WO2006087954A1 - 錠剤充填装置 - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J3/00—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/0092—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
- B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
- B65B5/101—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity
- B65B5/103—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity for packaging pills or tablets
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
- B65B57/10—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
- B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
- B65B7/2807—Feeding closures
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
- B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
- B65B7/2821—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers applying plugs or threadless stoppers
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- the present invention relates to a tablet filling device.
- a tablet filling device there is one in which a tablet container is supplied, a tablet is filled and transported to a position where it can be taken out (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11 70901
- the tablet filling device does not have a function of automatically capping a tablet container.
- automating a cap on a tablet container supply of the tablet container, filling of the tablet, and mounting of the cap are performed at different parts.
- the cap cannot be attached for some reason, such as an abnormal stop, the entire device must be stopped even if the tablet container can be supplied and the supplied tablet container can be filled.
- there are various sizes of tablet containers, and simply having the function of making them stand by increases the size of the apparatus in order to secure the standby position. This problem also occurs at each of the labeling and tablet filling work positions that can be performed simply by attaching a cap.
- the present invention provides a tablet filling device that can continue the operation without stopping the supply of the tablet container, the filling of the tablet, etc. even when the predetermined operation cannot be performed at each operation position. It is an object to provide a filling device.
- the present invention provides, as means for solving the above problems, a tablet filling device, a tablet supply member for filling a tablet in a tablet container, a transport member for transporting a tablet container to the tablet supply member, A configuration that includes a temporary storage place for temporarily storing a tablet container that is in the middle of filling when there is a situation where it cannot be dispensed while the tablet is being supplied from the tablet supply unit to the tablet container; It is a thing.
- the tablet container in the middle of tablet filling can be saved in the temporary storage area, and the tablet filling operation into the next tablet container can be performed, and the operation can be continued without interruption.
- the present invention provides a tablet filling apparatus, a tablet supply member for filling a tablet into a tablet container, and a transport for transporting the tablet container as means for solving the above problems.
- a shortage of tablets occurred during the filling of the tablet into the tablet container by the member, the container holding member provided in the middle of the transport path by the transport member, and capable of holding the tablet container, and the tablet container by the tablet supply member.
- a configuration comprising: a shortage detection member to be detected; and a control section for transporting a tablet container in the middle of tablet filling to the container holding member by the transport member based on a detection signal from the shortage detection member It is.
- the container holding member has a plurality of holding portions capable of holding tablet containers having different outer diameters.
- the tablet filling device includes a tablet supply member that fills a tablet with a tablet, and a tablet container conveyed from the tablet supply member for delivery.
- a conveying member that delivers to a position; a container holding member that is provided at the delivery position and has a plurality of holding portions that can hold the tablet container according to a difference in outer diameter size; and the container holding member.
- another transport member for transporting the tablet container to the working position.
- a storage unit that stores the container holding member at a standby position provided separately from the delivery position, and stores position data of each position and history data of transporting a tablet container to each position; and the storage unit Based on the position data and history data stored in the table, the conveying member is driven and controlled to move the tablet container from the tablet supply member to the delivery position or standby position, and to move to the work position from the delivery position or standby position. And a control unit for transporting.
- the tablet container is transported to the delivery position or the standby position by the transport member and kept in standby, and the tablet containers are sequentially transported to the work position based on the data stored in the storage unit. Can do.
- the container holding member provided at each position may be configured to hold tablet containers having different outer diameters.
- each holding portion can hold all tablet containers on the same axis.
- any tablet container having a different outer diameter can be held on the same axis, so that the configuration and control of the conveying member can be combined with the function of consolidating the installation locations. It is possible to simplify the program.
- One of the holding portions of the container holding member is provided so as to be rotatable about a support shaft arranged in parallel with the axis of the tablet container, and the outer peripheral surface of the tablet container having the largest outer diameter is provided.
- a pair of sandwiching pieces to be guided, and the other is provided so as to be rotatable about another support shaft located in a plane orthogonal to the support shaft, and has a smaller outer diameter than the tablet container.
- the guide frame is configured by a guide frame that guides the outer peripheral surface of the container, and when the tablet container is guided by the guide frame, the tablet container can be held even by the holding piece.
- the guide piece that holds the tablet container having a large outer diameter can play an auxiliary role in holding the tablet container having a smaller outer diameter by the guide frame. Become. Therefore, the tablet container can be appropriately held even if the structure of the guide frame is a simple structure capable of guiding the outer peripheral surface of the tablet container.
- the present invention since the temporary storage place is provided, it is possible to wait for a certain tablet container in the temporary storage place to proceed with the filling process of other tablet containers, and to improve work efficiency. Become.
- the tablet filling device includes a container supply unit 1, a labeling unit 2, a tablet supply unit 3, a cabbing unit 4, a conveying member 5, and an extraction unit 6.
- the container supply unit 1 includes a plurality of packets 8 arranged in parallel at the lower part on the front side of the apparatus main body 7, and each packet 8 accommodates tablet containers of different sizes (here, the bottle 9). It has been done.
- Each packet 8 can be opened to the front side of the apparatus body 7 so that the vial 9 can be refilled.
- the vial 9 accommodated in each packet 8 is lifted by a known lifter and is carried out to the first transport member 34.
- the labeling unit 2 is for attaching a label to the outer peripheral surface of the transported vial 9, and a conventionally known one can be used (for example, see US Pat. No. 5,798,020).
- the tablet supply unit 3 includes a plurality of tablet feeders 11 fixed to the support panel 10. Each tablet feeder 11 contains different types of tablets.
- the tablet feeder 11 is a tablet cassette 12 in which a rotor 13 is accommodated.
- the rotor 13 When the rotor 13 is rotated, the stored tablets can be dispensed one by one.
- the tablet cassette 12 has a structure in which a lid 15 that can be opened and closed is provided on the cassette body 14.
- the cassette body 14 includes a cylindrical rotor housing portion 16 and a rectangular tubular tablet housing portion 17 positioned above the rotor housing portion 16.
- a space capable of storing tablets is formed by the upper surface (conical surface 13 a) and the side wall of the rotor 13.
- the rotor accommodating portion 16 is composed of a first replacement piece 18 in which a part on the back side is detachably provided.
- the first replacement piece 18 has a tablet outlet 19 and a slot. 20 is formed.
- a partition member 21 is fixed in the vicinity of the slit 20, and the brush portion 21 a projects into the rotor accommodating portion 16 through the slit 20.
- a through hole (not shown) is formed in the center of the bottom surface of the rotor accommodating portion 16, and an intermediate gear 22 is rotatably attached in the vicinity thereof.
- the intermediate gear 22 has a structure in which a first gear 22a and a second gear 22b are arranged in parallel in the axial direction.
- a worm gear 23 that meshes with the second gear 22 b of the intermediate gear 22 is attached to the bottom surface of the rotor housing portion 16. That is, the support walls 17a and 17b protrude at a predetermined interval from the bottom surface force of the rotor accommodating portion 16, and the worm gear 23 is rotatably supported.
- a stopper 24 is provided on one end side of the worm gear 23, and a spring 26 is externally mounted on a shaft portion 25 from which the force protrudes. The spring 26 is positioned between the stopper 24 and the support wall 17b and biases the worm gear 23 toward the support wall 17a located on the opposite side.
- the worm gear 23 is positioned so that the tooth surface thereof is in pressure contact with the tooth surface of the second gear 22b of the intermediate gear 22.
- a locking receiving portion 27 is formed at the tip of the shaft portion 25.
- the locking receiving portion 27 has a configuration in which a spiral guide groove 28 is formed at two opposing portions on a cylindrical outer peripheral wall, and a pin holding portion 29 cut further in the circumferential direction is provided at the end thereof.
- the tablet housing part 17 is composed of a second replacement piece 30 in which an upper part of the back surface is detachably provided.
- the second replacement piece 30 is provided with a relief recess 31, and bearing portions 32 are formed on both sides thereof.
- the relief recess 31 is provided in the second replacement piece 30 because it is difficult to form an inclined portion that protrudes inward to form the relief recess 31 in the tablet cassette 12 in the molding process. . For this reason, costs such as mold costs are suppressed by attaching the second replacement piece 30 formed in a separate process later.
- the lid body 15 has a rectangular plate shape and includes a shaft portion 15a that is rotatably supported by the bearing portion 32.
- a notch 15b is formed on the inner side of the shaft portion 25 corresponding to the escape recess 31 and interference between the escape recess 31 and the notch 15b and the discharge path of the tablet cassette 12 disposed adjacently upward. Has been avoided. As a result, the tablet cassette 12 is arranged with high density in the vertical direction. It becomes possible.
- the rotor 13 has a cylindrical shape, and is configured by a conical surface 13a whose upper surface protrudes toward the center.
- a guide groove (not shown) extending in the axial direction is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotor 13 so that the tablets are accommodated one by one in the vertical direction. The tablets in the guide groove are separated up and down by the brush portion 21a of the partition member 21, and only one tablet on the lower side falls through the tablet discharge port 19.
- a rotating shaft is integrated with the central portion of the bottom surface of the rotor 13, passes through a through hole formed in the bottom surface of the rotor accommodating portion 16, and a driven gear 33 is fixed to the protruding portion. The driven gear 33 is engaged with the first gear 22 a of the intermediate gear 22. Thus, when the worm gear 23 is rotated, the driven gear 33 and the rotor 13 are rotated via the intermediate gear 22.
- the cap supply unit also supports the cap supplied via the shutter by a support arm, and is moved downward by a third conveying member 41 described later.
- the upper opening 73 of the conveyed vial 9 is closed, and the cap is closed by rotating the cap while pressing the cap by the cap mounting portion.
- the transport member 5 includes first, second, third and fourth transport members 34, 37, 41 and 52.
- the first conveying member 34 has two round belts 34 b laid at predetermined intervals between rollers 34 a arranged at predetermined intervals, and lifters arranged on the back side of each packet 8. They are arranged behind each other.
- the vial bottle 9 taken out by the lifter is placed on the round belt 34b.
- a container support unit 36 that is slidable is disposed at the transport destination of the first transport member 34 in order to support the vial 9 in the vertical direction so that the mouth portion is directed upward according to size. Speak.
- the container support portion 36 has support pieces 36a protruding at a predetermined interval, and the interval between the adjacent support pieces 36a is set to a value that can support the flanges of the vials 9 of different sizes. Yes.
- the second transport member 37 is a vial supported by the container support 36.
- a pair of holding pieces 38 for holding the bottle 9 and moving it upward is provided.
- the holding piece 38 moves up and down along the vertical rail 38a and is rotatable about the support shaft.
- the holding piece 38 is energized by a spring without showing the upper end so that the lower end is separated.
- a rectangular opening / closing frame 39 is provided around the lower end side of the holding piece 38.
- the opening / closing frame 39 moves between a closed position in which the lower end side of the holding piece 38 is approached against the urging force of the spring 26 and an open position in which the holding piece 38 is held in pressure contact with the inner surface of the vial 9 as an open state. Yes, it is possible.
- the opening / closing frame 39 moves to the closed position by raising the holding piece 38 and bringing it into contact with the stop 40 disposed on the upper side.
- the opening and closing frame 39 contacts the upper part of the vial 9.
- the holding piece 38 is further lowered, the guide by the opening and closing frame 39 is released, the holding piece 38 spreads according to the urging force of the spring, and the vial bottle 9 is held.
- the opening / closing frame 39 comes into contact with the stop portion 40, and the holding piece 38 is forcibly positioned in the closed state, so that the The hold state is released.
- the third transport member 41 is composed of a horizontal moving member 42, a lifting member 43, and a container clamping member 44, as shown in FIG. Transport between Unit 3 and Cabing Unit 4.
- the horizontal moving member 42 is movable back and forth in the horizontal direction along horizontal rails 46 provided on the upper and lower sides, respectively.
- the elevating member 43 can reciprocate in the vertical direction along the horizontal moving member 42 by driving a motor (not shown) on the elevating belt conveyor 47 provided on the horizontal moving member 42.
- the container holding member 44 is attached to the elevating member 43, and is driven by a pair of holding pieces 44a (see Fig. 9 (a)) that opens and closes via a roller 44c, a belt 44d, and a ball screw 44e by driving a motor 44b.
- the vial 9 can be clamped.
- the holding position of the vial 9 by the holding piece 44a is substantially on the same axis regardless of the difference in the outer diameter of the vial 9.
- One sandwiching piece 44a has a piezoelectric element (not shown) that vibrates due to an applied variable voltage. Z).
- the piezoelectric element is vibrated by the applied voltage while the nominal bottle 9 is held by the holding piece 44a, so that the tablets filled in the vial 9 are in a high-density state without gaps.
- a U-shaped arm sensor 45a and a drive arm 45b are provided above the container holding member 44.
- a count sensor 48 is provided at the tip of the arm sensor 45a.
- the count sensor 48 has a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and detects the tablets discharged from the tablet feeder 11 and supplied to the vial 9 by being shielded by the tablets through which infrared laser light passes. Then, the number of tablets supplied to the vial 9 is counted based on the detection signal from the count sensor 48 by the control device 63 described later.
- the drive arm 45 b is provided with a rod 50 that can be rotated forward and backward by driving of the advance / retreat motor 49.
- the rod 50 At the tip of the rod 50, there are two locking pins 51 which are engaged with and disengaged from the locking receiving portion 27 of the worm gear 23 provided in the tablet feeder 11 at two symmetrical positions orthogonal to the supply to the axial bottle 9 respectively.
- the drive arm 45b is provided with a projecting piece 45c that engages with an engaging portion 16a formed on the back surface of the rotor accommodating portion 16 of the tablet cassette 12, and a tablet outlet of the support panel 10 of the tablet cassette 12.
- a rod 45d for protruding the cover 10b for closing the cover 10a is provided.
- the fourth transport member 52 has a configuration in which an arm member 56 is provided on a lifting platform 53 via a rotating plate 54 and a slide guide 55.
- the bottle 9 is mainly transported between the take-out unit 6 and the caving unit 4.
- the elevator 53 is moved up and down along vertical rails 57 arranged at predetermined intervals by driving a motor (not shown).
- the rotating plate 54 is rotatably provided on the lifting platform 53, and a gear portion 54a is formed on the outer periphery.
- a drive gear 58a is engaged with the gear portion 54a.
- the drive gear 58a is fixed to the rotation shaft of the rotation motor 58 provided on the lifting platform 53.
- the slide guide 55 is mounted on the rotating plate 54, and a rack 55a is formed on the upper edge of the side plate portion.
- the arm member 56 includes a pair of arms 56a, an opening / closing motor 59 and a sliding motor 60, and is slidably supported on the slide guide 55.
- the arm 56a is provided so as to be rotatable about the support shaft 56b, and can hold the vial 9 at the tip. Vial with arm 56a 9 Regardless of the difference in the outer diameter of the nominal bottle 9, the holding position of the bottle is almost on the same axis.
- the opening / closing motor 59 rotates a screw shaft (not shown) via the pulley 59a and the belt 59b to open and close the arm 56a.
- the slide motor 60 includes a pinion 60a that engages with the rack on a rotation shaft, and reciprocates the arm member 56 with respect to the slide guide 55 by forward and reverse rotation driving.
- the range in which the arm member 56 reciprocates is limited by the control device 63 drivingly controlling the slide motor 60 based on a detection signal from a sensor (not shown).
- the take-out unit 6 includes a plurality of take-out ports 61, a display 62 is provided at the center, and a control device 63 is built in the lower side.
- a standby unit 64 is provided between the third transport member 41 and the fourth transport member 52.
- the standby unit 64 includes container holders 65 provided at one delivery position and five standby positions, respectively.
- the container holder 65 has a configuration in which a pair of guide arms 67 and a guide frame body 68 are provided on a support plate 66.
- the support plate 66 is formed with extending portions 69 and 70 that are bent at right angles by applying downward force to both side edge portions and back surface edge portions.
- the both side extending portions 69 are for forming a space for disposing a spring and the like to be described later on the lower surface side of the support plate 66.
- the rear side extension 70 is used for screwing to the device body 7. Openings 73 are formed on both sides and the center of the front side.
- the guide arm 67 is formed with a first fixing portion 74 that is bent at one end side in an orthogonal direction and is opposed at a predetermined interval, and a second fixing portion 75 that further extends from between the first fixing portions 74. Yes.
- the first fixed portion 74 is screwed to a pedestal portion 72 that is rotatably provided on the support plate 66.
- the second fixing portion 75 is an upright portion that protrudes from one end portion of the rotating piece 71 that is rotatably attached to the lower surface side of the support plate 66 corresponding to each guide arm 67, that is, the upper surface side of the support plate 66. It is screwed to 71a.
- each rotating piece 71 is connected by a spring 71b and biased in the approaching direction.
- the other end side of the guide arm 67 is biased in the approaching direction.
- the guide arm 67 is bent in the proximity direction so that the other end is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the vial 9, and the large-diameter vial
- a guide portion 76 for guiding the bottle 9 is formed. Further, the distal end of the guide portion 76 gradually expands toward the distal end, and serves as a guide portion 77 that serves as a guide when guiding the vial 9 transported by the third transport member 41.
- the guide frame body 68 is a substantially U-shaped plate-like body, and a guide piece 68a protrudes from the central portion, and both end portions are rotatably supported by the support shaft 68b.
- the support shaft 68b is supported by protrusions 66a provided at predetermined intervals on the bottom surface side of the support plate 66.
- the guide frame body 68 is inclined so that the guide piece 68a side is positioned above the support plate 66 by an urging force of a spring (not shown) provided on the support shaft 68b.
- the guide piece 68a guides the outer peripheral surface of the first vial 9 having a large outer diameter together with the guide arm 67 in a state where the guide frame body 68 is in contact with the support plate 66.
- the guide arm 67 and the guide frame body 68 constitute a first holding part. Further, the inner edge portion 78 of the guide frame body 68 is formed in a dimension capable of guiding the second vial 9 having a smaller diameter than the first vial 9 and constitutes a second holding portion.
- the misplaced vial 9 is also positioned on the same axis. It is configured to
- the standby section 64 is used for temporarily waiting the vial 9 transported by the third transport member 41 and transporting it to the cabling unit 4 by the fourth transport member 52. If the vial 9 is already waiting at the delivery position, hold it in the container holder 65 at the waiting position and wait.
- the control device 63 uses a host computer or the like based on prescription data (contents written on a prescription by a doctor, data on a patient, etc.) based on prescription data (container supply unit 1, labeling unit 2, tablet supply unit 3).
- prescription data contents written on a prescription by a doctor, data on a patient, etc.
- prescription data container supply unit 1, labeling unit 2, tablet supply unit 3.
- the driving unit 4, the conveying member 5, and the take-out unit 6 are driven and controlled.
- step S 1 When prescription data is also input to the host computer's force (step S 1), based on the prescription data, select the appropriate bottle 9 considering the size and quantity of the corresponding tablet. (Step S2). Then, the selected vial 9 is unloaded from the packet 8 (step S3). That is, the lifter is driven to carry the vial 9 to the first transport member 34.
- the first transport member 34 transports the vials 9 placed horizontally on the round belt 34b by the lifter to the take-out unit 6 side (step S4). Then, the container support part 36 is slid and prepared so that the transported vial 9 can be received (step S5). Thereby, the vial 9 is supported in the vertical direction so as to open upward at the container support portion 36. Subsequently, the container support part 36 is slid and the labeling unit 2 attaches a label with a predetermined print on the outer peripheral surface of the vial 9 (step S6). Further, the second conveying member 37 is driven, and the vial 9 is held and lifted by the holding piece 38 (step S7).
- the third transport member 41 is driven, and the nominal bottle 9 lifted by the second transport member 37 is held (step S8).
- the holding piece 38 is moved upward, and the holding state of the vial 9 is released by forcibly bringing the lower end side of the holding piece 38 closer by the guide frame body 68 (step S9).
- the third transport member 41 transfers the held vial 9 to the tablet feeder 11 in which the corresponding medicine is accommodated based on the prescription data (step S10).
- the vial 9 is positioned at a position where the tablets falling from the tablet discharge port 19 of the tablet feeder 11 can be collected (step SI 1).
- step S 12 the advance / retreat motor 49 is driven to advance the horizontal slider 45.
- the rod 45d moves forward to open the cover 10b, and the projecting piece 45c engages with the engaging portion 16a.
- the rod 50 also moves forward, and the locking pin 51 is locked to the locking receiving portion 27 formed on the worm gear 23 of the tablet feeder 11. Since the guide groove 28 is formed in a spiral shape, the locking pin 51 smoothly enters the guide groove 28 and is positioned on the locking receiving portion 27.
- the rod 50 is rotated, and the rotor 13 is rotated through the worm gear 23, the intermediate gear 22, and the driven gear 33 (step S13). Thereby, the tablet located on the lower side separated by the brush portion 21 a of the partition member 21 in the groove of the rotor 13 falls through the tablet discharge port 19.
- the falling tablet is detected by the count sensor 48 (step S14), and based on the detection signal, it is determined whether or not a predetermined number of tablets are filled in the vial 9 (step S17). However, if the detection signal from the count sensor 48 is not output even though the filling is in progress (step S15), there are no tablets in the tablet cassette 12 ( The vial 9 is temporarily transported to the standby position (step S16). Then, the process returns to step S1 to continue the process for the next vial 9. As a result, even if a shortage occurs in the middle of tablet filling, the next filling operation of the nominal bottle 9 can be continued and the work is not delayed. Therefore, efficient processing can be performed.
- the rotation of the rotor 13 may stop due to problems such as tablet clogging.
- a force acts on the tablet by being sandwiched between the inner edge of the tablet discharge port 19 and the groove of the rotor 13.
- the worm gear 23 is slidable in the axial direction while being urged by the spring 26. For this reason, the worm gear 23 moves before the tablet is damaged, and the force acting on the tablet is reduced. At this time, it is detected that an overcurrent flows in the motor and the rotation of the rotor 13 is stopped.
- step S18 based on this detection signal (step S18), the horizontal slider 45 is moved and the rod 50 is moved backward to move the worm gear 23 against the urging force of the spring 26 (step S19).
- step S19 the driven gear 33 and the rotor 13 rotate in reverse via the intermediate gear 22 in accordance with the amount of movement of the worm gear 23, and the clogging of the tablets is eliminated. For this reason, it becomes possible to rotate the rotor 13 forward and resume the supply of tablets.
- step S20 if the stopped state is maintained even if the rotor 13 is rotated in the reverse direction by the movement of the worm gear 23 (step S20), an error is notified and the motor is stopped (step S21). If the stopped state of the rotor 13 is maintained, the reverse rotation of the rotor 13 due to the movement of the worm gear 23 may be repeated a plurality of times!
- step S22 it is confirmed that the vial 9 is waiting (step S22). If the vial 9 is not waiting at the delivery position, the current vial 9 is transferred to the container holder 65 at the delivery position (step S23). In the container holder 65 at the delivery position, the vial 9 is carried from the tip side of the guide arm 67 (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 11). As shown in FIG. It is guided by the guide piece 68a of the guide frame 68. At this time, the guide frame 68 is in contact with the support plate 66 due to the weight of the vial 9.
- the container holder 65 that is empty V is searched from each waiting position (step S24), and it is determined that the container is empty.
- the vial 9 is transferred to the container holder 65 (step S 25).
- the coordinate data of the standby position is stored in the storage unit of the control device 63
- the size of the vial 9 to be transported the type of tablets accommodated in the vial 9 and the coordinate data are stored in the coordinate data.
- the capping unit 4 can be closed, the corresponding vial 9 can be transported to the capping unit 4 by the third transport member 41 based on the stored data.
- Step S27 a cap is supplied via the shaker (step S28), and the cap is positioned so as to cover the upper opening 73 of the vial 9 that has been transported (step S29). Then, the cap mounting portion is driven to close the vial 9 (step S30).
- step S31 the fourth conveyance member 52 takes out the vial 9 held by the arm 56a to the outlet 61 (step S32).
- step S33 information (for example, the name of the tablet to be stored) about the carried-out vial 9 is displayed on the display 62 (step S33).
- the operator can grasp at a glance which prescription data for which the vial 9 containing the tablet is carried out.
- the size of the vial 9 that can be held may be varied.
- each position of the delivery position and the standby position and the size of the vial 9 that can be held by the standby unit 64 at each of these positions are stored in the storage unit of the control device 63, and the first holding unit and the second holding unit are stored.
- the combination of the guides that can be guided with the holding part can be set arbitrarily.
- the container holder 65 at each position may be provided with a sensor for detecting the vial 9. For example, if the vial 9 held in the container holder 65 falls down and a problem occurs in which the stored tablets are scattered, the operation of the apparatus is stopped and an error is reported.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a tablet filling device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a front sectional view showing an outline of the internal mechanism of FIG.
- FIG. 4 (a) is a plan sectional view schematically showing the internal mechanism of FIG. 1, and (b) is a partial sectional view thereof.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a part of the tablet supply unit of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where the lid of the tablet container of FIG. 5 is opened.
- FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the tablet container shown in FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the tablet container shown in FIG. 6 as viewed from the bottom side.
- FIG. 9 (a) is a perspective view showing the main part of the third transport member shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 (b) is a perspective view showing the container holding member with the arm sensor removed from (a).
- FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a main part of the fourth transport member shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 11A is a perspective view of the container holder shown in FIG. 4.
- FIG. 11B is a bottom view of the container holder shown in FIG. 11A.
- FIG. 12 (a) is a front view of FIG. 11, showing a state in which a large-diameter vial is held, and (b) showing a state in which a small-diameter vial is held.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the tablet filling device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the tablet filling device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the tablet filling device according to this embodiment.
- Tablet cassette (tablet container)
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