JPH09150905A - Collection bucket of chemical container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collect chemical containers without damaging by attaching a buffer material in the bottom surface of a bucket body having a peripheral wall for connecting chemical container paid out from an automatic discharging device and providing an inclined guiding surface in which the paying out position of the chemical container is in an upper part in this buffer material. SOLUTION: The bucket body 1 of a collection bucket to which a chemical container A is paid out from the shoot 6 of an automatic discharging device is constructed in such a manner that a peripheral wall 3 is provided in the outer periphery of a bottom plate 2, a buffer material 4 having flexibility is provided on the bottom plate 2 and an inclined guiding surface 5 is formed in the upper side of this buffer material 4. After the chemical container A is discharged from the shoot 6, the chemical container A is dropped to the upper part of the inclined guiding surface 5, then slid on the inclined guiding surface 5 and moved to the bottom part outer peripheral part in the bucket main body 1 and thus damaging caused by clashes between a plurality of chemical container A is prevented when the plurality of containers A are paid out into the bucket body 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collecting bucket for collecting a chemical liquid container such as an ampoule dispensed from an automatic dispensing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic dispensing device having a storage section for storing various kinds of glass pharmaceutical solution containers such as ampoules containing chemical solutions by type, and automatically taking out necessary chemical solution containers from the storage section. Is described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-14753.

In the above automatic dispensing device, the chemical solution container taken out from the storage section is dispensed into a collection bucket, and the collection bucket is conveyed to a target position via an inspection station or the like.

Since the dispensing of the liquid medicine container to the collecting bucket is a dispensing by dropping, if the collecting bucket is made of a hard material, the liquid medicine container may be damaged by the impact at the time of dropping.

In order to eliminate such an inconvenience, a cushioning material is provided at the bottom of the collecting bucket, and the cushioning material absorbs the impact when dropped.

[0006]

By the way, in the above-mentioned automatic dispensing device, there are cases in which several kinds of chemical solution containers are dispensed into one collection bucket, and cases in which a plurality of the same chemical solution containers are dispensed into one collection bucket. Many.

In this case, since the chemical solution containers dispensed into the collection bucket are always dispensed to the same position, the chemical solution containers dispensed later often fall onto the chemical solution containers dispensed earlier, so that the chemical solution containers are discharged from each other. The chemical solution container may be damaged by the collision of.

An object of the present invention is to provide a collecting bucket which can collect a chemical liquid container without damaging it.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the first invention, a cushioning material is attached to the bottom of a bucket body having a peripheral wall, and the dispensing position of the chemical liquid container is set to the top of the cushioning material. That is, the structure provided with the inclined guide surface is adopted.

In the second aspect of the invention, the receiving plate is detachably attached to the upper portion of the bucket body having the peripheral wall and the inclined guide surface formed at the bottom, and the upper portion of the inclined guide surface of the receiving plate is A configuration is adopted in which a drop port is formed at a position facing each other, and the upper surface of the receiving plate is inclined with a downward slope toward the drop port.

[0011]

In the first aspect of the invention, the chemical solution container dispensed onto the cushioning material slides along the inclined guide surface or rolls to move to the lower part of the inclined guide surface. It is possible to prevent the drug solution container to be dispensed later from dropping onto the dispensed drug solution container.

Further, in the second invention, when the chemical solution container is dispensed to the upper part of the inclined part of the receiving plate, the chemical solution container slides along the inclination of the receiving plate, and the inclined part formed at the bottom of the bucket body from the drop opening. It falls on the upper part of the guide surface. Further, the liquid medicine container that has dropped onto the upper part of the inclined guide surface slides on the inclined guide surface and moves to the lower part, and is later discharged onto the liquid medicine container previously dispensed into the bucket body. It is possible to prevent the chemical solution container from dropping.

[0013]

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the bucket body 1 has a bottom plate 2 and a peripheral wall 3 provided on the outer periphery thereof. On the bottom plate 2, a flexible cushioning material 4 made of sponge, rubber, etc.
Is provided, and an arc-shaped inclined guide surface 5 is formed above the cushioning material 4.

The collecting bucket having the above structure is conveyed by a conveying device (not shown) so as to pass through the tip of the chute 6 of the automatic dispensing device, and the liquid medicine container A discharged from the chute 6 is formed on the cushioning member 4 with an inclination. It is designed to be paid out above the guide surface 5.

When the chemical liquid container A is discharged from the chute 6, the chemical liquid container A falls to the upper part of the inclined guide surface 5 and slides or rolls along the inclined guide surface 5 to move inside the bucket body 1. Move to the outer periphery of the bottom of the.

Therefore, even if several kinds of chemical solution containers A are dispensed into the bucket body 1, the chemical solution containers A dispensed first are
The drug solution container A that has been dispensed later does not drop, and damage due to collision of the drug solution containers A can be prevented.

2 and 3 show another example of the collecting bucket according to the present invention. In the collection bucket shown in FIG. 2, an inclined guide surface 5 ′ that inclines with a downward slope in one direction is formed above the cushioning material 4 provided on the bottom plate 2 of the bucket body 1.

A receiving plate 7 is detachably attached to the upper portion of the bucket body 1, and a drop opening 8 is provided at a position facing the inclined upper portion of the inclined guide surface 5'of the receiving plate 7. Then, the upper surface of the receiving plate 7 is inclined toward the falling port 8 with a downward slope so that the chemical solution container A discharged from the chute 6 is discharged to the upper inclined portion of the upper inclined surface of the receiving plate 7.

In the collecting bucket having the above structure, when the liquid medicine container A is dispensed onto the receiving plate 7, the liquid medicine container A moves along the inclination of the upper inclined surface of the receiving plate 7 and falls into the drop opening 8. Falls on the inclined upper part of the inclined guide surface 5 ′ provided on the cushioning member 4.

Further, the chemical liquid container A dropped on the inclined guide surface 5'slides or rolls along the inclination of the inclined guide surface 5'and moves to the lower part of the inclined guide surface 5 '.

Therefore, even if a plurality of liquid medicine containers A are discharged onto the receiving plate 7, the liquid medicine containers A are dropped first.
It is possible to prevent damage due to collision of the chemical liquid containers A with each other without falling down.

In the collection bucket shown in FIG. 3, an inclined guide surface 5 "is formed on the upper side of the cushioning member 4 provided on the bottom plate 2 of the bucket body 1 and is inclined downward from the outer periphery toward the center.

A pair of drop ports 10 are provided on both sides of a removable receiving plate 9 which is fitted in the upper portion of the bucket body 1, and the pair of dropping ports 10 are provided on the upper side of the receiving plate 9 from the center toward the respective dropping ports 10. Two inclined surfaces 11a and 11b that incline with a downward slope
Is formed.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, an inclined surface 11 formed on the receiving plate 9 from the chute 6 of the automatic dispensing device.
When the liquid medicine container A is discharged to the upper part of a, 11b, the liquid medicine container A moves along the inclination of the inclined surfaces 11a, 11b, and the inclined guide surface 5 ″ formed on the upper side of the cushioning member 4 from the drop port 10. Then, it moves along the inclination of the inclined guide surface 5 ″ and moves to the center of the bottom.

Therefore, also in this embodiment,
It is possible to prevent the chemical liquid containers from dropping and colliding with each other.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the chute 6
The drug solution container A discharged from the receiving plate 7 and 9 is received, and the drug solution container A is dropped onto the buffer material 4 from the drop openings 8 and 10 of the catch plates 7 and 9, whereby the drug solution container A is changed to the buffer material 4. There is little rebound when repelling, and the rebound can prevent the drug solution container A from colliding with the previously collected drug solution container A.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the drop distance of the chemical solution container A from the drop openings 8 and 10 of the receiving plates 7 and 9 onto the buffer material 4 is small, and the impact at the time of the drop. Since it is extremely small, the cushioning material 4 may be omitted and the inclined guide surfaces 5 ′, 5 ″ may be provided at the bottom of the bucket body 1.

[0029]

As described above, in the present invention, since the inclined guide surface is provided above the cushioning material provided at the bottom of the bucket body, the drop-out position of the chemical solution container is at the top.
When collecting a plurality of liquid medicine containers, it is possible to prevent the liquid medicine containers from dropping and colliding with each other, and it is possible to collect them without damaging the liquid medicine containers.

Further, a receiving plate is detachably attached to the upper part of the bucket body, a drop opening is formed in the receiving plate, and the upper surface of the receiving plate is inclined with a downward slope toward the dropping opening.
By dropping the liquid medicine container dispensed on the receiving plate from the drop opening to the upper part of the inclined guide surface formed on the bottom of the bucket body, it is possible to prevent collision due to falling of the liquid chemical containers, and the liquid medicine. Since the container is once supported by the receiving plate and then drops onto the inclined guide surface, there is little rebound of the liquid medicine container on the inclined guide surface, and the repelled liquid medicine container collides with the previously collected liquid medicine container in an impact. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 bucket body 3 peripheral wall 4 cushioning material 5, 5 ', 5 "inclined guide surface 7, 9 receiving plate 8, 10 drop port

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A collection bucket for a liquid medicine container, characterized in that a shock absorbing material is attached to a bottom portion of a bucket body having a peripheral wall, and the buffer material is provided with an inclined guide surface whose dispensing position of the liquid medicine container is an upper portion. 2. A receiving plate is removably attached to an upper portion of the bucket body having a peripheral wall and an inclined guide surface formed on a bottom portion, and the receiving port is located at a position facing the upper portion of the inclined guide surface of the receiving plate. And a top surface of the receiving plate is inclined with a downward slope toward the above-mentioned drop port.