JP3343422B2 - Drug storage container for drug selection and supply device for tablets etc. and method of removing drug from the drug storage container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine container, and more particularly, to a medicine container such as a tablet or capsule, which is mainly provided in a hospital or the like, in which a required amount is selected according to a prescription for each patient. The present invention relates to a medicine storage container such as a tablet used by being incorporated in a medicine selection and supply device for taking out the medicine, and a method of taking medicine out of the medicine storage container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a medicine selective supply device incorporating a medicine container such as the above-mentioned tablet, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-19222.

[0003] That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the medicine selective supply device disclosed in the above-mentioned publication includes a plurality of circular support members which are fitted and arranged in multiple layers on the basis of a column 18 erected on a base 17. Panel 19,
A plurality of medicine containers 20 equipped with a predetermined distribution on each of the circular support boards 19 and having a mechanism capable of sending out a required amount of medicine such as tablets and capsules, and a predetermined distribution on each of the circular support boards 19 An electrical control mechanism for performing a drug discharging operation of each of the drug storage containers 20 for each of the mounted layers, and furthermore, each of the circular support boards 19 is individually rotatably supported by a support portion attached to a column 18. And between the support portion of each circular support plate 19 and the medicine container mounting position,
An annular medicine discharge space 21 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the medicine discharge space 21, and the medicine discharge passages 22 are connected to the medicine discharge spaces 21 from the medicine delivery positions of the medicine storage containers 20, respectively. Packaging machine 23 located at the lower end of 21
And a chute 24 that reaches the packaging position of FIG.

[0004] Each circular support plate of the above-mentioned medicine selective supply device.
As shown in FIG. 9, a large number of medicine containers 20 mounted in a predetermined distribution and provided with a mechanism capable of delivering medicines such as tablets and capsules by a required amount are provided with a flat top opening through a synthetic resin. A medicine take-out part 25 formed in a substantially fan shape and having a tapered inclined surface part 20a formed inside toward the bottom and formed in a beak shape from the lower part toward the outside of the medicine container 20. And the medicine container 20
A delivery belt 27 driven at a low speed by a small motor 26 has a pair of drive pulleys 28 at its bottom so that the upper surface of the delivery belt 27 can move toward the medicine removal unit 25.
And a guide pulley 29, and a medicine alignment guide 30 for aligning the medicines to be delivered on the delivery belt 27 in a line is provided in the medicine taking-out section 25, and further, the medicine At the lower end of the leading edge of the take-out unit 25, there is formed a drop 31 through which the medicine can be dropped one by one from the end of the delivery belt 27, and the drop 31 is opened and closed via a rotary solenoid 32. The lid 33 is provided so as to be opened only at the time of taking out the medicine.

[0005]

However, a large number of such medicines are mounted on each circular support plate of the above-mentioned conventional medicine selection and supply device at a predetermined distribution and provided with a mechanism capable of sending out a required amount of medicines such as tablets and capsules. The medicine container has the following problems.

That is, the medicine container 20 having the above structure
Can deliver tablets or capsules one by one from the outlet 31 of the medicine take-out unit 25 via a medicine delivery mechanism provided at the bottom of the medicine container 20. The medicine delivery mechanism is capable of delivering medicines such as tablets and capsules concentrated on the bottom through the inclined surface 20a tapered toward the bottom using the delivery belt 27 and the alignment guide 30.

Therefore, the medicine such as tablets and capsules near the delivery belt 27 and the alignment guide 30 provided on the bottom of the medicine container 20 and the alignment guide 30 are provided with the medicine container.
The total weight of the medicine such as tablets and capsules stored in 20 is applied, and as a result, the tablets such as tablets and capsules are pressed to a condensed state.

Accordingly, the medicine such as tablets and capsules pressed in the condensed state as described above cannot be easily sent out by the delivery belt 27, and the medicine such as tablets and capsules in the condensed state cannot be sent out by the delivery belt. When the tablet was forcibly sent out in step 27, there was a very serious problem that the tablet was cracked or chipped, the capsule was crushed, the stored medicine was leaked, and the like.

However, the present invention solves all of the above-mentioned problems, and does not cause cracks or chips in the tablets stored in the medicine container, or crush the capsules or cause outflow of the stored medicine at all. An extremely excellent medicine container for a medicine selection and supply device capable of continuously and successively sending out medicines such as tablets and capsules stored in the medicine accommodation container, and medicines from the medicine accommodation container. An object of the present invention is to provide an extraction method.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention invents a completely new medicine container for use in a medicine selective supply device and a method for removing medicine from the medicine container. It was taken.

That is, in the present invention, the medicine outlet 5a is concentrated on the medicine outlet 5a by the medicine diffusion rotator 6 provided near the medicine outlet 5a provided in one part of the wall surface of the medicine container in the medicine container 3. To spread the drug 12, and then spread the spread drug 12,
It is transferred upward to a medicine discharge section 7 provided above the medicine container main body 2 via an annular belt body 8 driven in one direction along an arc portion 6a on the lower side of the medicine diffusion rotating body 6. There is a way to do it.

According to the present invention, as a device for carrying out the method for taking out a medicine from the medicine container, the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3 of the medicine container main body 2 is connected to one of the medicines in the medicine container 3. The medicine container wall surface is formed so as to be inclined downward from the container wall surface 4 toward the medicine outlet 5a provided at one site on the other medicine container wall surface 5 and near the medicine outlet 5a. A medicine diffusion rotator having an axis length direction of a rotation axis in a direction intersecting with 5, and rotating to diffuse medicines 12 such as tablets or capsules concentrated in the medicine outlet 5a through the inclined bottom part 3a. A lower part of the rotating body 6 for medicine diffusion contacts a part of an arc portion 6a of the outer periphery of the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion in a certain range, and at least one end of the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion is provided with the medicine housing. Drug provided on the upper side of container body 2 An annular belt body 8 that is inclined upward from the arc portion 6a below the medicine diffusion rotating body 6 to the medicine ejection section 7 is provided up to the discharge section 7, and the upper surface section 8a of the annular belt body 8 is further provided. The medicine locking members 11 for sequentially locking the medicines 12 diffused through the rotation of the medicine diffusion rotating body 6 are arranged side by side at predetermined intervals, and the annular belt body 8 is , At least one of the annular belt member 8 and the medicine diffusion rotator 6 is driven via a rotation driving device 9 provided on at least one of the medicine container main body 2 and the medicine selection and supply device 1. The medicine 12 sequentially held by the medicine locking body 11 is transferred to the medicine discharge section 7.

Further, the upper side of the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3 and the wall surface 5 of the other medicine container in the medicine container 3 vertically penetrates into at least one of the wall surfaces 4 of the medicine container. The point is that the medicine container partitioning body 10 forming the opening space 13 in the state is provided in a protruding state.

Further, at least one end of the medicine container partitioning body 10 is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3.

Further, the circular arc portion 6a of the medicine rotating body 6
However, it is provided in such a manner that it is displaced so as to be in contact with the annular belt body 8 while avoiding the medicine locking body 11 arranged side by side on the upper surface 8a of the annular belt body 8.

Further, the medicine locking member 11 has an inclined side inclined downward in a direction along the traveling direction of the annular belt member 8 and toward the upper surface portion 8a of the annular belt member 8.
The point is that it is constituted by a substantially rectangular projecting piece erected on the upper surface portion 8a so as to have 11a.

Further, the circular arc portion 6a of the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion.
In addition, an annular belt 8 driven while abutting within a certain range,
In the vicinity of the medicine outlet 5a separated from the arc portion 6a, a plurality of medicines 12 to be transferred to the medicine discharge section 7 via the medicine engaging bodies 11 of the annular belt 8 are provided in a plurality of individual medicine engaging bodies 11. A first drug aligning means for preventing simultaneous locking is provided.

Also, in the vicinity of an annular belt member 8 that is driven upward and inclined to a medicine discharge portion 7 provided above the medicine container main body 2 at a distance from the arc portion 6a of the medicine diffusion rotating member 6. Is the drug 12 transferred via the drug lock 11
However, there is provided a second medicine aligning means for preventing a plurality of medicine locking bodies 11 from being simultaneously locked.

[0019]

In the medicine container for the medicine selection and supply device having the above-described structure and the method for removing the medicine from the medicine container, the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3 of the medicine container main body 2 is provided.
Is formed so as to be inclined downward from one medicine container wall surface 4 side in the medicine container unit 3 toward a medicine outlet 5a provided at one site on the other medicine container wall surface 5; In the vicinity of the outlet 5a, a medicine such as a tablet or a capsule having an axial length direction of a rotation axis in a direction intersecting with the medicine container wall surface 5 and concentrating on the medicine outlet 5a via the inclined bottom 3a. A rotating body 6 for drug diffusion which rotates so as to diffuse 12 is provided, and below the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion, an arc portion 6a of a part of an outer periphery of the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion is provided.
And at least one end thereof extends from the circular arc portion 6a on the lower side of the medicine diffusing rotating body 6 to the medicine discharging portion 7 at least one end of which is provided above the medicine container main body 2. An annular belt body 8 is provided which is inclined upward to 7 and the upper surface of the annular belt body 8
8a, medicine locking bodies 11 for sequentially locking the medicines 12 diffused through the rotation of the medicine diffusion rotating body 6 are arranged side by side at predetermined intervals, and the annular belt body is provided. 8
In order to drive at least one of the annular belt body 8 and the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion, the medicine is supplied via a rotation driving device 9 provided in at least one of the medicine container main body 2 or the medicine selection and supply device 1. Since the medicines 12 sequentially held by the locking body 11 are transferred to the medicine discharge section 7, the medicines 12 concentrated on the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3 and the medicine outlet 5a of the medicine container main body 2 are diffused from the condensed state. In addition to being able to capture the medicine 12 at a position where the annular belt body 8 is tilted upward,
The drug 12 accommodated in the medicine container 3 is cracked or chipped without imposing an extra burden on the capsule 12, and even if the drug 12 is a capsule, the capsule 12 may be crushed or the stored medicine may flow out at all. It is possible to feed out one tablet at a time quickly and reliably without causing the tablet to be dispensed.

Further, the lower part 3a of the medicine storage part 3 and the other medicine storage part wall surface 5 in the medicine storage part 3 are vertically blown into at least one of the medicine storage part wall surfaces 4 side. Since the medicine container partitioning member 10 forming the opening space 13 in the state is provided in a protruding state, the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3 and the medicine via the medicine 12 accommodated in the medicine container 3 are provided. It is possible to reduce the total weight of the medicine 12 that presses the medicine 12 concentrated in the outlet 5a to make it condensed.

Further, since at least one end of the medicine container partitioning member 10 is inclined downward toward the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3, the medicine 12 on the bottom 3a side of the medicine container 3 is provided. When the number of medicines decreases, the medicine 12 placed on the medicine container partition 10 can be automatically dropped on the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3 and supplied.

The circular arc portion 6a of the medicine diffusing rotating body 6
Is provided so as to be displaced so as to be in contact with the annular belt body 8 while avoiding the medicine locking body 11 arranged side by side on the upper surface portion 8a of the annular belt body 8. The medicine 12 diffused through the tube 6 can be immediately placed on the belt 8.

Further, the medicine locking member 11 has an inclined side inclined downward in a direction along the traveling direction of the annular belt member 8 and toward the upper surface portion 8a of the annular belt member 8.
When the annular belt 8 is inclined upward along the circular arc portion 6a of the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion, it is constituted by a substantially rectangular projecting piece erected on the upper surface portion 8a so as to have 11a. One drug 12 can be locked through a tapered portion formed through the inclined side 11a of the drug locking body 11.

Further, the circular arc portion 6a of the rotating body 6 for diffusing medicine is provided.
In addition, an annular belt 8 driven while abutting within a certain range,
In the vicinity of the medicine outlet 5a separated from the arc portion 6a, a plurality of medicines 12 to be transferred to the medicine discharge section 7 via the medicine engaging bodies 11 of the annular belt 8 are provided in a plurality of individual medicine engaging bodies 11. Since the first medicine aligning means for preventing the medicines from being locked at the same time is provided, the medicines 12 to be individually locked to the medicine locking bodies 11 correspond to the individual medicine locking bodies 11 respectively. And can be transported individually.

In the vicinity of an annular belt member 8 which is driven upward and inclined to a medicine discharge portion 7 provided above the medicine container main body 2 at a distance from the arc portion 6a of the medicine diffusion rotating member 6. Is the drug 12 transferred via the drug lock 11
However, since a plurality of second medicine aligning means for preventing a plurality of medicine engaging bodies 11 from being simultaneously locked are provided, they are individually transferred via the first medicine aligning means. The medicines 12 can be transported individually in an aligned state reliably further corresponding to each of the medicine locking bodies 11.

[0026]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 and 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a mechanism which is mounted on the circular support board 19 of the medicine selecting and supplying apparatus provided with a circular support board 19 in a predetermined distribution and which can send out a required amount of the drug 12 such as tablets or capsules. And a medicine container having an open top and a substantially fan shape in a plan view.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a medicine container main body integrally provided with a medicine container 3, and a bottom 3a of the medicine container 3 is
A medicine outlet provided at one site from one medicine container wall surface 4 side to the other medicine container wall surface 5 side in the medicine container unit 3
It is formed to be inclined downward toward 5a.

Reference numeral 6 designates a longitudinal axis of the rotary shaft 6a in a direction orthogonal to the medicine container wall 5 near the medicine outlet 5a, and a medicine on the medicine container wall 5 via the inclined bottom 3a. The rotating body for medicine diffusion which rotates so as to diffuse the medicine 12 concentrated in the outlet 5a is shown.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2A, a certain range of arc-shaped portions 6a on the lower side of the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion are provided below the rotating body 6 for drug diffusion. And at least one end thereof is inclined upward from the arc portion 6a on the lower side of the medicine diffusion rotating body 6 to the medicine discharge portion 7 up to the medicine discharge portion 7 provided above the medicine container main body 2. An annular belt body 8 is provided, and a drug agent for sequentially locking the drugs 12 diffused through the rotation of the drug diffusion rotating body 6 is provided on the upper surface 8a of the annular belt body 8. The stoppers 11 are arranged side by side at intervals slightly larger than the entire length of the medicine 12 to be transferred, and the medicine stopper 11 is arranged in a direction along the traveling direction of the annular belt body 8, and furthermore, the annular belt body 8 has an inclined side 11a inclined downward toward the upper surface 8a side. It consists of a substantially rectangular projecting pieces provided upright on the upper surface portion 8a, moreover arcuate portion 6a of the drug diffusion rotary member 6 has an upper surface portion 8a of the annular belt body 8
The ring-shaped belt body 8 avoids the medicine locking body 11 juxtaposed to the
And is provided with a positional shift in advance so as to abut against.

Numeral 9 denotes a medicine container mounting plate 19a radially arranged on the circular support board 19 and a medicine container holding device.
19b shows a rotation driving device for the annular belt member 8 which is incorporated in each of the medicine container mounting portions and is provided with a motor, and 9a is an annular belt member integrally provided in the medicine container main body 2. 3 shows a reduction mechanism.

Numeral 10 is provided above the bottom 3a of the medicine container 3 and protrudes from the other medicine container wall 5 in the medicine container 3, and is provided on one medicine container wall 4 side. A medicine container partitioning body forming an open space 13 in a vertically blown state is shown, and the medicine container partitioning body 10
One end of the one wall surface 4 of the medicine container 4 is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the bottom 3 a of the medicine container 3.

Reference numeral 14 denotes an arc portion 6a of the rotating body 6 for diffusing medicine.
In addition, an annular belt 8 that is driven while abutting in a certain range is provided in the vicinity of a medicine outlet 5a separated from the arc portion 6a,
In addition, a plurality of medicines 12 transferred to the medicine discharge section 7 via the medicine locking bodies 11 of the annular belt 8 are formed in a substantially arc shape so as to prevent a plurality of medicines 12 from being simultaneously locked by the individual medicine locking bodies 11. 2 shows a medicine dispensing plate as a first medicine alignment means, which is provided along the outer periphery of the medicine diffusing rotating body 6, and further, as shown in FIG.
(L1) is set to be slightly larger than the height dimension (L2) of the medicine stopper 11.

As shown in FIG. 2C, the other medicine container wall surface 5 of the medicine container main body 2 which faces the medicine diffusion rotating body 6 provided with the medicine removing plate 14 is provided as shown in FIG. A single drug outlet 5b is formed along the annular belt body 8.

Numeral 15 is in the vicinity of the annular belt member 8 which is driven upward and inclined to the medicine discharge portion 7 provided above the medicine container main body 2a at a distance from the arc portion 6a of the medicine diffusion rotating member 6. In order to prevent a plurality of medicines 12 provided and transported via the medicine locking body 11 from being locked by a plurality of individual medicine locking bodies 11 at the same time, along the driving direction of the annular belt body 8. As shown in FIG. 3, a predetermined length of the inclined inclined surface portion 15a
And a second surface integrally provided with each of the cleaning surfaces 15b.
And the distance between the sweeping surface 15b and the upper surface 8a of the annular belt is the outer diameter, width or width of the medicine 12 locked by the medicine locking body 11. The medicine alignment body 15 is set in advance through the adjustment nut 16 in accordance with any of the thicknesses, and the medicine alignment body 15 particularly ensures that the medicine 12 locked between the individual medicine locking bodies 11 In the case where the medicine 12 is locked in a standing state or the like, the medicine 12 can be surely aligned between the medicine locking bodies 11 or can be dropped off.

In the present embodiment, the medicine container for the medicine selection and supply device for tablets and the like is constituted as described above. Next, the medicine accommodation container is attached to the medicine selection and supply device and stored in the medicine accommodation container. A case in which the medicines such as tablets and capsules are continuously delivered one by one will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the medicine container 3 of the medicine container 1 contains, for example, a medicine 12 which is substantially oval in plan view and forms a slight bulge toward the center. Thereafter, the medicine container 1 is set on a medicine container mounting plate 19a disposed on a circular support board 19 of a medicine selective supply device (not shown).

Next, the medicine container mounting plate 19a
When the rotary driving device 9 for each of the medicine container mounting sections on which the medicine container is disposed is driven, the medicine accommodation of the medicine accommodation container 1 is performed via the annular belt speed reduction mechanism 9a provided integrally with the medicine accommodation container 1. The annular belt member 8 provided in the container main body 2 is driven, and as shown in FIG. 2A, the medicine is supplied through the peripheral arc portion 6a that comes into contact with the upper surface portion 8a of the annular belt member 8. The diffusion rotating body 6 is also driven.

As described above, when both the annular belt member 8 and the medicine diffusion rotating member 6 are driven together, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the medicine 12 concentrated on the bottom 3a and the medicine outlet 5a of the medicine container 3 can be diffused from the condensed state, and the medicine 12 is captured at a position where the annular belt body 8 is inclined upward. As a result, no extra burden is applied to the individual drugs 12 and unnecessary drugs 12 are added as shown in FIG.
It can be dispensed through the drug dispensing plate 14.

Therefore, even if the medicine 12 accommodated in the medicine accommodating section 3 is cracked or chipped, or the medicine 12 is a medicine capsule, the medicine 12 is not crushed or the medicine contained therein does not flow out at all. In addition to being able to quickly and reliably feed one tablet at a time and continuously, even if a plurality of drugs 12 are simultaneously captured by the individual drug locks 11 of the annular belt body 8, Unnecessary medicine 12 can be discharged from a medicine discharge port 5b formed in the other medicine storage section wall surface 5 of the medicine storage container main body 2 facing the medicine diffusion rotating body 6 provided with the medicine removal plate 14. I can do it.

Further, the circular arc portion 6a of the medicine diffusing rotating body 6
As shown in FIG. 6 (a), in the vicinity of an annular belt body 8 which is driven upward and inclined to a medicine discharge section 7 provided above the medicine container main body 2 at a distance from the medicine holding body 2 as shown in FIG. 11
A plurality of medicine alignment bodies 15 for preventing a plurality of medicines 12 transferred via the medicine from being simultaneously locked to the individual medicine locking bodies 11, for example, the medicine removing plate 14.
Even if the medicine 12 that is transported through the medicine locks in a standing state or the like without securely fitting between the medicine locking bodies 11, as shown in FIG. The drug lock 11
Since the medicines can be aligned or removed (arrow D), the medicine can be reliably taken out.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the medicine container is formed in a substantially fan shape with a top open and in plan view so that a plurality of medicine storage containers are mounted in a predetermined distribution on a circular support board of a medicine selection / supply device having a circular support board. However, it is not always necessary to be mounted on a circular support board, for example, they may be sequentially placed in a line on a rectangular shelf, and the shape of the medicine container is also substantially flat when open at the top. It is not necessary to be formed in a fan shape, and may be a square shape, a rectangular shape, a columnar shape, a triangular shape, or the like, and specific mechanisms and shapes of the medicine container and the medicine selection and supply device.
Needless to say, the size and type are not limited.

Further, the bottom of the medicine container is formed so as to be inclined downward from the wall surface of one medicine container in the medicine container toward the medicine outlet provided at one site on the wall surface of the other medicine container. However, each of the medicine container wall surfaces in the medicine container may be tapered toward the bottom, and the bottom inside the medicine container is always provided integrally with the medicine container wall surface. It is not necessary that the bottom part be provided separately from the wall surface of the medicine container as long as it is a part that substantially receives the medicine contained therein. As described above, one medicine container may be provided so as to be divided into two right and left parts.

Further, in the vicinity of the medicine outlet, there is an axial length direction of a rotation axis in a direction perpendicular to the wall surface of the medicine container, and the medicine outlet of the wall surface of the medicine container is provided through the inclined bottom. Although a rotating body for drug diffusion that rotates to diffuse the concentrated drug is provided, the specific arrangement location, shape, size, quantity, etc. of the rotating body for drug diffusion are not limited at all, for example, As shown in FIG. 7, the rotating body for drug diffusion is
A plurality may be provided to respectively correspond to the medicine outlets provided at one site on the other medicine container wall surface 5 side of each of the medicine container units 3 divided into two parts on the left and right.

Also, on the lower side of the rotating body for drug diffusion,
A part of the outer circumference of the rotating body for drug diffusion is in contact with a circular arc portion within a certain range, and at least one end of the rotating body for lowering the medicine is rotated up to a medicine discharging unit provided on the upper side of the medicine container main body. An annular belt body inclined upward from the arc portion to the medicine discharge portion is provided, but the material, type, quantity, etc. of the annular belt body are not limited at all, and a plurality of endless annular belt bodies are provided. They may be juxtaposed in the same direction.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a medicine locking body for sequentially locking the medicine diffused through the rotation of the medicine diffusion rotating body is provided on the upper surface of the annular belt body. The medicine locking bodies are arranged side by side at intervals slightly larger than the entire length of the medicine to be transferred, and the medicine locking body is directed in the direction along the traveling direction of the annular belt body and toward the upper surface side of the annular belt body. It is composed of a substantially rectangular protruding piece that is erected on the upper surface to have an inclined side that is inclined downward,
It is not always necessary to be a substantially rectangular projecting piece, for example,
It may be a substantially concave projection having a medicine container, and the specific shape and number of the medicine locking body are not limited.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the circular support plate is provided with a rotation driving device for the annular belt member provided with a motor, but the rotation driving device for the annular belt member is not necessarily provided separately from the medicine container. It is not necessary to provide a device, and a rotation driving device for an annular belt body provided with a motor may be housed in the medicine container.

Further, in the above embodiment, the medicine container partition is provided above the bottom of the medicine container and protruding from the wall surface of the other medicine container in the medicine container. By forming an opening space in the vertical direction on the wall surface of the medicine container, the medicine on the bottom side of the medicine container is automatically reduced, and the medicine placed on the medicine container partition body automatically. Can be dropped to the bottom side of the medicine container and supplied, and at the same time, the pressure applied to the medicine in the vicinity of the bottom is constantly reduced. It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited in any way and is not always an essential requirement in the present invention.

Further, in the above embodiment, the annular belt driven while abutting the arc portion of the rotating body for medicine diffusion within a certain range is provided near the medicine outlet which is separated from the arc portion. A first drug aligning means formed in a substantially arc shape so as to prevent a plurality of drugs transferred to the drug discharge portion via the drug locks of the annular belt from being simultaneously locked to the individual drug locks. Is provided with a drug removal plate,
It is not necessarily required to be formed in a substantially arc shape. For example, it may be a substantially rectangular protrusion provided on the wall surface side of the other medicine container, or may be a plurality of juxtapositions. As long as it is possible to prevent a plurality of drugs from being simultaneously locked by the drug locking body, the specific member, shape, and the like of the first drug aligning means are not limited at all, and further, the first drug aligning means is not limited. The distance from the upper surface of the annular belt and the like may be variable depending on the size and shape of the medicine used by the means, but it is needless to say that this is not an essential requirement of the present invention.

Further, in the above embodiment, the vicinity of the annular belt member which is driven upward and inclined to the medicine discharge portion provided above the medicine container main body at a distance from the arc portion of the medicine diffusion rotating body. In order to prevent a plurality of medicines transferred via the medicine locking bodies from being simultaneously locked to the individual medicine locking bodies, a predetermined length of alignment slope is provided along the driving direction of the annular belt body. A medicine aligning body, which is a second medicine aligning means integrally provided with each of a surface portion and a sweeping surface portion, is provided, and the distance between the sweeping surface portion and the upper surface portion of the annular belt is set to the medicine locking member. Outer diameter of the drug to be locked,
The medicine aligning body is preset through an adjusting nut in accordance with either the width or the thickness, and the medicine aligning body, particularly, the medicine locked between the individual medicine locking bodies does not securely fit between the medicine locking bodies. When the medicine is locked in a standing state or the like, the medicine can be surely aligned between the medicine locking bodies or can be wiped off. In short, the individual medicines provided on the annular belt body When the medicine locked between the locking bodies is locked in a standing state or the like without being accommodated between the medicine locking bodies, the medicine should be surely aligned between the drug locking bodies or removed. If possible, a specific member of the second medicine alignment means,
The shape and the like are not limited at all, and it is needless to say that this is not necessarily an essential requirement of the present invention.

[0050]

As described above, the present invention provides a medicine diffusion rotating body provided in the vicinity of a medicine outlet provided in a part of a medicine container wall in a medicine container of a medicine container main body. The medicine concentrated in the medicine outlet is diffused, and then the diffused medicine is moved upward in one direction along the arc portion of the medicine diffusion rotating body. The medicine is concentrated on the bottom of the medicine container and the medicine outlet of the medicine container main body from the condensed state because the medicine is conveyed upward to the medicine discharge section provided on the side of the medicine container. Since the body captures the drug in the upwardly inclined position, the tablet stored in the drug storage section is broken or chipped without imposing an extra burden on the individual drug, and even when the drug is a capsule, Capsule collapse Without causing exactly caused the outflow or the like of the storage agent, quickly and reliably one tablet at a time continuously send it can be.

Further, above the bottom of the medicine container,
In addition, a medicine container partition member that forms an opening space in a vertically blown-down state is provided on at least one of the medicine container wall surfaces on the other medicine container wall surface in the medicine container in a protruding state. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the total weight of the medicine that presses the medicine concentrated in the medicine container and the bottom of the medicine container through the medicine contained in the medicine container to make the medicine condensed.

Further, since at least one end of the medicine container partition is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the bottom of the medicine container, when the medicine on the bottom side of the medicine container decreases, the medicine is automatically cut off. The medicine placed on the medicine storage part partition body can be supplied by being dropped to the bottom side of the medicine storage part.

Further, the circular arc portion of the rotating body for medicine diffusion is provided so as to be displaced so as to abut the annular belt body avoiding the medicine locking body juxtaposed on the upper surface of the annular belt body. Therefore, the medicine diffused via the medicine diffusion rotating body can be instantaneously placed on the annular belt body.

Further, the upper surface of the medicine locking body is formed so as to have an inclined side inclined in a direction along the traveling direction of the annular belt body and downward toward the upper surface side of the annular belt body. Since it is constituted by a substantially rectangular protruding piece erected on the portion, when the annular belt is inclined upward along the arc portion of the rotating body for drug diffusion, it passes through the inclined side of the drug locking body. One medicament can be locked through the tapered part formed.

Further, in the arc portion of the rotating body for drug diffusion,
An annular belt driven while being in contact with a certain range is provided with a medicine transferred to a medicine discharge unit via a medicine locking body of the annular belt in the vicinity of a medicine outlet which is separated from the arc portion. Since the first medicine aligning means for preventing a plurality of medicine locking bodies from being locked at the same time is provided, the medicine to be individually locked of the medicine locking body can be used for the medicine locking body. It can be individually transported corresponding to each individual.

Also, in the vicinity of an annular belt member which is driven upward and inclined to a medicine discharge portion provided above the medicine container main body and separated from the arc portion of the medicine diffusion rotating body, a medicine lock is provided. A second method for preventing a plurality of medicines transferred through the body from being simultaneously locked to a plurality of individual medicine locking bodies.
Since the medicine aligning means is provided, the medicines individually transferred via the first medicine aligning means are further individually and reliably transferred in an aligned state corresponding to each of the medicine locking members. I can do it.

Therefore, the tablets stored in the medicine container can be quickly and reliably stored without causing cracks or chips in the tablets stored in the medicine container, or causing the capsules to be crushed or outflow of the stored medicine. It is possible to provide a medicine container for a medicine selective supply device such as a tablet capable of continuously sending out medicines such as tablets and capsules one by one, and a method of removing medicines from the medicine container. It has a special effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a medicine container for a medicine selection and supply device for tablets and the like according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a perspective view and FIG.
Is a plan view, and FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a medicine container for a medicine selective supply device for tablets or the like of the present invention, wherein FIG. 2A is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1B, and FIG. (A) is an enlarged view of a main part near the medicine removing plate, and (c) is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of (b).

FIGS. 3A and 3B show a medicine container for a medicine selective supply device for tablets and the like of the present invention, wherein FIGS.
C line sectional drawing.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state of a medicine container such as a tablet of the present invention.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are enlarged views of a main part near a medicine removing plate, showing a use state of a medicine container for a medicine selective supply device for tablets or the like according to the present invention. FIGS.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are enlarged views of a main part in the vicinity of a medicine alignment body, showing a use state of a medicine container for a medicine selection / supply device for tablets or the like according to the present invention; FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the medicine container for the medicine selection and supply device for tablets or the like of the present invention.

8A and 8B show an apparatus for selectively supplying medicine such as tablets using a conventional medicine container, wherein FIG. 8A is a plan view, and FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional view taken along line EE of FIG.

9 shows a medicine container used in a conventional medicine selection and supply device for tablets and the like, wherein FIG. 9A is a plan view and FIG.
2 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Drug container 2 ... Drug container main body 3 ... Drug container 3a ... Bottom 4 ... One drug container wall surface 5 ... The other drug container wall surface 5a ... Drug outlet 5b ... Drug outlet 6 ... Drug diffusion Rotating body 6a: arcuate part of peripheral surface 7: medicine discharging part 8: annular belt body 12: medicine 14: medicine removing plate (first medicine aligning means) 15: medicine aligning body (second medicine aligning means)

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A medicine container to be incorporated into a plurality of medicine selection / supply devices, wherein a bottom (3a) of a medicine container (3) of the medicine container main body (2) is provided inside the medicine container (3). Is formed so as to be inclined downward from one of the medicine container wall surfaces (4) to a medicine outlet (5a) provided at one portion of the other medicine container wall surface (5), and the medicine outlet ( In the vicinity of 5a), it has an axis length direction of the rotation axis in a direction intersecting with the medicine container wall surface (5), and concentrates on the medicine outlet (5a) via the inclined bottom (3a). Drugs such as tablets or capsules (12)
A rotating body for drug diffusion (6) that rotates so as to diffuse the drug is provided, and a circular arc part of a part of the outer periphery of the rotating body for drug diffusion (6) is provided below the rotating body for drug diffusion (6). (6a), and a medicine discharge section (7) provided at least one end thereof above the medicine container main body (2) while being in contact with a certain range.
And an annular belt body (8) inclined upward from the arc portion (6a) on the lower side of the medicine diffusion rotating body (6) to the medicine discharge section (7). On the upper surface (8a) of the (8), a medicine locking body (11) for sequentially locking the medicines (12) diffused by the rotation of the medicine diffusion rotating body (6) is provided. The medicine container main body (2a) is arranged so that the annular belt body (8) drives at least one of the annular belt body (8) and the medicine diffusion rotating body (6). Alternatively, medicines (12) sequentially held by the medicine locking body (11) via a rotary drive device (9) provided in at least one of the medicine selection and supply devices (1) are supplied to the medicine discharge section (7). A medicine container for a medicine selection and supply device for tablets or the like, characterized in that the medicine container is configured to be transported to a container. 2. The wall surface of the other medicine container above the bottom (3a) of the medicine container (3) and in the medicine container (3).
(5), at least one side of the medicine container wall (4),
The medicine container according to claim 1, wherein the medicine container partition (10), which forms an opening space (13) in a vertically blown state, is provided in a protruding state. 3. The medicine such as a tablet according to claim 2, wherein at least one end of said medicine storage part partitioning body (10) is provided to be inclined downward toward the bottom (3a) side of said medicine storage part (3). A medicine container for a selective supply device. 4. An arc portion (6a) of the rotating body for drug diffusion (6).
Is provided so as to be displaced so as to abut the annular belt body (8), avoiding the medicine locking body (11) arranged in parallel on the upper surface portion (8a) of the annular belt body (8). Item 4. A drug container for a drug selective supply device for tablets or the like according to any one of Items 1 to 3. 5. The medicine locking member (11) is directed downward in a direction along the traveling direction of the annular belt body (8) and toward the upper surface portion (8a) of the annular belt body (8). 5. An apparatus for selectively supplying tablets or the like according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the protruding piece is a substantially rectangular projecting piece erected on the upper surface portion (8a) so as to have an inclined side (11a) inclined at an angle. Medicine container. 6. An arc portion (6a) of the rotating body for drug diffusion (6).
, An annular belt (8) driven while abutting within a certain range
However, in the vicinity of the medicine outlet (5a) separated from the arc portion (6a), the medicine transferred to the medicine discharge section (7) via the medicine locking body (11) of the annular belt (8). (12) to prevent a plurality of individual drug locks (11) from being locked simultaneously.
6. A medicine container for a medicine selection and supply device such as a tablet according to claim 1, further comprising a medicine alignment means. 7. An arc portion (6a) of the rotating body for drug diffusion (6).
In the vicinity of an annular belt body (8) that is driven upward and inclined to a medicine discharge section (7) provided above the medicine container main body (2) at a distance from the medicine container main body (2), a medicine locking body (11) is provided. 7. A second medicine aligning means for preventing a plurality of medicines (12) transferred via the medicine from being simultaneously locked by a plurality of individual medicine locking bodies (11). 4. A medicine container for a medicine selection / supply device such as a tablet according to item 1. 8. A medicine outlet (5) provided in one part of a wall surface of the medicine container in the tablet container (3). The medicine outlet (5) is provided by a medicine diffusion rotating body (6) provided near the medicine outlet (5). An annular ring that diffuses the drug (12) concentrated on 5a) and then drives the diffused drug (12) in one direction along the lower circular part (6a) of the rotating body for drug diffusion (6). A medicine container for a medicine selective supply device for tablets or the like, characterized in that the medicine container is transported upward through a belt body (8) to a medicine discharge section (7) provided above the medicine container main body (2). How to remove drugs from containers.