KR20110039397A - Powder medicine scraping device and medicine packaging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention prevents variations in the distribution amount.
The powdered medicine is accommodated in the annular groove 4 formed on the upper surface of the dispensing dish 5 and the scraping plate 12 is scraped by relatively moving the scraping plate 12 along the annular groove 4. By rotating (12), the powdered medicine is scraped off by one packet amount by the scraping-out plate 13 integrated in the scraping plate 12. The scraping down member 25 which is slidable in contact with the scraping surface 12b on the opposite side to the scraping surface 12a of the scraping plate 12 is provided, and the non-scraping surface 12b at the time of scraping is provided. The powdered medicine adhering to) is dropped into the annular groove 4.

Description

Powder medicine scraping device and medicine packing device {POWDER MEDICINE SCRAPING DEVICE AND MEDICINE PACKAGING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a powdered medicine scraping device for scraping a powdered medicine supplied into an annular groove of a distribution dish by a predetermined amount, and a medicine packaging device provided with the powdered medicine scraping device.

Conventionally, as a powdered medicine scraping device, a powdered medicine is accommodated in an annular groove formed in the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of a distribution plate, and scraped together with a scraping plate along the annular groove, and is integrated into a scraping plate. It has been known to scrape one packet by a ping out plate (see Patent Document 1, for example).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-237715

In the conventional powdered medicine scraping device, the powdered medicine adhered to the scraping surface can be cleaned, and the amount of one packet is desired by adjusting the supply amount of powdered medicine to the dispensing dish in consideration of the quantity removed by cleaning in advance. It is possible to.

However, until now, when scraping the original one-pack quantity from a distribution dish, it is not considered that powdered medicine adheres to the surface opposite to the scraping surface (non-scraping surface) and scrapes together. Did not. In addition, it was not considered that the amount of adhesion to the non-scraping surface and the amount of distribution of the final bag are reduced. In this case, it is conceivable to adjust the feeding amount of the dispensing dish in consideration of the adherence of the powdered medicine to the non-scraping surface. However, since the adhesion situation varies depending on the type of powdered medicine, it is impossible to cope with all the powdered medicine. In addition, if the scraping width dimension of the scraping plate is smaller than the scraping out width dimension of the scraping-out plate, before scraping off the powdered medicine, the dispensing dish is rotated in the reverse direction and the medicine of the final fabric is removed. Since it is necessary to scrape off with the non-scraping surface, the adhesion amount of the powdered medicine to the non-scraping surface was increased, and the same error as above occurred.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a powdered medicine scraping device and a medicine packaging device which can prevent variations in the distribution amount.

The present invention, as a means for solving the above problems, by accommodating the powdered medicine in the annular groove formed on the upper surface of the dispensing plate, while scraping the powdered medicine by relatively moving the scraping plate along the annular groove A powdered medicine scraping device for scraping a powdered powder scraped out by rotating a scraping-out plate, wherein the scraping-out plate has a non-opposite side opposite to the scraping surface of the scraping plate. A scraping-down member is provided which is in sliding contact with the scraping surface, and the powdered medicine adhering to the non-scraping surface is dropped into the annular groove during scraping.

With this configuration, when the scraping plate is rotated to scrape the first powdered powder by the scraping-out plate, the powdered powder adhered to the non-scraping surface by the scraping-down member is scraped off into the annular groove. Can be dropped. Therefore, the distribution amount of the powdered medicine is not different between the first and the final fabrics, and it is possible to match these distribution amounts with other distribution amounts.

It is preferable that the said scraping plate is provided so that rotation drive is possible to the other end side of the arm member rotatably centered about the one end side, and the said scraping down member is detachable to the said arm member. Do.

With such a configuration, when the scraping down member and its peripheral portion are contaminated or adhered to powdered medicine, the scraping down member can be separated from the arm member and simply cleaned. In addition, if the scraping down member is damaged or deteriorated, it can be easily replaced.

The arm member includes a holding portion to which the scraping down member is detachable, and the holding portion includes positioning means for catching and removing the scraping down member, and the scraping down member includes a holding portion. And a scraping-down edge of the scraping-down piece when the scraping-down member is positioned by the positioning means, the guide piece being held and the scraping-down piece integrated with the guide piece. It is preferable to allow the edge) to be in sliding contact with the non-scraping surface of the scraping plate.

With this arrangement, if the scraping down member is held in the holding portion and positioned by the positioning means, the scraping down edge can be reliably slid contacted with the non-scraping surface of the scraping plate. Therefore, when the scraping plate is rotated, the powdered medicine adhering to the non-scraping surface can be reliably dropped.

The guide piece is formed of a metal material, and the scraping down piece is composed of an elastic piece on which a scraping down edge is formed, and a metal piece integrated with the elastic piece, and the metal piece is preferably integrated with the guide piece. .

With such a configuration, the guide piece may be formed only so that it can be properly held in the holding part, and the metal piece is only required to be integrated with the guide piece and the elastic piece. Therefore, the detachability of the scraping-down member to the holding part is good. And the positioning accuracy and processability of the scraping down edge of the elastic piece with respect to the unscratching surface of the scraping plate can be improved.

The holding part of the arm member is provided by immersing a ball pressed in the protruding direction on a lower surface thereof and at the same time forming a holding piece that is opened laterally and downwardly, and guides the scraping down member. It is preferable that a piece is provided with the recessed part or through hole which the said ball caught and fell out.

By such a configuration, the scraping down member can be appropriately positioned with a simple configuration.

The scraping down member may be provided at the inner peripheral edge when the scraping out direction of the powdered medicine by the scraping out plate is at the inner peripheral edge of the distribution dish, and at the outer peripheral edge at the outer peripheral side.

Moreover, this invention makes the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus the structure provided with the powdered medicine scraping apparatus of any said structure as a means for solving the said subject.

According to the present invention, since the powdered medicine adhering to the non-scraping surface of the scraping plate can be scraped off by an annular groove by setting it as a simple configuration only by installing the scraping down member, the distribution amount of several packages Irrespective of recognition, it becomes possible to make it uniform. In particular, it is possible to solve a problem unique to the type using the distribution plate that the number of first bags increases and that the number of final cells decreases.

1 is a perspective view showing a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment.
2 is a perspective view showing the powdered medicine supply device of FIG.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the powdered medicine supply device viewed from an angle different from FIG.
Figure 4 is a schematic front view showing the powdered medicine supply device and packaging device of Figure 1;
FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view showing a state of the arm member of FIG. 2 as viewed from below. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view illustrating a state in which the scraping down member is removed in FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state of the casing removed from the arm member of FIG. 2 and viewed from above. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the scraping down member of FIG. 5. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the scraping down member shown in FIG. 8 as viewed from another angle. FIG.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment which concerns on this invention is described according to attached drawing. In addition, in the following description, the term which shows a specific direction and a position (for example, "upper", "bottom", "side", "end", and other terms including these terms) is used as needed. However, the use of these terms is to facilitate the understanding of the invention with reference to the drawings, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited by the meaning of these terms.

1 shows a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment. The medicine packaging device includes a powdered medicine supply device 1, a tablet supply device 2, a packaging device 3, and the like.

The powdered medicine supply apparatus 1 is equipped with the donut-shaped distribution dish 5 which has the annular groove 4 in the outer peripheral part as shown in FIGS. The distribution plate 5 can be rotated at a desired pitch by the drive of the servomotor 6. Here, one rotation is set to rotate by 50,000 pulses, and rotation and stop can be performed in units of one pulse.

The powdered medicine is supplied to the annular groove 4 from the powdered medicine feeder 7. The powdered medicine feeder 7 distributes the powdered medicine accommodated in the supply hopper 9 by disposing the supply hopper 9 on the elastically supported trough 8 and vibrating the trough 8 with a piezoelectric element or the like. 5) It is a structure to supply.

The powdered medicine supplied to the distribution dish 5 is scraped off by the scraping-out member 10 one by one. And the powdered medicine scraped out is guided to the packaging apparatus 3 mentioned later through the collection | recovery hopper 11, and is packaged as shown in FIG. The recovery hopper 11 is capable of supplying tablets from the tablet supply device 2 in addition to the powdered medicines from the distribution dish 5.

As shown in FIG. 3, the scraping-out member 10 is provided with the scraping-out plate 13 in the scraping plate 12, and extends from the center hole of the distribution plate 5 It is rotatably attached to the tip of the arm member 14.

The scraping plate 12 has an annular elastic body 15 such as rubber or the like on a disk-like outer periphery, and rotates the dispensing dish 5 as described later, so that one surface (scraping surface 12a) ), The powdered medicine in the annular groove 4 is scraped in the circumferential direction. The powdered substance adhering to the elastic body 15 and the vicinity thereof ends the series of scraping operations, and as described later, the arm member 14 is rotated to move the scraping-out member 10 to the standby position. Then, it is scraped off by the screw brush 16 and removed through the exhaust duct 17. In addition, the powdered medicine adhering to the other surface (non-scraping surface 12b) is scraped off by the scraping down member 25 mentioned later. The scraping-out plate 13 is attached to the scraping plate 12, and the powdered medicines scraped up are collected in the radial direction (Fig. 4 (a) shows the configuration of scraping the inner peripheral side, and Fig. 4 (b)). Indicates the configuration to be scraped to the outer circumferential side).

As shown in FIG. 7, the arm member 14 includes a drive pulley 19, a driven pulley 20, and an auxiliary pulley 21 in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 18, and a belt between them. (22). Then, by driving the drive pulley 19 by the motor 10a, the scraping-out member 10 causes the scraping operation to be described later. Moreover, the arm member 14 is provided in the center of the distribution plate 5 so that forward and reverse rotation is possible centering on the support shaft 14a by the motor 10b. That is, the arm member 14 has a lower scraping- scraping-out position in which the scraping plate 12 is located in the annular groove 4 of the distribution plate 5, and the atmosphere is separated from the upper side. Rotate between positions. The cover 23 is provided on the tip side of the arm member 14 in a range of almost 90 degrees from the lower end of the scraping plate 12 to the upper vicinity. The cover 23 prevents the powdered medicine from flying around when the scraping-out member 10 rotates.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 5, the holding part 24 is formed in the lower surface of the front end side of the arm member 14, and the scraping down member 25 is detachable.

As shown in FIG. 6, the holding | maintenance part 24 forms the holding | maintenance piece 27 opened laterally and downward in the recessed part 26 of the lower end of the casing 18. As shown in FIG. Through holes 26a are formed in two parts on the bottom surface constituting the recess 26, and as shown in FIG. 7, the balls (not shown) of the press fit plunger 28 provided therein are immersed. It protrudes.

As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the scraping down member 25 is composed of a scraping down piece 29 and a guide piece 30 to which the scraping down piece 29 is attached. The scraping down member 25 is detachable to the holding part 24 of the arm member 14 via the guide piece 30.

The scraping down piece 29 integrates the metal piece 32 into an elastic piece 31 made of a material having elasticity such as rubber. At the lower end of the elastic piece 31, an inclined surface 33 formed along the inner circumferential edge of the distribution plate 5 is formed. On one side of the back surface of the elastic piece 31, a projection 34 for holding the metal piece 32 before baking is formed up and down, respectively. One side edge of the elastic piece 31 (scraping down edge 31a) makes sliding contact with the non-scraping surface 12b of the scraping plate 12, and at the time of the first scraping operation, The powdered medicine adhering to the creping surface 12b is scraped off by the annular groove 4 of the distribution plate 5. A cutout portion 31b is formed at an upper portion of the scraping down edge 31a, so that the holding portion 24 when mounting the scraping down member 25 to the holding portion 24 of the arm member 14 is provided. Interference with is avoided. As for the metal piece 32, the cross section which consists of the vertical part 35 and the horizontal part 36 is formed in substantially "L" shape. The vertical part 35 of the metal piece 32 is arrange | positioned between the protrusions 34 formed in the back surface of the elastic piece 31, and is integrated with the elastic piece 31 by baking. The horizontal portion 36 of the metal piece 32 is integrated with the guide piece 30 by welding or the like.

The guide piece 30 forms the attachment part 37 and the holding part 38 by bending a metal plate in substantially "'" shape. The metal piece 32 of the scraping down piece 29 is integrated in the center of the lower surface of the attachment portion 37 by welding, adhesion, or the like. In addition, through holes 37a are formed in both ends of the attachment portion 37, respectively. The guide piece 30 is hold | maintained by the holding part 24 of the arm member 14 in the state which integrated the scraping down piece 29. As shown in FIG. In this holding state, the ball of the press fit plunger 28 provided in the holding part 24 is engaged with the through hole 37a. In addition, the scraping down edge 31a of the elastic piece 31 causes sliding contact with the non-scratching surface 12b of the scraping plate 12 or hinders the rotation of the scraping plate 12. It is pressurized so that there is no case. Moreover, the holding part 38 is used in order to hold | grip with a finger, when attaching | detaching the scraping down member 25 to the holding part 24. FIG.

In the packaging apparatus 3, as shown in FIG. 4, the wrapping paper 40 wound by the roll 39 is rewound, predetermined printing is performed by the printing part 41, and it heats in the state folded twice in the longitudinal direction. By sealing three parts in the seal part 42, the medicine from the recovery hopper 11 is packaged one by one.

Next, the operation of the medicine packaging device having the above configuration will be described.

First, the scraping-out member 10 is rotated while the powdered medicine is uniformly supplied to the annular groove 4 of the distribution plate 5, and the scraping plate 12 is annular groove 4. The powdered medicine in the annular groove 4 is separated by pressure contact. Since the elastic body 15 made of silicon is integrated at the outer peripheral edge of the scraping plate 12, the powdered medicine in the annular groove 4 can be properly separated without damaging the distribution plate 5.

Subsequently, after dispensing the distribution plate 5 by a predetermined angle, the scraping plate 12 and the scraping out plate 13 are rotated one time. Thereby, the powdered medicine scraped by the scraping plate 12 is separated by one scraping amount by the scraping-out part 19 of the scraping-out plate 13, and the scraping-out part (not shown) And scrapes off from the distribution dish 5 and is packaged in the packaging apparatus 3.

In the same manner, each time the distribution dish 5 is rotated by a predetermined pitch, the scraping plate 12 and the scraping-out plate 13 are rotated one by one, so that the packaging device 3 has a volume of one packet. Pack it.

By the way, the powdered medicine attached to the scraping surface 12a of the scraping plate 12 and not packaged, after the series of scraping operations are completed, the scraping out member 10 is moved to the standby position. It is cleaned by the screw brush 16. On the other hand, when the powdered medicine in the annular groove 4 is partitioned and scraped by the scraping plate 12 during the packaging of the first bag, the powdered medicine is placed on the non-scraping surface 12b of the scraping plate 12. The powdered medicine adhered to the non-scraping surface 12b is scratched and dropped into the annular groove 4 by sliding contact of the scraping down edge 31a of the elastic piece 31 of the dustproof prevention member. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent the defect that the amount is reduced by the amount of powdered medicine adhering to the non-scraping surface 12b of the scraping plate 12 in the final fabric. In addition, when the scraping down edge 31a of the elastic piece 31 is worn out by the use for a long time, the scraping down member 25 can be removed from the holding part 24 and simply replaced with a new one. have.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the structure as described in the said embodiment, A various change is possible.

For example, the scraping down member 25 is detachably attached to the arm member 14, but may be detachably attached to another member (for example, a portion supporting the distribution plate 5). Moreover, it is also possible to fix so that attachment or detachment is not possible.

In addition, although the scraping-out plate 13 was integrated with the scraping plate 12, you may drive separately as a separate body.

1: powdered medicine supply device
2: refinery feeder
3: packaging device
4: annular groove
5: Distribution Plate
6: servomotor
7: powdered medicine feeder
8: trough
9: supply hopper
10: scraping out member
11: Recovery Hopper
12: scraping plate
12a: scraping surface
12b: non-scraping surface
13: scraping out plate
14: arm member
14a: support shaft
15: elastomer
16: screw brush
17: exhaust duct
18: Casing
19: drive pulley
20: driven pulley
21: auxiliary pulley
22: belt
23: cover
24: holding part
25: scraping down member
26: recess
27: Maintenance
28: press fit plunger
29: scraping down
30: Guide
31: elastic piece
31a: scraping down edge
31b: cutout
32: metal piece
33: slope
34: stone
35: vertical section
36: horizontal section
37: attachment
38: holding part
39: roll
40: wrapping paper
41: printing unit
42: hit seal part

Claims (7)

The powdered medicine is accommodated in an annular groove formed on the upper surface of the dispensing dish, and the scraping-out plate is scraped by simultaneously moving the scraping plate along the annular groove. A powdered medicine scraping device for scraping a powdered powder scraped by rotating, wherein the scraping-down member is capable of sliding contact with a non-scraping surface opposite to the scraping surface of the scraping plate. Scraping-down member), and the powdered medicine scraping device characterized in that to drop the powdered medicine attached to the non-scraping surface to the annular groove during scraping. The method of claim 1,
The scraping plate is rotatably installed on the other end side of the arm member rotatably centered on one end side, and the scraping down member is detachable to the arm member. Powdered medicine scraping device. The method of claim 2,
The arm member includes a holding portion to which the scraping down member is detachable, and the holding portion includes positioning means for catching and removing the scraping down member, and the scraping down member includes a holding portion. And a scraping-down edge of the scraping-down piece when the scraping-down member is positioned by the positioning means, the guide piece being held and the scraping-down piece integrated with the guide piece. edge) is made sliding sliding contact with the non-scraping surface of the scraping plate, characterized in that the powdered medicine scraping device. The method of claim 3, wherein
The guide piece is formed of a metal material, and the scraping down piece comprises an elastic piece having a scraping down edge formed thereon and a metal piece integrated with the elastic piece, and the metal piece is integrated with the guide piece. Powder scraping device. The method of claim 4, wherein
The holding part of the arm member is provided by immersing a ball pressed in the protruding direction on a lower surface thereof and at the same time forming a holding piece that is opened laterally and downwardly, and guides the scraping down member. The piece was provided with the recessed part or through hole which the said ball caught and fell out, The powdered medicine scraping apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The scraping down member is provided on the inner peripheral edge when the scraping out direction of the powdered medicine by the scraping out plate is the inner peripheral edge of the distribution plate, the outer peripheral edge when the outer peripheral side is provided Ping device. The pharmaceutical packaging apparatus provided with the powdered medicine scraping apparatus in any one of Claims 1-6.

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