WO2021246422A1 - Dispositif d'évacuation de comprimés et machine d'emballage de médicaments dotée d'un dispositif d'évacuation de comprimés - Google Patents

Dispositif d'évacuation de comprimés et machine d'emballage de médicaments dotée d'un dispositif d'évacuation de comprimés Download PDF

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WO2021246422A1
WO2021246422A1 PCT/JP2021/020906 JP2021020906W WO2021246422A1 WO 2021246422 A1 WO2021246422 A1 WO 2021246422A1 JP 2021020906 W JP2021020906 W JP 2021020906W WO 2021246422 A1 WO2021246422 A1 WO 2021246422A1
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司郎 大村
繁幸 山本
大毅 芳賀
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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
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  • the present invention relates to a tablet release device capable of releasing drugs such as tablets one by one and a drug packaging machine that packages and discharges the released drugs.
  • Patent Document 1 A drug packaging device that can count a predetermined number of capsules and capsules and then enclose them in one individual package has been put into practical use, which greatly contributes to the efficiency of dispensing operations and the prevention of erroneous administration. I've done it.
  • Patent Document 2 A countermeasure against this is a hand-spreading conveyor device having a plurality of squares (Patent Document 2), but this requires a lot of manual work, and further automation and efficiency have been required.
  • a drug feeder (which may be called a general-purpose tablet release device) capable of delivering drugs of various shapes and sizes, not exclusively for a specific drug shape and size, has been developed. There are three.
  • the drug feeder described in Patent Document 3 is provided with a rotary container that can rotate around the axis and a lead-out portion that guides the drug to the outside from the outer wall of the rotary container. Then, a height regulating member that regulates the height of the lead-out portion in front of the lead-out portion so that the drug is discharged one by one from the lead-out portion, and a width regulating member that regulates the width of the drug on the peripheral portion of the rotary container. Is provided.
  • FIG. 23 and 24 are explanatory views showing the operation of the conventional tablet release device, and the above configuration will be schematically described with reference to the drawings.
  • FIG. 23 shows the behavior when a circular or oval tablet passes through the conventional width regulating member portion, but the plurality of tablet groups proceed in the direction of arrow Y1 and the width regulating member side including the outer wall G1 and the distribution guide plate G2. Come in.
  • the tablet itself has an R shape, so the tablet T1 that has entered first advances in the exit direction Y2, and the next tablet T2 can be excluded. ..
  • the main problem to be solved by the present invention is to replace a simple cylindrical frame without requiring a complicated mechanism for changing the regulation dimensions of the height regulation member and the width regulation member.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a tablet release device capable of releasing tablets one by one from a group of one type of tablets.
  • the tablet release device of the present invention is designed to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has a substantially horizontal plane, a circular flat plate on which a tablet can be placed and rotated, and a circular plate above the circular flat plate.
  • the cylindrical frame having a slight gap with the flat plate and having an open bottom surface and not rotating, which is provided so as to surround the outer periphery of the circular flat plate, and the charged tablets are collectively housed.
  • a tablet batch container formed inside the cylindrical frame body, and a tablet formed inside the cylindrical frame body, having an inlet, an outlet, and a restricting body, and released from the tablet batch container.
  • the rotation of the circular flat plate and the restrictor sequentially regulate the orientation of the tablets so that they can be transported at intervals. It has an outlet portion provided in the cylindrical frame body to be discharged from the small chamber of the above, and an opening for separating overlapping tablets having a wide gap according to the traveling direction of the tablet at the lower part of the restricting body.
  • restricting the orientation of tablets means laying up standing tablets, aligning oval tablets in the longitudinal direction, aligning semi-circular or polygonal tablets in a stable direction, etc. However, it is sufficient if any of them can be implemented.
  • the tablet release device in the present invention is different from the dedicated tablet release device that specially releases a single type of tablet, and even if the width or thickness of the tablet changes, each tablet is accurately counted and released. It is a general-purpose tablet release device that can be used.
  • the tablets released from the tablet batch storage unit can be separated into tablets one by one by the frictional transport force given to the tablets by the circular flat plate and the function of the orientation regulation by the regulator of each small room. can.
  • the regulator preferably has a flat plate structure that shields a part of the tablet transport portion and stands up in a substantially vertical direction, and has a simple structure and can release one tablet at a time.
  • the regulator is a simple member and the tablet is transported with only one side in contact with the regulator, there are few elements in which the tablet is pinched or caught, so there are various shapes such as semicircle and rhombus. The transport performance for tablets is maintained.
  • a tablet releasing device capable of releasing one tablet at a time from a group of a plurality of single-type tablets without requiring a mechanism for changing the regulated dimensions of the height-regulating member and the width-regulating member. ..
  • a tablet release device capable of releasing tablets one by one while maintaining the transport performance for tablets having various shapes such as a semicircle shape and a rhombus shape.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of a part of another embodiment of the tablet release device according to the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation of the conventional tablet release apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation of the conventional tablet release apparatus.
  • the tablet release device and the drug packaging machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
  • the tablet release device will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to tablets, and can be applied to drugs such as capsules.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the drug packaging machine 1 according to the present invention, and shows a state in which a part of the inside is seen through.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the drug packaging machine according to the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view of two front and rear slide shelves in which a dedicated tablet storage container 3 is arranged.
  • Three front and rear slide shelves 2a to 2c arranged laterally when viewed from the front are attached to the housing of the drug packaging machine 1. These front and rear slide shelves 2a to 2c are stored in the back side during the operation of the drug packaging machine 1, and are manually or electrically pulled out forward when replenishing tablets, etc., and dedicated tablet storage containers are provided from the left and right sides. 3 is designed to be attached and detached.
  • the slide shelves 2a to 2c are located below the vertical chute 9 and the vertical chute 9 which form a drop path for dropping the tablets P housed in the plurality of dedicated tablet storage containers 3 arranged therein. It has a lower opening 10 and a storage shutter 11 below the lower opening 10 for storing the tablet P.
  • the drug packaging machine 1 puts the diagonal chute 12 arranged below the slide shelves 2a to 2c, the hopper 14 arranged at the lower part of the diagonal chute 12, and the tablet P charged from the hopper 14 into the packing paper 18. It has a packaging machine 17 for packaging and a control unit 15.
  • dedicated tablet storage container installation stands 4 are arranged orthogonally in the front-rear direction and the up-down direction on the left and right sides of these front-rear slide shelves 2a to 2c.
  • dedicated tablet storage container installation stands 4 to which the dedicated tablet storage container 3 can be attached and detached are arranged in two rows on the left and right when viewed from the drawer direction, and a plurality of them are arranged in the drawer direction.
  • the slide shelves 2a to 2c have the same configuration, they are particularly referred to as slide shelves 2 in FIG.
  • the dedicated tablet storage container installation table 4 has a coupling 6 that can be engaged with a part of the dedicated tablet storage container 3, and a motor 5 that is a drive source for rotationally driving the coupling 6.
  • the coupling 6 at the shaft end of the motor 5 of the dedicated tablet storage container installation table 4 engages with the lower coupling 8 of the rotary blade 7. It has become like.
  • the dedicated tablet storage container installation table 4 detects the passage of the tablet P with a sensor (not shown), and then notifies the control unit 15 of the drop of the tablet P.
  • the tablet P falls inside the vertical chute 9 and falls from the lower opening 10 provided at the lower part of the slide shelves 2a to 2c.
  • the tablet P that falls from the lower opening 10 as shown in FIG. 1 is once accumulated in the storage shutter 11 of the slide shelf.
  • the storage shutters 11 of the three front and rear slide shelves 2a to 2c arranged horizontally are opened at the same time, and the tablet P is dropped onto the oblique chute 12.
  • the tablets that fall along the slope of the oblique chute 12 are collected at the central lower exit 13, and further temporarily accumulated at the hopper 14 of the packaging machine 17.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a drug packaging machine that implements one embodiment of the tablet release device according to the present invention.
  • the tablet release device 100 is a device that can accurately count and release each tablet even if the width and thickness of the tablets change.
  • the tablet release device 100 is mounted on the frontmost side of the slide shelf 2a.
  • three upper and lower tablet release devices 100 are mounted inside the front small door 16 of the slide shelf 2a.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which the slide shelf 2a is housed in the back side and the packaging operation is possible.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the slide shelf 2a is pulled out and the dedicated tablet storage container 3 can be attached and detached.
  • FIG. 5 shows a state in which the front small door 16 is opened and the tablet discharging device 100 is further pulled out so that the operator can operate the tablet.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view (closed state) of an embodiment of the tablet release device according to the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view (open state) of the tablet release device
  • FIG. 8 is a cross section of the tablet release device 100.
  • 9 and 9 are rear views of the tablet release device
  • FIG. 10 is a plan view of the tablet release device 100 with a part of the upper body removed
  • FIGS. 11 to 13 are partial cross-sectional views of the tablet release device 100.
  • FIG. 14 is a plan view of a part of the tablet release device 100 (cylindrical frame).
  • the tablet release device 100 is composed of a lower main body 101 and an upper main body 102, and the upper main body 102 can be opened and closed by rotating about a shaft 103 with respect to the lower main body 101. ing.
  • the lock claw 105 linked to the lock button 104 provided on the upper main body 102 engages with the lock hole 106 provided on the lower main body 101, so that the upper main body with respect to the lower main body 101 as shown in FIG. 102 closes and becomes one.
  • a circular flat plate 107 forming the bottom surface of the tablet storage portion is rotatably provided on the upper surface of the lower main body 101.
  • the circular flat plate 107 is provided with a substantially horizontal plane, and radial protrusion ribs 108 are formed from the inner circumference to the outer circumference on the substantially horizontal plane, and a motor M01 is interposed at the center of rotation thereof via a bevel gear 109. It is attached and rotationally drives the circular flat plate 107.
  • the protruding rib 108 on the surface of the circular flat plate 107 enhances the friction carrying force for the contained tablet, and may be a rough surface that increases the friction coefficient on the surface of the circular flat plate 107. However, since the tablet placed on the circular flat plate 107 is scraped by the rough surface or the scraps thereof remain and cleaning is required, the surface of the circular flat plate 107 is smoothed and the protrusion rib 108 is formed. It is preferable to provide it.
  • the "substantially horizontal plane" here includes a surface shape that is horizontal enough to allow the tablet P to be placed on the upper surface and increases the friction coefficient to the extent that the tablet P can be conveyed. Shows.
  • the circular flat plate 107 and the motor M01 can be removed from the motor M01, the circular flat plate 107 can be removed and cleaned.
  • a cylindrical frame having a cylindrical flat plate 107 in a closed state, surrounding the outer peripheral portion in a cylindrical shape, and having a plurality of continuous small chambers inside.
  • the body 110 is fixed by screws 110a and screws 110b as shown in FIG.
  • the cylindrical frame body 110, the tablet batch accommodating portion 121 formed inside the cylindrical frame body 110, and the plurality of small chambers do not rotate, and are between the circular flat plate 107 and the cylindrical frame body 110.
  • the gap is a small gap so that the tablet does not get caught or pop out.
  • a tablet batch storage unit 121 provided inside the cylindrical frame 110 and a plurality of continuous small chambers will be described.
  • the tablet batch storage unit 121 is located near the center of the circular flat plate 107, directly below the small lid 113 provided on the upper surface of the upper main body 102, with the lower main body 101 and the upper main body 102 of the tablet release device 100 closed. , A circular flat plate 107 and a restrictor hanging from above (shown by a dotted line around the tablet batch storage portion 121 in FIG. 14).
  • the fifth chamber 126 is continuously formed in a maze shape. In this way, a plurality of small rooms are arranged in order along the transport path of the tablet P, and when it is particularly necessary to state the order, the first, second, and second chambers are arranged in order from the upstream side of the transport path of the tablet P. Expressed as 3 ...
  • the tablet batch storage unit 121 has a slope-shaped restricting body 121a on the left side in front of the tablet P in the transport direction Y1, and an elastic body restricting body 121b on the right side of the point in the transport direction Y2.
  • the slope-shaped regulator 121a is a regulator having a slope that rises outward from the passage portion of the tablet P.
  • the slope-shaped restrictor 121a is a restrictor whose cross section forms an obtuse angle with the circular flat plate 107 as shown in FIG. 11, or is a wedge-shaped structure that gently inclines outward from the passage portion. It can also be expressed as a regulator with a cross section.
  • the elastic body restrictor 121b is a restrictor substantially perpendicular to the circular flat plate 107, and is an elastic body such as a rubber plate or a resin plate having a spring property, which can be bent by the pressure when the amount of tablets is large. It is formed.
  • the tablet P tries to pass through the space sandwiched between the slope-shaped restricting body 121a and the elastic body restricting body 121b, the tablet P repelled by the elastic force from the elastic body regulating body 121b is shown in FIG. It is possible to move while riding on the slope.
  • one side is a vertical restricting body 121e which is a part of the cylindrical frame 110, and the other side is a slanted restricting body.
  • the body is 121f.
  • the slope-shaped regulator 121f is a regulator having a slope that rises outward from the passage portion of the tablet, similar to the slope-shaped regulator 121a described above.
  • an outlet 121h of the tablet batch storage unit 121 is provided as shown in FIG. 13 (C-C cross section of FIG. 10). This part is also the entrance of the first room 122 of the small rooms.
  • the tablet P is conveyed along the vertical plate 107 toward the center of the circular flat plate 107, and the tablet is conveyed in the second chamber 123 as in the transport direction Y5. It is provided with an exit 122b of the first chamber 122 to be carried out to.
  • the area is defined by a regulatory body that also serves as a wall surface as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 14, in addition to the special description. Similarly, for each small room described below, it is assumed that the area is defined by a regulatory body other than the special mention.
  • the second chamber 123 includes a vertical restricting body 123a in which the tablet is transported along the outer peripheral direction of the circular flat plate 107, and the second chamber 123 in which the tablet is carried out to the third chamber 124 as in the transport direction Y6.
  • the exit 123b and the like are provided.
  • the third chamber 124 has a vertical restricting body 124a in which the tablet is transported along the inner peripheral direction of the circular flat plate 107, and a third chamber 124 in which the tablet is carried out to the fourth chamber 125 as in the transport direction Y7. It is provided with an outlet 124b of the chamber 124.
  • the vertical restrictor 122a is a restrictor that guides the tablet P from the outer peripheral side to the inner peripheral side of the circular flat plate 107.
  • the vertical restrictor 123a which is a regulator that guides the tablet P from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side of the circular flat plate 107, are alternately provided.
  • a restrictor for inducing the tablet P from the outer peripheral side to the inner peripheral side is provided, and the tablet P that moves toward the outer peripheral side by centrifugal force when the circular flat plate 107 is rotated is provided. , It can be gently guided to the inner peripheral side to loosen the lump of the tablet P.
  • a restrictor for guiding the tablet P from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side of the circular flat plate 107 is provided to accelerate the tablet P to the outer peripheral side and transport the tablet P to widen the interval between the tablets P. Can be done.
  • tablets can be released one by one at appropriate intervals, and at the same time, tablets of various shapes are not subject to strict height restrictions or width restrictions. Transport performance is maintained.
  • FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the vertical restrictor 124a of the third chamber 124 of the embodiment of the tablet release device according to the present invention.
  • the outlet 124b which is the outlet portion of the vertical restricting body 124a of the third chamber 124, has a substantially arc-shaped overlapping tablet separation opening having a wide gap at the lower portion according to the traveling direction of the tablet.
  • Part 124b (overlapping tablet separation mechanism) is formed. The action of the overlapping tablet separation mechanism will be described later.
  • the fourth chamber 125 is a vertical restricting body 125a in which the tablet is transported along the outer peripheral direction of the circular flat plate 107, and the fourth chamber 125 in which the tablet is carried out to the fifth chamber 126 as in the transport direction Y8. It is provided with an outlet 125b of 125.
  • the fifth chamber 126 has a vertical restrictor 126a in which the tablet is conveyed along the outer circumference of the circular flat plate 107.
  • the vertical restricting body 126a has a gentler angle with respect to the tablet transport direction than the other vertical restricting bodies 125a.
  • An outlet portion 115 is provided in the cylindrical frame body 110 in the vicinity of the terminal portion indicated by the transport direction Y9 of the vertical restricting body 126a.
  • the outlet portion 115 is opened so that the tablet P can fall, but the tablet P is opened and closed by the solenoid 116 so that the tablet on the circular flat plate 107 does not accidentally fall except when the tablet is discharged.
  • the dynamic shutter 117 is provided on the upper body 102 side.
  • an outlet chute 114 for receiving the released tablet is provided at the tip of the outlet portion 115.
  • a tablet drop sensor S1 which is a transmission type optical sensor is provided below the entrance of the exit chute 114, and the number of tablets passing by the tablet drop sensor S1 is counted.
  • a reflective sensor S2 is provided in the vicinity of the outlet portion 115 of the circular flat plate 107, thereby detecting the presence or absence of passage of the tablet P, and if the tablet P does not pass for a certain period of time, a signal from the reflective sensor S2 is provided.
  • the control unit 15 is notified, and the control unit 15 controls to reduce the number of noises of the motor M01. It is also possible to widen the tablet gap. In this way, the drop interval of the tablet P can be controlled by the drop detection means arranged near the outlet end 115.
  • the number of small rooms may be less than 5.
  • the structure may be simpler and the manufacturing cost may be reduced.
  • the tablet may have a diamond-shaped irregular shape that is difficult to handle in the dedicated tablet container 3, or a round tablet may be cut in half. It is a tablet in the shape of a tablet, or a special tablet that has been newly released and the dedicated tablet storage container 3 has not yet been prepared.
  • the tablet release device 100 is pulled out as shown in FIG. 5, the small lid 113 at the top is opened, and the corresponding special tablet is contained in the number of tablets specified in the prescription. Are loaded into the tablet release device 100, respectively.
  • the amount to be loaded does not necessarily have to match the specified quantity of the prescription, and may be larger than that. However, in this case, the remaining tablets remain after the packaging of the prescription is completed. Work to collect by processing is required.
  • the tablet P is a tablet batch storage unit 121 separated from the circular flat plate 107 almost directly below the small lid 113. It is stored in the tablet batch storage unit 121.
  • the solenoid 116 is driven to open the rotary shutter 117 so that the tablet can be dropped from the outlet portion 115 of the circular flat plate 107.
  • the arrow Y2 portion is the first narrow path 121c that limits the amount of tablet entry, but one side is a slope-shaped restrictor 121a and the opposite side is an elastic body restrictor 121b, and a plurality of tablets are not clogged in this narrow path.
  • the tablet P partially rides on the slope-shaped restricting body 121a, or the elastic body regulating body 121b bends, thereby reducing the amount of tablets passing through.
  • the regulators arranged so as to sandwich the tablet P of the first bottleneck 121c toward the first small room 122, at least one side has a slope rising outward from the passage portion. It is a regulator that has.
  • the tablets P are reduced but are connected or overlapped.
  • the tablet P is conveyed to the outer peripheral side of the circular flat plate 107 along the slope-shaped restricting body 121a, and is introduced into the next second bottleneck 121d as shown by the arrow Y3.
  • the second narrow path 121d has a vertical restricting body 121e on one side and a slanting restricting body 121f on the opposite side as in the BB cross section of FIG. 12, and the width W1 of the passage formed by the two restricting bodies is , It is set slightly wider than the maximum width tablet that can be handled by this cylindrical frame 110.
  • the maximum tablet width that can be handled is 7 mm. It should be noted that there are many cases where the minor axis and the major axis are different in the deformed tablet, but in the first bottleneck 121c, the posture of the tablet P is generally longitudinally oriented with respect to the traveling direction.
  • the "maximum tablet width obtained" may be the width in the minor axis direction of the tablet P.
  • the cylindrical frame 110 of this example can handle tablets having a tablet spoke of 7 mm to 4.5 mm.
  • two tablets P are arranged side by side in the width W1 to prevent the tablet P having a width of 8 mm from being clogged.
  • the width of the portion sandwiched between the vertical regulator 121e and the slope regulator 121f is such that the two tablets P having the minimum handleable width pass side by side. It is desirable to set it to a degree that does not exist.
  • the tablets P are gradually aligned toward the outlet 121g of the second bottleneck 121d.
  • the tablet P is guided to the inner peripheral side of the circular flat plate 107 as shown by the arrow Y4, and enters the first chamber 122 from the outlet 121h of the tablet batch storage unit 121 as shown by the cross section CC of FIG.
  • the outlet width W2 of the outlet 121h is set to be sufficiently wider than the tablet width that can be handled, that is, W2> W1.
  • the wall surface is brought into contact with only one side of the tablet P to generate a transport force.
  • an oblong-diameter tablet (minor diameter 6 mm ⁇ This is because it is desirable to move the tablet P with as little resistance as possible, that is, without getting caught in the outlet 121h, even when the posture of the tablet P such as (major diameter 12 mm) changes and tries to pass.
  • the tablet introduced into the first chamber 122 is conveyed toward the center of the circular flat plate 107 along the vertical restrictor 122a as shown by the arrow Y5, and has the same structure as the cross section CC of the first chamber. Enter the second room 123 from the exit 122b of the first room.
  • the tablet introduced into the second chamber 123 is conveyed in the outer peripheral direction of the circular flat plate 107 along the vertical restrictor 123a as shown by the arrow Y6, and has the same shape as the cross section CC of the first chamber. Enter the third room 124 from the exit 123b of the second room.
  • the tablets P are aligned and conveyed along the vertical regulators 122a and 123a on one side, and the tablets P along the vertical regulators 123a in the second chamber are circular flat plates. Since the speed in the circumferential direction increases toward the outer peripheral side of 107, it is possible to increase the distance between the tablets in a row.
  • the tablet P is in contact with the third chamber vertical regulator 124a and is transported from the outer peripheral side to the inner peripheral side, but the lower portion of the third chamber vertical regulator 124a is the progress of the tablet P. It has a substantially arc-shaped opening for separating overlapping tablets 124b (overlapping tablet separation mechanism) in which the gap becomes wider in the direction.
  • FIG. 16 An opening 124b for separating overlapping tablets having such a stepped shape will be described.
  • the tablet P3 in contact with the circular flat plate 107 proceeds toward the inner peripheral side (to the left side in FIG. 15) by the rotational force of the circular flat plate 107 and the guidance of the third chamber vertical restrictor 124a.
  • the upper corner of the tablet P3 is separated from the upper side of the overlapping tablet separation opening 124b, so that the tablet P3 can be moved to the next fourth chamber 125 side as shown by the arrow Y7.
  • the upper tablet P4 overlapping the tablet P3 is blocked from advancing by the upper side of the overlapping tablet separation month opening 124b, and as shown in FIGS. 16 to 17, the two tablets are broken into one tablet at a time. Can be done.
  • the overlapping tablet separation opening 124b is close to the end of the tablet transport path, and is the outlet of the third chamber 124 of the third chamber vertical regulator 124a that guides the tablet while decelerating from the outer peripheral side to the inner peripheral side. It is preferable to provide it in the vicinity from the viewpoint of enhancing the effect of separation, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be provided in another regulatory body. It may be advantageous from the overall configuration.
  • the overlapping tablet separation opening 124b is not strictly height-controlled, and there is almost no need to change it according to the tablets P3 and P4.
  • the packaging machine 17 detects it as an abnormality in the output waveform of the tablet drop sensor S1 which is a transmissive optical sensor and outputs a signal. This is because it is possible to prevent the counting mismatch by stopping.
  • the overlapping tablet separation opening 124b may have not only an arc shape but also a staircase shape such that a stepped gap is widened between the overlapping tablet separation opening 124b and the floor surface. good.
  • the tablet introduced into the fourth chamber 125 is conveyed in the outer peripheral direction of the circular flat plate 107 as shown by the arrow Y8 along the vertical restrictor 125a.
  • the tablet P is accelerated as it moves from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side, so that the tablet spacing is gradually widened.
  • the tablet P enters the fifth chamber 126 from the outlet 125b of the fourth chamber having the same shape as the cross section CC of the first chamber 122.
  • the tablet P introduced into the fifth chamber 126 is transported along the vertical regulator 126a.
  • the vertical restrictor 126a of the fifth chamber 126 extends from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side of the circular flat plate 107, but the angle formed with respect to the transport direction is small (in other words, the tangent line of the circle). Since it is close to the direction), the frictional transport force to the tablet P becomes large. Therefore, the speed is further increased, and the tablet P is sufficiently spaced from the next tablet P to fall from the outlet portion 115 to the outlet chute 114.
  • the tablet drop sensor S1 counts the falling tablets P, and when the tablet quantity separately instructed is reached, the tablet drop sensor S1 instructs the motor M01 to stop via the control unit 15, and when the motor M01 stops, the next There is no danger of the tablets falling.
  • the tablet transport interval in front of the outlet portion 115 is monitored by the reflective sensor S2, and when the tablet spacing becomes smaller than the value specified in advance, the control unit 15 performs before the count of the tablet drop sensor S1.
  • the tablets P are dropped one by one, and when all the tablets P for the prescription have been dropped, the drive of the solenoid 116 is released, the rotary shutter 117 is closed, and the outlet portion 115 of the circular flat plate 107 is closed. Then, the tablet P cannot be dropped.
  • the tablets P do not remain on the circular flat plate 107, but if more than the specified number of tablets are added, the tablets P remain, and the tablets P remain. Cannot be detected. Therefore, after the prescription operation is completed, the solenoid 116 is driven again to open the rotary shutter 117, the circular flat plate 107 is rotated for a certain period of time, and if the tablet drop sensor S1 does not detect the passage of the tablet, the circular flat plate is used. It is preferable to perform a residue confirmation operation for determining that there was no tablet residue in 107.
  • the tablet drop sensor S1 detects the passage of the tablet P in the residual confirmation operation
  • the passed tablet is collected in a wrapping paper portion separate from the prescription package, and the circular flat plate 107 is further rotated for a certain period of time. Detects whether or not the tablet P passes. If the passage of the tablet P is not detected in these residual confirmation operations, the tablet release device 100 completes the present formulation operation.
  • FIG. 22 is a plan view of a part (cylindrical frame 110c) which is another embodiment of the tablet release device according to the present invention.
  • the size and shape of the tablet differ greatly depending on the type of tablet, and the single tablet release device 100 described above may not be able to handle the tablet, or even if the tablet can be handled, the efficiency and performance may not be satisfied.
  • the cylindrical frame 110 containing the tablet batch storage unit 121 and a plurality of small chambers is collectively combined. If it can be replaced, it will take less time for adjustment and trial run, which is extremely preferable.
  • the tablet release device 100 Since the tablet release device 100 has a certain degree of tolerance for size and shape, it is not necessary to prepare a dedicated device for individual tablets. For example, for large tablets, medium-sized tablets, small tablets, etc. By preparing a limited type of cylindrical frame 110, it is possible to handle a wide range of tablet types.
  • the cylindrical frame 110c shown in FIG. 22 is a modified example in which only the width W1 of the second bottleneck 121d is formed narrower than the cylindrical frame 110 described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 14. With such a configuration, the tablet release device 100 "for small tablets" can be realized.
  • the cylindrical frame 110c of this modification can handle tablets having a tablet width of 4.5 mm to 3 mm.
  • the fixing method is not limited to screws, and may be fixed by a magnet or elastic fitting such as snap fit. In some cases, the structure and replacement work may be simplified.
  • a tablet release device 100 "for large tablets" can be realized. As described above, it has been confirmed that tablets having a tablet width of about 3 mm to about 12 mm can be processed by properly using several types of cylindrical frame bodies 110 for small tablets and large tablets.
  • cylindrical frame 110 with different settings such as the shape and angle of the slope-shaped restricting body, the size of each small room, the dimensions of the exit of each small room, and the extending direction of the vertical restricting body on the plane. In this case, it is possible to handle tablets having a wider range of dimensions and shapes.
  • FIGS. 23 and 24 As described above, as described in detail so far, the conventional problems described in FIGS. 23 and 24 are solved by the regulation / alignment effect on the tablets by the tablet batch storage unit 121, the plurality of small rooms, and various regulators. can do. This point will be described in detail.
  • regulatory members G1 and G2 for regulating the transport path of the tablet flowing in the Y1 direction according to the width of the tablets T1 and T2 have been known. In such a configuration, only one of the adjacent tablets T1 and T2 enters the gap between the regulating member G1 and the regulating member G2, is aligned and transferred, and is sequentially discharged from the outlet Y2.
  • FIG. 23 and 24 regulatory members G1 and G2 for regulating the transport path of the tablet flowing in the Y1 direction according to the width of the tablets T1 and T2 have been known. In such a configuration, only one of the adjacent tablets T1 and T2 enters the gap between the regulating member G1 and the regulating member G2, is aligned and transferred
  • the regulator regulates the amount of entry by providing a barrier at the stage of advancing the tablet group received in a batch to the next step, but the regulator is a wall perpendicular to both sides of the circular flat plate 107. Instead, one side should be vertical and the other side should be sloped to prevent tablet clogging.
  • the tablet on the circular flat plate 107 is always guided by contacting the regulated body on only one side without being restricted on both sides thereof. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the tablet from being clogged or damaged.
  • the apparatus according to the present invention is expected to be widely used in dispensing pharmacies and the like, and has great industrial applicability.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif d'évacuation de comprimés apte à évacuer des comprimés un par un à partir d'un groupe de multiples comprimés en utilisant une configuration simple, et une machine d'emballage de médicaments incorporée dans le dispositif d'évacuation de comprimés.　La présente invention comprend : une plaque plate circulaire ayant une surface sensiblement plane et pouvant tourner avec des tables placées sur une surface supérieure de celle-ci ; un corps de cadre cylindrique non rotatif disposé au-dessus de la plaque plate circulaire de façon à entourer la périphérie externe de la plaque plate circulaire avec un petit espace par rapport à la plaque plate circulaire et ayant un fond ouvert ; une partie de réception collective de comprimés formée sur le côté intérieur du corps de cadre cylindrique et recevant collectivement des comprimés jetés dans celle-ci ; de multiples compartiments continus formés sur le côté intérieur du corps de cadre cylindrique, ayant une entrée, une sortie et un corps de régulation, et permettant aux comprimés déchargés de la partie de réception collective de comprimés d'être transportés séquentiellement à des intervalles donnés, les directions des comprimés étant régulées par la rotation de la plaque plate circulaire et du corps de régulation ; une partie de sortie située sur le corps de cadre cylindrique et à travers laquelle les comprimés transportés séparément à l'état brut sont déchargés du dernier compartiment ; et une partie d'ouverture de séparation des comprimés superposés disposée au niveau d'une partie inférieure du corps de régulation et s'élargissant le long de la direction de déplacement des comprimés.
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