WO2005011563A1 - 薬剤払出し装置及び薬剤充填装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a drug filling device for filling a solid drug such as a tablet or a capsule into a packaging member such as a container such as a vial or a bottle or a small bag.
- the present invention also relates to a medicine dispensing device that is desirably employed in a medicine filling device and the like.
- the main task of a pharmacy is to select a drug based on a doctor's prescription from a wide variety of drugs in stock and to provide the drug to patients. Traditionally, this was done manually by a pharmacist when he took out the medicine while looking at the prescription.
- Patent Document 1 JP 2001-130504 A
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-287702
- Patent Document 3 JP 2001-294305A
- Patent Document 4 JP-A-2002-29501
- Patent Document 5 JP-A-2002-29511
- the medicine filling device described in the above-mentioned patent document includes a prescription instruction section, a medicine supply section, a medicine temporary holding section, a medicine transport section, and a medicine filling section.
- a medicine dispensing device is used in the medicine temporary holding section.
- the medicine filling apparatus a predetermined number of medicines are discharged from the medicine supply unit and stored in the medicine dispensing apparatus. Then, the medicines stored in the medicine dispensing device are sequentially transferred to the medicine transporting section, transferred to the medicine filling section by the medicine transporting section, and filled into vials and the like. More specifically, the prescription instruction section is a section for inputting the contents of a doctor's prescription and the like.
- the medicine supply unit is provided with a plurality of medicine feeders, and each feeder is equipped with a large medicine storage container containing a medicine.
- the discharged medicine is temporarily stored in a medicine dispensing device via a common passage.
- the medicine dispensing device is provided with a shutter at a lower end portion, and can store and store the medicine inside the shutter with the shutter closed. Then, the shutter is opened, and the medicine is dropped into the medicine transport section of the next process at a stretch. Thereafter, the medicine is transferred to the medicine filling section by the medicine transport section as described above, and after confirming the weight of the medicine, the medicine is filled in a vial or the like.
- the reason that the drug is temporarily stored and then transported by the drug transport unit is that the time required for the drug supply unit during the process of filling the drug and the time required to discharge the drug are significantly longer than those of other processes. Are discharged in parallel, and after a predetermined amount of drug has accumulated, it is sequentially sent to downstream processes.
- the above-described drug filling device has a drug dispensing device, and temporarily stores the drug in the portion. Then, the shutter is opened by a predetermined signal, and the medicine is dropped at a stretch and sent to the next process.
- the above-described drug filling device can discharge the drug from the drug supply unit as a rate-determining step in parallel, so that the overall time required from inputting the contents of the prescription to filling the drug is reduced, reducing wasted time. But short. This has the effect of reducing patient waiting time.
- the above-described drug filling device has extremely excellent performance.
- the present inventors have repeatedly studied to further improve the performance, and have assumed that any situation may occur. We verified possible failures and accidents.
- the bridge is a phenomenon in which a plurality of drugs are linearly connected between opposing wall surfaces and the like to form an arch shape.
- a bridge of a drug occurs, a vertical force due to the weight of the drug is dispersed by the adjacent drug, and is applied to an opposing wall or the like via the adjacent drug. Therefore, when a bridge of the medicine occurs, the medicine which has become a constituent member is in a vertically stable state and does not fall.
- a medicine feeder force discharges a predetermined number of medicines, temporarily stores the medicines in a medicine dispensing apparatus, and opens the shutter to drop the medicines at once and send them to the next process.
- the medicine may cause a bridging phenomenon in the medicine dispensing device and the medicine may be clogged.
- an object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned concerns and to develop a medicine dispensing apparatus that does not cause a bridge of medicines.
- another object of the present invention is to develop a drug filling device which does not cause drug bridging and has few failures.
- the present invention provided to solve the above-mentioned problem is arranged on the downstream side of a medicine feeder for discharging a solid medicine, and temporarily stores the medicine discharged by the medicine feeder force.
- a medicine dispensing device that discharges a medicine that is provided with a container-like member whose upper part is open and whose at least lower part is opened and closed, and a part or all of the inner peripheral wall of the container-like member is a movable wall, and the movable wall is A medicine dispensing device characterized in that it moves when the lower part of the container is opened.
- the movable wall is provided on the inner peripheral wall of the container-like member, and the movable wall moves when opening the lower part of the container-like member. Therefore, the bridge is moved by the movement of the movable wall Destroyed. That is, the bridge phenomenon is a phenomenon in which a plurality of tablets and the like are sandwiched between two walls, and the tablets and the like cannot drop.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention includes a movable wall on the inner peripheral wall of the container, the bridge starting from the movable wall collapses as the movable wall moves.
- the above-described medicine dispensing device has a long side and a short side in a plane cross section inside the container-like member, and one or both of the peripheral walls constituting the long side are movable walls. Good.
- the plain cross-sectional shape of the container-like member often has a long side and a short side such as a rectangle and a long hole due to layout restrictions. Bridges generally occur between the longer walls. In other words, when the distance between the walls is long, the bridge is not stable, so that the bridge phenomenon does not occur and the bridge occurs frequently when the distance between the walls is short. Therefore, if the plane sectional shape is, for example, a rectangle, a bridge occurs between the long sides. Therefore, in the present invention, a movable wall is provided on one or both of the peripheral walls constituting the long side.
- the above-described medicine dispensing device may be one in which the movable wall is rotated and at least partially has an arc-shaped portion.
- the present invention is intended to design the movable wall to be larger. That is, as described above, in the present invention, the base end portion of the bridge is divided by moving the movable wall, so that the area of the movable wall is desirably larger. Since the movable wall employed in the medicine dispensing device of the present invention is a rotating one, the movable wall itself does not move. It moves while staying in the place. Further, since the movable wall employed in the medicine dispensing device of the present invention has an arc-shaped portion, the locus of rotation is small. Therefore, according to the present invention, the movable wall can be designed to be larger, and the action of breaking the bridge is strong.
- the movable wall may be located at a position where the medicine is expected to accumulate.
- the container-shaped member includes an outer container member having openings at upper and lower portions, and an inner container member having a part opened and a part opposed to the outer container member closed.
- the inner member is in the outer container member, and the inner container member may be reversible in the outer container member.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention has an outer container member and an inner container member, and the inner container member is provided in the outer container member.
- the upper and lower portions of the outer container member are open.
- a part of the inner container member inside is open, and a portion facing the inner container member is closed.
- the opening of the inner container member is directed upward.
- the medicine discharged from the medicine feeder enters the inner container member through the upper opening of the outer container member and the opening of the inner container member.
- the inner container member is partially open, but the portion facing the opening is closed, so that the lower opening of the outer container member is closed by the closed portion of the inner container member. Therefore, there is no opening at the lower part of the medicine dispensing device.
- the discharged medicine accumulates in the inner container member.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention when discharging the medicine accumulated inside, the inner container member is inverted inside the outer container member. As a result, the medicine accumulated in the inner container member spills out of the opening of the inner container, and is discharged to the outside through the lower opening of the outer container member.
- the medicine located at the bottom of the inner container member is located at the upper side of the bridge when the inner container member is turned over, The bridge is destroyed by the weight of the drug located at
- the container-shaped member has an opening at an upper part and a lower part, and has an arc-shaped inner wall at least in part, and an inner container built in the outer container member.
- the inner container member has an outer wall substantially matching the arc-shaped inner wall of the outer container member, and a part of the outer wall is cut off to form an opening; and the inner container member rotates in the outer container member.
- the outer wall of the inner container member closes the opening at the lower part of the outer container member, and when the inner container member is at another predetermined rotation position, the inner container member is closed.
- the opening of the member may match the opening of the outer container member.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention also has an outer container member and an inner container member, and the inner container member is inside the outer container member.
- the upper and lower portions of the outer container member are open.
- a part of the inner container member inside is open, and a portion facing the inner container member is closed.
- the outer container member employed in the present invention has an arc-shaped inner wall at least in part.
- the inner container member has an outer wall that substantially matches the arcuate inner wall of the outer container member.
- the inner member has an opening formed by partially missing the outer wall. The inner container member rotates inside the outer container member.
- the opening of the inner container member is directed upward.
- the medicine discharged from the medicine feeder enters the inner container member through the upper opening of the outer container member and the opening of the inner container member and accumulates therein.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention when discharging the medicine accumulated inside, the inner container member is rotated in the outer container member to reverse the posture. As a result, the medicine accumulated in the inner container member is spilled from the opening of the inner container, and is further discharged to the outside through the opening at the lower portion of the outer container member.
- the outer container member has an arc-shaped inner wall.
- the inner container member has an outer wall that substantially matches the inner wall. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing device of the present invention, when the inner container member is rotated inside the outer container member, there is little concern that a gap is formed between the inner container member and the medicine that is hardly fitted.
- the bridge collapses when the medicine accumulated inside is discharged. Also, when the inner container member was in the normal posture, the medicine located at the bottom of the inner container member would be located on the upper side of the bridge when the inner container member was inverted, and would be located at the bottom. The bridge is destroyed by the weight of the drug.
- the inner container member rotates about a substantially horizontal axis as a center, and that the inner container member rotates at least one and a half rotations when discharging the medicine.
- the discharge step is repeated at least twice to prevent the drug from staying.
- a preferred invention as an embodiment of the above-described invention is arranged downstream of a drug feeder for discharging a solid drug, and once the drug discharged from the drug feeder is stored, the drug is stored together.
- a medicine dispensing apparatus for discharging medicine a container-like member having openings at upper and lower parts and a closing member built in the container-like member are provided, and the closing member is formed at an angle of 360 ° about a substantially horizontal axis. When the closing member is in the predetermined rotation position, the closing member closes the lower opening of the container-like member, and when the closing member is in another predetermined rotation position, the closing member is in the container-like member.
- a medicine dispensing device characterized in that the opening force of the medicine is separated.
- the medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention includes a container-like member having an upper part and a lower part opening. Further, the medicine dispensing device of the present invention includes a closing member, and the closing member rotates around a substantially horizontal axis. When the closing member is at the predetermined rotation position, the closing member closes the opening at the lower part of the container.
- the closing member closes the lower opening of the container at a predetermined rotation position.
- the drug feeder The delivered medicine accumulates inside.
- the closing member when discharging the medicine accumulated inside, the closing member is rotated to open the opening of the container-like member.
- the blocking member rotates through 360 ° about the substantially horizontal axis, so that even if the bridge is formed, the bridge is scraped.
- a medicine dispensing device for discharging medicine a container-like member having openings at upper and lower parts and having at least a part of an inner wall of an arc shape, and a closing member built in the container-like member, wherein the closing member Has an outer wall substantially coincident with the arcuate inner wall of the container-like member, the closing member is rotatable within the container-like member while sliding with the arcuate inner wall, and the closing member is at a predetermined rotational position. Wherein the closing member closes the lower opening of the container-like member, and when the closing member is at another predetermined rotational position, the closing member separates from the opening force of the container-like member. apparatus A.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention also includes a container-shaped member whose upper and lower parts are open.
- the container-like member employed in the present invention has an arc-shaped inner wall at least in part.
- the closing member has an outer wall that substantially matches the arcuate inner wall of the container.
- the closing member closes the lower opening of the container at a predetermined rotation position.
- the medicine discharged from the medicine feeder accumulates inside.
- the closing member When discharging the medicine accumulated in the inside, the closing member is rotated and the opening of the container-like member is opened.
- the container-like member has an arc-shaped inner wall
- the closing member has an outer wall substantially matching the inner wall.
- the present invention is arranged downstream of a medicine feeder for discharging a solid medicine, and comprises a medicine feeder.
- a medicine dispensing device for temporarily storing medicine discharged from a feeder and discharging the stored medicine
- a container-like member having openings at upper and lower portions
- a closing member for opening and closing the lower opening of the container-like member.
- a force removing member wherein the scraping member crosses the inside of the container when the closing member opens the lower opening of the container.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention also includes a container-like member whose upper and lower parts are open. Further, the medicine dispensing device of the present invention includes the closing member, and the lower opening is opened and closed by the closing member. That is, in the medicine dispensing device of the present invention, when storing medicines, the closing member closes the lower opening of the container at a predetermined rotation position. In the medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the closing member is opened when discharging the medicine accumulated in the inside, but in the medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the scraping member crosses the inside of the container at this time. Therefore, even if the bridge is formed, the force and the scraping member will break a part of the bridge and destroy the bridge.
- the scraping member desirably crosses the site where the drug is expected to accumulate
- the closing member is a shutter that moves linearly
- the scraping member is integrated with the closing member
- the force removing member desirably crosses the inside of the container with the movement of the closing member.
- the force removing member is integrated with the closing member. Therefore, the scraping member interlocks with the closing member, and cuts a part of the bridge across the inside of the container-like member as the closing member moves.
- the closing member is a shutter that moves linearly, and the force and the scraping member have an inclined side and are integrated with the closing member. Accordingly, the inside of the container-like member may be traversed with the side of the inclined side leading.
- the scraping member moves along the inclined side together with the operation of the closing member. Cross over with. Therefore, when the force-pulling member comes into contact with the bridge, it lifts the drug and breaks the bridge.
- the present invention also relates to a medicine dispensing device that is disposed downstream of a medicine feeder that ejects a solid medicine and temporarily stores the medicine that has been ejected and discharges the accumulated medicine.
- a container-like member having openings at the upper and lower parts, a closing member for opening and closing the lower opening of the container-like member, and a force dropping member, wherein the closing member opens the lower opening of the container-like member.
- the medicine dispensing device is characterized in that the force and dropping member strokes a part of the inner wall of the container-like member or the vicinity of a part of the inner wall.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention also includes a container-like member whose upper and lower parts are open.
- the medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention also includes a closing member, and the lower opening is opened and closed by the closing member. That is, in the medicine dispensing device of the present invention, when storing the medicine, the closing member closes the opening at the lower part of the container at a predetermined rotation position.
- the closing member is opened when the medicine accumulated inside is discharged.
- the scraping member at this time is a part of the inner wall or the inner wall of the container-like member. Stroke some neighborhood. Therefore, even if a bridge is formed, the force-splitting member breaks a part of the bridge and scrapes the bridge.
- the crossing member moves along the long side.
- the scraping member be moved at a site where the drug is expected to be accumulated.
- the closing member is a shutter that moves linearly, and it is recommended that the force dropping member be integrated with the closing member.
- the container-shaped member has an outer container member having openings at upper and lower portions, and an inner container member having a part opened and a part opposed to the outer container member closed.
- the container member is in the outer container member, and has a closing member for opening and closing the lower opening, and a dropping member, and the scraping member strokes the inner surface of the outer container member as the inner container member rotates. It may be a feature.
- the force removing member may have a noncircular outer shape and rotate along the inner surface of the outer container member.
- the container-shaped member has an outer container member having openings at upper and lower portions, and an inner container member having a part opened and a part opposed to the outer container closed.
- the inner container member is located in the outer container member and rotates with respect to the outer container member, and has a closing member that opens and closes a lower opening, and a scraping member, and the force and the scraping member are: It may be characterized in that it is shaped like an arm and rotates along the inner surface of the outer container member.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention described above has a case portion for accommodating a container-like member, and is provided with an engaging portion that can be protruded and retracted from the case portion, and a pressing portion. It may be configured such that it always projects and is immersed in the case part when the pressing part is pressed.
- the medicine dispensing device of the present invention employs a configuration for facilitating attachment and detachment of the medicine filling device and the like when employed as a part of the medicine filling device and the like.
- the present invention provides a medicine supply unit provided with a plurality of medicine feeders for ejecting a solid medicine, a method for temporarily storing the medicine discharged from the medicine feeder, and discharging the accumulated medicine.
- a medicine filling device comprising: the medicine dispensing device according to any one of the first to tenth aspects; and a medicine filling section that fills a predetermined container or a packaging member with the medicine discharged from the medicine dispensing device.
- the present invention is an application of the above-described medicine dispensing apparatus to a medicine filling apparatus.
- a plurality of medicine feeders are arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of common passages corresponding to one or two or more medicine feeder rows are formed. 18.
- a drug filling device provided with the drug dispensing device according to any one of Items 1, 10, and 17, and having a drug filling portion for filling a drug discharged from the drug dispensing device into a predetermined container or a packaging member. .
- the above-described medicine dispensing apparatus is applied to a medicine filling apparatus.
- a medicine filling device of the present invention a plurality of medicine feeders are arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of common passages corresponding to one or two or more medicine feeder rows are formed.
- a medicine dispensing device is arranged downstream of each common passage.
- the medicine which has also been discharged from the medicine feeder, falls down the common passage and impacts the medicine that has already fallen, pushing it down. Therefore, there is a concern that the medicine is in a bridge state in the medicine dispensing apparatus.However, the medicine dispensing apparatus employed in the present invention has a function of collapsing or destroying the bridge. Is sent to the next step.
- a plurality of medicine feeders are arranged in a matrix in a main body, and a plurality of common passages corresponding to one or two or more medicine feeder rows are formed.
- a medicine discharging device for temporarily storing the medicine discharged from the medicine feeder and opening a predetermined opening to discharge the stored medicine, and dispensing the medicine discharged from the medicine discharging apparatus into a predetermined container or
- the medicine dispensing device has a case portion, and a container for storing a medicine in the case portion and a power source for opening an opening of the container are built in.
- An engaging portion and a pressing portion are provided, which are protruding and retractable with respect to the case portion.
- the engaging portion is always protruded, and is immersed in the case portion when the pressing portion is pressed.
- the drug There is a partition in which the case portion of the dispensing device is mounted, and an engaging hole or groove is provided in the partition, and the drug dispensing device is in a state where the pressing portion of the drug dispensing device is pressed to immerse the engaging portion in the case portion.
- the medicine filling device is characterized in that the medicine filling device can be mounted in the partition, and the engaging portion engages with an engaging hole or a groove provided in the partition.
- a plurality of medicine feeders are arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of common passages corresponding to one or two or more medicine feeder rows are formed.
- a medicine dispensing device is arranged downstream of each common passage.
- the medicine dispensing device employed in the present invention has a case portion, and a unit for storing a medicine in the case portion and a power source for opening an opening of the container is built into a unit.
- an engaging portion and a pressing portion that can protrude and retract from the case portion are provided.
- the engaging portion always protrudes, and is immersed in the case when the pressing portion is pressed.
- the main body has a partition on which the case is mounted, and the partition is provided with an engagement hole or a groove.
- the pressing portion of the medicine dispensing device is pressed so that the engaging portion is immersed in the case portion.
- the medicine dispensing device is used to partition the main body. Enter. Then, the pressing of the pressing portion is released and the engaging portion is protruded from the case portion. As a result, the engaging portion engages with the engaging hole or groove provided in the partition.
- the case-side connection terminal is provided at the tip of the case portion, the main-body-side connection terminal is provided in the partition of the main body portion, and the engaging hole or the groove extends in the longitudinal direction.
- the case portion may be slid in a state where the engagement portion and the engagement hole or groove provided in the partition are engaged, so that the case side connection terminal and the main body side connection terminal can be connected. It is possible.
- the medicine filling device of the present invention is intended to simultaneously perform an electrical connection when the medicine dispensing device is mounted on the main body.
- the case-side connection terminal is provided at the tip of the case portion, and the body-side connection terminal is provided in the partition of the main body portion.
- the connection terminal on the case side can be connected to the connection terminal on the main unit.
- the medicine dispensing apparatus and the medicine filling apparatus of the present invention have an effect that the number of failures without clogging of the medicine is small. Therefore, there is an effect that the patient does not have to wait. Further, the medicine filling device of the present invention has an effect that the medicine dispensing device can be easily attached and detached, and maintenance can be performed.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a medicine filling device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a common passage of the medicine filling device of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a positional relationship among a medicine supply section, a medicine dispensing section, and a medicine transport section of the medicine filling device in FIG. Figure 4 shows A in Figure 3 FIG.
- reference numeral 1 denotes a medicine filling device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the drug filling device 1 of the present embodiment is characterized by a drug temporary stop section 5. Prior to the description of the characteristic configuration, a schematic configuration and functions of the entire device will be described.
- the drug filling device 1 of the present embodiment has a function of selecting a specific tablet from a group of tablets of various types and filling the vial.
- the medicine filling device 1 of the present embodiment is roughly divided into a storage shelf 2, a medicine supply unit 3, a medicine suspension unit 5, a medicine transport unit 6, a medicine filling unit 7, a vial storage unit 8, and a vial transfer unit 9. It is configured.
- the storage shelf 2 temporarily stores a vial filled with tablets.
- the storage shelf 2 has an input means (prescription instruction section) such as a touch panel 10 for inputting the contents of a prescription and information such as a patient's name and age.
- the medicine supply section 3 is configured by arranging a number of common passage members 11 as shown in Fig. 2 and attaching a medicine feeder 12 to the common passage member 11.
- one common passage member 11 has a groove shape as shown in FIG. 2, and a plurality of through holes 15 are provided.
- a drug feeder 12 is attached to each through hole 15 (only the lowermost drug feeder 12 is shown in FIG. 2).
- the common passage members 11 are arranged side by side on the front and back surfaces of the vertical wall portion 16 as shown in Figs.
- a large number of the common passage members 11 are arranged in the horizontal direction with the concave opening side facing the surface of the vertical wall portion 16 and in a vertical posture. Therefore, when the medicine supply section 3 is viewed from the front side, the medicine feeders 12 are arranged in a matrix. The same is true when the medicine supply section 3 is viewed from the back side, and the medicine feeders 12 are arranged in a matrix.
- the common passage member 11 is a groove-shaped member and is arranged in the vertical direction on the vertical wall portion 16. Therefore, the common passage member 11 is perpendicular to the inner surface of the common passage member 11 and the surface of the vertical wall portion 16. A void extending in the direction is formed. This gap functions as the common passage 18.
- the medicine feeders 12 are attached to each of the common passage members 11. Therefore, the longitudinal force of each drug feeder 12 belongs to one common passage 18.
- Each drug feeder 12 is provided with a drug storage container 14 (shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2), and each drug storage container contains a different kind of tablet.
- the bottom of the medicine supplying unit 3 a plurality of drug dispensing device 20 is provided as in FIG. 3, 4, drug pause portion 5 is formed.
- the details of the structure and function of the medicine dispensing device 20 will be described later, but the basic function is to temporarily store the medicine and discharge it at once.
- One medicine dispensing device 20 is provided for each common passage 11.
- a medicine transport section 6 is provided.
- the medicine transport section 6 includes two transfer devices 21 and 22, and one transfer device 21 is located on the front side of the medicine filling device 1 and on the front side of the vertical wall portion 16. In charge of transporting tablets discharged from 20 groups of drug dispensing devices arranged in.
- the other transfer device 21 is in charge of transferring tablets discharged from a group of drug delivery devices 20 arranged on the back side of the drug filling device 1 and on the back side of the vertical wall portion 16.
- Each of the transfer devices 21 and 22 has a moving hopper 25 (also referred to as a conveyor vessel), and the moving hopper 25 is connected to a belt, a chain, or the like, and moves linearly. That is, the transfer devices 21 and 22 move the moving hopper 25 in the horizontal direction, and transport the tablets discharged from the group of drug delivery devices 20 to the drug filling unit 7 side.
- a moving hopper 25 also referred to as a conveyor vessel
- the vial storage section 8 is a section for storing a vial as a tablet container.
- the vial transfer unit 9 is a small-sized conveyor that takes out the vial from the vial storage unit 8 and transports the vial to the medicine filling unit 7.
- the medicine filling device 1 of the present embodiment starts with an input to the touch panel 10 as a start.
- the tablet and the vial are separately carried to the drug filling section 7, and the tablet is filled in the vial in the drug filling section 7.
- the medicine feeder 12 when the type of the medicine is input by the touch panel, the medicine feeder 12 to which the medicine storage container containing the medicine is attached functions.
- the medicine feeder 12 is well-known and includes a dispensing device (not shown), a sensor and a counter, and is provided from a medicine storage container. The tablets are taken out one by one and discharged into the common passage 18.
- the sensor and the counter are attached to the medicine feeder 12 as described above, and the number of tablets discharged to the common passage 18 is counted, and stops when the number reaches a predetermined number.
- the discharged tablets fall one by one through the common passage 18 and accumulate in the medicine dispensing device 20 of the medicine temporary stop section 5. It should be noted that since the discharge of the medicine from the medicine feeder 12 takes a considerable time, the discharge of the medicine from the medicine feeder 12 is performed in parallel. Assuming that there is a common passage from No. 1 to No. 30, the drug feeder belonging to No. 1 common passage 12 The tablets are discharged from the medicine feeder 12 into the common passage. Of course, tablets may be supplied simultaneously to three or more common channels.
- the moving hopper 25 of one of the transfer devices 21 and 22 moves to the lower part of the medicine dispensing device 20 in the common passage where the discharge of the medicine has been completed first.
- the drug delivery device 20 is operated to discharge the tablets stored in the drug delivery device 20 to the moving hopper 25 of the transfer devices 21 and 22 at a stretch.
- the movable hopper 25 is carried to the medicine filling section 7 side.
- the vial is taken out from the vial storage section 8 and carried to the medicine filling section 7.
- the weight of the tablets transferred by the moving hopper 25 is measured, and if there is no abnormality, the tablets are filled into vials. Then, the patient name and drug name are printed on the vial, and a series of steps are completed.
- the drug filling device 1 of the present embodiment includes a drug temporary stop unit 5, particularly a drug dispensing device as a main device of the portion.
- a drug temporary stop unit 5 particularly a drug dispensing device as a main device of the portion.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the medicine dispensing device according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the rear end side.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the medicine dispensing device according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the distal end side.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view of the medicine dispensing device of FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a container and a drive unit of the medicine dispensing device of FIG. Figure 10 shows the drug in Figure 5
- FIG. 3 is a plan cross-sectional view of a central portion of the agent removing device, showing a state where a tablet has caused a bridge.
- FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of a container portion of the medicine dispensing device of FIG.
- FIG. 12 is a perspective view of an inner container member of the medicine dispensing device of FIG.
- the medicine dispensing apparatus 20 which is a characteristic part of the present invention, has a case section 30 as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which a container 31 and a driving section 32 are integrally incorporated. It has been transformed into In addition, the case section 30 is devised to easily attach the medicine dispensing device 20 to a predetermined position.
- the case section 30 is made of thin steel plate. That is, the medicine dispensing device 20 is covered by a rectangular parallelepiped case 30. The appearance of the medicine dispensing device 20 is as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and the opening of the container 31 is exposed on the upper surface. Further, an engagement mechanism 92 and a knob 93 are provided at the rear end (the front side in FIG. 5) of the medicine dispensing device 20.
- the engagement mechanism 92 has a toggle mechanism as described later.
- the knob 93 has a bottom portion of the case 30 protruding toward the rear end.
- a pressing member 72 protrudes from the front end of the medicine dispensing device 20.
- a connector 94 is exposed as shown in FIG.
- the engaging pin 75 is exposed on the side surface on the front end side of the medicine dispensing device 20. The functions of the pressing member 72, the engaging pin 75 and the connector 94 will be described later.
- FIG. 9 shows the container-like member 31 and the drive unit 32 extracted.
- the container 31 is composed of an outer container 35 and an inner container 36 as shown in FIG.
- the outer container member 35 and the inner container member 36 are both formed by being divided into two parts and integrated by a fitting structure. That is, the outer container member 35 is formed by integrating the outer container member pieces 35a and 35b.
- the inner container member 36 is made by integrating inner container member pieces 36a and 36b.
- the outer container member 35 is formed by integrating the outer container member pieces 35a and 35b as described above. In the integrated state, as shown in FIG. This is a container with openings 37 and 38.
- the width of the outer container member 35 is substantially constant.
- the large-area side has a unique shape (hereinafter, the large-area side is referred to as the front side). That is, the outer container member 35 is externally divided into an upper introduction section 40, an inner container mounting section 41, and a discharge section 42.
- the upper introduction part 40 has a large rectangular opening, and a flange 43 is provided at the opening end. In the vicinity of the opening 37 of the upper introduction section 40, four surfaces are covered by vertical walls 45a, b. C, d.
- the inner container mounting portion 41 has a drum shape, and has a circular shape when viewed from the front side.
- the inner peripheral surface of the inner container mounting portion 41 is an arc surface 48.
- the diameter of the arc surface 48 extends over the entire height of the outer container member 35 as shown in FIG. However, as described above, since the upper introduction portion 40 has a large opening, the arc surface 48 is not a complete circle and the upper side is missing over a range of about 120 °.
- the upper introduction section 40 and the inner container mounting section 41 are connected by an inclined wall 46.
- the inclination angle of the inclined wall 46 is such that the tablets and force capsules roll down without stagnation, and the force at 45 ° is about 60 °.
- the design is made on the assumption that tablets are stored in a portion below the inclined wall 46.
- the lower end of the outer container member 35 is provided with an opening 38 on the lower surface side.
- the lower part from the opening 38 on the lower side is expanded in a skirt shape so that tablets and capsules are not caught.
- the inner container member 36 is drum-shaped, and has a circular front wall 52 and a rear wall 53, and a curved peripheral wall 55.
- a movable front wall 52 since all the walls of the inner container member 36 rotate, these are hereinafter referred to as a movable front wall 52, a movable back wall 53, and a movable peripheral wall 55.
- the diameter and width of the inner container member 36 are substantially equal to those inside the inner container mounting portion 41 of the outer container member 35 described above.
- the movable peripheral wall 55 of the inner container member 36 is partially missing to form an opening 58.
- the angle of the missing portion of the movable peripheral wall 55 is larger than the above-described missing portion on the upper side of the arc surface 48 of the outer container member 35.
- the angle of the missing portion of the movable peripheral wall 55 is about 10-20 ° greater than the angle of the missing portion of the arc surface 48 of the outer container member 35.
- the effective length excluding the missing part of the movable peripheral wall 55 exceeds 180 °.
- the opening of the inner container member 36 is only the opening 58 of the movable peripheral wall 55 described above. Are both closed. Therefore, the portion of the inner container member 36 facing the opening 58 is closed, and the inner container member 36 has a shape in which objects accumulate at the bottom.
- the inner container member 36 described above is incorporated in the outer container member 35. More specifically, the inner container member 36 is disposed on the inner container mounting portion 41 of the outer container member 35.
- FIG. 10 is a plan sectional view in a state where the inner container member 36 is incorporated in the outer container member 35. That is, as described above, the width W of the outer container member 35 is substantially constant, and the inner container mounting portion 41 and the inner container member 36 of the outer container member 35 are in a drum shape, and the diameter D is longer than the width W. . Therefore, the plane cross section of the central portion of the inner container member 36 is rectangular, and has a long side having a diameter D and a short side having a width W.
- a movable front wall 52 and a movable back wall 53 are provided on the long side of the inner surface of the outer container member 35. On the short side of the inner surface of the outer container member 35, there is a movable peripheral wall 55.
- a rotating shaft 60 is provided as shown in FIG.
- the rotating shaft 60 extends in the horizontal direction, and the rotating shaft 60 penetrates the front wall of the outer container member 35 and is exposed to the outside, and is connected to the main gear 61 as shown in FIG. Therefore, by rotating the main gear 61 exposed to the outside, the inner container member 36 disposed inside rotates around the horizontal rotation shaft 60.
- the movable front wall 52, the movable back wall 53, and the movable peripheral wall 55 move.
- the inner container mounting portion 41 of the outer container member 35 has an arc surface 48 and the movable peripheral wall 55 of the inner container member 36 has a curved surface conforming thereto, the inner container member 36 rotates when the inner container member 36 rotates.
- the movable peripheral wall 55 of 36 slides on the arc surface 48 of the outer container member 35.
- the movable front wall 52 and the movable back wall 53 also slide on the inner wall of the outer container member 35.
- the shape and structure of the container 31 are as described above, but the driving portion 32 is arranged adjacent to the container 31.
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a main part of the driving unit 32.
- the drive unit 32 is configured by attaching a drive gear 63 to a geared motor 62.
- the number of teeth of the driving gear 63 is the same as the number of teeth of the main gear 61 described above.
- a thick cylindrical portion 64 is provided between them.
- the thick cylinder portion 64 constitutes a rotation detecting unit for detecting the rotation posture of the inner container member 36, and a magnet 65 is attached to a part of the rotation detecting unit as shown in FIGS. Further, tongue-shaped members 66, 67 are held above and below the thick cylindrical portion 64 with a slight distance, and Hall elements 68, 69 are attached to the tongue-shaped members (FIG. 8).
- the number of teeth of the drive gear 63 is the same as the number of teeth of the main gear 61, the thick cylinder portion 64 rotates integrally with the drive gear 63, and the main gear 61 Therefore, the rotation posture of the thick cylindrical portion 64 matches the rotation posture of the inner container member 36.
- one of the magnets 65 provided in the thick cylindrical portion 64 is provided at a position synchronized with the opening 58 of the inner container member 36. Therefore, when the Hall elements 68 and 69 detect the presence of the magnet, the opening of the inner container member 36 opens upward or downward.
- the drive gear 63 of the drive unit 32 the drive gear 63 is engaged with the main gear 61 of the inner container member 36 via the intermediate gear 70. Therefore, when the motor 62 of the drive section 32 is rotated, the drive gear 63 is rotated, the main gear 61 is rotated via the intermediate gear 70, and the inner container member 36 is rotated.
- FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the engagement pin mechanism 71.
- FIGS. 15A and 15B are plan views of the engagement pin mechanism 71 and the partition 85 around the engagement pin mechanism 71.
- FIG. 15A shows a state in which the engagement pin 75 is immersed in the case 30, and
- FIG. Reference numeral 75 denotes a state protruding from the case portion 30.
- the engagement pin mechanism 71 includes a pressing member 72 and two engagement pins 75, which are connected by a link mechanism.
- the pressing member 72 protrudes from the distal end in the longitudinal direction of the medicine dispensing device 20 as shown in FIG.
- the pressing member 72 is held at two positions by a guide member 78 provided in a part of the case portion 30 and inside thereof, and is guided so as to slide only in the longitudinal direction.
- the pressing member 72 has a slightly larger diameter spring holding portion 74 formed near the rear end, and a spring 80 is mounted between the guide member 78 and the spring holding portion 74.
- the pressing member 72 is constantly urged by the panel 80 in the protruding direction.
- the two engagement pins 75 are located at a position orthogonal to the pressing member 72, and the tips thereof protrude and retract from the side surface of the case 30. That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the engaging pin 75 is held at two positions by the side outer wall 77 of the case 30 and the inner guide 78, and is guided so as to slide only in the longitudinal direction.
- the pressing member 72 and the engagement pin 75 are linked by two link rods 81 and 82. That is, the pressing member 72 and the one engaging pin 75 are connected by one link rod 81, and the pressing member 72 and the other engaging pin 75 are connected by the other link rod 82. Both ends of the link rods 81 and 82 are rotatably connected by pins.
- a connector 94 protrudes from the end of the case portion 30.
- the connector 94 is a male connector, and has a case-side connection for supplying power to the motor 62 built in the case unit 30.
- a toggle-type engagement mechanism 92 is provided at the rear end of the case 30 as shown in FIG.
- the trigger-type engagement mechanism 92 has a lever portion 97 and a hook portion 98.
- the hook portion 98 moves upward, and the tip end of the lever portion 97 is directed downward as shown in FIG.
- the hook 98 is lowered. Further, at this time, the hook portion 98 is pushed down by a doubled force by the known principle of the toggle mechanism, and the hook portion 98 does not move upward unless the lever portion 97 is operated.
- a part to which the medicine dispensing device 20 is attached is separated from an adjacent part by a partition 85 as shown in FIG.
- the details of the partition 85 are as shown in FIG. 2, and are partitioned into a width substantially equal to the width of the medicine dispensing device 20.
- On the wall of the partition 85 elongated holes 86, 87 extending in the longitudinal direction are provided.
- the partition 85 shown in FIG. 2 is one in which the partition 85 of the medicine dispensing device 20 to be disposed on both surfaces of the vertical wall portion 16 is formed by one groove-shaped member.
- a connector 95 protrudes from the back wall 90.
- the connector 95 is a female connector, and is a main body side connection terminal for supplying power to the motor 62 built in the case 30.
- the position of the connector 95 is a position where the connector 94 of the medicine dispensing device 20 abuts when the medicine dispensing device 20 is mounted on the partition 85.
- FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing a procedure for mounting the medicine dispensing device 20. That is, when attaching the medicine dispensing device 20, the pressing member 72 at the distal end is pushed into the case portion side by hand in advance. As a result, one ends of the link rods 81 and 82 move rearward, and the other ends of the link rods 81 and 82 are pulled, so that the engaging pins 75 enter the case.
- the medicine dispensing device 20 is inserted into the partition 85 shown in FIGS. 2 and 16, and the pressing of the pressing member 72 is released.
- the engaging pin 75 protrudes, and the engaging pin 75 enters the long holes 86, 87 as shown in FIG. That is, the engaging pin 75 is engaged with the long holes 86, 87, and the distal end side of the medicine dispensing device 20 can move in the longitudinal direction, but does not separate from the partition 85.
- the medicine dispensing device 20 is advanced along the partition 85.
- the engaging pin 75 is engaged with the long holes 86, 87, and the distal end side of the medicine dispensing device 20 can be moved in the longitudinal direction, but is not separated from the partition 85, so that the work is performed.
- the person simply pushes the rear end of the medicine dispensing device 20, and the medicine dispensing device 20 moves forward along the long holes 86 and 87.
- the connector 94 protruding from the tip of the medicine dispensing device 20 is fitted with the connector 95 provided on the inner wall 90.
- the medicine dispensing device 20 can be electrically connected to the main body side by pushing the medicine dispensing device 20.
- the engaging mechanism 92 on the rear end side is operated, and the hook 98 is engaged with the part 23 (shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 5) of the main body.
- the medicine dispensing device 20 is attached to the main body side of the medicine filling device 1. That is, the medicine dispensing device 20 is positioned in the horizontal direction by the left and right partitions 85, and is positioned in the front-rear direction by the back wall 90. Positioning is performed. Further, the engagement pin 75 is engaged with the elongated hole, and the hook 98 of the engagement mechanism 92 is engaged with the part 23 on the main body side, whereby the top-bottom direction is determined.
- FIG. 17 is a partial sectional perspective view showing a positional relationship between the outer container member 35 and the inner container member 36 in a standby state of the medicine dispensing device 20 of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 18 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view showing a positional relationship between the outer container member 35 and the inner container member 36 in the medicine discharging state of the medicine dispensing device 20 of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 19 is a sectional view sequentially illustrating a series of operations of the medicine dispensing device 20 of the present embodiment.
- the medicine dispensing device 20 of the present embodiment waits with the opening 58 of the inner container member 36 facing upward.
- the opening 58 of the inner container member 36 faces the direction of the upper opening 37 of the outer container member 35, and the lower opening of the outer container member 35. 38 is closed off by the arc-shaped wall surface of the inner container member 36.
- the inclination angle of the inclined wall 46 is a steep inclination of approximately 45 ° to 60 °, and the tablet does not stop.
- the angle of the missing portion of the movable peripheral wall 55 of the inner container member 36 is about 10 to 20 degrees larger than the missing portion of the arc surface 48 of the outer container member 35.
- the open end is hidden by the shadow of arc surface 48.
- both the open ends 90 of the inner container member 36 face downward. Therefore, in the standby state, there is no room for the tablet to be caught on the open end 90 of the inner container member 36. Therefore, the tablets discharged from the upper medicine feeder 12 enter the inner container member 36 without stagnation.
- the motor 62 of the driving unit rotates in response to a predetermined signal, and the inner container member 36 rotates. Ie The attitude of the inner container member 36 is changed and the inner container member 36 is inverted.
- the part (opening 58) of the movable peripheral wall 55 of the inner container member 36 that was in the standby state is turned upside down from being up.
- the rotation posture of the thick tube portion 64 of the rotation detecting unit matches the rotation posture of the inner container member 36
- the position of the magnet 56 provided on the thick tube portion 64 is changed to a hole.
- Monitoring is performed by the elements 68 and 69, and the motor 62 is rotated to stop the motor 62 when the inner container member 36 is in the inverted state.
- the opening 58 of the inner container member 36 matches the lower opening 38 of the outer container member 35, and the inner container member 36 is open to the outside. Therefore, the tablets stored inside fall at a stretch and are stored in the movable hoppers 25 of the transfer devices 21 and 22 waiting.
- the inner surface of the inner container mounting portion 41 of the outer container member 35 and the movable peripheral wall 55 of the inner container member 36 match, and when the inner container member 36 rotates, the movable peripheral wall of the inner container member 36 rotates. Since 55 is in a state of sliding on the arc surface 48 of the outer container member 35, there is no concern that a tablet that is substantially in the gap between the two will fit. The same is true for the movable front wall 52 and the movable back wall 53 of the inner container member 36. Since the inner wall of the outer container member 35 slides, there is a concern that a tablet, which has a gap between them substantially, will fit. There is no.
- the motor 62 of the driving unit 32 rotates to rotate the inner container member 36.
- the inner container member 36 is rotated.
- the opening 58 faces downward.
- the inner container member 36 is made to stand by in the posture of FIG. 19 (a), and the force for rotating the inner container member 36 by a predetermined signal as shown in FIG. 19 (b).
- the opening end of the peripheral wall is cut into the group of tablets 99 as shown in FIG. 19 (b), and the tablet 99 is left between the outer side of the peripheral wall and the inclined wall. That is, as shown in FIG. 19 (c), the tablet 99 completely contained in the inner container member 36 falls from the lower opening by inverting the inner container member 36, but does not completely enter the inner container member 36. Tablet 99 is left behind on the outside of the peripheral wall and between the inclined wall.
- the inner container member 36 is rotated one and a half turns, and as shown in FIG. Was Tablet 99 enters inner container member 36. Then, the newly-entered tablet 99 falls when the opening of the inner container member 36 faces downward by further rotating the inner container member 36 by half a turn.
- the pressing direction between the tablets is changed by reversing the inner container member 36, and the bridge collapses.
- the tablet located at the bottom of the inner container member 36 is located at the upper side of the bridge when the inner container member 36 is turned over, and the tablet is positioned at the bottom.
- the bridge is destroyed by the weight of the drug being used.
- the wall surfaces opposed to each other in the width direction which are the wall surfaces that come into contact when a bridge occurs, more specifically, the circular movable front wall 52 and the movable rear wall 53 rotate. As a result, the base end of the bridge is broken and the bridge collapses.
- FIG. 20 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between the movement state of the medicine, the movement of the movable front wall 52 and the movable back wall 53, and the bridge.
- (A) shows the state immediately after the injection of the tablets from the common passage 18 is completed.
- (B) shows a state immediately after the rotation of the inner member 36, and
- (c) shows a state when the inner member 36 is rotated half a turn.
- the bridge of the tablet 99 occurs so as to straddle the width of the container 31. That is, as described above, when the container-like member 31 is viewed in a plan view, a bridge having the long side having a diameter D and the short side having a width W is generated across the long sides between the long sides. . More specifically, a bridge is generated between the movable front wall 52 and the movable back wall 53 as shown in FIG.
- the bridge 100 is generated at a position slightly below the center. Tablets are stored in the hatched area.
- the tablet is designed assuming that the tablet is accumulated in a portion below the inclined wall 46, and therefore, the tablet is in a range surrounded by the movable front wall 52 and the movable back wall 53. Exists.
- the movable front wall 52 is located at a site where the medicine is expected to accumulate.
- FIGS. 21, 22, and 23 are perspective views of an inner container member used in a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the inner container member 36 includes a circular movable front wall 52 and a movable rear wall 53, and a curved peripheral wall 55 having a length of 180 ° or more.
- the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.
- the length of the movable peripheral wall 55 may be less than 180 °.
- one of the movable front wall 52 and the movable back wall 53 may be missing.
- the length of the movable peripheral wall 55 may be less than 180 ° and one of the movable front wall 52 and the movable back wall 53 may be missing.
- the inner container member 36 has a function as a container for temporarily storing tablets and a function as a closing member for closing the opening at the lower part of the outer container member 35. ing.
- the inner container member 36 is inverted in the outer container member 35 to change the pressing direction of the tablets, or the bridge is broken by the weight of the drug located at the bottom of the inner container member 36. It is intended to do so. However, as a measure to prevent bridging, it is also possible to break the bridge by forcing a part of the bridge to fall off by operating the closing member.
- FIG. 24 is a partially sectional perspective view of the outer container member 35 and the inner container member 36 in a standby state according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 25 is a perspective view of an inner container member used in a medicine dispensing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the container-like member shown in FIG. 24 is simply an outer container portion in which the peripheral wall of the inner container member 36 is short. It has only the function of closing the lower opening 38 of the material 35.
- the front wall and the back wall have a thin arm shape. Note that the arm-shaped portion 105 functions as a force removing member 105.
- the force and the scraping member 105 stroke the inner surface of the container-shaped member.
- the force and the wiping member 105 scrapes off a part of the tablet bridge and causes the bridge to collapse.
- the arc-shaped peripheral wall 55 draws a large rotation trajectory, so that it goes around the middle part of the bridge. As a result, the bridge is destroyed, and the entire amount of tablets that have entered the drug dispenser is discharged to the next process without any stagnation.
- the closing member 107 may be operated by a simple connecting member 106 instead of the front wall.
- the connecting member 106 functions as a scraping member 105.
- FIG. 26 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a container member used in a medicine dispensing device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 27 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
- the movable front wall 108 is provided with a semicircular opening 110 over an area of about 180 ° on the 1S movable peripheral wall 5 side whose outer frame shape is circular. Therefore, the movable front wall 108 at the portion corresponding to the end of the movable peripheral wall 5 only has a frame-shaped portion, and most of the opening is open.
- the opening 110 is provided only on the movable front wall 108 side and there is no opening on the movable back wall 115 side, but an opening may be provided on the movable back wall 115 side.
- the remaining portion 109 of the movable peripheral wall 108 that is, a semicircular portion around the opening 58 functions as the force scraping member 109.
- the force dropping member 109 strokes the inner wall of the container-like member 31. Therefore, when the inner container member 36 is rotated, the force and the wiping member 109 scrape off a part of the tablet bridge and break the bridge.
- the scraping member 109 is provided on the inner wall of the container 31.
- the force removing member 109 may be slightly separated from the inner wall of the container 31 so that the force removing member 109 strokes the vicinity of the inner wall of the container.
- the rotating shaft 60 protruding from the movable front wall 52 and the movable back wall 53 of the inner container member 36 is connected to the openings 35c, 35d provided in the outer container member pieces 35a, 35b.
- a slide with a bush made of resin such as ABS resin, carbon graphite, stainless steel, etc. between the rotating shaft 60 and the openings 35c, 35d as shown in Fig. 32 The bearing 118 and the rolling bearing 119 may be interposed. According to the structure, the force S can be used to smoothly rotate the inner container member 36 with respect to the outer container member 35.
- the inner container member (closing member) rotates to open and close the lower opening of the container-like member.
- the present invention can be applied.
- FIG. 28 is a perspective view of a medicine dispensing device according to still another embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the rear end side.
- FIG. 29 is a cross-sectional view of the medicine dispensing device shown in FIG. 28 as viewed from the side.
- FIG. 30 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
- FIG. 31 is a perspective view schematically showing the container-like member and the closing member of the medicine dispensing device shown in FIG.
- the container-like member 116 has upper and lower openings 150 and 151 as in the previous embodiment, but has a drum-like portion in the previous embodiment.
- the main body portion 117 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped. The area around the opening 150 at the top of the container 116 is greatly enlarged.
- the main body portion 117 of the container-like member 116 has a substantially rectangular shape as described above, and the four surfaces excluding the upper and lower portions are covered with walls, of which the front and rear walls 121, 124 forming short sides are included.
- the slits 122, 123 are provided with a force S.
- the slits 122 and 123 are provided on one side of the front and rear walls 121 and 124 on the same side, extend in the vertical direction, and are open at the lower end.
- the closing member 120 is a shutter. The closing member 120 is independent of the container-like member 116, and the rack 128 and the scraping member 12
- the size of the main body portion 125 is considerably larger than the opening 151 at the lower portion of the container-like member 116 described above, and its shape is substantially rectangular.
- the main body portion 125 may be formed by using a steel thin plate as it is, but in the present embodiment, the upper surface of the steel plate layer 140 is coated with urethane resin or the like so as not to damage the dropped tablets.
- a cushioning layer 141 is provided, and a low friction resin layer 142 is further provided on the upper surface thereof.
- the rack 128 is on the upper surface of the main body portion 125, at the end thereof, and is provided along the long side.
- the rack 128 is about 70% of the total length of the main body 125.
- a scraping member 126 is provided on a part of the closing member 120.
- the force drop member 126 has a thin wall shape, and stands upright from the plate-like body portion 125 described above.
- the force-pulling member 126 has a low wall-like portion 129 and a trapezoidal portion 131 continuous.
- the trapezoidal portion 131 has a vertical trapezoidal shape, and has an upper side 140, an inclined side 141, and a vertical side 142 as shown in FIGS.
- the position where the force-pulling member 126 is provided is a position along one long side of the main body portion 125.
- the entire length of the force drop member 126 corresponds to the entire length of the main body 117 of the container 116 described above.
- the trapezoidal portion 131 of the force drop member 126 is shorter than the main body portion 117 of the container-like member 116.
- the trapezoidal portion 131 is provided at a position closer to one short side of the closing member 120.
- the force dropping member 126 is linear and extends parallel to the long side of the main body portion 125.
- the closing member 120 is independent of the container 116 and is slidably mounted on the bottom of the case 30.
- a guide member 143 is provided along the long side near the bottom in the case portion 30.
- the guide member 143 has a long shape, and has a slit 144 in the center. Provided, and the slit 144 extends in the longitudinal direction.
- both ends of the main body portion 125 of the closing member 120 are inserted into the slits 144 of the guide member 143, and the closing member 120 is slidably supported by the guide members 143 on both sides.
- the driving unit 130 is provided on the side surface of the container 116.
- the drive unit 130 is the same as the previous embodiment, except that a geared motor 62 is provided with a drive gear 63.
- the drive gear 63 of the drive unit 130 fits with the rack 128 of the closing member 120 described above and lays. Therefore, when the geared motor 62 of the drive unit 130 rotates, the rack 128 fitted thereto moves linearly, and the closing member 120 slides.
- the closing member 120 and the container-like member 116 are independent, and the container-like member 116 is placed on the closing member 120. Further, a connection guide 146 is provided in a lower portion of the closing member 120 and in a portion corresponding to the opening 151 in the lower portion of the container 116. The connection guide 146 connects the opening 151 at the lower part of the container-like member 11 with a moving hopper (a component of the transfer device) at the subsequent stage so that the tablets do not spill.
- the closing member 120 when the closing member 120 is at the most advanced position, the main body portion 117 of the closing member 120 coincides with the lower opening 151 of the container-like member 116, and closes the opening 151. . At this time, most of the trapezoidal portion 131 of the force removing member 126 provided in the closing member 120 enters the slit 123 of the container 116 as shown in FIG.
- the trapezoidal portion 131 of the force and drop-off member 126 moves forward with the inclined side 141 side leading, and crosses the inside of the container 116 to reach the slit on the other side.
- the scraper 125 forces out a portion of the tablet bridge, causing the bridge to collapse.
- the force removing member 126 since the force removing member 126 has the inclined side 141 and moves forward with the inclined side 141 as a head, a vertical component force is generated when the member comes into contact with the bridge, and the tablet or the like is lifted. To destroy the bridge. Therefore, the bridge can be destroyed with a small force, and there is little damage to tablets and the like.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a medicine filling device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a common passage of the medicine filling device in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a positional relationship among a medicine supply section, a medicine dispensing section, and a medicine transport section of the medicine filling device in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the medicine dispensing device according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the rear end side.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the medicine dispensing device according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the distal end side.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view of the medicine dispensing device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 7.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a container portion and a drive portion of the medicine dispensing device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional plan view of the central part of the drug removal device of FIG. 5, showing a state in which the tablet has caused a bridge.
- FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of a container portion of the medicine dispensing device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 12 is a perspective view of an inner container member of the medicine dispensing device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a main part of a driving unit.
- FIG. 14 is a perspective view of an engagement pin mechanism.
- FIG. 15 is a plan view of an engaging pin mechanism and a partition around the engaging pin mechanism, wherein (a) shows a state in which the engaging pin is immersed in the case, and (b) shows that the engaging pin projects from the case. This indicates the state that has been done.
- FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing a procedure for mounting the medicine dispensing device.
- Garden 17 It is a partial cross-sectional perspective view showing the positional relationship between the outer container member and the inner container member in a standby state of the medicine dispensing device of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 19 is a sectional view sequentially showing a series of operations of the medicine dispensing apparatus of the present embodiment.
- Garden 20 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between the movement of the drug, the movement of the movable front wall and the movable back wall, and the relationship between the bridge, where (a) shows the state immediately after the injection of tablets from the common passage, and (b) shows This shows a state immediately after the rotation of the inner container member, and (c) shows a state when the inner container member is rotated half a turn.
- FIG. 21 is a perspective view of an inner container member used in a medicine dispensing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 22 is a perspective view of an inner container member used in a medicine dispensing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 23 is a perspective view of an inner container member used in a medicine dispensing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 24 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view of an outer container member and an inner container member in a standby state according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 25 is a perspective view of an inner container member used in a medicine dispensing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 26 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a container member used in a medicine dispensing device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 27 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 26.
- FIG. 28 is a perspective view of the medicine dispensing device of the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the rear end side.
- FIG. 29 is a cross-sectional view of the medicine dispensing device shown in FIG. 28 as viewed from the side.
- FIG. 30 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 28.
- FIG. 31 is a perspective view schematically showing a container-like member and a closing member of the medicine dispensing device shown in FIG. 28.
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