KR20030020555A - Output system of caution message used in sharing and packing device of medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for printing a warning message for a tablet distributor is provided to rapidly check the tablet distributor by calling a worker's attention and manage the tablet distributor easily according to the warning message. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a wrapping paper shortage sensor(1), a preheat sensor(2), a main frame separation sensor(3), a tray frame separation sensor(4), a wrapping paper rolling sensor(5), a printer ribbon sensor(6), a printer header open sensor(7), an emergency switch(8), a drum door open sensor(9), a lower door open sensor(10), a computer(13) outputting an output signal corresponding to each sensor upon receipt of a signal outputted from the tray sensor(11) and a cassette sensor(12) and a speaker(14) outputting a warning message in voice for components of a tablet distributor corresponding to each sensor by the signal outputted from the computer(13).

Description

Warning message output system for tablet dispenser {OUTPUT SYSTEM OF CAUTION MESSAGE USED IN SHARING AND PACKING DEVICE OF MEDICINE}

The present invention relates to a warning message output system for a tablet dispenser, and more particularly, by outputting the state of the tablet dispenser to a worker by ventilating the surroundings of the worker to promptly check the tablet dispenser and by the warning message. The present invention relates to a warning message output system for a tablet dispenser that facilitates a tablet dispenser.

Various types of tablets are prescribed to treat various diseases of the patient, and various tablets are quickly packaged by one dose by a tablet dispenser.

Thus, in the related art, a tablet dispenser is provided with a plurality of tablet cassettes each having various tablets arranged therein at various heights, and a passage for guiding tablets discharged from the tablet cassette downward is formed, and tablets falling from the passages. Is gathered by a multi-layer hopper and collected on the inner bottom surface of the discharge hopper installed at the bottom of the hopper.

The wrapping paper that is folded in the width direction is moved to the lower exit of the discharge hopper, and the wrapping paper that is introduced while being folded is sealed in the length direction and the width direction of the folded wrapping paper.

Of course, it is difficult to redistribute them in tablet cassettes according to the medicines that are continuously developed, and it is difficult to supply and package the prescribed pills in half, so that a manual dispensing tray for dispensing pills manually is provided in the automatic medicine dispenser. Will be installed.

Therefore, the conventional manual dispensing tray is for dispensing pills or halves of tablets, which are difficult to be automatically supplied and packaged because they are not embedded in the tablet cassette. It protrudes and is inserted back into the automatic medicine dispenser when the dispensing of pills is completed.

Such a conventional tablet dispenser is provided with a display, and outputs a warning message through the display, and connects the computer to the tablet dispenser to remotely control the tablet dispenser through the computer away from the tablet dispenser.

Of course, the conventional tablet dispenser is equipped with a sensor for detecting the continuous supply of wrapping paper, a sensor for detecting the preheating state of the heating roller, a sensor for detecting a poor discharge of the tablet in the tablet cassette, the purification by these sensors The work is refined by displaying on the display a message about the replacement of the packaging used in the distributor and the replenishment of the tablet in the cassette.

Then, after confirming the display provided in the tablet dispenser, the worker replaces the wrapping paper or replenishes the tablets in the tablet cassette.

However, since a warning message is output to a display provided in a tablet dispenser, a worker who remotely controls a tablet dispenser is engrossed in a job without recognizing the stopped state of the tablet dispenser when the operator is eager to operate a computer. There is a disadvantage that it can not efficiently package a plurality of tablets in one dose with a tablet dispenser.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the object of the present invention is to ventilate the periphery of the worker by outputting the state of the tablet dispenser to the operator when a problem occurs in the tablet dispenser purification The present invention provides a warning message output system for a refiner dispenser that can easily inspect a dispenser by a warning message as well as a quick check of the distributor.

In order to realize this, the present invention is provided with a plurality of tablet cassettes each containing a variety of tablets are arranged at various heights at the top, and provided with a passage for guiding the tablet discharged from the tablet cassette downward, falling from the passage The tablets are gathered by the hopper and collected on the inner bottom surface of the discharge hopper installed at the bottom of the hopper, and the surface of the wrapping paper is printed by the printer while the wrapping paper folded in the width direction is moved to the lower outlet of the discharge hopper. The heating roller is sealed in the longitudinal direction and the width direction of the folded wrapping paper, and a plurality of tablets discharged from the discharge hopper are packed in one dose, and the wrapping paper packed in one dose is made to move outwardly by the discharge conveyor. In the tablet dispenser which is connected to the computer and controlled automatically, there is no packing paper No packing paper to detect the sensor; Preheating sensor for sensing the temperature of the heating roller; A mainframe separation detection sensor for detecting a departure of the mainframe moving the wrapping paper, the printer, the heating roller, and the discharge conveyor as a whole; Tray frame separation detection sensor for detecting the departure of the tray frame is installed tray; Wrapping paper curling sensor for detecting the curling of the wrapping paper between the heating roller and the discharge conveyor; A printer ribbon sensor for detecting a ribbon of the printer; A printer header open sensor for detecting opening of a header of the printer; An emergency switch urgently stopping the tablet dispenser; A drum door opening sensor for sensing the opening of a drum door installed in front of a case installed on a circumferential surface of a drum on which a plurality of tablet cassettes are installed; A lower section open detection sensor for sensing the opening of the lower section installed in the lower part of the tablet dispenser which seals the wrapping paper, the printer and the heating roller; Tray detection sensor for detecting the front protrusion of the tray; A cassette detection sensor installed at an outlet of each tablet cassette for sensing discharge of tablets in the tablet cassette; No wrapping paper sensor, preheat sensor, main frame separation sensor, tray frame separation sensor, wrapping paper roll sensor, printer ribbon sensor, printer header open sensor, emergency switch, drum door open sensor, bottom open sensor A computer which receives signals output from the sensor, the tray detection sensor, and the cassette detection sensor and outputs an output signal corresponding to each sensor; And it provides a warning message output system for a tablet dispenser consisting of a speaker for outputting a warning message for the components of the tablet dispenser corresponding to each sensor by a signal output from the computer.

1 is a block diagram showing a warning message output system for a tablet dispenser according to the present invention,

2 is a cross-sectional view of a tablet dispenser to which the warning message output system according to the present invention is applied;

3 is a view showing the discharge conveyor of the tablet dispenser is applied to the warning message output system according to the present invention,

4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a warning message output system for a tablet dispenser according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: No packing paper sensor 2: Preheating sensor

3: main frame separation detection sensor 4: tray frame separation detection sensor

5: Wrapping paper curl sensor 6: Printer ribbon sensor

7: printer header open sensor 8: emergency switch

9: Drum door open sensor 10: Lower section open sensor

11: tray detection sensor 12: cassette detection sensor

13: computer 14: speaker

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 4 are related to the warning message output system for a tablet dispenser according to the present invention, the warning message output system of the present invention is applied to a tablet dispenser, a wrapping paper-free sensor (1), preheating sensor (2) , Mainframe separation detection sensor (3), tray frame separation detection sensor (4), wrapping paper roll detection sensor (5), printer ribbon detection sensor (6), printer header open detection sensor (7), emergency switch (8), A computer which receives signals output from the drum door open sensor 9, the lower section open sensor 10, the tray sensor 11 and the cassette sensor 12 and outputs an output signal corresponding to each sensor ( 13) the tablet distributor 20 corresponding to each sensor (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12) by the signal output from the computer (13). It consists of a speaker 14 for outputting a warning message for the component of the voice.

Here, the wrapping paper-free sensor 1 detects the absence of the wrapping paper 21, which detects when the wrapping paper is broken or exhausted, and uses a photo sensor of a method of detecting infrared rays. It is provided in the position spaced apart from the tip of (21).

The preheating sensor 2 detects the temperature of the heating roller 22, and generally uses a thermocouple (THERMOCOUPLE), and the temperature of the heating roller 22 is preheated to a temperature most suitable for sealing the wrapping paper. Will be detected.

The main frame separation detection sensor 3 uses a limit switch that detects the departure of the main frame 25 that moves the wrapping paper 21, the heating roller 22, the printer 23, and the discharge conveyor 24 as a whole. When the wrapping paper 21 is to be replaced, when the heating roller 22, the printer 23, and the discharge conveyor 24 are repaired, when the main frame 25 is pulled forward, the main frame 25 is in place. The main frame 25 is installed at a part supporting the main frame 25 to detect the main frame 25.

The tray frame 4 uses a limit switch for detecting the detachment of the tray frame 27 in which the tray 26 is installed, and when the tray 26 is repaired, the tray frame 27 is pulled forward to repair the inside thereof. And, it is installed in the portion supporting the tray frame 4 is to detect that the tray frame 27 is in place.

The wrapping paper detection sensor 5 is a limit that detects the end of the wrapping paper 21, which seals the plurality of tablets in one dose between the heating roller 22 and the discharge conveyor 24 is dried without being discharged The switch is used, and is installed on the part supporting the discharge rolling sponge 24a to detect the discharge rolling sponge 24a swinging from side to side, and a warning message when the rolling sponge 24a does not swing from side to side. Will print

The printer ribbon sensor 6 uses a photo sensor such as the paperless sensor 1 that detects the absence of the ribbon 23a of the printer 23, and is spaced apart from the side of the ribbon of the printer 23. Is installed.

The printer header open detection sensor 7 uses a limit switch that detects the opening of the header 23b of the printer 23, and replaces the ribbon 23a of the printer 23. The header 23b is opened and spaced apart from one side of the header 23b of the printer 23 to detect this.

The emergency switch 8 is for stopping the tablet dispenser 20 urgently, and the tablet dispenser 20 is urgently stopped in order to take action when packaging failure continues but packaging failure occurs continuously. .

The drum door opening detection sensor 9 is a limit for detecting the opening of the opening and closing drum door 31 installed in front of the case 30 installed on the circumferential surface of the drum 29 in which a plurality of tablet cassettes 28 are installed. When the switch is used, the drum door 31 is opened when the tablet cassette 28 is to be replenished with tablets. At this time, the drum door 31 is spaced apart from one side of the drum door 31 to detect this.

The lower part opening detection sensor 10 is a tablet dispensing machine 20 for sealing the wrapping paper 21, the printer 23 and the heating roller 22 by using a limit switch installed on one side of the lower part 32. The opening of the lower portion 32 installed in the lower portion of the will be sensed.

The tray sensor 11 protrudes forward from the tray 26 in order to distribute the tablets 26 that cannot be discharged from the tablet cassette 28 to the tray 26 by using a limit switch. It will detect whether it protrudes forward.

The cassette detection sensor 12 is installed at the outlet of each tablet cassette 28 using a photosensor, respectively, to detect whether the tablets in the tablet cassette 28 are properly discharged.

The computer 13 receiving the signals of the sensors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and the emergency switch 8 processes and outputs the signals. It outputs a signal to output the voice to the speaker 14, and outputs a warning message to the display 33 provided in the tablet distributor 20 as a text.

Of course, the tablet dispenser 20 is provided with a plurality of tablet cassettes 28 each having a variety of tablets arranged at various heights at the top, passage 34 for guiding the tablets discharged from the tablet cassette 28 downwards. Is provided, and the tablets falling from the passage 34 are collected by the hopper 35 to be collected at an inner bottom surface of the discharge hopper 35a installed at the lower end of the hopper 35, and the discharge hopper 35a The wrapping paper 21 that is folded in the width direction is moved to the lower exit of the printer and the surface of the wrapping paper 21 is printed by the printer 23 such as the patient's name, age, taking time, etc., a pair of heating rollers (22) is sealed in the longitudinal direction and the width direction of the folded wrapping paper (21) to wrap a plurality of tablets discharged from the discharge hopper (35a) by one dose, and the wrapping paper (21) packed by one dose is the discharge conveyor Power transfer outward by 24 It is made of a structure.

In addition, the computer 13 is set with hardware and software for driving the speaker 14, and software for processing a signal of the sensors and outputting a voice or a text corresponding to each sensor is set. 13) and the tablet distributor 20 are connected by a connection communication method such as TCP / IP socket method.

The warning message output system for a tablet dispenser according to the present invention made as described above generates a voice when a problem occurs in the tablet dispenser 20 when an operator inputs a prescription or processes a prescription in the computer 13. In addition to the output box, the output will be in the same text as the notice.

For example, when the wrapping paper 21 is exhausted or the wrapping paper 21 is torn, the wrapping paperless sensor 1 detects this, and the signal output from the wrapping paperless sensor 1 is input to the computer 13. Accordingly, the computer 13 outputs a voice of 'no packaging paper' to the speaker 14 and outputs a warning message to the display 33 provided in the tablet distributor 20 in text form. .

Then, the operator hears this voice, checks the wrapping paper 21 of the tablet dispenser 20, and then replaces the wrapping paper 21 or heat-bonds the broken portion of the wrapping paper 21.

As another example, when all the tablets built in one tablet cassette 28 are exhausted, the cassette detection sensor 12 installed in the corresponding tablet cassette 28 detects this and outputs it to the computer 13. The computer 13 receives the signal from the cassette sensor 12 and outputs a voice to the speaker 14 that there are no tablets of a few tablets.

Then, the worker opens the drum door 31 to fill the tablet in the corresponding tablet cassette 28.

As another example, when there are tablets not embedded in the plurality of tablet cassettes 28, the tray 26 is opened, and thus the tray sensor 11 detects this and outputs a signal to the computer 13. The computer 13 receives this signal and outputs a voice of 'Tray is open' to the speaker 14, and the operator checks the required tablet and supplies the tablet manually to the tray.

As another example, when the rolling sponge 24a of the discharge conveyor 24 is normally operated, the rolling sponge 24a is shaken in the longitudinal direction of the wrapping paper 21, and the rolling sponge 24a does not occur. In this case, the wrapping paper curl sensor 5 does not output a pulse signal to the computer 13, and the computer 13 detects this to detect the curl of the wrapping paper 21. The speaker 14 outputs a voice of 'packed paper is dried'.

The worker will then quickly release the curl of the wrapping paper (21).

Of course, if a worker other than the worker opens the drum door 31 or the lower section 32 to check the tablet dispenser 20, the corresponding sensor (9, 10) is opened to detect the computer ( 13), thereby causing the computer 13 to output a voice to the speaker 14 that the drum or lower section has been opened.

Thus, the warning message output system for a tablet dispenser according to the present invention, if a problem occurs in the state of the tablet dispenser outputs the problem to the voice to the operator to promptly check.

As described above, the warning message output system for a tablet dispenser according to the present invention is used for refining powder when a problem occurs in the tablet dispenser such as inspection of the packaging paper, inspection of the printer, manual instruction of the tray, inspection of the tablet cassette, curling of the packaging paper, and the like. Since the state of abandonment is output to the worker through a speaker, the worker is ventilated to promptly inspect the tablet dispenser, and the tablet dispenser can be easily taken according to the warning message. The advantage is that you can improve the efficiency of your work.

Claims (1)

A plurality of tablet cassettes each containing a variety of tablets are arranged at various heights on the upper side, and provided with a passage for guiding the tablet discharged from the tablet cassette downward, the tablets falling from the passage is gathered by the hopper to the The bottom surface of the discharge hopper is installed at the bottom end, and the wrapping paper folded in the width direction is moved to the lower exit of the discharge hopper and the surface of the wrapping paper is printed by the printer, the length of the wrapping paper folded a pair of heating rollers Sealed in the direction and width direction to wrap a plurality of tablets discharged from the discharge hopper once a dose, the packaging packaged for each dose is made by moving the power to the outside by the discharge conveyor, automatically connected to the computer In the purified dispensing machine, A paperless sensor for detecting the absence of paper; Preheating sensor for sensing the temperature of the heating roller; A mainframe separation detection sensor for detecting a departure of the mainframe moving the wrapping paper, the printer, the heating roller, and the discharge conveyor as a whole; Tray frame separation detection sensor for detecting the departure of the tray frame is installed tray; Wrapping paper curling sensor for detecting the curling of the wrapping paper between the heating roller and the discharge conveyor; A printer ribbon detection sensor for detecting the absence of a ribbon of the printer, a printer header open sensor for detecting the opening of a header of the printer; An emergency switch urgently stopping the tablet dispenser; A drum door opening sensor for sensing the opening of a drum door installed in front of a case installed on a circumferential surface of a drum on which a plurality of tablet cassettes are installed; A lower section open detection sensor for sensing the opening of the lower section installed in the lower part of the tablet dispenser which seals the wrapping paper, the printer and the heating roller; Tray detection sensor for detecting the front protrusion of the tray; A cassette detection sensor installed at an outlet of each tablet cassette for sensing discharge of tablets in the tablet cassette; No wrapping paper sensor, preheat sensor, main frame separation sensor, tray frame separation sensor, wrapping paper roll sensor, printer ribbon sensor, printer header open sensor, emergency switch, drum door open sensor, bottom open sensor A computer which receives signals output from the sensor, the tray detection sensor, and the cassette detection sensor and outputs an output signal corresponding to each sensor; And a speaker configured to output a warning message for a component of the tablet dispenser corresponding to each sensor as a voice by a signal output from the computer.