KR102631616B1 - Pill loading apparatus for blister - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a universal compact protective blister automatic supply device for pharmaceuticals such as capsules and tablets, and more specifically, by introducing an individual transfer method of individual solid medications using a picker, which can be used frequently in existing solid medication packaging devices. Bliss, a general solid drug packaging method, reduces the risk of damage to solid drugs, failure to insert solid drugs, and container damage, and safely, quickly, and accurately transports and packages solid drugs of various types, shapes, and sizes. This relates to an automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals that enables filling and packaging solid medications in a fixed quantity, not only in packs but also in vials.

Description

Universal Compact Protective Blister Automatic Feeder for Pharmaceuticals such as Capsules and Tablets{PILL LOADING APPARATUS FOR BLISTER}

The present invention relates to a universal compact protective blister automatic supply device for pharmaceuticals such as capsules and tablets, and more specifically, by introducing an individual transfer method of individual solid medications using a picker, which can be used frequently in existing solid medication packaging devices. Bliss, a general solid drug packaging method, reduces the risk of damage to solid drugs, failure to insert solid drugs, and container damage, and safely, quickly, and accurately transports and packages solid drugs of various types, shapes, and sizes. This relates to an automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals that enables filling and packaging solid medications in a fixed quantity, not only in packs but also in vials.

Solid medicines called pills, in the form of tablets, capsules, etc., come in different shapes and sizes, and are generally individually sealed in the pocket of a blister pack or packaged as multiple solid medicines stored in a vial. do.

Various technologies have been developed to automatically package these solid medications.

In general, as can be seen in Registered Patent No. 10-2505132, the conventional blister packaging machine continuously transfers the blister pack sheet and installs a feeder that classifies and drops solid drugs individually on top of the blister pack sheet, thereby forming a blister. The method is to inject solid medication into the pocket of the blister pack being transported by matching the transfer speed of the pack sheet and the dropping timing of the solid medication.

These blister packaging machines are an automatic drop-injection method for solid drugs, and their accuracy is low, so errors frequently occur during equipment operation, and non-insertion or incorrect insertion of solid drugs frequently occurs, as well as during the injection and sealing process of solid drugs. Among them, there is a problem that solid drugs are frequently damaged.

In addition, the conventional blister packaging machine is limited to the blister pack packaging method among various packaging methods for solid drugs, and has limitations in packaging and production of products with other packaging methods.

Accordingly, the present invention was devised to solve the problems described above.

It reduces damage to solid drugs, non-insertion of solid drugs, and damage to containers, which frequently occur during loading operations for existing solid drug packaging, and safely, quickly, and accurately transports and packages solid drugs of various types, shapes, and sizes. The purpose is to provide an automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals that can fill and package solid medications in a fixed quantity in blister packs, which are common solid drug packaging methods, as well as medicine bottles.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals according to the present invention,

In the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals that transfers and injects solid medications into the packaging container of the packaging transfer line,

An alignment unit including a rail plate on which a vibrator that vibrates individually for each rail is connected and solid drugs are transported in a row,

A transfer standby unit including a jig formed with seating grooves that accommodate individual solid medications,

Drug transfer, including a transfer robot equipped with pickers that individually adsorb solid drugs, to transfer and inject the solid drugs of the rails and the solid drugs of the jig into the seating groove of the jig and the packaging container of the packaging transfer line, respectively. Characterized in that it includes a unit.

And in the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals according to the present invention,

The alignment unit is formed to correspond to the rails and includes a guide plate having passage holes of a size through which the picker can pass, and a driving unit that reciprocates the guide plate left and right, so that each passage hole is connected to each rail and adjacent thereto. It is characterized by moving back and forth between one rail wall.

In addition, in the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals according to the present invention,

Based on the longitudinal direction of the rail, the front-to-back spacing of the through holes and the front-to-back spacing of the seating grooves are different from each other,

The drug transport robot is characterized by including a gap displacement means for changing the front-to-back spacing of the pickers to match the front-to-back spacing of the passing holes and the front-to-back spacing of the seating grooves, respectively.

In addition, in the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals according to the present invention,

The transfer standby unit includes a turntable equipped with a plurality of jigs,

The drug transfer unit includes a first transfer robot that reciprocates between the rail plate and one of the jigs of the turntable, and a second transfer robot that reciprocates between the other one of the jigs of the turntable and the packaging container of the packaging transfer line. It is characterized by including.

The automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals according to the present invention,

By introducing an individual transport method for solid drugs using a picker, the present invention can be applied to various packaging methods such as blister packs as well as medicine bottles. In particular, the precision of the supply, transfer, and injection process of solid drugs is high, so that various types, Solid medications of any size and shape can be safely, quickly and accurately injected and then sealed and packaged.

When the supplied solid drugs move to the transfer standby position, the solid drugs are prevented from leaving the rail, and when the pickers are adsorbed, each picker can accurately adsorb and transport one solid drug,

Through the transfer structure using a turntable and the spacing displacement structure of the pickers, the entire facility can be designed compactly, and solid drugs can be loaded and packaged according to various packaging patterns.

Along with simultaneous work using two transfer robots, there is an effect of increasing productivity by reducing work loss time while additional solid drugs are supplied after adsorption of solid drugs.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view omitting part of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the supply unit of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing an alignment unit of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 5
Figure 7 is a plan view showing the transfer standby unit of the present invention
Figure 8 is an enlarged plan view of the main part of Figure 2.
Figure 9 is a front view showing the drug transport system of the present invention.
Figure 10 is a perspective view of the main part of Figure 9.

Since the present invention can be subject to various changes and can have various forms, implementation examples (or embodiments) will be described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific posting form, and should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention.

In each drawing, the same reference signs, especially the tens and ones digits, or the same tens, one's, and alphabets, indicate members having the same or similar functions, and unless otherwise specified, each of the drawings The member indicated by the reference sign can be understood as a member that complies with these standards.

In addition, in each drawing, the components are expressed exaggeratedly large (or thick), small (or thin), or simplified in size or thickness in consideration of convenience of understanding, etc., but as a result, the scope of protection of the present invention is interpreted as limited. It shouldn't be.

The terms used in this specification are merely used to describe specific implementation examples (sun, aspect, aspect) (or examples), and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In this application, terms such as ~include~ or ~consist of~ are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but are not intended to indicate the presence of one or more other features. It should be understood that this does not exclude in advance the possibility of the existence or addition of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense. No.

~First~, ~Second~, etc. described in this specification are only used to distinguish different components, and are not limited by the order of manufacture, and the names are used in the detailed description and claims of the invention. may not match.

In explaining the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals according to the present invention, for convenience, if an approximate direction standard that is not strict is specified with reference to FIG. 1, the direction in which gravity acts is downward, and the upward, downward, left, and right are determined as shown. In the detailed description and claims of the invention related to other drawings, the direction is specified and described according to this standard, unless otherwise specified.

Hereinafter, the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals according to the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, the present invention relates to an automatic blister supply device (P) for medicines that transports and adds solid medicines to the packaging container of the packaging transfer line (L),

A supply unit (10) that classifies and supplies a large number of stored solid drugs individually, an alignment unit (20) that sorts the individually sorted solid drugs to a waiting position for transport, and an alignment unit (20) that sorts the solid drugs before packaging after adsorption. The solid drugs in the waiting transfer standby unit 30, the alignment unit 20, and the solid drugs in the transfer standby unit 30 are transferred to jigs 31A, 31B, 31C, and 31D and packaging containers, respectively. It includes a drug transfer unit 40 that is then introduced.

Prior to explanation, the packaging transfer line (L) is a series of processes for storing solid drugs in packaging containers such as blister packs or vials before gluing the sheet of the blister pack or sealing the cap of the vial. As an automated line, there are no restrictions on the overall structure of the packaging transfer line (L) or the type of packaging container.

For example, the packaging transfer line (L) can be connected to a conveyor belt type, and a blister pack sheet (B) can be placed on it to ensure continuous transfer.

In another example, with medicine bottles (not shown) placed on a tray, the tray can be placed on a conveyor belt and continuously transported.

Therefore, in the present invention, the packaging pattern of the packaging container should be interpreted as an arbitrary generic name depending on the object or structure into which the solid drug is finally introduced, such as the number or arrangement of pockets in the blister pack, the number or arrangement of vials, etc., and the present invention There should be no restrictions on the interpretation of rights.

Furthermore, in the present invention, solid medication refers to all types of pills that can generally be counted as tablets, such as capsules and tablets.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 to 10, the supply unit 10 is connected to the hopper 11 and inclined downward toward the front of the hopper 11, but on the same line as the rails 211 of the alignment unit 20. A slide plate (12) with extended and connected slide grooves (121), which is rotatably installed on the upper part of the slide grooves (121) and sweeps the slide plate (12) on the outer circumferential surface to allow solid medicines to enter the slide grooves (121). It includes a seating drum (13) that allows it to be seated.

The hopper 11 has an upper-lower narrow structure whose width gradually decreases from the upper inlet to the lower outlet 111, and a plurality of solid medications are stored inside the hopper 11.

In this hopper 11, a horizontal transfer plate 112 is connected to the slide plate 12 in front of the discharge port 111, and a vibrator is connected to the horizontal transfer plate 112 to vibrate the horizontal transfer plate ( 112) The above solid medications are transported forward, and the horizontal transfer plate 112 may be provided with a tally groove for dropping foreign substances such as dust.

The slide plate 12 has slide grooves 121 with an open upper surface arranged in multiple rows on the left and right, and the solid drugs supplied from the horizontal transfer plate 112 fall by their own weight along the inclination of the slide plate 12. do.

The seating drum 13 is installed at a predetermined distance from the upper surface of the middle portion of the slide plate 12, and a plurality of wipers 131 made of soft material are provided along the outer peripheral surface.

At this time, the height between the slide plate 12 and the seating drum 13 is such that the wipers 131 can pass through, but solid chemicals cannot pass through.

And, from the horizontal transfer plate 112 through a portion of the rear end of the slide plate 12 to the seating drum 13, the housing 14 is covered to prevent the solid medication from leaving.

In addition, a separation prevention plate 15 covering the upper surface of the slide plate 12 is coupled to the front of the seating drum 13, and this separation prevention plate 15 corresponds to each slide groove 121. Ventilation grooves 151 with narrower widths are formed on the left and right than 121.

Accordingly, some of the solid drugs that pass through the horizontal transfer plate 112 and fall onto the slide plate 12 are classified by seating in each slide groove 121, and the remaining solid drugs that have not been seated are stored in the seating drum 13 during the slide. As it is swept upward by the wiper 131, its position is changed and it is seated in each slide groove 121, so that all slide grooves 121 are filled with solid medications in rows.

The solid drugs seated in rows along the slide groove 121 fall along an incline and are supplied to the rail plate 21 of the alignment unit 20.

The alignment unit 20 includes a rail plate 21 having rails 211 connected in the front horizontal direction to the slide groove 121, and the rail plate 21 is individually mounted on each rail 211. A vibrator that causes vibration is connected so that solid medications are transported in a row along the rail 211.

The rail 211 has a 'U'-shaped or 'V'-shaped cross section with an open upper surface, and rail blocks 212 on which rails 211 are formed are arranged left and right to form the rail plate 21. .

Accordingly, each rail block 212 vibrates individually to transport the solid medication of the corresponding rail 211 forward.

In addition, the alignment unit 20 includes a separation prevention plate 22 that covers the rear upper surface of the rail plate 21, and a guide plate 23 that covers the remaining front upper surface of the rail plate 21.

The separation prevention plate 22 is fixed and coupled similarly to the slide plate 12, and prevents the solid medication being transported from leaving the rail 211.

The guide plate 23 is formed to correspond to the rails 211 and has passage holes 231 of a size through which the picker 451 of the drug transfer unit 40 can pass, and is provided with a cylinder on one side. The driving unit such as (24) is connected and the guide plate (23) reciprocates left and right.

At this time, a plurality of through holes 231 are provided in the longitudinal direction of each rail 211, and each through hole 231 has a size that allows the picker 451 to pass up and down.

Furthermore, in the guide plate 23, each passing hole 231 reciprocates between each rail 211 and the rail wall on one side adjacent thereto.

That is, when the guide plate 23 moves to either the left or right side, each passing hole 231 is located at the top of the rail wall between the rails 211, and when the guide plate 23 moves to the other left or right side, each passing hole 231 is located at the top of the rail wall between the rails 211. The ball 231 is located directly above the rail 211.

Accordingly, when the solid medicine is transported forward due to the individual vibration of the rail block 212, the guide plate 23 moves to one side and partially covers the upper surface opening of the rail 211 to prevent the solid medicine from leaving,

When all the solid chemicals on the rails 211 advance and stop after reaching the adsorption standby position, the guide plate 23 moves to the other side and the through hole 231 communicates with the upper opening of the rail 211. It is possible to transfer the solid drug on the rail 211 through the descent - adsorption - rise of the picker 451.

At this time, the solid drugs being transferred from the supply unit 10 to the alignment unit 20 may be desorbed due to continuous vibration, and a separate suction device may be added to suck in the desorbed foreign substances.

Next, the transfer waiting unit 30 waits in a state in which the solid drugs delivered from the alignment unit 20 are seated in rows and columns, and includes a turntable 31 and a plurality of devices coupled to the upper surface of the turntable 31. It consists of jigs (31A) (31B) (31C) (31D).

The turntable 31 has a plurality of jigs, more precisely, a total of four jigs (31A) (31B) (31C) (31D), mounted radially along the circumferential direction on the upper surface, and the jigs (31A) (31B) ) (31C) (31D) are formed with seating grooves 311 in which individual solid medications are accommodated.

This turntable 31 is rotated 90 degrees in one direction (clockwise in the drawing) repeatedly after the solid drugs are seated on the jigs 31A, 31B, 31C, and 31D adjacent to the alignment unit 20, thereby rotating the jig ( When 31A) (31B) (31C) (31D) moves toward the packaging transfer line (L), the chemicals in the corresponding jigs (31A) (31B) (31C) (31D) are transferred and put into the packaging container,

The drug transfer unit 40 is used to transfer solid drugs from the alignment unit 20 to the turntable 31 and from the turntable 31 to the packaging transfer line (L).

The drug transfer unit 40 includes a transfer robot equipped with pickers 451 that individually adsorb solid drugs.

The drug transfer unit 40 may use various robots, such as an articulated robot, but the present invention reduces time loss between tasks through two orthogonal coordinate robots.

Specifically, the drug transfer unit 40 includes a first transfer robot 41A that reciprocates between the rail plate 21 and one of the jigs 31A, 31B, 31C, and 31D of the turntable 31. , and a second transfer robot (41B) that reciprocates between the other one of the jigs (31A, 31B, 31C) (31D) of the turntable (31) and the packaging container of the packaging transfer line (L).

The first transfer robot (41A) and the second transfer robot (41B) are in the form of Cartesian coordinate robots, and each includes a horizontal frame 42, a vertical frame 43 that reciprocates along the horizontal frame 42, and a vertical frame 43 that reciprocates along the horizontal frame 42. It includes a lifting arm 44 that goes up and down along the frame 43, and a picker assembly 45 provided at the lower end of the lifting arm 44,

The horizontal frame of the first transfer robot 41A and the horizontal frame of the second transfer robot 41B are arranged in orthogonal directions.

And the pickers 451 of the picker assembly 45 are in the form of soft rubber pads and can adsorb solid drugs by applying vacuum pressure by a compressor.

At this time, the number and arrangement form of the pickers 451 may vary depending on the packaging pattern of the packaging transfer line (L). The present invention provides rapid transfer of solid drugs and compact design of the entire facility while considering the packaging pattern. For this purpose, a position variable picker assembly 45 was introduced.

Specifically, based on the longitudinal direction of the rail 211, the front-to-back spacing of the through holes 231 and the front-to-back spacing of the seating grooves 311 are different from each other,

The transfer robots (41A) (41B) include a gap displacement means that changes the front-to-back distance of the pickers 451 to match the front-to-back distance of the through holes 231 and the front-to-back distance of the seating grooves 311, respectively. .

Preferably, based on the longitudinal direction of the rail 211, the front and rear spacing of the seating grooves 311 is the front and rear spacing of the through holes 231 and the front and rear spacing of the packaging pattern supplied to the packaging transfer line (L). It is formed narrower than the gap.

More preferably, the seating grooves 311 may be formed very close to each other, regardless of the front-to-back spacing of the through holes 231 and the front-to-back spacing of the packaging pattern supplied to the packaging transfer line (L).

In the extreme, the seating grooves 311 in the same row may be formed as a single '-' shaped groove that communicates front and rear.

The transfer robots 41A and 41B include gap displacement means for changing the front and rear spacing of the pickers 451 to match the front and rear spacing of the through holes 231 and the front and rear spacing of the packaging pattern, respectively.

First of all, the spacing displacement means is,

Picker frames 452 that are reciprocatably coupled in the horizontal direction at the lower end of the lifting arm 44 and are provided with pickers 451 on the bottom,

A guide ring 4523 protruding from each picker frame 452,

A pressure plate 46 coupled to the picker frames 452 at the lower end of the lifting arm 44 to enable lifting,

A guide groove 461 is formed in a vertical direction on the pressure plate 46 into which the guide ring 4523 of each picker frame 452 is inserted, and is inclined diagonally according to the packaging pattern and has different inclinations. includes them.

If explained with reference to the first transfer robot (41A),

First, a mounting plate 441 is coupled to the lower end of the lifting arm 44, a vertical guider 47 is coupled to the front and rear ends of the mounting plate 441, and one side or On both sides, horizontal guiders (48) are coupled between vertical guiders (47).

And each picker frame 452 has a 'ㅗ' shape consisting of left and right horizontal parts 4521 and a vertical part 4522 protruding from the upper surface of the left and right horizontal parts 4521, and is located on the bottom of the left and right horizontal parts 4521. Pickers 451 are mounted in the longitudinal direction, and guide rings 4523 are coupled to protrude on one or both left and right sides of the vertical portion 4522.

This picker frame 452 is coupled to reciprocate back and forth along the horizontal guider 48.

At this time, in order to secure the round-trip stroke distance between the front and rear picker frames 452, horizontal guiders 48 are provided to be left and right symmetrical, and the vertical portion 4522 of each picker frame 452 is left and right on the horizontal guiders 48 on both sides. They can also be combined in a cross-arranged form.

The pressure plate 46 is coupled to be capable of being lifted up and down along the front and rear vertical guiders 47, and guide grooves 461 are formed corresponding to each guide ring 4523 of the picker frames 452.

The guide grooves 461 have a predetermined length in a vertical diagonal direction, and each guide groove 461 moves from the inner central guide groove 461 to the outer guide grooves 461 arranged gradually farther back and forth. The slope gradually decreases.

In this first transfer robot (41A), when the vertical frame (43) moves to the upper part of the rail plate (21) and stops, the lifting arm (44) first descends so that the pickers (451) are placed on the upper part of the through hole (231). Stop.

And when the guide plate 23 moves and each through hole 231 is aligned with each rail 211 on the same vertical line, the pressure plate 46 rises (or falls) so that each picker frame 452 As the picker frames 452 move back and forth along the inclination of the guide groove 461, the picker frames 452 spread forward and backward according to the width of the through holes 231.

In this state, when the lifting arm 44 is lowered secondarily, each picker 451 passes through the through hole 231 and adsorbs the solid medicine on the rail 211, and then the lifting arm 44 rises and returns to its original position. .

And when the vertical frame 43 rises and returns and the pressure plate 46 descends (or rises) and returns, the picker frames 452 are arranged in a shape that is constricted back and forth according to the width of the seating grooves 311.

Subsequently, the vertical frame 43 moves to the upper part of one of the jigs 31A, 31B, 31C, and 31D of the turntable 31, and then the lifting arm 44 moves downward, and then the vacuum of the pickers 451 When this is released, the solid medicine of each picker 451 is seated in the seating groove 311.

In this way, the second transfer robot (41B) adsorbs the solid medicines with the picker assemblies (45) retracted from the upper part of the jig (31A) (31B) (31C) (31D) of the turntable (31) and then opens again. Next, the solid medication is transferred to the packaging transfer line (L) and the solid medication is injected into the pockets or vials of the blister pack sheet.

At this time, the lifting operation of the lifting arm 44 and the pressure plate 46 may adopt various known driving methods such as general servomotors, linear motors, and cylinders.

Meanwhile, the guide plate 23 is located at a position in which each horizontal row in which the passage holes 231 are arranged on the left and right corresponds to the solid drug in the odd number (based on the front end of the rail 211) of each rail 211. is formed in

That is, the through holes 231 in the first horizontal row are formed at positions corresponding to the first solid drugs at the forefront of the rails 211, and the through holes 231 in the second horizontal row are formed at positions corresponding to the first solid drugs at the forefront of the rails 211. In such a way that the nth horizontal row of passing holes 231 is formed at a position corresponding to the 2n-1th solid drug of the rails 211.

Accordingly, when the first transfer robot (41A) adsorbs and then transfers the solid medicine in the odd horizontal row of each rail 211, the solid medicine in the subsequent horizontal row moves forward due to the vibration of the rail plate 21, leaving the empty space in front. fills the space.

The reason for transferring the solid drugs in odd-numbered rows like this is that other solid drugs fill the empty space created after the solid drugs are transferred from each rail 211 more quickly, allowing subsequent processes to be repeated immediately, thereby reducing the time between processes. This is to reduce losses.

In other words, if all the solid drugs sequentially arranged in the longitudinal direction along the rail 211 are adsorbed and transferred at once without distinguishing the odd-numbered horizontal rows, the solid drugs will be completely emptied in that part,

This causes the transfer time to be delayed while the subsequent solid drugs are moved to fill up all the way to the front of the rail 211, resulting in time loss between process cycles. Therefore, the present invention solves this problem through the above-described configuration. Increase productivity.

Meanwhile, the seating grooves 311 provided in the jigs 31A, 31B, 31C, and 31D of the turntable 31 are attached at minimum intervals, thereby enabling miniaturization of the jigs 31A, 31B, 31C, and 31D. becomes possible, and this can contribute to the miniaturization of the turntable 31, that is, the compact design of the universal blister automatic feeding device.

In addition, since the application of the turntable 31 causes solid drugs to pass through two waiting positions before being put into the packaging container, it is necessary to determine whether there is a malfunction or defect using a vision camera at that location, etc., before putting the solid drugs into the packaging container. There is an advantage that other processes can be performed additionally.

In the above description of the present invention, the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals has been mainly described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention can be modified, changed, and substituted in various ways by those skilled in the art, and such modifications, changes, and substitutions are consistent with the present invention. It should be interpreted as falling within the scope of protection.

*Explanation of main parts of the drawing*
10: Supply unit 11: Hopper
12: Slide plate 13: Seating drum
14: Housing 15: Breakaway prevention plate
20: Alignment unit 21: Rail plate
22: separation prevention plate 23: guide plate
24: cylinder 30: transfer standby unit
31: Turntable 32A, 32B, 32C, 32D: Jig
40: Transfer unit 41A, 41B: Transfer robot
42: horizontal frame 43: vertical frame
44: lifting arm 45: picker assembly
46: Pressure plate 47: Vertical guider
48: horizontal guider

Claims (4)

In the automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals that transfers and injects solid medications into the packaging container of the packaging transfer line,
An alignment unit including a rail plate on which a vibrator that vibrates individually for each rail is connected and solid drugs are transported in a row,
A transfer standby unit including a jig formed with seating grooves that accommodate individual solid medications,
A packaging transfer line through which packaging containers are transferred,
Drug transfer, including a transfer robot equipped with pickers that individually adsorb solid drugs, to transfer and inject the solid drugs of the rails and the solid drugs of the jig into the seating groove of the jig and the packaging container of the packaging transfer line, respectively. Contains units,
The alignment unit is formed to correspond to the rails and includes a guide plate having passage holes of a size through which the picker can pass, and a driving unit that reciprocates the guide plate left and right, so that each passage hole is connected to each rail and adjacent thereto. Move back and forth between one rail wall,
Based on the longitudinal direction of the rail, the front-to-back spacing of the through holes and the front-to-back spacing of the seating grooves are different from each other,
The transfer robot is an automatic blister supply device for medicine, characterized in that it includes a gap displacement means for changing the front-to-back spacing of the pickers to match the front-to-back spacing of the passing holes and the front-to-back spacing of the seating grooves, respectively.
According to claim 1,
An automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals, further comprising a hopper and a supply unit including a slide plate connected downwardly at a front of the hopper and having slide grooves extending in the same line as the rails of the alignment unit.
According to clause 2,
The supply unit is rotatably installed on top of the slide grooves and includes a seating drum that sweeps the slide plate on an outer peripheral surface to allow solid medications to be seated in the slide grooves.
According to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The transfer standby unit includes a turntable equipped with a plurality of jigs,
The drug transfer unit includes a first transfer robot that reciprocates between the rail plate and one of the jigs of the turntable, and a second transfer robot that reciprocates between the other one of the jigs of the turntable and the packaging container of the packaging line. An automatic blister supply device for pharmaceuticals, characterized in that.

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