JPH084405Y2 - Control device for medicine packing machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a controller for a medicine packing machine.

[Prior Art] Generally, a medicine packing machine, for example, a medicine packing machine is provided with a large number of tablet feeders and a packing device for packing the tablets discharged from each tablet feeder into an arbitrary number of tablets. 2. Description of the Related Art There is a feeder in which a plurality of drawers are installed in a plurality of rows along the drawing direction and each drawer can be drawn out from a housing.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, such a conventional one is, for example, when a tablet stored in a certain tablet feeder runs out,
The number of the tablet feeder is displayed on the number display provided on the tablet packing machine so that the pharmacist or the like can be informed that the tablet feeder of the number should be replenished with tablets. .

Therefore, an operator such as a pharmacist has to find out the tablet feeder having the number displayed on the number display from the tablet packing machine.

To do this, first look at the number displayed on the number display and remember it, find the drawer that contains the tablet feeder of that number, then pull out the drawer, and then pull out the drawer. It is necessary to find the pill feeder with the same number as that number from the shelves.

However, it is good if all the tablet feeders are installed in a fixed number order through the entire drawer, but if for some reason the tablet feeder numbers are not installed in order, the tablet packing machine Even if the number is displayed on the number display, it is extremely difficult to find the drawer with the tablet feeder of that number installed in the first place. It is not easy to find the attached tablet feeder, so it takes time to find the tablet feeder to be supplied, and it is difficult to restart the operation of the tablet packing machine interrupted during the tablet supply. However, this is not limited to when there is a shortage of tablets, but when it is necessary to find a tablet feeder for some reason such as trouble,
It was often a problem.

This invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional one,
An object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a medicine packing machine, which can easily pull out an arbitrary drug feeder when it is necessary to pull it out from the housing.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention allows a plurality of drawers of a plurality of drug feeders to be drawn out from a housing for each drawer arranged in a plurality of rows along the drawing direction. In the control device of the medicine packing machine configured as described above, the drawer body in which the medicine feeder to be drawn out is installed, and means for instructing a required withdrawal amount according to the installation position of the medicine feeder, and the instructed drawer body is instructed. A means for notifying the operator of the drawn amount is provided.

[Operation] By adopting the above means, the present invention allows the instructed drawer body to be pulled out to the instructed withdrawal amount,
The intended drug feeder will be automatically withdrawn.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, which is a tablet packaging machine 1
Are provided with a plurality of drawers 2, 2, ... Each drawer 2 can be pulled out to the front when viewed from the front by pulling a handle 3 provided on the front panel thereof by hand.

As shown in FIG. 2, each drawer 2 is provided with a plurality of shelves 4, 4, ... On both right and left sides (only one surface is shown), and each shelving 4 has a plurality of tablet feeders 5, 5 ,.
Are installed in multiple rows along the pull-out direction of the drawer 2,
The row of these tablet feeders 5, 5 ...
They are arranged neatly up and down through 4, ... Then, the tablets discharged from each tablet feeder 5 are transferred to the drawer 2
It is designed to drop downward through a chute (not shown) provided between the left and right shelves.

The tablet packaging machine 1 also includes a packaging device 6 below the drawers 2, 2 ..., and the tablets discharged from all the tablet feeders 5, 5 ... Installed in the drawers 2, 2, ... It is introduced into the packaging device 6 via the, and is packaged by an arbitrary number of tablets.

As shown in FIG. 3, each of the drawers 2 is provided with a detection device 8, 8 ... That detects the withdrawal amount for each row of the tablet feeders 5, 5 ... When the drawers 2 are withdrawn.

That is, when the first row of the tablet feeders 5, 5 ... Is withdrawn as the drawer 2 is pulled out, the detection device 8 of the first row corresponding thereto detects it, and then the tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. When the second row is pulled out, the corresponding second row detection device 8 detects it, and in the same manner, the number of rows of the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Each device 8 is adapted to be detected.

Further, each drawer body 2 is provided with a row indicating device 9 for instructing how many rows of the tablet feeders 5, 5 ... Are drawn out, and the row indicating devices 9, 9 of all the drawer bodies 2, 2 ,. …
Is connected to a drawer body pointing device 10 which indicates which drawer body 2 should be pulled out.

In the drawer body indicating device 10, for example, when an arbitrary tablet feeder 5 has an insufficient number of tablets to be accommodated or when there is some trouble and the tablet feeder 5 needs to be pulled out from the housing, the tablet feeder 5 A withdrawal command for withdrawing is to be transmitted.

Further, the handle 3 of each drawer body 2 is provided with a display device 11 made of, for example, an LED, and this display device 11 displays when a drawer command is transmitted from the drawer body indicating device 10 to the drawer body 2. It is like this.

Further, when the drawer body 2 is drawn out to each drawer body 2 and the detection device 8 corresponding to the row of the tablet feeders 5 instructed by the row indication device 9 detects, the predetermined processing operation is performed. A processing device 12 is provided as described above.

As the processing operation of the processing device 12, for example, an alarm such as an appropriate alarm sound is issued, or an appropriate limiting operation such as a mechanical brake is performed in order to restrict the drawer body 2 from being further pulled out. Is configured.

 Next, the operation of the above will be described.

First, when the prescription input by an appropriate input device is transmitted to the tablet packing machine 1, the tablet feeder 5 containing the tablets instructed by the prescription operates to discharge the tablets, and the tablet feeder 5 releases a predetermined amount. The tablets discharged by the number of tablets are
It is introduced into the packaging device 6 through the hopper 7 and the packaging device 6
According to this, a predetermined number of tablets will be packaged.

When an arbitrary tablet feeder 5 needs to be pulled out from the housing due to a shortage of the number of tablets contained therein or some trouble, an instruction to pull out the tablet feeder 5 is displayed. Not sent to the drawer pointing device 10 from an appropriate command output device.

Then, the drawer body indicating device 10 transmits it to the column indicating device 9 of the drawer body 2 in which the tablet feeder 5 instructed by the pullout command is installed, and also transmits it to the display device 11 of the drawer body 2. Is displayed.

Receiving this, the row indicating device 9 gives an instruction to the corresponding detecting device 8 corresponding to the amount of the drawer 2 to be pulled out.

Therefore, the detection device 8 is in a standby state and the drawer 2
Is actually extracted, and when the detection device 8 detects it, the output is transmitted to the processing device 12.

In response to the output of the detection device 8, the processing device 12 issues an alarm such as an appropriate alarm sound, or performs an appropriate limiting operation such as a mechanical brake in order to limit the pulling-out body 2 from being further pulled out. Perform predetermined processing operations such as performing.

Therefore, an operator such as a pharmacist can see at a glance which drawer 2 should be pulled out by simply looking at the display device 11, and when pulling it out, an alarm such as an appropriate alarm sound is emitted, or , You can pull out freely until the movement you try to pull out is restricted.

By doing so, the row of the target tablet feeders 5 is pulled out from the housing, so that the desired tablet feeders 5 can be easily found by simply searching the shelves 4, 4 ,. Become.

The operator simply removes the tablet feeder 5 from the shelf 4, performs necessary work such as replenishing tablets, installs the original position of the shelf 4, and then pushes the drawer 2 to a predetermined storage position. Therefore, necessary work such as replenishment of tablets can be promptly performed.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of stages of shelves 4, 4, ... Are provided on both left and right sides of each drawer 2, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, each drawer 2 is formed to have a narrow width. It is also possible to provide a plurality of shelves 4, 4, ... On only one side and install the tablet feeders 5, 5 ,.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, each drawer body 2 is provided with the detection device 8, 8, ... Which detects the drawn amount of each drawer line for each row of the tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. The present invention is not limited to this, and it may be provided on the housing side, for example, and in any case, the movement of the drawer body 2 that is pulled out with respect to the stationary housing may be taken out.

Further, although the display device 11 is provided on the handle 3 of each drawer 2 in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be provided at an appropriate position other than the handle 3 on the front panel of each drawer 2, for example. It is possible to provide not only in each drawer 2 but collectively in one place, and further it is possible to omit.

In the case where they are put together in one place, the drawers 2, 2, ... May be identified by a number or other suitable method, and when the display device 11 is omitted, it can be drawn out by voice or other suitable means. The operator should be informed of the drawer 2 to be pulled.

Further, the display of the display device 11 can be performed by lighting or blinking, and at that time, together with the display of the display device 11,
An appropriate alarm sound may be generated, or the medicine name of the tablet which is insufficient at that time and the fact that it should be replenished can be output by an appropriate voice.

Further, it is effective to display the display device 11 of the drawer 2 in which the operator is notified of not only the shortage of stored tablets and some troubles but also the operator of various states of the tablet feeder 5. is there.

Furthermore, although the tablet packaging machine has been described in the above embodiment, the invention is not limited to this, including a powder packaging machine equipped with an appropriate powder feeder, and can be applied to various drug packaging machines, and the like. Needless to say, the invention can be modified and modified in various ways from the above-described embodiment.

[Advantage of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, when it is necessary to pull out an arbitrary drug feeder from the housing to the outside, simply pulling out the designated drawer body to the designated drawer amount, The desired drug feeder can be automatically pulled out, so it is extremely easy to pull out the required drug feeder from the housing outward, and the drug feeder lacking the drug is searched for like the conventional one. Therefore, it is not necessary to remember the number displayed on the number display to look it up, and even if the drug feeder numbers are not set in order for some reason, the drug feeder The desired drug feeder can be found promptly regardless of the number and the order in which it is installed. It has an excellent effect such that the operation of the medicine packing machine that has been performed can be restarted promptly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state in which the drawer body of FIG. 1 is pulled out, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of essential parts. 1 ... Tablet packing machine, 2 ... Drawer 3 ... Handle, 4 ... Shelf 5 ... Tablet feeder, 6 ... Packing device, 7 ... Hopper, 8 ... Detection device, 9 ... Column indicating device, 10 …… Drawer pointing device 11 …… Display device, 12 …… Processing device

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A control device for a medicine packing machine, wherein a large number of medicine feeders are installed in a plurality of drawers in a plurality of rows along the drawing direction so that each drawer can be drawn out of a housing. Of the desired drug feeder, and means for instructing the required withdrawal amount according to the installation position of the drug feeder, and the operator when the instructed withdrawal member is withdrawn by the instructed withdrawal amount A device for controlling a medicine packing machine, which is provided with a means for informing the user.