JP6388049B2 - Drug packaging device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine packaging apparatus.

  In past dispensing operations, when a medicine such as a tablet (medicine) or powder provided in a tablet sheet (PTP sheet) is packaged, the tablet is taken out of the tablet sheet by a human hand, and once for each dose. In addition, since it is necessary to set the medicine in the packaging machine, there is a problem that the operation is complicated.

  Therefore, the development of a packaging device that can automatically perform a medicine packaging operation as disclosed in Patent Document 1 has been performed. Patent Document 1 discloses a tablet packaging apparatus that can take out a tablet by pressing a tablet housing portion of a tablet sheet, carry the taken tablet to a packaging means, and automatically package the tablet. ing.

  The wrapping paper (also called medicine sachets, sachets, or medicine sachets) that is packaged in this way is held in one place or transported to other equipment such as an inspection device. It is provided to do.

  By the way, with the rationalization of work in the pharmacy, various devices are often installed and used, and it is required to reduce the size without impairing the function of the device so that the space of the installation location can be used effectively. However, the packaging machine as disclosed in Patent Document 1 requires a relatively large installation space.

  Therefore, in the case of sending the wrapped wrapping paper to another device such as an inspection device, a conveyor device (conveying mechanism) as disclosed in Patent Document 2 or Patent Document 3 is used to reduce the installation space. ) Is generally provided. In Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3, a medicine packaging bag packaged by a packaging mechanism is transported by being sandwiched between a roller and a belt in a state in which the medicine packaging bag is changed from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction and parallel to the surface of the conveyor. A medicine packaging device provided with a conveyor device is disclosed.

JP 2013-28406 A Japanese Patent Publication No. 07-64346 JP 11-124116 A

  However, in the medicine packaging apparatus provided with such a conveyor device, if the direction of the packaging bag sent out from the packaging mechanism is not changed from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction and is conveyed to the conveyor device, the roller And the belt cannot be correctly clamped, and it may occur that the belt cannot be drawn into the conveyor device itself or that it is clogged in the middle of the conveyor device.

  And if it cannot be pulled into the conveyor device itself, the wrapped wrapping paper stays around the transport mechanism, eventually the wrapping paper breaks and the packed medicine leaks. This is also a concern. Even if the medicine does not leak, there is a concern that the apparatus may stop due to a paper jam.

  Accordingly, in view of the above problems, the present invention has an object to provide a mechanism in which a conveyance mechanism can accurately convey a wrapping paper in a configuration provided with a conveyance mechanism for conveying wrapping paper that has been packaged. Yes.

  The present invention relates to packaging means for packaging a medicine for each package, and continuously discharging the packaged packaging paper from the discharge unit, and the orientation of the surface of the packaging paper discharged from the discharge unit. From the transport port that can be inserted in the direction of the surface of the different wrapping paper, the transport means for inserting and transporting the wrapping paper discharged from the discharge unit, and until the wrapping paper is discharged from the discharge unit and inserted into the transport port In this path, the upper side or the lower side with respect to the gravity direction of the wrapping paper is pushed out from one side of the wrapping paper in a direction intersecting the discharge direction of the wrapping paper, so that the wrapping paper is removed from the discharge direction. And changing means for changing the direction of the surface of the wrapping paper into a direction that can be inserted into the transport port.

  According to the present invention, since the lower support part supported from the lower side with respect to the lower direction of gravity of the wrapping paper reciprocates, the direction of the wrapping paper can be changed. Paper can be accurately conveyed.

It is a figure which shows a packaging apparatus and a tablet supply apparatus. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of a tablet packaging unit. It is a figure which shows a conveyance mechanism. It is a hardware block diagram of the tablet supply system concerning the present invention. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the conventional packaging unit. It is a figure which shows the conventional direction change mechanism. It is a figure which shows the connection part of the conventional direction change mechanism and a conveyance mechanism. It is a figure which shows the direction change mechanism which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the direction change mechanism which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the direction change mechanism which concerns on this invention. It is the figure which looked at the direction change mechanism based on this invention of FIG. 8 from the side. It is a figure which shows the direction change mechanism which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the direction change mechanism which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the direction change mechanism which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the direction change mechanism which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the direction change mechanism which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, the tablet supply system (FIG. 1) of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a packaging device 5 (medicine packaging device) for packaging a supplied medicine such as tablets and powders in a wrapping paper (hereinafter also referred to as wrapping paper) and a packaging device 5 (hereinafter referred to as a separation device). 1 shows a tablet supply system (hereinafter also referred to as a tablet extraction system) including a tablet supply device 10 (hereinafter also referred to as a tablet extraction device), a handing input unit 200, and a powder input unit 201. FIG. A plurality of tablet extraction units 202 are mounted on the tablet supply device 10, and tablets are extracted from the tablet sheet by the tablet extraction unit 202. Such a tablet taking-out unit 202 can perform a taking-out operation of a tablet by inputting a packaging condition from a touch panel display or the like provided in the information processing apparatus 300 or the packaging apparatus 5.

  The tablet sheet from which the tablets are taken out by the tablet taking-out unit 202 is provided by providing a sealing sheet using a metal foil made of l aluminum or the like on the lower surface of the sheet main body having a tablet containing portion for containing tablets made of plastic or the like. Each tablet is enclosed in a tablet container. The tablet sheet is generally called a PTP sheet (press through pack) (hereinafter, the tablet sheet is also referred to as a PTP sheet). Such PTP sheets vary in the width and length of the sheet, the number of tablets, and the like depending on the type of tablet, and various types are distributed.

  The tablet supply device 10 stores a plurality of tablet extraction units 202 (tablet extraction units). The tablet extraction unit 202 takes out tablets from the tablet sheet (PTP sheet) and supplies them to the packaging device 5 through the supply path. Is done. Six tablet take-out units 202 are arranged in the width direction (left-right direction), and a set of the six tablet take-out units 202 is arranged in two stages in the vertical direction. That is, the tablet taking-out units 202 are arranged in six rows on the left and right and two on the upper and lower sides. As described above, the tablet supply device 10 includes a plurality of tablet extraction units 202, but the number of tablet extraction units 202 may be one.

  The packaging unit 50 of the packaging device 5 is a mechanism for packaging separately for each dose, and as a kind of medicine to be packaged, the tablet taken out by the tablet taking-out unit 202 or the tablet put into the hand making input unit 200 is used. Or at least one of powdered powder or the like charged into the powdery powder input unit 201 can be packaged. That is, the packaging device 5 can wrap the tablets supplied from the tablet supply device 10, the tablets supplied from the handmade input unit 200, and the powdered medicine loaded into the powdery medicine input unit 201 as one package. It can also be packaged.

  The powder injection unit 201 is a part for supplying powder to be packaged by the packaging unit 50 of the packaging device 5, and the powder injected into the powder injection unit 201 is divided into one dose, which is input to the main hopper 505. By doing so, it is packaged at a time.

  In the hand making input unit 200, tablets hand-made by the user are input, and the tablets input from the hand making input unit 200 are also supplied to the packaging device 5 and packaged.

  The wrapping paper in which the medicine is packaged and packaged by the packaging device 5 is intermittently ejected from the packaging unit 50 in a band shape in conjunction with the movement of the packaging mechanism 703 and the like, and is supplied to the transport mechanism 800. .

  The transport mechanism 800 is a mechanism for transporting the strip-shaped wrapping paper discharged from the packaging unit 50 from a low position to a high position, and to a work table or an audit apparatus that performs an audit process or the like provided after the packaging process. And the wrapping paper 1 can be conveyed.

  The transport mechanism 800 is an application example of the transport means of the present invention. From the transport port that can be inserted in the direction of the surface of the wrapping paper that is different from the direction of the surface of the wrapping paper that is discharged from the discharge unit, from the discharge unit The discharged wrapping paper is inserted and conveyed.

Next, the internal structure of the packaging unit 50 of the packaging device 5 will be described with reference to FIG.
The packaging unit 50 includes a roll paper feeding mechanism 702 that feeds roll paper in which wrapping paper is continuous (paper in which the wrapping paper is rolled), and a printer 706 that can print date, patient data, and error information on the packaging sheet. A main hopper 505, a packaging mechanism 703, a dividing mechanism 705, and a cutting mechanism 708 are provided.

  When the medicine accumulated in the main hopper 505 (medicine for a single dose) is put into the wrapping paper, the packaging mechanism 703 welds the wrapping paper by heating or the like, The input tablet is enclosed in wrapping paper. In other words, by welding the wrapping paper with the wrapping mechanism 703 provided as a pair, the medicine put into the wrapping paper can be enclosed in the wrapping paper and made into one package. In addition, the paper which coated the resin material which can be heat-welded on the surface and the transparent film material which can visually recognize the contents can also be used for a wrapping paper.

  The packaging mechanism 703 is an application example of the packaging means of the present invention. The packaging mechanism 703 packages the medicine for each package and continuously discharges the packaged packaging paper from the discharge unit.

  The dividing mechanism 705 is a mechanism for forming a dividing perforation on the packaging sheet so that the user can divide the continuous roll paper into one packaging sheet (one packet 802).

  The cutting mechanism 708 is a mechanism that can cut the continuous wrapping paper in a belt shape when there is an operation request for cutting from a user or at a cutting timing that is appropriately determined based on prescription data. Thereby, for example, every two packets, every three packages, every patient, every prescription can be cut.

  The cutting mechanism 708 is an application example of a cutting unit that cuts the wrapping paper.

  Further, the packaging unit 50 is provided with an orientation changing mechanism 730, which will be described later. In the state where the orientation changing mechanism 730 passes through the area where the packaging mechanism 703, the dividing mechanism 705, and the cutting mechanism 708 are provided, The wrapping paper in the direction is changed to a state substantially parallel to the conveyance surface of the conveyance belt 801.

  Next, the conveyance of the wrapping paper will be described using the perspective view of the conveyance mechanism 800 shown in FIG. The conveyance mechanism 800 is a mechanism for conveying the belt-shaped wrapping paper discharged from the packaging unit 50 from a low position to a high position, and is provided in a pair with a conveyance belt 801 and a conveyance guide roller 802 (conveyance roller). And a conveyor belt (not shown). The wrapping paper discharged from the wrapping unit 50 is transported downstream by being sandwiched by a sandwiching portion constituted by the transport belt 801 and the transport guide roller 802.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the tablet supply system. Here, the CPU 330 of the information processing device 300, the CPU 351 of the packaging device 5, and the CPU 311 of the tablet supply device 10 cooperate with each other (each unit) controlled by the packaging device 5, and the tablet supply device 10. 1 shows an example in which various operations of each device (each unit) controlled by are controlled. However, one CPU may control all the devices of the tablet supply system. Further, here, a state in which one CPU is provided in the tablet supply device 10 is illustrated, but a CPU may be provided for each tablet extraction unit 202, or a CPU may be provided for each stage of the tablet extraction unit 202. May be.

  First, the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 300 will be described. The CPU 330 of the information processing apparatus 300 can comprehensively control each device and controller connected to the system bus. In addition, the ROM 310 or the external memory 336 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as an OS) that is a control program of the CPU 330, or a function executed by each server or each PC. Various programs to be described later are stored. The RAM 333 functions as a main memory and work area for the CPU 330. The CPU 330 implements various operations by loading a program or the like necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 333 and executing the program.

  The CPU 330 controls input from an input terminal such as a keyboard or a mouse (not shown). The video controller (VC) can also control display on a display device such as the display 334, and further stores a boot program, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. It is also possible to control access to an external memory 336 such as a hard disk (HD), a floppy (registered trademark) disk, or a compact flash (registered trademark) memory connected to a PCMCIA card slot via an adapter.

  The I / F 320 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network. In the present embodiment, the I / F 320 is connected to be able to communicate with the I / F 350 of the packaging device 5.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the packaging device 5 will be described. The CPU 351 of the packaging device 5 can comprehensively control each device connected to the bus. The ROM 352 stores a control program of the CPU 351 and various control programs. The RAM 353 functions as a system work memory for the CPU 351 to operate. The CPU 351 can perform display control on the touch panel display 361, accept input of information from the user by using the touch panel function of the display 361 as the input terminal 362, and issue a print instruction to the printer 706. Further, the CPU 351 can control the packaging mechanism 703, the dividing mechanism 705, the cutting mechanism 708, the direction changing mechanism 730, and the transport mechanism 800. The packaging device 5 and the tablet supply device 10 are communicably connected by the I / O 354 of the packaging device 5 and the I / O 312 of the tablet supply device 10.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the tablet supply device 10 will be described. The CPU 311 of the tablet supply device 10 can comprehensively control each device connected to the bus. The ROM 314 stores a control program for the CPU 311 and various control programs. The RAM 313 functions as a system work memory for the CPU 311 to operate. The CPU 311 can further control the extraction operation in the tablet extraction unit 202.

  By the way, the preferable orientation of the wrapping paper when being transported by the transport mechanism 800 is a state in which the transport surface of the transport belt 801 and one side of the wrapping paper are substantially parallel (hereinafter also referred to as a lateral orientation), and a stable clamping state. In order to do so, it is preferable that the sheet is held sideways before being sent to the clamping unit (on the upstream side of the transport mechanism 800).

  However, in the conventional orientation changing mechanism 730, there is a case where it is conveyed to the conveying mechanism 800 in such a state that the change in the lateral direction is not reliably performed. 801 and the conveyance guide roller 802 cannot be correctly clamped, and the leading end portion of the wrapping paper cut by the cutting mechanism 708 cannot be pulled into the conveyance mechanism 800 or cannot be clamped in the middle of conveyance. There was concern that it would get stuck.

Such a conventional situation will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the conventional packaging unit 50, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an extracted part of the orientation changing mechanism of the packaging unit 50 of FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a connecting portion between the direction changing mechanism and the transport mechanism.

  An upper guide 710 and a lower guide 711 are provided in the region of the guide chute 709 of the direction changing mechanism 730 provided on the downstream side with respect to the paper feeding direction of the cutting mechanism 708, and along the side surface 724. The wrapping paper 1 that has been conveyed in the vertical direction is provided so that the direction is changed in the horizontal direction by the upper guide 710 and the lower guide 711. Specifically, the upper guide 710 (upper support portion) supports the upper side of the surface of the wrapping paper with respect to the direction of gravity, and the lower guide 711 (lower support portion) faces the surface of the wrapping paper opposite to the upper guide 710. It is provided to support the lower side with respect to the direction of gravity. Further, the upper guide 710 is provided so as to protrude in the direction intersecting the transport direction as it goes downstream in the transport direction, and the lower guide 711 also projects in the direction intersecting with the transport direction as it goes downstream in the transport direction. It is provided to do. In other words, the upper guide 710 and the lower guide 711 are provided so as to intersect with each other, so that when the wrapping paper is fed out, the wrapping paper is placed so that the upper guide 710 goes to the near side and the lower guide 711 goes to the back side. It is provided so that the direction can be changed by depressing it.

  Here, if the entire length of the guide chute 709 of the orientation changing mechanism 730 can be secured long, the packaging bag falls from the vertical orientation to the horizontal orientation due to the weight of the packaging paper, so the orientation has been reliably changed. It can be supplied to the transport mechanism 800 in a state. However, in order to reduce the size of the machine, it is necessary to shorten the entire length of the guide chute, and the case where the wrapping paper 1 cannot be reliably brought down may occur.

  The wrapping paper shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 shows the state of the wrapping paper in a state where the orientation cannot be changed reliably from the vertical orientation to the horizontal orientation. As can be seen from FIG. 7, it can be seen that the orientation cannot be changed until the surface of the wrapping paper discharged from the guide chute 709 becomes substantially parallel to the surface of the transport belt 801.

  In the case of the wrapping paper at the leading end cut by the cutting mechanism 708, if the wrapping paper is conveyed in such a state, the wrapping paper does not enter the clamping portion between the conveying belt 801 and the conveying guide roller 802 well. It will be said that. If the packaging operation is continued one after another in such a state, the wrapping paper 1 accumulates in the area of the guide chute 709, and as a result, a paper jam occurs in the packaging mechanism 703, and the cutting mechanism 708 It may occur that the wrapping paper 1 is cut at a position where the medicine is not discharged and the medicine is spilled. Although it is possible to provide a paper jam sensor and stop the packaging operation when a paper jam occurs, it is not preferable because the packaging efficiency is lowered.

A mechanism for solving such a situation will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIGS. 8 and 9 and FIGS. 13 to 16 show the structure of the orientation changing mechanism 730 provided so as to surely fall down by changing the structure of the lower guide 711 shown in FIGS. 5 to 7. FIG. 8 shows an initial state of the rotating mechanism 720, and FIG. 9 shows a state where the rotating mechanism 720 protrudes to the maximum extent. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the orientation of the wrapping paper 1 is conveyed while being reliably changed by the orientation changing mechanism 730 of FIG. FIG. 11 is a view of the direction conveying mechanism 800 viewed from the direction A in FIG.

  In the direction changing mechanism 730 according to the present embodiment, a rotating mechanism 720 such as a cam that can repeatedly perform an extruding operation in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the wrapping paper 1 is provided on the side opposite to the upper guide 710. It is provided at a position in contact with the lower side with respect to the direction of gravity of the paper surface.

  The rotation mechanism 720 is an application example of the changing means of the present invention. In the path from the discharge unit until the wrapping paper is discharged and inserted into the transport port, the rotation mechanism 720 is above or below the gravity direction of the wrapping paper. The side of the wrapping paper is rotated counterclockwise or clockwise with respect to the discharging direction by pushing the side from one side of the wrapping paper in a direction crossing the discharge direction of the wrapping paper. Is changed to a direction that can be inserted into the transport port. The rotation mechanism 720, the push-out unit 740 and the air nozzle 1401 described later are examples of the direction changing mechanism 730.

  Next, an example of a specific configuration of the direction changing mechanism 730 in FIGS. 8 to 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The rotation mechanism 720 is provided so as to push the position of about 11.2 mm from the bottom of the wrapping paper 1 in the initial posture (vertical direction) to the rear side of the packaging device 5, and the upper guide 710 The position of about 56 mm from the bottom of the wrapping paper 1 (about 14 mm from the top) is provided at a position where the front side of the packaging device 5 can be supported. Thus, with respect to the width of the wrapping paper 1, the width between the upper end and the upper guide: the width between the upper guide and the rotating mechanism: the width between the rotating mechanism 720 and the lower end is about 1: 3: 1. It is provided to become.

  The rotation mechanism 720 is provided with a shaft 721 at a position shifted from the center, and the lower side of the wrapping paper 1 moves to the back side by rotating on the lower surface 723 of the guide chute 709 about the shaft 721. Thus, the reciprocating operation is performed. Such a reciprocating operation is preferably performed at a timing corresponding to the conveyance of the wrapping paper 1, and particularly preferably performed between intermittent delivery timings from the packaging mechanism 703.

  That is, when the wrapping mechanism 703 feeds one wrapping paper 1, the wrapping mechanism 703 temporarily stops sending the wrapping paper 1 (conveying operation) while packaging the next wrapping. During this time, the rotation mechanism 720 starts to rotate from the initial position, rotates once, and stops at the initial position. Then, the packaging mechanism 703 temporarily stops after the wrapping paper 1 is sent out by one package. Then, the rotation mechanism 720 starts to rotate from the initial position, rotates once, and stops at the initial position. Such an operation is repeatedly performed during the packaging operation. Note that the wrapping paper does not need to be completely stopped at the time of the temporary stop, and the wrapping paper 1 can be surely pushed out if the wrapping paper 1 is not being transported or the transporting speed is low. it can.

  At this time, the upper guide 710 tilts the upper side of the wrapping paper 1 toward the front side of the packaging device 5, the rotating mechanism 720 tilts the lower side of the wrapping paper 1 toward the rear side of the packaging device 5, and The posture can be changed from the vertical posture to the horizontal posture. By repeating this operation, even if the distance of the guide chute 709 is short, the posture that is in the vertical direction (on the upstream side of the transport mechanism 800) before being sent to the sandwiching portion between the transport belt 801 and the transport guide roller 802 is The conveyance surface of the conveyance belt 801 and the surface of the wrapping paper can be changed to a substantially parallel state. As a result, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the wrapping paper 1 cannot be pulled in by the transport mechanism 800 or a situation in which the wrapping paper 1 is jammed in the middle. It becomes possible.

  Note that a recess 722 or a hole may be provided in a position facing the rotation mechanism 720 on the side surface 724 of the guide chute 709 opposite to the side on which the rotation mechanism 720 and the lower guide 711 are provided. Thereby, when the rotation mechanism 720 extrudes the wrapping paper 1, it can prevent that a tablet and a capsule are crushed.

Next, another example in which the orientation of the wrapping paper can be changed by repeating the extrusion operation in a direction intersecting with the conveyance direction of the wrapping paper 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 12, a hole is provided in a part of the lower guide 711, and the pushing portion 740 is reciprocated through the hole. Thereby, the lower side of the wrapping paper 1 can be moved to the back side. Also in the case where the extrusion unit 740 is provided, such a reciprocating operation is preferably performed at a timing corresponding to the conveyance of the wrapping paper 1, and in particular, may be performed between intermittent delivery timings from the packaging mechanism 703. preferable.

  That is, when the wrapping mechanism 703 feeds one wrapping paper 1, the wrapping mechanism 703 temporarily stops sending the wrapping paper 1 (conveying operation) while packaging the next wrapping. During this time, the pushing portion 740 starts to move from the initial position (position away from the side surface 724), protrudes to the maximum protruding position, and then returns to the initial position. Then, the packaging mechanism 703 temporarily stops after the wrapping paper 1 is sent out by one package. In the meantime, the pushing portion 740 starts to move from the initial position (position away from the side surface 724), protrudes to the maximum protruding position, and then returns to the initial position. Such an operation is repeatedly performed during the packaging operation. Note that the wrapping paper does not need to be completely stopped at the time of the temporary stop, and the wrapping paper 1 can be surely pushed out if the wrapping paper 1 is not being transported or the transporting speed is low. it can.

  At this time, the upper guide 710 tilts the upper side of the wrapping paper 1 toward the front side of the packaging device 5, and the push-out unit 740 tilts the lower side of the wrapping paper 1 toward the rear side of the packaging device 5. The posture can be changed from the vertical posture to the horizontal posture. By repeating this operation, even if the distance of the guide chute 709 is short, the posture that is in the vertical direction (on the upstream side of the transport mechanism 800) before being sent to the sandwiching portion between the transport belt 801 and the transport guide roller 802 is The conveyance surface of the conveyance belt 801 and the surface of the wrapping paper can be changed to a substantially parallel state. As a result, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the wrapping paper 1 cannot be pulled in by the transport mechanism 800 or a situation in which the wrapping paper 1 is jammed in the middle. It becomes possible. Although the drive system of the reciprocating mechanism is not shown, there are various methods such as those using solenoid drive, gears and rack gears.

Next, another embodiment of the rotation mechanism 720 will be described with reference to FIGS.
Although the rotation mechanism 720 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is circular, the rotation mechanism 720 may have an elliptical shape around the rotation axis as shown in FIG. Of course, an oval with the rotation axis shifted from the center is also acceptable.

Next, an embodiment in which the orientation of the wrapping paper 1 is changed by providing an air nozzle 1401 instead of the rotation mechanism 720 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 14, an air nozzle 1401 is provided instead of the rotation mechanism 720, and air (also referred to as air or gas) is discharged (also referred to as injection) from the tip of the air nozzle 140 1 toward the lower portion of the wrapping paper 1. 1 can be defeated.
The air discharged from the air nozzle 1401 may be constantly discharged. However, since it may be a conveyance resistance of the wrapping paper 1, it is desirable to discharge intermittently every time the wrapping paper 1 is fed.

Next, with reference to FIG. 15, instead of the upper guide provided in the region of the guide chute 709 of the direction changing mechanism 730 provided on the downstream side of the rotation mechanism 720 with respect to the paper feeding direction of the cutting mechanism 708 An embodiment in which the orientation of the wrapping paper 1 is changed will be described.
As shown in FIG. 15, the rotation mechanism 720 is provided above and below the area of the guide chute 709 of the direction changing mechanism 730 provided on the downstream side with respect to the paper feeding direction of the cutting mechanism 708. As a result, each time the wrapping paper 1 is conveyed for each package, both rotation mechanisms rotate and the posture of the wrapping paper 1 can be changed.
When the wrapping paper 1 is delivered by the wrapping mechanism 703, the wrapping mechanism 703 temporarily stops sending out (conveying operation) the wrapping paper 1 while packaging the next package. Both rotation mechanisms rotate simultaneously at the timing of this temporary stop.
Instead of the rotation mechanism 720, air nozzles 1401 may be provided above and below the area of the guide chute 709 of the direction changing mechanism 730 provided on the downstream side of the cutting paper feed direction of the cutting mechanism 708. The section 740 may be provided above and below the area of the guide chute 709 of the direction changing mechanism 730 provided on the downstream side with respect to the paper feeding direction of the cutting mechanism 708.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in the configuration in which the transport mechanism for transporting the wrapped wrapping paper is provided, the transport mechanism can transport the wrapping paper with high accuracy.

  In the above description, the description has been given using an example in which a plurality of tablet extraction units for taking out tablets from a tablet sheet is provided as a tablet supply device, but the configuration is not limited thereto, and a plurality of tablet feeders are provided, The structure in which these are mixed may be sufficient.

5 packaging device 10 tablet supply device 708 cutting mechanism 800 transport mechanism

Claims (10)

A packaging means for packaging the medicine for each package, and continuously discharging the packaged paper from the discharge section;
A transport means for inserting and transporting the wrapping paper discharged from the discharge section from a transport port that can be inserted in a direction of the wrapping paper surface different from the orientation of the surface of the wrapping paper discharged from the discharge section;
In the path from when the wrapping paper is discharged from the discharge portion to being inserted into the conveyance port, the wrapping is performed in a direction crossing the wrapping paper discharge direction on the upper side or the lower side with respect to the gravity direction of the wrapping paper Changing the orientation of the surface of the wrapping paper so that it can be inserted into the transport port by rotating the wrapping paper counterclockwise or clockwise with respect to the discharge direction by pushing it from one side of the paper Means,
A drug packaging device comprising:   The changing means reciprocates in the direction intersecting the discharge direction of the wrapping paper in the path so that the upper side or the lower side of the wrapping paper intersects the discharge direction of the wrapping paper. 2. The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the medicine packaging apparatus is pushed out from one side of the wrapping paper in a direction to be performed.   The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the changing means is a rotating mechanism and performs the reciprocating motion by rotating.   The changing means is configured to inject gas in a direction intersecting the discharge direction of the wrapping paper in the path so that the upper side or the lower side with respect to the gravity direction of the wrapping paper is the discharge direction of the wrapping paper. 2. The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the medicine packaging device is pushed out from one side of the wrapping paper in a crossing direction.   5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an upper support portion that supports an upper side with respect to a direction of gravity of the wrapping paper in a path from the discharge portion until the wrapping paper is discharged and inserted into the transport port. The medicine packaging device according to any one of the above. The packaging means is provided to intermittently discharge the wrapping paper from the discharge unit,
The changing means is configured such that, during the intermittent discharge of the wrapping paper, the upper side or the lower side with respect to the gravity direction of the wrapping paper is on one side of the wrapping paper in a direction intersecting the discharge direction of the wrapping paper The medicine packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the medicine packaging apparatus is pushed out from the container.   The conveying means is provided with a conveying belt and a conveying roller constituting the path, and the wrapping paper is conveyed along the path by being sandwiched between the conveying belt and the conveying roller. The medicine packaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.   The medicine packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a cutting means for cutting the wrapping paper between the packaging means and the changing means.   The medicine packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the medicine packaged on the wrapping paper is at least one of powder and tablets.   The medicine packaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a concave portion or a hole is provided on a side surface of the path at a position facing the changing means.

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