ... curved portion, 27 ... fixed plate, 27a ... lower edge portion, 28 ... movable plate, 28a ... lower edge portion, 30 ... partition plate, 31 ... pivot shaft, 32 ... Storage space, 35 ... Base, 36 ... Vibrator, 37 ... Supply hopper, 38 ... Powder supply port, 40 ... Tablet division storage chamber, 43 ... Shutter, 44 ... Tablet storage chamber, 45 ... Supply hopper, 46 ... Center Cassette, 48 ... heat seal device, 50 ... drive roller, Y ... reference position

Claims (5)

A powder storage body group comprising a plurality of powder storage bodies is provided, and a feeder for dropping the powder onto each powder storage body using vibration is disposed above the powder storage body group, and the powder storage body group is disposed in a horizontal plane. It is a powder supply device that allows powder powder falling from the feeder to be evenly stored in each powder storage body while being moved inside, and the powder supply ports of the feeder are in a reference position arranged in a straight line Arranged above the powder storage body on the center side in the storage body group, and as a configuration for starting the powder supply from the powder storage body on the center side excluding the powder storage body at the end of the powder storage body group The powder supply apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The feeder supply port is disposed above a central powder storage body in a powder storage body group at a reference position, and the powder is dropped from the central powder storage body. The powder supply apparatus of description. An endless body having a linear part region and a curved part region is provided to support the powder container group and move in a horizontal plane, and each powder container in the powder container group at the reference position is within the linear part region. The powder supply device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the powder supply device is stored. When the endless body is driven, the powder storage body group is moved in one direction within the horizontal plane without bringing the powder storage body at the end opposite to the direction of the movement directly below the powder supply port of the feeder, 4. The powder supply device according to claim 3, wherein the powder storage device group is configured to perform an operation of dropping the powder to the powder storage body by moving the powder storage body group in the other direction within a horizontal plane. The powder supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is provided, and configured so as to execute a packaging operation of enclosing the powder stored in each powder container in a predetermined amount in a packaging bag. A medicine packaging device characterized by that.

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