JP4022072B2 - Drug packaging device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medicine packaging device used for dispensing and dispensing based on a prescription in a hospital or clinic, and more specifically, a rotary tablet dividing unit and a powder dividing unit. The present invention relates to a medicine packaging device that can reduce the size of the device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a medicine packaging device used for dispensing based on a prescription in hospitals, clinics or clinics can handle powders and tablets (capsules / tablets), and generally accepts powders on the hand side. A divider for dividing the tablet is provided, and a number of dividing baskets for dividing the tablet are arranged on the upper surface of the apparatus. The powder dividing means is composed of a dividing bowl for receiving the powder and a number of dispensing bowls (distributors) arranged immediately below. The tablet dividing means has a number of tablets at the top of the apparatus. The tablet receiving pockets are arranged in a large number of rows, and a distribution basket (distributor) is arranged in the same row immediately below.
[0003]
In the medicine packaging device having such a configuration, the powder dispensing basket and the tablet dispensing basket are independently moved onto the hopper to the packaging position and provided at the bottom of each dispensing basket. The valve plate (open / close plate) is sequentially opened and closed to supply and wrap to the packaging unit.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In such a conventional medicine packaging device, the dividing basket provided especially for dividing the tablet has a large space for handling the medicine in the capsule having a large tablet size, unlike the powder. Necessary and a large space is inevitably required in order to be able to reliably distinguish between adjacent sections. In addition, a minimum 7 × 3 array is required because the number of divisions requires at least 21 packets. For this reason, the arrangement part of the split basket and the distribution basket for receiving the tablets divided immediately below and moving them onto the hopper for packaging and sequentially loading them become a large space, and the entire apparatus It is a cause to increase the capacity.
[0005]
Further, in the conventional packaging device, the powder dispenser (distributor) and the tablet dispenser (distributor) are driven by independent drive devices, which complicates the drive mechanism. There is a problem. Of course, there is also a problem that the manufacturing cost increases and becomes expensive.
[0006]
Because of this, since the overall capacity is large and requires a lot of installation space, as a medicine packaging device installed in a pharmacy that is limited in work space by installation of other dispensing devices, medicine storage shelves, etc. Therefore, there is a demand for an apparatus that requires as little installation space as possible, and in particular, such demands are increasing in small-scale pharmacies as the varieties of dispensing drugs increase due to advances in treatment technology.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and while rationally reducing the divided supply space for tablets, rationalizing the divided supply of medicines to the packaging unit, and effectively providing a packaging function. An object of the present invention is to provide a medicine packaging device having a configuration that can be enhanced.
[0008]
[Means for solving the problems and actions / effects]
In order to achieve the above-described object, a medicine packaging device according to the present invention comprises:
In the medicine packaging device in which the powder dividing means is arranged at the upper part on the front side of the operation, the tablet distributing means is provided on the upper surface part, the powder / tablet is sent from the hopper to the packaging part, and the required amount is enclosed in the bag.
The tablet distribution means is a combination of a circular distribution board in which a required number of tablet distribution pockets are arranged in the circumferential direction and a fixed face plate having one drop port in contact with the lower surface thereof, and the circular distribution board is driven by a drive mechanism. When rotated, when the dispensing pocket matches the drop port of the fixed face plate , the tablet in the dispense pocket falls from the drop pocket from the dispensing pocket and is put into the hopper to the packaging part,
The drive mechanism is configured to drive the rotary gear mechanism input shaft of the circular distribution board of the tablet distribution means via a winding transmission by a single driving machine, and a mounting seat on the winding transmission. A tablet holder is connected to the holder for supporting the distributor of the powder dividing means, and when the circular distributor is rotated once, the tablet is moved forward by a maximum stroke. Distributing means and powder dividing means are associated with each other .
[0009]
According to the present invention, the tablet distribution means can be arranged in a fixed position by using a circular distribution plate, and the divided tablets can be supplied directly from the circular distribution plate to the hopper of the packaging unit. The rotation operation and powder distributor are simultaneously driven by a common drive unit, which makes it possible to reduce the size of the entire device and make it compact, and the device structure can be made simple, so it is provided at low cost. There is an effect that can be done.
[0010]
Further, Runode can a distributor holder powder dividing means and a circular distribution plate of the tablet dispensing means is configured to be driven by a single drive motor, it simplifies the structure of the driving mechanism, downsizing of the device It is effective to do.
[0011]
The circular distribution board of the tablet distribution means is preferably arranged so that the drop port of the fixed face plate arranged below is positioned above the hopper of the packaging part (third invention). In this way, the position of the circular distribution board of the tablet distribution means is provided at a fixed position, and the divided tablets are directly put into the hopper, so that the conventional distributor and its guide can be omitted, and the tablets Since no chute is required, the structure can be simplified.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, specific embodiments of the medicine packaging device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main part of the medicine packaging apparatus of this embodiment, and FIG. Schematic diagrams of the main parts showing the driving relationship between the means and the powder distributor are shown.
[0014]
The medicine packaging device 1 of this embodiment is provided with a powder dividing means 4 having a well-known structure by being shifted to one of the upper parts of the operation front side 3 of the main body 2 having a horizontally long cabinet structure with a required size, and the middle of the upper surface. Is provided with a tablet dispensing means 10, and a packaging part 30 having a known structure is arranged inside the main body 2.
[0015]
The powder dividing means 4 has a structure in which the powder receiving bowl 5 has a well-known V-shaped cross section, and moves the position of a partition plate 5 'slidably provided in the inside thereof in accordance with a scale 5b attached to the upper part. The powdered powder to be dispensed can be prepared to be divided into the required amount, and when one of the inclined opening and closing plates 5a is rotated and opened, the powdered powders are dropped all at once and are distributed immediately below. It is configured to be received and divided by a distribution basket 6a in the container 6 (see FIG. 2). The distributor 6 has the same structure as the conventional one, and forms a distribution section (distribution bowl 6a) in which the inside of the length corresponding to the entire length of the powder receiving bowl 5 is divided into the maximum number of divisions. In addition, a valve plate (not shown) is attached to the bottom surface thereof, and is opened at an upper position of the powder chute for supplying the powder to the hopper of the packaging unit 30.
[0016]
The tablet dispensing means 10 includes a circular distribution board 11 that is rotatably arranged with the upper part exposed on the upper surface of the main body 2, a fixed face plate 13 that is fixedly held in contact with the lower surface of the circular distribution board 11, A rotary shaft 15 is fixed to one end of the circular distribution board 11 so as to be rotatably supported, and a support bearing structure 16 for the rotary shaft 15 is attached to a proper position of the main body 2.
[0017]
The circular distribution board 11 is provided with a plurality of tablet distribution pockets 12 divided in the circumferential direction on the upper surface thereof, and the bottom surfaces of the tablet distribution pockets 12 are in an open state, and follow the bottom surface of the circular distribution board 11. It is closed by the fixed face plate 13 provided as described above. In this embodiment, for example, there are 22 tablet distribution pockets 12 because of the prescription based on the prescription (one is open to the drop opening 13a, so one is greater than the maximum number of divisions to be divided and packaged). Many are provided). The fixed face plate 13 is fixed at an appropriate position of the frame constituting the main body 2, and has a drop opening 13 a that opens corresponding to one of the plurality of tablet distribution pockets 12 provided in the circular distribution board 11. Is provided. Therefore, when the circular distribution board 11 rotates, the tablet distribution pockets 12 sequentially drop tablets from the drop opening 13a that match the positions of the drop openings 13a provided in the fixed face plate 13 and are received therein. It is related.
[0018]
In the tablet dispensing means 10 having such a configuration, the tablet chute 17 (see FIG. 3) is arranged at the lower part of the dropping port 13a, and the lower end of the tablet chute 17 is positioned almost directly above the packaging part to be divided and packaged. Are provided on the main body 2.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 2, the circular distribution board 11 and the distributor 6 of the powder dividing means configured as described above are driven by a drive mechanism 20 that can be driven by a single motor. The drive mechanism 20 supports the gear 19 on the input shaft 18a of the reduction gear mechanism 18 attached to the lower end of the rotary shaft 15 of the circular distribution board 11 of the tablet distribution means 10 and the powder distributor 6 of the powder dividing means 4. The gear 19 is engaged with the toothed belt 21 so that the holder 7 to be driven simultaneously, and the holder 7 is provided with a holder mounting seat at an appropriate position on the outer surface of the toothed belt 21. The motor 22 can be driven. The speed reduction gear mechanism 18 is decelerated so that one pitch of the tablet distribution pockets 12 in the circular distribution board 11 corresponds to one pitch of the divided basket 6a in the powder distributor 6. A stepping motor is used as the driving motor 22.
[0020]
Although not shown, the motor 22 is supported by the frame of the main body 2 and can be driven by engaging a pinion 24 attached to the output shaft 22 a with the teeth of the toothed belt 21. A magnet holder 25 for taking the feed timing of the circular distributor 11 and the powder distributor 6 is attached to the output shaft 22a, and a timing sensor 26 is provided on the frame side so as to correspond to the magnet holder 25. ing.
[0021]
On the other hand, the powder distributor 6 is configured so that the holder 7 traverses from the divided position to the upper part of the chute positioned above the divided packaging portion 30 along the guide rail (not shown) as in the prior art. The plate is opened, and the divided powder is discharged into the hopper through the chute from the divided basket one by one. For this purpose, stop sensors 27 and 27a are respectively provided at the standby position of the powder distributor 6 (the position immediately below the powder receiving bowl 5) and the position where the powder is most advanced for division, thereby driving the powder distributor. A control unit (not shown) is associated with the motor 22 so that the motor 22 is stopped. The holder 7 supporting the powder distributor 6 and the mounting seat 23 on the toothed belt 21 are detachably coupled by a fastener. Reference numeral 28 in the drawing denotes a tension gear.
[0022]
The operation of the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment configured as described above is to supply a required powder based on a prescription to a powder receiving bowl 5 set in advance when the powder dividing means 4 divides the powder. Then, when the opening / closing plate 5a is rotated and opened, it is dropped onto the powder distributor 6 waiting at the position immediately below and divided as in the prior art. On the other hand, as for the tablets, the required tablets (including capsules) are distributed and put into the distribution pockets 12 in the circular distribution board 11 at the upper position of the main body 2.
[0023]
When the dividing operation is finished in this way, the motor 22 is activated by driving the activation switch, and the toothed belt 21 is driven. In this drive, the toothed belt 21 is rotated intermittently or continuously according to operating conditions set in advance by a control device (not shown), and the powder is connected to the toothed belt 21 so that the position above the chute 8 above the packaging portion 30 is reached. Then, the valve plate is sequentially opened from the leading split rod 6a, and powder is dropped into the chute 8 from the inside one by one. The dropped powder is fed from the chute 8 through the hopper 31 of the packaging unit 30 to the inside of the wrapping paper 32a fed from the paper roll 32, and is packaged and delivered by the heat seal device 33 one by one. The powder distributor 6 is guided by a guide rail (not shown), traverses in a horizontal state, opens the valve plate above the chute 8, and closes the valve plate when returning.
[0024]
On the other hand, on the tablet side, when the toothed belt 21 is driven by the drive of the motor 22, the gear 19 meshing with the toothed belt 21 is rotated from the input shaft 18a of the reduction gear mechanism 18 to the rotating shaft 15 of the circular distribution board 11. When the circular distribution board 11 is moved by one pitch of the tablet distribution pocket 12, the distribution force is distributed from the tablet distribution pocket 12 corresponding to the drop port 13a provided in the fixed face plate 13. The tablets fall onto the tablet chute 17, and are supplied to the wrapping paper 32 a through the hopper 31 of the packaging unit 30 and packaged. Thereafter, the tablets are sequentially packaged by rotating the circular distribution board 11 by the required number of packages in this manner. When the circular distributor 11 is rotated once, the powder distributor 6 is related so that the maximum stroke advances, so that the sensor 27a is operated at the position where the distributor 6 is most advanced, and the motor 22 Stop driving. Therefore, when the motor 22 is reversely rotated by the switch operation unit or by a preset control program, the distributor 6 is returned to the standby position, and the motor 22 is stopped by the operation of the sensor 27 until the next packaging starts. Wait.
[0025]
In the medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the powder distributor 5 and the tablet circular distributor 11 are driven at the same time. Therefore, when only the powder is packaged, the tablet dispensing operation is performed. On the contrary, when only the tablets are packaged, the powder can be packaged separately by not performing the dividing operation of the powder. Therefore, at the time of the operation of individually packaging the powder and the tablet, it is only necessary to distribute one of the drugs, and at this time, the other dividing means (distributing means) is moved freely. Further, in order to simultaneously package the powder and the tablet, simultaneous packaging can be performed by operating the drive mechanism 20 by putting both into the dividing (distributing) means as described above.
[0026]
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to downsize the entire apparatus by rationally downsizing the structure and driving mechanism of the tablet dividing unit, and dispensing pharmacies that require a space for installation space. It can be set as the apparatus which can be arrange | positioned in a room and can be used effectively.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of a medicine packaging device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the medicine packaging device according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the main part showing the driving relationship between the tablet dividing means and the powder distributor.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drug packaging device 2 Main body 4 Powder dividing means 5 Powder receiving bowl 6 Powder distributor 7 Distributor holder 8 Chute 10 Tablet distribution means 11 Circular distribution board 12 Tablet distribution pocket 13 Fixed face plate 15 Rotary shaft 17 of circular distribution board Tablet chute 18 Reduction gear mechanism 19 Gear 20 Drive mechanism 21 Toothed belt 22 Motor 24 Pinion 27, 27a Sensor 30 Packaging section 31 Hopper

Claims (2)

In the medicine packaging device in which the powder dividing means is arranged at the upper part on the front side of the operation, the tablet distributing means is provided on the upper surface part, the powder / tablet is sent from the hopper to the packaging part, and the required amount is enclosed in the bag.
The tablet distribution means is a combination of a circular distribution board in which a required number of tablet distribution pockets are arranged in the circumferential direction and a fixed face plate having one drop port in contact with the lower surface thereof, and the circular distribution board is driven by a drive mechanism. When rotated, when the dispensing pocket matches the drop port of the fixed face plate , the tablet in the dispense pocket falls from the drop pocket from the dispensing pocket and is put into the hopper to the packaging part,
The drive mechanism is configured to drive the rotary gear mechanism input shaft of the circular distribution board of the tablet distribution means via a winding transmission by a single driving machine, and a mounting seat on the winding transmission. A tablet holder is connected to the holder for supporting the distributor of the powder dividing means, and when the circular distributor is rotated once, the tablet is moved forward by a maximum stroke. A medicine packaging device, wherein a dispensing means and a powder dividing means are associated with each other .   2. The medicine packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the circular distribution board of the tablet distribution means is arranged such that a drop port of a fixed face plate disposed below the circular distribution board is positioned above the hopper of the packaging unit.

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