KR101776347B1 - Drug dispensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The recovery and dispensing of medicines are carried out more rapidly, and a large amount of medicines or medicines different in shape are dispensed at once without enlarging them.
A medicine receiving unit 3 having a medicine receiving unit 2 having a plurality of medicine receiving containers and a medicine receiving unit 9 for receiving dispensed medicines is provided in the apparatus main body 1, The medicine storage member 15 having the medicine storage portions 19a and 19b for receiving and storing the medicine from the medicine storage portion 9 and the medicine recovery portion 31 for recovering the medicine discharged from the medicine storage portion 19a or 19b And a drug recovery unit (4). The medicine recovery unit 4 has one medicine storage unit 19a or 19b for the two medicine recovery units 31. [ The medicine reservoir 19a or 19b is provided at the first dispensing position for allowing the bottom plate 22 to supply the stored medicine to one of the medicine recovery units 31 with the support shaft 21 as the center, To the second dispensing position in which the medicine stored in the medicine recovery unit 31 can be supplied to the remaining side of the medicine recovery unit 31.

Description

[0001] DRUG DISPENSING DEVICE [0002]

The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing apparatus.

Conventionally, as a medicine dispensing apparatus, for example, a cassette containing a plurality of ampoules is arranged in a matrix form in a main body of the apparatus, four prescription contents are collectively collected using four ampoule storage chambers provided in the ampoule collection section , And is discharged to the medicine recovery container (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

However, in the above-described conventional medicine dispensing apparatus, when the ampoule is withdrawn from the cassette, the ampoule containing drum must be rotated to move each ampoule storage room to a position where it can be recovered. Further, since the ampules collected in the respective ampule storage chambers are sequentially discharged to the respective containing chambers divided in the tray, the dispensing time can not be suppressed. In recent years, there has been a demand for accelerating the dispensing work of the medicine gradually, and there are cases in which the above configuration can not sufficiently cope with it. In addition, since the volume of each ampoule storage chamber is increased, the size of the ampoule storage chamber is increased, so that the number of retainable ampoules is limited or it is not possible to accommodate other forms (box packaging or envelope packaging).

Further, as another medicine dispensing device, for example, a second medicine from the lowermost portion is held so as to dispense a special medicine such as box packing stacked in the vertical direction so that the lowest medicine can be dropped by its own weight (See, for example, Patent Documents 2 and 3).

However, this medicine dispensing apparatus can not dispense a special medicine, but it does not have a configuration corresponding to the dispensation of the internal space into the four divided trays (there is no function of distributing to each space in the tray).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-117708 Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent No. 4230712 Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent No. 4259811

The present invention is capable of quickly recovering the medicine from the medicine receiving unit and dispensing the medicine to the medicine returning unit and classifying the large amount of medicine at once or the medicine of the different form without enlarging it And a dispensing device capable of dispensing the medicine.

According to the present invention, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is provided an apparatus comprising: a main body of the apparatus; a medicine accommodating unit mounted on the main body of the apparatus and including a plurality of medicament accommodating containers capable of discharging the accommodated medicament through the medicament discharging portion; And a control unit which is movably installed in the apparatus main body and moves to a medicament receiving position to receive medicines dispensed from the medicament discharging unit of the medicament receiving container of the medicament receiving unit, And a medicine storage unit for receiving the medicine from the medicine receiving unit of the medicine receiving unit moved to the medicine delivering position and once storing the medicine from the medicine receiving unit of the medicine receiving unit, A medicine dispensing apparatus comprising a medicine recovery unit in which at least two medicine recovery units are arranged to recover a medicine, The flow member is provided with one medicine reservoir for the adjacent two drug reservoirs, and the drug reservoir is configured to allow the bottom plate to supply one of the drug reservoirs, The first dispensing position and the medicine stored next can be pivoted to the second dispensing position for supplying the medicine to the other remaining side of the medicine recovery unit.

The present invention also provides, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a medical device comprising a device main body, a drug accommodating unit mounted on the device main body and having a plurality of medicament accommodating containers capable of dispensing medicines accommodated therein through a medicament discharging part , Moves to a medicament receiving position to receive a medicament dispensed from a medicament discharging portion of a medicament receiving container of the medicament receiving unit, moves to a medicament delivering position, and transfers the received medicament At least two medicines for receiving a medicament from a medicament receiving portion of a medicament receiving unit moved to the medicament delivering position and for recovering medicines discharged from a medicament receiving portion of the medicament storing unit, And a medicament recovery unit in which a recovery unit is arranged, wherein the medicament reception unit is configured to detect, Wherein the medicament receiving section has a first dispensing position for allowing the bottom plate to supply one of the medicament collecting sections with the medicines stored therein about the support shaft, Can be rotated to the second dispensing position in which it is possible to supply the medicine to the other remaining side of the medicine recovery unit.

With these configurations, since one drug reservoir or the medicament receiver is associated with the two medicament recovery sections, the capacity of the medicament reservoir or the medicament receiving section that can be stored can be increased. Therefore, even if fragile drugs such as ampoules are irrespective of differences in the form of medicines, they can be reliably stored without being damaged, and can be dispensed to the individual drug recovery units. In addition, dispensing of the medicine to the medicine recovery unit can be coped with simply by changing the rotation position of the bottom plate. Therefore, it is possible to dispense quickly. In addition, since it is possible to cope with the problem by switching the rotation position of the bottom plate from one medicament reservoir or medicament receiver to the two medicament recovery units, it is possible to reduce the size.

It is preferable that the bottom plate has a guide portion that is deeper downward toward the center in the horizontal position.

With this configuration, all of the medicines supplied to the medicament reservoir or the medicament receiving portion can be collected at the central portion. When the bottom plate is rotated and dispensed to the medicament recovery section, it can always be dispensed from the same position regardless of the area of the medicament storage section or the medicament receiving section. Therefore, the dropping dimension can be largely suppressed as compared with the case where it is discharged from the end portion of the drug storage portion or the medicine receiving portion, and it is possible to stabilize the dispensing state of the medicine to the medicine returning portion. Particularly, it is effective in the case of drugs that are fragile, such as ampoules.

The bottom plate is configured such that when the bottom plate is pivoted to the first rotation position or the second rotation position, a part of the bottom plate is capable of intruding into the medicine recovery unit of the medicine recovery unit, As shown in Fig.

With this configuration, it is possible to smoothly move the medicine dispensed from the medicament reservoir or the medicament receiving portion to the medicament recovery portion without dropping the medicinal fluid over the side portion and suppressing the dropping dimension, It becomes possible. Further, even if the bottom plate interferes with the medicine recovered in the drug recovery unit, the rotation unit is rotated upward, whereby the load acting on the medicine and the bottom plate can be sufficiently reduced to prevent damage.

The guide guide provided on both sides of the medicament reservoir or the medicament receiver has an inclined surface protruding inward toward the upper side. The center of rotation of the bottom plate of the medicament reservoir is located at a position where both sides do not interfere with both sides .

With this configuration, when the bottom plate is positioned at the horizontal position, both side portions are covered by the guide guide as seen from the plane. Therefore, even when the medicament to be supplied to the medicament storage section or the medicament receiving section is packed in an envelope, the medicament does not enter the gap formed between the bottom plate and the guide guide. Even if a part of the medicine is sandwiched in the gap, if the bottom plate rotates, the medicine is discharged to the medicine recovery unit side or returned to the inside by the side of the bottom plate, and clogging does not occur. Therefore, various types of medicines can be stored and dispensed to the drug recovery part.

Wherein the medicament reservoir or the medicament receiving portion has both side portions thereof with convex portions at predetermined intervals along the both side portions thereof and the bottom plate of the medicament reservoir portion or the medicament receiving portion is provided with a sloped portion avoiding interference with the convex portions at predetermined intervals along both side portions thereof It is preferable to have a connection.

With this configuration, even when the medicine to be supplied to the medicine storage portion or the medicine receiving portion is packed in an envelope or the like, the range that can be invaded by the presence of the convex portion can be set to a small range. That is, since the convex portions are located at predetermined intervals, the gap formed between both side portions of the medicament holding portion or the medicament receiving portion and both side edges of the bottom plate becomes zigzag. Therefore, the edge of the envelope containing the medicine can not enter. Therefore, various types of medicines can be stored and dispensed to the medicament recovery section.

It is preferable that the bottom plate has guiding portions that can be positioned at the guiding positions that extend into the medicament recovery portion when the bottom plate rotates toward the dispensing position.

With this configuration, the medicine can be guided by the guide portion to the vicinity of the bottom surface of the medicine accommodation portion. Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently suppress the impact force applied when the medicament is dispensed to the medicament accommodating portion, thereby preventing damage.

It is preferable that both ends of the bottom plate are constituted by a partition plate and the operating section is capable of moving the guide section to a retreat position avoiding interference between the guide position and the partition plate at the time of rotation of the bottom plate desirable. Here, the operating portion means a mechanism for positioning the guide portion at an appropriate position (at least, a guide position for guiding the guide portion into the drug recovery portion).

With this configuration, the guide portion can be automatically moved to the proper position by the operation portion in accordance with the rotation operation of the bottom plate.

Wherein each guide portion is rotatably connected to both ends of the bottom plate, the operating portion includes a guide portion formed on the partition plate, and guide portions provided on the guide portion, And guided by the guided portion.

With this configuration, the guiding portion can be automatically moved to a proper position even with a simple configuration in which the guided portion is guided by the guiding portion.

It is preferable that the operating portion rotates the guide portion toward the guide position when the bottom plate is rotated toward either of the dispensing positions so that the medicine arranged on the bottom plate moves toward the medicine recovery portion.

With this configuration, it is possible to smoothly move the arranged medicine in the dispensing direction.

It is preferable that the bottom plate has a stopper for restricting the rotation range of the guide portion from rotating beyond the rotation position at the time point when the guide portion is not guided by the guide portion by the rotation of the bottom plate Do.

With this configuration, the guided portion can be held at a position where it can be guided by the guide portion, and the bottom plate can be smoothly returned to the original position from the dispensing position.

And a controller for temporarily stopping the rotation of the bottom plate immediately before the medicine is dispensed to the medicine recovery unit during the rotation of the bottom plate.

With this configuration, since the movement of the medicine due to the rotation of the bottom plate can be temporarily stopped, the dispensing speed of the medicine to the subsequent medicament recovery section can be reduced, and the impact force upon dispensing to the medicament recovery section can be sufficiently alleviated Lt; / RTI >

It is preferable that the stop position of the bottom plate is a position where the guide of the guided part by the guide part is released and the medicine is prevented from being dropped by the partition plate.

With this configuration, since the dispensing position of the medicine from the bottom plate can be approached to the side of the medicine recovery unit sufficiently, the impact force applied by the dispensing medicine can be further relaxed.

According to the present invention, since the two medicament collecting parts are configured to dispense medicines from one medicament storing part or the medicament receiving part, the fluctuation in the quantity or shape of the medicines stored in the medicament storing part or the medicament receiving part Even if it has, you can surely keep the medicine. When the medicines are dispensed, medicines can be dispensed to either medicament recovery section only by changing the rotation position of the bottom plate. Therefore, it is possible to quickly and stably dispense the medicine.

1 is a schematic side view of a medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present embodiment.
Figure 2 is a partial perspective view of Figure 1;
FIG. 3 is a side sectional view schematically showing the medicine holding member and the medicine recovery container of FIG. 2;
Fig. 4 is an explanatory view showing an operation state of the medicine storage member and the medicine recovery container shown in Fig. 3. Fig.
5 is an explanatory view showing the operation states of the medicine storage member and the medicine recovery container shown in Fig.
FIG. 6A is a plan view of the medicine holding member of FIG. 2, and FIGS. 6B to 6D are schematic explanatory diagrams showing the positional relationship between the notched portion of the original plate and the sensor.
7 is a flowchart showing the contents of the medicine supply process executed by the control unit of Fig.
8 is a flowchart showing the contents of the medicine dispensing process executed by the control unit of Fig.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a series of operations until the medicine dispensing apparatus of FIG. 1 dispenses medicine into the medicine recovery container. FIG.
10 is a plan view of the medicine holding member shown in Fig.
Fig. 11 (a) is a front view of the medicine holding member according to another embodiment, and Fig. 11 (b) is a front sectional view thereof.
12 (a) to 12 (c) are schematic explanatory views of a medicine holding member according to another embodiment, (d) are schematic explanatory views of a medicine holding member shown in FIG. 3, And comparing the falling dimensions of the drug in the form.
13 is a perspective view showing a medicine holding member according to another embodiment.
14 is a partially broken perspective view showing the state as seen from the opposite side of Fig.
Fig. 15 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which the bottom surface portion of Fig. 14 is viewed from the lower side. Fig.
16 is a front view of the medicine holding member shown in Fig.
Fig. 17 is an explanatory view showing the dispensing operation of the medicine by the medicine holding member shown in Fig. 13; Fig.
Fig. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing the dispensing operation of the medicine by the medicine holding member shown in Fig. 13;

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, however, the types, combinations, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like of the constituent elements do not limit the technical scope of the present invention without specific description. Further, although terms (for example, "upper", "lower", "once", "other end", "before", "after", etc.) indicating a specific direction or position are appropriately used, Is used for easy understanding of the invention with reference to the drawings, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited by the meanings of these terms.

1. Overall Configuration Fig. 1 shows a side view of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This medicine dispensing apparatus has a structure in which a medicine receiving unit 2, a medicine receiving unit 3, a medicine collecting unit 4 and a control unit 5 are respectively installed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped apparatus main body 1.

(1-1. Medicament-receiving unit 2) The medicament-receiving unit 2 includes a cassette receiving part 6 which is attached so as to be pulled forward from the apparatus main body 1, And a plurality of cassettes 7 (medicine receiving portions).

The cassette accommodating portion 6 is provided with a plurality of cassettes 7 detachably attached in a lattice form on the right side (front side in Fig. 1) drawn out from the apparatus main body 1. Each of the cassettes 7 has a housing shape extending in the up-and-down direction. The cassettes 7 accommodate a plurality of medicines for each type, and have various sizes. A discharge port 8 is formed at the lower end of each cassette 7 so that the discharged medicines can be sequentially discharged one by one through the discharge port 8. Here, as the medicine contained in the cassette 7, a substantially cylindrical ampule made of glass or synthetic resin is housed in a state aligned in the radial direction. In addition, the dispensing agent includes various types such as those housed in envelopes made of paper boxes or synthetic resin sheets in addition to ampoules. The cassette 7 is not limited to being accommodated in a state in which the medicines are aligned in the vertical direction, but may be configured to be accommodated in a state of being aligned in the depth direction in Fig.

(1-2. Medicament receiving unit 3) The medicament receiving unit 3 has a medicine receiving portion 9 disposed on the front side of the cassette receiving portion 6 as shown in Fig. 2 Respectively. The medicine receiving portion 9 is disposed inside the frame-shaped supporting portion 10 and can reciprocate horizontally by a drive means such as a motor, a solenoid or the like (not shown). Both ends of the support portion 10 are fixed to the belts 11a and 11b which are provided on the apparatus main body side and extend in the vertical direction. The belts 11a and 11b are respectively wound on upper and lower pulleys 100a and 100b and 101a and 101b. By rotating the pulley 100a by a motor (not shown), the support portion 10 is lifted and lowered via the belts 11a and 11b. Thus, the medicine receiving portion 9 reciprocates vertically and horizontally from the front side of the cassette accommodating portion 6, and moves to each of the medicament receipt positions And a drug delivery position located on the upper side of the drug storage member 15, which will be described later.

2, the medicine receiving portion 9 is provided with a first receiving container 12 and a second receiving container 12 which are juxtaposed in the front and rear directions (right and left in FIG. 2) with respect to the front surface of the cassette receiving portion 6, And a storage container (13). The first accommodating container 12 and the second accommodating container 13 are provided with a substantially U-shaped guide portion extending from the upper end of the side wall positioned on the cassette accommodating portion 6 side toward the cassette accommodating portion 6 side And plates 14a and 14b, respectively. The leading end portions of the guide plates 14a and 14b can be disposed in the vicinity of the discharge port 8 of the cassette 7 to guide the dispensed medicines to the respective storage containers 12 and 13. [ Further, the guide plates 14a and 14b are configured so as to rotate by a motor (not shown), so that the medicine remains. The bottom surface of each of the storage containers 12 and 13 can be opened and after the medicine receiving unit 3 has moved to the medicine recovery unit 4, the medicine is released from the cassette 7 .

(1-3 drug recovery unit 4) As shown in Fig. 1, the medicine recovery unit 4 is provided with a medicine holding member 15, a medicine holding member 15 arranged on the lower side thereof, And a medicine recovery container 17 to be transported.

As shown in Fig. 3, the medicine storage member 15 has a rectangular shape in a plan view and is divided into two by a partition plate 20 of four sheets, the frame 18 constituting both side portions, 1 drug reservoir 19a and second drug reservoir 19b), respectively. As shown in Fig. 6 (a), the upper and lower pulleys 110 and 111 are disposed on the back side of the medicine storage member 15, respectively. The pulley 111 on the lower side is fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor 112 attached to the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 1 and one end of the belt 113 is connected. The belt 113 is wound on the upper pulley 110 and the other end is fixed to the back surface of the medicine holding member 15. [ A protruding piece 114 serving as a to-be-detected portion is provided on the back surface of the medicine holding member 15. The protruded piece 114 is detected by the sensor 115 provided on the back surface side at the rising position of the medicine holding member 15. A projecting piece 116 to be a detected portion is also provided on the end face of the pulley 111 on the lower side. The protruding piece 116 is rotated together with the pulley 111 and is detected by the sensor 117 at a drop position of the medicine holding member 15. [ Accordingly, it is possible to drive the motor 113 to position the medicine holding member 15 to the ascending position and the descending position, respectively.

Each of the medicine reservoirs 19a and 19b is located below each of the storage containers 12 and 13 when the medicine receiving portion 9 of the medicine receiving unit 3 moves to the medicine delivery position 9 (d), (e)]. As shown in Fig. 3, the bottom surfaces of the medicament reservoirs 19a and 19b are each composed of a bottom plate 22 rotatably provided around the support shaft 21. As shown in Fig.

On the upper inner surface of the partition plate 20, as shown in Fig. 3, a guide guide 23 made of a synthetic resin material is formed. The guide guide 23 has an inclined surface 23a that gradually slopes upward toward the inside and holds the gap with the bottom plate 22 at a predetermined dimension as described later. Therefore, the gap between the bottom plate 22 at the initial horizontal position and the partition plate 20 is covered by the guide guide 23 pushed inwardly in plan view. The lower edge of each partition plate 20 is constituted by a guide piece 24. The distal end portion of the guide piece 24 is inclined to the inside of the medicine reservoir portions 19a, 19b. When the medicament holding member 15 is located at the lowered position, the guide piece 24 enters the medicine collecting container 17 and rotates the bottom plate 22 to discharge the medicament. Prevent overflowing.

The bottom plate 22 is formed into a substantially arc-shaped (arc-shaped) section that is most recessed in the central portion. The substantially arcuate portion serves as a guide portion, and the medicines supplied from the respective containers 12 and 13 are collected at the center portion. That is, as long as the bottom plate 22 is positioned at the initial horizontal position, the position of the medicine is always adjusted to the center regardless of the dispensing position of the medicine from each of the accommodation containers 12, 13. [ Therefore, as described later, when the bottom plate 22 is pivoted to each dispensing position and dispensed to each of the drug recovery sections 31a to 31d, the medicine can always be moved from a predetermined position (central portion) It is possible to stabilize the dispensing state by making the same dispensing conditions for the medicines to the dispensing apparatuses 31a to 31d.

Both side portions of the bottom plate 22 are constituted by a rotary portion 25 which can rotate only upward on the shaft portion 25a. Thus, even if the bottom plate 22 rotates and enters the medicine collecting container 17 to interfere with the medicine contained in the container, the rotating unit 25 rotates to damage the medicine, It is possible to prevent an excessive load from being applied.

On the upper surface of the bottom plate 22, an elastic sheet 26 is attached by screwing or by an adhesive or the like. The elastic sheet 26 relaxes impact applied to the medicine supplied from the medicine receiving container to prevent damage to the medicine.

The support shaft 21 of the bottom plate 22 is disposed at a predetermined position downward (in the vicinity of the deepest position of the bottom plate 22 here) with respect to the horizontal plane connecting the two side edges at the initial horizontal position . Thus, when the bottom plate 22 is rotated from the initial horizontal position, an arc-shaped locus A whose both ends are directed toward the inside upper side of the medicine reservoirs 19a and 19b is drawn. The guide guide 23 of the partition plate 20 is constituted by an inclined surface inclined gradually upward toward the inside and is arranged so as not to interfere with the locus A of the opposite ends of the bottom plate 22 (23) constitute a tangent line extending from the moving point of the locus (A)). The gap portion formed between both edges of the bottom plate 22 and the guide guide 23 of the partition plate 20 can be guided by the guide guides 23 Of the medicine reservoir portions 19a and 19b of the medicine reservoir portions 19a and 19b and is invisible in a plan view. Therefore, even when the medicine supplied from the medicine receiving unit 3 to the medicine reservoirs 19a and 19b is accommodated in, for example, an envelope, the edge does not invade the gap to cause clogging. Even if the medicine is caught in the gap, when the bottom plate 22 is pivoted, the side edge portion thereof moves inward along the inclined surface of the guide 23, so that the medicine can smoothly move inward. Therefore, the clogged state of the medicine can be easily solved.

6 (a), the bottom plate 22 rotates through the driving gear 121 and the driven gear 122 by normal and rotational driving of the motor 120, and as shown in Fig. 3 From the initial horizontal position shown in the figure, to a first dispense position which is rotated about 90 degrees counterclockwise around the support shaft 21 and a second dispense position which is rotated about 90 degrees clockwise.

As shown in Fig. 6, three support plates (first to third original plates 27a to 27c) are attached to the support shaft 21 as the detected portions. Each of the circular plates 27a to 27c is formed with notches 28a to 28c so as to be shifted in pitch in the circumferential direction. The notches 28a to 28c of the respective disks 27a to 27c are respectively detected by sensors (first to third sensors 29a to 29c). When the bottom plate 22 is positioned at the initial horizontal position, the cutout portion 28a of the first original plate 27a is detected by the first sensor 29a. When the bottom plate 22 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction to reach the first dispensing position, the cutout portion 28b of the second original plate 27b is detected by the second sensor 29b. Meanwhile, the first sensor 29a and the third sensor 29c are in a state in which the optical path is blocked by the first original plate 27a and the third original plate 27c. When the bottom plate 22 is rotated in the clockwise direction to reach the second dispensing position, the cutout portion 28c of the third original plate 27c is detected by the third sensor 29c. Meanwhile, the first sensor 29a and the second sensor 29b are in a state in which the optical path is blocked by the first original plate 27a and the second original plate 27b.

2, the conveying member 16 is provided with a conveyance belt 30 driven by a motor (not shown) to carry the drug recovery container 17 into the apparatus main body 1, And then is taken out to the outside.

The medicament recovery container 17 is divided into four parts by the partition plate so that the first to fourth medicament recovery parts 31a to 31d are respectively formed. This is in line with the maximum number of prescriptions per day for a patient (morning, day, evening, night). The size of each drug recovery part 31a to 31d is formed so as to correspond to one drug storage part 19a or 19b of the drug storage member 15. That is, the drug recovery container 17 is transported by the transporting member 16 and the first and second drug recovery units 31a and 31b of the drug recovery container 17 are positioned under the drug storage member 15 And 31b and the second medicine reservoir portion 19b is located on the upper side of the third and fourth drug recovery portions 31c and 31d.

(1-4. Control Unit 5) The control unit 5 reads the coordinate data of the discharge port 8 of the cassette 7 stored in the memory based on the prescription data inputted from a host computer or the like (not shown) Etc., and executes various programs. That is, by driving and controlling various motors and the like, the medicine receiving unit 3 is moved. Then, the medicines are discharged from the cassette 7 of the medicament containing unit 2 by withdrawing the medicines from the cassette 7, and the medicines are discharged to the medicinal substance collection container 17 through the medicines storage member 15. Thereafter, the drug recovery container 17 is moved to remove the dispensed medicament.

(2. Operation) Next, the operation of the medicine dispensing apparatus having the above configuration (medicine supply processing and medicine dispensing processing) will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Fig.

(2-1. Pharmaceutical Supply Processing) As shown in Fig. 7, first, it is judged whether there is an instruction to dispense medicine based on the prescription data (step S1). If there is a dispense instruction, it is determined which of the medicament receiving portions 9 and 12 the medicines are to be supplied to (step S2). Here, the first supply container 12 is first determined as the supply side, and then the second storage container 13 is changed.

The medicine receiving portion 9 is moved from the state shown in Fig. 9 (a). As shown in Fig. 9 (b), the first container 12 is dispensed to the first medicine recovery unit 31a (or the second medicine recovery unit 31b) of the medicine recovery container 17 (Step S3). When the medicine is supplied to the first medicine recovery unit 31a, the medicine receiving unit 3 is moved to move the guide plate 14a of the first accommodation container 12 to the first medicine recovery unit 31a Or the second drug recovery portion 31b) of the cassette 7 containing the medicine to be supplied. Then, a prescribed amount of medicine is supplied according to the prescription data.

9 (c), when the supply of the medicine to the first container 12 is completed, the third medicine recovery unit 31c (or the fourth medicine recovery unit (not shown) of the medicine recovery container 17 31d) (step S4). That is, the medicament receiving unit 3 is moved and the guide plate 14b of the second accommodation container 13 is moved to the third medicine recovery unit 31c (or the fourth medicine recovery unit 31d) Is positioned at the discharge port of the cassette (7) accommodated. In the same manner as described above, a prescribed amount of medicine is supplied in accordance with the prescription data. At this time, the guide plate 14b is rotated by a motor (not shown) so that all of the medicine is left on the guide plate 14b and supplied to the second storage container 13. [ When the supply of the medicine to the second storage container 13 is completed, the medicine receiving unit 3 is moved to the medicine returning unit 4 as shown in Fig. 9 (d) (step S5).

In the medicine recovery unit 4, the first medicine storage portion 19a is located below the first storage container 12 and the second medicine storage portion 19b is located below the second storage container 13 The medicine receiving unit 3 is positioned. 9 (e), the bottom surface of each of the containing containers 12, 13 is opened so that the dispensed medicine is discharged to the outside of the medicine holding member 15 And supplies them to the medicine reservoirs 19a and 19b (step S6). In this case, since the medicine-receiving unit 3 is lowered to approach the medicine-recovery unit 4 sufficiently, the medicine does not flow over the side. In addition, since the falling distance can be shortened, it is possible to suppress the impact force applied to the medicine. In each of the medicine reservoirs 19a and 19b, the bottom surface is composed of a bottom plate 22 having a substantially arc-shaped section. For this reason, the stored medicines are gathered at the central portion.

When the medicines are stored in the medicament reservoirs 19a and 19b, the medicament receiving unit 3 is moved as shown in (f) of Fig. 9 (step S7), and the next medicines are recovered. That is, the medicine receiving unit 3 is moved so that the guide plate 14a of the first accommodating container 12 can be moved to the second drug recovery unit 31b (or the first drug recovery unit 31a) (8) of the cassette (7) accommodated. Then, a predetermined number of medicines are supplied in accordance with the prescription data (step S8). When the supply of the medicine to the first storage container 12 is completed, the medicine receiving unit 3 is moved so that the guide plate 14b of the second storage container 13 is returned to the fourth medicine recovery unit 31d The third medicine recovery unit 31c) is positioned at the discharge port of the cassette 7 containing the medicines to be dispensed. In the same manner as described above, a prescribed amount of medicine is supplied in accordance with the prescription data (step S9). When the supply of the medicine to the second storage container 13 is completed, the medicine receiving unit 3 is moved to the medicine returning unit 4 (step S10). Subsequently, the bottom surface of each of the storage containers 12, 13 is opened and the dispensed medicine is supplied to the respective medicine reservoirs 19a, 19b of the medicine storage member 15 (step S11) .

(2-2 Drug dispensing process) In the drug storage member 15, as shown in Fig. 8, the process stands by until the medicine collection container 17 is positioned at the discharge position on the lower side. When the medicine recovery container 17 is positioned at the discharge position (step S21), the medicine storage member 15 is lowered (as shown in Figs. 4A and 9G) (step S22 ), And approaches the medicine recovery container 17 at the discharge position. In addition, it is judged which medicine dispensing portion 31a to 31d should discharge the stored medicine (Step S23).

As shown in Fig. 9 (h), dispensing of medicine is performed by rotating each of the bottom plates 22 by about 90 degrees (step S24).

When the medicine stored in the first medicine reservoir 19a is dispensed to the first medicine recovery unit 31a, the bottom plate 22 is moved from the state shown in Fig. 4 (a) to the state shown in Fig. 4 (b) the cutout portion 28b of the second original plate 27b is rotated by the second sensor 29b in the counterclockwise direction as shown in Fig. 6 (c) Stop as detected. 5 (a), the bottom plate 22 is stopped at a time when the bottom plate 22 is rotated about 90 degrees from the initial horizontal position, and the stored drug is returned to the first drug recovery unit 31a It is dispelled. As described above, since the bottom plate 22 is formed in a substantially arc-shaped section, the stored medicines are gathered at the center. Then, the medicine moves to the first medicine recovery unit 31a smoothly according to the rotation operation of the bottom plate 22. [ In this case, even when a part of the (bag-wrapping) medicine enters the gap between the side edge portion of the bottom plate 22 and the guide guide 23, the rotation locus A of the side edge of the bottom plate 22 Is changed so that the distance from the guide guide 23 is gradually widened. 4 (a) to 4 (b), the right side edge portion of the bottom plate 22 is moved to the upper left side of the slope so that the guide guide 23 ) Is gradually widened, so that a heavy load is applied to the medicament, so that the medicament is not damaged. In addition, since the inclined surface of the guide guide 23 is located on the upper side with respect to the medicine, the medicine moves to the inside while being guided by the inclined surface in accordance with the turning operation of the bottom plate 22. [ Therefore, clogging of the medicament does not occur, and the medicament can smoothly move toward the center portion side of the bottom plate 22. [ 12 (d), since the side edge portion of the one end of the bottom plate 22 penetrates into the first medicine recovery portion 31a, the medicine rarely falls freely, and the free Even if it falls, the distance is small, so that it is not damaged by a shock. Even if the flow of the medicament is strong and the medicament flows out from the first medicament recovery section 31a, the medicament does not flow out laterally because the guide piece 24 is located here.

Fig. 12 shows a comparative example of the drop size of the medicine. Figs. 12 (a) and 12 (b) show a case in which the bottom plate 22 is a flat plate. Fig. 12 (c) shows a case in which the bottom plate 22 has an arcuate shape. 12 (d) shows a case in which the bottom plate 22 is formed in an arcuate shape and a part thereof is infiltrated into the first medicine recovery unit 31a. 12 (e) is a comparison of dropping dimensions in Figs. 12 (a) to 12 (d). As apparent from these drawings, the method according to the above embodiment, The method can most suppress the dropping dimension of the drug.

On the other hand, when the medicine stored in the first medicine storage portion 19a is dispensed to the second medicine recovery portion 31b, the bottom plate 22 is rotated in the clockwise direction from the state shown in Fig. 4 (a) And the cutout portion 28c of the third original plate 27c is detected by the third sensor 29c as shown in Fig. 6 (d). Thus, the medicine is dispensed to the second medicine recovery unit 31b. In this case, the dispensing operation of the medicine is the same as the dispensing operation to the first medicine recovery section 31a described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The medicines stored in the second medicament reservoir portion 19b are dispensed to the third medicament recovery portion 31c or the fourth medicament recovery portion 31d. This dispensing operation is the same as that of the first medicine reservoir portion 19a, and a description thereof will be omitted. However, if the bottom plate 22 of the second medicine reservoir 19a and the bottom plate 22 of the second medicine reservoir 19b are interlocked (by a belt, a chain, or the like), only one power source is required. In this case, when the medicine stored in the first medicine storage portion 19a is dispensed to the first medicine collection portion 31a, the medicine stored in the second medicine storage portion 19b is supplied to the third medicine collection portion 31c When the medicine stored in the first medicine storage portion 19a is dispensed to the second medicine collection portion 31b, the medicine stored in the second medicine storage portion 19b is discharged to the fourth medicine collection portion 31d.

9 (i) and 9 (j), the medicine-receiving unit 3 moved to recover the next medicine is moved to the medicine-collection unit 4 in the same manner as described above, And the medicine is stored in the portions 19a and 19b. In each of the medicine reservoirs 19a and 19b, the bottom plate 22 is rotated in a direction opposite to the above-described direction (for example, clockwise if it rotates counterclockwise). As a result, the medicines are dispensed to the remaining medicament recovery sections 31a and 31c (or 31b and 31d), respectively.

In order to dispense the medicines to the first medicament recovery section 31a and the second medicament recovery section 31b or the third medicines recovery section 31c and the fourth medicines recovery section 31d as described above, It is only required to move the accommodating container 12 and the second accommodating container 13 in an adjacent state, up and down and left and right, so that the structure can be simplified and manufactured at low cost. Since the medicine once stored in the medicine storage member 15 disposed in the vicinity of the medicine recovery container 17 and stored at the same time can be discharged to the medicine recovery container 17, It becomes possible. Since the medicines are dispensed from the first medicament reservoir 19a to the medicament recovery portion 31a or 31b and from the second medicament storage portion 19b to the medicament recovery portion 31c or 31d, The storage area can be widened. For this reason, it can be smoothly discharged even in the form of medicine, such as a quantity, a box package, or an envelope package. In particular, since the bottom plate 22 is formed in a substantially arcuate shape, it can be gathered in the central portion irrespective of the quantity or form of the medicine. Therefore, the dispensing condition to each of the medicine recovery units 31a to 31d can be made constant at all times, and a stable dispensing operation can be realized. Since the both side portions of the bottom plate 22 are infiltrated into the inside of the drug recovery portions 31a to 31d, it is difficult for the medicine to be subjected to impact force at the time of dispensing, and damage can be prevented. The bottom plate 22 and the bottom plate 22 can be pivotally moved only upward by the pivot 25 so that even when the pivot 25 is brought into contact with the medicine or the like, Or, an excessive load does not act on the drive source, and damage can be prevented.

In the case where a plurality of kinds of medicines are dispensed to the first storage container 12 and the second storage container 13, the dispensing order can be freely set. For example, when one A agent is dispensed to the first storage container 12, one A agent is dispensed to the second storage container 13, and one B agent is dispensed to the first storage container 12, The first container B may be dispensed first, not the A medicament, to the second container 13. In the case where one A agent and one B agent are dispensed to the first storage container 12 and one A agent is dispensed to the second storage container 13, The first container 12 may be dispensed with one B agent before dispensing the A agent to the second container 13 after dispensing the first container 12, And one medicine A may be dispensed to the container 13.

(3. Other Embodiments) The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical matters described in the claims.

In the above embodiment, the bottom plate 22 of each storage portion of the tablet storage member is formed to have a substantially arc-shaped section, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the bottom plate 22 may have a substantially V- It is important that the medicine supplied to the bottom plate 22 at the horizontally reference position is the bottom plate 22 having a shape that is gathered on the center side by its own weight.

In the above embodiment, the rotation position of the bottom plate 22 is detected by the three discs 27a to 27c and the three sensors 29a to 29c provided on the support shaft 21. However, As shown in the figure, it is also possible to detect by two disks 32a and 32b and two sensors 33a and 33b. That is, the discs 32a and 32b are all formed in a semicircular shape and fixed in a position shifted in the circumferential direction about the support shaft 21 as a center. When the bottom plate 22 is positioned at the horizontal reference position, the sensors 33a and 33b detect the discs 32a and 32b, and when the bottom plates 22 and 22 are rotated to the first dispensing position, the sensors 33a and 33b Only the sensor 33b is set not to detect the original plate 32b when the original plates 32a and 32b are rotated and rotated to the second dispensing position. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the number of parts and detect the rotating direction of the bottom plate 22 at low cost.

In the embodiment described above, the gap formed between both side portions of the bottom plate 22 at the horizontal reference position and the partition plate 20 is configured to be covered by the guide guide 23 in a plan view , It is also possible to configure it as follows.

That is, as shown in Fig. 11, an arc surface 34 along the locus of rotation A of both side portions of the bottom plate 22 is formed in the partition plate 20. A plurality of convex portions 35 are formed at predetermined intervals along both side portions of the bottom plate 22 in the circular arc surface 34 (may be the upper edge portion of the circular arc surface 34). Further, the thickness of the convex portion 35 in the direction along the both side portions can be freely set. On both sides of the bottom plate 22, notches 36 for avoiding interference with the convex portions 35 are formed. Accordingly, gaps are not formed continuously in the direction along both side portions of the bottom plate 22. That is, there is no continuous gap in which a part of the medicine (for example, the edge of the bag packaging medicine) can enter, and the same function as that of the guide guide 23 is exhibited. Therefore, even when the rotation locus A of the side edge portion gradually approaches the arc surface 34 when the bottom plate 22 is rotated from the horizontal position, a part of the medicine is not clogged.

In the above embodiment, the bottom plate 22 is circular in cross section and is pivoted about the support shaft 21 disposed at the center. For example, when the support shaft 21 is mounted on the bottom plate 22 It is also possible to make one end side of the end portion. In this case, the medicine recovery container 17 may be moved to shift the position of the medicine recovery part for dispensing the medicine.

In the above embodiment, the medicine supplied from the medicine receiving unit 3 is temporarily stored in the medicine holding member 15. However, the medicine holding member 15 is not necessarily required. The bottom surface of each medicament receiving portion 9 (in this case, each medicament receiving portion 9 functions as a medicament holding portion) of the medicament receiving unit 3 is removed from the medicament holding member 15, The structure may be the same as that of the bottom plate 22 of the medicine holding member 15. [ According to this configuration, if the medicine is not dispensed from the medicine receiving unit 3 to the medicine recovery container 17, the next medicine can not be recovered, but the medicine storage member 15 becomes unnecessary, .

In the above-described embodiment, the medicine holding member 51 of the medicine recovery unit 4 is configured as shown in Fig. 3. However, the structure shown in Fig. 13 to Fig. 18 may be used.

That is, the medicine holding member 51 shown in Figs. 13 and 14 has a rectangular shape in plan view like the medicine holding member 15 shown in Fig. The frame plate 52 constituting the both side portions is divided into two by the partition plate 53 of the four sections so that the medicine reservoir 54 (the first drug reservoir 54a and the second reservoir 54b) Respectively.

Each of the partition plates 53 has an inclined portion 55 projecting downward from the lower end of the frame plate 52. As shown in Fig. 16, each partition plate 53 is formed with guide portions 56 extending at substantially right angles to both side edges thereof. The guide portion 56 includes a vertical portion 56a located on the inner surface of the frame plate 52 and extending downward from the upper end in parallel with the inner surface of the partition plate 53, And a second inclined portion 56c that extends further downward from the first inclined portion 56b by increasing the inclined angle. The projection 64 of the rotation unit 63, which will be described later, is slid (or rolled) in the guide unit 56. [ Here, the operating portion according to the present invention is constituted by the guide portion 56 and the protrusion 64. [

The bottom surfaces of the medicine reservoir portions 54a and 54b are each composed of a bottom plate 57 rotatably mounted about a support shaft 57a. The position of the support shaft 57a is a substantially central position in the vertical and horizontal directions of the frame plate 52. As shown in Fig. 3, the bottom plate 57 is rotated by driving of the motor 58, and its rotation position is the position of the bottom plate 57b, 57c provided on the support shaft 57a And detected by the optical sensors 59a and 59b, respectively. That is, the motor 58 is driven and controlled based on the detection signals from the optical sensors 59a and 59b, whereby the bottom plate 57 is moved to the initial horizontal position (the first bottom surface portion 60 of the bottom plate 57, And a second dispense position that is rotated about 90 degrees counterclockwise from the first dispense position.

As shown in Figs. 13 and 14, the bottom plate 57 has a recessed portion that is the first recessed portion 60 and a portion that extends obliquely from both ends of the first recessed portion 60 Is a second bottom surface portion (61). And may have a generally arcuate shape (may be an arc shape) as viewed from the longitudinal section as a whole. This substantially arcuate portion functions as a guide portion to collect the medicines M supplied from the respective containers 12 and 13 at the central portion. That is, as long as the bottom plate 57 is positioned at the initial horizontal position, regardless of the dispensing position of the medicine M from each of the accommodation containers 12 and 13, do.

As shown in Fig. 15, a stopper piece 62 protrudes from the tip end of each second bottom surface portion 61, respectively. A turning portion 63 is rotatably attached to the front end portion of each second bottom surface portion 61 with the support shaft 63a as a center by hinge engagement. Guide walls 60a, 61a and 63b are respectively erected from both side edges of the first bottom surface portion 60, the second bottom surface portion 61 and the pivot portion 63 to have a substantially U-shaped cross section.

Each of the pivot portions 63 is prevented from turning downward beyond the second bottom surface portion 61 by the stopper piece 62. [ The angle formed by the turning portion 63 with respect to the horizontal plane in the state in which the turning portion 63 is in contact with the stopper piece 62 is determined by the angle of inclination of the medicine holding member 51, The value of the drug M may be set so that it falls sideways without standing in the longitudinal direction due to the relationship with the center of gravity of the drug.

Projections 64 are respectively formed on both outer surfaces (only one side) of each of the rotary parts 63. Each projection 64 is formed of a bearing having a rotatable outer ring and slides (or rolls) on the guide portion 56 of the frame plate 52. The position of the projection 64 is located above the plane on which the second bottom surface portion 61 is located with respect to the support shaft 63a which is the rotation center of the rotation portion 63. [

A sheet 65 is adhered to the upper surface of the bottom plate 57 and the turning portion 63 as shown in Fig. This sheet 65 is made of rubber or the like having elasticity, and alleviates the impact force applied by the supplied medicine M (particularly, ampule).

When the bottom plate 57 is pivoted from the initial horizontal position shown in Fig. 17A, the pivoting portion 63 (Fig. 17 (a) (position on the right side in Fig. 17A) loses support by the inner surface of the partition plate 53 as shown in Fig. 17 (b). Therefore, the turning portion 63 rotates until its bottom surface contacts the stopper piece 62 by its own weight. 18 (a) (the second dispensing position shown in Fig. 18 (a)), as described later, since the sheet 65 is adhered to the upper surface of the turning portion 63, , The turning unit 63 does not rotate. That is, the rattle of the turning portion 63 is prevented.

On the other hand, the position of the guide portion 56 in which the protrusion 64 slides (or rolls) in the rotation portion 63 that moves downward in accordance with the rotation operation of the bottom plate 57 17 (b), the angle formed between the second bottom surface portion 61 and the shaft 63a is gradually increased. 17 (c), when the bottom plate 57 is rotated from the initial position by about 60 degrees, the projection 64 of the rotation part 63 loses support of the guide part 56 . Further, at this point, the turning portion 63 is rotated to the position where it contacts the stopper piece 62, and is positioned on substantially the same plane as the second bottom surface portion 61.

Further, as shown in Fig. 3, the medicine storage member 51 can be moved vertically and horizontally by the motion of a motor, a pulley, and a belt (not shown).

Here, the operation of the medicine holding member 51 having the above-described structure will be described. In other words, based on the prescription data, any one of the medicine receiving portions 9 from the cassette 7 of the medicine containing unit 2 to the medicine receiving portion 9, as in Steps S1 to S24 of the flowchart shown in Figs. 7 and 8, (M) supplied to the drug reservoir (12, 13) to each drug reservoir (54) of the drug reservoir (51). And dispenses the medicines M supplied to the medicament reservoir 54 to any one of the medicament recovery units 31a to 31d among the medicament recovery containers 17 positioned at the discharge position. In the following description, only the case of dispensing to the medicine recovery unit 31a will be mentioned.

In the medicine reservoir (54), the bottom plate (57) is rotated to the first dispensing position. At this time, the rotation unit 63 is configured such that the projection 64 slides (or rolls) the guide unit 56 of the partition plate 53, and the angle formed between the rotation unit 63 and the second bottom surface unit 61 gradually increases . 17 (c), when the bottom plate 57 is rotated about 60 degrees from the initial horizontal position, the pivotal portion 63 is rotated to a position where it almost contacts the stopper piece 62 .

The medicine M stored in the medicine storage portion 54 slides on the upper surface of the bottom plate 57 due to its own weight and moves to the side of the rotary portion gradually in accordance with the turning operation of the bottom plate 57. [ And further moves toward the tip end side of the swinging part 63 in accordance with the turning operation of the swinging part 63. [ When the bottom plate 57 reaches the intermediate position beyond the position shown in FIG. 17C, the rotation of the bottom plate 57 is stopped (for example, less than 1 second). Here, 0.3 seconds). The intermediate position is a position where the projection M is prevented from dropping in contact with the partition plate 53 although the projection 64 is lost due to the support by the guide portion 56, do.

18 (a), the medicine M loses the guide of the partition plate 53 and is returned to the medicine recovery unit 31a, . In this case, since the rotation unit 63 is rotated and extends to the inside of the medicine recovery unit 31a, the medicine M smoothly moves into the medicine recovery unit 31a. If the medicament M of a normal size is used, it slides downwardly in an inclined downward direction. Therefore, after colliding with the bottom surface of the medicament recovery portion 31a, the medicines M are always collapsed sideways. In this case, as described above, since the movement of the medicine is temporarily stopped at the intermediate position, the moving speed of the drug M slipping down can be reduced. Therefore, there is no possibility that the medicament M flows out from the medicine recovery portion 31a because of strong flow. In addition, when the medicament M collides with the bottom surface of the recovery section 31a, it does not receive a large impact force and is therefore not damaged.

In the case of the large-size drug M projecting upward, when the drug recovery unit 31a is held in the standing state in the longitudinal direction, the rotation unit 63 slides down, and a part thereof is returned to the medicine recovery unit 31a. Therefore, the medicine M slides down the swinging part 63 and never falls freely. Therefore, as described above, when the movement of the medicine M is temporarily stopped and the moving speed of the slipping down medicament M is reduced, the medicines M collide with the bottom surface of the medicament recovery portion 31a When you do, you will not get great impact, so you will not be damaged, and you will not have to stand up. When the bottom plate 57 is rotated to the first dispensing position (at this time, a part of the medicine M in a large size can surely come into contact with the bottom surface of the drug recovery section 31a, 18 (b), the medicine holding member 51 is moved upward. As a result, while the medicine M is kept in contact with the bottom surface of the drug recovery portion 31a, the support area by the rotation portion 63 on the opposite side is gradually reduced. 18 (c), at the point when the support by the pivotal part 63 is completely eliminated, the medicine M is stacked on the bottom surface of the medicine recovery part 31a in a side collapsed state.

When the medicines M are, for example, in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped packed in an envelope, when the medicines M are discharged to the medicament recovery portion 31a by free fall, the medicines M can stand in the longitudinal direction. Particularly, when the medicine M is dispensed from the cassette 7, since the longitudinal direction of the medicament is in the lateral direction as shown in Fig. 15, it tends to stand in the longitudinal direction. However, as described above, since the medicine M can be dispensed to the medicine recovery portion 31a in an inclined state by providing the swing portion 63, the medicine M will not stand up in the longitudinal direction.

However, it is also possible for the rotary part 63 to comprise a part (for example, a base part) or all of the elastic part. That is, when the protrusion 64 loses its support by the guide portion 56, the elastic piece is elastically deformed by the self weight of the medicine M, and the elastic portion is elastically deformed in the rotation portion 63 or the elastic piece medicament recovery portion 31a . At the time when the bottom plate 57 is rotated and the medicine M is released from the inner surface of the partition plate 53, the elastic piece is elastically deformed by the weight of the medicine M, 63 or the elastic piece may be located in the drug recovery section 31a. Thus, the same effect as that of the turning portion 63 can be obtained.

It is also possible to use a pressing member such as a permanent magnet or a spring in order to regulate the turning operation of the turning portion 63. [ For example, a magnetic material and a permanent magnet may be respectively installed on a part of the turning portion 63 (for example, the outer surface of the guide wall 61a) and a part of the second bottom surface portion, or a coil spring may be provided.

When the elastic piece, the permanent magnet, the spring, or the like is used as described above, the elastic piece or the swinging part 63 is actuated by the self weight of the medicine M and then the medicine recovery part 31a ), It is possible to automatically return to the original position.

Further, instead of providing the pivotal portion 63 or the resilient piece, only the bottom plate 57 can be dealt with. That is, in addition to the configuration shown in Fig. 3, a mechanism for lifting only the bottom plate 57 is provided. Then, the bottom plate 57 is lowered from the state shown in FIG. 4 (c), thereby moving a part of the bottom plate 57 into the medicine recovery unit 31a. At this time, the medicine M is released from the contact with the partition plate 20 in a state in which the bottom plate 57 is sufficiently lowered. Accordingly, the medicine M can be dispensed to a position sufficiently close to the bottom surface of the medicine recovery portion 31a.

13 to 16, the description has been given of the case where the medicine storage member 51 is employed. However, the structure described here is not limited to the structure adopted in the medicine storage unit 3 when the medicine storage member 51 is omitted It is also possible.

One… Device body
2… The medicine receiving unit
3 ... The medicine receiving unit
4… Drug recovery unit
5 ... The control unit
6 ... Cassette receiving portion
7 ... cassette
8… Outflow
9 ... The medicine-
10 ... Support
11 ... rail
12 ... The first container
13 ... The second container
14a, 14b ... Guide plate
15 ... Drug storage member
16 ... The conveying member
17 ... Drug recovery container
18 ... frame
19a ... The first drug reservoir
19b ... The second drug reservoir
20 ... Partition plate
21 ... Support shaft
22 ... Bottom plate
23 ... Guide guide
23a ... incline
24 ... Guide
25 ... The turning part
26 ... Elastic sheet
27a ... The first disk
27b ... The second disk
27c ... Third disk
28 ... The cut-
29a ... The first sensor
29b ... The second sensor
29c ... Third sensor
30 ... Conveying belt
31a ... The first medicine-
31b ... The second medicine-
32a, 32b ... negative
33a, 33b ... sensor
34 ... Circle arc
35 ... Convex portion
36 ... The cut-
51 ... Drug storage member
52 ... Frame plate
53 ... Partition plate
54 ... Drug reservoir
54a ... The first drug reservoir
54b ... The second drug reservoir
55 ... Inclined portion
56 ... The guide portion (operating portion)
56a ... Vertical portion
56b ... The first inclined portion
56c ... The second inclined portion
57 ... Bottom plate
57a ... Support shaft
58 ... motor
59 ... Light sensor
60 ... The first bottom surface
60 ... Guide wall
61 ... The second bottom surface
61a ... Guide wall
62 ... Stopper
63 ... Rotating part (guide part)
63a ... Support shaft
63b ... Guide wall
64 ... Projection [Guided part (operation part)]
65 ... Sheet
100a, 100b, 101a, 101b, 110, 111 ... Pulley
112 ... motor
113 ... belt
114, 116 ... Projecting pieces
115, 117 ... sensor
120 ... motor
121 ... Drive gear
122 ... Driven gear

Claims (15)

A device body,
A medicine receiving unit mounted on the apparatus main body and having a plurality of medicament receiving containers capable of dispensing the medicament contained therein through the medicament discharging unit;
And a control unit which is movably provided in the apparatus main body and moves to a medicine receiving position to receive a medicine dispensed from a medicine discharging unit of the medicine holding unit of the medicine holding unit, A medicine receiving unit having a receiving portion;
A drug storage member for receiving the drug from the drug receiving unit of the drug receiving unit moved to the drug delivery position and storing the drug once; and at least two drug recovery units for recovering the drug discharged from the drug storage unit The drug recovery unit
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Wherein the medicament storage member includes one medicament storage portion for the adjacent two medicament recovery portions, and the medicament storage portion can supply the medicines stored therein to one of the medicament recovery portions, And a second dispensing position for allowing the medicine stored next to be supplied to the remaining one side of the medicine recovery unit to be rotated. A device body,
A medicine receiving unit mounted on the apparatus main body and having a plurality of medicament receiving containers capable of dispensing the medicament contained therein through the medicament discharging unit;
And a control unit which is movably provided in the apparatus main body and moves to a medicine receiving position to receive a medicine dispensed from a medicine discharging unit of the medicine holding unit of the medicine holding unit, A medicine receiving unit having a receiving portion;
A drug recovery unit for recovering the medicine discharged from the medicine receiving portion of the medicine receiving unit,
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Wherein the medicament receiving unit includes one medicament receiving unit for two adjacent medicament recovery units of the medicament recovery unit, and the medicament receiving unit is configured to allow the medicament- Wherein the first dispensing position allows the medicine to be supplied to the other one of the medicine dispensing part and the second dispensing position where the medicine stored next can be supplied to the remaining one side of the medicine recovering part. 3. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bottom plate has a guide portion which is deeper downward toward the center in the horizontal position. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the bottom plate is rotated to the first rotation position or the second rotation position, a part of the bottom plate is capable of intruding into the drug recovery unit of the drug recovery unit, And a pivoting portion that is pivotable only upwardly. The medicine container according to claim 1, wherein the guide guide provided on both sides of the medicine reservoir has an inclined surface protruding inward toward the upper side, and the pivot center of the bottom plate of the medicine reservoir portion And the position of the medicine dispenser is set to a position. 3. The medical instrument according to claim 2, wherein the guide guides provided on both sides of the medicine receiving portion have inclined surfaces projecting inward toward the upper side, and the pivot centers of the bottom plate of the medicament receiving portion are formed so that both side portions do not interfere with both side surfaces And the position of the medicine dispenser is set to a position. The drug reservoir according to claim 1, wherein both side portions of the medicine reservoir portion have convex portions at predetermined intervals along the both side portions, and the bottom plate of the drug reservoir portion has a cutout portion avoiding interference with the convex portions at predetermined intervals along the both side portions thereof And discharging the medicine. 3. The medicine container according to claim 2, wherein both side portions of the medicine receiving portion are provided with convex portions at predetermined intervals along the both side portions, and the bottom plate of the medicine receiving portion is provided with a notch portion avoiding interference with the convex portions at predetermined intervals along the both side portions thereof And discharging the medicine. The medical instrument according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the bottom plate has guiding portions, which can be positioned at guiding positions that extend into the medicament collecting portion when the bottom plate rotates toward each dispensing position, at both end portions . 10. The air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein both end sides of the bottom plate are constituted by partition plates,
And an operating portion capable of moving the guide portion to the guide position and a retreat position for avoiding interference between the guide plate and the partition plate at the time of rotation of the bottom plate. 11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein each guide portion is rotatably connected to both ends of the bottom plate,
Wherein the operating portion comprises a guide portion formed on the partition plate and a guided portion provided on the guide portion and guided by the guide portion when the bottom plate is rotated. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when the bottom plate is rotated toward either one of the dispensing positions, when the medicine arranged on the bottom plate moves toward the medicine recovery unit side, the operating unit rotates the guide unit toward the guide position Wherein the dispenser is configured to dispense the medicine. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the bottom plate restricts a rotation range of the guide portion so as not to rotate beyond a rotation position at a time point at which the guided portion is not guided by the guide portion due to rotation of the bottom plate And a stopper is provided on the side of the stopper. 12. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a control unit for temporarily stopping the rotation of the bottom plate immediately before the medicine is dispensed to the medicine recovery unit during the rotation of the bottom plate. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the stop position of the bottom plate is a position where the guide of the guided part by the guide part is released, and the medicine is prevented from falling by the partition plate.

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