KR20180029403A - Medicine package machine - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a medicine packaging apparatus for packaging a medicine by a single dose. The medicine packaging apparatus comprises: an injecting apparatus (20) installed on an upper portion of a body (11) of the medicine packaging apparatus to inject medicines; a buffer holder (30) for passing or temporarily storing medicines injected through the injecting apparatus; a holder (40) for receiving the medicine having passed through the buffer holder or the medicine temporarily accommodated in the buffer holder, storing the medicine, and discharging the medicine once for each dose; a hopper (14) for transferring the medicine discharged from the holder into a wrapping paper; a printing apparatus (15) for printing information on the surface of the wrapping paper wrapping the medicine; and a package sealing apparatus (16) for packaging and sealing the medicine delivered through the hopper by the wrapping paper. The buffer holder (30) may be rotational about a central shaft extended in the longitudinal direction.

Description

{MEDICINE PACKAGE MACHINE}

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical packaging apparatus for packaging medicines one time by one.

Depending on the type of medicines to be packed, the medicinal packing apparatuses that automatically pack medicines one time by one time may be classified into a tablet packing machine for packing pills, a powder packing machine for packing powder medicine, Tablet and powder mixer, and the like.

The tablet packing machine collects, pills, and discharges pellets discharged from a plurality of drug cassette apparatuses accommodating pellets (including both tablets and capsules) of various sizes and shapes by a hopper. In the powder packing machine, a certain amount of powders, that is, powders are transferred in a plurality of holders, and then powdered powders contained in the holders are separately wrapped and discharged. The tablet and powder mixer is configured so as to integrate the function of the tablet packing machine and the function of the powder packing machine.

Although the types of medicines to be packaged are different, the medicament packing apparatus generally includes a medicament receiving means for receiving and discharging medicines, a hopper means for collecting the discharged medicines one time by one dose and delivering them to the wrapping paper, Etc., a packaging means for sealingly discharging the wrapping paper into which the medicine has been inserted, and the like.

For example, FIG. 1 shows an example of a tablet and powder mixer equipped with a powder dispensing device for separating the powdered powder in powder form before packaging, and waiting for the powder in a batch. As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional tablet and powder mixer includes a tablet dispensing device 2 and a powder dispensing device 3 respectively installed on the upper part of the body 1, A hopper 4 for collecting medicines to be injected through the refill injector 2 and the acid injector 3 and a printing device 5 for printing various information on the surface of the packaging paper 7 for packaging the medicines, And a package sealing device 6 for packing and sealing the medicine collected by the hopper 4 with the wrapping paper 7.

The conventional powder dispensing apparatus 3 has a body formed by laminating a plurality of storage spaces partitioned by barrier ribs for storing powder, and an opening / closing door for opening / closing the storage space is installed below each storage space .

In the conventional powder dispensing device 3 constructed as described above, the powders are packaged in the following manner. That is, in a state in which the powder for one dose is accommodated in each storage space, the powder injector 3 linearly moves to one side as indicated by an arrow in Fig.

At this time, an opening means is provided above the hopper 4 installed in the body 1 of the tablet and powder mixer. When the powder dispensing device 3 linearly moves and each of the opening and closing doors reaches a position where the opening means is provided, the opening and closing door is opened. The opening of the opening / closing door may be a mechanical operation such as a locking projection or an electromagnetic operation such as a magnet.

Thus, in the past, the body of the powder dispenser 3 is being linearly moved in the rightward direction as viewed in FIG. 1, and the powder packing is performed by sequentially opening the opening and closing door.

Therefore, conventionally, in order to increase the packing operation speed, the number of the storage spaces is increased, and the body length of the powder dispensing device 3 is inevitably prolonged in order to increase the amount of work which can be performed at one time. In order to secure a space required for linearly moving the powder dispenser 3 when the powder dispenser 3 is long, an empty space is normally required on the right side of the apparatus as shown in FIG. That is, since the powder add-in unit 3 must be moved to the right until the storage space disposed at the leftmost position of the powder add-in unit 3 reaches the upper side of the hopper 4, 3) should be secured. There has been a problem in that it is necessary to sacrifice the efficient use of the space because the size of the entire device is increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine dispenser, comprising: a holder having a storage space for storing medicines in a single dose and linearly movable from above the hopper; The present invention is to provide a medicine packing apparatus which can increase the number of storage spaces and increase the amount of work which can be performed at one time without increasing the length of the holder by using a buffer holder rotatably installed.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medicine packing apparatus for packing a medicine by a single dose, the apparatus comprising: A buffer holder for passing or temporarily accommodating the medicine injected through the injector; A holder for receiving the medicament having passed through the buffer holder or the medicament temporarily accommodated in the buffer holder, receiving the medicament, and discharging the medicament once for each dose; A hopper for delivering the medicine discharged from the holder into the wrapper; A packing and sealing device for packing and sealing the medicine delivered through the hopper with a wrapping paper; Wherein the buffer holder is rotatably installed around a central axis extending in the longitudinal direction.

The buffer holder may include a buffer holder body portion having a bottom portion having a bottom portion and a through portion having only a side wall portion without a bottom portion and a buffer holder driving portion for rotating the buffer holder body portion.

The buffer holder body portion may have a number of chambers corresponding to the maximum number of packages. Half of the chambers may form the perforations, and the other half may form the user chambers.

The buffer holder driving unit may drop the powder temporarily stored in the user accommodating unit by rotating the buffer holder body upside down. In order to completely remove the medicine contained in the user accommodating portion, the buffer holder driving portion may be rotated in the forward and reverse directions within a predetermined angle range in a state where the buffer holder body is turned upside down.

The charging device includes a fixing part fixedly mounted on the body of the medicine packing apparatus, an opening and closing part provided to be openable and closable so as to be opened when the medicine is supplied while maintaining the closed state, And a moving unit movably installed along the fixing unit.

The charging device may further include a display unit for indicating the number of times of the packaging by sensing the position of the moving unit when the moving unit moves.

The holder may include a plurality of accommodating spaces for accommodating medicines and an opening and closing door for opening and closing the bottoms of the accommodating spaces, respectively. The holder may move left and right with respect to the hopper and open the opening and closing door one by one to deliver the medicine to the hopper.

The holder may have a number of accommodating spaces corresponding to half of the maximum number of packages.

The holder is located below the penetration portion of the buffer holder in the initial stage of the packaging operation, and the medicine falling through the penetration portion can be stored in the accommodation space of the holder.

The buffer holder and the holder may be drawn out from the body of the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus by a drawer. The holder disposed below the buffer holder can be drawn longer than the buffer holder.

The pharmaceutical packaging apparatus may further include an input / output and display device for controlling the packaging operation and checking the progress of the packaging operation.

The pharmaceutical packaging apparatus may further comprise a printing apparatus for printing information on a surface of a wrapping paper for wrapping the medicine.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medicine packaging apparatus for packaging a medicine by a single dose, the apparatus comprising: a charging device installed on a body of the medicine packaging apparatus for inputting medicine; A buffer holder disposed below the dosing device and including a plurality of sidewall portions; A holder disposed below the buffer holder and including a plurality of accommodation spaces; A hopper for delivering the medicine discharged from the holder into the package; Wherein a part of the medicine injected through the dosing device is held in the buffer holder and the rest is held in the holder through the buffer holder.

The sum of the amount of the drug held in the buffer holder and the amount of the drug held in the holder may be equal to the amount of the drug injected in the charging device. In addition, the amount of the drug held in the buffer holder and the amount of the drug held in the holder may be different from each other.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a pharmaceutical packaging apparatus having a buffer holder which temporarily stores medicines and is rotatably installed above the holder.

Therefore, according to the medicine packing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to increase the number of the storage spaces and to increase the amount of work which can be performed at one time, and to avoid increasing the length of the holder.

1 is a schematic front view of a conventional tablet and powder mixer;
FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
3 is a perspective view of a main part of a medicine packing apparatus according to the present invention,
4A is a perspective view of a buffer holder included in a drug packaging apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 4B is a front sectional view of the buffer holder shown in FIG. 4A,
5 is a view showing a state in which a buffer holder is taken out for cleaning a medicine packing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG.
6A to 6E are views for sequentially describing a method of packaging a medicine by a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a medicine packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the construction of a medicine packing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a major part of a medicine packing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIGS. A perspective view and a front section view of a buffer holder included in a pharmaceutical packaging apparatus are shown.

2, the drug packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment is provided with a charging device 20 installed on the upper part of the body 11 for manually injecting medicines, particularly powders, A buffer holder 30 for passing or temporarily storing medicines injected through the buffer holder 30 and a medicament temporarily stored in the medicament or buffer holder 30 which has passed through the buffer holder 30 are accommodated and discharged once And a hopper 14 for transferring the medicine discharged once from the holder 40 into the wrapping paper.

The medicine packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment is provided with a printing apparatus 15 for printing various information such as dose information on the surface of a wrapping paper for wrapping the medicine, And a package sealing device 16 for packaging and sealing by a wrapping paper.

The medicine packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured such that an input / output and display device 18 including a touch screen is installed on the outside of the body 11, for example, .

As shown in more detail in FIG. 3, the dosing device 20 comprises a fixed part 21 fixedly mounted on the body 11 of the medicament packing device, And a moving part 23 which is installed to be movable along the fixing part 21 in accordance with the maximum number of packages to be injected.

Although the illustrated dosing device 20 is used to manually dispense a powder, it is needless to say that various kinds of drug dispensing means may be employed in addition to those exemplified.

Herein, the term "maximum number of packaging" means the maximum number of times the powder can be packed after putting the powders once using the injection device 20 installed in the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the case where the number of times of recovery is large, it is necessary to perform the process of injecting the powder by the charging device 20 several times. For example, the dispensing apparatus according to the present embodiment can pack up to 30 cartridges by injecting a medicine once.

The fixing part 21 and the opening and closing part 22 cooperate with each other to temporarily accommodate the powder and then drop the powder downward as the opening and closing part 22 is opened. The opening and closing operation of the opening and closing part 22 can be performed by, for example, a motor and a link member, and any known configuration can be used, so that detailed description will be omitted.

The dispensing apparatus 20 may further include a display unit 24 that can detect the position of the moving unit 23 when the moving unit 23 moves and display the number of times of wrapping. The display unit 24 may include a plurality of LED lamps that are turned on or off according to the position of the moving unit 23, as shown in the figure. At this time, the number of LED lamps may have the same value as the maximum number of packages that can be packed using the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus.

3 to 4B, the buffer holder 30 is provided with a through hole 33 having only a side wall portion 32 without a floor and a buffer having a bottomed housing portion 34 with a bottom, A holder body 31 and a buffer holder driving unit 36 capable of rotating the buffer holder body 31.

The buffer holder 30 is provided so as to be rotatable in place by a buffer holder driving part about an imaginary central axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the buffer holder body.

The buffer holder body 31 is formed with a number of chambers corresponding to the maximum number of packages. Half of the buffer holder body 31 is a through-hole 33 made only of the side wall 32 without a bottom, And the bottom 35 is present together with the user 35. [

As described above, the powder dropped through the insertion device 20 can be dropped down continuously through the penetration portion 33 or can be temporarily stored in the user storage portion 34. For example, when the maximum number of packages is 30, the number of the chambers formed in the buffer holder body 31 is 30, the number of the penetration portions 33 is 15, which is half of the number, and the number of the user accommodating portions 34 is Likewise, fifteen of them are half.

When the number of jugs to be packed is, for example, 20, the number of user accommodating portions 34 in which the toner powder is temporarily stored is five, which is the remainder obtained by subtracting the number of the penetrating portions 33 from each other. This will be described in detail below with reference to Figs. 6A to 6E.

The buffer holder driving unit 36 capable of rotating the buffer holder body 31 may include a motor. A connecting portion 31a may be formed at one end of the buffer holder body 31 so that the buffer holder body 31 may be rotated by rotation of the motor, A cylindrical protrusion 31b functioning as a protrusion can be formed.

The motor included in the buffer holder driving unit 36 drops the powder temporarily stored in the user accommodating unit 34 by rotating the buffer holder body 31 by 180 degrees. On the other hand, in order to completely shake off the powder, the motor rotates the buffer holder body 31 in the forward direction so that the bottom of the user accommodating portion 34 faces upward, and then rotates the buffer holder body 31 forward (For example, 1-2 times).

The holder 40 disposed under the buffer holder 30 configured as described above has a number of accommodating spaces 41 corresponding to half of the maximum number of packages and moves the hopper 14 in the left- .

The holder 40 has an opening and closing door 42 that can open and close the bottom of each accommodating space 41. The opening and closing door 42 can utilize any known one so that the structure and operation of the opening / It is not described in detail. For example, opening of the opening / closing door may be a mechanical operation such as a locking projection or an electromagnetic operation such as a magnet.

The holder 40 may be configured to be linearly reciprocable by a drive motor, a power transmission means, a roller, a rail, etc. In the initial stage of the packaging operation, the holder 40 is placed under the penetration portion 33 of the buffer holder 30 . The powder that has fallen through the penetrating portion 33 as it is can be stored in the containing space 41 of the holder 40. [

The hopper 14 can supply the powder contained in each of the containing spaces 41 formed in the holder 40 to the hopper 14 once and supply it to the wrapping paper.

A printing apparatus 15 for printing various information such as dose information on the surface of a wrapping paper for wrapping the medicine and a wrapping and sealing apparatus 16 for wrapping and sealing the medicine delivered through the hopper 14 by means of wrapping paper, Any of these configurations can be utilized.

As shown in FIG. 5, the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment can be configured such that the buffer holder 30 and the holder 40 can be pulled out by a drawer for convenience of cleaning. The holder 40 disposed below the buffer holder 30 can be configured to be longer than the buffer holder 30 so that the holder 40 and the buffer holder 30 can be simultaneously observed While cleaning.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 6A to 6E, a method of packaging a medicine by a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention will be described.

6A shows a state in which the powder is manually injected into the charging device 20 as an initial step of the chemical packaging method. The moving part 23 is provided so as to be movable in the left and right directions. Before putting the powder into the dosing device 20, the user moves the moving part 23 to the left in accordance with the number of times the packaging is required. That is, before starting the packaging operation, the user determines the number of the packages to be packed (that is, how many times the medicine to be packed is to be packed) by injecting the powder once, and the moving part 23 ). The input device 20 according to this embodiment includes a display unit 24 using, for example, an LED lamp. Through the items displayed on the display unit 24, the user can confirm whether the moving unit 23 has moved to a desired position have.

When the powder agent is manually injected into the charging device 20 and then the medicine packing device is operated to open the opening and closing part 22, the powder contained in the charging device 20 drops down as shown in FIG. 6B.

The buffer holder 30 disposed at the lower side of the charging device 20 is constituted by the penetration portion 33 having no floor on the right half and the user accommodation portion 34 having the bottom half as described above And a buffer holder body portion 31. The powder dropped at the position where the penetrating portion 33 is formed among the powder dropped from the charging device 20 passes through the buffer holder 30 and is supplied to the accommodating space 41 of the holder 40 disposed below . On the other hand, of the powder dropped from the charging device 20, the powder dropped at the position where the user accommodating portion 34 is formed is supplied into the user accommodating portion 34.

Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 6C, the holder 40 moves to the left and proceeds with the packaging operation. As the holder 40 located at the right end moves to the left, the opening / closing door 42 of the floor is opened and received sequentially from the housing space 41 at the left end among the housing spaces 41 formed in the holder 40 And transfers the powder to the hopper 14.

The process of opening the opening / closing door while the holder moves to transfer the medicine to the hopper is a well-known method, so a detailed description will be omitted.

6D, the holder 40 is completely moved to the left, and the packing operation for all the dusts in the receiving space 41 is completed. Then, the buffer holder driving unit 36 is operated to move the buffer holder body 31) upside down. The powder temporarily stored in the user accommodating portion 34 falls to the holder 40 side and is accommodated in the accommodating space 41 of the holder 40. [

Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 6E, the holder 40 moves to the right and proceeds with the packaging operation. As the holder 40 located at the left end moves to the right, the opening / closing door 42 of the floor is opened and received sequentially from the housing space 41 at the right end among the housing spaces 41 formed in the holder 40 And transfers the powder to the hopper 14.

As described above, according to the medicine packing apparatus of the present invention, even if the number of the medicine packages to be packed is increased, some of the medicines can be temporarily stored by the buffer holder 30, The size of the holder can be reduced as compared with the case where no buffer holder is provided. There is no need to unnecessarily increase the size of the entire device in order to secure a space in which the holder can move.

In the above description, the powder packing is exemplified as packing the powder, but it may be modified so as to pack the tablet (including the capsule) together with the powders including both the powder injecting device and the tablet charging device.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is therefore intended that such modifications or variations are included in the claims of the invention.

11: Body
14: Hopper
20: Input device
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Claims (16)

A medicament packing apparatus for packing medicines one by one,
A charging device installed on an upper part of the body of the medicine packing apparatus to inject medicines;
A buffer holder for passing or temporarily accommodating the medicine injected through the injector;
A holder for receiving the medicament having passed through the buffer holder or the medicament temporarily accommodated in the buffer holder, receiving the medicament, and discharging the medicament once for each dose;
A hopper for delivering the medicine discharged from the holder into the wrapper;
A packing and sealing device for packing and sealing the medicine delivered through the hopper with a wrapping paper;
Wherein the medicament packaging device comprises: The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the buffer holder is rotatably installed around a central axis extending in the longitudinal direction. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the buffer holder includes a buffer holder body portion having a bottom portion having a bottom and a through portion having only a side wall portion without a floor and a buffer holder driving portion for rotating the buffer holder body portion, . The method of claim 3,
Wherein the buffer holder body portion is formed with a number of chambers corresponding to the maximum number of packages and wherein half of the chambers form the perforations and the other half form the user chambers. The method of claim 3,
The buffer holder driving unit rotates the buffer holder body so that the upper and lower portions of the buffer holder body are turned upside down, thereby dropping the powder temporarily stored in the user receiving portion,
Wherein the buffer holder driving unit rotates forward and backward within a predetermined angle range in a state in which the buffer holder body is turned upside down in order to completely remove the medicine contained in the user housing unit. The method according to claim 1,
The charging device includes a fixing part fixedly mounted on the body of the medicine packing apparatus, an opening and closing part provided to be openable and closable so as to be opened when the medicine is supplied while maintaining the closed state, And a moving part movably installed along the fixing part in accordance with the fixing part. The method of claim 6,
Wherein the charging device further comprises a display unit that can detect the position of the moving unit when the moving unit moves and display the number of times of the packing. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the holder includes a plurality of accommodating spaces capable of accommodating medicines, and an opening / closing door capable of opening and closing the bottoms of the accommodating spaces, respectively,
Wherein the holder is movable in the left and right direction with respect to the hopper so as to open the opening and closing doors one by one to deliver the medicine to the hopper. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the holder has a number of accommodating spaces corresponding to half of the maximum number of packages. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the holder is located below the penetration portion of the buffer holder at an initial stage of the packaging operation and the medicine falling through the penetration portion is stored in the accommodation space of the holder. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the buffer holder and the holder are capable of being withdrawn from the body of the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the holder disposed below the buffer holder can be drawn longer than the buffer holder. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicine packing apparatus further comprises an input / output and display device for checking the progress of the packaging operation while controlling the packaging operation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicine packing apparatus further comprises a printing apparatus for printing information on a surface of a wrapping paper for wrapping the medicine. A medicament packing apparatus for packing medicines one by one,
A charging device installed on an upper part of the body of the medicine packing apparatus to inject medicines;
A buffer holder disposed below the dosing device and including a plurality of sidewall portions;
A holder disposed below the buffer holder and including a plurality of accommodation spaces;
A hopper for delivering the medicine discharged from the holder into the package;
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Wherein some of the medicines injected through the dosing device are held in the buffer holder and the rest are held in the holder through the buffer holder. 16. The method of claim 15,
The sum of the amount of the drug held in the buffer holder and the amount of the drug held in the holder is equal to the amount of the drug injected in the charging device,
Wherein the amount of the drug held in the buffer holder and the amount of the drug held in the holder are different from each other.

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