JPH05132004A - Automatic tablet packing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To know a tablet name of a tablet case easily from the front and back of a tablet packing machine body, and to open and close a lid of a cap easily when tablets are supplied supplementarily. CONSTITUTION:A tablet housing and feeding parts 20 are arranged in a line horizontally in a tablet feeding mechanism which is arranged at an upper part of a tablet packing machine body. A cap 30 having an opening/closing lid 32 is put to cover an upper end 21a of each tablet case 21 which forms the tablet housing and feeding part 20. The lid 32 of the cap 30 is formed with an inclination to have a cross section of reversed V. The lids 32 are aligned to form sawteeth along the front and rear sides of the tablet packing machine body. A rising end surface 37 of the vertical cross section of the reversed V of the lid 32 serves as a knob for opening and closing of the lid 32.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic tablet packing machine, and more particularly to a tablet case as a tablet storage / supply unit arranged in a tablet supply mechanism for selectively and automatically supplying various tablets. The drug names of the stored tablets can be easily confirmed, and the supplemental supply of tablets into each tablet case can be easily performed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an automatic tablet packing machine of this type having a structure as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-98821.

An automatic tablet packing machine having such a conventional structure is
In the upper part of the main body of the tablet packing machine, a tablet supply mechanism section in which a large number of storage sections are arranged in a grid and formed by partitioning is arranged, and an automatic packaging mechanism section is arranged under the tablet supply mechanism section. A tablet storage supply body consisting of a tablet case in which various tablets are stored in each storage section is inserted from above and aligned, and a lid that can be opened and closed at the upper end of the tablet case forming these tablet storage supply bodies. A cap having a body is provided.

On the upper surface of the lid of the cap, a sample of tablets stored in the tablet case can be stored, or an agent name card or a number card of the tablet case is attached. At the time of supplementary supply, the tablets stored in each tablet case are confirmed.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic tablet packing machine, since the lid of the cap provided at the upper end of the tablet case is flat, about 250 kinds of tablets can be produced. Not only is it difficult to confirm the names of the tablets stored in each case, but there is also the problem that opening and closing of the lid of the cap at the time of supplementary supply is troublesome.

[0006]

It is an object of the present invention to easily confirm the name of the tablet case from the front and back of the tablet packing machine body, and to easily open and close the lid of the cap at the time of supplement supply. An object is to provide an automatic tablet packaging machine that can be used.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a tablet supply mechanism unit disposed in an upper portion of a tablet packaging machine body and an automatic packaging mechanism unit disposed in a lower portion thereof. In the automatic tablet packing machine, the tablet supply mechanism section arranges a tablet storage supply body having a tablet case in which various tablets are stored in a horizontal plane,
A cap having an openable / closable lid is provided at the upper end of each tablet case, and the lid of this cap is formed by inclining it in a vertical cross section "F" shape to form the tablet packing machine main body in the front-back direction. The lids are arranged in a saw-tooth shape along the other side, and the rising end face side of the vertical cross section “F” of the lid serves as a handle for opening and closing.

[0008]

That is, according to the present invention, a cap having an openable / closable lid is provided at the upper end of each tablet case forming the tablet storage / supplying body, and the lid of the cap has a vertical cross section of "F". The upper surface and the rising end surface of the lid, which is formed in a vertical cross section “F” shape, are formed by sloping in a vertical direction and are arranged in a sawtooth shape along the front-back direction of the tablet packaging machine. Face the front and back sides of the main body of the packaging machine, so that by placing the drug name card and the number card of the tablet case on the upper surface and the rising end surface of the lid, each tablet case from the front and back sides of the tablet packaging machine body It is easy to visually check the tablets stored inside.

Further, since the rising end face side of the vertical cross section "F" of the lid body serves as a handle for opening and closing, the rising end face of the lid body projects upward, and the lid body can be easily opened and closed.
It becomes easy to fill and supply tablets in the tablet case.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic tablet packing machine according to the present invention, in which 1 is a tablet packing machine main body. .

As shown in FIG. 3, inside the tablet packing machine main body 1, a tablet supply mechanism section 10 to be described later is provided in the upper part, and tablets which are selectively quantitatively supplied from the tablet supply mechanism section 10 are provided in the lower part. An automatic packaging mechanism unit 60, which will be described later and is automatically packaged and discharged, is arranged.

At the lower front side of the tablet packing machine body 1 which is the front side F, an opening 2 serving as a medicine package sheet exchange port and an inspection / maintenance work port is provided.
The door body 3 is provided in the opening 2 so as to be openable and closable.

The door main body 3 is slidable in the vertical direction by being guided and engaged with guide rails 4 and 4 provided on both left and right sides inside the main body 1 of the tablet packing machine, and a central portion of its upper end is The tablet packing machine main body 1 is suspended and supported by a pair of left and right constant load suspension support mechanisms 6 mounted on a fixed frame 5 inside the main body 1.

The pair of left and right constant load suspension support mechanisms 6, 6 are
The door main body 3 is composed of a band-wound spring having the same load as that of the door main body 3, and the balance thereof allows the door main body 3 to be freely stopped at an arbitrary door opening position.

Reference numerals 7 and 7 in the drawing denote a pair of left and right magnets mounted on the fixed frame 5 with the constant load suspension support mechanisms 6 and 6 interposed therebetween. The magnet catch plates 8 and 8 provided at the upper end of the door body 3 correspond to these magnet catch plates 8 and 8, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 4, the magnets 7 and 7 are attracted to the magnets 7 and 7 at the uppermost door open position of the door body 3 so that the door body 3 can be stably and reliably held and fixed.

That is, the tablet supply mechanism section 10 has a cylindrical casing 11 having a large number of accommodating portions which are in the shape of a plane rectangle and are partitioned in a plane lattice shape, and the casing 11.
The tablet storage supply bodies 20 that are inserted into the respective storage sections inside and arranged in a horizontal plane, and the tablet storage supply bodies 20 that are disposed under the casing 11 and are selectively supplied from each of the tablet storage supply bodies 20 at a fixed rate. It is composed of a hopper unit 40 for receiving tablets, and a pair of left and right belt conveyors 50, 50 as first tablet conveying means for receiving tablets falling from the hopper unit 40.

On the other hand, the automatic wrapping mechanism section 60 has a shutter conveyor 7 as a second tablet conveying means arranged at the lower center of the space between the pair of left and right belt conveyors 50.
0 and the tablets dropped on the shutter conveyor 70 from the belt conveyors 50, 50 into the medicine package sheet 101 continuously fed from the medicine package sheet feeding section 200 in which the medicine package sheet roll 100 is loaded. A heat-sealing mechanism 300 for loading and heat-sealing, a cutting mechanism 400 for cutting the medicine package sheet 101 heat-sealed as a package by the heat-sealing mechanism 300, and the cutting mechanism 4
Package transport mechanism 5 for transporting the package cut at 00 to the discharge port 9 opened on the upper side surface of the tablet packing machine body 1.
00 and 00.

Casing 11 of the tablet supply mechanism 10
Tablet storage supply body 20 inserted and arranged in each storage section in the
As shown in FIG. 1, various tablets have upper end portions 21a.
A cylindrical tablet case 21 made of a transparent synthetic resin body is housed from the side, and a lower end portion 21b of the tablet case 21 is connected to a driving portion 23 via a joint member 22.

Inside the tablet case 21, there is provided an aligning board 24 connected to a swing arm 23a that swings by a motor (not shown) of the drive section 23. By the swinging motion of the swinging arm 23a, the tablets stored in the tablet case 21 are aligned, and the tablets are separated and dropped one by one toward the passage 24a therebelow.

Reference numeral 25 in the drawing denotes the joint member 22.
The tablet detecting device 25 is installed on the drive unit 23 to which the tablet case 21 and the aligning plate 24 are connected by means of the tablet detecting device 25. The tablet detecting device 25 faces the tablet passage 24a of the tablet falling from the aligning plate 24. And a light receiving section 27 for receiving light from the light emitting section 26. The alignment board 24 passing between the light emitting section 26 and the light receiving section 27.
The number of tablets separated one by one is counted.

Further, reference numeral 30 in the drawing denotes a cap made of a transparent synthetic resin body which is detachably capped on the upper end portion 21a of the tablet case 21.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a lid 32 made of a transparent synthetic resin body hinged by a pin 31 is provided on the upper surface of the cap 30 so as to be openable and closable. Is formed so as to be inclined in a vertical cross section “F” shape, and the upper surface portion 33 thereof has storage portions 34 and 35 for storing the sample medicine A for tablets and the desiccant B and a drug name card C. A display section 36 is provided on which the number card D of the doublet case 21 and the like can be arranged.

On the other hand, a lid 32 having a V-shaped vertical cross section.
Inside the rising end surface 37 of, the insertion groove 38 in which, for example, the agent name card C, the number card D of the doublet case 21 and the like can be arranged is formed, and the agent name card C inserted into the insertion groove 38 and The number card D or the like of the doublet case 21 can be seen through from the outside of the rising end face 37. The rising end face 37 is formed into an arcuate concave surface so that a finger or the like can be easily caught, and serves as an opening / closing handle. There is.

The cap 30 capped on the upper end portion 21a of each of the doublet cases 21 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the tablet packing machine main body 1 is arranged in a saw-tooth shape along the front-rear direction, so that each tablet case 21 from the front side F and the rear side R of the tablet packing machine main body 1 is front and rear sides. It is possible to easily visually confirm the drug name of the tablets stored inside.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a cap having an openable and closable lid is provided at the upper end of each tablet case forming the tablet storage and supply body, and the lid of this cap is provided. Are formed by inclining in a vertical cross section "F" shape and arranged in a sawtooth shape along the front-back direction of the tablet packing machine main body, so that the lid formed in the vertical cross section "F" shape Since the upper surface of the body and the rising edge face toward the front and rear sides of the body of the tablet packing machine, if you place an agent name card, a tablet case number card, etc. on the upper surface of the lid and the rising edge, It is possible to easily visually confirm the drug names of the tablets stored in each tablet case from the front and rear sides.

Also, since the rising end face side of the vertical cross section "F" of the lid body is used as a handle for opening and closing, the rising end face of the lid body projects upward, so that the lid body can be easily opened and closed. As a result, it is possible to easily supplement and supply the tablets into the tablet case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a tablet case that is a tablet storage and supply body inserted into a tablet supply mechanism section arranged in an automatic tablet packaging machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic tablet packaging machine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an internal configuration of an automatic tablet packaging machine.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state in which the door body is held at the uppermost opened position.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing a cap capped state and an opened / closed state of the lid body at the upper end portion of the tablet case.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an arrangement state of lid bodies of caps capped on the upper end portion of the tablet case.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Tablet packing machine main body, 10 ... Tablet supply mechanism part, 20 ... Tablet storage supply body, 21 ... Tablet case, 21a ... Upper end part, 30 ... Cap, 32 ... -Lid, 33 ... Top part, 37 ... Standing end face, 60 ... Automatic packaging mechanism part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic tablet packaging machine in which a tablet feeding mechanism section is arranged in an upper part of a tablet packaging machine main body, and an automatic packaging mechanism section is arranged in a lower part thereof, wherein the tablet feeding mechanism section is various tablets. While arranging the tablet storage supply body having a tablet case in which the are stored in a horizontal plane, and at the upper end of each tablet case,
A cap having an openable / closable lid is provided, and the lid of the cap is formed by inclining it in a vertical cross-section "F" shape, and is arranged in a sawtooth shape along the front-back direction of the tablet packing machine body. An automatic tablet packing machine, wherein the lid has a vertical cross-section “F” -shaped rising end face side as a handle for opening and closing.