JPH07313578A - Powdered medicine separately packing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To separately pack an optional kind of powdered medicine by automatically taking it out of plural kinds of powdered medicines. CONSTITUTION:Powdered medicine taking-out devices 1 in which at least a part of plural powdered medicine housing units 10, 10,... to house respective kinds of powdered medicines and a means 20 to discharge the powdered medicine by a necessary quantity from the optional powdered medicine housing units 10, 10,... is movably constituted, are arranged by plural sets. Powdered medicine taking-out ports 29, 29,... to take out the powdered medicine discharged from the respective powdered medicine housing units 10, 10,..., a packing device 5 and a means 4 to supply the powdered medicine taken out of the optional powdered medicine taking-out ports 29, 29,... to the packing device 5, are arranged in the powdered medicine taking-out devices 1, 1,... of the respective sets.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a powder medicine packaging machine for packaging powder medicine one by one by a packaging device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are many kinds of powdered medicines handled in hospital pharmacies and the like, and these powdered medicines are separately stored in a storage container called a device bottle in a relatively large amount. In addition, they are arranged side by side on the shelf of the dispensation table.

[0003] When dispensing any kind of powdered medicine contained in such a device bottle in order to administer it to a patient based on a doctor's prescription, first, the required amount of the powdered medicine indicated by the prescription is given to the device bottle. Must be taken from.

That is, in general, a prescribed amount of powder prescribed in the prescription is taken out from the device bottle by an amount corresponding to one prescription indicated in the prescription, and then this is divided into doses for one dose. Next, a single dose is packaged into one package, and such a package is administered to a patient.

The conventional powdered medicine packaging machine divides the powdered medicine into a single dose and a prescription.
In addition, it is generally configured to perform a packaging operation for each dose.

[0006]

However, in order for such a conventional powdered medicine packaging machine to perform the dividing work and the packaging work, first, the powdered medicine of the kind to be packaged is first removed from the device bottle. Only the required amount has to be taken out, and since such a powdered medicine take-out operation is not automated, the pharmacist must manually perform it. Therefore, conventionally, even if a powdered medicine packaging machine is used, There has been a problem that the pharmacist has to bear a great deal of burden to perform the dispensation work of powdered medicine.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a powder medicine packing machine capable of automatically taking out and packing any kind of powder medicine from a plurality of kinds of powder medicine. The purpose is.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention comprises a plurality of powder medicine container containing each kind of powder medicine, and means for discharging a necessary amount of powder medicine from any of the powder medicine container. A plurality of sets of powdered medicine extracting devices configured to move at least a part of the powdered medicines are provided, and a powdered medicine taking-out port for taking out the powdered medicines discharged from each powdered medicine container in each set of powdered medicine taking-out devices, a packaging device, and the powdered medicines And a means for supplying the powdered medicine taken out from any of the take-out ports to the packaging device.

[0009]

According to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned means, the powder medicine stored in each powder medicine container can be automatically taken out from each powder medicine outlet without any manual work of the pharmacist. Then, it is supplied to the packaging device by the supply means and is packaged by the packaging device.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a powder medicine packing machine according to the present invention.
Plural sets of powder medicine extracting devices 1, 1, ... (2 sets shown)
, The powder medicine extracting device 1, 1, ..., The control device 3 for controlling the entire operation, the packaging device 5, the powder medicine extracting device 1,
It is composed of a powder supplying device 4 for supplying the powdered medicine taken out from the powdered medicine taking-out ports 29, 29 ,.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the powder medicine extracting device 1. The powder medicine extracting device 1 is shown in FIG.
Is a plurality of powdered medicine containers 10 and 1 containing the respective kinds of powdered medicines.
0, ..., Emission control device 20, and powder medicine outlet 29, and powder medicine container 10, 10, ... Or Emission controller 20
, And any one of the powder medicine containers 10, 10, ... And the discharge controller 20 are selectively made to correspond to each other, and the discharge controller 20 and the corresponding powder medicine of the powder medicine container 10 corresponding to the required amount are taken out. It is configured to be taken out through the mouth 29.

When the discharge controller 20 is installed at a fixed position and any powder medicine container 10 is made to correspond to the discharge controller 20 by moving the powder medicine container 10, 10, ... Since various designs are possible for the arrangement of 10, 10, ..., The method of movement, the locus thereof, etc., a concrete illustration is omitted.

For example, as an example, the powder medicine container 1
0, 10, ... Are arranged in a circle, and these are arranged to be rotated by an appropriate moving mechanism 26 around the center of the circle (shown by a chain line connecting to the moving mechanism 26). The emission controller 20 can be installed at a position corresponding to one location.

Further, the powder medicine container 1 having such a circular arrangement is provided.
0, 10, ... Can have a multi-layered structure in the upper and lower sides. In that case, the discharge controller 20 may be installed for each of the powdered medicine storage containers 10, 10 ,. When the controller 20 is used, the discharge controller 20 is configured to be movable up and down so as to selectively correspond to the height of the powder medicine container 10, 10, ... By configuring the layered powder medicine containers 10, 10, ... Integrally movable up and down (and rotationally moved), a single discharge controller 20 can be replaced with an arbitrary powder medicine container having a multilayer structure. 10 can be associated.

Furthermore, the powder medicine container 1 which is appropriately arranged
Any of the powder medicine containers 10, 10, ... Can be obtained by not moving all of the powder medicine containers 0, 10, ..., Only, but by moving only a necessary part (one or several) of the powder medicine containers 10. And the discharge controller 20 can be selectively associated with each other.

Each powder medicine container 10 has a stock portion 11 having an internal volume capable of stocking a sufficiently large amount of any kind of powder medicine, a discharging portion 13 for discharging the stocked powder medicine little by little, and a powder medicine medicine from the discharging portion 13. In order to discharge the powder continuously, it is composed of a supply unit 12 for supplying powdered medicine from the stock unit 11 to the discharge unit 13, and the details thereof are the same as those shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the discharge controller 20 is the powder medicine container 1
From 0, 10, ..., a selection unit 21 for selecting an arbitrary powder medicine container 10 from which the powder medicine should be discharged, a setting unit 22 for arbitrarily setting the required amount of the powder medicine to be discharged, and a selection unit 21. The powder medicine container 10 is placed so that the powder medicine container 10 is located at a position corresponding to the discharge controller 20.
Alternatively, the powder medicine container 10 selected by the drive unit 27 for moving all the necessary powder medicine containers 10, 10, ..., And moved to the position corresponding to the discharge controller 20 by the drive unit 27. Weighing unit 2 for weighing the powdered medicine discharged from the discharging unit 13 in accordance with the discharging operation of
3 is compared with the weighing value of the weighing unit 23 and the setting value of the setting unit 22, and when the weighing value, that is, the discharge amount of the powdered medicine reaches the set value, that is, the required amount of the powdered medicine, the discharge of the powdered medicine container 10 It is composed of a control unit 24 for ending the operation.

In addition, the discharge controller 20 stores the required amount of powdered medicine, which has been weighed by the weighing section 23, in the powdered medicine outlet 29.
An appropriate feeding device 25 for feeding toward the sheet is provided, and the feeding device 25 can be configured by, for example, a vibration feeder such as an electromagnetic feeder, but is not limited to this, and If the weighing unit 23 has a structure capable of sending out a necessary amount of powdered medicine toward the powdered medicine outlet 29 after the end of weighing, it can be omitted.

And, such a powder medicine extracting device 1
, A plurality of sets are combined as shown in FIG. 1, and the emission controllers 20, 20, ...
The whole operation is controlled.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic structure of an embodiment of the powder medicine container 10, which is a stock section 11 and a supply section 12.
Each of the discharge portion 13 and the discharge portion 13 has a void having a required internal volume and shape, and the void of the stock portion 11 and the void of the supply portion 12 communicate with each other at least partially, and The empty space of the supply part 12 and the empty space of the discharge part 13 are communicated with each other at least partially, but various designs are possible for the inner volume, shape, communicating place and form of these empty spaces. Therefore, a specific illustration is omitted.

For example, to give an example, the stock section 1
1, the supply unit 12 is arranged below the supply unit 12, and the discharge unit 13 is arranged further below the supply unit 12 so that the lower end of the empty space of the stock unit 11 and the upper end of the empty space of the supply unit 12 communicate with each other, and The lower end of the empty space of the supply unit 12 and the upper end of the empty space of the discharge unit 13 are configured to communicate with each other, so that the powdered medicine in the empty space of the stock unit 11 can be smoothly dropped. It is possible to design it so that it can enter into the empty space of the discharge part 13 through the empty space of the supply part 12 as long as it enters into the empty space of 12 and drops more smoothly from there.

An appropriate discharging member 14 is provided in the empty space of the discharging portion 13, and an appropriate shutter 15 is provided at the discharging port formed at the appropriate position of the empty space.

The discharge member 14 can be constituted by, for example, a screw formed by a spiral collar projecting around the support shaft, and in this case, the void is formed in a cylindrical shape. It is preferable to dispose a screw-shaped discharge member 14 in the cylinder, and it is preferable to form a discharge port at the tip of this cylinder and dispose the shutter 15 therein.

Then, the discharge member 14 has
Is connected to an appropriate motor 16 which is adapted to move the powdered medicine in the cylindrical space toward the discharge port. Further, the shutter 15 is opened and closed, and accordingly, the cylindrical shape is formed. An appropriate actuating member 17 adapted to open and close the discharge port of the void is connected.

Therefore, the discharge member 1 is driven by the motor 16.
When 4 is rotated and the shutter 15 is opened by the operating member 17, the powdered medicine in the cylindrical cavity of the discharge part 13 moves toward the discharge port and is discharged from the discharge port.
The rotation of the discharge member 14 is stopped and the shutter 1
When 5 is closed, the movement and discharge of the powdered medicine in the discharge part 13 are stopped.

Further, an appropriate stirring member 18a is provided in the empty space of the supply section 12.

The stirring member 18a can be constituted by, for example, a scraper formed by a plurality of arm members projecting around the supporting shaft as a center, and the stirring member 18a is rotated with respect to the stirring member 18a. The appropriate motor 19 adapted to be operated is connected.

Therefore, the stirring member 1 is driven by the motor 19.
By rotating 8a, the powdered medicine in the empty space of the supply unit 12 is smoothly supplied to the cylindrical empty space of the discharge unit 13 while being agitated, and is also stocked in the empty space of the supply unit 12
It is configured so that the powdered medicine is supplied from.

Further, the powder in the empty space of the stock section 11 is
According to the powder discharge operation of the discharge section 13 and the powder supply operation of the supply section 12 accompanying it, the powder gradually moves toward the empty space of the supply section 12. In order to smoothly perform this movement, the stock is used. It is desirable that the cross-sectional area of the void of the portion 11 be gradually increased from the upstream side to the downstream side, or at least the same from the upstream side to the downstream side.

However, the upstream side is made larger than the downstream side for the purpose of stocking as much powder as possible with the limited outer dimensions of the stock portion 11 and for suppressing the installation space of the powder container 10 or the like. If required, it is indispensable to provide an appropriate stirring member 18b on the stock unit 11 itself, in addition to the stirring member 18a of the supply unit 12.

The stirring member 18b may be rotated by an independent dedicated motor. However, the motor 19 for the stirring member 18a of the supply unit 12 is shared,
The motor 19 may be configured to rotate the stirring member 18a together with the stirring member 18a.

The stirring member 18b is installed not only when the cross-sectional area of the empty space of the stock portion 11 is larger on the upstream side than on the downstream side, but also when the cross-sectional area is the same from upstream to downstream. In addition, it is also effective when it gradually increases from upstream to downstream.

The supply device 4 shown in FIG. 1 can be constituted by, for example, a bucket conveyor or any other suitable conveyor, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is not merely a supply means, but a powder medicine outlet 29, Two
The powdered medicines taken out from 9, ...
It can be used as a standby means for waiting for a while until it is input to 0.

In addition, the supply device 4 may be arranged such that, for example, one prescription powder is divided into divided doses.
It can also be configured as a dividing device, and in that case, the powder-powder discharge port 2 of the powder-powder discharge device 1, 1, ...
Take out one prescription powder from 9, 29, ...
It is possible to divide the dose into individual doses and package them with the packaging device 5.

Next, the operation of the powder medicine packaging machine configured as described above will be described.

First, in the powder medicine extracting device 1, 1, ..., A sufficiently large amount of a predetermined kind of powder medicine is put into the stock portion 11 of each powder medicine container 10, 10 ,.

Next, the stirring member 18b of the stock portion 11 and the stirring member 18 of the supply portion 12 are driven by the motor 19.
By rotating a, the powdered medicine in the stock section 11 is supplied to the supply section 12 while being stirred, and the powdered medicine in the supply section 12 is supplied to the discharge section 13 while being stirred and filled in the discharge section 13. .

At this time, if necessary, the discharge member 14 is rotated by a desired amount by the motor 16 to ensure the filling of the powder in the discharge portion 13.

Of course, the work of filling the discharge portion 13 with the powdered medicine can be performed by the instruction of the discharge controller 20, but since it is effective only for the first time, it may be omitted.

On the other hand, under the control of the control device 3, the selection unit 21 of the discharge controller 20 of the predetermined powder medicine extracting device 1
Then, from the powder medicine storage containers 10, 10, ..., an arbitrary powder medicine storage container 10 containing a type of powder medicine to be packaged is selected, and at the setting unit 22, an arbitrary required amount of the powder medicine to be discharged. To set.

Then, the drive unit 27 operates the moving mechanism 26 so that the selected powder medicine container 10 is located at the position corresponding to the discharge controller 20, and the powder medicine container 10 is moved.
Or, move all the necessary powder medicine containers 10, 10, ...

When the powder medicine container 10 is moved to a position corresponding to the discharge controller 20, the drive unit 27 stops the moving mechanism 26, and the control unit 24 causes the powder medicine container 10 to perform the discharging operation. In response to an instruction from the discharge controller 20, the powder medicine container 10 drives the motor 16 to rotate the discharge member 14 and actuates the operating member 17 to open the shutter 15.

Then, the discharge operation of the powdered medicine is started, and the powdered medicine in the cylindrical space of the discharge portion 13 gradually moves toward the discharge port and is continuously discharged from the discharge port.

At this time, the amount of the powdered medicine almost commensurate with the amount discharged from the discharge part 13 by the rotation of the discharge member 14 is changed from the supply part 12 to the discharge part 13 by the rotation of the stirring member 18a.
In addition to being smoothly supplied into the supply unit 12, the amount of powdered medicine, which is almost commensurate with the amount supplied from the supply unit 12 to the discharge unit 13, is smoothly supplied from the stock unit 11 into the supply unit 12 by the rotation of the stirring members 18a and 18b. As a result of moving, discharge unit 1
The discharge of the powdered medicine from 3 will be performed continuously without interruption.

When the discharge amount of the powdered medicine discharged from the discharge unit 13 (that is, the measured value by the weighing unit 23) reaches the necessary amount to be discharged (that is, the set value by the setting unit 22), the discharge controller 20 According to the instruction, the motor 16 is stopped to stop the rotation of the discharging member 14, the actuating member 17 is actuated to close the shutter 15, and at the same time, the rotation of the stirring members 18a and 18b by the motor 19 is also stopped.

Then, the necessary amount (for example, one dose) of the powdered medicine discharged from the discharger 13 of the powdered medicine container 10 and finished being weighed by the weighing section 23 is directed to the powdered medicine outlet 29 by the feeding device 25. Is supplied and is taken out from the powdered medicine taking-out port 29, then is supplied to the packaging device 5 by the supplying device 4 and is put into the charging port 50, and the packaging device 5 makes one dose for one package. Will be packaged like this.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic structure of another embodiment of the powder medicine container 10. In the case of the powder medicine container 10, although not shown, the discharge controller 20 discharges the powder medicine. In order to adjust the discharge operation according to the amount, the discharge operation level before and after the increase / decrease (that is, the discharge amount per unit time) and the discharge amount at which it should be performed (that is, the timing at which the discharge operation level should be switched) are appropriately specified. Is provided for controlling the control unit 24 during the discharging operation of the powder medicine container 10.
The discharge operation of the powder medicine container 10 is performed according to the discharge operation level instructed by the adjusting section.

Appropriate ejecting members 14a and 14b are provided in parallel in the empty space of the ejecting section 13, and an appropriate shutter 15 is provided at an ejecting port formed at an appropriate place in the empty space. .

The discharge members 14a, 14b can be constituted by, for example, a screw formed by a spiral flange projecting around the spindle, and in this case, the void is separated or joined. It is formed into a cylindrical shape, and screw-shaped discharge members 14a, 1 are provided in the respective cylinders.
4b are preferably arranged respectively, and it is preferable that a discharge port is formed at the tip of both cylinders and a common shutter 15 is arranged there.

The discharge members 14a and 14b are rotated by the discharge members 14a and 14b to move the powdered medicine in the cavity toward the discharge port.
6a and 16b are connected to each other, and the shutter 15 is opened / closed and the discharge port of the empty space is opened / closed accordingly.
Is connected.

Therefore, if the discharge members 14a and 14b are rotated by the motors 16a and 16b and the shutter 15 is opened by the operating member 17, the powdered medicine in the empty space of the discharge portion 13 moves toward the discharge port and is discharged from the discharge port. On the other hand, when the discharge members 14a and 14b are stopped from rotating and the shutter 15 is closed, the movement and discharge of the powdered medicine in the discharge unit 13 are stopped.

Further, the discharge amounts of the powdered medicine by the discharge members 14a and 14b are set to be different from each other.

That is, the discharge amount of the powdered medicine by the discharge member 14a per unit time is larger than the discharge amount of the powdered medicine by the discharge member 14b, and, conversely, the discharge member 14a.
The discharge amount of the powdered medicine by b is the discharge member 14
It should be less than the discharge amount of the powdered medicine by a per unit time.

This is the case, for example, with the discharging member 1.
4a is larger than the diameter of the discharging member 14b, or the screw pitch of the discharging member 14a is
By making it longer than the screw pitch of the discharge member 14b, or by combining both,
This can be achieved even when the discharge members 14a and 14b rotate at the same speed, and further, by making the rotation speed of the discharge member 14a by the motor 16a faster than the rotation speed of the discharge member 14b by the motor 16b. ,
Can be achieved.

The discharge members 14a and 14b having different discharge amounts of the powdered medicine per unit time are combined with the control unit 24 and the adjusting unit (not shown) of the discharge controller 20 in the following manner.

That is, for example, the discharge members 14a and 14b are rotated together from the beginning to the end of the discharge operation period of the powder medicine container 10 so that a relatively large amount of the powder medicine is discharged per unit time. On the other hand, when the discharge operation period is slightly before the end, the discharge member 14b
Is rotated as it is, but the rotation timing of the discharge member 14a is stopped, and thereby, the timing for switching from the drive of the motor 16a to the stop is instructed by the adjusting unit so that only a small amount of the powdered medicine is discharged per unit time. In accordance with this instruction, the section 24 operates the motors 16a and 16b.
To control.

By doing so, for example,
During the discharging operation of the powder medicine container 10, the discharging member 14
By rotating a and 14b together, a relatively large amount of the powdered drug is discharged per unit time, whereby the required amount of powdered drug to be discharged is discharged in a relatively short time, but due to the large amount discharge, It is possible to avoid the disadvantage that an unavoidable large amount error occurs at the end of the operation period, and for example, during the discharge operation period of the powder medicine container 10, only the discharge member 14b is rotated to discharge the powder medicine in a unit time. Only a small amount is discharged per minute, so that due to the small amount discharge, there is substantially no volume error at the end of the discharge operation period, but on the other hand, it takes a considerable amount of time to discharge the required amount of powder to be discharged. It is designed so that the time-consuming disadvantage can be avoided.

When the powder medicine container 10 as described above is applied to the powder medicine take-out device 1 of FIG. 2, a necessary amount of powder medicine to be discharged is discharged in a relatively short time and without substantial error in quantity. Therefore, both the speed of discharging the powdered medicine and the accuracy can be effectively realized without difficulty.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the discharge controller 20 is provided with a weighing section 23 so that the discharge amount of the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine container 10 is controlled by the weighted quantity. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the discharge amount of the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine container 10 can be controlled according to, for example, the rotation angle or the drive time of the motor 16 for rotating the discharge member 14, and therefore the amount of the powdered medicine is not measured. It is also possible to adopt a control method that does not exist.

In the above embodiment, the discharge member 14 is
The screw is formed by a spiral flange protruding around the spindle, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, a discharge member 14 having a coil shape or other appropriate shape and structure is used. It is possible.

In the above embodiment, the stirring member 18a is used.
Was constituted by a scraper formed by protruding a plurality of arm members around the spindle, but the invention is not limited to this, and a stirring member 18a having an appropriate shape and structure may be used. Possible, stirring member 18b
Is also the same.

The agitating member 18a is preferably configured to not only simply agitate the powder in the supply section 12, but also to positively supply the powder to the discharge section 13, Further, the stirring member 18b is simply
It is preferable that not only the powdered medicine in the stock portion 11 is agitated but also the powdered medicine is positively supplied toward the supply portion 12.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the motor 19 for the stirring member 18a of the supply unit 12 is shared as the motor for the stirring member 18b of the stock unit 11, and the motor 19 also serves as the stirring member 18b together with the stirring member 18a. Although it is configured to rotate, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a dedicated motor for the stirring member 18b of the stock portion 11 may be independently provided.

Further, in the above embodiment, the motor 19 for the stirring member 18a of the supply unit 12 is provided separately from the motor 16 for the discharge member 14 of the discharge unit 13, but the present invention is not limited to this and, for example, , Only the motor 16 is provided, the discharge member 14 of the discharge unit 13 is rotated by the motor 16, and the stirring member 18a of the supply unit 12 is also rotated.
Further, the agitating member 18b of the stock portion 11 can also be configured to rotate. In that case, if either the discharging member 14 or the agitating members 18a and 18b needs to be selectively and independently rotated, The motor 16 and the discharge member 14 or the stirring member 18 via an appropriate clutch.
The a and 18b may be configured to be separably coupled.

Further, in the above embodiment, the stirring member 18a is provided in the supply unit 12, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the supply unit 12 simply connects the stock unit 11 and the discharge unit 13 to each other. When formed as a hole or a short communication path, the stirring member 18a can be omitted in order to simplify the structure.

In the above embodiment, the supply section 12 is provided separately from the stock section 11, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the stock section 11 stocks a sufficiently large amount of any kind of powdered medicine. When it has the function of keeping and the function of supplying the stocked powder to the discharge part 13, it is not necessary to distinguish the stock part 11 and the supply part 12.

In the above embodiment, the discharge member 14a,
The motors 16a and 16b are connected to the motor 14b, but the invention is not limited to this.
This motor 1 is provided with only one of a and 16b.
6 through a suitable clutch through the discharge member 14
It is also possible to selectively rotate either one or both of a and 14b.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, only one common shutter 15 is provided at the discharge port of the discharge portion 13, but the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, discharge members 14a, 14 are provided.
It is also possible to form discharge ports corresponding to b and arrange independent shutters 15a and 15b. In that case, if independent operation members 17a and 17b are connected to the shutters 15a and 15b, respectively. Good.

In the above embodiment, the discharging member 14a,
The discharge amounts of the powdered medicine by 14b are configured to be different from each other, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, both may be configured to be the same and either one of them may be used, or both of them may be used at the same time. The discharge amount of the powdered medicine per unit time can be changed as a whole depending on whether to use it, and the number of discharge members is not limited to two and three or more can be provided and selected. Can also be used.

Further, for example, the motor 16a or 16
The drive speed of b may be configured to be switched in the middle of the discharging operation period of the powder medicine container 10, and in such a case, either one of the discharging members 14a or 14b, that is, a single discharging member may be used. It is possible to change the discharge amount of the powdered medicine per unit time during the discharge operation period of the powdered medicine container 10.

Further, in the above embodiment, under the control of the control device 3, the discharge controller 2 of the predetermined powder medicine extracting device 1 is controlled.
The required amount (for example, one dose) of the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine container 10 by the function of 0 is taken out from the powdered medicine outlet 29, supplied to the packaging device 5 by the supply device 4, and supplied from the input port 50. Put it in the packaging device 5,
Since the single dose is divided into one package, an appropriate dividing device for dividing the prescription into the single dose is not required. Therefore, the configuration is simple and the control is easy. It is easy, and the space required for installing the dividing device and using it is provided in the powder container 10, 1.
There is an advantage that it can be used as a space to install a part of 0, ... And, instead of repeatedly refilling one prescription powder powder one by one, any one kind of powder powder can be packaged one by one. There is an advantage that can be done.

However, the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, as the required amount of powdered medicine to be discharged, an amount for one prescription is instructed instead of the amount for one dose, and this is set in the setting unit 22. In that case, the necessary amount (1 prescription) of the discharged powder is divided into doses by an appropriate dividing device, and the dose is divided by an appropriate dividing device. It is possible to divide each into one package, and it is also possible to use the supply device 4 as a dividing device therefor.

Then, for example, the discharge members 14a, 14
Of b, a discharging member 14 capable of discharging a large amount per unit time
a is a discharge member for taking out one prescription powder,
On the other hand, a discharge member 14b capable of discharging a small amount per unit time
Can also be used properly as a discharge member for taking out a dose of powdered medicine.

Therefore, the method of adjusting the discharge operation by the adjusting section is to switch the discharge operation level (discharge amount per unit time) during the discharge operation period of the powder medicine container 10 as shown in the above embodiment. Not limited, for example,
When the discharge amount of the powdered medicine is one prescription, the powdered medicine container 10 is caused to perform a discharge operation corresponding to the discharge amount to discharge a relatively large amount of the powdered medicine per unit time, while the discharge amount of the powdered medicine is equivalent to one dose ( In the case of 1 package), the prescription discharge and the case of single package discharge are performed so that the powdered medicine container 10 is caused to perform a discharge operation corresponding thereto so that a relatively small amount of powdered medicine is discharged per unit time. It is also possible to switch the discharge operation of the powder medicine container 10.

Further, the motors 16a and 16b (and the motor 19 if not shared with them) are provided in each powder medicine container 10, so that not only a large number of motors are required, but also the discharge controller 20 is associated. Therefore, it is inevitable that the power cables of the respective motors are intricately entangled with each other when the powder medicine container 10 is moved.
16b (the motor 19 is preferably shared with the motors 16a and 16b) is provided only at a position corresponding to the discharge controller 20, and is configured so as to be coupled only with the powder medicine container 10 at that position by a clutch. preferable.

Further, in order to move each powder medicine container 10, any powder medicine container 10 may be moved individually, collectively, or in a plane. However, it is possible to move the powder medicine container 10 up and down, or to move around a predetermined axis. In any case, it is possible to configure a moving mechanism for each powder medicine container 10 by using an appropriate mechanism. is there.

[0077]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
The powder medicine stored in each powder medicine container does not require any manual work by a pharmacist, and any kind of powder medicine is automatically taken out from each powder medicine take-out port and supplied to the packaging device by the supply means. Can be packaged by
Therefore, it is possible to automatically take out any kind of powdered medicine from plural kinds of powdered medicine and package it.
By simultaneously using two sets or more of powdered medicine extracting devices, two or more kinds of powdered medicines can be packaged at the same time, and the powdered medicines taken out from the powdery medicine take-out port by the supply means can be packed in the packaging device. Since it is supplied, the powdered medicine outlet may be separated from the packaging device,
Therefore, regardless of the installation location of the powdered medicine extracting device with respect to the packaging device, the powdered medicine extracting device can be installed in an arbitrary place with respect to the packaging device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a powder medicine extracting device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a powder medicine container.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the powder medicine container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Powder removal device 3 ... Control device 4 ... Supply device 5 ... Packing device 10 ... Powder container 20 ... Discharge controller 23 ... Weighing unit 26 ... Movement mechanism 29 ... Powder removal port 50 ... Inlet port

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A powder medicine take-out in which at least a part of a plurality of powder medicine containers containing each kind of powder medicine and means for discharging a necessary amount of powder medicine from any of the powder medicine containers are movable. A plurality of sets of devices are provided, and in each set of powder medicine take-out devices, a powder medicine take-out port for taking out the powdered medicine discharged from each powder medicine container, a packaging device, and the powdered medicine taken out from any of the powder medicine take-out ports are packaged. A powder medicine packaging machine, characterized in that it is provided with means for supplying to the device.