JP2853888B2 - Substocker in dispensing system - Google Patents

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical substocker used in a system for automatically dispensing a large number of patients at a hospital or the like for administration. About.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, pharmacies in relatively large hospitals have a large number and large variety of medications for patients. As a means of reducing the cost of various operations from reception of prescriptions to medication by rationalization, There is a tendency to automate these tasks.

However, it is difficult to automate everything in view of the contents of the work, and naturally, the work of preparing the required medicine according to the prescription must be performed manually. Therefore, when systemizing the dispensing work, there are many methods that are separately treated depending on the form of the handled medicine such as powdered medicine as a medicine and tablets and capsules, as well as liquid medicines, patches, etc. If necessary, each will be dispensed according to prescription in separate departments.
Therefore, if the medicine prepared by each department is sent directly to the transport line as it is, the collation with the prescription and the inspection work become very complicated, and the function of the system is impaired. In order to process this efficiently, a standby mechanism and a device for performing an operation of sending out from the standby mechanism to the transport line are required.

Problems to be solved: From such a viewpoint, when constructing a dispensing system, when waiting for sending out a drug prepared by each dispensing section to a transport line, the drug is arbitrarily accepted and transported by moving the transport line. It would be possible to streamline the operation as a dispensing system by allowing the required preparation to be dispensed to the box.

In the present invention, the medicine prepared in each department is set up in the dispensing department, and the medicine prepared in the department can be temporarily waited until a transfer instruction is given so that the required medicine can be easily sent out. Intended for vertical stockers.

Means for Solving the Problems: The sub-stocker in the dispensing system according to the present invention comprises: (a) a portable main body formed in a vertically elongated box shape and provided with casters at a lower portion; (b) provided in the main body A standby shelf having shelves arranged in multiple stages at required intervals and having a receiving surface of the shelf movable on a plane; (c) a guide rail provided on one side of the standby shelf A loading / unloading device having an elevating unit that moves up and down along the shelf, and transfers a preparation supplied from a loading port with a shutter provided in the main body to a shelf at a required position of the standby shelf; A carrying-out device having a lifting / lowering unit which is moved up and down along a guide rail provided on the other side, receives the preparation from the shelf of the standby shelf, and carries it out to the carrying-out opening of the main body; and (e) the carrying-out side of the main body. Arranged in And a shutter provided at the input port is configured to be locked in the closed position during operation of the elevating unit of the input device or when there is no empty shelf in the standby shelf. Is what you do.

As the standby shelf in the present invention, the receiving surface of each shelf is constituted by an endless belt that can move in the depth direction of the shelf, and this endless belt can be moved only from the receiving side of the preparation to the unloading side. It is preferable that the unit has a unit structure including an independently driven drive unit.

Further, the lifting unit of the loading device and the unloading device is separated from the carrying device that moves up and down along the guide rail when moving up and down with respect to each of the shelves of the standby shelf mounted on the carrying device, and can be close to each other when receiving and dispensing the preparation. It is preferable to include a receiving base provided, an endless belt provided on the receiving base, and a driving mechanism thereof.

Action: Since the present invention has such a configuration, it is installed in each dispensing section of the dispensing system, dispensing is performed according to the instructions based on the prescription, and after the audit, the instructions and the preparation are stocked. Is supplied to the elevating unit of the standby input device from the input port of the standby unit, the elevating unit moves to the shelf of the empty standby shelf in a preset operation order, and the support of the shelf and the elevating unit is supported. The prepared medicine mounted on the receiving surface is transferred onto a shelf in a state where the level of the surface, for example, the endless belt is uniform. When this operation is completed, it returns to the position of the insertion port and waits until the next operation. Also, in order for the preparation medicine received in the standby shelf to be carried out according to the instruction from the command unit, the lifting unit of the carrying-out device is moved up and down to the take-out shelf position, and then the receiving surface of the shelf is brought into contact. When driven, the preparation is sent out and transferred onto the elevating unit, and the elevating unit that has been received moves to the carry-out port, and carries out a predetermined prepared medicine from the carry-out box to a transport box waiting. When each elevating unit is moved to the target shelf position, for example, the receiving pedestal on the carrier is moved up and down with a gap not in contact with the shelf, and when the preparation is received and paid, the carrier is placed on the carrier. Move the support base so that it approaches the shelf,
The loaded preparation can be reliably transferred.

In addition, a shutter is provided at the input port of the main unit to prevent inputting while the elevating unit of the input device is operating and when there are no empty shelves on the standby shelf, preventing danger and malfunctioning the device. Can be prevented.

In addition, a pair of stoppers are provided on the exit side of the stocker body to prevent the transport box moving on the conveyor line from moving to the receiving position from the exit until it is ready to receive the prescribed preparation. As a result, a pair of stoppers can be alternately operated with respect to the conveyor line for control.

Furthermore, if an electric control mechanism is attached to the main body of the stocker of the present invention, and an interface for connection with the main control unit is provided here, the main body is attached with a caster and moved when the work arrangement is changed. It can also be easier.

Advantages of the Invention: According to the sub-stocker of the present invention, the raising / lowering unit of the loading / unloading device and the lifting / lowering unit of the unloading device arranged before and after the standby rack are arranged on the desired rack in accordance with the command. Deposits can also be received from prescribed shelves, and can be simultaneously sent out sequentially to the transport line.At the time of delivery of these handled preparations, the receiving surface moves and the loading or unloading moves up and down. Both units and the support surface of each shelf constituting the standby shelf are moved from the input receiving side to the unloading side at the required positions so that the standby preparation can be transferred. It can be handled smoothly regardless of what it is, and it can be incorporated into a dispensing system and processed effectively as a stocker attached to various dispensing departments.

Embodiments The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings with reference to one embodiment.

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a part of the stocker 1 of the present invention in a see-through manner. Standby shelves 20 provided with a number of shelves 21 at intervals of are provided.On both front and rear sides of the standby shelves 20, introduction devices 30 for receiving the dispensed medicine on one side and transferring them to the shelves 21 of the standby shelves 20 are provided. On the other hand, an unloading device 40 for unloading the dispensed medicine from the standby shelf 20 to an unloading port (described later) is provided so as to be vertically movable.

Inside the main body 10, the installation portion of the charging device 30 and the unloading device 40 forms a space in the vertical direction, so that an object to be processed (prepared medicine) can be taken in and out of the standby rack 20 at the center from both sides. It has become. An inlet 11 is provided at an intermediate position of the main body 10 on the side where the loading device 30 is installed, and an outlet 12 is provided at an intermediate position of the body 10 on the side where the unloading device 40 is installed. In addition, a caster 13 is attached to the lower part so as to be movable.

The standby shelf 20 has a shelf 21 that forms the unit, and has a required interval (preferably set within a range that allows the articles placed on the shelf to smoothly move in and out according to the bulk of the articles to be handled). And a large number of them are attached to the main body 10 directly or through separate columns. As shown in FIG. 2, a unit (shelf unit) 22 of each shelf 21 is formed by an endless belt 23 whose support surface 21 'of the shelf moves in the direction of the arrow over substantially the entire width thereof. It is driven by a mounted small reduction motor 25 via one roll 26 on which the endless belt 23 is stretched. 26 'is the other driven roll, and 27 is a guide for articles. The deceleration motor 25 is started and stopped by an external instruction signal.

The charging device 30 and the unloading device 40 have the same configuration, and therefore, only one device (the same portion on the unloading device side is denoted by the numeral 40) is described. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a pair of guide rails 31, 3 disposed in the vertical direction facing the inside of the main body 10.
Along with 1 ', a rack gear 32 provided on one of the guide rails 31 is meshed with a pinion 35 of a driving section so that the lifting unit 33 can be raised and lowered.

The elevating unit 33 is a guide rail as described above.
A transport mechanism 34 including a drive mechanism 36 including a deceleration motor 36 'for driving a pinion 35 meshing with an attached rack gear 32 is provided at a lower portion, and is supported on the transporter 34 so as to be able to move forward and backward with respect to the standby shelf 20. And the received support 37. Receiving stand 37 is transporter 34
The guide rails 38, 38 'mounted on the top and the front and rear drive mechanism 38A (for example, a linear drive) move the guide rails 38, 38 between the normal lifting position and the position close to the end of the shelf 21. It is attached to moving bodies 38a and 38b on 38 '. An endless belt 37 "constituting a receiving surface is wrapped around two rolls 37a and 37B on the receiving frame 37 ', and the belt 37" is attached to the receiving frame 37' on one of the rolls 37a. The drive force is given from the deceleration motor 37m of the, and the upper surface is directed to the shelf 21 side.
12) It is made to run. In addition, this receiving support 37
A guide plate 39 for preventing the loaded preparation from protruding to the guide rail side is attached to the upper portion on both sides of the guide plate 39.

Each lifting unit 33 or 43 has a sensor 34a for detecting the position of each shelf and a sensor 34b for detecting the advancing / retreating position of the receiving pedestal 37. In addition, each operation of driving the belt 37 ″ of the receiving support 37 is performed.

In the standby position of the elevating unit 33 in the charging device 30, the receiving support 37 stops at the lower end of the charging port 11 of the main body 10 or at a position slightly lower than the lower end. The position where the lifting unit 43 in the unloading device 40 stops for unloading is at the support
37 is controlled so that the upper surface is located above the lower end of the carry-out port 12 of the main body 10.

Immediately below the outlet 12 on the outside of the main body 10, an unloading chute 15 is attached, and a pair of stoppers 16 and 16 'are protrudingly provided on both lower sides thereof, and the two stoppers 16 and 16' are alternately arranged. It is made to go in and out. As shown in FIG. 5, a shutter 17 is attached to the input port 11 outside the main body 10. The shutter 17 is raised and lowered by a chain 18 ′ that is vertically stretched by a shutter drive mechanism 18 provided on the upper portion of the main body 10, so that the opening 11 is opened and closed. 18a is the upper drive shaft, 18b is the lower driven shaft,
18m is a motor, and 18c is a clutch for manually opening and closing the shutter.

The stocker 1 configured as described above is, for example, a sixth stocker.
The dispensing departments of the dispensing system as shown in the figure (for example, dispensing part B for heat pack, dispensing part C for tablet, dispensing part D for powder, dispensing part E for drench, and special medicine such as paint for poultices and ointments. In the dispensing section F), one for each dispensing is installed and used along the conveyor 50 line.

In each dispensing section, the medicine dispensed according to the instruction is put into a small bag or the like or bundled according to the form, and the shutter is opened together with the instruction by opening the shutter 17 of the inlet 11. The opening and closing of the shutter 17 is usually an electric type, and is performed by driving a motor 18m of a driving unit. With the shutter 17 opened, the elevating unit 33 of the charging device 30 in the main body 10 is at the standby position. When the prepared medicine is introduced from the introduction port 11, the operator A inputs the code number written in the instruction using an input device (for example, a key input panel, a bar code reader, or the like) that communicates with the control unit. And
After that, it is put on the receiving support 37 of the elevating unit 33, and the opening 11 is closed by the shutter 17. By this operation, the input device
The deceleration motor 3 of the drive mechanism 36 mounted on the 30 lifting units 33
6 'is instructed to start, and moves up and down to the shelf 21 at the required address. When the elevating unit 33 moves to the required position, it stops at a level where the upper surface of the receiving table 37 and the receiving surface 21 ′ of the shelf 21 substantially match, and then the front-rear drive mechanism 38 A on the transporter 34 of the elevating unit 33 operates. Then, the receiving support 37 is laterally moved toward the shelf 21 by a predetermined amount. When the receiving table 37 approaches the shelf 21 in this way, the dispensed medicine (prepared medicine) loaded by driving the belt 37 ″ of the receiving table 37 is moved from the receiving table 37 to the shelf 21. Receiving surface
Transfer to 21 '. When the transfer is completed, the receiving support 37 stops the driving of the belt 37 ", is retracted to the original position, returns to a state where it does not contact the standby shelf 20, and moves up and down to the standby position of the input port 11. When the standby shelf 20 is completely closed, the loading operation is stopped and the loading operation cannot be performed until the next empty shelf is generated. The drive unit of the shutter 17 is electrically locked while the unit 33 moves up and down and is being transferred to the shelf 21.

The unloading device 40 is operated by an instruction signal from the instruction unit, is driven to move up and down to a shelf position at the address receiving the instruction, and when it reaches a predetermined position, laterally moves the receiving support 47 of the elevation unit 43. In this state, the endless belt 23 of the shelf unit 22 constituting the shelf 21 is driven by the drive reduction motor 25, and the preparation on the support surface 21 'which is the upper surface of the endless belt 23 is discharged. It is sent to the receiving support 47 of the unloading device 40 and transferred.

When the preparation is transferred, the driving of the endless belt 23 of the shelf unit 22 is stopped, and the receiving support 47 operates in the reverse direction to move away from the shelf 21 in the future. Thereafter, the elevating unit 43 moves up and down to the position of the carry-out port 12, and then moves the receiving support 47 to the carry-out port 12 side so that the gap with the inner wall of the main body 10 is small so that the product is reliably sent out from the carry-out port 12. Traverse to belt 47 ″
To drive the transferred preparation into the chute
It is put into a transport box 51 waiting on a conveyor 50 via 15.

Thereafter, the receiving support 47 is returned to the position at the time of lifting and lowering, and is moved to the shelf position at the required address by the next command, and a new preparation is received and carried out in the above-described manner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a part of the stacker of the present invention in a see-through manner, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of a standby shelf, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of the entire apparatus, FIG. 5 is a view showing a shutter attached to an insertion port, FIG. 6 is a view showing an installation mode of a stacker, FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a use mode. 1 ... Stocker, 10 ... Main body 11 ... Inlet, 12 ... Unloading port 15 ... Unloading chute, 16, 16 '... Stopper 17 ... Shutter, 18 ... Shutter drive mechanism 20 ... Standby shelf , 21 ... shelf 22 ... shelf unit, 21 '... shelf support surface 23 ... endless belt, 24 ... support 25 ... deceleration motor, 26 ... drive roll 26' ... driven roll, 27 …… Article guide 30 …… Injection device, 31, 31 ′ …… Guide rail 32 …… Rack gear 33 …… Injection device elevating unit 34 …… Injection device transporter, 35 …… Pinion 36 …… Driving mechanism, 36 ′… Deceleration motor 37… Receiving stand of loading device, 37 ′… Receiving stand frame 37 ″, 47 ″. Belt, 39… Guide plate 40… Unloading device 43… Lifting unit of unloading device 47 ... Receiving stand for unloading device, 50 ... Conveyor 51 ... Carrier, A ... Worker

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] (A) a portable body formed in a vertically long box shape and provided with casters at a lower portion; (b) shelves provided in the body and arranged in multiple stages at required intervals A standby shelf having a supporting surface of the shelf movable on a flat surface, and (c) a shutter provided on the main body, which is raised and lowered along a guide rail provided on one side of the standby shelf. (D) a loading device provided with an elevating unit for transferring a preparation to be supplied from the loading port to a shelf at a required position of the standby shelf, (d) being lifted and lowered along a guide rail provided on the other side of the standby shelf A loading / unloading device having an elevating unit for receiving the prepared drug from the shelf of the standby shelf and transporting the drug to the loading / unloading port of the main body; and (e) a conveyor disposed on the loading / unloading side of the main body, provided at the loading port. The shutter is Sub stocker in dispensing system characterized by the absence of Soratana in operation in or the standby shelf lifting unit of location is configured to be locked in the closed position. 2. The standby shelf according to claim 1, wherein the support surface of each shelf is constituted by an endless belt movable in the depth direction of the shelf, and the endless belt is movable only from the preparation receiving side to the unloading side. The sub-stocker in the dispensing system according to claim 1, wherein the sub-stocker has a unit structure including a driving device that is independently driven. 3. The elevating unit of the loading device and the unloading device is separated from a carrier that moves up and down along a guide rail when moving up and down with respect to each shelf of the standby shelf mounted on the carrier, and when receiving and dispensing a preparation. The sub-stocker in the dispensing system according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving support that can be approached, an endless belt provided on the receiving support, and a driving mechanism thereof.