JPH0651101U - Medicine packing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a medicine packing machine capable of easily displaying to a worker such as a pharmacist the excess and deficiency of medicines contained in each medicine feeder. A medicine packing machine comprising a large number of medicine feeders 5, 5, ..., And a packing device 6 for packing medicines discharged from the medicine feeders 5, 5 ,. The display devices 9, 9, ... Displaying the excess or deficiency of the medicine storage amount of the feeders 5, 5 ,.
A medicine packing machine characterized by being provided corresponding to each of the ...

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 This invention relates to a medicine packaging machine.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Generally, a medicine packing machine, for example, a tablet packing machine, includes a large number of tablet feeders and a packing device for packing the tablets discharged from each tablet feeder into an arbitrary number of tablets. Some drawers are installed on the drawer and can be pulled out from the housing for each drawer.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such a conventional device, for example, when the tablets stored in a certain tablet feeder are used up, the number of the tablet feeder is displayed on the number display provided in the tablet packing machine. The pharmacist and other workers are informed that the tablet feeder with that number should be replenished with tablets. Therefore, an operator such as a pharmacist has to find out the tablet feeder having the number displayed on the number display from the tablet packing machine. To do this, first look at the number displayed on the number display to remember it, find the drawer that contains the tablet feeder with that number, then pull out the drawer, and then remove the multiple drawers. It is necessary to find the tablet feeder with the same number as the number on the shelf of the tier. However, it is good if all tablet feeders are installed in a fixed number order through the entire drawer, but if for some reason the tablet feeder numbers are not installed in order, the tablet packing machine Even if the number is displayed on the number indicator of the, the drawer with the tablet feeder with that number is found, and the tablet feeder with the same number as that number is selected from the shelves in the drawer. It is not easy to find out, so it takes time to find out the tablet feeder to be replenished, and it is difficult to restart the operation of the tablet packing machine interrupted during the replenishment of the tablet. was there.

The present invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned conventional ones, and can display the excess or deficiency of the medicines contained in each medicine feeder in an easy-to-understand manner for an operator such as a pharmacist. It is intended to provide.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a medicine packing machine equipped with a large number of medicine feeders and a packing device for packing medicines discharged from each medicine feeder in arbitrary amounts. A display device for displaying the excess or deficiency of the medicine storage amount is provided corresponding to each medicine feeder.

[0006]

[Action]

 By adopting the above-mentioned means in this invention, the excess or deficiency of the medicine stored in each medicine feeder can be seen at a glance by the display contents of the display device.

[0007]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the medicine packing machine according to the present invention. The tablet packing machine 1 comprises a plurality of drawer bodies 2, 2, ... And each drawer body 2 is provided on its front panel. By pulling the handle 3 by hand, it can be pulled out to the front when viewed from the front. As shown in FIG. 2, each drawer 2 is provided with a plurality of stages of shelves 4, 4, ... On both left and right sides (only one side is shown), and each shelf 4 has a plurality of tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. Is installed. Then, the tablets discharged from each tablet feeder 5 are designed to drop downward through a chute (not shown) provided between the left and right shelves of the drawer 2. The tablet packing machine 1 also has a packing device 6 below the drawers 2, 2, ..., and the tablets discharged from all the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed in the drawers 2, 2 ,. It is introduced into the packaging device 6 through the hopper 7 and is packaged in arbitrary number of tablets. The front panel of each drawer 2 is provided with a display device 8 for displaying various contents of each tablet feeder 5, 5, ... Installed in the drawer 2. As shown in FIG. 3, each display device 8 includes a display device 8L corresponding to the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Set on the left side shelves 4, 4, ... Of the drawer 2 and a right side shelf 4. , And the display devices 8R corresponding to the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed on the display units 8 and 5, so that the left and right shelving groups can be distinguished at a glance. The display device 8L on the left side has at least one display member 9, 9, ... Corresponding to at least one tablet feeder 5, 5, ... Installed on the shelves 4, 4, ... On the left side of the drawer 2. It is configured as a collection of. Further, the right display device 8R also has at least one display component 9, 9 corresponding to all the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed on the right shelves 4, 4, ... Of the drawer 2. It is configured as a collection of ... The display members 9, 9, ... Are arranged in the same manner as the corresponding tablet feeders 5, 5, ... For each of the shelves 4, 4 ,. .. are arranged in the order of 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, respectively, so that the upper and lower shelves 4, 4, ... Can be distinguished at a glance. Further, the display members of the shelves 4, for example, the uppermost display member 9a, have the corresponding tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Arranged sequentially from the front of the drawer 2 in the same manner as from the left 91a, , 92a, 93a, 94a, 95a, ... are arranged in order so that the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Arranged on each shelf 4 can be distinguished at a glance. Moreover, in addition to displaying the tablet feeder 5 that is lacking in the stored tablets, but also displaying various contents of each tablet feeder 5, 5, ... For example, each of the tablet feeders 5 is configured to be able to display a plurality of types of contents by different colors such as green and red, and by lighting and blinking thereof.

Next, the operation of the medicine packing machine configured as described above will be described. First, when the prescription input by an appropriate input device is transmitted to the tablet packing machine 1, the tablet feeder 5 containing the tablets instructed by the prescription operates to eject the tablets, and the tablet feeder 5 releases the tablets. The tablets discharged by the number of tablets are introduced into the packaging device 6 through the hopper 7 and are packaged by the packaging device 6 by a predetermined number of tablets. Then, for example, in the right side shelf group of a drawer 2, if the tablets of the tablet feeder 5 installed in the fourth shelf from the top of the second shelf 4 from the top run out, the drawer 2 will be lost. Of the display devices 8 provided on the front panel of the display device 8R, the display member 94b of the display device 8R lights up or blinks, and the tablets of the tablet feeder 5 installed at the position indicated by the display member 94b are insufficient. Display that. Therefore, an operator such as a pharmacist confirms the arrangement position of the display members (that is, 94b) of the drawer 2 displayed by the display device 8 that are lit or blinking on the display device 8 in the vertical and horizontal directions. This makes it possible to confirm the location where the desired tablet feeder 5 is installed. Therefore, it is only necessary to pull out the drawer body 2 and take out the tablet feeder 5 corresponding to the arrangement position of the display member (94b) which is lit or blinking on the display device 8, and the tablet feeder 5 (that is, In the shelf group on the right side, it is possible to find the tablet feeder 5) installed on the fourth shelf from the front of the second shelf 4 from the top. Then, an operator such as a pharmacist can quickly replenish the tablets only by replenishing the tablet feeder 5 taken out from the shelf 4 with the predetermined tablets and then installing the tablets in the original position of the shelf 4. .

In the above embodiment, a plurality of shelves 4, 4, ... Are provided on the left and right sides of each drawer 2, respectively, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the width of each drawer 2, for example. It may be formed to be narrow, and a plurality of shelves 4, 4, ... May be provided on only one side thereof, and the tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. Further, in order to display the shortage of tablets, it is necessary to detect that first, and as for the detection device, that is the first time when the corresponding tablet feeder 5 runs out of tablets as in the conventional device ( It may be configured to operate by detecting (a shortage of tablets), but the invention is not limited to this. For example, when the detection device supplies tablets to the corresponding tablet feeder 5, the number of tablets to be supplied. The number of tablets remaining is always known by counting the number of tablets each time a tablet is ejected from the tablet feeder 5, and a new prescription is required each time a new prescription comes. The number of tablets may be compared with the number of remaining tablets, and when the number of tablets required for prescription exceeds the number of remaining tablets, a shortage of the tablets may be detected to operate. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the display contents of the display device 8 provided on the front panel of each drawer 4 are exemplified by the tablet feeder 5 in which the stored tablets are insufficient, but the present invention is not limited to this. At that time, the tablet feeder 5 that is performing the tablet discharging operation is displayed, or the tablet feeder 5 that is in the standby state in which the tablet discharging operation is to be executed next according to the prescription is displayed, or each shelf 4 It is possible to display the presence / absence of each tablet feeder 5 at the feeder installation position, the tablet feeder 5 having something abnormal, and other various contents of the tablet feeder 5. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the display device 8 is provided with a number of display parts 9 and 9 corresponding to at least one of the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed on the shelves 4, 4, ... Of the drawer 2. , But is not limited to this. For example, the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed in the drawer 2 are divided into shelves 4, 4 ,. , And the number of the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed therein may be switched and displayed, or both may be combined. Further, the display device 8 clearly indicates on the panel the numbers of all the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed on the shelves 4, 4, ... Of the drawer 2 or the stored tablet names, and these tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. Indicators made of, for example, LEDs are arranged at the numbers of 5, ... or the names of stored tablets, and any one of these indicators is turned on or blinked to determine a predetermined value for each tablet feeder 5. It can also be configured to display the contents of. Further, although the display device 8 is provided on the front panel other than the handle 3 of each drawer 2 in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, at least a part of the display device 8 may be provided on each handle 2. Can be provided. Also, when the display device 8 is lit or blinking, an appropriate alarm sound is generated, or the medicine name of the tablet that is missing at that time and the fact that it should be replenished are indicated by an appropriate voice. It can also be output. Further, although the tablet packaging machine has been described in the above embodiment, the invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various medicine packaging machines including a powder packaging machine equipped with an appropriate powder feeder, and the like. Needless to say, various changes and modifications of the above embodiment are possible.

[0010]

[Effect of device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to easily display the excess or deficiency of the medicines contained in each medicine feeder by the display device. Therefore, the operator such as the pharmacist can display the indication of the display device. The contents of each drug feeder can be checked at a glance simply by looking at the contents, and as a result, it is possible to find the desired drug feeder when, for example, replenishing the drug feeder lacking drugs. It is very easy to find the drug feeder you want regardless of the drug feeder number, especially when the drug feeder numbers are not set in sequence for some reason. Therefore, the drug replenishment work can be performed quickly, and the operation of the medicine packing machine suspended during that time can be restarted quickly, which is an excellent effect. Those having.

[Submission date] June 28, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0009

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the medicine packing machine according to the present invention. This tablet packing machine 1 does not include drawers 2, 2, ... , And each of the shelves 4 is provided with a plurality of tablet feeders 5, 5, ... And includes the excess and deficiency of the tablet storage capacity of each tablet feeder 5, 5 ,. The display members 9, 9, ... Displaying various contents are provided corresponding to the individual tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. In the case of the tablet packaging machine 1 according to this embodiment, the target tablet feeder 5 can be immediately confirmed by finding the indicator member 9 which is lit or blinking, and therefore, the worker such as a pharmacist can replenish the tablets. Therefore, necessary work can be done promptly. FIG. 5 shows still another embodiment of the present invention, in which the tablet packing machine 1 does not include the drawer bodies 2, 2, ... And a plurality of tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. And the tablet feeders are arranged in a plurality of stages, and all the tablet feeders 5, 5 ... Are rotated or rotated around the axis by an appropriate driving member (not shown), Any of the tablet feeders 5 can be moved to the front ejection port. Further, the display members 9, 9, ... Displaying various contents including the excess and deficiency of the tablet storage amount for each tablet feeder 5, 5, ... Correspond to the individual tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. Is provided. Then, when any one of the display members 9 makes a predetermined display, the tablet feeder 5 corresponding to the display member 9 is automatically moved to the front ejection port, whereby the display member 9 of the display member 9 is moved. The display is easy to see and the tablet feeder 5 can be easily taken out from the front outlet. In the case of the tablet packaging machine 1 according to this embodiment, even if the display member 9 is located on the side surface or the back surface of the housing and is not visible from the front surface, when it displays a predetermined display, Since it is automatically moved to the front outlet together with the corresponding tablet feeder 5, it is possible to immediately confirm the desired tablet feeder 5 by finding the indicator member 9 that is lit or blinking when viewed from the front. Workers such as pharmacists can promptly perform necessary work such as supplementation of tablets. In the above embodiment, a plurality of shelves 4, 4, ... Are provided on both left and right sides of each drawer 2, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, each drawer 2 may be formed to have a narrow width. , May be provided with a plurality of stages of shelves 4, 4, ... And the tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. Further, in order to display the shortage of tablets, it is necessary to detect that first, and as for the detection device, that is the first time when the corresponding tablet feeder 5 runs out of tablets, unlike the conventional one. It may be configured to operate by detecting (a shortage of tablets), but the invention is not limited to this. For example, when the detection device supplies tablets to the corresponding tablet feeder 5, the number of tablets to be supplied. The number of tablets remaining is always known by counting the number of tablets each time a tablet is ejected from the tablet feeder 5, and a new prescription is required each time a new prescription comes. The number of tablets may be compared with the number of remaining tablets, and when the number of tablets required for prescription exceeds the number of remaining tablets, a shortage of the tablets may be detected to operate. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the display contents of the display device 8 provided on the front panel of each drawer 4 are exemplified by the tablet feeder 5 in which the stored tablets are insufficient, but the present invention is not limited to this. At that time, the tablet feeder 5 that is performing the tablet discharging operation is displayed, or the tablet feeder 5 that is in the standby state in which the tablet discharging operation is to be executed next according to the prescription is displayed, or each shelf 4 It is possible to display the presence / absence of each tablet feeder 5 at the feeder installation position, the tablet feeder 5 having something abnormal, and other various contents of the tablet feeder 5. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the display device 8 is provided with a number of display parts 9 and 9 corresponding to at least one of the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed on the shelves 4, 4, ... Of the drawer 2. , But is not limited to this. For example, the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed in the drawer 2 are divided into shelves 4, 4 ,. , And the number of the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed therein may be switched and displayed, or both may be combined. Further, the display device 8 clearly indicates on the panel the numbers of all the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Installed on the shelves 4, 4, ... Of the drawer 2 or the stored tablet names, and these tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. Indicators made of, for example, LEDs are arranged at the numbers of 5, ... or the names of stored tablets, and any one of these indicators is turned on or blinked to determine a predetermined value for each tablet feeder 5. It can also be configured to display the contents of. Further, although the display device 8 is provided on the front panel other than the handle 3 of each drawer 2 in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, at least a part of the display device 8 may be provided on each handle 2. Can be provided. Also, when the display device 8 is lit or blinking, an appropriate alarm sound is generated, or the medicine name of the tablet that is missing at that time and the fact that it should be replenished are indicated by an appropriate voice. It can also be output. Further, although the tablet packaging machine has been described in the above embodiment, the invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various medicine packaging machines including a powder packaging machine equipped with an appropriate powder feeder, and the like. Needless to say, various changes and modifications of the above embodiment are possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a medicine packing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state where the drawer body of FIG. 1 is pulled out.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of a main part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Tablet packing machine 2: Drawer 3: Handle 4: Shelf 5: Tablet feeder 6: Packing device 7: Hopper 8, 8L, 8R: Display device 9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d: Display member 91a, 92a , 93a, 94a: display member 95a, 94b, 91d, 92d: display member 93d, 94d, 95d: display member

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 28, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 4

[Correction method] Added

[Correction content]

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view showing another embodiment of the medicine packing machine according to the present invention.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 5

[Correction method] Added

[Correction content]

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing still another embodiment of the medicine packing machine according to the present invention.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 4

[Correction method] Added

[Correction content]

[Figure 4]

[Procedure Amendment 5]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 5

[Correction method] Added

[Correction content]

[Figure 5]

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A medicine packing machine equipped with a large number of medicine feeders and a packing device for packing medicines discharged from each medicine feeder in arbitrary quantities, wherein an excess or deficiency of the medicine storage capacity of each medicine feeder is ensured. A medicine packing machine characterized in that a display device for displaying is provided corresponding to each medicine feeder.