JPH0516901A - Medicine wrapping apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance treatment capacity of a medicine wrapping apparatus by providing subdivision packing devices same in number as those of tablet discharging ports for execution of packing by dosage of tablets delivered through the tablet discharging ports of tablet feeders housed in a medicine storage, and by providing guide means that guide the tablets delivered from each of the tablet discharging ports to each of the subdivision packing devices. CONSTITUTION:A medicine wrapping apparatus is constructed of a medicine storage 1 containing a number of tablet feeders 2 each of which has a plurality of tablet discharging ports 7a, 7b equipped with opening/shutting gates, subdivision packing devices 15a, 15b same in numbers as those of the tablet discharging ports 7a, 7b for execution of packing by dosage of the tablets delivered in a fixed rate of the delivery through the tablet discharging ports 7a, 7b and vertical guide passages 13a, 13b, each of which guides the tablets delivered from the tablet discharging ports 7a, 7b to each of the subdivision packing devices 15a, 15b. In the case where the tablets of the same kind are packed in subdivision packing for each of a number of patients, a plurality of the tablets discharging ports 7a, 7b of the tablet feeders 2 are opened all and the tablets delivered through the tablets discharging ports 7a, 7b are fed completely to each of the subdivision packing devices 15a, 15b and subdivision packing by dosage for every patient is executed simultaneously by the subdivision packing devices 15a, 15b.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine packing device for packing tablets (including capsules) to be dosed to a patient into individual doses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a medicine packaging apparatus for automatically packaging tablets each time a dose is taken, the one shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-76102 is conventionally known.

The above-mentioned medicine packaging apparatus is equipped with a large number of tablet feeders for supplying a fixed amount of tablets one by one, the tablets discharged from each tablet feeder are received by a common hopper, and the tablets discharged from the lower end outlet of the hopper are collected. A single packaging device is used to continuously package each dose.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned medicine packing device, since the medicine is packed for each prescription, a single medicine packing device has a low processing capacity and is used in a pharmacy of a large hospital with a large number of patients. There is a problem that cannot be dealt with.

In order to solve the problem, it is sufficient to install several medicine packaging devices, but in this case, there is a problem that the capital investment is expensive and a large installation space must be secured.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems,
The technical issue is to improve the processing capacity of the medicine packaging device.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, a medicine container containing a plurality of tablet feeders having a plurality of tablet outlets and each gate having an openable / closable gate is provided. And a tablet that is discharged quantitatively from the tablet outlet of the tablet feeder is packaged for each dose, and the same number of packaging devices as the number of tablet outlets of the tablet feeder described above, and tablets discharged from each tablet outlet of each tablet feeder. That is, a structure including guide means for guiding each packaging device to each packaging device is adopted.

[0008]

In the medicine packing apparatus having the above structure, when packing the same type of tablets for each patient, a plurality of outlets of the tablet feeder are opened and the tablets discharged from each outlet are supplied to each packing apparatus. Then, the respective packaging devices simultaneously perform packaging processing for each prescription.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a medicine packaging device according to the present invention. This medicine packaging device has a medicine container 1, and a large number of tablet feeders 2 are housed in the medicine container 1.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the tablet feeder 2. The tablet feeder 2 has a rotor 4 built into the bottom of a tablet storage case 3, and a plurality of pockets 5 on the outer circumference of the rotor 4.
Are provided at equal intervals, and the rotor 4 is intermittently rotated by the motor 6 with the angle corresponding to the formation pitch of the pockets 5 as the rotation angle, and the tablets that have entered the pockets 5 from the outlet formed in the lower part of the tablet storage case 3 I try to discharge them one by one.

Here, the tablet feeder 2 is provided with a plurality of outlets. In the embodiment, the first outlet 7a and the second outlet 7b are formed with an interval of 180 °, and each of the outlets 7a, 7
A gate 8 is provided at b, and the gate 8 is opened and closed by a solenoid 9.

A chute 10 is connected to each of the first outlet 7a and the second outlet 7b, and the chute 10 is provided with a sensor PH for detecting passage of tablets. The detection signal of the sensor PH is input to the control device 11 shown in FIG. 1 and counted. The control device 11 collates the detection signal from the sensor PH with the data input in advance, and when the number of tablets detected by the sensor PH and the data match, the motor 6 is stopped.

The control device 11 also controls the motor 6 of the tablet feeder and the solenoid 9 for opening and closing the gate based on the data input to the input unit 12.

Arrangement of the tablet feeder 2 is arbitrary,
As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of tablet feeders 2 arranged in the vertical direction may be provided in a plurality of rows in the left and right, or a plurality of tablet feeders 2 arranged in the front and rear direction may be provided in a plurality of rows in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction. You may provide in multiple rows.

Further, a plurality of tablet feeders 2 arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction may be provided in multiple stages in the vertical direction.

Two outlets 7a of each tablet feeder 2,2,
Of the two chutes 10 connected to 7b, the chute 10 connected to the first outlet 7a is the first drop guide path 13a.
And the chute 10 connected to the second outlet 7b is connected to the second drop guide path 13b.

Hoppers 14a and 14b are provided below the first drop guide path 13a and the second drop guide path 13b, respectively, and a first packing device 15a and a second packing device 15b are provided below the hoppers 14a and 14b, respectively. Is provided.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the packaging devices 15a and 15b. This packaging device includes a triangular former 16 that folds the heat-sealable packaging sheet S that is pulled out from the roll R in the width direction and a packaging sheet S that is folded in two. A horizontal heating roller 17 for heat-sealing in a stripe shape over the entire direction, and a vertical heating roller 18 for continuously heat-sealing both side edges of the folded two-fold packaging sheet S in a stripe shape are sequentially provided. The hopper 14a or 14b is placed on the bag portion a folded in half by the former 16.
Are placed.

The packaging devices 15a and 15b are provided in the hopper 14.
The tablets falling into the bag a from the lower end outlets of a and 14b are moved together with the sheet S, and the horizontal heating roller 17 moves the packaging sheet S.
Is heat-sealed in the width direction, and the vertical heating roller 18 heat-seales both side edges of the packaging sheet S to package the tablets for each dose.

The medicine packaging apparatus shown in the embodiment has the above structure, and its operation will be described below.

Now, for example, two patients (A) and (B)
As an example, the case of simultaneously packaging the same tablet for each patient will be described. First, the identification data of the patient, the drug name for each patient, the number of tablets for one dose, and the number of packages are input.

With the above input, the control device 11 selects the tablet feeder 2 containing the corresponding tablet from the data, operates the motor b of the tablet feeder 2 and operates the two gates 8 of the tablet feeder 2. Let them open together. In addition, the control device 11 includes the packaging devices 15a and 15b.
On the other hand, for example, the first packaging device 15a for the patient A, the second
The packaging device 15b is determined for the patient B.

The rotor 4 rotates at a constant speed by the operation of the motor 6 of the tablet feeder 2. Therefore, pocket 5
The tablets contained in the tablets are discharged from the first outlet 7a and the second outlet 7b at regular intervals and fall into the chute 10 connected to the outlets 7a and 7b, and the sensor provided in the chute 10 is discharged. PH detects tablets. The detection signal is input to the control device 11.

In the control device 11, the detection signal from the sensor PH is collated with the data and the outlets 7a, 7 of the tablet feeder 2 are compared.
When the number of tablets discharged from b reaches the required number for each patient, the gate 8 is closed.

When the number of tablets administered to patients A and B is different, 2
The two gates 8 are closed with a time lag, and when the two gates 8 are closed together, the motor 6 is stopped and the ejection of tablets is stopped.

The tablets discharged from the first outlet 7a of the tablet feeder 2 to the chute 10 fall into the hopper 14a from the first drop guide path 13a, and are supplied to the first packing device 15a from the lower end outlet of the hopper 14a in a fixed amount. It is then packaged for each dose. On the other hand, the tablets discharged from the second outlet 7b into the chute 10 are discharged from the second drop guide path 13b into the hopper
Then, it is dropped into the second packaging device 15b from the lower end outlet of the hopper 14b and is packaged for each dose.

Next, in the case of simultaneously packing different types of tablets for two patients A and B, the necessary data is input to the input unit 12 as described above.

The control device 11 includes the packaging devices 15a and 15b.
On the other hand, for example, the first packaging device 15a for the patient A, the second
The packaging device 15b is determined for the patient B. Further, the control device 11 selects the corresponding two tablet feeders 2 and 2 based on the data, drives the motor 6 of the tablet feeders 2 and 2, and opens one of the gates 8.

At this time, the tablet feeder 2 containing the tablets for the patient A has the gate 8 of the second outlet 7b communicating with the second packaging device 15b for the patient B opened.

By driving the motor 6 of each tablet feeder 2, 2, each tablet feeder 2, 2 discharges the required number of tablets in the same manner as described above. The discharged tablets are supplied and packaged in the first and second packaging devices 15a and 15b.

When administering tablets to a patient, several tablets of different types may be administered as a single dose.
In the packaging at that time, several kinds of tablet feeders 2 are operated by the operation of the control device 11, the tablets are discharged from one outlet of each feeder 2, for example, the first outlet 7a, and the tablets are first dropped. A fixed amount is supplied from the guide path 13a to the first packing device 15a provided below the guide path 13a for packing.

In the case of the embodiment, the tablet feeder 2 is provided with the first outlet 7a and the second outlet 7b, but the number of outlets is not limited to this and may be two or more. The number of packaging devices used is the same as the number of outlets, and tablets are supplied from each outlet to each packaging device.

In the embodiment, the tablets discharged from the outlet of the tablet feeder 2 are chute 10 and drop guide path 13.
a, 13b and hoppers 14a, 14b for packing device 15
Although the guide means a and 15b are used, the guide means is not limited to this, and may be supplied to the packing apparatus by a combination of a drop guide path and a conveying device.

[0035]

As described above, in the present invention, since tablets can be quantitatively supplied from a large number of tablet feeders to a plurality of packaging devices, the packaging work for each patient can be performed simultaneously. Therefore, the processing capacity can be improved.

Further, since the tablet feeder is provided with a plurality of tablet outlets, the packing operation for each patient of tablets of the same type can be simultaneously packed by each packing device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a medicine packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an example of the above-mentioned tablet feeder.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an example of the same packaging device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Chemical Storage 2 Tablet Feeder 7a First Outlet 7b Second Outlet 10 Chute 13a First Drop Guide Path 13b Second Drop Guide Path 14a, 14b Hopper 15a First Packing Device 15b Second Packing Device

Claims (1)

What is claimed is: 1. A drug storage for storing a large number of tablet feeders having a plurality of tablet outlets, each opening having a gate that can be opened and closed, and a fixed amount discharged from the tablet outlets of the tablet feeders. A tablet is packaged for each dose, and the packaging device has the same number as the tablet outlets of the tablet feeder, and the guiding means for guiding the tablets discharged from each tablet outlet of each tablet feeder to each packaging device. Composing drug packaging device.