JP5725369B2 - Storage equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention includes a storage shelf including a plurality of storage units that store a plurality of sheet-shaped drug material sheets encapsulated in a state where the drug materials are divided, and a storage unit position corresponding to each of the plurality of storage units, and A storage provided with a moving base that is movable to a position for unloading corresponding to a unloading position for unloading the medicinal material sheet, and a conveying device that conveys the medicinal material sheet from the storing portion to the unloading position. Regarding equipment.

  Such storage equipment is composed of a plurality of encapsulated sheet-shaped drug material sheets in a state where the medicinal materials are divided, for example, a tablet sheet in which a plurality of tablets are encapsulated in a state where tablets are divided, and a plurality of small bags enclosing powder or granules. A plurality of package sheets are stored in the storage unit. And when leaving the necessary number of medicines such as tablets and sachets at the delivery place, move the moving base to the storage part position and store it in the storage part so that the number of medicines becomes the required number. The medicine sheet is transferred onto the moving base, and then the moving base is moved to the exit position so that the medicine sheet on the moving base is delivered to the exit location. The necessary number of items are issued at the output location.

And in such a storage facility, conventionally, on the moving base of the transport device, a sheet cutting device for cutting the chemical material sheet located at the cutting location on the moving base, and the chemical material sheet transported to the exit location And a sheet transfer device capable of transferring a drug material sheet between the storage portion of the storage shelf, the cutting position on the moving base, and the sheet support. There is something.
And when leaving the necessary number of medicines at the delivery location, the moving base is moved to the storage part position, and the number of the medicines is in the state where the movement base is located at the storage part position. If the sheet transfer device transfers one or more chemical material sheets from the storage unit to the sheet support so that the required number is obtained, and if the fraction occurs in units of chemical material sheets, the sheet In the middle of the process of transferring to the sheet support by the transfer device, the sheet cutting device cuts a fraction of the chemical material from the chemical material sheet and transfers the fractional chemical material sheet piece to the sheet support. (For example, refer patent document 1).

JP 2006-158552 A

  However, in the conventional storage equipment described above, since the sheet transfer device has to transfer the sheet from the storage unit to the sheet support, a large number of medicines are required to be delivered to the delivery location. If it is necessary to transfer the material sheet from the storage part of the storage shelf to the sheet support of the moving base, it is necessary to repeatedly transfer the chemical material sheet from the storage part to the sheet support by the sheet transfer device. Therefore, it took a long time to transfer the chemical material sheet, and the chemical material sheet could not be efficiently delivered to the delivery location.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said actual condition, The objective is in the point which provides the storage equipment which can deliver a chemical | medical material sheet | seat efficiently to the delivery location.

A storage facility according to the present invention includes a storage shelf including a plurality of storage units that store a plurality of sheet-shaped drug material sheets that are enclosed in a state where the drug materials are divided, and a storage that corresponds to each of the plurality of storage units. A transfer device that includes a movable base that is movable to a position for unloading corresponding to a position for unloading and a position for unloading the medicinal material sheet, and that conveys the medicinal material sheet from the storage unit to the unloading position. The first characteristic configuration is
The storage unit is configured to store a plurality of the drug material sheets in a state where the drug material sheets are stored in a cassette that can be stored, and the moving base is stored in the moving base of the transfer device. A cassette moving device capable of moving the cassette between a storage position in the storage unit and a take-out position on the moving base side, and a cutting position on the moving base in the state where the cassette is located A sheet cutting device that cuts the drug material sheet positioned at a position, a sheet support that supports the drug material sheet conveyed to the unloading location, the cassette at the take-out position, the cutting location, and the sheet support. A sheet transfer device capable of transferring the drug material sheet between, and in a state where the moving base is located at the unloading position, the drug material sheet supported by the sheet support is Goods issue It lies in that the unloading for transfer device for transferring is provided in.

  That is, the medicine sheet is stored in the storage unit in the state of being stored in the cassette, and when the required number of tablets are output to the output location, the mobile base is stored by moving the mobile base to the storage unit position. The cassette stored in the storage position of the storage unit is moved to the take-out position on the moving base side by the cassette moving device in the state where it is in the position for part. Then, in the state where the cassette is positioned at the take-out position on the moving base side in this way, one or more sheets are transferred by the sheet transfer device so that the necessary number of drug materials from the cassette is taken out. A sheet of chemical material is transferred from the cassette to the sheet support. In addition, if the number of chemical materials in the chemical material sheet unit contained in the cassette with respect to the required number is fractional, the chemical material sheet is transferred to the cutting position by the sheet transfer device, and the fractional amount The medicinal material is cut off, and the fraction of medicinal material sheets are transferred to the sheet support by the sheet transfer device. Thereafter, the moving base is moved to the delivery position so that the chemical material sheet on the sheet support is delivered to the delivery location, and the chemical material sheet is delivered to the delivery location.

As described above, when taking out the drug material sheet stored in the storage unit to the sheet support provided in the moving base, the cassette moving device stores the cassette containing a plurality of drug material sheets. In the state where the cassette containing the plurality of medicine sheets is brought close to the sheet support in this way, in the sheet transfer device, it is moved from the storage position of the part to the take-out position on the moving base side. The drug material sheet is transferred from the cassette to the sheet support.
Therefore, by moving the cassette to the take-out position on the moving base side and moving the plurality of medicine sheets accommodated in the cassette together with the cassette, the sheet material is transferred to the sheet support by the sheet transfer device. When transferring, it is only necessary to move from the cassette at the take-out position to the sheet support, and the movement distance of the drug material sheet is shorter than when moving from the storage unit to the sheet support. Accordingly, when a large number of chemical material sheets are transferred by the sheet transfer device, the time required for the transfer can be shortened, and thus a large number of chemical material sheets can be efficiently delivered to the delivery location.

  According to a second characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention, in the first characteristic configuration, the sheet support includes a partition body that divides a storage space for storing the medicinal material sheet into a plurality of storage sections. There is in point.

  That is, the sheet support is divided into a plurality of storage compartments by the partition body, and the drug material sheet can be distributed and stored in the plurality of storage compartments. Therefore, when there are a plurality of objects to be delivered with a medicine sheet, it is accommodated in different accommodation compartments for each delivery object, or when there are a plurality of kinds of medicine material sheets, accommodated in different accommodation compartments for each type, etc. Since a plurality of medicinal material sheets can be delivered to the delivery location in a state where they are sorted, when the medicine sheet sorting operation is performed after the delivery, the sorting operation becomes easy.

  According to a third characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention, in the second characteristic configuration, the sheet support is formed in a container shape having a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion and opening upward, and the partition body. However, there exists in the point formed in the height lower than the said surrounding wall part of the said sheet | seat support body.

  That is, since the partition body is formed at a lower height than the peripheral wall portion of the sheet support body, a plurality of large-sized drug material sheets and the like that cannot be accommodated in the housing section can be accommodated by supporting the plurality of partition bodies. It can be accommodated in a flat position across the compartment. Therefore, by placing a large chemical material sheet on the partition of the sheet support, a large chemical material sheet that cannot fit into the storage compartment can be delivered to the delivery location.

  The fourth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is the state in which, in any one of the first to third characteristic configurations, the unloading transfer device has the moving base positioned at the unloading position. The medical material sheet supported by the sheet support is configured to be freely transferred to the delivery location together with the sheet support.

  That is, the medicine sheet is delivered to the delivery location by transferring the chemical material sheet supported by the sheet support to the delivery location together with the sheet support in the delivery transfer device. Thus, by discharging the drug material sheet together with the sheet support to the shipping location, it is possible to prevent the drug material sheet from falling when the drug material sheet is transferred, and the drug material sheet is accurately placed at the shipping location. Can be issued to

  The fifth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is the state in which, in any one of the first to third characteristic configurations, the unloading transfer device has the moving base positioned at the unloading position. In this case, only the chemical material sheet of the sheet support and the chemical material sheet supported by the sheet support is configured to be freely transferred to the delivery location.

  That is, the medicine material sheet is delivered to the delivery location by transferring only the chemical material sheet of the sheet support and the chemical material sheet to the delivery location in the delivery transfer device. In this way, since the chemical material sheet is delivered to the delivery location with the sheet support remaining on the moving base, it is necessary to transfer a new sheet support onto the moving base after the chemical material sheet is delivered. Therefore, it is easy to move to the next work of issuing the drug material sheet, and the drug material sheet can be efficiently delivered to the delivery location.

  A sixth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is the storage device according to any one of the first to fifth characteristic configurations, wherein the transport device is erected with a lifting mast that guides the moving base to the traveling carriage so as to be movable up and down. A pair of the storage shelves are provided in a posture facing each other in a form that forms a movement path of the stacker crane, and arranged as a stacker crane in a lateral width direction of the movement path. A stacker crane on one side that is guided by a track on one side of a pair of tracks and that is movable along the path of movement, and a guide that is moved on a track on the other side of the pair of tracks. The other stacker crane is provided so as to be able to pass each other.

In other words, two stacker cranes, one stacker crane and the other stacker crane, are provided, and by using these two stacker cranes, the medicine sheet is delivered to the delivery location, the medicine material sheet can be efficiently transferred to the delivery location. Can be issued.
Moreover, since the two stacker cranes are provided so as to be able to pass each other and both stacker cranes can move along the entire movement path, the drug material sheet can be delivered to the delivery location more efficiently. .

  A seventh characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is a tablet sheet in which, in any one of the first to sixth characteristic configurations, a plurality of the drug material sheets are enclosed in a state where the tablets are divided. The cassette includes a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion, and is formed in a container shape that opens upward, and is configured to accommodate a plurality of the tablet sheets in a stacked state, and the sheet transfer device includes: The tablet sheet is configured to transfer the tablet sheet by adsorbing and holding a flat back surface or an uneven surface of the tablet sheet, and the sheet cutting device cuts the tablet sheet in a posture in which the surface is directed upward. Front and back detection means for detecting whether the surface facing the upper side of the tablet sheet is a front surface or a back surface, and the tablet sheet whose surface faces the lower side based on detection information of the front and back detection means table There is a point where the sheet reversing device that reverses to face upward side.

  That is, the sheet transfer device is used to hold the front surface of the tablet sheet with the front surface facing upward, and the rear surface of the tablet sheet with the back surface facing upward. The tablet sheet can be transferred by the sheet transfer device by transferring the surface facing the upper side of the sheet by suction. for that reason. When a plurality of tablet sheets are stored in a stacked state in the cassette, the plurality of tablet cassettes can be efficiently stored in the cassette with the uneven surfaces facing each other.

  And about the tablet sheet of the front-facing posture by which the surface was adsorbed and hold | maintained with the sheet transfer apparatus, it transferred to the location for cutting with the front-facing posture, and the back-facing posture with the back surface adsorbed and held by the sheet transfer apparatus The tablet sheet is reversed to a face orientation by a sheet reversing device and transferred to the cutting position in the face orientation. Thus, since the tablet sheet transferred to the cutting location can always be in the face-up position, the tablet sheet can be cut with a sheet cutting device configured to cut the tablet sheet in the face-up position. it can.

  An eighth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is that, in the seventh characteristic configuration, the sheet inverting device is swung by a driving unit around a horizontal axis from a support posture in which the tablet sheet is placed and supported. A swinging base for rotating and dropping the tablet sheet that is placed and supported, and a receiving body provided below the swinging base to receive the tablet sheet falling from the swinging base in an upside down state The sheet transfer device is capable of transferring the tablet sheet from the cassette located at the take-out position onto the rocking base and cutting the tablet sheet from above the receiving body. It is in the point where it is constituted to be able to transfer freely to the place.

That is, in a state where the tablet sheet in the face-down posture is transferred onto the swing table by the sheet transfer device, the tablet sheet is driven and swung around the horizontal axis by the driving means. The tablet sheet falls while rotating and is received in a state where the falling tablet sheet is turned upside down by the receiving body.
In other words, a tablet sheet in a face-down position is placed on a rocking table, and the tablet sheet is turned upside down by rocking the rocking table by a driving means. It becomes easy to change to.

  A ninth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is that, in the seventh characteristic configuration, the sheet reversing device contacts and rotates the contacted body that contacts and rotates the tablet sheet dropped from above. The tablet transfer device is configured to receive the tablet sheet that is rotated upside down in a state where the tablet sheet is turned upside down, and the sheet transfer device has the tablet sheet at the take-out position. After being moved from the cassette located above the contacted body, the holding of the tablet sheet can be released above the contacted body and the tablet sheet can be transferred from the support to the cutting position. It is in the point which is comprised.

That is, after moving the tablet sheet in the face-down position to above the contacted body by the sheet transfer device, the tablet sheet is dropped by releasing the holding of the tablet sheet, and the falling tablet sheet is contacted The tablet sheet that rotates by contact with the body and falls while rotating is received by the support body in an upside down posture.
Accordingly, the tablet sheet falling by its own weight is brought into contact with the contacted body and turned upside down, and it is not necessary to provide drive means in the sheet turning apparatus, so that the sheet turning apparatus can be configured simply.

  A tenth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is the medical material sheet according to any one of the first to ninth characteristic configurations, wherein the chemical material sheet includes a plurality of sizes of chemical material sheets having different sizes in a plan view, The cassette includes a partition wall that divides the storage space into a plurality of storage sections in the horizontal direction, and is configured to be able to store the medicine sheet in a flat posture in each of the plurality of storage sections, and the partition wall Is detachably provided, and the size of the accommodation section in a plan view can be freely changed.

  That is, the size of the accommodation section in plan view can be changed by changing the position including the partition wall. Therefore, by changing the size of the accommodation section according to the size of the medicine material sheet to be accommodated, it is possible to handle a plurality of sizes of medicine material sheets with one cassette and efficiently accommodate the medicine material sheet. Can do.

  The eleventh characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is the sheet transfer device according to any one of the first to tenth characteristic configurations, wherein the sheet transfer device is moved from the drug material sheet transferred to the cutting location. A fraction drug sheet piece to be delivered cut out by a cutting device can be transferred from the cutting position to the sheet support as the chemical material sheet, and the fraction drug material sheet piece to be delivered is cut off. It is in the point which can be transferred to the cassette of the said taking-out position from the said part for a cutting | disconnection as the said chemical | medical material sheet | seat fraction sheet | seat piece of the accommodation object which remains after a long time.

In other words, the fractional chemical material sheet piece remaining after the fractional chemical material piece to be delivered is cut out from the chemical material sheet transferred to the cutting location is taken out from the cutting location as a chemical material sheet by the sheet transfer device. It is transferred to the cassette at the position and accommodated in the cassette.
By storing the fraction drug material sheet pieces in the cassette as the drug material sheets in this way, the fraction drug material sheet pieces can be used the next time the drug material sheet is transferred from the cassette, and the fraction drug materials to be delivered The fractional material sheet piece remaining after the sheet piece is cut off can be used effectively.

  According to a twelfth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention, in any one of the first to eleventh characteristic configurations, a set number is enclosed in the storage portion in a state where the same kind of chemical material is divided as the chemical material sheet. The fraction chemical material sheet piece obtained by cutting out the fraction chemical material sheet piece to be delivered by the sheet cutting device from the complete chemical material sheet and the chemical material sheet is stored in the cassette. Priority is given to the fraction drug material sheet piece based on management means for managing the storage state of the medicine sheet stored in the storage section, and management information of the management means and delivery number information indicated by the delivery instruction. Select the drug material sheet to be taken out from the drug material sheets stored in the cassette so as to be equal to or greater than the number of delivered tablets to be delivered to the delivery location in the form to be selected, and before A selection means for selecting one of the extraction-target drug material sheets as a drug-target sheet for cutting when the total number of tablets of the drug-target drug sheet is larger than the number of the delivery tablets; A transfer control means for controlling the operation of the sheet transfer device to transfer the material sheet, and the transfer control means is configured such that the chemical material sheet to be transferred is not the chemical material sheet to be cut. In this case, a direct transfer process for transferring the drug material sheet to be taken out from the cassette at the take-out position to the sheet support is executed, and the drug material sheet to be transferred is the drug material sheet to be cut Is configured to execute a cutting and transferring process of transferring the medicine material sheet to be cut from the cassette at the take-out position to the location for cutting.

That is, when a drug material sheet is issued at a delivery location, the delivery is performed at the delivery location in a form that preferentially selects a fraction drug material sheet piece based on the management information of the management means and the delivery number information indicated by the delivery instruction. The medicine sheet to be taken out is selected from the medicine material sheets stored in the cassette so as to be equal to or more than the number of medicine materials or the number of medicines delivered.
In other words, if a fractional chemical material sheet piece is stored in the cassette and the number of chemicals enclosed in the fractional chemical material sheet piece is greater than the number of outgoing tablets, only one fractional chemical material sheet piece is to be taken out. When the number of drug materials enclosed in the fraction drug material sheet is less than the number of tablets to be delivered, one fraction drug material sheet piece and one or more complete drug material sheets are taken out. Selected as a chemical material sheet. In addition, when the fractional medicinal material sheet piece is not accommodated in the cassette, one or a plurality of complete medicinal material sheets are selected as the medicinal material sheet to be taken out.

And, if the total number of medicines in the selected medicine sheet to be taken out is the same as the number of medicines to be delivered, there is no fraction with respect to the number of medicines to be delivered, so it is necessary to cut the medicine material sheet to be taken out No medicine material sheet to be cut is selected. Incidentally, in this case, no fractional drug material sheet piece is accommodated in the cassette.
In addition, when the total number of drug materials in the selected drug material sheet to be taken out is larger than the number of medicines to be delivered, a fraction is generated with respect to the number of medicines to be delivered, so one of the drug material sheets to be taken out Is selected as a medicine material sheet to be cut, the one medicine material sheet to be cut is cut, and a fractional medicine material sheet piece to be delivered is cut out. And the fraction drug material sheet piece of the storage object which is the remainder after the fraction drug material sheet piece to be delivered is cut out from the medicine material sheet to be cut is accommodated in the cassette, and one fraction drug material sheet piece is stored in the cassette. Housed in a cassette.

  Therefore, there is always one fractional chemical sheet piece accommodated in the cassette, and since there are multiple fractional chemical sheet pieces, the fractional chemical sheet pieces will not be irregularly stacked. When the fraction drug material sheet piece is transferred by the apparatus, the fraction drug material sheet piece is easily held.

  A thirteenth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is the eleventh or twelfth characteristic configuration, wherein the cassette is formed in a container shape having a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion and opening upward, Different partitioning compartments that have a partition wall that divides the internal space into a plurality of housing compartments, and in which a set number of the same kind of medicine material is enclosed and the fraction medicine material sheet pieces are enclosed. The height of the bottom surface of the storage compartment for storing the fraction drug material sheet piece is higher than the height of the bottom surface of the storage compartment for storing the complete drug material sheet.

That is, the internal space of the cassette is divided into a plurality of storage compartments by a partition wall, and the complete medicine sheet and the fraction medicine material are accommodated in different accommodation compartments by accommodating the complete medicine sheet and the fraction medicine sheet piece in different accommodation compartments. It can be accommodated in one cassette in a state where the sheet pieces are prevented from intermingling.
In addition, since the height of the bottom surface of the storage compartment that accommodates the fraction drug material sheet pieces is formed higher than the height of the bottom surface of the storage compartment that accommodates the complete chemical material sheet, the complete chemical material sheet is stacked in the storage compartment. Can accommodate a large number of sheets, but can accommodate a single fractional drug sheet piece at a height near the opening of the cassette so that it can be easily held by the sheet transfer device.

  A fourteenth characteristic configuration of the storage facility according to the present invention is the complete chemical material that houses a complete chemical material sheet in which a set number of same types of chemical materials are enclosed as the cassette in the eleventh or twelfth characteristic configuration. The cassette for sheets and the cassette for fractional chemical sheet pieces for accommodating the fractional chemical material sheet pieces are provided in a single storage part, and the fractional number is determined from the height of the peripheral wall of the complete chemicals sheet cassette. It exists in the point in which the height of the surrounding wall of the cassette for chemical | medical material sheet pieces is formed low.

That is, by storing the complete chemical material sheet and the fractional chemical material sheet piece in separate cassettes, the complete chemical material sheet and the fractional chemical material sheet piece can be stored in the storage unit in a state in which they are prevented from being mixed. it can.
In addition, since the peripheral wall of the cassette for fractional chemical material sheet pieces is formed lower than the height of the peripheral wall of the cassette for complete chemical material sheet, a large number of complete chemical material sheets are accommodated in the complete chemical material sheet cassette in a stacked state. However, the fraction drug material sheet piece cassette can be formed low in height, and one fraction drug material sheet piece can be accommodated in a state that it can be easily held by the sheet transfer device.

The top view of the accommodation equipment in a 1st embodiment The perspective view which shows the lifting platform in 1st Embodiment, and the apparatus with which the lifting platform was equipped. The exploded perspective view of the cassette in a 1st embodiment The perspective view of the tray in 1st Embodiment The perspective view of the cassette in 1st Embodiment The perspective view of the raising / lowering stand when transferring the tray in 1st Embodiment The perspective view of the raising / lowering stand when transferring the cassette in 1st Embodiment Operational diagram when transferring the chemical material sheet from the cassette to the tray in the first embodiment Operational diagram when transferring the chemical material sheet in the first embodiment from the cassette to the location for cutting Operational diagram when transferring the drug material sheet from the cutting location to the tray and cassette in the first embodiment Operational diagram when transferring the chemical material sheet in the first embodiment from the cassette onto the mounting table Action diagram when transferring the medicine sheet from the receiving body to the cutting position in the first embodiment Control block diagram in the first embodiment The perspective view which shows the lifting platform in 2nd Embodiment, and the apparatus with which the lifting platform was equipped. The perspective view of the sheet inversion apparatus in another embodiment (1) The figure which shows the cassette in another embodiment (2)

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a storage facility according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the storage facility of the present embodiment, a plurality of medicinal material sheets S are stored in the storage unit 2 of the storage shelf 1 in a state of being stored in the cassette 5. The stacker crane 3 receives the tray 4 stored in the tray loading / unloading location E1 in a state of being supported by a lifting platform 12 as a moving base, and moves from the cassette 5 stored in the storage unit 2 to the moving base. The medicine sheet S is taken out on the tray 4 supported by the lifting platform 12 as the tray 4 and is transported to the tray entry / exit location E1 (corresponding to the delivery location) together with the tray 4, and the medicine sheet S is taken out from the storage section 2 It is comprised so that it may convey to the warehouse location E1.
Further, when the medicine sheet S in the cassette 5 stored in the storage section 2 is exhausted or the remaining amount is reduced, the cassette 5 is discharged to the cassette loading / unloading location E2 by the stacker crane 3, and the chemical material at the cassette loading / unloading location E2 is discharged. The cassette 5 filled with the sheet S is configured to be stored in the storage unit 2.
In addition, the stacker crane 3 corresponds to a conveying device in which an elevating mast 13 that guides the elevating platform 12 to the traveling carriage 11 so as to be movable up and down, and the elevating platform 12 corresponds to a moving base.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the storage facility according to the present embodiment includes a storage shelf 1 in which a plurality of storage units 2 are arranged vertically and horizontally, a stacker crane 3 that conveys a drug material sheet S, a tray 4, and a cassette 5, and a tray loading / unloading. A tray conveying device 6 that conveys the tray 4 delivered to the location E1 to the outside and conveys an empty tray 4 to the tray entry / exit location E1, and a cassette 5 delivered to the cassette entry / exit location E2 to the outside And a cassette carrying device 7 for carrying the filled and filled cassette 5 to the cassette loading / unloading location E2. One storage section 2 stores one type of drug material sheet S.

As shown in FIG. 5, as the form of the medicine sheet S, a sheet-like tablet sheet A encapsulated in a state in which a plurality of tablets are divided, or a packaging sheet B in which a plurality of sachets enclosing powder or granules are connected. There is also a compress sheet C enclosing the compress.
The tablet sheet A and the wrapping sheet B correspond to the medicine material sheet S encapsulated in a state where the medicines are separated, and the tablet sheet A and the wrapping sheet B are in a state where the same kind of medicines are separated. There are a complete medicinal material sheet S1 in which a set number is enclosed and a fraction medicinal material sheet piece S2 in which a part of the medicinal material is cut out from the complete medicinal material sheet S1. In addition, the tablet sheet A and the packaging sheet B include a plurality of types of drug material sheets S having different types of encapsulated drug materials, and a plurality of drug material sheets S having different sheet sizes in plan view. is there. In addition, about the packaging sheet B, the small bag is handled as one chemical | medical material.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the cassette 5 that stores the drug material sheet S is formed in a container shape that includes a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion and opens upward, and the drug material sheet S is provided therein. An accommodating space for accommodating the is formed. The cassette 5 includes a partition wall 8 that divides the storage space into a plurality of storage sections in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of medicine sheets S are provided in each of the storage sections partitioned by the partition wall 8. Are accommodated in a stacked state. Further, the cassette 5 is provided with a partition wall 8 so as to be detachable, and the size of the accommodation section in plan view can be changed by changing the position where the partition wall 8 is mounted.

  As the partition wall 8, a plate-shaped partition wall 8a formed of a plate-like body mounted on the cassette 5 in a vertical posture, and a table formed by fixing a table portion 8c in a horizontal posture to the plate-like body. A partition wall 8b, and the internal space of the cassette 5 is divided into two in the loading / unloading direction by the partition wall 8b with a table, and one internal space in which the table portion 8c does not exist is horizontally formed by the plate-shaped partition wall 8a. Divided into multiple internal spaces.

  When the tablet sheet A or the packaging sheet B is accommodated in the cassette 5, the space on the table portion in one internal space where the table portion 8c exists is for the fraction drug material sheet piece that accommodates the fraction drug material sheet piece S2. The accommodating space for the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 is formed on the table portion 8c. In addition, each of the internal spaces divided by the plate-like partition wall 8a in the other storage space where the table portion 8c does not exist is a storage space for a complete drug material sheet for storing the complete drug material sheet S1, and this complete space. A plurality of storage spaces for the drug material sheet S1 are formed in a form partitioned by the plate-like partition wall 8b. Thus, the cassette 5 is configured to be able to accommodate the complete drug material sheet S1 and the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 in different storage spaces.

A plurality of types of partition walls 8b with a table are prepared in which the sizes of the table portions 8c are different, and the ratio of dividing the internal space of the cassette 5 into two can be changed by changing the partition walls 8b with a table. The size of the accommodating space for accommodating the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 can be changed. And it is comprised so that the magnitude | size of the accommodation space which accommodates the perfect chemical | medical agent sheet | seat S1 can be changed by changing the position and number of sheets in which the plate-shaped partition wall 8a is mounted.
The plate-like partition wall 8a has a notch formed downward from its upper end, and the side surface of the complete medicine sheet S1 accommodated in the accommodation space in a stacked state can be seen from this notch. ing.

  In the state where the partition wall 8b with the table is mounted on the cassette 5, the height of the bottom surface on which the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 is placed and supported in the table portion 8c is higher than the height of the partition wall 8 and the height of the peripheral wall of the cassette 5. The fraction drug material sheet piece S2 which is formed so as to be lower and higher than the bottom surface of the cassette 5 and is accommodated in the fraction drug material sheet piece accommodating space is confiscated in the complete drug substance sheet accommodating space. Further, the cassette 5 is accommodated at a height higher than that of the lowermost complete medicinal material sheet S1.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the tray 4 that supports the medicine sheet S to be delivered is formed in a container shape that includes a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion and opens upward like the cassette 5. An accommodation space for accommodating the drug material sheet S is formed. The tray 4 is provided with a partition 9 that divides the storage space into a plurality of storage sections in the horizontal direction, and the medicine sheet S is placed flat in each of the storage sections partitioned by the partition 9. It is configured to be housed in a posture. Incidentally, the tray 4 is divided into four accommodation sections by the partition body 9.

  The partition body 9 of the tray 4 is formed at a lower height than the peripheral wall portion of the tray 4, and a large chemical material sheet S such as a compress sheet C that cannot be stored in the storage section is placed across the plurality of partition bodies 9. It is comprised so that it can accommodate in the tray 4 by supporting. In addition, the partition body 9 is integrally formed with the tray 4 main body and cannot be attached or detached.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of storage shelves 1 are provided in a posture that faces each other in a form that forms a movement path of the stacker crane 3. Each storage shelf 1 is provided with a plurality of storage units 2 arranged vertically and horizontally, and a single cassette 5 is stored in the storage unit 2 so that it can be pulled out toward the movement path.
About the medicine sheet S encapsulated in a state where the medicine materials of the tablet sheet A and the packaging sheet B are separated, the plurality of complete medicine material sheets S1 and one fraction medicine material sheet piece S2 are used as the medicine material sheet S. The cassette 5 is accommodated in the plurality of storage units 2. In other words, the storage unit 2 stores a plurality of drug material sheets S in a state of being stored in the cassette 5, and the storage shelf 1 includes a plurality of storage units 2 that store the plurality of drug material sheets S. It has been.

  The stacker crane 3 is guided by a track 14 on one side of a pair of tracks 14 arranged side by side in the horizontal direction of the moving path (hereinafter referred to as the path width direction), and the moving path is moved in the longitudinal direction (hereinafter referred to as the path). One side stacker crane 3a that is movable along the longitudinal direction) and the other side stacker crane 3b that is guided by the other side of the pair of tracks 14 and is movable along the longitudinal direction of the path. Two stacker cranes 3 are provided, and these two stacker cranes 3 are provided on the movement path so as to be able to pass each other.

  When the two stacker cranes 3 are described, the traveling carriage 11 of the one side stacker crane 3a is configured to travel along the track 14 on the one side while being located on one side in the path width direction. The elevating mast 13 of the one side stacker crane 3a is erected on the traveling carriage 11 so as to be located in the vicinity of the storage shelf 1 located on one side in the lateral direction of the path. Further, the traveling cart 11 of the other side stacker crane 3b is configured to travel along the other side track 14 in a state of being located on the other side in the path width direction, and the lifting mast of the other side stacker crane 3b. 13 is erected on the traveling carriage 11 so as to be located in the vicinity of the storage shelf 1 located on the other side in the path width direction. By configuring the two stacker cranes 3 in this way, the traveling carriages 11 and the lifting masts 13 do not interfere with each other when passing each other.

The lifting platform 12 of the one-side stacker crane 3a is supported in a cantilevered manner from the lifting mast 13 toward the other side in the path width direction, and the storage shelf 1 and the other side located on one side in the path width direction It is located between the lifting mast 13 of the stacker crane 3b. Further, the lifting platform 12 of the other stacker crane 3b is supported in a cantilevered manner from the lifting mast 13 toward one side in the path width direction, and the storage shelf 1 and one side positioned on the other side in the path width direction. It is located between the lifting mast 13 of the stacker crane 3a.
By configuring the stacker crane 3 in this way, when the two stacker cranes 3 pass each other, the lifting platform 12 does not interfere with the lifting mast 13 and when the two stacker cranes 3 pass each other. By making the height of the lifting platform 12 different, the lifting platforms 12 do not interfere with each other.

  Each of the stacker cranes 3 has a tray loading / unloading position corresponding to the tray loading / unloading position E1 and a cassette loading / unloading position corresponding to the cassette loading / unloading position E2 by the traveling movement of the traveling carriage 11 and the vertical movement of the lifting platform 12. And the raising / lowering base 12 is comprised to the position for storage parts corresponding to each of the some storage part 2 is comprised.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each of the stacker cranes 3 has an elevator stand 12 in which the cassette 5 is stored in the storage section 2 and taken out on the elevator base 12 in a state where the elevator base 12 is positioned at the storage section position. A cassette transfer device 16 as a cassette moving device that can be transferred between positions, a sheet cutting device 17 for cutting the drug material sheet S located at the cutting position E3 on the lifting platform 12, and the tray 4 described above. In the state where the sheet transfer device 18 capable of transferring the medicine sheet S between the cassette 5 at the take-out position, the cutting position E3, and the tray 4 and the lifting platform 12 are located at the tray entry / exit position. The tray transfer device 19 serving as a loading / unloading device for transferring the tray 4 to the tray loading / unloading location E1, the sheet reversing device 20 for reversing the medicine sheet S up and down, and the medicine for cutting by the sheet cutting device 17 Wood And the imaging camera 39 for capturing the door S from the upper side are provided.

  Each of the stacker cranes 3 puts the cassette 5 stored in the storage position of the storage unit 2 by the cassette transfer device 16 on the lift base 12 in a state where the lift base 12 is located at the storage position. The medicine material sheet S is taken out from the cassette 5 on the lifting platform 12 by the sheet transfer device 18 and transferred to the tray 4, and the cassette 5 from which the medicine material sheet S has been completely taken out is transferred to the cassette transfer device 16. It is comprised so that it may accommodate in the accommodation position of the accommodating part 2. Further, in the state where the lifting platform 12 is located at the storage portion position, the chemical material sheet S taken out from the cassette 5 is cut by the sheet cutting device 17 and cut by the sheet cutting device 17 as necessary. When the chemical material sheet S is turned upside down, the chemical material sheet S is reversed by the sheet reversing device 20.

  Each of the stacker cranes 3 removes the tray 4 containing the drug material sheet S from the top of the lift 12 by the tray transfer device 19 in a state where the lift 12 is located at the tray loading / unloading position. While transferring to the warehousing location E1, the tray 4 is configured to transfer the empty tray 4 that does not contain the medicine sheet S from the tray loading / unloading location E1 onto the lifting platform 12. . Further, in the state where the lifting platform 12 is located at the cassette loading / unloading location E2, the cassette 5 in which the medicine sheet S is not accommodated or the remaining amount of the medicine sheet S is small is transferred from above the lifting platform 12 by the cassette transfer device 16. While being transferred to the cassette loading / unloading location E2, the cassette 5 filled with the drug material sheet S is transferred from the cassette loading / unloading location E2 onto the lifting platform 12 by the cassette transfer device 16.

Next, each device provided in the lifting platform 12 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 7, the cassette transfer device 16 includes a transfer moving body 22 that is movable along the path width direction (cassette transfer direction), and both ends of the transfer moving body 22 in the path width direction. Each part is provided with a rotation hook 23 that is rotatable around a rotation axis along the horizontal direction of the path. The rotary hook 23 rotates around the rotation axis, so that the leading end of the rotary hook 23 is positioned above the height at which the cassette 5 is placed and supported on the elevator 12, and the rotary hook 23 is on the elevator 12. The posture is freely changeable to a retracted posture positioned below the height at which the cassette 5 is placed and supported.

  When the cassette transfer device 16 transfers the cassette 5 from the storage unit 2 located on one side in the path width direction onto the lifting platform 12, first, the cassette 5 to be transferred is stored. The lifting platform 12 is positioned at the storage portion position corresponding to the portion 2. Thereafter, the transfer moving body 22 is moved to one side in the path width direction so that the transfer moving body 22 protrudes from the lifting platform 12 to one side in the path width direction, and the retraction is located on one side in the path width direction. The rotary hook 23 in the posture is positioned directly below the engaged portion 5a of the cassette 5 positioned at the storage position of the storage portion 2. And after changing the attitude | position of the rotation hook 23 located in the one side of a path | route width direction to an engagement attitude | position and engaging with the to-be-engaged part 5a of the cassette 5, the moving body 22 for transfer is made into the other of a path | route width direction. The cassette 5 is moved to the take-out position on the lifting platform 12 from the storage position of the storage unit 2. The cassette 5 located at the take-out position on the lifting platform 12 is taken out of the storage unit 2 and the entire load of the cassette 5 is supported by the lifting platform 12.

In addition, by operating the transfer moving body 22 and the rotary hook 23 in the reverse procedure when transferring the cassette 5 from the storage unit 2 located on one side in the lateral direction of the path onto the lifting platform 12, The cassette 5 is transferred from the take-out position on the lifting platform 12 to the storage position of the storage unit 2 located on one side in the lateral direction of the path. As described above, the cassette transfer device 16 can transfer the cassette 5 between the storage position in the storage unit 2 and the take-out position on the lift table in a state where the lift 12 is located at the storage unit position. It is configured.
Then, by reversing the moving direction of the transfer moving body 22 and changing the posture of the rotary hook 23 positioned on the other side in the path width direction, the storage unit 2 positioned on the other side in the path width direction is stored. The cassette 5 is transferred between the position and the take-out position on the lifting platform 12, and the cassette transfer device 16 moves the cassette 5 between the storage units 2 of the pair of storage shelves 1. It is configured so that it can be loaded.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the tray transfer device 19 includes a pair of tray supports 25 that place and support the tray 4 in a state of being engaged with a recessed portion 4 a formed on the tray 4 from below. Yes. The tray support 25 is configured to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the path. From the tray transfer position as shown in FIG. 6 and the tray transfer position as shown in FIG. It is freely movable to the moved sheet receiving position.

Then, as the tray loading / unloading position where the lifting platform 12 stops when the tray 4 is transferred to / from the tray loading / unloading location E1, a high position as shown in FIG. 6 and a lower position lower than this are shown. When the tray 4 is set and transferred from the lifting platform 12 to the tray loading / unloading location E1, the tray support 25 supporting the tray 4 is positioned at the tray transfer position as shown in FIG. Thus, the tray 4 is transferred to the tray loading / unloading location E1 by moving the lifting platform 12 downward from the high position to the low position. In this way, the tray transfer device 19 moves the medicine sheet S supported by the tray 4 to the tray loading / unloading location E1 together with the tray 4 in a state where the lifting platform 12 is located at the tray loading / unloading position. It is configured to be freely mounted.
Further, when the tray 4 is transferred from the tray loading / unloading location E1 to the lifting platform 12, the tray 4 is positioned at the tray loading / unloading location E1 and the tray support 25 is positioned at the tray transfer position. By moving the table 12 from the low position to the high position, the tray 4 is picked up by the tray support 25 and transferred onto the lifting table 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the sheet cutting device 17 mounts and supports the sheet holding body 27 that holds the end of the drug material sheet S in the longitudinal direction of the sheet, and the flat back surface of the drug sheet S to be cut. And a sheet cutting blade 29 for cutting the medicinal material sheet S. The sheet holding body 27 is provided so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the path, and the sheet support member 28 and the sheet cutting blade 29 are provided so as to be movable in the lateral direction of the path.

  Then, the sheet cutting device 17 holds the drug material sheet S with the sheet holding body 27, the movement of the sheet holding body 27 in the longitudinal direction of the path, and the movement of the sheet support member 28 and the sheet cutting blade 29 in the horizontal direction of the path. Thus, the medicinal material sheet S is positioned between the sheet support member 28 and the sheet cutting blade 29. Thereafter, the sheet cutting blade 29 is moved downward to cut the medicinal material sheet S with the sheet cutting blade 29 in a state where the medicine sheet S is placed and supported by the sheet support member 28, and a part of the tablets of the tablet sheet A Or a small sachet of the wrapping sheet B.

  The tablet sheet A has a flat back surface but has irregularities on the front surface, and the sheet holding body 27 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the path so that the sheet support member 28 and the sheet cutting blade 29 are moved in the lateral direction of the path. Sometimes, the sheet supporting member 28 is held by the sheet holding member 27 in an upward posture with the uneven surface facing upward so that the end of the sheet supporting member 28 is not caught by the unevenness on the surface of the tablet sheet A. The flat back surface is placed and supported, and the tablet sheet A in the face-up position is cut by the sheet cutting blade 29. That is, the sheet cutting device 17 is configured to cut the tablet sheet A whose surface is oriented upward.

  The sheet cutting blade 29 includes a long side portion 29a along the longitudinal direction of the path, and a short side portion 29b extending from the tip of the long side portion 29a to the side opposite to the side where the sheet holding body 27 in the lateral direction of the path exists. And configured in an L shape in plan view. The long side portion 29a is formed to be longer than the width of the tablet sheet A or the wrapping sheet B. The long side portion 29a is a straight line along the path width direction of the tablet sheet A or the wrapping sheet B. It can be cut into a shape. Further, the short side portion 29b is formed longer than the length of one section of the tablets arranged in the sheet longitudinal direction in the tablet sheet A, and the long side portion 29a and the short side portion 29b end the end of the tablet sheet A in the sheet longitudinal direction. It is comprised so that a part of several tablet located in a part and arranged in a width direction can be cut | disconnected.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the sheet reversing device 20 is placed and supported by being swung by the electric motor 31 around the horizontal axis along the horizontal direction of the path from the support posture for placing and supporting the tablet sheet A. An oscillating base 32 for dropping the tablet sheet A being rotated, and a receiving body 33 provided below the oscillating base 32 to receive the tablet sheet A falling from the oscillating base 32 in an upside down state. It is configured with.

The oscillating table 32 is driven and oscillated by the electric motor 31, so that the mounting surface on which the tablet sheet A is mounted and supported is horizontal (see FIG. 11), and the horizontal axis is rotated from this supporting posture. The posture is freely changeable to a swinging posture (see FIG. 12) in which the mounting surface is vertical by being swung 90 °. In addition, a projecting portion 32a that protrudes upward from the placement surface in a horizontal posture is provided at one end located at the lower end in a swinging posture on the placement surface.
Further, the receiving body 33 has a mounting surface of the oscillating base 32 in the oscillating posture below the protruding portion 32a of the oscillating base 32 in the oscillating posture and the horizontal axis about which the oscillating base 32 swings. It is provided so that it may be located on the facing side.

  Then, after the tablet sheet A is placed on the placement surface of the oscillating table 32 in a reverse orientation with the back surface facing upward, the sheet inverting device 32 moves the oscillating table 32 from the support posture to the oscillating posture. By swinging the tablet sheet A, the tablet sheet A slides down to the one end side on the mounting surface, and the tablet sheet A is caught by the projecting portion 32a. After reaching the standing posture, it falls to the back side and falls while rotating from the rocking table 32. The tablet sheet A falling while rotating is received by the receiving body 33 in a face-up posture.

Next, the sheet transfer device 18 will be described.
The sheet transfer device 18 sucks and holds the surface of the medicine sheet S facing upward from the upper side, moves the suction holding body 35 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and moves the suction holding body 35. And a holding body moving operation body 36 that is rotated around the longitudinal axis. And the sheet transfer apparatus 18 is comprised so that the surface which faces the upper side of the flat back surface or uneven | corrugated surface in the tablet sheet A may be adsorbed and hold | maintained, when adsorbing and holding the tablet sheet A. FIG.
The sheet transfer device 18 moves the drug material sheet S on the lifting platform 12 in a state where the posture of the drug material sheet S is maintained in a horizontal posture by the adsorption action of the adsorption holder 35 and the movement and rotation of the adsorption holder 35. The cassette 5, the cutting point E <b> 3, the tray 4, and the sheet reversing device 20 are configured to be freely transferred.

  Specifically, when the drug material sheet S to be transferred is a tablet sheet A, the sheet transfer device 18 lifts and lowers the tablet sheet A that does not need to be cut as shown by an arrow (1) in FIG. As shown by an arrow (2) in FIG. 9, the tablet sheet A that needs to be cut and faces upward is transferred from the cassette 5 on the lifting platform 12 to the cutting point E3. As shown by the arrow (5) in FIG. 11, the tablet sheet A that needs to be cut and is turned face down is transferred from the cassette 5 on the lifting platform 12 onto the swing table 32. It is configured as follows. In addition, as shown by an arrow (6) in FIG. 12, the sheet transfer device 18 transfers the tablet sheet A in the face-up posture inverted by the sheet reversing device 20 from the receiving body 33 to the cutting position E3. It is configured freely. In the case indicated by the arrows (1), (2), (5), and (6), as the medicine sheet S to be transferred, the case of the complete medicine sheet S1 and the fraction medicine sheet piece S2 There are cases.

  Moreover, out of the fraction drug material sheet pieces S2 cut by the sheet cutting device 17, the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 to be delivered at the delivery location is cut as shown by an arrow (3) in FIG. As shown by an arrow (4) in FIG. 10, the fractional drug material sheet piece S2 to be transferred from the place E3 to the tray 4 and returned to the cassette 5 is transferred from the cutting place E3 to the cassette 5 on the lifting platform 12. It is configured to transfer.

  When the tablet sheet A as shown by the arrows (1), (2), and (5) is transferred from the cassette 5, the tablet sheet A is adsorbed and held by the adsorbing holder 35. The surface of the tablet sheet A stored in the cassette 5 in the face-up position is sucked and held by the suction holder 35, and the tablet sheet A stored in the cassette 5 in the face-up position is backed by the suction holder 35. Is adsorbed and held.

When the tablet sheet A is transferred to the cutting location E3 as indicated by the arrows (2) and (6), the tablet sheet A is transferred to the cutting location E3 and sucked and held by the suction holding body 35. The tablet sheet A is held by the sheet holding body 27 of the sheet cutting device 17. The tablet sheet A is continuously held by suction after being held by the sheet holding body 27, and when the sheet holding body 27 moves in the longitudinal direction of the path, the suction holding body 35 is also integrated with the sheet holding body 27. It moves in the longitudinal direction of the path.
Of the pair of fraction drug material sheet pieces S2 cut by the sheet cutting device 17, the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 that is not held by the sheet holding body 27 is cut as indicated by an arrow (3). After that, the suction holding by the suction holding body 35 is released as necessary, so that it falls into the chute 37 from the cutting point E3 and is accommodated in the tray 4 as a fraction drug material sheet piece S2 to be delivered. Of the pair of fractional drug material sheet pieces S2 cut by the sheet cutting device 17, the fractional chemical material sheet piece S2 held by the sheet holding member 27 is a sheet transfer device as shown by an arrow (4). 18 is transferred from the cutting point E3 to the cassette 5 on the lifting platform 12, and is accommodated in the accommodating space for accommodating the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 in the cassette 5 as the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 to be stored.
By the way, when transferring the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 as indicated by the arrow (3), the tray transfer device 19 is positioned so that the accommodation compartment in which the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 is to be accommodated is positioned immediately below the chute 37. By moving the tray 4 in the horizontal direction of the path, the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 can be accommodated in any of the plurality of accommodation sections provided in the tray 4.

When the tablet sheet A is directly transferred from the cassette 5 to the tray 4 as indicated by the arrow (1), the suction holder 35 is transferred to the cassette with the tray 4 positioned at the sheet receiving position. After moving to the side of the loading device 16 and directly above the tray 4, it is transferred by releasing the suction holding by the suction holding body 35.
By the way, when the fractional medicine sheet piece S2 is transferred as shown by the arrow (1), the accommodation section in which the fractional medicine sheet piece S2 is to be accommodated is positioned immediately below the adsorption holder 35 that releases the adsorption holding. In addition, by moving the tray 4 in the lateral direction of the path by the tray transfer device 19, the tablet sheet A can be accommodated in any of the plurality of accommodating sections provided in the tray 4.

  The imaging camera 39 is provided on the lifting platform 12 so as to capture from above the medicine sheet S accommodated in the cassette 5 on the lifting platform 12 and the medicine sheet S on the receiving body 33. The imaging camera 39 is provided so as to image the entire medicine sheet S located in the lowermost layer with respect to the medicine sheet S accommodated in at least one accommodation location located in the central portion in the cassette longitudinal direction. The other accommodation locations are provided so that at least a part of each of the four sides can be imaged by imaging the side surface of the drug material sheet S from the cutout of the plate-like partition wall 8a.

As shown in FIG. 13, the stacker crane 3 controls the traveling control unit 41 a that controls the operation of the traveling electric motor 11 a that travels and moves the traveling carriage 11, and the lifting electric motor 12 a that moves the lifting platform 12 up and down. There is provided an operation control device 41 provided with a lifting control unit 41b and a transfer control unit 41c as a transfer control means for controlling the operation of various devices on the lifting platform. The transfer control unit 41c corresponds to transfer control means for controlling the operation of the sheet transfer device 18 so as to transfer the drug material sheet S to be taken out.
Then, the operation control device 41 has the medicine material sheet S accommodated in the cassette 5 on the lifting platform 12 based on the imaging information captured by the imaging camera 39, particularly the tablet sheet A to be taken out. It is discriminated whether the surface facing the front side or the back side (front side posture or back side posture), and whether the surface facing the upper side in the tablet sheet A on the receiving body 33 is the front side or the back side is discriminated. The discriminating means 45 is provided in the form of a program. Note that the imaging camera 39 and the discriminating means 45 constitute a front / back detection means 46 for detecting whether the surface facing the upper side of the tablet sheet A is the front surface or the back surface. ing.

By reading the prescription information indicated by a barcode or the like on the prescription by a reading means (not shown), the prescription information is input to the output command device 43, and the output command from the output command device 43 to the controller 40 based on this prescription information Is commanded. The delivery instruction includes delivery type information indicating the type of prescription drug indicated in the prescription information and delivery number information indicating the number of prescription drugs to be delivered in each type.
The controller 40 stores the storage state of the drug material sheet S stored in the storage unit 2 as management information, and functions as a management unit 42 that manages the storage state. The controller 40 selects the take-out storage unit 2 from which the medicine sheet S is to be taken out based on the management information and the number-of-ships information indicated by the take-out command, and also selects the take-out target to be taken out from the take-out storage unit 2. Selection means 44 is provided in a program format for selecting a drug material sheet S and selecting a drug material sheet S to be cut from the drug material sheet S to be taken out.
And the conveyance command which shows the storage part 2 of extraction object, the chemical | medical material sheet S of extraction object, and the chemical | medical material sheet S of cutting object from the controller 40 is commanded.

  When the selection of the selection means 44 is described by taking the tablet sheet A as an example, the storage unit 2 in which the tablet sheet A enclosing the type of tablet to be delivered based on the delivery type information indicated by the delivery command is stored is taken out. The storage unit 2 is selected. And the form which preferentially selects the fraction medicinal material sheet piece S2 from the plurality of tablet sheets A stored in the storage unit 2 to be extracted based on the number of discharged tablets indicated by the output number information indicated by the output command. The tablet sheet A to be taken out is selected from the tablet sheets A stored in the cassette 5 so that the number of delivered tablets to be delivered at the delivery location or the number of delivered tablets is greater than the total number of tablets to be taken out. When the number is larger than the number of delivered tablets, one of the tablet sheets A to be taken out is selected as the tablet sheet A to be cut.

  The selection of the tablet sheet A to be taken out and the selection of the tablet sheet A to be cut will be described with specific examples. When the number of delivered tablets is 20, 10 tablets are enclosed in the storage unit 2 to be taken out. When a plurality of complete medicine sheet S1 and one fraction medicine sheet piece S2 enclosed in three tablets are stored in the storage unit 2 to be taken out, first of all the fraction medicine sheet piece S2 Is preferentially selected, and two complete drug material sheets S1 are selected so that the number of delivered tablets or the number of delivered tablets is equal to or greater. Then, since the total number of tablets of the tablet sheet A to be taken out is 23, which is larger than the number of delivered tablets 20, one of the complete drug substance sheets S1 is selected as the tablet sheet A to be cut.

Further, in the case where the number of delivered tablets is 23, a plurality of complete medicine sheet S1 in which 10 tablets are encapsulated and one fraction medicine sheet piece S2 in which 3 tablets are encapsulated in the storage unit 2 to be taken out. When the sheets are stored, one of the fraction drug material sheet pieces S2 and two of the complete drug material sheets S1 are selected as in the case described above. And since the total number of tablets of the tablet sheet A to be taken out is 23, which is the same as the number 23 of the delivered tablets, the tablet sheet A to be cut is not selected.
In the case where the number of delivered tablets is 2, a plurality of complete drug material sheets S1 in which 10 tablets are encapsulated and one fraction drug sheet piece S2 in which 3 tablets are encapsulated in the storage unit 2 to be taken out. In the case where the sheet is stored, only one of the fraction drug material sheet pieces S2 is selected, and this fraction drug material sheet piece S2 is selected as the tablet sheet A to be cut.

Next, the operation control device 41 will be described.
The operation control device 41 moves to the stop position corresponding to the tray loading / unloading location E1 based on the shipping command information from the controller 40, and transfers the tray 4 from the tray loading / unloading location E1 onto the lifting platform 12 to the tray. 4 in the tray receiving process for receiving 4, the storage unit moving process for moving the lifting platform 12 to the storage unit position corresponding to the storage unit 2 to be taken out, and the lifting platform 12 in the storage unit position. 5 to take out the medicine sheet S from 5 and move the elevator 12 to the stop position corresponding to the tray loading / unloading location E1 to transfer the tray 4 from the lifting platform 12 to the tray loading / unloading location E1. 4 is configured to execute a tray delivery process.

  Then, the operation control device 41 executes the tray receiving process, the storage unit moving process, the sheet take-out process, and the tray delivery process in this order, so that the tray 4 on which the medicine sheet S is placed and supported is delivered to the tray delivery location. The operation of the stacker crane 3 is controlled. In addition, when a plurality of types of medicine material sheets S to be taken out are indicated in the unloading command information, the storage unit moving process and the sheet taking-out process are repeatedly executed a plurality of times, and a plurality of kinds of the medicine sheets S are obtained. A plurality of types of drug material sheets S are collected on the tray and delivered together with the tray 4 to the tray entry / exit location E1.

  The operation control device 41 is provided with a discriminating means 45 in a program format for discriminating whether the surface facing the upper side of the medicinal material sheet S is the front surface or the back surface based on the imaging information captured by the imaging camera 39. Incidentally, the imaging camera 39 and the discriminating means 45 constitute a front / back detecting means 46 for detecting whether the surface facing upward in the medicinal material sheet S is the front surface or the back surface.

Next, the sheet extraction process of the transfer control unit 41c will be described.
The transfer control unit 41 c controls the operation of each device provided in the lifting platform 12 such as the sheet transfer device 18 based on the delivery command information from the controller 40 and the imaging information captured by the imaging camera 39. The extraction process is configured to be executed.
First, the cassette transfer device 16 is operated to transfer the cassette 5 stored in the storage unit 2 to be taken out onto the lifting platform 12.
Then, the imaging camera 39 is operated to image the medicine sheet S stored in the cassette 5 on the lifting platform 12, and the takeout stored in the cassette 5 is taken based on the imaging information captured by the imaging camera 39. The position of the target chemical material sheet S and the posture of the chemical material sheet S are determined, the sheet transfer device 18 is operated, and the target drug material sheet S is sucked and held by the sheet transfer device 18.

When the adsorbed and held drug material sheet S is not the drug material sheet S to be cut, the sheet transfer device 18 and the tray transfer are arranged so that the adsorbed and held drug material sheet S is accommodated in any of the plurality of accommodating sections in the tray 4. The operation of the mounting device 19 is controlled.
Further, when the adsorbed and held medicinal material sheet S is the medicinal material sheet S to be cut and the posture is the face-up posture, the medicinal material sheet S is cut by the sheet cutting device 17 and the fraction medicinal material sheet to be delivered In order to accommodate the piece S2 in any one of the plurality of accommodating sections in the tray 4 and accommodate the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 to be accommodated in the accommodating section for accommodating fractions in the cassette 5, the sheet transfer device 18 and the tray transfer The operation of the device 19 and the sheet cutting device 17 is controlled.
Further, when the adsorbed and held medicinal material sheet S is the medicinal material sheet S to be cut and the posture is the reverse orientation, the sheet reversing device 20 reverses the medicinal material sheet S from the reverse orientation to the front orientation. After that, the drug material sheet S is cut by the sheet cutting device 17, and the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 to be delivered is accommodated in any of the plurality of accommodation compartments in the tray 4, and the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 to be accommodated is stored. Is configured to control the operations of the sheet transfer device 18, the tray transfer device 19, the sheet cutting device 17, and the sheet reversing device 20.
By the way, when there is a medicine material sheet S to be cut and a medicine material sheet S that is not to be cut, the medicine sheet S that is not to be cut is first transferred from the cassette 5 to the tray 4. Then, the medicine material sheet S to be cut is taken out from the cassette 5 and cut by the sheet cutting device 17, the fraction medicine material sheet piece S2 to be delivered is transferred to the tray 4, and the fraction medicine material sheet piece S2 to be stored is transferred. Transfer to cassette 5.

  Prescription drugs shown on the same prescription should be stored in the same storage compartment of the tray 4 even if they are of different types, and prescription drugs shown on different prescriptions should be stored in different storage compartments of the tray 4 even if they are of the same type Thus, the tray 4 accommodated in a state of being divided by the prescription unit is delivered to the tray entry / exit location E1.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, 2nd Embodiment of this invention is described based on drawing.
In describing the second embodiment, the configuration different from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the description of the same configuration as the first embodiment will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 14, the elevator 12 of the stacker crane 3 can swing freely as a cassette transfer device 16, a sheet cutting device 17, and a sheet support member 28 for placing and supporting the medicine sheet S to be delivered. A swingable tray 51, a sheet transfer device 18 capable of transferring the drug material sheet S between the cassette 5 at the take-out position, the cutting position E3, and the swingable tray 51, and a lifting platform 12 for delivery. In the state of being in the position, a swing operation device (not shown) as a loading / unloading device for transferring the drug material sheet S supported by the swinging tray 51 to the unloading location, and the cassette 5 And an imaging camera 39 that captures an image of the medicine sheet S accommodated in the camera from above.
Incidentally, all the tablet sheets A are stored in the cassette 5 in the face-up posture, and the lifting platform 12 is not provided with a device for reversing the tablet sheets A.

  The swinging tray 51 includes a mounting table portion 51a for mounting and supporting the medicinal material sheet S, and a peripheral portion of an inclined posture that is located around the mounting table portion 51a and becomes higher as the distance from the mounting table portion 51a increases. In the swing operation device, a placement posture for placing and supporting the medicine sheet S on the placement table portion 51a, and an inclination posture for dropping the medicine material sheet S placed on the placement table portion 51a downward. The posture can be freely changed.

  That is, the swing operation device is placed and supported on the swinging tray 51 by changing the swinging tray 51 from the horizontal posture to the inclined posture in a state where the lifting platform 12 is located at the delivery position. The dropped chemical material sheet S is dropped from the swinging tray 51, so that only the chemical material sheet S of the swinging tray 51 and the chemical material sheet S supported by the swinging tray 51 is placed at the delivery location. It can be transferred freely.

[Another embodiment]
(1) In the above embodiment, the sheet reversing device 20 is configured to be driven and provided with the oscillating base 32 and the receiving body 33 that are oscillated by the driving means. However, as shown in FIG. The contacted body 56 for rotating the reversing device 20 in contact with the tablet sheet A falling from above, and the contacted body 56 for receiving the tablet sheet A rotating in contact with the contacted body 56 in a vertically inverted state. And a support body 57 provided below, may be configured to be non-driven.
In this case, the sheet transfer device 18 can release the holding of the tablet sheet A above the contacted body 56 after moving the tablet sheet A from the cassette 5 positioned at the take-out position above the contacted body 56. The tablet sheet A is configured to be freely transferred from the support 57 to the cutting position E3.

The non-drive type sheet reversing device 20 will be described. However, when the holding of the sheet transfer device 18 is released, the longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet A is the sheet longitudinal direction, and the lateral width direction of the tablet sheet A is then determined. This will be described as the sheet width direction.
The to-be-contacted body 56 is comprised by the rod-shaped member longer than the length of the longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet A, the to-be-contacted body 56 is a horizontal attitude | position along a sheet | seat longitudinal direction, and the tablet sheet A to fall is from the gravity center. It is provided at a position in contact with a location shifted to one side in the sheet width direction.
The support 57 includes a horizontal portion 57a having a horizontal upper surface, and an inclined portion 57b having an inclined upper surface that receives and guides the rotating tablet sheet A upside down and guides it to the horizontal portion 57a. The inclined portion 57b has an upper surface located on the lower side with respect to the contacted body 56 from the other side in the sheet width direction to one side, and an upper surface located on the one side in the sheet width direction as the lower side. Tilt to. The inclined portion 57 b is provided in a state of being spaced from the contacted body 56 so as to receive the back surface of the tablet sheet A rotating in contact with the contacted body 56. The horizontal portion 57a is provided so as to extend from the lower end portion of the inclined portion 57b to one side in the sheet lateral width direction, and is positioned on one side in the sheet lateral width direction from the contacted body 56.

  By configuring the sheet reversing device 20 in this way, the tablet sheet A that is released from holding in the back-facing posture after being released by the sheet transfer device 18 is contacted at a position that is shifted from the center of gravity in the sheet lateral width direction. The body 56 comes into contact, and the tablet sheet A can be rotated around the axis along the horizontal direction. Then, the tablet sheet A falling while rotating is received by the inclined portion 57b of the support 57, and the back surface of the tablet sheet A is received, and the tablet sheet A is guided to the horizontal portion 57a along the inclined upper surface. The sheet A can be turned upside down in the face-up orientation.

  Further, the sheet reversing device 20 grips the tablet sheet A received from the sheet transfer device 18 with a gripping portion, and rotates the gripping portion around an axis along the longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet A, thereby making the tablet The sheet A may be configured to be turned upside down. By the way, in the case of such a configuration, the sheet holding body 27 of the sheet cutting device 17 is configured to be rotatable around an axis along the longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet A, so that the sheet holding body 27 is formed in the sheet reversing device 20. Can also be used.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the complete drug material sheet S1 and the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 are accommodated in the same cassette 5. However, as shown in FIG. Even if the chemical material sheet cassette 59 and the complete chemical material sheet cassette 59 for accommodating the fractional chemical material sheet piece S2 are provided, and the complete chemical material sheet S1 and the fractional chemical material sheet piece S2 are accommodated in the different cassettes 5. Good.
Further, when the complete drug material sheet cassette 59 and the fraction drug material sheet cassette 60 are provided, the height of the peripheral wall of the fraction drug material sheet cassette 60 is made lower than the height of the peripheral wall of the complete drug material sheet cassette 59. It may be formed. That is, for the complete chemical material sheet cassette 59, the partition wall 8 is provided to form a plurality of accommodation spaces, and the complete chemical material sheet S1 is configured to be accommodated in a horizontal direction, and the peripheral wall is formed high, You may comprise the complete chemical | medical material sheet S1 so that accommodation is possible in a lamination | stacking state. Further, the fraction medicine sheet cassette 60 is formed so that its peripheral wall is lower in height than the peripheral wall of the complete medicine sheet cassette 59, and at least one fraction medicine sheet S2 can be accommodated in the stacking direction. And may be formed smaller in the vertical direction than the complete chemical sheet cassette 59.
Further, when the complete chemical material sheet cassette 59 and the fractional chemical material sheet piece cassette 60 are provided, the complete chemical material sheet cassette 59 and the fractional chemical material sheet piece cassette 60 are accommodated in one storage unit 2. It may be provided in the form, and the complete drug material sheet S1 and the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 may be stored in one storage unit 2.

(3) In the above embodiment, the removal position on the moving base side is set to a position where the entire cassette 5 is taken out of the storage unit 2 and supported by the moving base alone. A position at which a part of the load of the cassette 5 is supported by the storage shelf 1, the remaining load of the cassette 5 is supported by the moving base, and the cassette 5 is supported by the storage shelf 1 and the moving base. The take-out position on the moving base side may be set to a position where the cassette 5 is supported in a cantilever manner by the storage shelf 1 and the cassette 5 is supported only by the storage shelf 1. .
Further, as the take-out position on the moving base side, the take-out position for the complete drug material sheet S1 and the take-out position for the fraction drug material sheet piece S2 shifted from this position in the cassette transfer direction may be set.

(4) In the above embodiment, the imaging camera 39 and the discriminating means 45 constitute the front / back detection means 46. However, the position detection means such as a laser range finder for detecting the position of the flat portion of the sheet material; The front / back surface detection means 46 may be configured with front / back surface detection means for determining whether the surface facing upward in the tablet sheet A is based on the detection information of the position detection means.

(5) In the above embodiment, as the stacker crane 3, the two stacker cranes 3 of the one side stacker crane 3a and the other side stacker crane 3b are provided, and these two stacker cranes 3 are provided so as to be freely passed. Two sets of two stacker cranes 3 that can pass freely may be provided, or a plurality of stacker cranes 3 may be provided so that they cannot pass each other. Further, only one stacker crane 3 may be provided.

(6) In the first embodiment, in the cassette moving device, with respect to the cassettes 5 stored in the storage units 2 of the storage shelves 1 on both sides, the storage position in the storage unit 2 and the take-out position on the moving base side In the first embodiment, only the cassette 5 stored in the storage unit 2 of one storage shelf 1 is stored in the storage unit 2 in the first embodiment. And may be configured to move to an extraction position on the moving base side.
In the second embodiment, in the cassette moving device, only the cassette 5 stored in the storage unit 2 of one storage shelf 1 is moved to the storage position in the storage unit 2 and the removal position on the moving base side. In the second embodiment, in the second embodiment, the storage position and the movement base in the storage unit 2 are compared with the cassettes 5 stored in the storage units 2 of both storage shelves 1 in the cassette moving device. You may comprise so that it may move to the taking-out position on the stand side.
The chemical material sheet S to be cut by the sheet cutting device 17 is sucked and held by the sheet transfer device 18, but the chemical material sheet S to be cut by the sheet cutting device 17 is sucked and held by the sheet transfer device 18. It does not have to be. In this case, the sheet cutting device 17 functions as a sheet transfer device 18 for transferring the drug material sheet S from the cutting point E3 to the sheet support.

(7) In the above embodiment, the cassette transfer device 16 includes the transfer moving body 22 that is movable in the cassette transfer direction and the rotary hook 23 that is rotatable around the axis along the cassette transfer direction. Although configured, the cassette transfer device 16 is movable along the cassette transfer direction and is movable up and down, and an engagement projecting upward provided at one end of the moving body in the lateral direction of the path. The cassette 5 may be configured to be transferred to the storage position in the storage unit 2 and the take-out position on the moving base side by moving the moving body 53 in the cassette transfer direction and moving up and down. In addition, the cassette transfer device 16 can be moved along the cassette transfer direction and cannot be moved up and down, and an engagement hook projecting upward provided at one end of the path in the width direction of the path. Of the moving body 53 The movement and the lifting movement of the movable base of the set transfer direction, may be configured to transfer the cassette 5 to the storage position in the housing portion 2 and the take-out position of the moving base side.

(8) In the said 1st Embodiment, although the tablet sheet A was accommodated in the state which mixed the upward attitude | position and the downward attitude | position in the cassette 5, you may accommodate all the tablet sheets A in the upward attitude | position in the cassette 5. FIG.
In the said 2nd Embodiment, although the tablet sheet A was accommodated in the cassette 5 in all the upward attitude | positions, you may accommodate the tablet sheet A in the cassette 5 in the state which mixed the upward attitude | position and the downward attitude | position.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage shelf 2 Storage part 3 Stacker crane (conveyance apparatus)
3a One side stacker crane 3b The other side stacker crane 4 Seat support 5 Cassette 8 Partition wall 9 Partition 11 Traveling carriage 12 Moving base 13 Lifting mast 14 Track 16 Cassette moving device 17 Sheet cutting device 18 Sheet transfer device 19 For unloading Transfer device 20 Sheet reversing device 31 Drive means 32 Oscillating base 33 Receiving body 41c Transfer control means 42 Management means 44 Selection means 46 Front / back detection means 56 Contacted object 57 Support body 59 Complete chemical material sheet cassette 60 Round drug material Sheet piece cassette A Tablet sheet E1 Delivery location E3 Cutting location S Medicinal material sheet S1 Complete medicinal material sheet S2 Round medicinal material sheet piece

Claims (14)

A storage shelf provided with a plurality of storage units for storing a plurality of sheet-shaped drug material sheets enclosed in a state where the drug materials are divided;
A movable base that is movable to a storage position corresponding to each of the plurality of storage sections and a delivery position corresponding to a delivery location where the medicine sheet is delivered; A storage facility provided with a transport device for transporting to the exit location,
The storage unit is configured to store a plurality of the drug material sheets in a state where the drug material sheets are stored in a cassette that can be stored.
On the moving base of the transfer device,
A cassette moving device that can move the cassette between a storage position in the storage unit and a take-out position on the moving base side in a state where the moving base is located at the storage unit position;
A sheet cutting device for cutting the drug material sheet located at a cutting position on the moving base;
A sheet support that supports the drug material sheet conveyed to the unloading location;
A sheet transfer device capable of transferring the drug material sheet between the cassette at the take-out position, the cutting position, and the sheet support;
A storage provided with an unloading transfer device for transferring the drug material sheet supported by the sheet support to the unloading location in a state where the moving base is located at the unloading position. Facility.   The storage facility according to claim 1, wherein the sheet support includes a partition that divides a storage space for storing the drug material sheet into a plurality of storage compartments. The sheet support is formed in a container shape having a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion and opening upward,
The storage facility according to claim 2, wherein the partition is formed at a height lower than the peripheral wall portion of the sheet support.   The unloading / transferring apparatus transfers the drug material sheet supported by the sheet support to the unloading location together with the sheet support in a state where the moving base is located at the unloading position. Storage equipment given in any 1 paragraph of Claims 1-3 constituted freely.   In the state in which the transfer device for unloading is in the state where the moving base is located at the unloading position, the drug material sheet out of the sheet support and the drug material sheet supported by the sheet support. Storage equipment given in any 1 paragraph of Claims 1-3 comprised so that transfer only to said shipping location is possible. The transport device is constituted by a stacker crane in which an elevating mast that guides the moving base to a traveling carriage so as to be movable up and down,
A pair of the storage shelves are provided in a posture facing each other in a form that forms a movement path of the stacker crane,
As the stacker crane, a stacker crane on one side that is guided by a track on one side of a pair of tracks arranged side by side in the width direction of the movement route and is movable on the movement route, and a pair of the pair of tracks The storage equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the storage equipment is provided so that the other stacker crane, which is guided by the other side track and freely moves along the moving path, can pass each other. The medicinal material sheet is a tablet sheet in which a plurality of tablets are enclosed in a state where the tablets are divided,
The cassette has a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion and is formed in a container shape that opens upward, and is configured to accommodate a plurality of the tablet sheets in a stacked state,
The sheet transfer device is configured to transfer and hold the tablet sheet by adsorbing and holding a flat back surface or uneven surface of the tablet sheet,
The sheet cutting device is configured to cut the tablet sheet in a posture in which the surface is directed upward;
Front and back detecting means for detecting whether the surface facing the upper side in the tablet sheet is a front surface or a back surface;
The sheet reversing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: a sheet reversing device for reversing the tablet sheet whose surface is directed downward based on detection information of the front and back detection means so that the surface is directed upward. The storage equipment described in the paragraph. A swinging table for rotating and dropping the tablet sheet that is swung and supported by a driving means around a horizontal axis from a support posture for placing and supporting the tablet sheet; A receiving body provided below the rocking table to receive the tablet sheet falling from the rocking table in an upside down state,
The sheet transfer device is configured to be able to transfer the tablet sheet from the cassette located at the take-out position onto the rocking table and to transfer the tablet sheet from the receiving body to the cutting position. The storage facility according to claim 7. The contacted body rotated by the sheet reversing device in contact with the tablet sheet dropped from above, and the contacted body to receive the tablet sheet rotated in contact with the contacted body in a vertically inverted state. And a support body provided below,
The sheet transfer device is capable of releasing the holding of the tablet sheet above the contacted body after the tablet sheet is moved from the cassette located at the take-out position above the contacted body, and the tablet. The storage facility according to claim 7, wherein the sheet is configured to be able to be transferred from the support to the cutting portion. The medicinal material sheet has a plurality of sizes of medicinal material sheets having different sizes in plan view,
The cassette includes a partition wall that divides the storage space into a plurality of storage sections in the horizontal direction, and is configured to be capable of storing the drug material sheet in a flat position in each of the plurality of storage sections. The storage equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a wall is detachably provided and the size of the storage section in a plan view can be freely changed.   The sheet transfer device uses, as the drug material sheet, a fraction drug material sheet to be delivered cut out from the drug material sheet transferred to the cutting location by the sheet cutting device from the cutting location to the sheet. Transferable to the support, and after the fractional material sheet to be delivered is cut out, the fractional material sheet piece to be stored remaining as the chemical material sheet from the cutting position to the cassette at the removal position The storage equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the storage equipment is configured to be freely transferred. In the storage part, as the chemical material sheet, a set number of the same kind of chemical materials are enclosed in a state where the same kind of chemical materials are enclosed, and the fraction medicine material sheet piece to be delivered by the sheet cutting device from the chemical material sheet. Is configured to be stored in a state in which the fraction drug material sheet piece that has been cut is stored in the cassette,
Management means for managing the storage state of the medicine sheet stored in the storage unit;
Based on the management information of the management means and the number-of-delivery information indicated by the exit command, the number of the outgoing tablets to be delivered to the delivery location in the form of preferentially selecting the fraction drug material sheet piece or the number of outgoing tablets is greater than or equal to. As described above, when the medicine sheet to be taken out is selected from the medicine sheet accommodated in the cassette and the total number of tablets in the medicine sheet to be taken out is larger than the number of delivered tablets, the medicine to be taken out A selection means for selecting one of the sheets as a medical material sheet to be cut;
A transfer control means for controlling the operation of the sheet transfer device to transfer the medicine sheet to be taken out;
The transfer control means is
If the drug material sheet to be transferred is not the drug material sheet to be cut, a direct transfer process for transferring the drug sheet to be taken out from the cassette at the take-out position to the sheet support is executed and transferred. When the chemical material sheet to be cut is the chemical material sheet to be cut, the cutting / transferring process is performed to transfer the chemical material sheet to be cut from the cassette at the take-out position to the cutting position. The storage equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 11.   The cassette is formed in a container shape having a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion and opening upward, and includes a partition wall that divides the internal space into a plurality of storage compartments in the horizontal direction, and the same kind From the height of the bottom surface of the storage compartment for storing the complete drug material sheet, the complete drug material sheet enclosing a set number of the drug materials and the fractional drug material sheet are configured to be accommodated in different storage compartments. The storage facility according to claim 11 or 12, wherein a height of a bottom surface of the storage section for storing the fraction drug material sheet piece is formed high.   As the cassette, there are one complete chemical material sheet cassette for storing a complete chemical material sheet in which a set number of the same kind of chemical materials are enclosed and a fraction chemical material sheet cassette for storing the fraction chemical material sheet. 13. The storage according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the storage is provided in a single storage portion, and the height of the peripheral wall of the fraction drug material sheet cassette is lower than the height of the peripheral wall of the complete drug material sheet cassette. Facility.

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