JPH09299452A - Medicine dividing machine for preparation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correspond to various number of division and vol. while error of division is suppressed without complicating the constitution and to improve processing capacity of a medicine dividing and wrapping machine contg. a medicine dividing machine. SOLUTION: A powder dividing machine 10 is provided with two annular dividing measure bodies 12A and 12B being arranged at different positions to a housing 2 in the horizontal direction. The annular dividing measure bodies 12A and 12B have a plurality of measures being annularly arranged to divide powder fed from powder feeding devices 3A and 3B. The outer diameters of the annular dividing measure bodies 12A and 12B are the same as each other but the numbers of measures of the annular dividing measure bodies 12A and 12B are respectively 42 and 84 and therefore, the measure of the annular dividing measure body 12B has a smaller vol. than that for the measure of the annular dividing measure body 12A. The powder medicine divided by the annular dividing measure bodies 12A and 12B is dividedly wrapped by means of a wrapping apparatus 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drug dispenser for dispensing, which divides a drug such as a powdered medicine to prescribe it to a patient.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a powdered medicine is not formed as a unit of each tablet like a tablet or a capsule. Therefore, for example, when a patient takes one prescription of a powdered medicine three times a day for 14 days, Prepare a prescribed amount of powder and put it in 4
It is practiced to divide into two equal parts and package each one.

As a device for dividing powder in this way, conventionally, a prescription is used by using a vibrating feeder while rotating a turntable in which an annular groove is rotated around its axis at a constant speed. Portion of the powdered medicine is evenly distributed along the concave groove, and then the turntable is intermittently rotated while the turntable is intermittently rotated using a cutting device that cuts out the powdered medicine from the concave groove of the turntable by a predetermined angle. A powder medicine dividing machine has been proposed which cuts out the powder medicine of each angle according to the number of divisions.

Further, as a powder medicine dividing machine, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-43282 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-14082, instead of the above-mentioned turntable,
Use a ring-shaped divided cell body that is formed by arranging a large number of independent cells in an annular shape. After distributing the powder to each cell, open the bottom plate of each cell one by one to take out the distributed powder. Some have been done.

[0005]

However, among the conventional powder dividers using a turntable having an annular groove, the conventional powder divider has a concave groove regardless of whether the amount of powder for one prescription is large or small. Since powder must be distributed over the entire circumference, it is necessary to have a circumference that can handle a considerably large amount within a practically acceptable range. Therefore, when dealing with smaller quantities with different digits, since most of the circumference is essentially unnecessary, a considerable division error will inevitably occur, and in extreme cases,
There are even things that can hardly cut out powdered medicine.

On the other hand, among the conventional powdered medicine dividers, the one using an annular divided box body, for example, an annular divided box body having 42 boxes is used as an example.
In the case of dividing, the powder for one prescription is divided into 42 using all the squares while rotating the ring for division, and when the powder for one prescription is divided into 21 for example, the ring for division is divided. While reciprocating each half turn,
Divide the prescription powder into 21 parts. In this way, instead of always using all the cells of the annular dividing cell, only the number of cells corresponding to the required number of divisions are used, so even if the amount of powdered medicine to be handled is considerably small, There is nothing that cannot be divided.

[0007] However, as the conventional annular division unit, the one made of lightweight aluminum is used as a metal, but nevertheless, the inertia of the annular division unit is large especially when it is reciprocally rotated, and therefore the annular division unit is used. There is a problem in that the precision of control of the operation of the box body is difficult, and therefore the occurrence of division error is unavoidable.

Further, in order to cope with various division numbers and quantities by one annular division unit, a unit having a large number of units and a large volume is required. However, the outer diameter of the ring-shaped divided cell with a large number of cells and a large volume of the cell inevitably increases, but the weight of the ring-shaped divided cell also increases accordingly. There is a problem that the division error becomes large.

Further, in a powder medicine packaging machine including a powder medicine dividing machine using a conventional annular division box body, after the powder medicine is distributed and divided into the respective cells of the annular division box body, the powder medicine is taken out from the respective boxes and packaged. To be done. In this way, in the conventional powder medicine packaging machine, the dividing operation and the packaging operation of the powdered medicine are performed in time series, so the packaging operation cannot be performed during the dividing operation, and conversely the dividing operation is performed during the packaging operation. There is a problem in that it is impossible to perform an operation, and the processing ability for dividing and packing the powdered medicine is small.

In order to deal with this, therefore, a powder medicine dividing machine in which two annular dividing cells are concentrically arranged is proposed, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-43282 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-14082. Has been done.

However, when the two annular division cells are arranged concentrically in this way, the configuration of the two annular division cells and the drive mechanism for rotating each annular division cell becomes complicated. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to make it possible to cope with various division numbers and amounts while suppressing division errors without complicating the constitution and to divide preparations for preparation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a drug dividing machine for dispensing, which is capable of improving the processing capacity of a medicine packaging machine including a medicine dispensing machine.

[0013]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION A drug divider for dispensing according to the present invention comprises an annular dividing cell having a plurality of annularly arranged cells, and a plurality or all of the plurality of cells of the annular dividing cell. In a medicine dividing machine for dispensing, which distributes medicines to divide into medicines, a plurality of annular division cells are arranged at mutually different positions in the horizontal direction with respect to a support member of the annular division cells, and each annular division cell is At least some of all the cells of the body have different volumes.

In this dispensing medicine dividing machine, at least a part of all the cells is provided with a plurality of annular dividing cells having different volumes. Therefore, the annular dividing cells can be formed in accordance with the number of divided medicines and the amount thereof. It becomes possible to select and use it. Also,
Since the plurality of annular divided cells are arranged at positions different from each other in the horizontal direction, the plurality of annular divided cells and the drive mechanism for each annular divided cell are different from the case where a single annular divided cell is provided. It is possible to have a similar configuration.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a powdered medicine packaging machine including a powdered medicine divider as a medicine divider for dispensing according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the powdered medicine packaging machine shown in FIG. Is.

This powdered medicine packaging machine 1 is provided with a housing 2, a powdered medicine divider 10 according to the present embodiment arranged on the upper part of the housing 2, and a left side and a right side of the powdered medicine divider 10 on the upper surface of the housing 2. Powdered powder feeders 3A and 3B, which are respectively arranged to feed the powdered powder to the powdered powder divider 10,
An operation / display device 4 is provided on the upper surface of the housing 2 in front of the powdered medicine feeder 3A. Note that FIG. 3 shows a state in which the powder medicine feeders 3A and 3B are removed. Inside the housing 2, a packaging device 5 for packaging the powdered medicine divided by the powdered medicine divider 10 and a hopper 6 for guiding the powdered medicine divided by the powdered medicine divider 10 to the packaging device 5.
And a control device 7 for controlling the overall operation of the powder medicine packaging machine 1. The powder medicine feeding devices 3A, 3B, the operation / display device 4 and the packaging device 5 are connected to the control device 7.

The powdered medicine feeders 3A and 3B may be so-called vibration feeders for feeding powdered medicine by vibration as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-43282, or Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-14082. The powdered medicine may be evenly distributed in the annular groove as described above, and the powdered medicine may be scraped out from the annular groove by a predetermined amount and discharged.

The operation / display device 4 displays operating means such as a plurality of keys and switches used for giving various operation instructions to the powder medicine packaging machine 1, and the operating state of the powder medicine packaging machine 1. Lamps and display means such as a liquid crystal display. The operation / display device 4 gives various operation instructions to the control device 7 according to the operation of the operator, and also performs various displays under the control of the control device 7.

In the packaging device 5, for example, the medicine packaging paper wound in a roll shape is folded in two, vertically welded at a predetermined interval, divided into a bag shape, and fed below the hopper 6 to be divided. The powder discharged from the hopper 6 is put into the bag-shaped portion, and the openings of the divided bag-shaped portions are welded and discharged.

The powdered medicine divider 10 according to the present embodiment has two annular divided cells 12A and 12B arranged horizontally at different positions with respect to the housing 2 which serves as a support member for the annular divided cells. And the ring-shaped divided cells 12 on the outer peripheral side
Disc-shaped rotating bodies 11A, 1 to which A and 12B are attached
1B and motors 13A and 13B capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions for rotating the respective rotating bodies 11A and 11B. The ring-shaped divided cells 12A and 12B have the same outer diameter, but the ring-shaped divided cell 12A has 42 cells and the ring-shaped division cell 12B has 8 cells.
It has 4 squares. Further, the volume of the ring-shaped divisional cell body 12B is smaller than that of the ring-shaped divisional cell body 12A. The powdered medicine divider 10 is further provided with respective annular divided cells 12A,
Rotational position detection device 1 for detecting rotational position of 12B
4A and 14B are provided. This rotational position detection device 14
Each of A and 14B has, for example, a large number of holes formed in the circumferential direction, an encoder disc 14a attached to the output shafts of the motors 13A and 13B, and the encoder disc 14a.
A photo interrupter 14b having a light emitting element and a light receiving element, which are arranged opposite to each other across the hole a, is provided. Motors 13A, 13B and rotational position detection device 14
A and 14B are connected to the control device 7.

The two annular division cells 12A and 12B are arranged so as to be close to each other at the central portion of the upper surface of the housing 2, and the hopper 6 is located below the portion where the annular division cells 12A and 12B are close to each other. It is arranged so that the powdered medicine can be received from any of the annular division cells 12A and 12B.

In this embodiment, the ring-shaped divisional cells 12A,
Each of the 12B is formed by combining a plurality of box partition parts 21 and a plurality of box parts 22 which are a plurality of replaceable constituent parts corresponding to a part of the circumferential divided cells 12A and 12B in the circumferential direction. . FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a box partitioning component which is one of the components of the annular dividing container 12A, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an annular dividing at a position above the hopper 6. It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section of 12 A of cell bodies.

As shown in FIG. 4, the box partition component 21 is
The whole is formed in a fan shape, and has an outer peripheral grid partition 21a and an inner peripheral fixed portion 21b. The cell dividing portion 21a is a portion for dividing a part of all the cells in the annular dividing cell body 12A. Masu division 21
Two holes 31 and 31 are formed in the a along the circumferential direction by being partitioned by the side wall 30, and half holes 32 and 32 are provided outside the holes 31 and 31 in the circumferential direction.
Are formed. The holes 31 and 31 correspond to each of the cells in the annular divided cell body 12A. The half-hole portion 32 is provided when the measure partition component 21 is connected to another measure partition component 21.
Together with the half-holes 32 of the other cell partitioning parts 21, holes corresponding to one cell are formed. Therefore, one box partitioning component 21 is 3 in the annular divided box body 12A.
Corresponds to Masu. As shown in FIG. 5, the side wall 30 is formed in an acute angle chevron shape in order to prevent powder from remaining on the side wall 30. The fixing portion 21b is a portion for fixing the box partitioning component 21 to the outer peripheral side of the rotating body 11A. For example, two screw insertion holes 33 are formed in the fixed portion 21b. The rotating body 11A has a screw insertion hole 33.
A screw hole is formed at a position corresponding to. In addition, for example, at three places on one side in the circumferential direction of the box partition component 21,
Fitting portions 34a, 3 for connecting to another cell compartment component 21
4b and 34c are formed. Fitting portions 35a, 3 for fitting with the fitting portions 34a, 34b, 34c of the other cell partition components 21 are provided on the other side portion in the circumferential direction of the cell partition components 21.
5b and 35c are formed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the box component 22 includes a box portion 22a which constitutes each box in the annular divided cell body 12A,
An operation piece portion 22b connected to the bottom of the box portion 22a,
It has a shaft portion 22c formed so as to project to both sides in the horizontal direction from a substantially intermediate position of the operation piece portion 22b.

As shown in FIG. 6, the powdered medicine divider 10 further supports the box part 22 so that the box part 22 can rotate, and the rotary body 1 can rotate.
It has a box support 23 for attaching to 1A. The measure support 23 includes a fixing portion 23a for fixing the measure support 23 to the outer peripheral side of the rotating body 11A, and the fixing portion 23a.
an upper bearing portion 23b extending downward from the outer peripheral side of a,
A lower bearing portion 23c that is arranged below the upper bearing portion 23b with a predetermined gap, and a partition portion that is arranged at a boundary position between the cells and that connects the upper bearing portion 23b and the lower bearing portion 23c. 23d. A similar screw insertion hole is formed in the fixing portion 23a at a position corresponding to the screw insertion hole 33 of the box partition component 21. This Masu support 23
Is configured to rotatably hold the shaft portion 22c of the box component 22 between the upper bearing portion 23b and the lower bearing portion 23c. The box support 23 may be integrally formed over the entire circumference of the ring-shaped divisional box 12A, or may be formed by being divided into three boxes or the like like the box partitioning component 21.

The box partitioning part 21, the box part 22 and the box support 23 are attached to the rotating body 11A in the following manner. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the fixed portion 23a of the box support 23 is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the upper surface of the rotating body 11A, and the fixed portion 21b of the box partition component 21 is arranged thereon.
Is arranged. Then, the screw 24 is screwed into the screw hole of the rotating body 11A through the screw insertion hole 33 of the box partition component 21 and the screw insertion hole of the box support member 23, so that the box support member 23 and the box partition component 21 are It is fixed to the rotating body 11A. It should be noted that the square support 23 may be fixed to the rotating body 11A by a screw different from the screw 24. For example, in the case of forming the annular divided cell body 12A having 42 cells, 14 cell division components 21 are arranged and fixed along the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral side of the upper surface of the rotating body 11A.
The box component 22 is rotatably supported by the box support body 23 by fitting the shaft portion 22c between the upper bearing portion 23b and the lower bearing portion 23c of the box support body 23. Note that the measure part 22 is biased by a spring (not shown) in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 6, that is, in the direction in which the measure part 22a is arranged directly below the measure partition part 21a of the measure partition part 21. ing.

As shown in FIG. 6, the ring-shaped divisional box body 12A.
At a position facing the hopper 6 on the inner side of, a swinging rod 25 that is rotatable around a rotation shaft 26 is provided.
The tip end of the swing rod 25 contacts the lower end of the operation piece 22b of the box component 22. Under the control of the control device 7, the rotary shaft 26 is reciprocally rotated by a cam mechanism (not shown) or the like, whereby the rocking rod 25 rocks in the vertical direction, and the operating piece portion 22b of the box part 22 rotates. Then, the box component 22 is adapted to rotate. When the container part 22 is rotated and the container part 22a is located at the lowest position, the tip side of the container part 22a enters the hopper 6, and the powdered medicine distributed in the container part 22a is thrown into the hopper 6. Has become.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a box partitioning component which is one of the components of the ring-shaped divided container 12B. This box partition component 21A is similar to the box partition component 21 shown in FIG.
The whole is formed in a fan shape, and has an outer peripheral grid partition 21a and an inner peripheral fixed portion 21b. The box partition 21a is partitioned by the side wall 30 to form five holes 31A along the circumferential direction, and half holes 32A on both ends in the circumferential direction.
The holes 31A correspond to the respective cells in the annular divided cell body 12B. The half-hole portion 32A, when the measure partition component 21A is connected to the other measure partition component 21A, the other measure partition component 2
Together with the half-hole portion 32A of 1A, a hole corresponding to one cell having the same size as the hole 31A is formed.
Therefore, one box partitioning part 21A is the ring-shaped divided box body 12
Corresponds to 6 cells in B. The configuration of the other parts of the box partition component 21A is similar to that of the cell partition component 21 shown in FIG.

The box member 22 and the box support 23 in the annular divided box body 12B are substantially the same as those shown in FIG. 6, but the hole 3 in the box partitioning part 21A shown in FIG.
It has a size corresponding to 1A. Further, the volume of the box portion 22a of the box member 22 in the annular divided box body 12B is equal to the volume of the box portion 22 of the box member 22 in the annular divided box body 12A.
It is smaller than the volume of a. In addition, the box partition component 21 for the rotating body 11B in the annular divided box body 12B.
The method of attaching A, the box component 22 and the box support 23 is the same as in the case of the annular division box 12A. Further, the mechanism for rotating the measure part 22 in the ring-shaped divided container 12B is similar to the mechanism in the ring-shaped divided container 12A shown in FIG. 6, but is different from the mechanism in the ring-shaped divided container 12A shown in FIG. And the hoppers 6 are sandwiched between them, and they are arranged at symmetrical positions.

In the powder medicine dividing machine 10 according to the present embodiment,
Masu compartment part 2 forming annular divided cells 12A, 12B
1, 21A and the box component 22 are manufactured by molding using resin, for example. In addition, the same applies to the square support 23.
For example, it may be manufactured by molding using a resin. In the present application, molding refers to forming a molding material into a predetermined shape using a mold, compression molding,
Types such as transfer molding and injection molding do not matter.

Next, the powder medicine dividing machine 10 according to the present embodiment.
The operation of the powder medicine packaging machine 1 including the above will be described.

When the powder for one prescription is to be divided using all the cells of the annular divided cell 12A, the motor 13A rotates the annular divided cell 12A in one direction while the powdered medicine feeder 3A is used. The powdered medicine is fed into each box of the annular divided box body 12A, that is, into the box portion 22a of the box component 22. As a result, one prescription powder is distributed and divided into all the cells of the annular division cell 12A.

When the powder for one prescription is divided by using some of the cells of the ring-shaped division unit 12A, the ring-shaped division unit 12A is reciprocally rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of the used boxes. The powdered medicine feeding device 3A feeds the powdered medicine to each of the cells of the annular divided cell 12A. In this case, the control device 7 controls the ring-shaped divisional cell 12A detected by the rotational position detection device 14A.
The motor 13A is controlled according to the rotation angle of. As a result, one prescription powder is distributed and divided into the cells used by the annular division cell 12A.

During the operation of dividing the powder as described above, the swing rod 25 is at the lower position, and the box portion 22a of the box component 22 is located directly below the box partition portion 21a of the box partition component 21. It is arranged. When the powdered medicine is divided as described above, the control device 7 intermittently rotates the ring-shaped divided cells 12A one by one, and the rocking rod 25 is moved while the ring-shaped divided cells 12A are stopped. The powdered medicine distributed in the box 22a is thrown into the hopper 6 by rocking upward. Packaging device 5
Under the control of the control device 7, the powder medicine put into the hopper 6 is divided into individual packages.

The operation for dividing one prescription powder by using all or a part of the annular divided cells 12B is similar to that of the annular divided cell 12A.

In the present embodiment, since the two annular division cells 12A and 12B having different numbers and volumes of cells are provided, one of the annular division cells is divided according to the division number of powder and the amount of powder to be divided. It is possible to select and use the body. For example, in the case of dividing the powder into 42, it is preferable to divide the 42-unit ring-shaped divisional body 12A in one direction rather than dividing the 84-units ring-shaped divisional body 12B by half the number of divisions while reciprocally rotating each half rotation. Use all the squares while rotating to 4
The division error is smaller when divided into two, and the division accuracy can be improved. Also, if you divide the powder into 84,
It is more efficient to use the ring-shaped division unit 12B of 84 units than the division operation is performed twice by using the ring-shaped division unit 12A of 42 units. Further, an annular division unit 12A having a large cell volume is used for division of powdered medicine having a large volume after division, and an annular division cell 12B having a small cell volume is used for division of powdered medicine having a small volume after division. Is preferably used.

In the powdered medicine packing machine 1 including the powdered medicine dividing machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the ring-shaped divided box body 12A or the ring-shaped divided box body 12B can be used individually to divide and pack the powdered medicine. In addition, the following (1) to (3)
The following usages are possible.

(1) Division and packaging of powdered medicine are performed in parallel.
In this case, first, one of the annular dividing cells 12A and 12B, for example, all or a part of the annular dividing cell 12A is used to divide the powder. Next, the ring-shaped dividing cell 12
While packaging the powdered medicine distributed to each box of A by the packaging device 5, the powdered medicine is divided using all or a part of the cells of the other ring-shaped dividing box 12B. When the packaging operation of the powdered medicine distributed to each of the cells of the ring-shaped dividing cell 12A and the division operation using the ring-shaped dividing cell 12B are completed, conversely, the ring-shaped dividing cell 1
While the powder medicine distributed to each of the boxes 2B is packaged by the packaging device 5, the annular powder container 12A is used to divide the powder medicine. By repeatedly performing such an operation, the dividing operation and the packaging operation can be performed in parallel, and the processing capacity of the dividing and packaging can be improved. In this case, the same powder may be divided by the annular dividing cells 12A and 12B, or different powders may be divided.

(2) Different powders are mixed and packaged. In this case, the ring-shaped division cells 12A and the ring-shaped division cells 12
Use B to split each separate powder. Next, the ring-shaped divided cells 12A and 12B are synchronized with each other and intermittently rotated one by one, so that the ring-shaped divided cells 12A,
While 12B is stopped, each annular division box 12A, 1
The powdered medicine distributed in each of the box portions 22a of 2B is put into the hopper 6 together and packaged by the packaging device 5. In addition, it is possible not to always mix and package the two powders, but to mix and mix the mixed powder and the non-mixed powder. For example, after individually packaging the two powders divided by the ring-shaped divided cells 12A into two packages, the ring-shaped divided cells 12A, 1
When it is desired to mix two powders divided by 2B and to package one package, after operating the ring-shaped division unit 12A by two units independently, the ring-shaped division units 12A and 12B are synchronized to form one unit. It suffices to operate for a minute.

(3) Different powders are packaged alternately. In this case, the ring-shaped division cells 12A and the ring-shaped division cells 12B
Use to separate each separate powder. Next, the ring-shaped divided cells 12A and the ring-shaped divided cells 12B are intermittently rotated by one box each alternately, and while the ring-shaped divided cells 12A are stopped, the inside of the box portions 22a of the ring-shaped divided cells 12A are stopped. The powdered medicine distributed to the hopper 6 is put into the hopper 6 to be packaged by the packaging device 5, and then distributed to the box portion 22a of the ring-shaped divided cell 12B while the ring-shaped divided cell 12B is stopped. The operation of charging the powdered medicine into the hopper 6 and packaging the powdered medicine by the packaging device 5 is repeated. Instead of alternately packaging the two powders one by one, it is also possible to package one powder in a plurality of packages and then package the other powder in a single package or a plurality of packages. For example, when it is desired to pack 3 powders divided by the ring-shaped divided container 12A into one packet of the powdered powder divided by the ring-shaped divided container 12B, the ring-shaped divided container 12A is moved by 3 containers. And after packaging 3 sachets,
It suffices to operate the annular divided container 12B by one container to package one packet.

In any of the above cases (1) to (3),
It is possible to improve the processing capacity of the powdered medicine packaging machine 1 including the powdered medicine divider 10 as compared with the case where there is one annular divided container. In addition, in the case of (2) or (3) above, when the amounts of the two powders to be handled after the division are different from each other, an annular division box 12A having a large volume of the box is used for dividing a large amount of the powder. In order to divide a small amount of powder, it is preferable to use the ring-shaped dividing cell 12B having a small cell volume.

As described above, the powdered medicine dividing machine 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with the two annular divided cell bodies 12A and 12B having different numbers and volumes of the cells, so that the powdered medicine dividing machine 10 can be divided depending on the number and the quantity of the powdered medicine. One of the ring-shaped divided cells 12A, 12
It becomes possible to select and use B. Further, by using the ring-shaped division cells 12A and 12B together, it is possible to correspond to the number of divisions of the individual ring-division cells 12A and 12B or more, and the outer diameter of each of the ring-division cells 12A and 12B. It is possible to cope with various numbers of divisions without increasing so much. Therefore, according to the powdered medicine divider 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to cope with various division numbers and amounts while suppressing division errors. Further, the powdered medicine divider 1 according to the present embodiment
According to 0, since the two annular division cells 12A and 12B are provided, it is possible to improve the processing capacity of the powder medicine packaging machine 1 including the powder medicine divider 10. Moreover, since the two annular division cells 12A, 12B are arranged at different positions in the horizontal direction, the structure of the two annular division cells 12A, 12B and the drive mechanism for rotating each of the annular division cells 12A, 12B is , It becomes possible to adopt the same configuration as in the case where a single annular division unit is provided, and it is possible to cope with various division numbers and amounts while suppressing division error without complicating the configuration of the powder medicine dividing machine 10. It is possible to improve the processing capability of the powder medicine packaging machine 1 including the powder medicine divider 10. In particular, in this embodiment, since the two annular division cells 12A and 12B have the same outer diameter, the two annular division cells 12A and 12B are the same.
Further, the structure of the drive mechanism for rotating the respective annular divisional cells 12A, 12B becomes substantially the same, and the structure and the manufacturing process thereof are simplified.

Further, the powder medicine divider 10 according to the present embodiment.
Then, the annular divided cells 12A and 12B are replaced by the annular divided cell 1
2A and 12B are formed by combining a plurality of box partitioning parts 21 and a box member 22 corresponding to a part of the circumferential direction. Therefore, the component parts of the annular division cells 12A, 12B have a smaller and simpler structure than the entire annular division cells 12A, 12B, so that each of the component parts can be accurately and easily manufactured. As a result, it becomes possible to accurately and easily manufacture the annular division cells 12A and 12B. In particular, in the present embodiment, since the component parts of the annular division cells 12A and 12B are manufactured by molding using, for example, resin, each component part can be manufactured more accurately and easily.

Further, by forming the components of the annular divided cells 12A, 12B by molding using resin, the entire annular divided cells 12A, 12B can be made extremely lightweight. As a result, for example, the ring-shaped dividing cell 12
Even when rotating A and 12B back and forth, the inertia is small,
The accuracy of control of the operation of the annular division cells 12A and 12B is increased, and as a result, the division error can be minimized.

Further, as the resin forming the components of the annular divided cells 12A and 12B, by selecting a material suitable for preventing powder powder adhesion and electrostatic charge, it is possible to easily prevent powder powder adhesion and electrostatic charge. Can be carried out, annular division Masu 1
Cleaning of 2A and 12B becomes easy. Further, by selecting an antibacterial material as the resin forming the constituent parts of the annular divided cells 12A, 12B, it becomes possible to easily carry out the antibacterial treatment. In this case, when the antibacterial paint is applied, the problem that the antibacterial paint is peeled off during the cleaning work does not occur. In addition, the annular division unit 12A,
By selecting a material that is previously colored or is suitable for coloring as the resin forming the components of 12B, it becomes possible to easily carry out the coloring of the annular divided cells 12A, 12B. By coloring 12B, it is possible to make a practical device that makes it easy to detect even a slight amount of residual drug, for example. Further, by changing the material forming the constituent parts depending on the constituent parts of the annular divided container 12, it is possible to impart appropriate properties such as antibacterial properties to the part of the annular divided container 12.

As a material suitable for preventing the adhesion of the powdered medicine and preventing the electrostatic charge, there is, for example, a material obtained by adding an antistatic material to a resin. As the antibacterial material, for example,
Some include antibacterial materials added to resins. As an example of a material having antibacterial properties and antistatic properties, methacrylic resin molding material Acrypet (trade name of Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.) is used as a base material, and antibacterial material Zeomic (Sinane Zeomic's Trade name), polymer processing aid Dynamer (trademark of 3M Company, USA) and antistatic material Electrostripper (trademark of Kao Corporation) or rubbing BS-2 (trademark of Kao Corporation) are used as a base material and sub-material. There is a mixture with wood.

FIG. 3 shows a 42-piece ring-shaped divided cell body 12A capable of 42-minute packaging for two weeks and an 84-cell ring-shaped divided cell body 12B capable of 84-minute packaging for 4 weeks. However, the number of cells of the ring-shaped divisional cells 12A and 12B is not limited to these, and for example, 21 cells that enable 21-minute packaging for one week, 1
30 boxes for 30 days for 0 days, 45 boxes for 15 days for 45 boxes, 90 boxes for 30 days 9
It may be 0 square or the like. Moreover, the number of cells of the annular divisional cell body 12A and the annular divisional cell body 12B may be the same or different. In any case, it suffices to fabricate the constituent parts so that the size and the number of the desired cells are made, and to form the constituent parts in combination.

As described above, according to the powdery medicine divider 10 of the present embodiment, the size and number of the desired box can be adjusted according to the amount of medicine to be divided, the required number of packages, and the like. The annular division cells 12A and 12B can be formed. Further, by exchanging the components of the annular divided cells 12A and 12B, the specifications such as the size and number of the cells can be easily changed.

Further, the powder medicine divider 10 according to the present embodiment.
In this case, since the annular divided cells 12A and 12B are formed by combining the cell division parts 21 and 21A and the cell components 22 which are replaceable components, for example, when one or a plurality of components are damaged. Can replace only its damaged components, is easy to repair and is economical.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a powdered medicine packaging machine including a powdered medicine divider according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the powdered medicine divider according to the present embodiment, different types of replaceable constituent parts are combined to form the annular divided container 12B. In this ring-shaped divided cell body 12B, a part 1 of a half of the entire circumference
42 boxes with a small capacity are provided in 2a, and 21 boxes with a large capacity are provided in the remaining half-circle portion 12b. The pitch of the arrangement of the squares in the portion 12a is 1
It is half the pitch of the arrangement of the squares in 2b. The portion of the portion 12a for partitioning the box is formed by connecting the cell partitioning components 21A shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a portion 12b of the ring-shaped dividing cell 12B.
It is a top view which shows the box partition component 21B for comprising. This box partition component 21B is formed in a fan shape as a whole like the cell partition block 21 shown in FIG.
It has an outer peripheral box partition 21a and an inner peripheral fixed portion 21b. The square partition 21a is partitioned by the side wall 30 to form two holes 31B along the circumferential direction, and the half holes 32B, 3 are provided at both ends in the circumferential direction.
2C is formed. The holes 31B respectively correspond to the large-sized cells in the portion 12b of the annular divided cell body 12B. In this box partition part 21B, the half-hole parts 32B, 3
The opening areas of 2C are not equal, and the opening area of one half-hole portion 32B is equal to the opening area of the half-hole portion 32A in the box partitioning component 21A shown in FIG. The opening area of the other half-hole portion 32C corresponds to one cell having the same size as the hole 31B together with the half-hole portion 32B of the other cell division component 21B when connected to the other cell division component 21B. It is sized to form holes. Therefore, one box partitioning part 21B has three parts in the portion 12b of the annular divided box body 12B.
Corresponds to Masu. The configuration of the other parts of the box partition component 21B is the same as that of the cell partition component 21 shown in FIG.

In this box partitioning part 21B, the half hole 32B
When the other compartment partitioning part 21B is connected to the side, the half-hole part 32B
And the half-hole portion 32C of the other square partitioning component 21B
A hole having the same size as that of 1B is formed, and when the box partitioning component 21A shown in FIG.
B and the half-hole portion 32A of the square partitioning part 21A
A hole having the same size as A is formed. In addition, in this cell division component 21B, another cell division component 21B is provided on the half-hole portion 32C side.
, The half-hole portion 32C and the half-hole portion 32B of the other box-dividing component 21B form a hole having the same size as the hole 31B, and the half-hole portion 32C side shown in FIG.
When A is connected, a hole having the same size as the hole 31B is formed by the half hole portion 32C and the half hole portion 32A of the box partitioning component 21A. In this way, holes of the same size as the hole 31A or the hole 31B can be appropriately formed in the connecting portion between the different types of box partition components 21A and 21B.

In the ring-shaped divided cell body 12B shown in FIG. 1, seven box-shaped partition parts 21A and seven cell-partitioned parts 21B are connected to each other to form a portion for partitioning the box in the ring-shaped divided cell body 12B. There are two types of box parts 22 and box supports 23 used for the annular divided box body 12B, one having a size corresponding to the hole 31A and one having a size corresponding to the hole 31B. Are arranged at positions corresponding to the holes. Part 1 of the ring-shaped dividing cell 12B
The volume of each of the cells in 2b is smaller than the volume of each of the cells in the annular dividing cell 12A, and the portion 1 of the annular dividing cell 12B is
The volume of each box in 2a is the same as the portion 1 of the annular divided box body 12B.
It is smaller than the volume of each square in 2b.

In the powder medicine dividing machine according to the present embodiment,
By dividing the powder using the part 12a of the half circumference of the ring-shaped dividing container 12B, it is possible to package 42 minutes for 2 weeks.
By dividing the powdered medicine using the portion 12b corresponding to the remaining half circumference of the annular dividing container 12B, 21 weeks worth of packages can be packaged for one week. As described above, according to the powdered medicine divider according to the present embodiment, it is possible to make one annular divided cell 12B have the same function as that of a plurality of types of conventional annular divided cells.

In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 1, two types of box partitioning parts 21A and 21B are connected to each other by seven pieces to form a part for partitioning the box in the annular divided cell body 12B. The number of the components 21A and 21B can be appropriately changed as long as the portion of the annular divided box body 12B that divides the box is formed in an annular shape. Further, the box partitioning component used is not limited to the one shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and the number of holes, the arrangement, the opening area, etc. can be appropriately designed. Further, three or more types of box partitioning components may be combined to form a section for partitioning the box in the annular divided cell body 12B. Similarly, the ring-shaped divided cell 12A may be formed by combining different kinds of components. In either case, the measure parts 22 are prepared corresponding to the holes of a plurality of sizes formed by the measure compartment parts, and are arranged at the positions corresponding to the holes of the corresponding sizes, respectively. .

As described above, according to the powdered medicine divider according to the present embodiment, the volume and the pitch of the arrangement of the cells are changed depending on the portion in the annular division cell 12B, so that it is possible to cope with various division numbers and amounts. Becomes Other configurations, operations, and effects of the present embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and for example, three or more annular divided cells may be arranged at different positions in the horizontal direction. Further, the outer diameters and the number of cells of the plurality of annular divided cells may be the same or different.

Further, the box partitioning part 21 and the box member 22 which are the components of the annular divided cells 12A and 12B are not limited to resin, and may be formed by molding using an aluminum alloy or a zinc alloy. In this way, the ring-shaped divided cells 12
Even when the components of A and 12B are manufactured by molding using a material other than resin, the weight of the ring-shaped divisional cells 12A and 12B can be reduced by selecting a lightweight material, and powder powder adhesion prevention, By selecting a material suitable for antistatic and antibacterial treatment, it is possible to easily carry out powder drug adhesion prevention, antistatic and antibacterial treatment, and by selecting a material that is pre-colored or suitable for coloring. It is possible to easily carry out the coloring of the annular divided cells 12A and 12B.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, an example of the powdered medicine dividing machine for dividing the powdered medicine by using the annular divided cell bodies 12A, 12B is shown, but the tablets are distributed to the annular divided cell bodies 12A, 12B instead of the powdered medicines. However, the tablets may be divided by using the annular division cells 12A and 12B.

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As described above, according to the medicine dividing machine for dispensing of the present invention, at least a part of all the boxes is provided with a plurality of annular dividing cells having different volumes from each other. It becomes possible to select and use the ring-shaped divided cells according to the number and quantity, and it is possible to correspond to the number of divisions more than the number of individual ring-divided cells, Various division numbers can be supported without making the outer diameter too large. Further, since the plurality of annular divided cells are arranged at mutually different positions in the horizontal direction, the configuration of the plurality of annular divided cells and the drive mechanism for each annular divided cell has a single annular divided cell. It is possible to have the same configuration as the case. Therefore, according to the dispensing medicine divider of the present invention, it is possible to cope with various division numbers and amounts while suppressing the division error without complicating the structure, and the medicine dispensing machine including the dispensing medicine divider is provided. This has the effect of improving the processing capacity.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a powdered medicine packing machine including a powdered medicine divider according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a powdered medicine packaging machine including the powdered medicine divider according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the powder medicine packaging machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a box partitioning component, which is one of the components of the one annular division container in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section of the annular divided cell in the powdered medicine divider shown in FIG. 2 at a position above the hopper.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a box partitioning component, which is one of the components of the other annular divided container in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a box partitioning component for forming a part of a half circumference of the one annular division box shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 powder medicine dispensing machine 3A, 3B powder medicine feeding device 5 packaging device 6 hopper 10 powder medicine dividing machine 11A, 11B rotating body 12A, 12B annular dividing cell body 13A, 13B motor 21 cell division component 22 cell component 23 cell support

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A drug splitting agent for dispensing, comprising: an annular dividing cell having a plurality of cells arranged in an annular shape, and dividing the drug by distributing the drug to all or a part of the plurality of cells of the annular dividing cell. In the machine, a plurality of annular division cells are arranged at positions different from each other in the horizontal direction with respect to the support members of the annular division cells, and at least some of all the cells of each annular division cell have a volume relative to each other. A drug divider for dispensing, characterized in that