KR20130114019A - Medicine discharge device and medicine discharging method using the medicine discharge device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A tablet discharge device of an automatic tablet packing machine and a tablet discharge method using the same are provided to accurately discharge various kinds of tablets one by one. CONSTITUTION: A tablet discharge device (D) of an automatic tablet packing machine comprises a frame, an arrangement unit, a tablet supply unit, a tablet transfer unit, a sensor, and a controller. The arrangement unit is installed on the frame and arranges tablets in a line to be separated from each other. The tablet supply unit is arranged on the top of the arrangement unit and supplies the tablets to the arrangement unit. The tablet transfer unit transfers the tablets discharged through the arrangement unit to a hopper. The sensor detects the position of the tablets moved through the tablet supply unit. The controller controls the operation of the tablet supply unit when the tablets on a position just before the tablet transfer unit are detected.

Description

Medication dispensing apparatus of the automatic medicine packing machine and drug dispensing method using the drug discharging device {MEDICINE DISCHARGE DEVICE AND MEDICINE DISCHARGING METHOD USING THE MEDICINE DISCHARGE DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a drug dispensing apparatus disposed in an automatic drug packing machine for discharging a drug and a drug discharging method using the drug discharging device, and more particularly, a drug dispensing device arranged in the automatic drug packing machine to a position just before dispensing the drug. It relates to a drug discharging device and a drug discharging method using the drug discharging device to move the and to discharge the drug immediately upon receiving the drug discharge signal.

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.

1 shows a schematic front view of a pharmaceutical automatic packaging machine according to the prior art. 1, a conventional automatic medicine packing machine includes a main body 100, a plurality of cassette devices 110 arranged on the main body 100 and containing medicines such as tablets or capsules of various sizes and shapes, A hopper 130 arranged at a lower portion of the main body 100 and collecting the medicine dropped and discharged from the cassette apparatuses 110, a printing device 140 for printing various information on the surface of the wrapping paper for packaging the medicine, And a packaging device 150 for packaging the medicines collected by the hopper 130 by wrapping paper.

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, cassette devices disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 9-266940, US Patent No. 5,803,309 and the like can be given. All of these conventional cassette devices were capable of discharging only drugs having the same size and shape, such as round or elliptical.

However, in some cases, release agents such as half tablets cut in half, rather than intact tablets, may be prescribed by a doctor or pharmacist. Release agents, such as half tablets cut in half of flat tablets, are inconsistent in form, and cannot be accurately discharged with the conventional cassette device described above. In addition, although the form has an intact tablet shape, there are some drugs in which it is inefficient to use a conventional cassette device because of special handling such as drugs, or because the frequency of use is low.

In this case, when a release drug such as a half tablet, drugs or the like is prescribed, there is a problem that the automatic packaging function by the automatic medicine packing machine cannot be used, and the medicine must be manually packed. As a result, it took a lot of time and effort to wrap the drug, and even as the drug was classified by hand, there was a concern that the drug was contaminated.

Accordingly, there is a need for a drug discharge device for automatically discharging not only drugs having a certain form but also release drugs, and the drug discharge device detects the number of drugs that are discharged and packed, and discharges only the correct number of drugs. I need to.

The present invention for solving the problems of the prior art, by releasing the drug by vibrating one by one, not only the drug having a standardized form, but also a release drug that does not have a standardized form, such as half tablet tablets cut in half by one accurately It is to provide a drug discharge device that can be discharged.

In addition, the present invention, by using the drug discharge device to move the drug to the position immediately before the discharge and the drug discharge method that can save the packaging time by completing the preparation in advance to discharge the drug immediately upon receiving the drug discharge signal It is to provide.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, a drug discharge device capable of discharging drugs one by one, comprising: a drug supply unit arranged in a line while moving the drug contained therein; A drug delivery unit for delivering a medicine supplied from the medicine supply unit one by one to the outside of the medicine discharge device; A sensor for detecting that the medicine moved through the medicine supply unit is in a position immediately before being supplied to the medicine delivery unit; A control unit which controls to stop the operation of the medicine supply unit until a packing instruction is delivered when the sensor detects that the medicine is in a position immediately before the medicine delivery unit is supplied to the medicine delivery unit; Including a drug delivery device is provided.

The medicine supply unit may include a cylindrical feeder for moving the medicine contained in the receiving portion by vibration along the spiral movement path.

One or more cutting grooves may be formed in the spiral movement path, and when one or more drugs move side by side along the spiral movement path, the one or more medicines may fall back to the receiving portion while passing through the cutting groove.

The drug delivery unit is provided in a discharge passage through which the medicine supplied from the medicine supply unit passes, and detecting means for detecting the number of drugs passing therethrough, and the medicine passing through the detection means temporarily in the discharge passage. If the number of the staying member for staying and the number of the medicines installed by the retaining member downstream of the retaining member and the number of drugs retained by the retaining member after coinciding with the set value are not equal to the set value, the packing passage is opened and does not coincide. In this case, it may include an opening and closing member for opening the recovery passage.

The drug dispensing apparatus may include vibration generating means for generating a vibration so that the moving drugs can be arranged in a line with one another.

In addition, 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, the drug discharge device arranged on the main body of the automatic drug packing machine for discharging each drug by vibration Wow; A sensor for detecting a position of a medicine moving in the medicine discharge device; When the drug dispensing device is located at the correct position inside the automatic drug packing machine to drive the drug dispensing device to move the drug in the drug dispensing device, the sensor is located in the position just before the discharged drug A control unit that, upon detection, stops the operation of the drug delivery device until a packing command is transmitted; Including a pharmaceutical packaging machine is provided.

The automatic medicine packing machine includes: a plurality of cassette devices arranged on an upper portion of the main body of the automatic medicine packing machine together with the drug discharging device and accommodating drugs of various sizes and shapes; A common hopper arranged below the main body of the automatic medicine packing machine to collect the medicines discharged from the cassette device and the medicine discharge device and dropped; A printing device for printing various kinds of information on the surface of the wrapping paper for packing the pharmaceutical; A packaging device for wrapping the medicine collected by the hopper with a wrapping paper; . ≪ / RTI >

In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, a method for discharging a drug using a drug discharge device which is installed in the automatic drug packing machine to move the drug to be packaged to discharge one by one, the drug discharge device, the drug contained therein And a drug supply unit for arranging the drugs in a row while moving the drug delivery unit, and a drug delivery unit for delivering the drugs supplied one by one from the drug supply unit to the outside of the drug discharge device. Dispensing the medication until a packing instruction is delivered when it is detected by the sensor that it is in the position just before being supplied to the medication delivery unit and when the medication is detected by the sensor at the position just before being supplied to the medication delivery unit. Provided is a method of dispensing a medicament for stopping the operation of the device.

Here, before detecting the position of the medicine by the sensor, it is checked whether the medicine discharging device is located in the correct position inside the automatic medicine packing machine, and when the medicine discharging device is in the correct position, the medicine is supplied. It is desirable to drive the unit to move the medication.

According to the present invention as described above, by discharging the drug one by one by vibrating it can accurately discharge not only the drug having a standardized form, but also a release drug that does not have a standardized form, such as a half tablet tablet cut in half. Drug delivery device may be provided.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a drug dispensing method to move the drug to the position immediately before the discharge using the drug discharge device and to discharge the drug immediately upon receiving the drug discharge signal.

1 is a schematic front view of a pharmaceutical automatic packaging machine according to the prior art,
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the drug discharge device installed in the automatic medicine packing machine according to the present invention,
Figure 3 is a side view of the drug discharge device installed in the automatic drug packing machine according to the present invention,
4 is a schematic front view of a drug delivery unit included in a drug discharge device installed in an automatic drug packing machine according to the present invention;
Figure 5a is a perspective view showing a plate included in the drug discharge device installed in the automatic drug packing machine according to the present invention,
Figure 5b is a plan view showing a plate included in the drug discharge device installed in the automatic drug packing machine according to the present invention,
Figure 5c is a side view showing a plate included in the drug discharge device installed in the automatic drug packing machine according to the present invention,
Figure 6 is a schematic side view of the automatic medicine packing machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention showing a state equipped with a drug discharge device,
7 is a schematic perspective view of the automatic medicine packing machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention showing a state where the drug discharge device is mounted.

Hereinafter, the drug discharge 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 release agent refers to a medicament having an asymmetric shape, such as a semicircular or semi-elliptical tablets tablet, which is cut into a half circle or elliptical tablets, and which is difficult to discharge automatically by using a conventional cassette device do. In addition, in the present invention, the drug used in the present invention is not limited to the above-described release agent, but also has a tablet shape of a whole egg. However, since special handling is required as in the case of drugs, the conventional cassette apparatus can not be used or the cassette apparatus is used Should be considered to include all ineffective agents.

The drug dispensing apparatus according to the present invention is a device capable of precisely dispensing even a release drug of an unshaped shape, including a standardized drug such as a tablet or capsule. In order to dispense medicines exactly one at a time, it is necessary to align the medicines that are held together at a certain interval. If the medicaments are arranged in an excessively close state, there is a possibility that one or more medicines are discharged at a time by inertia.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the drug discharge device (D) according to the present invention, the frame 10, is mounted to the frame 10 to move the drugs while arranging the drugs in a line apart from each other A separation unit 20, a drug supply unit 30 disposed on an upstream side of the separation unit 20 on the frame 10 and supplying drugs to be discharged one by one to the separation unit 20; It further comprises a drug delivery unit 40 for delivering a drug discharged one by one through the spaced array unit 20 to the hopper 130 side.

The spacing array unit 20 includes a vibration generating means 21 for generating vibration and a plate 22 attached to the vibration generating means 21 and vibrated 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 a groove 23 for moving the medicine to the discharge passage 42 of the medicine delivery unit 40.

The plate 22 is provided in a state of being tilted to the side of the discharge passage 42 so that the drugs on the plate 22 gradually move to the discharge passage 42 as the plate 22 vibrates by the spacing arrangement unit. .

The groove portion 23 includes at least one inclined surface 24, whereby the bottom surface of the groove portion 23 is formed with one or more stepped portions. The medicament passes through the inclined surface 24, and the moving speed thereof is increased, so that the distance from another medicament, which is conveyed immediately afterward, can be further increased. As a result, the gap between the medicament and the medicament discharged due to the inclined surface 24 formed in the groove portion 23 spreads, so that the discharge of the medicament can be accurately controlled.

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. [ Further, when two or more inclined surfaces 24 are formed on the plate 22, the angles of the inclined surfaces 24 may be all designed to be the same or different from each other if necessary.

The plate 22, which is vibrated by the spacing array unit, can be made of a metal material, a non-metal material, or a metal and a non-metal material. In particular, depending on the material of the upper surface of the plate 22, The material of the plate 22 may be changed in accordance with the moving speed of the release agent required at the time of designing.

In the above description, a spacing array unit for arranging medicines in a line by vibration has been described as an example. However, other means than vibration may be used as long as a plurality of medicines can be arranged in a line in a state of being spaced apart from each other.

As the medicine supply unit 30, a cylindrical feeder mounted on the frame 10 and spirally moving the medicine by vibration may be used. The release medications which are poured at once into the receiving part 31 of the medicine supply unit 30 move out of the receiving part 31 along the spiral movement path 32 extending from the bottom of the receiving part 31. As a result, the release agent moving in a line along the helical movement path 32 in the cylindrical feeder as the drug supply unit 30 can be transferred from the cylindrical feeder onto the plate 22, that is, dropped, ). ≪ / RTI >

One or more cutout grooves 33 may be formed in the helical movement path 32 and the cutout grooves 33 may be formed in the cutout grooves 33 in the case where two drugs are moved along the helical movement path 32 So that one medicament falls into the receptacle 31 and returns. For this purpose, the cut-out groove 33 may be formed in the inner edge of the helical movement path 32.

The release agent moved to the end of the plate 22 can be delivered to the outside through the drug delivery unit 40. The drug delivery unit 40 includes a discharge passage 42 in which the detection means 41 for detecting the number of drugs to be discharged is mounted and the number of drugs is correct according to the detection result of the detection means 41. The packaging passage 43 for delivering the discharged medicine to the packaging device 150 and the medicine to be discharged when the number of the medicines is not correct according to the result detected by the detection means 41 toward the collecting container 45. Recovery passageway 44 for delivery.

The detecting means provided in the discharge passage 42 so as to detect the number of drugs falling from the plate 22 may be, for example, an optical sensor including a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion.

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 a sensor is provided at the end of the plate 22 on the side of the medicine supply unit 30, the moment immediately after the medicine is supplied from the medicine supply unit 30 onto the plate 22 can be detected, 22 can detect the moment immediately before the medicine is supplied from the plate 22 to the medicine delivery unit 40. In the case where the sensor is provided at the end of the medicine delivery unit 40, In addition, sensors can be installed at various other positions on the plate to detect the movement of medicines.

The sensor may be integrally installed in the plate 22 or may be provided outside the plate 22.

When the position of the medicine moving on the plate 22 is detected by using the sensor in this manner, the medicine can be stopped and waited at any position on the plate 22. For example, a sensor is installed at the end of the drug delivery unit 40 side of the plate 22, and when a drug is detected by the sensor, the vibration of the plate 22 is stopped and the drug is stopped at the end of the plate 22. I can keep it. When the packaging signal of the medicine is transmitted from the controller of the automatic medicine packing machine to the medicine discharging device D, the vibration of the plate 22 is resumed and the medicine can be supplied from the plate 22 to the medicine delivery unit 40.

In this way, when the drug is placed in the standby state just before discharging, the drug supply time to the drug delivery unit 40 through the plate 22 can be shortened, thereby reducing the overall packaging time.

4, an opening / closing member 46 for selectively opening any one of the package passage 43 and the recovery passage 44 is provided at the entrance of the package passage 43 and the recovery passage 44, A retaining member 47 is provided in the discharge passage 42 on the upstream side of the opening and closing member 46 for temporarily retaining the detected medicines. The opening and closing member 46 is swingably provided at an angle by the opening and closing motor 48 and the holding member 47 is swiveled at a constant angle by the holding motor 49. [

4, the medicine is pivoted counterclockwise so as to open the retaining member 47 to supply the retained medicine downward, while the opening / closing member 46 opens the package passage 43 and closes the recovery passage 44 Is shown by a solid line.

When the retention member 47 is turned clockwise as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 4 and closes the discharge passage 42, the medicine can be retained on the retention member 47. [ 4, when the opening and closing member 46 is pivoted counterclockwise, the package passage 43 may be closed and the recovery passage 44 may be opened.

The drug discharge method by the drug delivery unit 40 of the drug discharge device (D) according to the present invention will be described below.

First, the medicine moved to the medicine delivery unit 40 through the drug supply unit 30 and the plate 22 of the separation array unit 20 is transferred to the medicine delivery unit 40 through the detection means 41 provided in the discharge passage 42, The falling number is detected. At this time, the retaining member 47 provided in the discharge passage 42 is pivoted to a position where the discharge passage 42 can be closed, so that all of the falling drugs are retained on the retention member 47.

The opening and closing member 46 opens the pouch passage 43 and opens the return passage 44 to the position where the number of drops dropped on the retention member 47 coincides with a predetermined number, Turn to a position where it can be closed. Thereafter, as the retaining member 47 is turned and the discharge passage 42 is opened, the medicines temporarily held by the retaining member 47 fall downward and are supplied toward the package passage 43.

The medicines supplied toward the package path 43 may be supplied to the packaging device 150 through the hopper 130 of the automatic medicine packing machine and packaged.

On the other hand, if the number of drops dropped on the retention member 47 does not coincide with a predetermined number, that is, the number to be packed in one bottle, the opening / closing member 46 opens the recovery passage 44 And pivots to a position where the package passage 43 can be closed. Thereafter, as the retaining member 47 is turned and the discharge passage 42 is opened, the medicines temporarily held by the retention member 47 fall downward and are supplied toward the recovery passage 44.

The medicine supplied to the recovery passage 44 is supplied to the recovery bottle 45, and the recovered medicine can be reused later.

According to the drug discharging method of the present invention, if the number of drugs stayed and collected on the retention member 47 is smaller than the number to be packaged, the medicine is additionally moved, and two or more drugs are not intended to be delivered at once. As the situation arises, if the number of drugs stayed and collected is greater than the number of packages to be packed, the collected drugs may be delivered to the recovery passage 44.

5a to 5c show a modification of the plate installed in the drug discharge device (D). A perspective view is shown in FIG. 5A, a plan view in FIG. 5B, and a side view in FIG. 5C.

As described above with reference to FIG. 2, the plate 51 according to the modification, by vibrating by the vibration generating means 21, finely moves the drugs placed on the upper surface thereof, and moves the drugs to the drug delivery unit ( And a groove portion 52 for moving to the discharge passage 42 of the 40, and a step 53 formed at least one upstream of the groove portion 52.

Although five steps 53 are formed in the plate 51 shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C, the present invention is not limited by the number of steps.

Preferably, the top surface 54 of each step has a concave central portion along the longitudinal center axis of the plate, and the shape, surface roughness, concave depth, and tilt angle of each top surface 54 are different from each other can do.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, the automatic medicine packing machine equipped with the drug discharge device D will be described.

As shown in Figure 6 and 7, the drug dispensing device (D) according to the present invention can be arranged with the cassette device 110 on the upper body 101 of the automatic drug packaging machine.

When the medicament discharging device is installed and used in the automatic medicine packing machine, the medicament discharging device D is provided with a plurality of cassette devices 110 in which medicines such as tablets or capsules of various sizes and shapes are accommodated, 101). The medicament discharged from the medicament discharging device D is packed through the same hopper 130 as the medicament discharged from the cassette device 110. As shown in Fig.

The hopper 130 is installed in the lower portion 103 of the automatic medicine packing machine and can store various kinds of information on the surface of the wrapping paper for wrapping the medicine in addition to the hopper 130 for collecting the dropped medicine as described with reference to FIG. A printing apparatus (not shown) for printing, and a packaging apparatus (not shown) for packaging the medicines collected by the hopper with a wrapping paper are installed in the lower portion 103 of the main body.

As described above, since the drug discharging device D is disposed at the upper body 101 together with the cassette device 110 in the automatic drug packing machine according to the present invention, the lower part of the main body is used to collect the medicine discharged from the cassette device 110. Using the hopper 130 installed in the 103 can collect and package the drug discharged from the drug discharge device (D). Therefore, it is not necessary to install a separate hopper only for the drug discharge device (D).

The medicine discharging device D can be taken out for the purpose of replenishing the medicine, cleaning, maintenance, and the like, and can be installed, for example, in the longitudinal direction of the medicine discharging device D from the upper part 101 of the body.

In FIGS. 6 and 7, the drug dispensing device D is shown arranged at the bottom of the cassette devices 110, but may be arranged in the middle or the top of the cassette devices as long as it can be installed in the upper body 101. Can be.

In addition, at least one drug discharge device (D) may be installed and used in the automatic medicine packing machine, and in FIG. 6 and FIG. Although the device D is shown, the number of installations of the drug discharge device D can be changed as necessary.

When the medicine dispensing device D is installed in the automatic medicine packing machine, the medicine dispensing device D is configured to supply the required number of medicines to the packaging device in accordance with the packaging cycle in which the medicine contained in the cassette device in the automatic medicine packing machine is discharged and packaged.

In order to shorten the time required for packaging, when the withdrawal of the drug discharge device (D) was drawn into the upper body 101, it is detected by the control unit (not shown) of the automatic drug packing machine to operate the drug discharge device (D) It is preferable to make a chemical | medical agent into the atmospheric state just before discharge | release.

That is, as described above, when the drug discharge device (D) is inserted into the drug automatic packaging machine and positioned correctly, the drug discharge device (D) is driven to start the discharge operation of the drug, and the drug moving on the plate 22 After stopping the operation of the drug discharging device (D) while the drug is moved to the discharging side end of the plate 22 by using a sensor for detecting the position of the drug discharge device (D) from the controller of the automatic medicine packing machine (D). When the packaging command signal of the medicine is transmitted to the side of the medicine, the medicine discharging device D is driven again to vibrate the plate 22 so that the medicine can be immediately supplied from the plate 22 to the medicine delivery unit 40.

The drug dispensing device may be used as a discharge agent, as well as a general drug such as round or oval tablets or capsules.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made.

Reference Signs List 10: frame, 20: spaced array unit, 21: vibration generating means, 22: plate, 23 groove part, 24: inclined surface, 30: drug supply unit, 31: receiving part, 32: spiral moving path, 40: drug delivery unit 41: detection means, 42: discharge passage, 43: packaging passage, 44: recovery passage, 45: recovery container, 46: opening / closing member, 47: retention member, 48: switching motor, 49: retention motor, 101: upper body 103: lower body, 110: cassette device, 130: hopper, D: drug delivery device.

Claims (9)

As a drug discharge device that can discharge the drug one by one,
A medicine supply unit arranged in a row while moving the medicine contained therein;
A drug delivery unit for delivering a medicine supplied from the medicine supply unit one by one to the outside of the medicine discharge device;
A sensor for detecting that the medicine moved through the medicine supply unit is in a position immediately before being supplied to the medicine delivery unit;
A control unit which controls to stop the operation of the medicine supply unit until a packing instruction is delivered when the sensor detects that the medicine is in a position immediately before the medicine delivery unit is supplied to the medicine delivery unit;
Containing, drug discharge device. The method according to claim 1,
The drug supply unit comprises a cylindrical feeder for moving the drug contained in the receiving portion by the vibration along the helical movement path. The method according to claim 2,
One or more cutting grooves are formed in the spiral moving path, and when the plurality of drugs move along the spiral moving path side by side, the one or more medicines drop and return to the receiving portion while passing through the cutting grooves. . The method according to claim 1,
The drug delivery unit is provided in a discharge passage through which the medicine supplied from the medicine supply unit passes, and detecting means for detecting the number of drugs passing therethrough, and the medicine passing through the detection means temporarily in the discharge passage. If the number of the staying member for staying and the number of the medicines installed by the retaining member downstream of the retaining member and the number of drugs retained by the retaining member after coinciding with the set value are not equal to the set value, the packing passage is opened and does not coincide. And an opening / closing member for opening the recovery passage in this case. The method according to claim 1,
Vibration generating means for generating a vibration to be able to arrange the moving drugs spaced from each other in a line, drug discharge device. In the automatic medicine packing machine for continuously packaging a variety of drugs by one dose in accordance with the prescription,
A drug discharge device arranged on an upper portion of the main body of the automatic drug packing machine and discharging a drug one by one by vibration;
A sensor for detecting a position of a medicine moving in the medicine discharge device;
When the drug dispensing device is located at the correct position inside the automatic drug packing machine to drive the drug dispensing device to move the drug in the drug dispensing device, the sensor is located in the position just before the discharged drug A control unit that, upon detection, stops the operation of the drug delivery device until a packing command is transmitted;
Including, pharmaceutical automatic packing machine. The method of claim 6,
A plurality of cassette devices arranged above the main body of the automatic medicine packing machine together with the medicine discharging device to accommodate drugs of various sizes and shapes;
A common hopper arranged below the main body of the automatic medicine packing machine to collect the medicines discharged from the cassette device and the medicine discharge device and dropped;
A printing device for printing various kinds of information on the surface of the wrapping paper for packing the pharmaceutical;
A packaging device for wrapping the medicine collected by the hopper with a wrapping paper; Including, pharmaceutical automatic packing machine. A method of discharging a drug using a drug discharge device installed in the automatic drug packing machine to move the drug to be packaged and discharge one by one,
The drug dispensing device includes a drug supply unit for arranging the drugs contained therein while moving in a row, and a drug delivery unit for delivering drugs supplied one by one from the drug supply unit to the outside of the drug discharge device.
The sensor detects that the medicine moved through the medicine supply unit is in the position just before being supplied to the medicine delivery unit, and the sensor detects that the medicine is in the position just before the medicine is supplied to the medicine delivery unit. Stop the operation of the drug dispensing device until a packing instruction is delivered. The method according to claim 8,
Before detecting the position of the medicine by the sensor, it is checked whether the medicine discharging device is located at the correct position inside the automatic medicine packing machine, and the medicine supply unit is driven when the medicine discharging device is at the correct position. To move the drug, drug discharge method.

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