JP6032210B2 - Drug storage cassette and drug dispensing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine storage cassette and a medicine dispensing apparatus used for a medicine dispensing apparatus that dispenses a medicine sheet such as a PTP (Press Through Package) sheet or an SP (Stripping Package) sheet.

  The medicine dispensing device is provided with a large number of medicine storage cassettes for storing each PTP sheet for each medicine, and the required number of PTP sheets are paid out from the medicine storage cassette selected based on the inputted prescription data. . As such a medicine dispensing device, there is a medicine dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.

  The medicine storage cassette provided in the medicine dispensing device of Patent Document 1 stores a plurality of PTP sheets arranged side by side in a standing state so that the pocket-forming surface faces a single direction. . An urging device for urging the PTP sheet toward the front side of the medicine storage cassette is provided on the back side of the medicine storage cassette. A dispensing slit is formed at the bottom of the front side wall of the medicine storage cassette. When the PTP sheet at the foremost position is pushed downward by the pushing member, the PTP sheet is taken out from the slit. .

  The medicine storage cassette provided in the medicine dispensing device of Patent Document 2 stores a plurality of PTP sheets stacked in the vertical direction so that the surface on the pocket forming side faces downward or upward in the laid state. . A suction head is provided above the medicine storage cassette, and the PTP sheet located at the top of the medicine storage cassette is lifted by the suction head and discharged out of the cassette. Further, FIG. 13 of Patent Document 2 shows a form in which the pocket forming surfaces and the protective sheet surfaces of the PTP sheet are stacked facing each other.

JP 2011-41789 A JP 2008-37510 A

  A plurality of PTP sheets are packaged in a bundled state. Generally, in order to reduce the stacking height, the pocket portion (convex portion) of one PTP sheet in the two PTP sheets is replaced with the other. The PTP sheet is positioned in the non-pocket portion (recessed portion). For this reason, when the PTP sheet is replenished to the medicine storage cassette in the medicine dispensing apparatus of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it is necessary to temporarily disassemble the bundle of PTP sheets taken out of the bag and align the directions. Further, the medicine dispensing device of Patent Document 1 has a drawback that the foremost PTP sheet is pushed downward by the pushing member and cannot be used for the SP sheet having low rigidity.

  On the other hand, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, the structure is such that a plurality of drug sheets are stacked and stored. Therefore, when a large number of drug sheets are to be stored in the drug storage cassette, each drug storage cassette has a short depth, and thus is vertically long. It becomes a shape. For this reason, such a medicine dispensing apparatus in which such medicine storage cassettes are arranged vertically and horizontally does not make use of the depth and cannot be equipped with many medicine storage cassettes.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention has a structure capable of stacking and storing a plurality of drug sheets, and a drug storage cassette capable of increasing the depth without increasing the height, and a drug dispensing apparatus including the same I will provide a.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the drug storage cassette of the present invention is arranged at intervals in the depth direction so as to form a plurality of storage areas in the depth direction that can be stored in a state where the drug sheets are stacked or packaged. A plurality of partition members, and a moving member that moves the plurality of partition members at the same time to move the medicine sheet or the package in the storage area to the near side.

  With such a configuration, a plurality of storage areas are formed in the depth direction that can be stored in a stacked state or in the state of a package, and thus a structure in which a plurality of drug sheets can be stacked and stored in this way. Nevertheless, the depth can be increased without increasing the height. Since the plurality of partition members are moved simultaneously to move the storage area to the front side, it is possible to appropriately dispense the medicine sheet or package stored as described above on the front side of the medicine storage cassette. become. In addition to the PTP sheet, the drug sheet can be applied to a low rigidity SP sheet. Further, when the medicine sheet or package in the accommodation area moves to the near side, the accommodation area on the back side of the medicine accommodation cassette becomes empty, but the medicine sheet replenished in this vacant accommodation area Since the medicine sheet put in first is paid out first, it is possible to prevent the old medicine sheet from being paid out indefinitely.

  In addition, the medicine storage cassette of the present invention includes a partition member that is formed so as to contact with a packaging body that is located on the farthest side, by forming a plurality of storage areas in the depth direction in which a medicine sheet can be accommodated in the state of the packaging body, and the partition A moving member that moves the member to move the package in the accommodation area to the near side. That is, when handling the package, the package arranged in the depth direction can be moved to the near side without providing a plurality of partition members.

  Moreover, in such a medicine storage cassette, the partition member is disposed separately in a direction intersecting the depth direction, and the partition member is provided at a corner of the medicine sheet or package body stored in the storage area. You may come to engage. In such a configuration, the moving member moves the partition member so that the drug sheet or package moves forward, and then moves the partition member to the corner of the drug sheet or package. You may make it move to the back side in the state away from the part.

  These drug storage cassettes are preferably provided with a driving mechanism for moving the moving member by obtaining a driving force from the outside. With this configuration, it is not necessary for each medicine storage cassette to include a means for generating a driving force individually.

  Moreover, in these chemical | medical agent accommodation cassettes, you may make it the said chemical | medical agent sheet or a package body accommodate in the said accommodating area | region with the transversal direction facing the said depth direction. According to this, the distance of the said movement when moving the said chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette to this side and taking out the said chemical | medical agent sheet or a package can be shortened.

  Further, in the medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention, any one of the above-mentioned medicine containing cassettes is loaded in a loading space formed in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction so as to be freely inserted and removed in the depth direction, and moves in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. The dispensing operation unit is configured to dispense the medicine sheet or package from any medicine storage cassette.

  With such a configuration, a large number of the drug storage cassettes can be arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and a large number of drug sheets or packages can be stored utilizing the depth of the drug storage cassette.

  In the medicine dispensing device, the dispensing operation unit includes a suction gripping device, and the suction gripping device sucks up and takes out the medicine sheet or package housed in the housing region of the medicine housing cassette. Also good. Further, two or more suction gripping devices may be provided so that the posture thereof can be changed, and the posture of the suction gripping device may be changed to warp the medicine sheet while the medicine sheet is sucked. . According to this, even when the pocket part (convex part) of one PTP sheet in the two PTP sheets is positioned in the non-pocket part (recessed part) of the other PTP sheet, the lower PTP is caused by the above warping. The sheet can be detached from the upper PTP sheet, and only the upper PTP sheet can be sucked and dispensed.

  In the medicine dispensing apparatus, the medicine containing cassette may be pulled out from the loading space so that only the foremost accommodation area is exposed when the medicine sheet or package is dispensed. According to this, the length of the depth direction in the medicine dispensing device can be shortened. As described above, when the medicine sheet or package is accommodated in the accommodation area with the short direction thereof in the depth direction, the length in the depth direction of the medicine dispensing device can be further shortened.

  According to the present invention, the depth can be increased without increasing the height, although the structure can stack and store a plurality of drug sheets. And it becomes possible to arrange | position many said chemical | medical agent accommodation cassettes to the vertical direction and a horizontal direction, and to accommodate many chemical | medical agent sheets using the depth of the said chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette. Further, it is possible to eliminate the work of once releasing the bundled PTP sheets taken out of the bag and aligning the directions. Moreover, since it is possible to pay out the medicine sheet replenished first, it is possible to prevent the old medicine sheet from being paid out indefinitely.

It is the perspective view which showed the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the inside of the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. 1 transparently. It is the perspective view which showed the state which removed the upper case part of the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the state which removed the upper case part and slide side board of the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the state which removed the upper case part of the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. 1, a slide side board, and the moving member. It is the enlarged plan view which showed the guide plate in the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is the enlarged plan view which showed the modification of the guide plate in the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the lower case part of the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the state in which the chemical | medical agent sheet was accommodated in all the four accommodation area | regions of the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the state by which all the chemical | medical agent sheets were paid out in the accommodation area | region of the foremost side of the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of the state in which the operation | movement which slides a chemical | medical agent sheet to the near side after the state shown in FIG. 10 was performed. It is the perspective view which showed the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of the state which the moving member moved outside after the state shown in FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of the state which the moving member moved to the back | inner side after the state shown in FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of the state which the moving member moved inside after the state shown in FIG. It is the perspective view which showed schematic structure of the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus formed by arranging multiple chemical | medical agent accommodation cassettes up and down, right and left. It is explanatory drawing which showed the suction holding | grip apparatus applicable to the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which showed the suction holding | grip apparatus applicable to the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is the top view which showed the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed operation | movement of the chemical | medical agent accommodation cassette which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the medicine storage cassette 1 of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the inside of the medicine storage cassette 1 in a perspective manner. In the upper case portion 2 of the medicine storage cassette 1, in this depth direction, a plurality of four storage areas A that can be stored in the stacked state or in the state of a packaging body are formed in the depth direction. A plurality of partition members 3 are located at intervals. And in this embodiment, the said storage area | region A is formed so that the said PTP sheet 100 or a package may be accommodated in the state which turned the transversal direction to the said depth direction. That is, the horizontal direction of the accommodation area A is longer than the depth direction. Among the four storage areas A, the frontmost storage area A is provided with a pressing portion 9 that sandwiches the PTP sheet 100 from the side and prevents the stacking deviation. The pressing portion 9 is elastically supported by a leaf spring 9a and presses the PTP sheet 100 from the side. In addition, moving members 4 are provided on the right and left sides of the upper case portion 2. The moving member 4 can move the accommodating area A in the depth direction (back side and near side) by moving the plurality of partition members 3 simultaneously, and the accommodating area when moving to the near side. The PTP sheet 100 or the package in A can be moved to the near side.

  The partition member 3 is separated in a direction (left-right direction) intersecting with the depth direction to form a pair, and the partition member 3 forming the pair is a PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the accommodation area A or a package body. It is located so as to engage with the corners on one side. Each moving member 4 has a plurality of locking holes 4a formed at predetermined intervals in the depth direction. Thereby, the partition member 3 can be detachably attached to the locking hole 4a, and the depth direction interval (accommodating region) of the partition member 3 can be changed by changing the locking hole 4a to be used. It is possible to change the size of A).

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the medicine storage cassette 1 with the upper case part 2 removed. The medicine storage cassette 1 is provided with a drive mechanism 5 for driving the moving member 4. The driving force transmission shaft 51 provided in the driving mechanism 5 is supported by the lower case portion 6 on the front side of the medicine storage cassette 1. A connecting portion 51a (see also FIG. 9) formed on one end side of the driving force transmission shaft 51 protrudes outward from the lower case portion 6, and a gear portion 51b formed on the other end side is formed on the lower case portion. 6 is meshed with a gear portion on the lower surface of the bevel gear 52 supported rotatably by the gear 6. A first protrusion 52a is formed on the flat portion of the upper surface of the bevel gear 52 so as to coincide with the rotation center of the bevel gear 52, and a second protrusion 52b is formed at a position away from the rotation center. Is formed. The flat portion of the bevel gear 52 is provided with a driving piece 53 that engages with the first protrusion 52a and the second protrusion 52b. The drive piece 53 rotates with the bevel gear 52 and can be displaced in the radial direction of the bevel gear 52.

  An engagement portion 53 a is provided on one end side of the drive piece 53. The engaging portion 53 a is engaged with the long hole of the slide flat plate 54. The slide flat plate 54 is slidable in the depth direction. And the said elongate hole is long formed in the left-right direction. When the bevel gear 52 rotates, the drive piece 53 also rotates, and the rotation of the drive piece 53 causes the slide plate 54 to reciprocate in the depth direction. The position of the drive piece 53 is displaced in the radial direction of the bevel gear 52 to change the distance between the engaging portion 53 a and the rotation center of the bevel gear 52, thereby causing a slide plate 54 generated by the rotation of the bevel gear 52. The reciprocating stroke can be changed.

  A slide side plate 55 is connected to the left and right positions of the slide flat plate 54, and when the slide flat plate 54 reciprocates in the depth direction, the slide side plate 55 also reciprocates in the depth direction. The slide side plate 55 has a U-shaped cross section having an upper flat plate portion and a lower flat plate portion, and the upper flat plate portion and the lower flat plate portion have engagement notches 55a cut in the left-right direction. Yes. The engaging notches 55a are engaged with engaging protrusions 4b formed on the upper and lower edges of the moving member 4.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the medicine storage cassette 1 with the upper case portion 2 and the slide side plate 55 removed. A guide pin support portion 4c is formed at the lower edge of the substantially central portion of the moving member 4, and the guide pin 4d is inserted into a support hole formed in the guide pin support portion 4c. The distal end of the guide pin 4d enters a guide groove 7a formed in the guide plate 7, and the distal end surface of the guide pin support portion 4c is in contact with the upper surface of the bank portion of the guide groove 7a.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the medicine storage cassette 1 with the upper case portion 2, the slide side plate 55, and the moving member 4 removed. The guide groove 7a of the guide plate 7 is formed in a parallelogram shape having two inner and outer guide groove portions extending in parallel with the depth direction and two folded groove portions connecting them. When the guide pin 4d is positioned in the inner guide groove and the moving member 4 moves closer to each other, the partition member 3 is placed at the corner of the PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the accommodating area A. The engagement becomes possible, and the PTP sheet 100 in each region A can be moved to the near side by the near side movement. On the other hand, when the guide pin 4d is positioned in the outer guide groove and the moving member 4 moves away from each other, the partition member 3 is a corner of the PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the accommodating area A. It moves away from the part and returns to the specified position by the back side movement without touching the PTP sheet 100 in each region A.

  FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the guide plate 7. One-way operation levers 71 are provided at two corners of the central bank portion of the guide plate 7. The distal end side of the one-way operation lever 71 is located in the guide groove 7a. Further, a stopper 72 and a spring 73 are provided on the rear end side of the one-way operation lever 71. The spring 73 biases the rear end portion of the one-way operation lever 71 in a direction in which it presses against the stopper portion 72. When the guide pin 4d indicated by a solid line in the drawing moves downward (front side) as indicated by an arrow, the one-way operation lever 71 rotates as indicated by a dotted line. When the guide pin 4d reaches the position indicated by the dotted line, the one-way operation lever 71 is released from the pressure of the guide pin 4d and returned to the position indicated by the solid line by the force of the spring 73. The one-way operation lever 71 that has returned in this manner functions as a guide that guides the guide pin 4d to the folded groove. As a result, when the moving member 4 is switched to the rearward movement operation, the guide pin 4d is guided by the one-way operation lever 71 and moves in the direction of the arrow as indicated by a two-dot chain line, It will head to the guide groove.

  FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a modified example of the guide plate 7. The guide plate 7 is formed by extending the back side of the outer guide groove portion of the guide groove 7a to form a pin retracting region 7b. When the pin retracting area 7b is formed in this way, the one-way operation lever 71 can be lengthened, and the traveling direction of the guide pin 4d can be reliably switched. When the pin retracting region 7b is formed on the front side of the inner guide groove portion in the guide groove 7a, the partition member 3 is engaged with the corner portion of the PTP sheet 100, and the PTP sheet 100 is moved slightly. Therefore, in this example, the pin retracting region 7b is not formed on the front side of the inner guide groove portion in the guide groove 7a.

  FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the lower case portion 6. The lower case portion 6 is formed with an accommodating portion 61 that accommodates the bevel gear 52. The accommodating portion 61 is formed with a shaft accommodating portion 61a. The shaft accommodating portion 61a accommodates a rotation shaft formed at the center of the lower surface gear portion of the bevel gear 52. .

  FIG. 9 shows a state in which the PTP sheet 100 is stored in all four storage areas A of the medicine storage cassette 1. The PTP sheet 100 is dispensed in order from the top in the accommodation area A on the front side. In order to pay out the uppermost PTP sheet 100, for example, a suction gripping apparatus that grips an object by performing air suction can be used.

  FIG. 10 shows a state where all the PTP sheets 100 are paid out in the accommodation area A on the front side. The empty state of the storage area A on the foremost side is, for example, that the PTP sheet 100 could not be gripped even when the operation of gripping the PTP sheet 100 with the suction gripping device was performed (the bottom surface of the upper case portion 2 was This can be detected when it is determined that the suction gripping device cannot be moved upward due to suction. Alternatively, a sensor provided on the suction gripping device by pasting a reflective member having a reflectance different from that of the PTP sheet 100 to the bottom surface of the upper case portion 2 at the location of the accommodation area A closest to the front. When the reflection member is detected, it can be determined that the foremost accommodation area A is empty.

  FIG. 11 shows a state where an operation of sliding the PTP sheet 100 to the near side is executed after the empty state is detected. In this state, as described above, the guide pin 4d is positioned in the guide groove inside the guide plate 7, and the moving member 4 moves to the near side while approaching each other. At this time, the partition member 3 engages with the corner of the PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the accommodating area A, and the PTP sheet 100 in each area moves to the near side by the movement toward the near side. It will be.

  FIG. 12 shows a state in which after the PTP sheet 100 is moved to the near side, the moving member 4 is moved outward, and the partition member 3 is moved away from the corner of the PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the accommodating area A. Show. That is, this state is a state immediately after the guide pin 4d has moved from the inner guide groove portion of the guide groove 7a to the outer guide groove portion through the folded groove portion.

  FIG. 13 shows a state in which the partition member 3 has moved to the back side while being away from the corner of the PTP sheet 100. That is, this state is a state in which the guide pin 4d moves to the innermost side through the guide groove portion outside the guide groove 7a. Thus, since the partition member 3 moves to the back without touching the PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the accommodation area A, the front side movement state of the PTP sheet 100 shown in FIG. There is no.

  FIG. 14 shows the PTP sheet 100 in which the moving member 4 moves to the innermost guide groove portion after moving to the innermost through the outer guide groove portion of the guide groove 7a, and the partition member 3 is accommodated in the accommodating area A. The state which became able to engage with the corner | angular part of this is shown. That is, the positional relationship between the members of the medicine storage cassette 1 is in the state shown in FIG. 9 (prescribed position state). Here, such a specified position state is maintained and the PTP sheet 100 is discharged, but the partition member 3 is moved into the housing area A by moving the moving member 4 to the inner guide groove. Since it engages with the corners of the PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the storage area A, it is possible to prevent the PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the accommodation area A from collapsing from front to back and from side to side. The distance between the left and right moving members 4 when the moving member 4 moves to the inner guide groove is somewhat wider than the width of the PTP sheet 100 to be used. A can be supplemented with the PTP sheet 100. Further, when the PTP sheet 100 in the storage area A moves to the near side, the storage area A on the back side of the medicine storage cassette 1 becomes empty. The PTP sheet replenished in the empty storage area A Since the PTP sheet 100 placed before 100 is paid out first, it is possible to prevent the old PTP sheet 100 from being paid out indefinitely.

  The one-cycle operation for moving the PTP sheet 100 in the medicine storage cassette 1 is performed by the bevel gear 52 rotating once. Therefore, for example, a reflector is attached to one side of the side surface of the bevel gear 52, while a light sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit is provided in the suction gripping device, and light emitted from the light emitting unit is provided. Is reflected by the reflecting plate and received by the light receiving unit, it is possible to determine one rotation of the bevel gear 52. In addition, it is preferable to form an opening at a predetermined position of the lower case portion 6 so that light emitted from the optical sensor provided in the suction gripping device is not blocked by the lower case portion 6. Further, instead of detecting the rotation by the light, it is also possible to detect one rotation of the bevel gear 52 using a magnetic material and a magnetic sensor. In addition to the configuration using the bevel gear 52, the driving force transmission shaft 51 is used and the bevel gear 52 is connected to the connecting portion 51 a of the driving force transmission shaft 51. It is also possible to adopt a configuration for detecting one rotation.

  FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a medicine dispensing device 10 in which a plurality of the medicine containing cassettes 1 are arranged vertically and horizontally in a loading space formed in the vertical and horizontal directions. The medicine storage cassette 1 is provided so as to be freely inserted and removed in the depth direction. The movable unit 11 in the medicine dispensing apparatus 10 can be moved in the vertical direction and the left-right direction on the front side of the medicine storage cassette 1. In addition to the suction and gripping device, the movable unit 11 has an electromagnet at its distal end, an operation unit for magnetically joining to the front magnetic part of the medicine storage cassette 1 and taking the medicine storage cassette 1 in and out, and the driving force transmission shaft. The external drive part etc. which are connected with the connection part 51a of 51 are provided. Here, in this embodiment, the operation unit for taking in and out the medicine storage cassette 1 moves the medicine storage cassette 1 so that only the frontmost storage area A is exposed when the PTP sheet 100 is dispensed. For example, the length in the depth direction of the medicine dispensing apparatus 10 can be shortened as compared with the case where the whole medicine storage cassette 1 is drawn out from the loading space. In addition, since the PTP sheet 100 is accommodated with its short direction facing the depth direction, the pull-out distance is shortened compared with the case where the longitudinal direction is directed to the depth direction. The length in the depth direction is further shortened.

  FIG. 16 shows a suction gripping device 12 as an example of the suction gripping device. The suction gripping device 12 has a total of 16 suction portions 12a of 4 × 4, for example, vertically and horizontally. The tip nozzle part of each suction part 12a is made of rubber or the like, and the tip nozzle part can be changed in direction by being connected to the main body part via a bellows or the like. Further, the main body is movably provided so as to absorb the difference in the height direction of the suction points, and the position of the main body is returned by a spring. With such a suction gripping device 12, even when the PTP sheet 100 has its pocket side facing upward, such a PTP sheet 100 can be sucked and taken out. In such a suction gripping device, the devices disclosed in JP-A-9-285986 and JP-B-50-6548 can be used.

  FIGS. 17A and 17B show a configuration including two suction gripping devices 12 as an example of the suction gripping device. The suction gripping device is provided with a posture changing mechanism for changing the postures of the two suction gripping devices 12, and the PTP sheet 100 is changed by changing the posture of the suction gripping device 12 while the PTP sheet 100 is sucked. Can be warped. Thereby, even when the pocket part (convex part) of one PTP sheet 100 in the two PTP sheets 100 is positioned in the non-pocket part (recessed part) of the other PTP sheet 100, the lower side is caused by the warping. The PTP sheet 100 can be detached from the upper PTP sheet 100, and only the upper PTP sheet 100 can be sucked and dispensed.

  In the configuration example in which the pressing portion 9 that presses the PTP sheet 100 from the side is provided, the lifting force of the PTP sheet 100 by the suction gripping device is superior to the pressing force of the pressing portion 9. Is set as follows. As for the operation of taking out only the upper PTP sheet 100 out of the two PTP sheets 100 as shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B, the lower PTP sheet 100 is pressed by the pressing portion 9. It is preferable that

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the guide groove 7a of the said guide plate 7 was formed in the parallelogram shape, it can also be made into a linear shape. In this case, the partition member 3 is configured to perform a one-way operation by the same configuration as the one-way operation lever 71, and the partition member 3 is rotated when the moving member 4 moves to the near side. Instead, the partition member 3 is rotated against the corner of the PTP sheet 100 when it engages with the corner of the PTP sheet 100 and moves to the back side. However, since the PTP sheet 100 is light, the spring force is set small so that the partition member 3 can rotate even when such a light PTP sheet 100 hits the PTP sheet 100. Further, the partition member 3 may be rotated by another mechanism instead of rotating the partition member 3 by such a spring.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 18, the structure which provided the partition flat plate 31 equivalent to the said partition member 3 in the belt conveyor 41 equivalent to the said moving member 4 is also employable. Even in such a structure, when the belt conveyor 41 is driven, the plurality of partition plates 31 are moved simultaneously, and the PTP sheet 100 in the storage area A can be moved to the near side.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 19, the structure which arrange | positions the two belt conveyors 41 on the both sides of the said accommodation area | region A is also employable. A partition protrusion 32 corresponding to the partition member 3 is attached to each belt conveyor 41. The partition protrusions 32 are spaced apart in the direction intersecting the depth direction, and engage with the corners of the PTP sheet 100 accommodated in the accommodation area A. Even in such a structure, when the belt conveyor 41 is driven, the plurality of partition protrusions 32 move simultaneously, and the PTP sheet 100 in the storage area A can be moved to the front side. A driving force may be applied to each of the two belt conveyors 41, but the two belt conveyors 41 are connected by a belt or the like (not shown) so as to rotate synchronously. A driving force may be applied to the belt conveyor 41.

  In addition, the medicine storage cassette 1 shown in FIG. 20 has a plurality of storage areas A (two in the figure) in the depth direction in which the PTP sheet 100 can be stored in the state of the package, and the back side of the package positioned at the farthest side. The partition member 33 arrange | positioned so that it may contact is provided. The partition member 33 is moved by a moving member, and by this movement, the packaging body in the accommodation area A is moved to the near side. The moving member can be constituted by the moving member 4 or the belt conveyor 41. In such a medicine storage cassette 1, when the packaging body in the storage area A on the most front side is paid out, the partition member 33 is moved to the front side, and the packaging body located on the back side is the frontmost side. To the storage area A. When the moved package is dispensed, the partition member 33 is moved to the back side. That is, when handling the packaging body, the packaging bodies arranged in the depth direction can be moved out to the front side without providing a plurality of the partition members 33. The partition member 33 may be disposed separately in a direction intersecting the depth direction. Examples of the package include a product in which a plurality of drug sheets are bundled with rubber bands or the like, and a bag or box in which the drug sheets are stored.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, this invention is not limited to the thing of embodiment shown in figure. Various modifications and variations can be made to the illustrated embodiment within the same range or equivalent range as the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drug storage cassette 2 Upper case part 3 Partition member (partition member)
31 Partition plate (partition member)
32 Partition protrusion (partition member)
33 Partition member (partition member)
4 Moving member (moving member)
41 Belt conveyor (moving member)
Reference Signs List 5 drive mechanism 51 drive force transmission shaft 52 bevel gear 53 drive piece 54 slide plate 55 slide side plate 6 lower case portion 7 guide plate 7a guide groove 10 medicine dispensing device 11 movable unit (dispensing operation portion)
12 Suction gripping device

Claims (6)

  The plurality of partition members arranged at intervals in the depth direction and the plurality of partition members are moved so as to form a plurality of storage areas in the depth direction that can be stored in a stacked state or in a packaged state. A moving member that moves the medicine sheet or package in the storage area to the near side, and the partition member is arranged separately in a direction intersecting the depth direction, and the storage area The partition member can be engaged with a medicine sheet or package housed in the container, and the moving member moves the partition member so that the medicine sheet or package body moves toward the front side. A medicine storage cassette, wherein the medicine storage cassette is moved away from the medicine sheet or package.   A plurality of storage areas in the depth direction in which the medicine sheet can be stored in the state of the package body and a partition member disposed so as to be in contact with the package body located on the farthest side, and the partition member are moved to move the interior of the storage area A moving member that moves the package to the near side, and the partition member is arranged separately in a direction intersecting the depth direction, and the partition is separated from the package that is accommodated in the accommodation area. The member can be engaged, and the moving member moves the partition member so that the packaging body moves to the near side, and then moves the partition member to the back side in a state of being away from the packaging body. Characteristic medicine storage cassette.   A plurality of partition members arranged at intervals in the depth direction so as to form a plurality of storage areas in the depth direction that can be stored in a stacked state or a packaged state, and the plurality of partition members are moved. And a moving member that moves the medicine sheet or package in the storage area to the near side, and a driving mechanism that moves the moving member by obtaining a driving force from the outside. Containment cassette.   A plurality of storage areas in the depth direction in which the medicine sheet can be stored in the state of the package body and a partition member disposed so as to be in contact with the package body located on the farthest side, and the partition member are moved to move the interior of the storage area And a moving member that moves the package to the near side, and a driving mechanism that moves the moving member by obtaining a driving force from the outside.   The medicine storage cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is loaded in a loading space formed in a plurality in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction so as to be freely inserted and removed in the depth direction. A medicine dispensing apparatus configured to dispense the medicine sheet or package from an arbitrary medicine storage cassette by a moving dispensing operation unit. The medicine storage cassette according to claim 3 or 4 is loaded in the depth direction in a plurality of loading spaces formed in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and the dispensing operation unit moves in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. The medicine dispensing apparatus is configured to dispense the medicine sheet or package from an arbitrary medicine storage cassette, and the dispensing operation unit includes an external driving unit that applies a driving force to the driving mechanism.