KR20120075338A - Tablet supplying apparatus and unwrapping system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A tablet supply device and an unwrapping system are provided to prevent the degeneration of tablets and to improve the processing of tablets. CONSTITUTION: A tablet supply device comprises a tablet discharge unit(1) and a supply unit(2) which supplies the tablets withdrawn by the tablet discharge unit. The tablet discharge unit comprises a tablet sheet receiving unit, a conveying device, a mounting unit, and an extruding device. The tablet sheet receiving unit receives one or more tablet sheets. The conveying device conveys the tablet sheet. The mounting unit mounts the tablet sheet conveyed by the conveying device. The extruding device presses the tablet sheet receiving unit and discharges tablets. In the mounting unit, an outlet dropping tablets is formed.

Description

Tablet supply and decontamination system {TABLET SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND UNWRAPPING SYSTEM}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tablet supply device used in a hospital, a pharmaceutical pharmacy, and the like, and more particularly, to a tablet supply device and a foaming system in which a plurality of tablets are taken out and supplied from a tablet sheet sealed in a tablet storage unit.

This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-293276 for which it applied to Japan on December 28, 2010, and uses the content here.

Background Art Conventionally, a tablet supply device for supplying a medicine prescribed by a doctor is used in a hospital, a pharmacy, or the like. As a tablet supply apparatus, there exist some tablet cases which accommodate a tablet (for example, refer Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2003-237702).

In the said tablet supply apparatus, the tablet which is not remodeled is used for moving to a tablet case. Since the tablet which is not remodeled has many quantities contained in a sales unit, inventory tends to increase. In particular, in recent years, in order to be widely used in the late pharmaceutics, it is necessary to prepare many kinds of tablets, and the inventory easily increases. In addition, in the tablet supply device, measures such as moisture removal in the tablet case are necessary to avoid deterioration of the tablet.

The tablet sheet (so-called PTP sheet) which packaged tablets one by one can aim at the reduction of a stock since there are few tablets contained in a sales unit. In addition, deterioration of tablets is unlikely to occur.

For this reason, the use of a tablet sheet as a tablet supply apparatus is examined.

However, in the said tablet supply apparatus, even when using a tablet sheet, the operation | work which takes out a tablet manually and puts it into the said tablet case requires time, and work takes time.

There is also an apparatus for taking out tablets from a tablet sheet (for example, see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-131149), but even in the case of using a drawing apparatus, the tablets are taken out so as to be accommodated in the tablet case for use. Work and alteration prevention measures (dehumidification etc.) were necessary, and workability improvement was desired.

An object of the present invention is to provide a tablet supplying device and a foaming system which are excellent in workability and capable of preventing deterioration of tablets.

In order to solve the said subject, this invention provides the following structures.

According to the 1st aspect of this invention, a tablet supply apparatus is a tablet supply apparatus which takes out a tablet from the tablet sheet | seat which several tablet respectively sealed to the tablet accommodation part, and supplies it, 1 or several tablet extraction unit, and It has a supply unit which supplies a tablet taken out to a tablet extraction unit. In addition, the tablet extraction unit includes a tablet sheet accommodating portion capable of accommodating one or a plurality of tablet sheets, a conveyance mechanism for conveying the tablet sheet, and a mounting table on which the tablet sheet conveyed by the conveyance mechanism is placed. And an extrusion mechanism for pressing the tablet accommodation portion of the tablet sheet to be placed and taking out the tablet. Moreover, the said mounting base has a discharge port which drops the tablet taken out by the said extrusion mechanism to the said supply unit.

In this case, the mounting table has a pair of supporting members which can move in a direction of approaching and away from each other, and a pair of end supports which can move in a direction of approaching and away from each other, and the outlet port comprises: It is an opening part enclosed by the said edge support body, The said edge support body has the inclination part inclined with respect to the direction which approachs and moves away from each other, At least a part of the said inclination part can be arrange | positioned between the said support bodies, It is preferable that the said end support body moves in a direction approaching and away from each other, and the said inclination part can adjust the space | interval of the said support body.

Moreover, the said extrusion mechanism has the tablet press part which presses the said tablet accommodating part, and the drive mechanism which moves this tablet press part to the direction which approaches said tablet accommodating part, The said tablet press part is the center of the said tablet accommodating part. It is preferable to have an inner press body which presses a part, and an outer press body which presses an outer part in the center part of the said tablet accommodation part, and the said press operation is possible independently of the said inner press body and the said outer press body. .

Moreover, the said tablet taking-out unit further has the tablet sheet | seat sorting mechanism which selects only the said tablet sheet of a predetermined number of appropriate positions, when the said tablet sheet is carried out from the said tablet sheet accommodation part by the said conveyance mechanism, The said tablet It is preferable that a sheet | seat sorting mechanism has a movement blocking part which prevents the movement of the tablet sheet which poses other than the said appropriate posture.

Moreover, the said tablet extraction unit is a tablet position detection mechanism which detects the position of the tablet accommodation part of the said tablet sheet conveyed by the said conveyance mechanism with light, and the curved state of the width direction of the tablet sheet which leads to the said tablet position detection mechanism. And a correction mechanism for correcting deformation, wherein the correction mechanism has a thickness direction pressing portion for reducing the warp state deformation by adding a force in the thickness direction to the side edge portion of the tablet sheet and bending deformation over the conveying direction. It is preferable.

In addition, the plurality of tablet ejecting units each have a draw chute for guiding tablets dropped to the discharge port, and the supply unit has a common draw route for guiding tablets from two or more of the tablet extracting units, The main exit passage formed at the position where the above-mentioned exit chute | suite chute of the refinery | purification extraction unit is connected to the said common drawer path by mutually different height, and the said common drawer path becomes the height of the middle of the exit of the drawer chute which adjoins mutually in the height direction; And an enlarged portion formed at a position including an outlet below the inside thereof, and the enlarged portion preferably has a larger cross-sectional area of the inner space than the main passage.

In addition, the tablet supply device further has a discharge unit for discharging the tablet sheet from which the tablet has been taken out, the discharge unit having a discharge chute having a guide mechanism for sliding down the tablet sheet from which the tablet has been taken out. It is preferable that at least one part of the inner surface of the guide sphere has an arc shape.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a foaming system is a foaming system having a tablet supplying device and a packaging device for packaging tablets supplied from the tablet supplying device.

According to the 3rd aspect of this invention, a tablet preparation method is a method of taking out a tablet from a tablet sheet and supplying it using the said tablet supply apparatus, The tablet sheet is taken out from the said tablet sheet accommodating part, and the said wit object The tablet receiving part of the said tablet sheet | seat is pressed by the said extrusion mechanism, and the said tablet is taken out from the said tablet accommodating part, and it is a tablet preparation method which falls to the said supply unit from the said discharge port.

According to the present invention, a tablet having a tablet sheet accommodating part and a conveying mechanism for conveying the tablet sheet, an outlet for dropping the extracted tablets into the supply unit, and a tablet accommodating part of the tablet sheet to be mounted are pressed to extract the tablets. Since it has an extrusion mechanism, a tablet can be taken out and supplied efficiently from a tablet sheet. Therefore, work efficiency can be improved.

In addition, since tablets are sealed with tablets, deterioration of tablets is unlikely to occur. Since the tablet sheet contains few tablets in the sales unit, it is possible to reduce the inventory in pharmacies, hospitals and the like.

In the present invention, a plurality of types of tablet sheets can be supported by using a mounting table which can adjust the size of the discharge port. Therefore, it is not necessary to replace the components of the tablet supply device for each tablet sheet, and it is advantageous in terms of cost.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a perspective view which shows the tablet supply apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the tablet supply device shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a structural view of the internal structure of the tablet extraction unit viewed from the side.
4 is a structural view of the internal structure of the tablet extraction unit viewed from the back side.
5 is a perspective view of the main portion of the tablet extraction unit seen from the front side.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the main part of the tablet extraction unit seen from the back side.
7 is a plan view of the main part of the tablet extraction unit.
8 is a plan view illustrating the operation of the mounting table.
9 is a plan view illustrating the operation of the mounting table.
It is a perspective view which the back side looked at the main part of the tablet extraction unit at the time of using the tablet sheet different from the tablet sheet shown in FIG.
It is a perspective view of the principal part of a tablet extraction unit.
It is a back view which expanded the principal part of a tablet extraction unit, and is a figure which shows a tablet sheet | seat sorting mechanism.
It is a perspective view of the principal part of a tablet extraction unit.
It is a perspective view which expanded the principal part of a tablet extraction unit, and shows a correction mechanism.
It is a front view of the principal part of a tablet extraction unit.
It is an enlarged front view of the principal part of a tablet extraction unit.
It is a top view of the principal part of a tablet extraction unit.
It is a side sectional view of the principal part of a tablet extraction unit.
It is a side view which shows a correction mechanism.
It is a side view which shows the principal part of the correction mechanism.
It is a side view which shows the operation | movement of the tablet sheet in a correction mechanism.
It is a front view which shows the tablet sheet | seat in which the deformation | transformation of a curved state did not generate | occur | produce.
It is a front view which shows the tablet sheet which the curved state deformation generate | occur | produced.
It is a perspective view of the principal part of a tablet extraction unit.
It is a perspective view which shows an extrusion mechanism.
25 is a perspective view illustrating the extrusion mechanism.
It is a top view which shows an extrusion mechanism.
It is a front view which shows an extrusion mechanism.
It is a side view which shows an extrusion mechanism.
29A is a front view illustrating the operation of the extrusion mechanism.
FIG. 29B is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 29A.
30A is a front view illustrating the operation of the extrusion mechanism subsequent to FIG. 29A.
FIG. 30B is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 30A.
It is a front view which shows the principal part of a tablet supply apparatus.
It is an enlarged view of the principal part of the tablet supply apparatus shown in FIG.
The perspective view which shows the principal part of a tablet supply apparatus.
34 is a side view illustrating the discharge unit.
35 is an enlarged view of a main part of the discharge unit illustrated in FIG. 34.
It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a packaging apparatus.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the foaming system using the tablet supply apparatus 10 which is one Embodiment of the tablet supply apparatus which concerns on this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings.

1 and 2 includes a tablet supply device 10 and a packaging device 5 for packaging tablets supplied from the tablet supply device 10.

The tablet supply apparatus 10 is an apparatus which takes out the tablet 50 from the tablet sheet 51 (refer FIG. 25), and supplies it. The tablet supply device 10 includes a plurality of tablet ejection units 1, a supply unit 2 for supplying tablets drawn out to the tablet extraction unit 1, and a tablet sheet from which the tablets 50 are taken out. A discharge unit 3 (see FIG. 33) for discharging 51 and a support body 4 for storing these are provided.

In the following description, the X1 direction in FIG. 1 may be referred to as the front and the X2 direction may be referred to as the rear. The Y1 and Y2 directions in FIG. 1 are directions to go straight to the X1 and X2 directions in the horizontal plane, and may be called left and right, respectively. In addition, the left-right direction can also be called width direction. In addition, although the tablet supply apparatus 10 of the illustrated example is equipped with several tablet extraction unit 1, the number of tablet extraction unit 1 may be one.

The support body 4 is provided on the base 71, the bottom wall 72 provided thereon, the side walls 73 and 73 set up at both ends, and the upper end of the side walls 73 and 73. The ceiling wall 74 is provided. The plurality of tablet extraction units 1 are housed in an inner space surrounded by the bottom wall 72, the side walls 73 and 73, and the ceiling wall 74. The tablet extraction unit 1 can extend six in the width direction (left-right direction), and the tank which consists of these six tablet extraction units 1 is arrange | positioned in three steps up and down. That is, the tablet extraction unit 1 is arrange | positioned in six left and right rows, and three steps of top and bottom.

3-6, FIG. 13, and FIG. 23, the tablet taking-out unit 1 has the tablet sheet accommodating part 11, the conveyance mechanism 12 which conveys the tablet sheet 51, and the tablet sheet sorting. The mechanism 13, the conveyance path 14 of the tablet sheet 51, the side wall part 15, the correction mechanism 16 which corrects the curvature deformation of the tablet sheet 51, and the tablet position detection mechanism ( 17, a mounting table 18 on which the tablet sheet 51 is placed, an extrusion mechanism 19 from which the tablet 50 is taken out of the tablet sheet 51, and supports 21 and 22 of the mounting table 18. The position adjustment mechanism 23 which adjusts the position of), the draw chute 24 which guides the tablet 50 taken out, and the support body 25 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, the support body 25 receives from the top plate 31, the side plates 32 and 32 which fall from the side edge, and the leading edge of the top plate 31. Equipped with a front plate 33.

3 to 6, the tablet sheet accommodating portion 11 has a partition plate 34 and a pair of movable side plates 35 and 35 on the top plate 31. One or more tablet sheets 51 can be accommodated in the space surrounded by the partition plate 34 and the pair of movable side plates 35 and 35. The tablet sheet 51 is accommodated in the tablet sheet accommodating part 11 so that the front-back direction may face a longitudinal direction. The partition plate 34 is perpendicular to the ceiling plate 31 and is provided along the width direction. The movable side plates 35 and 35 are provided along the front-back direction while being perpendicular to the top plate 31 on the front side of the partition plate 34. The movable side plates 35 and 35 are provided in parallel with each other and face each other.

The movable side plates 35 and 35 are formed integrally with the drive bodies 61 and 61 attached to the extension parts 60 and 60 (refer FIG. 15) of the position adjustment mechanism 23. As shown in FIG.

The extension parts 60 and 60 are designed to move in the direction approaching or away from each other by operating the adjusting dial 57 and rotating the screw shaft 58. Therefore, by operating the adjustment dial 57, the movable side plates 35 and 35 can be moved to a direction approaching or away from each other, and the position of the width direction can be set to the width dimension of the tablet sheet 51. FIG. FIG. 6 is an example when a relatively narrow tablet sheet 51 is used, and FIG. 10 is an example when a relatively wide tablet sheet 51 is used.

As shown in FIG. 25, the tablet sheet | seat 51 of the illustration is a sealing sheet using metal foil etc. which consist of aluminum etc. in the lower surface of the sheet | seat main body 54 which has the tablet accommodation part 52 which accommodates the tablet 50. As shown in FIG. The tablet 50 is sealed to the tablet accommodation part 52 by providing 55. As shown in FIG. The tablet sheet 51 has a shape extended in one direction. The tablet sheet 51 is in the form of two rows of tablet receiving portions 52 having a convex shape on the sheet portion 53 at intervals in the width direction. The plurality of tablet accommodation portions 52 constituting each row are lined along the longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet 51. In addition, the tablet sheet 51 is not limited to the form in which the tablet storage section 52 is arranged in two rows on the sheet portion 53, and the tablet storage section 52 is arranged in one row in the longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet 51. In addition, the tablet container 52 may be arranged in a plurality of rows or more in a row with a space in the width direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the conveyance mechanism 12 conveys the tablet sheet 51 in the tablet sheet accommodating part 11 toward back. The conveyance mechanism 12 includes the first to third lower rollers 38, 39, 40 provided to be spaced from each other in the front and rear directions, and the first to third upper rollers 41, 42 provided to be spaced from each other in the front and rear directions. , 43). The first to third lower rollers 38, 39, and 40 are rotatable and driven by a drive source (not shown), and contact the lower surface of the sheet portion 53 to add a force to the tablet sheet 51 to the rear. Can be. The first to third upper rollers 41, 42, 43 can be rotationally driven by a driving source (not shown), and can contact the surface of the sheet portion 53 to add a force to the tablet sheet 51 to the rear. have. The 1st to 3rd upper rollers 41, 42, 43 are located between the two rows of tablet accommodation parts 52 with respect to the width direction. Therefore, the 1st thru | or 3rd upper roller 41, 42, 43 can be prevented from contacting the tablet accommodation part 52. FIG.

The 2nd lower roller 39 and the 1st upper roller 41 can convey the tablet sheet 51 backward by putting the sheet | seat part 53 up and down. The 3rd lower roller 40 and the 3rd upper roller 43 can carry the sheet | seat part 53 up and down, and can convey the tablet sheet 51 back. The second upper roller 42 is provided at a position lower than that of the first upper roller 41.

As shown in FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. 16, the tablet sheet | seat sorting mechanism 13 sorts only the tablet sheet 51 of a predetermined number (for example, 1) of appropriate posture. In addition, the appropriate posture of the tablet sheet 51 is a posture suitable for the tablet taking-out unit 1 to take out the tablet 50 from the tablet receiving portion 52 of the tablet sheet 51. In this embodiment, the sheet portion The attitude | position with the tablet accommodation part 52 on the 53 is said. The tablet sheet sorting mechanism 13 has a movement blocking portion 44 extending from the lower end of the partition plate 34. The movement stopping part 44 extends the base part 44a which extends from the lower end of the partition plate 34 to the lower part in the width direction, and the front end which inclines backward as it goes to the lower part from the lower end of the base part 44a. It can be set as the shape which has the part 44b.

In the example shown in FIG. 12, the tablet sheet 51 has taken the attitude | position (proper posture) with the tablet accommodation part 52 on the sheet | seat part 53. As shown in FIG. The length of the movement blocking part 44 does not reach the seat part 53 of 51 A of tablet sheets which are the lowest, but is lower than the seat part 53 of the tablet sheet 51B which is higher than this. The length at which the tip reaches. For this reason, the tablet sheet 51B is prevented from moving, and only the tablet sheet 51A can pass through the lower part of the moving block 44. The movement blocking part 44 is located between the two rows of tablet accommodation parts 52 with respect to the width direction. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the movement preventing portion 44 from contacting the tablet containing portion 52.

The movement stopper 44 contacts the sheet portion 53 when the tablet sheet 51A is in a reverse posture (a posture in which the tablet storage portion 52 is located below the sheet portion 53). It is a length to prevent movement. For this reason, even if it is the lowest tablet sheet 51, if a posture is not appropriate, movement will be prevented. In this way, the movement blocking portion 44 passes only the tablet sheet 51 of one proper posture and prevents the movement of the other tablet sheet 51. The movement blocking portion 44 has a predetermined number. If only the tablet sheet 51 of the proper posture is passed, the shape is not limited to the illustrated example. The movement blocking part 44 may be a shape in which the lower part extends over the full length, for example, without the inclination part (tip extension part 44b).

As shown to FIGS. 13-20, the side wall part 15 and 15 are installed in the both sides of the conveyance path 14 by which the tablet sheet 51 is conveyed, and define the position of the tablet sheet 51 in the width direction. The side wall parts 15 and 15 are integrally formed with the drive bodies 61 and 61 attached to the extension parts 60 and 60 (refer FIG. 15) of the position adjustment mechanism 23. As shown in FIG. Since the extension parts 60 and 60 are movable in a direction approaching or away from each other, the side wall parts 15 and 15 are moved in a direction approaching or away from each other by the operation of the adjustment dial 57, The position can be set in accordance with the width dimension of the tablet sheet 51.

As shown to FIG. 15 and FIG. 17, the tablet position detection mechanism 17 detects the position of the tablet accommodation part 52 of the tablet sheet 51 with light. The tablet position detection mechanism 17 accommodates a tablet based on a light emitting portion 17a having a light emitting element, a light receiving portion 17b receiving light from the light emitting portion 17a, and a signal emitted by the light receiving portion 17b. It has a detection part (not shown) which detects the position of the part 52. FIG. Light emitting elements used for the light emitting portion 17a include light emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes (LDs), and the like, and photolight emitting elements used for the light receiving portions 17b include photodiodes (PDs). The light emitting part 17a is provided in one side wall part 15, and the light receiving part 17b is provided in one side wall part 15. As shown in FIG. The light emitting portion 17a and the light receiving portion 17b are provided at positions facing each other.

17 to 20, when the tablet receiving portion 52 of the tablet sheet 51 reaches the tablet position detecting mechanism 17 and blocks the light from the light emitting portion 17a, the light is received by the light receiving portion 17b. ), The light receiving portion 17b does not emit a light receiving signal (a signal indicating that it has received light). On the other hand, in the part without the tablet accommodation part 52, since the light from the light emitting part 17a is not interrupted | blocked, light reaches the light receiving part 17b and the light receiving part 17b emits a light reception signal. For this reason, the position of the tablet accommodation part 52 can be detected based on the light reception signal from the light reception part 17b.

As shown in FIG. 21, when the warpage state deformation in the width direction does not occur in the sheet portion 53 of the tablet sheet 51, the light L1 directed from the light emitting portion 17a to the light receiving portion 17b is divided into the sheet portion ( 53) is not blocked. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 22, when the warpage state deformation of the width direction has generate | occur | produced in the sheet part 53 of the tablet sheet 51, the light L1 which goes to the light receiving part 17b from the light emission part 17a. There is a possibility that the degree of detection decreases due to being blocked by the side edge portion of the sheet portion 53.

As shown to FIG. 19A, FIG. 19B, and FIG. 20, the correction mechanism 16 correct | amends the curvature state deformation of the width direction of the tablet sheet 51 which reaches the tablet position detection mechanism 17. FIG. The correction mechanism 16 has a guide convex portion 45 and a support portion 48 formed on the side wall portion 15. The guide convex part 45 protrudes inward from the inner surface of the side wall parts 15 and 15, and is extended in the direction parallel to the inner surface of the side wall parts 15 and 15, and is formed. The guide convex portion 45 extends at a predetermined height from the rear end of the inclined portion 46 toward the rear and the inclined portion 46 gradually descending toward the rear (left side in FIGS. 19A, 19B, and 20). It has a horizontal portion 47. 19B, the support part 48 is formed in the position which opposes the lower surface of the guide convex part 45. As shown in FIG. The support part 48 has the support inclined surface 48a which opposes the pressing inclined surface 46a of the inclination part 46, and the support horizontal surface 48b which opposes the lower surface of the horizontal part 47. As shown in FIG. The supporting horizontal surface 48b is formed at the same height as the rear end of the supporting inclined surface 48a.

The cross-sectional shape (cross-sectional shape in the surface orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the tablet sheet 51) of the inclined portion 46 is a spherical shape having a constant width. The protruding height of the inclined portion 46 is set so that the pressing inclined surface 46a (thickness direction pressing portion) can contact the side edge portion of the sheet portion 53 of the tablet sheet 51 from the surface side. The pressing inclined surface 46a of the inclined portion 46 is formed to be inclined at a predetermined angle so as to descend toward the rear. The position of the rear end 46b (see FIG. 19B) of the pressing inclined surface 46a in the height direction is the sheet portion 53 sandwiched between the second lower roller 39 and the first upper roller 41 (see FIG. 3). Is at a position substantially equal to, or lower than, the height position H1.

As shown in FIG. 20, when the tablet sheet 51 in which the warpage state deformation | transformation generate | occur | produced is conveyed in the horizontal state by the 2nd lower roller 39 and the 1st upper roller 41 (refer FIG. 3), The side edge portion 53a of the sheet portion 53 contacts the pressing inclined surface 46a of the inclined portion 46 and is pressed against the lower portion (thickness direction of the sheet portion 53). Due to the pressing of the pressing inclined surface 46a, the sheet portion 53 causes bending deformation downward in the conveying direction (left and right directions in FIG. 20). Furthermore, since the sheet portion 53 which can be bent downward is pressed against the second upper roller 42 from above and in contact with the supporting horizontal surface 48b of the supporting portion 48, the sheet portion 53 is in a direction to return to the horizontal state. Warping is added. Thus, the bending part arises in the sheet part 53 over the conveyance direction (the longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet 51) by the press inclination surface 46a and the support horizontal surface 48b. That is, since the sheet portion 53 can be bent downward by the pressing inclined surface 46a and can be bent to return to the horizontal state by the horizontal surface 48b supported by the second upper roller 42, the left and right sides can be bent. The sheet portion 53 deforms into a substantially crank shape when viewed in the direction.

The tablet sheet 51 hardly occurs in the sheet portion 53 in two different directions due to the rigidity of the sheet portion 53, so that the tablet sheet 51 has no deflection in the conveying direction (the longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet 51). As a result, the warpage in the width direction is reduced. In the example of illustration, in order to add the curvature of the said conveyance direction by the press inclination surface 46a etc. in the position ahead of the refinement | position position detection mechanism 17, the sheet | seat part 53 at the time point which reached | attained the refinement position detection mechanism 17 was carried out. The warpage state deformation in the width direction of is solved. Therefore, the fall of the detection accuracy by blocking the light L1 can be prevented due to the deformation of the bent state of the sheet portion 53.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the mounting table 18 includes a pair of supporting members 21 that can move in a direction approaching and away from each other, and a pair of end supports 22 that can move in a direction approaching and away from each other. And a pair of bases 26, a shaft 27 on which both ends thereof are supported by these bases 26, an elastic member 28, and a supporting unit 29 provided in the supporting member 21. Hereinafter, the direction in which the end supports 22 and 22 approach and move away from each other is referred to as the main fold direction A1.

The support body 21 is a long board-like member arranged in parallel. The inner edge 21a of which the supporting members 21 face each other has inclined edges 21c and 21c formed on both end sides of the main edge 21b along the main fold direction A1, respectively. The inclined edge 21c is inclined inward (the direction in which the main support bodies 21 and 21 approach each other) with respect to the main fold direction A1 toward the both ends of the main support body 21. The inclined edge 21c is preferably inclined at an angle.

One side and the other outer edge 22a of the end support body 22 inclines inclined inward with respect to the main fold direction A1 as it faces away from the opposing end support body 22 (inclined) Have) The inclined edge 22b is preferably inclined at an angle. The inclination angle of the inclined edge 22b can be the same angle as the inclination angle of the inclined edge 21c. At least a part of the inclined edge 22b is in contact with the inclined edge 21c between the supporting bodies 21 and 21. An opening surrounded by the supporting members 21 and 21 and the end supports 22 and 22 is an outlet 30 through which the tablet 50 taken out from the tablet sheet 51 falls.

As shown to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the edge support bodies 22 and 22 support the side edge part to the width direction in the sheet part 53 of the tablet sheet 51, and the support body 21 and 21, The sheet portion 53 is supported at the front portion and the rear portion of the pair of tablet accommodation portions 52 and 52 arranged in the width direction. Reference numeral 20 denotes an auxiliary support portion that extends between the support bodies 21 and 21 at the center portion in the width direction of the discharge port 30. The auxiliary support 20 supports the seat portion 53 at a position between the pair of tablet accommodation portions 52, 52.

As shown in FIG. 5, the position adjustment mechanism 23 includes a screw shaft 58 rotatably spanned between the adjustment dial 57 provided on the front surface side of the front plate 33 and the side plates 32 and 32 in an axial rotation. And a pair of extension portions having a driving force transmission mechanism 59 for transmitting the driving force of the adjustment dial 57 to the screw shaft 58, and a screw hole 60a to which the screw shaft 58 fits. 60 and 60, and a pair of drive bodies 61 and 61 respectively attached to the extension parts 60 and 60 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the drive force transmission mechanism 59 can convert the rotation drive force of the adjustment dial 57 into the force of the axial rotation direction of the screw shaft 58, and can transmit it to the screw shaft 58. As shown in FIG. The driving force transmission mechanism 59 can adopt a well-known mechanism, for example, the transmission shaft 62 which rotates according to the rotation of the adjustment dial 57, and the screw shaft 58 according to the rotation of the transmission shaft 62. As shown in FIG. The structure which has the conversion mechanism 63 which rotates can be employ | adopted.

As shown to FIG. 5, FIG. 7, FIG. 15, the thread part 58a, 58b is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the screw shaft 58. As shown in FIG. Thread part 58b of the other end part which passes through the threaded part 58a of the one end part through which the threaded hole 60a of one extension part 60 is inserted through the screw hole 60a of the other extension part 60. ) Is opposite to each other in the screw forming direction (spiral direction). For this reason, when the adjustment dial 57 is rotated in one direction and the screw shaft 58 is rotated in one direction, the extension parts 60 and 60 move in the one end and the other end direction of the screw shaft 58, respectively, on the contrary, When the adjusting dial 57 is rotated in the other direction and the screw shaft 58 is rotated in the other direction, the extensions 60 and 60 move in the center direction of the screw shaft 58.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the driving bodies 61 and 61 are formed in a long board shape, extend in the front-rear direction on the ceiling plate 31, and are arranged in parallel with each other. The driving bodies 61 and 61 are fixed to the upper ends of the extension parts 60 and 60 so that they can move in a direction approaching and away from each other in conjunction with the extension parts 60 and 60. As shown in FIG. 7, the rear ends of the drive bodies 61 and 61 are attached to the end supports 22 and 22, respectively. 6 and 8, when the end supports 22 and 22 are in close positions to each other, the width of the end support 22 (inclined edge 22b) of the portion in contact with the end of the supporting member 21 is narrow. For this reason, the supporting members 21 and 21 are in a position approaching each other.

As shown in Figs. 9 and 10, when the drive bodies 61 and 61 are moved away from each other, and the end supports 22 and 22 are far from each other, the end supports (parts in contact with the ends of the supporting base 21) ( Since the width of 22 (the inclined edge 22b) becomes wider, the support members 21 and 21 are moved in the direction away from each other by being pushed by the inclined edge 22b.

6 and 8, when the drive bodies 61 and 61 are moved in a direction approaching each other and the end supports 22 and 22 are approached to each other, the end portions of the parts in contact with the ends of the supporting base 21 are moved. The width | variety of the support body 22 (inclined edge 22b) becomes narrow. In order for the elastic member 28 (coil spring or the like) compressed by the base 26 to press the supporting portion 29 inward, the supporting members 21 and 21 move in a direction approaching each other.

In this way, the distance between the support body 21 and the end support body 22 can be adjusted by the drive bodies 61 and 61, and the size of the discharge port 30 can be arbitrarily set according to the tablet sheet 51. As shown in FIG. If the discharge port 30 is too large, the range in which the sheet portion 53 is not supported becomes wider, and the sheet portion 53 may be bent, which may make it difficult to take out the tablet 50. On the other hand, if the discharge port 30 is too small, the tablet 50 may come into contact with the supports 21 and 22, which may interfere with the operation. By appropriately adjusting the size of the discharge port 30, the smooth acquisition of the tablet 50 is possible.

As shown in FIGS. 23-28, the extrusion mechanism 19 has the tablet press part 81 and the drive mechanism 82 which moves the tablet press part 81 to the direction which approaches the tablet accommodating part 52. FIG. .

The tablet press part 81 presses the inner press body 83 which presses the center part of the tablet accommodating part 52, and the outer press body which presses the part outside from the center part of the tablet accommodating part 52. Equipped with 84. The outer press body 84 is a front wall portion 86, a rear wall portion 87 provided in parallel to the front wall portion 86 with a distance from the front wall portion 86 to the rear, and the front wall portion 86 and the rear wall portion. It has the inner wall part 88 provided in the inner edge of the 87. That is, the outer press body 84 has front and back wall parts 86 and 87 which are a pair of facing wall parts facing each other, and the inner wall part 88 (one side wall part) provided between these one edges. Since the edge 84a of the outer press body 84 has a shape in which the edges of the front wall portion 86 and the rear wall portion 87 extend in the width direction from the front and rear ends of the edge of the inner wall portion 88, the outer side pressure When the press body 84 descends, the edges of the front and back wall parts 86 and 87 and the inner wall part 88 simultaneously press the tablet storage part 52.

The inner press body 83 is a plate-like body having an extended end portion 83a narrowing toward the lower end, and is inserted into a space surrounded by the front wall portion 86, the rear wall portion 87 and the inner wall portion 88. It can move up and down within this space.

The drive mechanism 82 has a 1st lifting mechanism 91 which raises and lowers the outer press body 84, and the 2nd lifting mechanism 92 which raises and lowers the inner press body 83. As shown in FIG.

The first elevating mechanism 91 is a cam 94 for elevating and elevating the first elevating body 93 by a first elevating body 93 on which the outer press body 84 is mounted and a driving mechanism (not shown). ) And an elastic member 97 that elastically supports the first lifting body 93 in the upward direction.

The 1st lifting body 93 is a columnar body extended in the front-back direction, and the outer press body 84 is attached to the front-end part 93a. The cam 94 is a plate-shaped body designed in consideration of the lifting operation of the outer press body 84, and is fixed to the shaft portion 95 that is driven to rotate by a drive mechanism (not shown). The cam 94 is provided on the surface side of the first lifting body 93, is driven to rotate with the rotation of the shaft portion 95, and is pressed in the height direction by pressing the first lifting body 93. , The position in the height direction of the outer press body 84 can be adjusted. The first lifting mechanism 91 is configured such that the timing of the rotation operation of the cam 94, the shape of the cam 94, the fixed position of the cam 94 with respect to the shaft portion 95, and the like are the outer press bodies 84. The timing and displacement amount of the elevating operation can be arbitrarily set.

The second lifting mechanism 92 is a cam 99 for lifting and lowering the second lifting body 98 by rotationally driving the second lifting body 98 on which the inner press body 83 is mounted, and a driving mechanism (not shown). ) And an elastic member 100 that elastically supports the first lifting body 93 in the upward direction.

The 2nd lifting body 98 is a columnar body extended in the front-back direction, and the inside press body 83 is attached to the front-end part 98a. The cam 99 is a plate-shaped body designed in consideration of the lifting operation of the inner press body 83, and is fixed to the shaft portion 95 for rotationally driving by a drive mechanism (not shown). The cam 99 is provided on the surface side of the second lifting body 98 and is driven to rotate with the rotation of the shaft portion 95 to press the second lifting body 98 to adjust its position in the height direction. In this way, the position in the height direction of the inner press body 83 can be adjusted. The second lifting mechanism 92 is the inner press body 83 by setting the timing of the rotational motion of the cam 99, the shape of the cam 99, the fixed position of the cam 99 with respect to the shaft portion 95, and the like. The timing and displacement amount of the elevating operation can be arbitrarily set. For this reason, even if both the cam 94 and the cam 99 rotate with the rotation of the shaft part 95, the 1st lifting body 93 and the 2nd lifting body 98 can operate independently of each other, The inner press body 83 and the outer press body 84 can be moved up and down independently of each other.

In addition, different drive mechanisms may be connected to the 1st lifting body 93 and the 2nd lifting body 98, respectively. Moreover, in order to operate the 1st lifting body 93 and the 2nd lifting body 98 independently, you may be provided with the control part which controls each drive mechanism.

The timing of the rotation operation of the cams 94 and 99 in the drive mechanism 82 can be determined based on a signal from a detection unit (not shown) of the tablet position detection mechanism 17. Specifically, the inner press body 83 and the outer press body 84 can be operated in accordance with the detected position of the tablet accommodation part 52.

As shown in FIG. 23, FIG. 31, and FIG. 32, the draw chute 24 is a member which guides the tablet 50 which fell to the discharge port 30. As shown in FIG. The discharge chute 24 has an upper passage of a size larger than the discharge port 30 and is provided on the lower surface side of the ceiling plate 31. Since the tip (lower tip) of the draw chute 24 reaches the outer surface side of the side plate 32 through the convex part 32a formed on the side plate 32 of the support 25, The outlet 24a (lower passage) is located on the side of the support 25.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 31, and FIG. 32, the supply unit 2 has a common draw path 101 which guides the tablet 50 from two or more tablet extraction units 1, and a common draw path. The common chute 102 which collects the tablets 50 from 101 and the supply part 103 which supplies the tablet 50 from the common chute 102 to the packaging apparatus 5 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 31 and FIG. 32, the common draw passage 101 collects the tablets 50 from the plurality of tablet extraction units 1 arranged in the upper and lower stages, and supplies them to the common chute 102. The outlet 24a of the draw chute 24 of the several tablet extraction unit 1 provided in the multistage above and below is connected to the common draw path 101. As shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 31, the exit 24a of the draw chute 24 of the tablet extraction unit 1 (1A) of the left and right two rows and the top and bottom three steps which adjoin in the tablet extraction unit 1 is one common draw path. It is connected to (101) 101A. Since the outlet 24a of the draw chute 24 is located on the side of the support 25 of the tablet draw unit 1, the outlet 24a of the draw chute 24 of the tablet draw unit 1 at the upper end, the middle end, and the lower end. ) Is connected to the common drawer 101 in the height direction. In addition, the derivation chutes 24 of the tablet extraction unit 1 of 2 or 4 or more may be connected to the common draw path 101 at different heights.

The common drawer 101 has a main passageway 105 formed in a tubular shape through which the tablet 50 can pass, and a cylindrical cross-sectional area (cross-sectional area in the horizontal direction) with a larger internal space than the main passageway 105. The enlarged part 106 is provided. The main flow passage 105 is formed at a position that is the height of the middle of the outlets 24a and 24a of the extraction chutes 24 and 24 of the tablet extraction units 1 and 1 adjacent to each other in the height direction. In the example shown in FIG. 31, the main passage 105 has a height position corresponding to the outlet 24a of the upper stage tablet ejecting unit 1 and the outlet 24a of the middle stage tablet ejecting unit 1; And a height position corresponding to the outlet 24a of the middle stage tablet extraction unit 1 and the outlet 24a of the bottom stage tablet extraction unit 1, respectively.

The enlarged part 106 is formed to be wider than the main flow path 105, for example, and the outlet 24a of the draw chute 24 and 24 of the tablet extraction unit 1 and 1 which adjoins each other in a height direction is shown, for example. It is formed in the position which becomes height including the exit 24a which is the lower part in 24a). That is, the enlarged part 106 is formed in the position which becomes the same height as the outlet 24a of the said lower part. In the example shown in FIG. 31, the expansion part 106 is formed in the position which becomes the height including the outlet 24a of the tablet extraction unit 1 of the middle part and the lower end, respectively. For this reason, when the tablet 50 from the upper stage tablet taking-out unit 1 falls in the common drawer 101, the chute 24 from the outlet 24a of the middle stage and the lower stage tablet taking-out unit 1 is carried out. Can be prevented from entering. In addition, it is possible to prevent the tablet 50 from the interrupted tablet taking unit 1 from entering the draw chute 24 of the lower tablet taking unit 1. The tablet 50 can be prevented from entering the chute 24 because the common drainage path 101 (enlargement 106) at the position where the outlet 24a is located is widely formed. This is because it is difficult for the tablet 50 to enter the draw chute 24 even if the tablet 50 springs out from the inner surface of the main flow passage 105. In addition, you may form the expansion part 106 in the position used as the height including the exit 24a of the tablet extraction unit 1 of the upper end.

33-35, the discharge unit 3 is equipped with the discharge chute 111 which has the guide opening part 110 which slides and falls the empty tablet sheet 51 which took out the tablet 50. As shown to FIG. At least one portion of the inner surface 110a of the guide sphere 110 is formed in a circular arc shape. The inner surface 110a may be flat in the width direction center part of a bottom face, and both sides may be circular arc shape in cross section, and the front surface may be circular arc shape in cross section. In addition, the inner surface 110a in this embodiment is formed in the cross-sectional arc shape which expands toward an outer side.

As shown in FIG. 36, the packaging apparatus 5 (refer FIG. 1, FIG. 2) supplies the hopper 121 which accommodates the tablet 50 supplied from the tablet supply apparatus 10, and the packaging sheet 122. As shown in FIG. Sealing the sheet supply part 123, the sheet conveying part 124 which conveys the packaging sheet 122, and the packaging sheet 122 which accommodated the tablet 50, and forming the sewing machine eye 125 for dividing | segmenting and refine | purifying The stamp part 127 made of the distribution body 126 is provided. The sheet conveyance part 124 is provided with the support shaft 133 which supports the packaging sheet 122, the drive roller 134 which conveys the packaging sheet 122, etc. The stamp part 127 is provided with the press body 128 and the support part 129. As shown in FIG. The press body 128 is provided with the press part 130 containing the L-shaped 1st press part 130a and the 2nd press part 130b. The press part 130 can heat-welze the outer frame of the opening side of the packing sheet 122, and can heat-weld the boundary parts of the distribution area | regions 131 and 131 which adjoin each other. The cutter 132 is provided between the 1st press part 130a of the stamp part 127, and the 2nd press part 130b.

Hereinafter, the method (tablet preparation method) of the tablet supply apparatus 10 is demonstrated.

3 to 6, one or a plurality of tablet sheets 51 are accommodated in the tablet sheet accommodating portion 11. As needed, the position of the drive bodies 61 and 61 is adjusted by operation of the adjustment dial 57, and the position of the width direction of the movable side plates 35 and 35 is matched with the width dimension of the tablet sheet 51. As shown in FIG. The 1st lower roller 38, the 2nd lower roller 39, and the 1st upper roller 41 are rotationally driven by the drive source which is not shown in figure, and the tablet sheet 51 is conveyed backward. Since the partition plate 34 is provided with the movement blocking part 44, only the tablet sheet 51 of one proper posture is carried out from the tablet sheet accommodating part 11 back.

As described above, by adjusting the positions of the driving bodies 61 and 61 along the width dimension of the tablet sheet 51, the width direction positions of the side wall portions 15 and 15 are the width dimensions of the tablet sheet 51. Since it is a position corresponding to, the tablet sheet 51 is conveyed while the widthwise position is defined by the side wall portions 15 and 15.

19A, 19B, and 20, the position of the tablet accommodation part 52 in the tablet sheet 51 is detected by the tablet position detection mechanism 17. As shown in FIG. Even when bending deformation in the width direction of the sheet portion 53 occurs, the sheet deformation of the sheet portion 53 is pressed by the pressing inclined surface 46a of the inclined portion 46, resulting in bending deformation caused by bending in the lower portion. This is solved. Therefore, the fall of the detection grade by blocking the light from the light emission part 17a of the tablet position detection mechanism 17 by the sheet | seat part 53 can be prevented.

As shown to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the position of the above-mentioned drive bodies 61 and 61 is adjusted, and the width direction position of the end support bodies 22 and 22 of the mounting base 18 is the width dimension of the tablet sheet 51. As shown in FIG. By setting it as the position corresponding to, the discharge port 30 becomes a size suitable for the tablet sheet 51. The main support bodies 21 and 21, the end support body 22, and the auxiliary support part 20 support each tablet accommodation part 52 by supporting the sheet | seat part 53 of the front, back, left, and right positions of each tablet accommodation part 52. ) Is disposed on the outlet 30.

As shown in FIGS. 23-28, the tablet sheet 51 reaches the mounting table 18, and the tablet accommodating part 52 which should take out the tablet 50 reaches the position corresponding to the discharge port 30. As shown in FIG. 29A, the cam 94 of the first lifting mechanism 91 is rotated by the rotational drive of the shaft portion 95, and the outer press body 84 is lowered by lowering the first lifting body 93. ) Is lowered, and the lower edge 84a presses a portion of the outer side than the center portion of the tablet container 52 downward.

As shown in FIG. 29B, the outer press body 84 is directly directed to the tablet 50 in comparison with the case where the center portion is pressed in order to press the outer portion from the center portion of the tablet containing portion 52. Power is not added. For this reason, although the tablet 50 is not taken out completely, a part of tablet 50 will tear the sealing sheet 55 and will be in the state which came out from the tablet accommodation part 52. FIG. In this state, in order to reduce the tearing of the sealing sheet 55, the tablet 50 relies on the sealing sheet 55, and one part stays in the tablet accommodating part 52. As shown in FIG. In addition, the sealing sheet 55 is largely broken and no debris is generated.

Then, as shown in FIG. 30A, the cam 99 of the second lifting mechanism 92 is rotated (see FIG. 23) by the rotational drive of the shaft portion 95 to lower the second lifting body 98. The inner press body 83 descends by this, and the extended end 83a presses the center part of the tablet accommodation part 52 below. As shown in FIG. 30B, since the inner press body 83 presses the center portion of the tablet accommodation portion 52, a direct force is added to the tablet 50, and the tablet 50 is completely taken out. As a result, the tearing of the sealing sheet 55 is enlarged, and the tearing of a few places in the initial stage caused by the outer press body 84 can be further widened by the inner press body 83. Therefore, there are few break points, and the fragmentation of the sealing sheet 55 hardly occurs. On the other hand, when a large force is added to the tablet accommodation part 52 at once, and the sealing sheet 55 is broken, it is easy to tear at many places of the sealing sheet 55 at the same time, and it is easy to produce fragmentation.

In addition, the tablet 50 is partially taken out from the tablet receiving portion 52 by the pressure of the first stage by the outer press body 84, and then the pressure of the second stage by the inner press body 83. By this, in order for the tablet 50 to be completely taken out from the tablet container 52, the pressure applied to the tablet 50 at each step becomes small. That is, since the pressing force by the inner press body 83 in which the direct force is added to the tablet 50 is small compared with the case where a large force is added to the tablet receiving portion 52 at once, breakage of the tablet 50 is prevented. It's hard to get up.

As shown in FIG. 31 and FIG. 32, the tablet 50 taken out from the tablet sheet 51 falls into the discharge port 30, enters the draw chute 24, and is introduced into the common draw path 101 from the outlet 24a. To fall within the common drawer 101. The common draw passage 101 has an enlarged portion 106 having a large cross-sectional area of the internal space at a position that becomes the height including the outlet and the outlet 24a of the tablet taking-out unit 1 at the lower end. Therefore, when the tablet 50 from the upper stage tablet taking-out unit 1 falls into the common drawer 101, the chute 24 from the outlet 24a of the suspension and the lower stage tablet taking-out unit 1 is carried out. You can prevent them from entering. In addition, it is possible to prevent the tablet 50 from the interrupted tablet taking unit 1 from entering the draw chute 24 of the lower tablet taking unit 1. For this reason, the supply of the tablet 50 can be prevented from being blocked, and the efficiency of an applicator can be maintained high. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the tablet 50 passing through the common draw path 101 travels through the common chute 102 and is supplied from the supply unit 103 to the packaging apparatus 5.

As shown in FIG. 36, the tablet 50 discharged | emitted from the supply part 103 enters the hopper 121 of the packaging apparatus 5, and is introduce | transduced into the distribution area | region 131 of the packaging sheet 122. As shown in FIG. The packing sheet 122 is introduced between the pressing body 128 of the stamp portion 127 and the supporting portion 129 to form the sealing portion 135 rather than the heat welding by the pressing portion 130. 50 is sealed in distribution area 131. At the boundary portions of the distribution areas 131 and 131 which are adjacent to each other, the separating sewing machine 125 is formed by the cutter 132.

33 to 35, the empty tablet sheet 51 from which the tablet 50 is taken out from the tablet extraction unit 1 is rearward by the third lower roller 40 and the third upper roller 43. It is sent (refer FIG. 3), it falls to the back side of the tablet taking-out unit 1, is introduce | transduced into the discharge chute 111 of the discharge | release unit 3, and slides in the guide opening part 110, and is discharged | emitted. As shown in FIG. 35, since the internal surface 110a has an arc-shaped cross section at least one part, when the empty tablet sheet 51 slips and falls inside the guide sphere 110, the guide sphere inner surface is spherical. In comparison with the case, the contact area between the tablet sheet 51 and the inner surface 110a is reduced. For this reason, the frictional force between the tablet sheet 51 and the inner surface 110a becomes small, and the tablet sheet 51 slides and falls smoothly, without being caught by the inner surface 110a.

According to the tablet supply apparatus 10, the tablet sheet accommodating part 11, the conveyance mechanism 12 which conveys the tablet sheet 51, the mounting base 18 on which the tablet sheet 51 is mounted, and a mounting table It has the extrusion mechanism 19 which presses the tablet accommodation part 52 of the tablet sheet 51 on 18, and takes out the tablet 50, The mounting base 18 supplies a tablet 50 which was taken out. Since it has the discharge port 30 falling in (2), the tablet 50 can be taken out and supplied from the tablet sheet 51 efficiently. Therefore, work efficiency can be improved. In addition, since the tablet sheet 51 in which the tablet 50 is sealed is used, the tablet 50 is hardly deteriorated. Since the tablet sheet 51 has a small number of tablets 50 included in the sales unit, it is possible to reduce the inventory in pharmacies, hospitals, and the like. Furthermore, by using the mounting base 18 which can adjust the magnitude | size of the discharge port 30, it can respond to several types of tablet sheet 51. As shown in FIG. Therefore, it is not necessary to replace the components of the tablet supply apparatus 10 for every tablet sheet 51, and it is advantageous in terms of cost.

Claims (9)

A tablet supply device wherein a plurality of tablets are each taken out and supplied from a tablet sheet sealed in a tablet container,
One or a plurality of tablet extraction units,
Having a supply unit for supplying tablets taken out to the tablet extraction unit,
A tablet sheet accommodating unit capable of accommodating one or a plurality of tablet sheets, a conveying mechanism for conveying the tablet sheet, a mounting table on which the tablet sheet conveyed by the conveying mechanism is placed; It has an extrusion mechanism which presses the said tablet accommodation part of the said tablet sheet | seat of the said mounting object, and takes out a tablet,
The placing table has a discharge port for dropping the tablet taken out by the extrusion mechanism to the supply unit. The method of claim 1,
The mounting table has a pair of supporting members which can move in a direction approaching and away from each other, and a pair of end supports which can move in a direction approaching and away from each other,
The discharge port is an opening surrounded by the pair of supporting members and the pair of end supports.
The end support has an inclined portion that is inclined with respect to a direction approaching and away from each other, and at least a portion of the inclined portion can be disposed between the pair of supporting members,
The said end support body moves in the direction which approaches and moves away from each other, and can adjust the space | interval of the said pair of support bodies by the said inclination part. The method of claim 1,
The extrusion mechanism has a tablet pressing portion for pressing the tablet containing portion and a drive mechanism for moving the tablet pressing portion in a direction approaching the tablet containing portion,
The said tablet press part has an inner press body which presses the center part of the said tablet accommodating part, and the outer press body which presses the outer part in the center part of the said tablet accommodating part,
And the inner pressurizing body and the outer pressurizing body are independently capable of the pressing operation. The method of claim 1,
The tablet ejecting unit further has a tablet sheet sorting mechanism that sorts only the tablet sheets of a predetermined number of proper postures when the tablet sheet is taken out from the tablet sheet containing portion by the conveying mechanism,
The said tablet sheet | seat sorting mechanism is a tablet supply apparatus which has a movement stopper which prevents the movement of a tablet sheet which takes a posture other than the said appropriate posture. The method of claim 1,
The tablet extraction unit includes a tablet position detection mechanism for detecting the position of the tablet accommodation portion of the tablet sheet conveyed by the transport mechanism with light;
It has a correction mechanism which correct | amends the curvature state deformation of the width direction of the tablet sheet which reaches | attains the said tablet position detection mechanism,
The said correction mechanism is a tablet supply apparatus which has a thickness direction press part which makes the said deformation | transformation state deformation small by adding a force of the thickness direction to the side edge part of the said tablet sheet, and bending deformation over the said conveyance direction. The method of claim 1,
A plurality of tablet extraction units each have a chute chute for guiding tablets dropped to the discharge port,
The supply unit has a common draw path for guiding purification from two or more of the tablet extraction units,
The derivation chutes of the two or more tablet extraction units are connected to the common derivation path at different heights,
The common draw path has a main flow path formed at a position that becomes the height of the middle of the exits of the exit chute adjacent to each other in the height direction, and an enlarged portion formed at a position that includes the outlet below the inside thereof,
And the enlarged portion has a larger cross-sectional area of an inner space than the main passage. The method of claim 1,
It further has a discharge unit for discharging the tablet sheet from which the tablet is taken out,
The discharge unit has a discharge chute having a guide mechanism for sliding the tablet sheet from which the tablet is taken out and falling down,
The inner surface of the said guide sphere part is a tablet supply apparatus which has an arc shape at least one part in cross section. A foaming system having a tablet supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and a packaging device for packaging tablets supplied from the tablet supply device. In the method of taking out a tablet from a tablet sheet and supplying it using the tablet supply apparatus in any one of Claims 1-7,
The tablet sheet is taken out from the tablet sheet container and placed on the mounting target, the tablet container of the tablet sheet is pressed by the extrusion mechanism to take out the tablet from the tablet container, and the feed unit is discharged from the outlet. Tablet formulation method to drop to.

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