KR20170012910A - Pill counting and automatic packaging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic pill counting and packaging device which is able to automatically package a pill into a pouch capable of sealing its opening. To achieve this, an automatic pill counting and packaging device in accordance with the present invention comprises: a bottom transfer part to supply a pouch; a top transfer part to supply a pill disposed above the bottom transfer part; a counting part to count pills supplied by the top transfer part; and a packing part to package the pills supplied by the top transfer part into the pouch supplied by the bottom transfer part.

Description

[0001] PILL COUNTING AND AUTOMATIC PACKAGING APPARATUS [0002]

The present invention relates to a pellet count automatic packaging apparatus in which a series of processes from pellet and pouch supply, pell counting and input to pouch packing are automatically performed.

Techniques for tablet counting and packaging devices include,

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1462673 (Registered, hereinafter referred to as "Prior Art", hereinafter referred to as "prior art") "Pill packing device with high-speed counting function"

The prior art includes a supply unit for supplying a plurality of pills simultaneously; An upper conveyance part including a plurality of main tracks arranged in a lateral direction so as to be able to convey a plurality of tablets supplied from the supply part through different paths connected to the supply part, A first lower conveying part including a plurality of first sub races in which a plurality of first guide rails are arranged side by side in a row so that pills supplied from the main track can be divided and transported in different directions, And a second lower conveying part connected to a lower end of the first sub track and including a plurality of second sub tracks formed with a second guide rail corresponding to the first guide rail; And a discharge unit for discharging pellets supplied along different paths from the transfer unit through different paths, wherein the supply unit is formed in a hollow shape, and an inner lower end of the supply unit is divided into a plurality of And a lower end thereof is connected to an upper end of the main track and the inside thereof is divided into a plurality of spaces so as to correspond to the supply hopper, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > hopper. ≪ / RTI >

The present invention provides a pellet counting automatic packaging apparatus having a series of automatic process systems in which pills to be fed are counted, pellets of a target value are pelletized into pouches, and pellets are closed after the pellets are closed and sealed and discharged from the pouch bundles after the sealing process It has its purpose.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic pilling device for counting pills,

A bottom transfer part for pouch supply;

A top transferring part for supplying a tablet, which is disposed above the bottom transferring part;

A counting part for counting the pills supplied by said top conveying part; And

A packing part for packing the pills supplied by the top conveying part into the pouch supplied by the bottom conveying part;

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The bottom-

Bottom body,

A store roller provided at a rear lower portion of the bottom body and wound with a pouch bundle in which pouches are connected in series,

Upper and lower conveying rollers provided on the front upper portion of the bottom body to support the pouches in the vertical direction,

A transfer roller driving unit for transferring the pouch bundle wound on the storage roller by transferring rotational power to the upper transfer roller or the lower transfer roller,

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The packing part

A blowing unit installed on the upper side of the upper conveying roller at the front surface of the bottom body to open a pouch inlet provided by the bottom conveying part,

A shutter plate rotatably provided at an outlet of the relay hopper, and a plate for controlling the opening and closing of the outlet of the relay hopper by rotating the shutter plate, A relay unit including a driving unit, and

A sealing unit disposed on a lower side of the lower conveying roller at a front surface of the bottom body and having a heating bar for heating and sealing a pouch inlet,

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A pill counting automatic packing apparatus according to the present invention comprises:

It is most effective to pack pills with a plastic pouch instead of a conventional pouch.

In addition, when the pouch is packed with the pouch, the pouch inlet opening and the fixing thereof, the pouch inlet closing and sealing, and the discharging are automatically performed in the packing part.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view showing an automatic packaging device for counting pills according to the present invention;
Figures 2 and 3 show some side views for showing the counting and packing parts,
4 is a partial front view showing a guide unit of a packing part,
5 is a partial front view of a part for showing a sealing unit of a packing part;

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

Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately It should be construed in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, various equivalents It should be understood that water and variations may be present.

1, the direction of the top conveying part is referred to as the upper or the upper side and the bottom conveying part side is referred to as the lower or the lower direction, and the side of the storing roller of the bottom conveying part is referred to as the rear part or the rear part, And the direction of the lower conveying roller is referred to as the front portion or the front portion.

1 to 5, the automatic pilling device for counting pills according to the present invention comprises:

And comprises a bottom transporting part 10, a top transporting part 20, a counting part 30 and a packing part 40.

Looking at each configuration,

The bottom transfer part (10)

As shown in Figure 1,

To supply the pouch 1,

The bottom bodies 11,

A store roller 12 installed at a rear lower portion of the bottom body 11 and wound with a pouch bundle in which pouches 1 are connected in series,

Upper and lower conveying rollers 13 and 14 installed at the upper front portion of the bottom body 11 to support the pouch 1 up and down,

A transport roller drive unit 15 for transferring the pouch bundle wound on the store roller 12 by forwardly transmitting rotational power to the upper transport roller 13 or the lower transport roller 14 so as to forward and feed the pouch pack,

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The bottom body 11 includes a bottom frame 111, a vertical frame 112 standing on one side of the bottom frame 111, and a horizontal frame 113 disposed on the front and back of the vertical frame 112 .

The upper and lower conveying rollers 13 and 14 are horizontally disposed to the left and the left of the bottom body 111. The upper and lower conveying rollers 13 and 14 are horizontally disposed on the left and right sides of the bottom frame 111 of the bottom body 11, 11 are arranged vertically side by side in front of the horizontal frame 113.

The bottom body 11 further includes a plurality of guide rollers 16 disposed on the respective frames 111, 112 and 113 to guide the conveyance of the pouch 1, And a front cover 114 disposed in front of the horizontal frame 113 and covering the upper and lower conveying rollers 13 and 14 and a part of the plurality of guide rollers 16.

The top conveying part 20

As shown in Figure 1,

And is disposed above the bottom conveying part 10 to supply pellets,

The main hopper 21,

A transfer plate 22 for receiving the pills supplied from the main hopper 21, and

A vibrating unit 23 for vibrating the conveying plate 22 to feed the pellets forward,

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The conveying plate 22 is disposed at a lower portion of the main hopper 21 on the outlet side and is disposed so that one end thereof is located at the lower front side of the feeding plate 221, And a bottom plate on which a tablet conveying passage is formed.

The vibrating unit 23 is disposed at a lower side of the bottom plate 222 to vibrate the bottom plate 222 upward and downward. For this purpose, the bottom plate 222 is inclined forward The vibrating unit 23 may be composed of an eccentric cam for supporting the bottom of the transfer plate 222 and a cam driving unit for rotating the bottom of the transfer plate 222. The bottom transfer plate 222 may be made to swing up and down Various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The counting part (30)

As shown in Figures 2 and 3,

For counting the pills supplied by the top conveying part (20) to control the operation on the packing part (40)

The first and second transparent plates 311 and 312 are provided at the middle portion of the tablet inlet tube 31 through which the pellets dropped from the transfer plate 22 are inserted by the vibrating unit 23, ,

A light emitting diode 321 disposed outside the first transparent plate 311 and emitting light to the outside of the second transparent plate 312 and emitting an electrical signal corresponding to the light emitted from the light emitting diode 321 A photocoupler 32 composed of a light receiving transistor 322 for outputting, and

The pills charged into the charging tube 31 are counted by a signal provided from the light receiving transistor 322 and the respective units of the vibration unit 23 and the packing part 40 to be described later are controlled, A controller 33 for counting the pills and counting the pills after the count is stopped,

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The packing part 40

As shown in Figs. 1 to 5,

For packing the pills supplied by the top transferring part (20) into the pouch (1) supplied by the bottom transferring part (10)

Is provided on the front side of the bottom body 11, that is, on the front side of the front cover 114 of the bottom body 11 and on the upper side of the upper conveying roller 13, A blowing unit 41 for opening the inlet of the single pouch 1 supplied by the blowing unit 41,

A relay hopper 421 for providing a pellet feeding path from the top conveying part 20 to the pouch 1, a shutter plate 422 rotatably installed at the outlet of the relay hopper 421, 422) for controlling opening and closing of the outlet of the relay hopper (421), and a plate drive part (423)

Is disposed on the front side of the bottom body 11, that is, on the lower side of the lower conveying roller 14 on the front surface of the front cover 114 of the bottom body 11, and the inlet of the pouch 1 is heated A sealing unit 43 having a heating bar 433 for sealing,

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3 and 4, the blowing unit 41 includes a nozzle 411 fixed to a bracket or the like provided separately on the front surface of the front cover 114, And an air supply unit 412 for supplying air under the control of the control unit 33.

At this time, it is preferable that the nozzle 411 has a downward discharge type structure so that air can be discharged to the inlet of the pouch 1 located at the lower side.

2 and 3, the relay unit 42 collects the pellets falling from the bottom transfer gate 222 of the top transfer part 20 through the injection pipe 31, 421 to be moved to the collecting hopper 424.

2 and 3, the plate driving unit 423 of the relay unit 42

A support bar 423a provided at an upper front portion of the relay hopper 421,

A known pneumatic cylinder 423b which is composed of a cylinder body 423b1 hinged to the support bar 423a and a piston 423b2 built therein and is capable of advancing and retreating the piston 423b2 according to the selective supply of air, ),

A first hinge portion 423c interconnecting the end of the piston 423b2 of the pneumatic cylinder 423b and the front end of the shutter plate 422,

A second hinge portion 423d for interconnecting the upper end of the shutter plate 422 and the lower front end of the relay hopper 421,

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The opening and closing operations of the shutter plate 422 can be performed with reference to the second hinge portion 423d by the movement of the piston 423b2 of the pneumatic cylinder 423b, The lower surface of the outlet is inclined from the front to the rear, and the shutter plate 422 has such a size as to block the outlet of the relay hopper 421.

It is preferable that the shutter plate 422 rotated and opened by the plate driving unit 423 has a rotation angle for supporting the inside of the inlet of the pouch 1 to the outside when the pellets are poured into the inlet of the pouch 1 .

Therefore, the pouch 1 with the opened opening can be held by the shutter plate 422, which is pivotally opened, to maintain the opened state.

2, 3 and 5, the sealing unit 43 is formed of

Two guide rods 431 horizontally disposed at both ends of the front surface of the bottom cover 11,

A sealing body 432 fitted to the two guide rods 431,

The heating bar 433 horizontally provided on the rear surface of the sealing body 432,

The sealing body 432 is moved forward and backward along the two guide rods 431 and the sealing drive part 434 controlled by the controller 33,

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At this time, the sealing drive part 434 is fixed to the horizontal frame 113 side of the bottom body 11, and the built-in piston end is connected to the sealing body 432 and does not interfere with the pouch 1 into which the pill is inserted A known pneumatic cylinder connected to the sealing body 432 so as to move the sealing body 432 forward and rearward in accordance with the selective supply of air, and a condition for moving the sealing body 432 forward and backward The present invention is not limited thereto.

When the pellets are poured into the inlet of the pouch 1, the heating bar 433 located at the rear side of the sealing body 432 advanced by the sealing driving part 434 heats the inlet of the pouch 1 to seal .

The packing part 40 is formed by pushing the inside of the inlet of the pouch 1 to both sides when the pouring of pellets into the inlet of the pouch 1 is completed and sealing of the inlet of the pouch 1 by the sealing unit 43 is completed, 1) a guide unit (44) for guiding the inlet to close,

As in Figures 4 and 5, the guide unit 44

A guide cylinder 441 of a pneumatic cylinder structure provided at one side of the upper conveying roller 13 in the front cover 114 of the bottom body 11,

A guide piston 442 built in the guide cylinder 441 and moving back and forth according to the selective supply of air,

A guide plunger 443 having a '\' shape hinged to the end of the guide piston 442 and having a slot formed longitudinally in the stop, and

A guide pin 444 provided in the guide cylinder 441 and fitted in the slot of the guide pin 443,

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As a result, when the guide piston 442 advances, the guide rod 443 advances and the guide pin 444 is rotated. At this time, the guide rod 443, which is vertically erected, The inside of the inlet of the pouch 1 is pushed outward.

In addition, one guide unit 44 is provided on the other side of the upper conveying roller 13 in the front cover 114 of the bottom body 11 so as to be opposed to each other. Thus, the inside of both sides of the inlet of the pouch 1 So that the inlet of the pouch 1 is closed.

On the other hand, when the heating bar 433 of the sealing unit 43 is pressed and fixed to the inlet of the pouch 1 when the pouch 1 is sealed by the sealing unit 43, The upper or lower conveying rollers 13 and 14 are separated from the pouch bundle into the single pouch 1 while being rotated in the reverse direction.

[0040] In operation of the automatic pilling counting device having the above configuration,

The pills received in the main hopper 21 of the top conveying part 20 are conveyed to the bottom transfer plate 222 through the transfer plate 221 of the transfer plate 22,

At this time, the pill is forwarded on the bottom transfer plate 222, which is moved up and down by the vibration unit 23,

The pellets passing through the injection pipe 31 are counted by the photocoupler 32,

The controller 33 controls the plate driving unit 423 to turn the shutter plate 422 according to the count value to shut off the outlet of the relay hopper 421,

At the same time, the controller 33 controls the sealing driving part 434 to move the sealing body 432 backward so that the heating bar 433 located behind the sealing body 432 presses the inlet of the pouch 1, And then,

At the same time, the controller 33 controls the guide cylinder 441 to advance the guide piston 442 so that the guide rod 443 connected to the guide piston 442 rotates about the guide pin 444 So that the sealing body 432 starts to move back and the heating bar 433 does not reach the inlet of the pouch 1, The turning operation of the arm 443 is completed.

When the sealing is completed, the controller 33 controls the conveying roller driving unit 15 to separate the upper or lower conveying rollers 13 and 14 from the pouch bundle into a single pouch 1,

Then, the guide bush 443 and the sealing body 432 are in place,

The controller 33 controls the conveying roller driving unit 15 to rotate the upper or lower conveying rollers 13 and 14 to feed a single pouch 1 to the front side,

The controller 33 controls the air supply unit 412 to open the inlet of the pouch 1 by using the air discharged to the nozzle 411 and to open the outlet of the relay hopper 421 by the shutter plate 422. [ By opening the outlet, pouring the pellet into the freshly supplied pouch 1 is restarted.

At this time, when the outlet of the relay hopper 421 is blocked by the shutter plate 422, the pellets supplied to the relay hopper 421 are counted by the counting part 30, When the pellets are reintroduced into the freshly supplied pouch 1, the target pellets are injected.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. And should be construed as falling within the scope of protection of the present invention.

10: Bottom feed part
11: bottom body 111: bottom frame
112: vertical frame 113: horizontal frame
114: Front cover
12: Store roller 13: Upper feed roller
14: lower conveying roller 15: conveying roller driving unit
16: Guide roller
20: Top Feeding Part
21: Main hopper
22: conveying plate 221:
222:
23: vibration unit
30: Counting part
31: Input tube 311: First transparent plate
312: second transparent plate
32: photo coupler 321: light emitting diode
322: light receiving transistor
33: Controller
40: Packing parts
41: blowing unit 411: nozzle
412:
42: Relay unit 421: Relay hopper
422: shutter plate 423: plate driving part
423a: support bar 423b: pneumatic cylinder
423b1: cylinder body 423b2: piston
423c: first hinge portion 423d: second hinge portion
424: Collecting hopper
43: sealing unit 431: guide rod
432: sealing body 433: heating bar
434:
44: guide unit 441: guide cylinder
442: guide piston 443: guide rod
444: guide pin

Claims (4)

A bottom conveying part (10) for feeding the pouch (1);
A top conveying part 20 for supplying a pill, which is disposed on the bottom conveying part 10;
A counting part (30) for counting the pills supplied by said top conveying part (20); And
A packing part (40) for packing the pills supplied by the top conveying part (20) into the pouch (1) supplied by the bottom conveying part (10);
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The bottom transporting part (10)
The bottom bodies 11,
A store roller 12 installed at a rear lower portion of the bottom body 11 and wound with a pouch bundle in which pouches 1 are connected in series,
Upper and lower conveying rollers 13 and 14 installed at the upper front portion of the bottom body 11 to support the pouch 1 up and down,
A transport roller drive unit 15 for transferring the pouch bundle wound on the store roller 12 by transferring rotational power to the upper transport roller 13 or the lower transport roller 14 to supply and transport the pouch pack forward,
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The packing part (40)
A blowing unit 41 installed on the upper side of the upper conveying roller 13 on the front surface of the bottom body 11 to open the inlet of one sheet of pouch 1 supplied by the bottom conveying part 10, ,
A relay hopper 421 for providing a pellet feeding path from the top conveying part 20 to the pouch 1, a shutter plate 422 rotatably installed at the outlet of the relay hopper 421, 422) for controlling opening and closing of the outlet of the relay hopper (421), and a plate drive part (423)
A sealing unit 43 disposed on the lower side of the lower conveying roller 14 on the front surface of the bottom body 11 and having a heating bar 433 for heating and sealing the inlet of the pouch 1,
Wherein the pellet counting automatic packing apparatus comprises:
The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the shutter plate (422) rotated by the plate driving part (423) has a rotation angle for supporting the inside of the inlet of the pouch (1) outwardly when the pellet is poured into the inlet of the pouch (1) Automatic packaging equipment.
The method according to claim 1,
The packing part 40 pushes both sides of the inside of the inlet of the pouch 1 to both sides to seal the pouch 1 when the filling of the pouch 1 is completed and the pouch 1 is sealed by the sealing unit 43. [ Further comprising a guide unit (44) for guiding the inlet to close.
4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The pouch 1 is fixed by the heating bar 433 of the sealing unit 43 when the pouch 1 is sealed by the sealing unit 43,
Wherein the upper or lower conveying rollers (13, 14) are reversely rotated by the conveying roller driving unit (15) to be separated from the pouch bundle into a single pouch (1).

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