KR20130108747A - Medicine cutting device and automatic medicine packing machine with the medicine cutting devices - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A medicine cutting device and an automatic medicine packing machine with the same are provided to cut medicine while moving the medicine and to discharge the cut medicine. CONSTITUTION: A medicine cutting device includes a cutting unit (40) which cuts medicine in halves. The cutting unit comprises an inclined plate (41), a stop plate (42) for stopping the medicine moving on the inclined plate, a cutter (46) which cuts the medicine stopped by the stop plate in halves, and a holding member which holds the medicine stopped by the stop plate.

Description

MEDICINE CUTTING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC MEDICINE PACKING MACHINE WITH THE MEDICINE CUTTING DEVICES

The present invention relates to a drug cutting device for cutting a drug and an automatic drug packing machine having the same, and more particularly, to a drug cutting device and a drug automatic packing machine having the same can be discharged by cutting the received drug in half.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, a medicine automatic packing machine has been developed and used in which a medicine is supplied from a plurality of cassette apparatuses accommodating medicines such as tablets and capsules, and is continuously packed one by one.

[0003] A pharmaceutical packaging machine according to the prior art includes a plurality of cassette devices arranged on an upper portion of a main body and accommodating a medicament such as tablets or capsules of various sizes and shapes, and a medicine disposed on a lower portion of the main body to be discharged and dropped from the cassette devices. The printing device which prints various information on the surface of the wrapping paper which wraps a chemical | medical agent, and the packaging apparatus which wraps the chemical | medical agent collected by the hopper with the wrapping paper were used.

As described above, the conventional cassette apparatus included in the automatic medicine packing machine includes a cassette body in which medicines such as tablets or capsules of various sizes and shapes are accommodated, a dispensing block rotatably provided in the cassette body for separating and discharging medicines, A cassette support for supporting the cassette main body and a partition member provided on the cassette main body and allowing the medicine separated and discharged by the distribution block to be discharged in a predetermined quantity.

A plurality of discharge grooves are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the distribution block, and the medicine contained in the cassette body is discharged to the outside of the cassette body along the discharge grooves. In this case, a partitioning member for blocking the discharge groove from the middle is required so that only a predetermined amount of medicine can be discharged.

As various examples of such a cassette device, there may be mentioned cassette devices disclosed in the following patent documents. All of these conventional cassette devices were capable of discharging only drugs having the same size and shape, such as round or elliptical.

In some cases, however, a drug or a pharmacist may prescribe a drug such as a half-tablet tablet cut in half instead of a single whole tablet. Cutting the tablets by hand is undesirable for hygiene as the drug can be contaminated, and cutting in half is not easy. Thus, there is a need for an apparatus that can accurately cut a tablet in half.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-266940 U.S. Patent 5,803,309

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a drug cutting device and a drug automatic packaging machine having the same, which can be cut and discharged in half while automatically moving the drugs one by one.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, a drug cutting device capable of cutting and discharging while moving the drug one by one, comprising a cutting unit for cutting the drug in half, the cutting unit, the inclined plate is installed obliquely, A drug cutting device is provided, including a stop plate for stopping the drug moving on the inclined plate, and a cutter for cutting the drug stopped by the stop plate in half.

It is preferable that the said chemical | medical agent cutting device further includes a holding member which grasps the chemical | medical agent whose movement was stopped by the said stop plate from left and right for cutting | disconnection by the said cutter.

The gripping member is preferably moved left and right by a power transmission means including a pinion driven by a motor and a rack gear.

Preferably, the power transmission means further comprises a clutch means interposed between the motor and the pinion.

The pair of left and right holding members are configured to move in opposite directions on the inclined plate, the surface of the holding member is in direct contact with the drug is preferably made of a material having elasticity to prevent damage.

The drug cutting device preferably comprises a distance sensor for measuring the distance between the gripping member when the drug is gripped from the left and right.

The drug delivery device, during the continuous cutting operation, the distance between the holding member detected by the distance sensor when performing the n-th cutting operation, by the distance sensor when performing the n-1 cutting operation If it is different from the detected distance between the holding member, it is preferable to include a control unit for controlling to discharge the drug without performing the cutting operation.

The stop plate is preferably installed to be able to move in a direction perpendicular to the inclined plate, so that when the cutting by the cutter is completed, it is moved downward so that the cut half-pills can be supplied to the storage container.

The cutter moves in a direction perpendicular to the inclined plate, and is kept at a predetermined distance from the inclined plate during standby, and when the medicine is held by the gripping member, the cutter can move toward the inclined plate by the cam member. desirable.

The drug delivery device, preferably further comprises a delivery unit for delivering the half-pill drugs cut in half in the cutting unit to the receiving container side.

The transfer unit preferably includes a transfer passage and a swing member rotatably installed in the transfer passage.

Preferably, the delivery unit further includes the container for accommodating a half-pill drug cut in half, and a recovery container for accommodating a drug not cut in half.

The drug delivery device preferably further includes an arrangement unit mounted on the frame to move the drugs while arranging the drugs in a line.

The arrangement unit preferably includes vibration generating means for generating vibration, a plate attached to the vibration generating means and vibrating together, and a groove portion formed on the plate to move the medicine in a line.

In order to detect the number of drugs supplied to the cutting unit, the arrangement unit preferably further includes a detection passage on which a sensor is mounted.

The upper surface of the plate is preferably coated with at least one resin of Teflon resin and urethane resin.

It is preferable that the said drug delivery device further includes a supply unit which is arrange | positioned upstream of the said cutting unit, and supplies the medicine | medical agent to cut | disconnect to the said cutting unit.

It is preferable that the said supply unit is a cylindrical feeder which moves a chemical | medical agent spirally by vibration.

It is preferable that the supply unit is a cassette device which is capable of discharging the medicine contained therein one by one and is detachably mounted.

Preferably, the drug delivery device further includes a cassette holder installed to support the cassette device so that the cassette device can be positioned above the cutting unit.

The drug delivery device preferably further includes a detection passage for detecting the number of drugs discharged from the cassette device and supplied to the cutting unit.

In the case of a medicine having an elongated form, the drug delivery device preferably further includes a transverse conduction unit for sideways knocking down the stopped medicine so that the long side of the medicine reaches the stop plate.

The transverse conduction unit preferably includes a transverse conduction member that slides in the transverse direction to exert an external force in the transverse direction with respect to the stopped drug, and a motor that provides a driving force for moving the transverse conduction member.

The drug delivery device preferably further comprises a longitudinal conduction unit for laying down the drug on the inclined plate while standing on the stop plate.

The longitudinal conduction unit preferably includes a longitudinal conduction member that is pivoted to exert an external force on the medicine stopped on the stop plate, and an elastic member that presses the longitudinal conduction member to pivot.

The longitudinal conduction unit is rotatably installed about an axis in a recess formed in the stop plate, and the elastic member is preferably a coiled spring fitted to the axis.

The drug delivery device preferably further includes a forced transfer unit forcibly transferring the cut medicine so that the medicine cut by the cutting unit can be transported along the inclined plate.

The forced conveying unit may include a forced conveying member installed on the inclined plate so as to reciprocate and pivot, a flexible part attached to an end of the forced conveying member to sweep the upper surface of the inclined plate, and the forced conveying member about the rotation axis. It is preferable to include a motor for driving so that it can turn.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the automatic drug packing machine for continuously packaging a variety of drugs by one dose in accordance with the prescription, a plurality of cassettes arranged on the upper body of the automatic drug packing machine is accommodated in the drug of various sizes and forms An apparatus; A drug cutting device capable of cutting and discharging while moving the drugs one by one; It includes, The drug cutting device includes a supply unit for supplying a drug, and a cutting unit for cutting the drug supplied from the supply unit in half, the cutting unit, the inclined plate is installed obliquely, and the inclined plate A pharmaceutical packaging machine is provided, including a stop plate for stopping the medicine moving in the phase, and a cutter for cutting the medicine stopped by the stop plate in half.

According to the present invention as described above, it can be provided with a drug cutting device that can be cut and discharged in half while automatically moving the drug one by one and a drug automatic packaging machine having the same.

1 is a perspective view of a drug cutting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention,
2 is an essential part side view of the drug cutting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a plan view of an essential part of a drug cutting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
4A and 4B are views for explaining the operation of the holding member for holding the medicine of the drug cutting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
5A and 5B are views for explaining the operation of the cutter for cutting the medicine of the medicine cutting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
6A and 6B are views for explaining the operation of the transverse conduction unit for shaking the medicine in the transverse direction of the drug cutting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
7A and 7B are views for explaining the operation of the longitudinal conduction unit for laying down the medicine in the longitudinal direction of the medicine cutting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
8A and 8B are views for explaining the operation of the forced transfer unit for forcibly transferring the cut medicine, of the drug cutting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
9 is a perspective view of a drug cutting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
10 is a side view of an essential part of a drug cutting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
11 is a plan view of an essential part of a drug cutting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
12 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a state in which a drug cutting device according to the present invention is mounted on an automatic drug packing machine; and
Figure 13 is a schematic front view showing a state in which the drug cutting device according to the present invention is mounted on the automatic drug packing machine.

Hereinafter, a drug cutting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the present invention, the drug, as a tablet having a variety of forms, such as round, oval means that can be prescribed by cutting in half, it should be considered to include all coated or uncoated tablets.

The drug cutting device according to the present invention is a device that can be discharged after holding and cutting one by one while aligning the drugs precisely one by one. In order to move the drugs precisely one by one, it is necessary to align the drugs that are bundled together at a timed interval. If the drugs are arranged in too close a state, there is a fear that one or more drugs are moved at once by inertia.

1 to 8b show a drug cutting device according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the drug cutting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a frame 10, a cutting unit 40 mounted on the frame 10 to hold and cut a drug, and It includes a delivery unit 50 for delivering the half-pills cut in half in the cutting unit 40 to the receiving container 58 side.

The chemical | medical agent cutting device which concerns on this embodiment is attached to the frame 10, and arrange | positions the chemical | medical agent apart from each other, and arrange | positions the chemical | medical agent in a row, and the upstream side of the arrangement | sequence unit 20 on the frame 10. It further comprises a supply unit 30 is disposed in the supply unit 30 for supplying the medicine to be cut to the arrangement unit 20.

The arrangement unit 20 includes vibration generating means 21 for generating vibration, and a plate 22 attached to the vibration generating means 21 and vibrating together. As the vibration generating means 21, any structure conventionally used can be used as long as the plate 22 can vibrate in a linear direction, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The plate 22 is vibrated by the vibration generating means 21 to finely move the drugs placed on the upper surface thereof. The plate 22 includes grooves 23 formed for moving the medication in a line.

The groove 23 includes one or more inclined surfaces, and thus the bottom surface of the groove 23 has a form in which one or more steps are formed. As the drug passes through the inclined surface, the moving speed is increased, so that the distance from another drug that is transferred immediately behind can be increased. In this way, the interval between the drug and the drug is increased due to the inclined surface formed in the groove 23, it is possible to accurately control the discharge of the drug.

It is preferable that the cross-sectional shape of the groove portion 23 has a U-letter or V-letter shape so that the medicine can move along the center line of the groove portion 23. [ In addition, when two or more inclined surfaces are formed in the plate 22, the angles of the inclined surfaces may be all designed to be the same or different from each other as necessary.

The plate 22 vibrating by the arrangement unit may be made of metal, non-metal or metal and non-metal, especially the coefficient of friction depending on what material the upper surface of the plate 22 is in contact with the medicament. Since the moving speed of the drug may be changed by changing, the material of the plate 22 may be changed according to the moving speed of the drug required for design.

In addition, during the movement of the drug on the plate 22, the upper surface of the plate 22, in particular the surface of the groove 23, to prevent the drug from being bounced or bounced and to prevent the moving drugs overlap each other It is preferred to be coated with at least one of silver Teflon resin and urethane resin. Since the drug movement may be affected by the material of the upper surface of the plate, if the coating layer of the flexible material is formed on the upper surface of the plate can improve the performance of the product.

In the above description, for example, an arrangement unit for arranging the medicines in a line by vibration is described.

As the supply unit 30, a cylindrical feeder mounted on the frame 10 to spirally move the medicine by vibration may be used. The medications poured into the receiving portion 31 of the supply unit 30 at one time move out of the receiving portion 31 along the spiral movement path 32 extending from the bottom of the receiving portion 31. Thus, the drug moving in a line along the spiral path 32 in the cylindrical feeder as the supply unit 30 can be transferred from the cylindrical feeder onto the plate 22, ie, dropped, and subsequently on the plate 22. I can move it.

One or more cutting grooves may be formed in the spiral movement path 32, and the two cutting grooves pass through the cutting groove when two drugs move side by side along the spiral movement path 32. 31) to fall back and return. For this purpose, the cutout groove may be formed at the inner edge of the spiral movement path 32.

The medicine moved to the end of the plate 22 is supplied to the cutting unit 40. In order to detect the number of drugs supplied to the cutting unit 40, the arrangement unit 20 may include a detection passage 25 on which a sensor is mounted. When it is detected in the detection passage 25 that more than one medicine is supplied to the cutting unit 40 at once, the medicine is recovered without cutting the medicine as described later.

The detection means provided in the detection passage 25 to detect the number of drugs falling from the plate 22 may be, for example, an optical sensor including a light emitting part and a light receiving part.

On the other hand, one or more sensors (not shown) may be arranged along the plate 22 to detect the position of the agent moving on the plate 22. For example, when the sensor is installed at the end of the supply unit 30 side of the plate 22, the instant immediately after the medicine is supplied from the supply unit 30 to the plate 22 can be detected, and the plate 22 When the sensor is installed at the end of the cutting unit 40 side, the instant immediately before the medicine is supplied from the plate 22 to the cutting unit 40 can be detected. In addition, sensors can be installed at various other positions on the plate to detect the movement of medicines.

As shown in FIGS. 2-5B, the cutting unit 40 includes an inclined plate 41 disposed obliquely, a stop plate 42 for stopping the medicine slipped along the inclined plate 41, and this stop. Gripping members 44a and 44b for holding the medicine stopped moving by the plate 42 from left and right, and a cutter 46 for cutting the medicine held by the gripping members 44a and 44b.

Teflon on the upper surface of the inclined plate 41, similar to the plate 22 of the array unit 20, so as to mitigate the phenomenon that the medicine delivered from the array unit 20 collides with the inclined plate 41, and bounces off. One or more of the resins and urethane resins may be coated. However, since the coating layer may be damaged on the inclined plate of the portion where the cutter 46 operates, it is preferable that the coating layer is not formed.

The stop plate 42 may be installed to move in a direction perpendicular to the inclined plate 41 by the motor 43a and the rack gear 43b. When the cutting by the cutter 46 is completed, the stop plate 42 moves downward to allow the half tablets to be supplied to the delivery unit 50 side.

As shown in Figs. 4A and 4B, the left and right pairs of holding members 44a and 44b are opposed to each other on the inclined plate 41 at the same time and at the same time by the rack gears 45d and 45e, that is, to each other. It is configured to move in the direction of getting closer or farther away. The pinion 45b is arranged to engage between the rack gears 45d and 45e attached to the left and right pair of holding members 44a and 44b, and the pinion 45b is moved from the motor 45a via the clutch 45c. Receive the driving force. Since the clutch 45c is interposed between the motor 45a and the pinion 45b, the chemical | medical agent can hold | grip appropriate pressure by a pair of right and left holding | gripping tools 44a and 44b. That is, even if the motor 45a continues to rotate while the gripping members 44a and 44b come into contact with the medicine and hold the medicine from left and right, the power transmitted from the motor to the gripping member is cut off by the action of the clutch 45c. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the drug from being damaged by applying more pressure than necessary to the drug by the holding member. A commercially available slip clutch or the like can be used as the clutch 45c. Since the slip clutch is already known and widely used, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The surface of the gripping members 44a and 44b to which the medicines directly contact may be made of an elastic material to prevent damage to the medicines, or a member having a cushioning function may be attached.

The drug cutting device according to the present invention includes a distance sensor for detecting a distance between the gripping members 44a and 44b when the drug is sandwiched and fixed during operation of the gripping members 44a and 44b, and sensed distance information. And a controller capable of storing the stored information and processing the stored information. As the distance sensor, any structure can be used as long as the distance between the pair of holding members can be measured, such as an optical sensor having a light emitting part and a light receiving part.

If during the operation of cutting the same drug continuously, the distance between the holding members (44a, 44b) will normally be the same every time the cutting operation. Thus, during the continuous cutting operation, for example, the distance between the gripping members 44a and 44b detected by the distance sensor at the nth time is transferred to the distance sensor during the previous cutting operation, that is, the n-1th cutting operation. If the distance between the gripping members 44a and 44b detected is different from each other, the control unit judges that an error such as a different kind of medicine, a breakage of the medicine, a stop position of the medicine and a poor posture has occurred, and thus does not perform a cutting operation. The drug cutting device may be operated to discharge the drug toward 59.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is preferable to configure so that the speed of the cutter can be controlled by the control unit according to the type of drug, that is, whether the drug is a hard drug or a soft drug.

The cutter 46 moves in a direction perpendicular to the inclined plate 41, and is kept at a predetermined distance from the inclined plate 41 at the time of waiting, but the drug is held by the holding members 44a and 44b. If it is confirmed by (not shown), the drug is held is cut by moving toward the inclined plate (41). To this end, as shown in Figs. 5A and 5B, the cutter 46 can only be moved by an appropriate distance by the cam member 47b driven by the motor 47a.

The half tablets cut in half in the cutting unit 40 are supplied toward the delivery unit 50 when the stop state by the stop plate 42 is released, that is, when the stop plate 42 comes down and the passage is opened. The transfer unit 50 includes a transfer passage 51 and a swing member 54 that is rotatably provided around the swing shaft 54b by the motor 54a in the transfer passage 51. The delivery unit 50 may further include a storage container 58 for accommodating the half-pill medicine cut in half, and a recovery container 59 for accommodating the drug not cut in half.

When the number of drugs detected in the detection passage 25 of the arranging unit 20 is one, the pivot member 53 pivots in a state capable of transferring the drugs toward the storage container 58. Accordingly, the half tablets cut after being stopped by the stop plate 42 may be stored in the storage container 58 through the delivery passage 51 as soon as the stop state by the stop plate 42 is released.

On the other hand, when the number of the medicaments detected in the detection passage 25 of the arrangement unit 20 is two or more, the pivot member 53 pivots in a state capable of recovering the medicament toward the recovery container 59. Accordingly, two or more medicines stopped by the stop plate 42 may be recovered to the recovery container 59 through the delivery passage 51 immediately after the stop state by the stop plate 42 is released.

When cutting the medicine in half by the cutting unit 40, in the case of a medicine having an elongated shape such as an oval or a cylindrical shape, it is necessary to align the stop plate 42 so that the long side of the medicine touches. To this end, the drug cutting device according to the present invention may further include a transverse conduction unit 60 for shaking the medicine stopped in the standing state on the stop plate 42 in the width direction of the device to fall sideways.

As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the transverse conduction unit 60 includes a transverse conduction member 61 which is slid laterally to apply an external force in the transverse direction to the drug after stopping the transported drug. And a motor 64 providing a driving force for moving the lateral conducting member 61.

The transverse conduction member 61 may be configured to receive the driving force of the motor 64 through the moving member 62 where the linear movement is guided by the guide member 63. Power transmission means such as a pinion and a rack gear (not shown) may be used to transmit power between the motor 64 and the moving member 62.

The transverse conduction member 61 of the transverse conduction unit 60 is installed to slide in front of the stop plate 42 of the cutting unit 40. Before the medicine is supplied to the inclined plate 41, the transverse conductive member 61 is controlled to wait in front of the stop plate 42, and the supplied chemical flows along the inclined plate 41 so as to flow in the transverse conductive member 61. When stopped in contact with the), it is controlled to move in the lateral direction. Due to the movement of the transverse conduction member 61, the drug is applied with an external force in the transverse direction, i.e., in the width direction of the drug cutting device, and thus the drug stopped in the standing state falls sideways to stop the cutting plate 42 in a good state. ).

When the cutting of the medicine by the cutter 46 is completed and the cut medicine is discharged by the delivery unit 50 toward the storage container 58 or the recovery container 59, the transverse conductive member 61 returns to its original position. It is controlled to wait in front of the stop plate 42.

In addition, when the drug is cut in half by the cutting unit 40, the flat eggplant may be stopped with the medicine standing on the stop plate 42 in the case of the medicine, in which case it is necessary to lay down the medicine to facilitate the cutting. There is. To this end, the drug cutting device according to the present invention may further include a longitudinal conduction unit 70 for laying down the drug stopped on the stop plate 42 on the inclined plate 41.

As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the longitudinal conduction unit 70 is a longitudinal conduction member that is pivoted so as to lay the medicine on the inclined plate 41 by applying an external force to the medicine stopped on the stop plate 42. 71 and an elastic member 73 for urging the longitudinal conductive member 71 to pivot.

The longitudinal conduction unit 70 is installed in the recess 42a formed inside the stop plate 42. The longitudinal conduction member 71 is pivotally installed around the shaft 72 disposed in the recess 42a, and the elastic member 73 may be a coiled spring fitted to the shaft 72.

As shown in FIG. 7A, when the stop plate 42 is raised above the inclined plate 41, the longitudinal conductive member 71 is pivoted about the shaft 72 by the pressing force of the elastic member 73. The drug which protrudes from the recess 42a of the stop plate 42 and leans against the stop plate 42 can be laid on the inclined plate 41.

As shown in FIG. 7B, when the stop plate 42 is lowered down the inclined plate 41, the medicine is delivered toward the delivery passage 51 of the delivery unit 50 to receive the storage container 58 or the recovery container 59. Is supplied. At this time, the longitudinal conductive member 71 is urged by the wall surface of the inclined plate 41 to pivot while compressing the elastic member 73 to return into the recess 42a of the stop plate 42.

The transverse conduction member of the transverse conduction unit 60 described with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B between the front surface of the longitudinal conduction member 71 configured and operated in this way, that is, between the longitudinal conduction member 71 and the medicament ( 61 may be slidably positioned in the transverse direction of the drug cutting device.

In addition, since the cut half tablet may be stopped after cutting the medicine in half by the cutting unit 40, it is necessary to ensure that the cut medicine can be reliably transferred to the delivery unit 50. . To this end, the drug cutting device according to the present invention may further include a forced transfer unit 80 for forcibly transferring the drug cut by the cutting unit 40 to the delivery unit 50.

As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the forced conveying unit 80 includes a forced conveying member 81 which is installed to reciprocate and pivot like a clock on the inclined plate 41 of the cutting unit, and the forced conveying member 81. A flexible portion 82 attached to an end of the swivel plate and sweeping the upper surface of the inclined plate 41, and a motor 83 for driving the forced conveying member 81 to pivot about the rotational shaft 84. .

The forced conveying member 81 preferably has a substantially U-shape in which the center portion is opened so as not to interfere with the movement of the cutter 46 included in the cutting unit. Accordingly, one rotation shaft 84 is provided on each side of the forced conveying member 81, and the motor 83 is installed so as to be connected to only one rotation shaft of both rotation shafts 84. The rotating shaft 84 to which the motor 83 is not connected may be supported to be free to rotate by the bearing means.

It is preferable that the flexible part 82 is made of a flexible material, for example, silicone resin, so as not to damage the inclined plate 41 when it comes in contact with the inclined plate 41. It is preferable that this flexible part 82 is detachably attached to the forced conveyance member 81 so that the flexible part 82 may be replaced when it is worn out.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the medicine cut by the forced conveying unit 80 from being stopped on the inclined plate 41, and at the same time, to clean the chemical debris that may occur when cutting the medicine.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the drug cutting device which concerns on 2nd preferable embodiment of this invention is demonstrated in detail with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 9, the chemical | medical agent cutting device which concerns on 2nd Embodiment includes the frame 10, the cutting unit 40 which is attached to this frame 10, and hold | maintains a chemical | medical agent, and this cutting unit It is the same as that of 1st Embodiment in the point which includes the delivery unit 50 which delivers the half-pill medicine cut | disconnected in half at 40 to the storage container 58 side.

However, the drug cutting device according to the second embodiment is detachably mounted to the frame 10 and housed therein in order to perform the functions of the arrangement unit 20 and the supply unit 30 in the first embodiment. It differs from 1st Embodiment in that it uses the cassette device 90 which can discharge a medicine one by one. In the following, the same components as those in the first embodiment are assigned the same member numbers, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted, and the differences will be mainly described.

The cassette device 90 can be detachably seated on the cassette holder 11 so that the cassette device 90 can be positioned above the cutting unit 40. As the cassette device 20, any structure conventionally known and used can be used. That is, although not shown, the cassette device 90 includes a cassette body for receiving medicines such as tablets or capsules of various sizes and shapes, a distribution block rotatably provided in the cassette body for separating and discharging the medicines, and a cassette. And a partition member installed on the main body so that the medicines separated and discharged by the distribution block can be discharged by a predetermined quantity. The cassette holder 11 supporting the cassette body has a built-in motor for driving the distribution block.

A plurality of discharge grooves are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the distribution block, and the medicine contained in the cassette body is discharged to the outside of the cassette body along the discharge grooves. At this time, the partition member for blocking the discharge groove in the middle so that only a predetermined amount of the drug is discharged is installed.

Since the cassette device 90 is detachably installed on the cassette holder 11, when the medicines contained in the cassette device 90 are exhausted during the cutting operation of the medicine, the cassette device 90 is easily replaced with a new cassette device containing the medicine. can do. In addition, the replacement of different kinds of medicines is also possible by preparing cassette devices containing various medicines, and mounting the cassette device 90 containing the medicines on the cassette holder 11 as necessary. It can be implemented easily.

The medicine discharged one by one from the cassette device 90 is supplied to the cutting unit 40. In order to detect the number of drugs supplied to the cutting unit 40, a detection passage 15 on which a sensor is mounted may be installed between the cassette device 20 and the cutting unit 40. When it is detected in the detection passage 15 that more than one medicine is supplied to the cutting unit 40 at once, the medicine is recovered without cutting the medicine as described later.

The detection means provided in the detection passage 15 so as to detect the number of drugs falling from the cassette device 90 may be, for example, an optical sensor including a light emitting part and a light receiving part.

As described above, in the second embodiment, as the supply unit, a cassette device 90 capable of accommodating a drug and discharging the contained drug can be used.

Meanwhile, although the cylindrical feeder is illustrated in the first embodiment and the cassette device is illustrated in the second embodiment as the supply unit, other means other than the cylindrical feeder or the cassette device may be provided as long as it can supply the medicine to the cutting unit one by one. Of course, it can be employed as.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, a drug automatic packaging machine equipped with a drug cutting device D according to the present invention will be described.

As the automatic medicine packing machine, a plurality of cassette devices (110) arranged on the upper body 101 and accommodates drugs such as tablets or capsules of various sizes and shapes, and the cassette devices (110) arranged on the lower body 103 A hopper 130 for collecting the medicament discharged from the drop, a printing apparatus for printing various information on the surface of the wrapping paper for packaging the medicine, and a packaging device for wrapping the medicine collected by the hopper 130 with the wrapping paper. What has been done can be used. In addition to those shown in Figures 12 and 13, the automatic drug packaging machine may be used in various forms, the type and shape of the automatic drug packaging machine, the arrangement of the cassette device, the number of cassette devices, etc. do not limit the present invention.

12 and 13, the drug cutting device D according to the present invention may be arranged together with the cassette device 110 on the upper body 101 of the automatic medicine packing machine.

The cassette device 110 to be mounted on the automatic medicine packing machine has the same configuration as the cassette device 90 used in the second embodiment.

When the drug cutting device is installed and used in the automatic medicine packing machine, the drug cutting device (D), together with a plurality of cassette devices (110) in which drugs such as tablets or capsules of various sizes and shapes are accommodated, may include a main body, in particular, an upper part of the main body ( 101). When the drug cutting device (D) is arranged in the upper body 101, the drug discharged from the drug cutting device (D) may be packaged through the same hopper 130 as the drug discharged from the cassette device (110). .

Hopper 130 is installed in the lower body 103 of the automatic medicine packing machine, in addition to the hopper 130 for collecting the medicine to be dropped in the lower body, a printing device for printing a variety of information on the surface of the wrapping paper for packaging the medicine (not shown) O), and a packaging device (not shown) for packing the medicine collected by the hopper with the wrapping paper.

When the drug cutting device D is disposed on the upper body 101 together with the cassette device 110, the hopper 130 installed on the lower body 103 to collect the medicine discharged from the cassette device 110. ) Can be collected and packaged by the drug discharge device (D), it is not necessary to install a separate hopper only for the drug discharge device (D) accordingly. In addition, when the drug cutting device (D) is installed in the lower body 103, to change the structure of the hopper or to install a separate hopper to be configured to deliver the drug discharged from the drug cutting device (D) to the packaging device Can be.

The drug cutting device D may be installed to be pulled out for replenishment, cleaning, maintenance, or the like of the drug, and for example, may be installed to be drawn out in the longitudinal direction of the drug cutting device D from the upper body 101.

12 and 13, the drug cutting device D is shown to be arranged at the bottom of the cassette devices 110, but may be arranged in the middle or the top of the cassette devices.

In addition, at least one drug cutting device (D) may be installed and used in the automatic medicine packing machine, and in FIG. 12 and FIG. Although the device D is shown, the number of installations of the drug cutting device D can be changed as necessary.

When installed and used in the automatic drug packing machine, the drug cutting device (D) is configured to supply the required number of drugs to the packing device in accordance with the packing cycle in which the medicine contained in the cassette device in the automatic drug packing machine is discharged and packed.

As described above, the drug cutting device according to the present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and drawings, and the present invention is within the scope of the claims. Of course, various modifications and variations can be made by those skilled in the art.

10 frame 11: cassette holder
15: detection path 20: array unit
21: vibration generating means 22: plate
23: groove portion 25: detection path
30 supply unit 31 accommodating part
32: spiral movement path 40: cutting unit
41: inclined plate 42: stop plate
44a, 44b: Holding member 45a: Motor
45b: pinion 45c: clutch
45d, 45e: rack gear 46: cutter
50: transfer unit 51: transfer passage
53: pivot member 58: storage container
59: recovery container 60: transverse conduction unit
61: transverse conduction member 62: moving member
63: guide member 64: motor
70: longitudinal conduction unit 71: longitudinal conduction member
72 axis 73 elastic member
80: forced conveying unit 81: forced conveying member
82: flexible portion 83: motor
84: rotation axis 90: cassette device

Claims (29)

A drug cutting device capable of cutting and discharging while moving drugs one by one,
A cutting unit for cutting the medicine in half,
The cutting unit includes an inclined plate that is inclined, a stop plate for stopping the medicine moving on the inclined plate, and a cutter for cutting the medicine stopped by the stop plate in half. The method according to claim 1,
The drug cutting device further comprises a gripping member for holding the medicine stopped from the left and right by the stop plate for cutting by the cutter. The method according to claim 2,
The gripping member is a drug cutting device, characterized in that to move left and right by a power transmission means including a pinion and a rack gear driven by a motor. The method according to claim 3,
The power transmission means further comprises a clutch means interposed between the motor and the pinion. The method according to claim 2,
The left and right pair of the holding member is configured to move in the opposite direction on the inclined plate, the surface of the holding agent directly contact the drug is characterized in that made of a material having elasticity to prevent damage to the drug Cutting device. The method according to claim 2,
And a distance sensor for measuring a distance between the gripping members when the drug is gripped from left and right. The method of claim 6,
During the continuous cutting operation, the distance between the holding members detected by the distance sensor when performing the nth cutting operation is between the holding members detected by the distance sensor when performing the n-1 cutting operation. If different from the distance, drug cutting device comprising a control unit for controlling to discharge the drug without performing the cutting operation. The method according to claim 1,
The stop plate is installed so as to move in a direction perpendicular to the inclined plate, the drug cutting device, characterized in that to move down when the cutting is completed by the cutter so that the cut half-pill drugs can be supplied to the storage container . The method according to claim 1,
The cutter moves in a direction perpendicular to the inclined plate, and is kept at a predetermined distance from the inclined plate during standby, and may move toward the inclined plate by the cam member when the medicine is held by the gripping member. Pharmaceutical cutting device characterized in. The method according to claim 1,
The drug cutting device further comprises a delivery unit for delivering the half-pills cut in half in the cutting unit to the receiving container side. The method of claim 10,
The delivery unit, the drug cutting device, characterized in that it comprises a delivery passage, and a pivot member that is pivotally installed in the interior of the delivery passage. The method of claim 11,
The delivery unit further comprises a container for receiving a half pill drug cut in half, and a recovery container for receiving a drug that is not cut in half. The method according to claim 1,
And an arranging unit mounted on the frame to move the drugs while arranging the drugs in a line. The method according to claim 13,
The arrangement unit may include vibration generating means for generating vibration, a plate attached to the vibration generating means and vibrating together, and a groove portion formed on the plate to move the medicine in a line. Pharmaceutical cutting device. The method according to claim 14,
In order to detect the number of drugs supplied to the cutting unit, the arrangement unit further comprises a detection passage to which the sensor is mounted. The method according to claim 14,
The upper surface of the plate is a drug cutting device, characterized in that coated with at least one resin of Teflon resin and urethane resin. The method according to claim 1,
And a supply unit disposed on an upstream side of the cutting unit to supply the medicine to be cut to the cutting unit. 18. The method of claim 17,
The supply unit is a drug delivery device, characterized in that the cylindrical feeder for moving the medicine spirally by vibration. 18. The method of claim 17,
The supply unit is a drug cutting device, characterized in that the cassette device which is capable of discharging the drug contained therein one by one and detachably mounted. The method of claim 19,
And a cassette holder for supporting the cassette device so that the cassette device can be positioned above the cutting unit. The method of claim 19,
And a detection passage for detecting the number of drugs discharged from the cassette device and supplied to the cutting unit. The method according to claim 1,
In the case of a medicament having an elongated form, the drug cutting device further comprises a transverse conduction unit for knocking down the stopped medicament in a standing state such that the long side of the medicament touches the stop plate. 23. The method of claim 22,
The transverse conduction unit includes a transverse conduction member that slides in a transverse direction to exert an external force in a transverse direction with respect to the stopped drug, and a motor that provides a driving force for moving the transverse conduction member. Pharmaceutical cutting device. The method according to claim 1,
And a longitudinal conduction unit for laying down on the inclined plate a medicine which is stopped standing on the stop plate. 27. The method of claim 24,
The longitudinal conduction unit includes a longitudinal conduction member that is pivoted to exert an external force on the medicine stopped on the stop plate, and an elastic member that pressurizes the longitudinal conduction member to pivot. Device. 26. The method of claim 25,
And the longitudinal conduction unit is rotatably installed about an axis within a recess formed in the stop plate, and the elastic member is a coiled spring fitted to the axis. The method according to claim 1,
And a forced transfer unit for forcibly transferring the cut medicine so that the medicine cut by the cutting unit can be moved along the inclined plate. 28. The method of claim 27,
The forced conveying unit may include a forced conveying member installed on the inclined plate so as to reciprocate and pivot, a flexible part attached to an end of the forced conveying member to sweep the upper surface of the inclined plate, and the forced conveying member about the rotation axis. A pharmaceutical cutting device comprising a motor for driving so as to pivot. In the automatic medicine packing machine for continuously packaging a variety of drugs by one dose in accordance with the prescription,
A plurality of cassette devices arranged above the main body of the automatic medicine packing machine and accommodating drugs of various sizes and shapes;
A drug cutting device capable of cutting and discharging while moving the drugs one by one; Including;
The drug cutting device includes a supply unit for supplying a medicament, and a cutting unit for cutting a medicament supplied one by one from the supply unit,
The cutting unit includes an inclined plate that is inclined, a stop plate for stopping the medicine moving on the inclined plate, and a cutter for cutting the medicine stopped by the stop plate in half.

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