JPH0662124B2 - Medicine packing machine - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a tablet packing machine and other medicine packing machines.

[Prior Art] Generally, a medicine packing machine is designed to execute a packing operation based on the packing data when the packing data is input. Since the time required to input package data is generally short, in order to enable input of the next package data without waiting for the completion of the packaging operation based on the previously input package data, It has a waiting memory which temporarily stores the packaging data input as "1" until the packaging operation based on them is performed. In other words, the waiting memory is for holding the packing data that should be input at the same time as the packing operation should be started until the operation of the packing machine is idle, and the packing data stored in the waiting memory is ,
If the time required to execute the packing operation is ignored, the packing operation should be started in real time.

By the way, the dispensation work in the hospital pharmacy is roughly divided into outpatient and inpatient dispensation work, and the dispensation work for outpatients generally needs to be performed at the outpatient consultation time that is accepted in the morning. The dispensing work for inpatients can be performed at any other time, avoiding the dispensing work time for outpatients. When using the medicine packing machine, the packing data for outpatients is input one after another based on the prescription issued during the outpatient consultation time and stored in the waiting memory, and waits until the packing machine is idle. While the packing operation must be executed in order, the packing data for inpatients is not something that can be entered only immediately before the packing operation based on it, It is sufficient to input at the most convenient time in relation to various operations in the pharmacy.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, since the conventional medicine packing machine has only a waiting memory for holding the packing data for which the packing operation should be started in real time until the operation of the packing machine becomes idle, The packaging data for inpatients can also be entered only immediately before the packaging operation based on the packaging data is executed. Therefore, for example, for dispensing work for inpatients that require manual work, the packaging data Both the input work of and the execution of the packing operation based on it are processed in the afternoon after the outpatient consultation time, while for the dispensing work for inpatients that can be automatically processed by the packing machine, only the input work of packing data is performed. There is a problem that it is not possible to set a wide operating time of the packaging machine, such as performing the packaging operation of the packaging machine based on the packaging data in the afternoon and performing the packaging operation at night.

The present invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned conventional ones, and separates the input time of the packaging data and the execution time of the packaging operation based on it, and provides a medicine packaging machine capable of widely setting the operating time of the packaging machine. It is intended to be provided.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a medicine packing machine, which executes a packing operation based on the packing data when the packing data is input. Out of the packaging data, the first storage means for storing packaging data in which the packaging operation should be executed without a delay, and the packaging operation being executed until a predetermined packaging start time comes. Second storage means for storing the packaged data to be reserved is provided.

[Operation] By adopting the above means, the present invention stores the color separation data for which the packaging operation is to be executed immediately in the first storage means, while the packaging operation is performed until a predetermined packaging start time arrives. Is stored in the second storage means other than the first storage means, so that the packaging data stored in the second storage means is stored until the predetermined packaging start time arrives. Will be booked.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention applied to a tablet packaging machine, and 1, 1, ... Are tablet feeders arranged at appropriate installation positions, and each tablet feeder 1 accommodates them. There are provided a motor (not shown) that operates when the tablets are discharged, and an appropriate sensor (not shown) that detects the tablets sequentially discharged one by one by the operation of the motor. 2 is a packaging device for packaging the tablets discharged from each tablet feeder 1, 3 is an appropriate control device for controlling the packaging operation of the entire tablet packaging machine including the tablet feeders 1, 1, ... Is an input data receiving device that receives input data, and the input data receiving device 4 determines that the received input data is packaging data for which the packaging operation is to be executed immediately (for example, packaging data for outpatients). Is stored in the waiting memory 5, and the received input data is the packaging data (for example, the packaging data for inpatients) whose execution of the packaging operation should be suspended until the predetermined packaging start time arrives. If it is stored in the reserved memory 6 when it is present, and if the received input data is a packing start command based on the packing data stored in the reserved memory 6, a predetermined amount based on the packing start command is stored. And transmitted to the control unit 3 that the when the start time has arrived, and is adapted to initiate Buntsutsumi operation based on packaging data stored in the reserved memory 6. Reference numeral 7 denotes an operation memory for storing the operation procedure of the packing operation executed by the control device 3 based on the packing data stored in the waiting memory 5 or the packing data stored in the reservation memory 6.

Next, the operation of the above will be described.

First, when the input data reception device 4 receives the packaging data such as the outpatient packaging data for which the packaging operation should be executed immediately, the packaging data is stored in the waiting memory 5, and the operation of the packaging machine becomes idle. After that, the control device 3 discharges the tablets by the designated number of tablets from the tablet feeder 1 designated based on the packaging data, and the packaging device 2 packages the tablets in the designated packaging number.

Further, when the input data receiving device 4 receives the packaging data such as the inpatient packaging data for which the execution of the packaging operation should be suspended until the predetermined packaging start time arrives, the packaging data is stored in the reservation memory. 6 is stored. When the input data receiving device 4 receives the packing start command based on the packing data stored in the reservation memory 6, when the predetermined packing start time based on the packing start command arrives, that is the control device. 3, the control device 3 discharges tablets by the designated number of tablets from the tablet feeder 1 designated based on the packaging data stored in the reservation memory 6, and the packaging device 2 divides the tablets into the designated number of packages. To be done.

Therefore, the packing data for which the packing operation should be executed immediately is stored in the waiting memory 5, and the packing operation is executed by the control device 3 while waiting for the operation of the packing machine to become available.
The packaging data for which execution of the packaging operation should be suspended until a predetermined packaging start time arrives is stored in the reservation memory 6,
Only when the predetermined packing start time based on the packing start command comes, the control device 3 executes the packing operation.

In the above embodiment, the packaging data for the outpatient is exemplified as the packaging data for which the packaging operation should be executed immediately.
And, as an example of the packaging data for inpatients as the packaging data for which the execution of the packaging operation should be suspended until the predetermined packaging start time arrives, the packaging data is not limited to this. May be the packing data for inpatients requiring manual work, and the latter may be packing data for inpatients whose packing operation can be automatically processed by the packing machine. Further, in the above embodiment, when the input data receiving device 4 is the packing start command based on the packing data stored in the reservation memory 6, the predetermined packing start time based on the packing start command. Is notified to the control device 3 to start the packaging operation based on the packaging data stored in the reservation memory 6, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the input data reception device 4 Simply sends the accepted packing start command to the control device 3, and when the control device 3 arrives at a predetermined packing start time based on the packing start command, based on the packing data stored in the reservation memory 6. The packing operation may be started, or the operation memory 7
It has a timer that can change the set time from the outside.
Instead of based on the packing start command received by the input data receiving device 4, the arrival of a predetermined packing start time may be detected by the set time of the timer of the operation memory 7.
Furthermore, although the example applied to the tablet packaging machine is shown in the above embodiment, the invention is not limited to this, and it can be applied to, for example, a powder packaging machine. It goes without saying that is possible.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is configured as described above, among the input packaging data, the packaging data for which the packaging operation should be executed without a gap is stored in the first storage means. The packaging data for which the execution of the packaging operation should be suspended until the predetermined packaging start time arrives can be stored in the second storage means different from the first storage means, and therefore the second storage means. In the packaging data stored in, the input time and the execution time of the packaging operation based on it can be completely separated. Of these, the packaging data input time is affected by the working time of the worker. Although it is unavoidable to receive it, the execution time of the packaging operation can be performed outside the working hours of the operator by automatically operating the packaging machine.
This has an excellent effect that the operating time of the packaging machine can be set broadly within 24 hours a day and a large amount of packaging operation can be executed by the packaging machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

 FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Tablet feeder, 2 ... Packaging device 3 ... Control device, 4 ... Input data receiving device 5 ... Standby memory, 6 ... Reservation memory 7 ... Operation memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A medicine packing machine, which executes a packing operation based on the packing data when the packing data is input, in the packing data input, the packing data is divided without a gap. First storing the packaging data in which the packaging operation is to be executed
A medicine packing machine, comprising: a storage means and a second storage means for storing packing data for which execution of a packing operation should be suspended until a predetermined packing start time arrives.