JPH08107922A - Dispensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automate dispensing routines by housing tablet sheets which exist below a cutter device and fall from a second dropping cap and the fraction components after cutting fractions into a discharge box and connecting a driving controller to respective devices and mechanisms. CONSTITUTION: First dropping caps 468, 469 open downward to unclamp pawls and to drop the tablet sheets A, B, C into a box 471 if the tablet sheets once withdrawn from tablet cases onto the first dropping caps 468, 469 by lower pawl bodies 401 do not require fraction blacking. The second dropping cap 470 is disposed at the bottom of the box 477 by turning and supporting its one end. The second dropping cap 470 exists below the cutter device, clamps both sides of the tablet sheets A, B, C by lower pawl bodies 401 and drop the tablet sheets downward from the box 477 after cutting the fraction- components. The operations of such driving devices and mechanisms are controlled by the driving controller. As a result, the automation of the dispensing routines is realized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dispensing device, and more particularly to P
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a dispensing device for automatically dispensing a predetermined number of predetermined tablets, including a fraction of the tablet sheet, in a blister-packed tablet sheet called a TP (pass-through package) tablet sheet. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, dispensing operations in pharmacies such as hospitals are performed manually by pharmacists and the like, and the frequency of dispensing various tablets including inner capsules of these agents is increasing. This tablet is called a PTP agent tablet sheet, and is a packaging form in which the tablet is taken out by pressing the tablet side and breaking the aluminum sheet part at the bottom. Generally, 10 or more tablets are Supplied in sheets.

[0003] A pharmacist dispenses this PTP tablet sheet to a patient based on a doctor's prescription. Especially in general hospitals where the medical field is wide, the types of tablets that can be taken out at all times are There are more than 600 kinds, and not only do they need a storage place, but the work of dispensing based on a prescription is very mentally and physically demanding.

Therefore, one of the applicants of the present application has filed a "blister package take-out device" to provide an automated preparation method. When the present proposal is arranged in accordance with the wording of the present application, a case rack partitioned and formed in multiple vertical and horizontal stages, and a tablet case that is housed in the case rack and has a remaining number storage unit that stores a fraction of a tablet sheet are described. A discharge box disposed on a side surface of the case shelf, an XY carriage for moving vertically and horizontally on the front surface of the case shelf, and a head device provided on the XY carriage. A positioning mechanism for positioning with respect to the shelf,
b) a cutter device having vertical and horizontal blades for cutting off a fraction of the tablet sheet, c) a holding device of a vacuum pump that prevents the tablet sheet from moving during cutting, and d) a gripping device that grips the edge of the tablet sheet. And e) Z for gripping by the gripping device and moving in the Z direction to take out the tablet sheet from the tablet case to the outside and returning it to the remaining number storage portion after cutting the fraction.
A dispensing device in which a carriage and f) a box portion having an opening / closing mechanism for dropping or holding the taken-out tablet sheet are mounted on a head device, and a tablet case based on a command from a control device. Remove the tablet sheet from the tablet device, cut off the fraction with the cutter device of the head device, return it to the remaining number storage after cutting the fraction, and temporarily store it in the box part of the head device, and store the head device on the side of the case shelf. Is a dispensing device that is moved to a discharge box disposed in the container and causes the opening / closing mechanism to act to drop the tablet sheet after dispensing into the discharge box.

[0005]

However, according to the above-mentioned dispensing device, since the head device is equipped with all of the above-mentioned components a) to f), the head device is prevented from becoming large and heavy. However, along with this, it has been found that the XY carriage for moving the head device up, down, left and right on the front surface of the case shelf needs to be extremely large, which cannot be realized in practice.

Therefore, the dispensing device of the present invention is made on the basis of the above-mentioned fact, and its purpose is to construct a head device which is moved vertically and horizontally on the front surface of the case shelf in a small size and a light weight. Is to provide a dispensing device that can realize the automation of dispensing work that was manually performed. Another object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing device having a small footprint.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] and

In order to solve this problem, the dispensing device of the present invention comprises a frame housing; a case shelf provided on the frame housing and formed in a multi-tiered configuration in a vertical and horizontal direction; and attached to a predetermined position of the case shelf. A tablet case having a remaining number storage portion for storing a fraction of a tablet sheet; an X carriage device provided in the frame housing; a Y carriage device provided in the X carriage device; a Z carriage device; and a Y carriage A head device provided so as to be driven in the up-and-down longitudinal direction of the device; a gripping device for gripping an end of a tablet sheet from the dispensing case, and a Z-direction To the Z-carriage equipped with the gripping device to move the tablet sheet to the outside from the tablet case, and moved in the Z-direction. A first dropping lid having an opening / closing mechanism for dropping or holding the agent sheet, a box for temporarily storing a tablet sheet that is opened when the first dropping lid is opened and is released by the gripping of the gripping device, and the box A second drop cover having an opening / closing mechanism provided on the bottom of the head device, and a cutter device provided on the frame housing body for cutting a fraction from a tablet sheet;
A tablet sheet positioned below the cutter device and dropped from the second dropping lid; a discharge box for storing a fractional part after the fractional cutting; and a drive control device connected to the respective devices and mechanisms. As a result, each of the above-mentioned components acts as a medicine.

Further, it is preferable that the case shelf is "ko".
The X-carriage device, the Y-carriage device, and the head device are separately formed so as to face each other on the opposite sides of the letter C so as to minimize the occupied area. To work.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of a dispensing device will be described in detail below by structure with reference to the drawings. (Overall Structure) FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a dispensing device of an embodiment, in which a part of the front left side of the device is cut away due to space limitations.

In FIG. 1, the entire dispensing device has a substantially U-shaped projected shape on a plane, and each component described below is constructed by welding an angle member or the like with a welding screw or the like. The outer dimensions are 1.8 m in height, 1.8 m in width, and 1.2 m in depth, which are provided on the frame 100 and detachably attach a cover member (not shown) to the frame 100 from the outside. The floor space occupied is reduced.

On the opposite sides of the "U" -shaped frame 100, 140 tablet cases 200 in total (in the case of standard specifications) are provided on the case shelves 105 respectively provided as shown in the figure. It is detachably installed. A large number of the above-mentioned PTP tablets are vertically stacked and housed in these tablet cases 200. As shown in the figure, the case shelves 105 are arranged in upper and lower five stages, and the tablet cases 200 are placed on the case shelves 105.
A pin that configures a binary value for preventing erroneous insertion by inserting the insert into a predetermined position is provided, and by matching with a groove provided in the tablet case 200,
Prevents incorrect insertion reliably.

Further, these tablet cases 200 are inserted and fixed in a predetermined position of the case shelf 105 from the outside of the apparatus, but only a case portion described later which is detachable from the tablet case 200 after fixing. By making it possible to remove, a predetermined PTP tablet sheet can be replenished. The structure of the tablet case 200 will be described later.

In the tablet case 200 having the above structure, the user can attach / detach all the tablet cases 200 by opening / closing the slide door 101 which can be opened laterally outside the frame 100, while the tablet case 200 can be detached. As shown in the figure, they are provided so as to be adjacent to each other without a gap, and it is possible to accommodate the maximum amount of tablets. A door switch 119 is provided at the lower edge of the slide door 101 to monitor the open / closed state of the slide door and prevent the operation of the device in the open state.

Next, heads 400 that are driven in the X and Y arrow directions in the drawing are provided along the side surfaces of the case shelf 105, which face each other, facing each other. As described above, in order to make the head 400 movable vertically and horizontally, the head 400 is vertically movable along a Y rail 303 provided below the XY carriage 300, while the XY carriage 300 is mounted on the ceiling of the frame 100. It is guided by an X rail 302 provided in the section.

Therefore, the Y-carriage motor 301 for driving the head 400 in the vertical direction is the XY-carriage 30.
The X carriage motor 305, which drives the XY carriage 300 in the direction of the arrow X, is mounted on the frame 10.
It is fixed to the right end of 0. In this way the case shelf 1
Head 400, which is moved vertically and horizontally along 05,
A chucking claw to be described later is provided, and after the head 400 moves to a position facing a predetermined tablet case 200, the claw inside the head 400 moves in the Z arrow direction in the figure to move from the tablet case 200 to the above. The PTP tablet thus prepared is taken out and stored in a storage section provided below the head 400.

While maintaining this state, the head 400 is moved directly above the discharge box 601 arranged on the right side in the figure, and the PTP tablet is dropped into the discharge box 601. A third dropping lid 602, which will be described later, is provided at the bottom of the discharge box 601, and the PTP tablets are dropped onto the conveyor 300 by the sliding movement of the third dropping lid 602. The conveyor 300 can convey the PTP tablets in the front-back direction in the drawing, and conveys the PTP tablets to the front first tablet extraction box 603 or the rear second tablet extraction box 605 to drop them.

The tablet case 20 is constructed as described above.
Since the selected PTP tablet in 0 is transferred to the first tablet extraction box 603, it is given to the patient, while the PTP tablet transferred to the rear second tablet extraction box 605 is compatible with the prescription. It is not treated as bad and is not passed on to the patient so that accidents can be prevented. Next, the PTP tablets taken out from the tablet case 200 are stored, for example, by stacking a plurality of PTP tablets in a unit of 10 tablets, and taking out the PTP tablets by the claws as described above. However, for example, when preparing 3 PTP tablets per day for 1 week, it is necessary to take out 3 × 7 = 21 tablets, and it is necessary to cut out 1 tablet sheet from 10 tablets. Occurs.

In the figure, the cutter 500 provided at the intermediate height position on the right side of the frame 100 is provided to cut out the above-mentioned required number from the PTP tablet sheet, and the configuration will be described later. As shown in the drawing, one unit is arranged at each of the positions along the side surface formed by the five-stage case shelves 105. Below the cutter 500, the above-mentioned discharge box 601 is located.
It is configured such that the tablets corresponding to the fractions cut by 0 are dropped into the discharge box 601.

The remaining portion of the PTP tablet sheet, which has been cut off to the nearest whole number, is returned to the remaining number storage portion provided at the bottom of the dispensing case 200, and the remaining number indicates the type and arrangement position of the PTP tablet. The number of pieces of information is stored and stored in the storage unit of the control terminal device, which will be described later. A drawer-type controller 700 is provided below the case shelf 105 of the frame 100, and drive control of each component described later is performed based on a control command from the control terminal device.

Here, in the above description of the dispensing apparatus based on FIG. 1, the case shelves 105 are arranged in parallel for two rows, and accordingly, the head 400 and the XY carriage 3 are provided.
Although the example of the configuration in which 00 is provided with two units has been described, the case rack 10 is not always necessary in consideration of the prevention of the entire device from falling.
It is not necessary to provide 5 for two rows, and one row may be provided. By the way, the structure in which the case shelves 105 are provided in parallel for two rows is based on the structure of the conventional manual dispensing case shelf by a dispenser, and is used by a dispenser who is accustomed to a conventional dispense case shelf without feeling uncomfortable. Points and installation area are taken into consideration. Here, the case shelves 105 are not limited to two rows, but more tablets can be handled by arranging more than one in parallel and connecting them with each other by the conveyor 600. Is. (Explanation by type of PTP tablet sheet) FIG. 2 is a plan view by type of PTP tablet sheet, showing a tablet portion 5 for 10 tablets.
PTP tablet sheet A having vertical perforations 4, horizontal perforations 3 and ears 2, and 20 tablet portions 5 for vertical perforations 3 and horizontal perforations 4 The PTP tablet sheet B having the above and the PTP tablet sheet C having the vertical perforation portion 4 and the horizontal perforation portion 3 while providing 21 tablet portions 5 are shown. .

These PTP tablet sheets A, B, and C are lower nail 401, upper right nail 410, and upper left nail 4 which are the nails for checking provided on the head 400.
The center positions along the longitudinal direction are respectively gripped by 12. The PTP tablet sheet A is convenient because the ear portion 2 is just gripped, but the PTP tablet sheet B does not have the ear portion, so that a slight edge portion of the sheet portion 1 is used as a nail body as shown in the figure. However, as shown in the drawing, a slight edge portion is gripped.

Further, the PTP tablet sheet C is generally used in the ear 2
In many cases, the tablet name, the manufacturer's name, etc. are printed, but in the PTP tablet sheet C, the central portion is also gripped by the claws as shown in the figure. . The PTP tablet sheet gripped by the claws in this way is conveyed to the first tablet extraction box 603 and the like via the discharge box 601 as described above, when it is not necessary to cut off the fractional part.

On the other hand, when only one tablet portion 5, for example, is to be cut off from the PTP tablet sheet A, the vertical cutting portion 7 is punched along the vertical perforation portion 4 as shown in the figure, and then the horizontal sewing machine is punched. The transverse cut portion 8 is punched out along the eye portion 3. As shown in the figure, the vertical cut portion 7 and the horizontal cut portion 8 are designed to be reliably punched by performing extra punching at the intersecting portions.

When four tablet parts 5 are to be separated from the PTP tablet sheet B, the horizontal cut part 8 is punched at one time along the horizontal perforation part 3 as shown in the drawing. The cut portion 8 has a sufficient total length. And P before punching
When 7 tablet parts 5 are to be cut off from the TP tablet sheet C as shown in the drawing, after the vertical cutting part 7 is punched along the vertical perforation part 4 as shown, the horizontal perforation part 3 It is considered that the grasping state can be maintained by punching out the transverse cut portion 8 twice along the line.

Further, when the tablet portion 5 is separated from the PTP tablet sheet C by leaving only one tablet portion 5 as shown in the drawing,
After grasping with the lower claw body 401, the upper right claw body 410, and the upper left claw body 412 as shown by the solid line and punching out the vertical cut portion 7 with a cutter described later so as to be along the vertical perforation portion 4,
The transverse cut portion 8 is punched along the horizontal perforation portion 3. After this, only the upper right nail 410 is separated from the lower nail 401 independently, and is gripped only by the lower nail 401 and the upper left nail 412 and moved in the Z direction in the figure to move one tablet portion 5 While holding only the tablet portion, the tablet portion 5 remaining on the cutter is discharged by a cutter sweeper described later. Then, the lower nail 401
Then, the upper right claw body 410 and the upper left claw body 412 are moved to the positions shown by the broken lines and re-gripped.

As described above, the punching order is such that the tablet portion 5 does not drop from the PTP tablet sheet and
It is considered that the PTP tablet sheet can be punched even when the number of remaining tablet portions 5 is reduced and the claw body comes into a position where it interferes with the punched portion of the cutter 500. (Structure of Upper and Lower Claws) (a) in FIG. 3 shows the upper and lower claws and the PTP.
FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of a tablet sheet, showing the head 400 described above.
The lower claw 401, the upper right claw 410, and the upper left claw 412 for checking, which are provided in the figure, are moved in the direction of the arrow Z in the figure to grip the ear 2 of the PTP tablet sheet A from above and below. I have to.

Since the PTP tablet sheet A tends to warp toward the tablet 5 side during heat packing,
For this correction, the lower nail portions 403 and 405 of the lower nail body 401
It is advisable to tilt the and so that they are outwardly lowered in the shape of "C" as shown in the side view of FIG. Then, the upper right claw body 410 independently driven with respect to the lower claw body 401, the claw portion 411 of the upper left claw body 410, which is the other side of the upper left claw body 412, and the claw portion of the upper left claw body 412. 413 is also formed to be slightly inclined in a “C” shape.

The lower claw portion 403 of the lower claw body 401 described above,
An opening 402 is formed between 405 to allow the PTP tablet sheet to sufficiently sneak into the cutter 500 when punching the above-mentioned vertical cut portion 7 with the cutter 500.
Even when the rest is returned to the tablet case 200, it can be sufficiently infiltrated. A hole 406 is formed in the lower claw portion 405 of the lower claw body 401 configured as described above, and the light receiving and emitting sensor 407 is incorporated therein, so that the grasped state can be detected.

By the upper and lower claws having the above-described structure, the PTP tablet sheet having the warp habit on the side of the tablet portion 5 is flatly corrected, the gripping state is detected, and the upper claw is independently driven. After punching a fraction from the tablet sheet, it can be grasped by both nails when it cannot be grasped. (Structure of Tablet Case) FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the tablet case. One of the tablet cases 200, which are fixed to the case rack 105 of the frame 100, is replaced with the above right upper nail body 41.
0, the upper left claw body 412, and the lower claw body 401 are shown so that the mutual positional relationship can be understood.

In the figure, the tablet case 200 is composed of a mounting base 201 fixed on the case shelf 105 and a case 202 which is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the mounting base 201 so as to be detachable. , PTP tablet sheets A, B, C, ... Described in FIG.
Are stacked and housed. In addition, inside the mounting base 201, a remaining number storage section 203 for returning and storing the remaining number of the above-mentioned PTP tablet sheets is provided so as to be opened to the nail body as shown in the drawing. ing.

As described with reference to FIG. 1, since the tablet case 200 is mounted on the case shelf 105 so as to be adjacent to each other without a gap, the mounting base 201 and the side surface of the case section 202, which are the side surfaces of the tablet case 200, are separated from each other. They are flush with each other as shown. In addition, the stoppers 106 having the circular flange portions provided for fixing one end of the mounting base 201 to the case shelf 105 are attached as shown in FIG. It is hooked at the semi-circular part so that one can be used for two cars. It becomes the other end of this mounting base 201, and becomes the above-mentioned slide door 101.
A pair of low-lett screws 209 are provided on the left and right at a position where the operator can open and close the switch.
Is fixed to the case shelf 105 by screwing it onto the female screw portion 108 of the fixed bar member 107 which also functions as a reinforcement and is shown in broken lines, so that both ends of the mounting base 201 are fixed to the case shelf 105.

As described above, the case shelves 105 for fixing the mounting base 201 are arranged in the upper and lower five stages, and the tablet cases 20 are placed on the case shelves 105.
A predetermined combination of eight pins 106 shown by a broken line forming a binary value for enabling 0 to be attached at a predetermined position is provided, and a bottom surface member 223 of the remaining number storage portion 203 of the attachment base 201 is provided. By matching with the groove 215 formed in, the erroneous mounting is surely prevented.

Further, the bottom member 223 of the remaining number storage section 203.
A pair of width regulating members 204 fixed after being adjusted to match the width dimension of the PTP tablet sheet are provided on the upper side, while the tablet portion 5 of the PTP tablet sheet is pressed and held from above by a light force. An elastic spring 207 is provided from the ceiling of the remaining number storage unit 203. Next, as described with reference to FIG. 2, the PTP tablet sheets A, B, C, ... Have different outer dimensions including height, but the outer dimensions of the tablet case 200 are all the same. Since the PTP tablet sheet is manufactured in a large amount by molding or the like, the case portion 202, which is a portion for accommodating the PTP tablet sheet from the upper portion of the arrow D2 in FIG. 4, can be adjusted according to the external dimensions of the PTP tablet sheet. In addition, the structure is such that it can be attached to and detached from the above-mentioned attachment base 201.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the case portion 2
No. 02 has a groove 230 formed in the base member 210, and these grooves match with pins (not shown) fixed on the mounting base 201, so that the case shelf 105 and the mounting base 201 are matched with each other. Similar to the method described above, erroneous insertion is prevented. On the bottom surface of the base member 210 of the case portion 202, a locked portion that is locked by a slide locking member (not shown) provided on the mounting base portion 201 is fixed, while a stopper portion 211 shown in the drawing is a base. A lock 208 which is fixed to the member 210 is engaged so as to be fixed at the position shown in FIG.

Next, the PTP tablet sheets A, B, C, ... Described in FIG. 2 have different outer dimensions including height, but the base portion is used to regulate and accommodate these outer dimensions. A pair of width regulating members 213 is provided inside the illustrated outer wall body 212 which is based on the body 210. These width regulating members 213 are fixed by screws 216 that are inserted into elongated holes formed in the front wall body 214. After loosening these screws 216, the width regulating members 212 are fixed.
By fixing the PTP tablet sheets in the width dimension with a gap, it is possible to regulate the width direction of all PTP tablet sheets. Further, in order to regulate the longitudinal direction of the PTP tablet sheet, the PTP tablet sheet is provided by the front wall body 214.
While the front end portion including the ear portion 2 of the gland is regulated, the rear end is regulated by an integral body of the rod body 224 and the rod body base 225 which are movable in the longitudinal direction on the base member 210.

This integrated body is adjustable by tightening a screw 216 in the figure, so that the longitudinal direction of all PTP tablet sheets can be regulated. Further, at the center of the rod base 225, a take-out portion 2 of a take-out member 205 described later is provided.
A recess 233 into which 06 is embedded is formed so that the PTP tablet sheet placed at the lowermost stage can be taken out through an opening 220 opened below the front wall body 214. On the other hand, a tongue 218 is provided on the opening 220 of the front wall 214 so as to be adjustable in the vertical direction by a screw 216, and once the height of the tablet portion 5 of the PTP tablet sheet is regulated. The two PTP tablet sheets are not discharged.

On the side of the base member 210 facing the front wall body 214, a rear wall body 226 is integrally hung as shown in the drawing, and the handle 22 fixed to the rear wall body 226 is provided.
By pulling 7 in the direction of the arrow D1, the lock 208 is released and the case portion 202 is taken out. afterwards,
A predetermined number of PTP tablet sheets are accommodated in the case portion 202 in the direction of arrow D2.

Next, in order to push the PTP tablet sheet located at the lowermost stage toward the upper and lower claws from the opening 220, the take-out member 205 is provided so as to partially project from the remaining number storage portion 203. The take-out member 205 is pressed by the pin 436 of the pusher 435 provided on the head 400.

This take-out member 205 is a remaining number storage unit 20.
3 is movable in the longitudinal direction and the return spring 22
Due to the pulling action of 9, the remaining number storage 2
A part thereof projects from 03 and its position is regulated by a stopper (not shown). This take-out member 20
The take-out portion 206 integrally formed at the rear end portion of 5 is provided so as to be adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the take-out member 205,
The adjustment is made in the longitudinal direction of the PTP tablet sheet.

When the push-out member 205 described above is pressed by the pusher 435 mounted on the head 400, the take-out portion 206 retracts into the recess 233, and as a result, the PTP tablet sheet located at the lowermost stage is pressed. -The grate falls by its own weight, and the rear end is in a state of hooking the take-out portion 206.
After that, when the pusher 435 is retracted from the take-out member 205, the take-out member 205 returns to the original position by the action of the return spring 229 provided in the take-out member 205. At this time, the take-out portion 206 of the take-out member 205 is taken. Hangs the rear end of the PTP tablet sheet, so that the above-mentioned ear 2 of the PTP tablet sheet will come out from the opening 220 this time.

As described above, since the PTP tablet sheet located at the bottom is sequentially sent out from the opening 220, the upper and lower claws grip the ears 2 etc. and proceed to the next step. . A square marker 22 is provided above the front wall body 214.
2 and a right-angled triangle marker 221 are painted or printed, and these are detected by a position detection sensor mounted on the head 400 to perform relative positioning of the head 400 with respect to the tablet case 200. (Structure of XY Carriage) Next, FIG. 5 is a side view of the XY carriage 310 outlined in FIG. 1, showing the relative positional relationship between the tablet case 200 and the head 400, and also showing the sensors. It is a figure.

In FIG. 5, an X rail 302 is provided on the ceiling portion of the frame 100, while the frame 1
A rail 360 is provided at the bottom of 00. With these rails, the XY carriage 3
An arm 350 is fixed from below the XY carriage 310 for slidingly guiding the arm 10, and a Y rail 303 shown by a broken line is provided in the longitudinal direction of the arm 350.

A rotatable roller 352 is provided at the lower end of the arm 350. As a result of the roller 352 being guided to the rail 360, the XY carriage 3 is provided.
The integrated body of 10 and the arm 350 is guided in the front and back direction of the paper surface. Next, the head 400 is guided in the vertical direction by the rail 303, and one belt 320 is stretched as shown in the drawing, so that the head 400 is mounted on the XY carriage 301 and the Y carriage motor 30.
It is configured to be driven by 1. For this reason Y
While the pulley 306 is fixed to the output shaft of the carriage motor 301, the belt 30 is fixed between the output shaft of the carriage motor 301 and the pulley 311.
7 is stretched.

A pulley 311 is integrally fixed to the pulley 312, and a belt 308 is stretched between the pulley 311 and the pulley 313.
On the other hand, after the belt 320 for driving the head 400 is fixed at both ends by the stopper 321 as shown in the figure, the direction is changed by the pulleys 315 and 316 which are rotatable on the side surface of the head 400. The tension pulley 323 prevents the slack and stretches the tension pulley 323.

A sensor 330 and a sensor 333 are provided on the upper and lower parts of the arm 350, and a sensor 332 is also provided on the intermediate part, and an actuator 331 provided on the head 400 detects the vertical position of the head 400. Has a configuration for performing. The sensor 330 and the sensor 333 detect the upper and lower limit positions, and the sensor 332 detects the initialization position of the head 400.

Further, the tablet case 200 is arranged vertically as shown in the drawing, in which the PTP tablet sheets A, B, C, ... Are placed, and the remaining number storage is provided below. In the portion 203, PTP tablet sheets A, B, C, ... The upper and lower claws 401, 41 of the head 400 are attached to the tablet case 200.
0 and 412 move to perform the grip shown in FIG.

As can be seen from the above description, since the tablet case 200 is not provided with any sensors, there is no electrical connection between the tablet case 200 and the control unit described later. FIG. 6 is a front view of the XY carriage 310 of FIG. 5, showing the sensors in the same manner. In the figure, an X rail 302 is provided on the ceiling portion of the frame 100, and a XY carriage 310 is slidably guided in the left and right directions. The arm 350 described above is fixed to the XY carriage 310, and the head 400 is fixed to the rail 303.
Is guided in the up and down direction and driven up and down. A belt 376 is stretched around the XY carriage 310 as shown in the drawing, and is driven by an X carriage motor 305 provided on the frame 100.
For this reason, rotatable pulleys 377 and 378 are provided on the XY carriage 310, but the method of tensioning the belt 376 is substantially the same as the method in FIG.

Next, in order to detect the position of the XY carriage 310, sensors 391, 393 and 392 are provided on the left and right parts of the frame, and the left and right positions are detected by the actuator 390 provided on the XY carriage 310. Has a configuration for performing. The left and right limit positions are detected by the sensors 391 and 393, and the initialization position of the head 400 is detected by the sensor 392. (Structure of Head) FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the head. In this figure, the lower claw 401 of the upper and lower claws for gripping the PTP tablet sheet described above is located at a position indicated by a broken line in the figure. It is reciprocated at the position shown by the solid line. On both sides of the lower claw 401, a first right drop cover 468 and a first left drop cover 469 are respectively driven to rotate around the shaft 465 to prevent the PTP tablet sheet once held from falling and to cut a fraction. It is provided to be done.

First lowering lid 4 by lower claw 401
68 and the PTP tablet sheet pulled from the tablet case 200 onto the first left-side drop lid 469, and when the above-mentioned fractional punching in FIG. 2 is not necessary, the first right-side drop lid 4
68 and the first left drop lid 469 open downward to release the grip of the nail and drop the PTP tablet sheet into the box 477.

The first right-side dropping lid 468 and the first left-side dropping lid 4
The structure in which 69 is rotated by about 90 degrees to drop the sheet will be described. A bevel gear 463 is meshed with a bevel gear 464 fixed to one end of each shaft 465 at the same time. A lever 462 is fixed to a shaft integrally connecting these bevel gears 463, and the driving force of a lever 461 of a rotary solenoid provided below the head 400 is transmitted to the lever 462. A lock 467 is fixed to one of them, and positions the first right-side dropping lid 468 and the first left-side dropping lid 469.

At the bottom of the box 477, a second drop cover 470 shown by the broken line and the solid line in the figure is disposed with one end thereof being rotatably supported, and a bracket 473 integrally provided on the second drop cover 470. A spring 471 stretched between the head and the head 400 keeps it in the position shown by the solid line, and usually forms the bottom cover of the box 477. The second drop cover 470 is the arm 4 of the rotary solenoid 475 provided below the cutter 500 in FIG.
The rotation of 79 is transmitted to the bracket 473 and moved to the position shown by the broken line. As a result, the PTP tablet sheets A, B and C dropped in the box 477 are dropped downward as shown in the figure.

Subsequently, the Kashiwa ridge mechanism for driving the upper and lower claws in the Z arrow direction between the solid line and the broken line in the drawing is such that the Z carriage 456 is guided in the longitudinal direction of the Z rail 457, while the Z rail is formed. A pulley 455 and a pulley 453 are provided above both ends of 457, and an endless belt 454 is stretched between them. A part of the endless belt 454 is fixed to the Z carriage 456, while the pulley 453 has a pulley 4 at one end.
The shaft 452 to which 51 is fixed is fixed.

On the other hand, a Z carriage motor 448 such as a stepping motor is provided at the bottom of the head 400, and a belt 450 is stretched between a pulley 449 and a pulley 451 fixed to the output shaft of the Z carriage motor 448. Z
The rotary drive force of the carriage motor 448 is changed to the Z carriage 4
56. In the head 400 described above, the Y rail 303 and the belt 320 are provided on one side as shown in the figure, but with such a configuration, there are no obstructive members and it is easy to approach each part. I am able to do it.

FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of the head and shows a structure in which the upper claw body is independently driven with respect to the lower claw body 401. 8 and 3, the upper right nail 410 and the upper left nail 412 independently driven with respect to the lower nail 401.
Are fixed to the lower ends of the plungers 428 that are independently guided in the vertical direction by the plunger guides 429.

These plunger guides 429 are mounted and fixed on the Z carriage 456 described above, and the right solenoid 420 and the left solenoid 421 which are arranged in parallel with them to drive the plunger 428 downward are shown in the drawing. It is mounted and fixed on. A coil spring 423 is fixed to the upper ends of the plungers 421 of these solenoids, while the other end of the coil spring 423 is supported by a bracket 425 fixed on the Z carriage, one end of which is pivotally supported by an arm 424. It's hanging on a pin. A pin 426 is fixed to the rotating tip of the arm 424, and the pin 426 is used for the plunger 4 described above.
The bracket 427 fixed to 28 is pushed downward.

With the above structure, the upper right claw 410 and the upper left claw 412 are appropriately driven independently of the lower claw 401 to grip the PTP tablet sheet. Next, tablet case 2
The pusher 435 provided to push the above-mentioned take-out member 205 in order to take out the PTP tablet sheet from the opening 220 of the head 00 has a head 4 at the bottom of the head 400.
00 is moved in the longitudinal direction. For this purpose, shafts 437 are vertically provided at both ends of the pusher 435, these are slidably guided by guides 438, and a hook member 434 is fixed in the middle of the shafts 437.

An arm 434 of the rotary solenoid 440 is hooked on the hook member 434. By energizing the rotary solenoid 440, the arm 439 is driven to rotate in the direction of arrow D3 in the figure, and the pusher 435 is rotated. The pin 436 fixed to the center is moved to the position shown by the broken line. In addition, a protection plate 432 for the nail having a notch into which the upper nail body sneaks is provided on the upper portion of the pusher 435 to prevent a finger or the like from entering.

Next, a laser light sensor 444 for detecting the marks 221 and 222 of the tablet case 200 and a sensor 442 are provided on the upper surface of the head 400, and the head 400 is positioned relative to the tablet case 200. I am trying to do. FIG. 9 is a layout view of the sensors of the head 400. In this figure, Z carriage 4
An actuator 480 is fixed to 56. Sensors 482, 481, 487, 483 are provided on the head side as shown in the figure, and the position of the Z carriage 456 is detected by an actuator 480.

While the sensors 482 and 483 detect the movement limit position, the sensor 487 detects the movement of the Z carriage 456 at the time of initialization to start deceleration, and the sensor 481 stops the movement. On the other hand, an actuator 484 and a sensor 485 that detect the rotating state of the above-mentioned first right cover 468, and an actuator 488 and a sensor 487 that detects the open / closed state of the second drop cover 470.
Is also provided as shown.

A presence / absence sensor 486 for detecting whether or not there is a PTP tablet sheet in the box 477 is provided on the wall portion of the box 477. Also, Box 4
A sensor 476 is provided on top of the presence sensor 486, which acts when the PTP tablet sheet dropped into 77 is full. Next, FIG. 10 is a layout view of the sensors of the head 400 and illustrates the sensors of the portion described in FIG. In this figure, the Z carriage 45
Actuator 49 is attached to the plunger which is integrally provided with pawls to control the drive of solenoids 420 and 421 of No. 6 solenoid.
4, 496 are fixed respectively. A light emitting unit 489 and a light receiving element 490 such as a CCD are built in the sensor 444 so that the distance can be detected. The sensor 442 also has a built-in laser light oscillating unit 491 to detect the marker on the tablet case 200. (Structure of cutter) Next, the cutter 5 will be described with reference to FIG.
The configuration of 00 will be described. FIG. 11 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the cutter, which is fixed to the frame 100 of FIG. 1 with a bracket 530 or the like, and is vertically cut 7 of the tablet sheet moved by being gripped by the upper and lower claws of the head 400. And a function of punching out the transverse section 8 (FIG. 2), a function of holding the punching part 8 so that it does not move during punching, and a function of dropping a fraction after punching into the discharge box via the shutter 535.

In order to provide these functions, the cutter 5
As shown in the drawing, 00 is formed in a "B" shape at each edge of the base plate 533 and the upper plate via the horizontal plate 527. On this upper plate 509, a cutter motor 515, which is a driving source for punching, and the rotational force of the cutter motor 515 is transmitted by a belt 517, so that the belt tensioner 5
A flywheel 516 is provided which is supported by a bearing body 520 which is fixed to the upper plate 509 and which is provided with a flywheel 516 which is constantly rotated in one direction during operation of the apparatus.

A dock clutch 519 is provided on the rotary shaft of the flywheel 516.
A solenoid 521 is provided on the side surface of the bearing body 520 so as to engage with the dock clutch 519 while the 6 rotates once. On the other hand, as shown in the figure, an eccentric body 512 is fixed to the opposite side of the rotation axis of the flywheel 516 from the dock clutch 519, and the rotation amount of one rotation of the rotation axis of the flywheel 516 is reciprocated up and down. Has been converted to.

A shaft bracket 514 is fixed to the eccentric body 512 via a bracket 513. Since the shaft bracket 514 is fixed to the shaft bush 508 fixed to the upper plate 509, the movable base 507 supported movably up and down via a pair of shafts 511 is fixed. A mechanism for converting the rotation amount of the rotation so that the moving base 507 moves in the direction of arrow D5 in the drawing is configured. On the bottom surface of the moving base 507, a vertical blade 501 for punching out the vertical cutting portion 7 and a horizontal blade 503 for punching out the horizontal cutting portion 8 in FIG.
As shown in the drawing, the blades are attached in a detachable manner by slightly inclining the blades with respect to the horizontal plane.

Relative positioning is accurately set below the vertical blades 501 and the horizontal blades 503 so that the vertical blades 501 can sneak into the vertical die holes 502 and the horizontal blades 503 can be inserted into the horizontal die holes 504. A die 505 adapted to be able to infiltrate is fixed and fixed on a base plate 533 which is a base of the cutter. A retainer 506 for pressing the PTP tablet sheet so that it does not move when punching a fraction of the PTP tablet sheet in the space between the moving base 507 and the die 505.
Like the moving base 507, is movable in the direction of arrow D5 in the figure and is provided by a mechanism described later. Below the die 505, the head 40 described in FIG.
A rotary solenoid 475 for driving the second dropping lid 470 of No. 0 to open is provided to the frame 100 via a bracket, and the second dropping lid 470 is connected to the arm 4 by the bracket.
Acting as described above to open 79, the punch-free PTP tablet sheet is dropped into the lower discharge box.

On the other hand, the moving base 507 and the die 50 in the figure
Die 5 after punching at the left end of the space sandwiched by 5
There is provided a sweeper 510 for moving the remaining fractional tablets on 05 from the die 505 to the front right in the figure and dropping them on the simulator 535. Upper plate 5
At the right end on 09, a sweeper motor 525, which can be rotated forward and backward for driving the sweeper 510 and is decelerated through a gear head, is fixed. The pulley 5 fixed to the output shaft of the sweeper motor 525
26 and a pulley 536 rotatably provided by a horizontal plate 527 between the pulleys 536 shown in broken lines, a belt 539 is stretched, and the driving force of the sweeper motor 525 is applied to the pulley 5
36 to transmit power.

Next, FIG. 12 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the cutter 500, showing a drive configuration of the retainer 506 and the sweeper 510 of FIG. In FIG. 12, a pair of shafts 531 is provided between the left and right lateral plates 527 so that the sweeper carriage 550 is slidably supported in the longitudinal direction of arrow D7 in the figure. Has been done. Sweeper Carriage 550
Since a part of the belt 548 stretched between the above-mentioned pulley 536 and the pulley 547 is fixed between the left and right lateral plates 527, the reciprocating drive can be performed by driving the sweeper motor 525. .

An L-shaped bracket 523 is fixed to the sweeper carriage 550 as shown in the drawing, and the tablet on the die 505 is configured to drop on the shutter 535 as the sweeper carriage 550 moves. On the other hand, a retainer 50 that holds the tablet against the die 505.
6 to the guide shaft 5 through a pair of bushes 546.
Reference numeral 53 is fixed, and the return spring 554 is adapted to obtain an urging force that moves upward, and is inserted and supported in a hole formed in the upper plate 509.

On the back surface of the upper plate 509, the rotary solenoid 5 is provided at a portion sandwiched by the guide shafts 553.
52 is fixed, and this rotary solenoid 552
The illustrated arm 551 fixed to the retainer 5
Block 555 provided on 06 is pressed to move retainer 506 downward. This block 555 is supported by a pair of shafts fixed on the retainer 506 so as to be movable up and down, and is provided via a return spring 556 shown in the figure, so that the rotary drive force of the rotary solenoid 552 is Return spring 55
6 to the retainer 506 via the compressive force of D6.
The directional transmission allows the tablet to be pressed while absorbing the variation in the height dimension of the tablet.

This retainer 506 has the above-mentioned dice 5
The openings 542 and 543 are formed at positions facing the vertical die hole 502 and the horizontal die hole 504 as shown in FIG.
06 is out of the way. Next, FIG.
[Fig. 3] is an external perspective view of the cutter, showing a sensor-related mounting view. In FIG. 13, vertical teeth 501 and horizontal blades 503
At the rear end portion of the moving base 507 provided with the
37 is provided, and the moving position of the moving base 507 is detected by detecting the actuator 537 by the sensor 538 provided on the upper plate 509 described above.

On the other hand, below the vertical die hole 502 and the horizontal die hole 504 of the die 505, there is a dust box 540 for storing the vertical dust 4a and the horizontal dust 3a, which are sheet scraps after punching, as shown by the broken line in the figure. It is provided so as to be detachable after moving to the position, so that the sheet dregs can be treated at regular intervals. FIG. 14 shows the cutter 5.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the above-mentioned retainer 506 and the sensors for detecting the positions of the sweeper carriage 550, which are provided in No. 00, are mounted. In this figure, a block 555 for vertically driving the retainer 506 is provided with an actuator 563, and a sensor 56 provided on the upper plate 509.
By detecting the passing state of the actuator 563 by means of 4, 565, the vertical drive position of the retainer 506 is detected.

On the other hand, an actuator 567 for detecting the moving position of the sweeper carriage 550 is provided as shown in the figure, and the sensor 5 provided on the upper plate 509.
The moving position of the sweeper carriage 550 is detected by detecting the passing state of the actuator 567 by 67 and 569. In addition to the above sensors, position sensors 560 and 561 such as laser light position detectors, etc., such that the detection light reaches the portion of the die 505 near the vertical die hole 502 are fixed to the upper plate 509 and the frame. .

PTP held by the above-mentioned upper and lower claws
The side edge portions of the tablet sheets A and B are detected by the position sensor 560, while the tip of the insertion of the PTP tablet sheet A is detected by the position sensor 561. By setting the origin position, it is possible to punch PTP tablet sheets of various different shapes by the fraction. (Construction of Conveyor) Next, FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the conveyor 600 described in FIG. For the already-described components, only the numbers are attached and the description is omitted, and the detailed components are described. Between the first tablet take-out box 603 and the second tablet take-out box 605, rollers 611, 6 are provided at both ends.
A belt 610 formed of an endless belt whose inner end portions are movably supported as shown in FIG.
Is stretched.

The belt 610 receives power from a belt motor 613, which is composed of a reversible motor and is shown by a broken line in the drawing, while side walls 618 and 608 fixed to the frame 100 are provided on both sides of the upper surface of the belt 610. , It is designed to prevent falling when the tablet sheet is conveyed. At a predetermined position further above these side walls 618, 608, the shutter 53 of the cutter 500 described above.
5 and the corresponding discharge boxes 601 are provided below the second drop cover 470 of the head 400 at corresponding positions. The discharge box 601 has only four side surfaces having upper and lower surfaces opened as shown in the figure, and tablets can be dropped into the discharge box 601 via the upper surface.

On the bottom of the discharge box 601, a broken line arrow D in the drawing is shown.
The third drop cover 602, which is slidably driven in ten directions, is slidable, and the opening 60 of the third drop cover 602 is open.
When 6 moves to the bottom position of the discharge box 601, the tablets in the discharge box 601 are dropped onto the belt 610 through the opening 606. The configuration for sliding the third drop cover 602 is such that a guide (not shown) provided along the longitudinal direction of the belt 310 allows the third drop cover 602 to move, while the side surface of the third drop cover 602. Belt 6 on
A part of 16 is fixed, one end of this belt 616 is supported by a roller 617, and the other end is supported and stretched by a pulley of a motor 615.

With the above structure, the tablets in the discharge box 601 are dropped into either the first tablet extraction box 603 or the second tablet extraction box 605. Next, FIG. 16 is a mounting view of the sensors of the conveyor 600. In this figure, the sensors 631 are provided on the frame 100 corresponding to both sides of the belt, and the first tablet take-out box 603 and the second tablet take-out box are provided. It is detected whether the box 605 is set at a predetermined position.

On the other hand, actuators 622 are provided on the side surfaces of the third drop cover 602, and the sensor 624 and the sensor 625 detect the actuator 622 to detect the moving position of the third drop cover 602. ing. Next, presence / absence sensors 630 for detecting the presence / absence of an article are provided above both ends of the belt, and the presence / absence sensor 630 for detecting the presence / absence of an article is provided in the discharge box 601 while detecting a tablet immediately before dropping. Has been. (Explanation of Control Device) FIG. 17 is a block diagram of the dispensing device of FIG. 1, showing a connection state of the above-mentioned sensors and the like connected to the CPU device 710 incorporated in the controller 700 of FIG. .

In FIG. 17, the control terminal device 800 shown by the broken line is configured separately from the dispensing device of FIG. 1 and is connected to it by using a personal computer or the like as shown in the drawing. By operating, the tablets stored in the tablet case 200 described above are registered, dispensed, and the like. This control terminal device 800 has an input keyboard 801.
A display 802 and a storage unit 803 are built-in, and a personal computer or the like may be diverted, but a dedicated design may be provided in the space shown in FIG.

The position sensors 560 and 561 described above are connected to the CPU device 710, as shown in the drawing.
Drive control for cutting positioning is performed. Also,
To the CPU device 710, all of the sensors 109 and the like for detecting the above-described limit detection and the like are further connected. Further, the presence / absence sensor 630 and the like for detecting the presence / absence of an article are also connected.

Next, as shown in the figure, a motor driver 730 for amplifying the power source from the power source section 720 is connected to the output section of the CPU device 710 so as to drive the above-mentioned Y-carriage motor 301 and other motors. In addition, the motor driver 7 that performs power supply amplification from the power supply unit 720 to drive the rotary solenoid 420 and the like described above.
30 is connected to the output section of the CPU device 710 as shown. Further, an alarm lamp 701 for notifying an abnormal operation is connected to the output part of the CPU device 710. (Explanation of Operation Example) Referring to FIGS. 4 and 17, after adjusting the tablet case so that the tablet sheet A can be accommodated in a predetermined tablet case 200, for example, the tablet case A is adjusted, and then the tablet sheet A is adjusted. Accommodates multiple sheets. Information such as the type of tablet sheet, the storage position, and the like regarding the tablet case 200 is input via the control terminal device 800 and stored in the storage unit 803.

Thereafter, the same operation is performed until the tablet case 200 is filled up to a maximum of 10,000 at a predetermined position of the case shelf 105 which is divided into a plurality of vertical and horizontal stages with respect to the frame 100.
The tablet case base 201 mounted at a predetermined position on the case shelf 105 has a pin 109 whose groove 215 forms a binary value.
It has a one-to-one correspondence with and is fixed at a predetermined position.

Similarly, the case portion 202 which is detachable from the tablet case base portion 201 is fixed at a predetermined position because the groove has a one-to-one correspondence with pins having binary values. The remaining number storage portion 203 of the tablet case 200 stores a fraction of the tablet sheet. Further, the taking-out member 205 for taking out the tablet sheet to the outside allows the tablet sheet at the lowest position to be taken out, and the preparation is completed.

After the above preparations, when the dispensing is started based on the prescription, the apparatus is initialized and the frame 10
XY carriage 300 which is an integral body of X carriage provided in 0 and Y carriage provided in this X carriage
The head 400 and the Z carriage 456 of the head 400, which are provided so as to be driven in the up-and-down longitudinal direction and are moved along the front side surface of the case shelf 105, are respectively moved to the home positions. (FIGS. 5 to 7) Next, in order to take out a predetermined number of predetermined tablet sheets from the tablet case 200 based on the prescription, the control terminal device 80
When input from 0, the head 400 is moved to a predetermined tablet case position by moving the XY carriage 300. After this, the pusher 435 (pressing mechanism) mounted on the head 400 operates to take out the take-out member 20.
As a result of pressing 5, the ears 2 of the tablet sheet placed at the lowest position are exposed to the outside.

Subsequently, the Z carriage 45 of the head 400 is used.
The ear 2 is gripped by the upper and lower claws of the gripping device mounted on the first cap 6, and the Z-carriage 456 is moved backward to drop or hold the tablet sheet.
Move to 68, 469. When the instruction from the prescription is that no rounding is performed, the box 477 for temporarily containing the tablet sheet by opening the first dropping lid and releasing the grip of the gripping device.
Drop it on. After that, the head 400 is moved onto the discharge box 601 provided above the conveyor 600,
The second drop lid 470 of the box 477 is opened to drop the tablet sheet into the discharge box 601. (FIG. 1) On the other hand, when the instruction from the prescription indicates that the fraction punching is performed, the tablet 400 is held by the gripping device, the head 400 moves, and the frame 100 is provided, and the fraction of the tablet sheet Fractions are punched out by the cutter 500 for punching out minutes, and the fractions are dropped into the discharge box 601. (FIG. 12) After that, the conveyor 600 acts to drop the dispensed tablet sheet into the take-out box to complete the dispensing.

[0084]

As described above, according to the dispensing device of the present invention, the head device which can be moved up, down, left and right on the front of the case shelf is constructed in a small size and is light in weight. It is possible to provide a dispensing device that can realize automation. Further, it is possible to provide a dispensing device having a small occupied installation area.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire appearance of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of each type of tablet.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of upper and lower claws and a tablet.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing the relationship between the tablet case and the upper and lower claws.

FIG. 5 is a side view of an XY carriage.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an XY carriage.

FIG. 7 is an external perspective view of a head.

FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of a head.

9 is an external perspective view of the head and is a sensor mounting view. FIG.

FIG. 10 is an external perspective view of the head and is a sensor mounting view.

FIG. 11 is an external perspective view of the cutter.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a cutaway external appearance of a cutter.

FIG. 13 is an external perspective view of the cutter and is a sensor mounting view.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a cutaway external view of a main part of the cutter, and is a sensor mounting view.

FIG. 15 is an external perspective view of a conveyor.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the conveyor, and is a sensor mounting view.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 Frame 200 Tablet Case 300 XY Carriage 400 Head 500 Cutter 600 Conveyor 800 Controller Terminal

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Kiyotake Takahashi 2-16-20 Shimura, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo Inside Copal Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A frame housing; a case shelf which is provided in the frame housing and is formed in compartments in a vertical and horizontal multistage configuration; a remaining number storage which is attached to a predetermined position of the case shelf and stores a fraction of a tablet sheet. A tablet case having a portion; an X carriage device provided in the frame housing; a Y carriage device provided in the X carriage device; and a head device provided so as to be driven in the up-and-down longitudinal direction of the Y carriage device; A Z-carriage device; a gripping device for gripping an end of a tablet sheet from the dispensing case, and a gripping device for gripping and moving in the Z direction to move the tablet sheet from the tablet case to the outside. The Z-carriage device equipped with the gripping device for taking out and holding the tablet sheet moved in the Z direction. A first dropping lid having an opening / closing mechanism, a box for temporarily storing a tablet sheet that is dropped when the first dropping lid is opened and the holding device releases the holding device, and an opening / closing mechanism provided at the bottom of the box. A second dropping lid having the cutting device mounted on the head device, the cutting device being provided on the frame housing main body for cutting a fraction of a tablet sheet; and the second dropping lid located below the cutting device. A dispensing device comprising: a tablet box to be dropped and a discharge box for storing a fractional part after the fractional cutting; and a drive control device connected to the respective devices and mechanisms. 2. The case shelves are formed so as to face each other at opposite sides of a "U" shape, and the X carriage device, the Y carriage device, and the head device are independently driven with respect to the case shelves. The dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing device is configured as follows.