JP2967039B2 - Tablet packaging apparatus and continuous packaging method using the same - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tablet packing apparatus for continuously packing tablets automatically based on a prescription.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an automatic packaging apparatus for automatically packaging tablets based on a prescription, there is, for example, a tablet packaging apparatus 1 'shown in FIGS.

[0003] In these tablet packing apparatuses 1 ', a plurality of tablet feeders 3 are arranged along a discharge path 2 extending in the vertical direction, and a control device operates each of the feeders 3 based on prescription information. Tablets 5 discharged from the discharge path 2
The packaging based on the prescription is performed by collecting with a hopper 6 provided below and packaging with a packaging device 7.

That is, in the tablet packaging apparatus 1 'shown in FIG. 14, a plurality of drawers 9 are assembled in a box-shaped case 8 on the left and right, and the drawers 9 assembled on the left and right are attached to the front and rear and up and down directions. Many tablet feeders 3 are arranged.

Each of the drawers 9 is slidably supported by an upper guide device 10 and a lower guide device 11 and can be pulled out from an opening 13 opened by a door 12.

The upper guide device 10 has a configuration in which a long rail in the front-rear direction is attached to the upper portion of the drawer body 9 and a plurality of rollers disposed on both sides of the rail are attached to the lower surface of the top plate of the case 8. The lower guide device 11 has a configuration in which a rail mounting base is provided below the drawer body 9, the rail mounting base is fixed inside the case 8, and slide rails are mounted on opposing surfaces of the two rail mounting bases.

As shown in FIG. 15 , the tablet feeder 3 comprises a motor base 14 and a cartridge container 15 detachably attached to the motor base 14. A rotor 16 is incorporated in the cartridge container 15, and The rotor 16 is rotated by a motor supported by the motor base 14 to allow the tablets 5 stored in the cartridge container 15 to enter the pockets 17 provided on the outer periphery of the rotor 16, and the tablets 5 in the pockets 17 are stored in the cartridge containers. 15 and the discharge port 18 formed in the support table are discharged to the discharge path 2 one by one.

The discharge path 2 of each drawer 9 is
A packing device 7 is provided between the left and right tablet feeders 3 in a vertical direction, and a packaging device 7 is provided below the discharge path 2 via a hopper 6.

[0009] Therefore, it is not shown control device,-out based on the prescription information from the plurality of tablet feeders 3, when discharging the tablets 5 from the discharge port 18 by operating the tablet feeders 3, the discharged tablets 5 It falls into the hopper 6 via the discharge path 2 and is packaged by the packaging device 7 provided below the hopper 6 .

On the other hand, the one shown in FIG.
9 and an inner drum 20 incorporated inside,
The inner drum 20 and the outer drum 19 are formed by combining a plurality of square cylinders 21 into a cylindrical shape, and the inside of each of the square cylinders 21 is a discharge path 2. The outer drum 19 is provided with an axial separating portion 22 at a part thereof so that the inner drum 20 faces the outer drum 19.

As shown in FIG. 17, an annular plate 23 is attached to the upper and lower sides of the outer drum 19, and each annular plate 23 is supported by a support plate 25 via a roller 24, whereby the outer drum 19 is rotated. It is movably supported.

Similarly, the inner drum 20 is moved up and down by a disk 26.
And the upper disk 26 of the disks 26 is supported by rollers 24 attached to the upper annular plate 23 of the outer drum 19, and the lower disk 26 is fixed to the lower annular plate 23 of the outer drum 19. By supporting with the attached roller 24,
The inner drum 20 is rotatably supported.

The same tablet feeder 3 as shown in FIG. 15 is disposed in the circumferential direction and the vertical direction on the outer circumference of each of the drums 19 and 20. The tablets 5 discharged to the
Is dropped into the discharge path 2 from a window 27 formed on the outer wall of the discharge passage 2. The lower end of the discharge path 2 communicates with a drop hole 28 formed in the lower circular plate 26 or the annular plate 23, and collects the tablets 5 falling by the hopper 6 provided below.

Therefore, as in the case of FIG. 14, when the control device operates the tablet feeder 3 based on the prescription information, the tablets 5 discharged from the tablet feeder 3 fall from the discharge path 2 to the hopper 6 and are collected. Then, the packaging process is performed by a packaging device 7 provided below the hopper 6.

By the way, in the case of the drawer type shown in FIG. 14, the door 12 of the case 8 is opened and the opened case 8 is opened. from the opening 13, to pull out the drawer body 9 to the outside of the casing 8. Then , the cartridge container 15 of the tablet feeder 3 is removed from the drawn-out body 9 and the tablets 5 are stored or replenished. After the tablet 5 is stored or replenished in this way, the cartridge container 15 is mounted on the motor base 14 of the drawer 9 and returned to the case 8 .

On the other hand , in the drum type shown in FIG. 16, the method of storing or replenishing the tablets 5 in the tablet feeder 3 is slightly different between the outer drum 19 and the inner drum 20. After rotating the tablet feeder 3 to a predetermined position where the tablet feeder 3 can be replenished, the cartridge container 15 is removed, and the tablets 5 are stored or replenished. In the case of the inner drum 20, the inner drum 20 is rotated, and the tablet feeder 3 that needs to be stored or replenished is separated from the outer drum 19 by the separation unit 2.
After stopping at the position facing 2, the cartridge container 15 of the tablet feeder 3 is removed to accommodate or refill the tablets 5.

[0017]

However, in the above-mentioned tablet packaging apparatus, the number of tablets accommodated in the tablet feeder itself is limited, and the number of arranged tablet feeders is also limited. Therefore, there are the following problems. .

Since the number of tablets accommodated in the tablet feeder is limited, the tablet often breaks, and at that time, it is necessary to stop the apparatus and perform refilling, and there is a problem that packing efficiency is poor.

That is, in the drawer type of FIG. 14, when the drawer 9 is pulled out for replenishment, the position of the discharge path 2 of the drawer 9 and the hopper 6 are shifted and the tablet 5 is dropped onto the hopper 6. Therefore, there is a problem that the tablet packaging apparatus 1 'must be stopped.

On the other hand, in the drum type shown in FIG. 16, when taking out the tablet feeder 3, the drums 19 and 20 are rotated .
Discharge passage 2, ing to rotate around the hopper 6.
Therefore, even if the drums 19 and 20 are moved for replenishment, the tablet 5 can always be discharged from the tablet feeder 3. However, if a discharge signal is output to the tablet feeder 3 during replenishment, the tablet 5 is discharged. Therefore, there is a problem that the tablet packaging apparatus 1 'must be stopped.

Since the number of the tablet feeders 3 to be arranged is limited, and new drugs have been introduced, all kinds of tablets 5 to be used for prescription must be accommodated in the tablet feeders 3 in the limited tablet packing apparatus 1 ′. There is a problem that can not be.

Therefore, the tablets 5 with a low prescription frequency cannot always be accommodated in the tablet feeder 3 in the apparatus 1 '. For example, the tablets 5 with a low prescription frequency are not used for the prescription every time the prescription is performed. The tablets 5 are replaced with the tablets 5 of the feeder 3 to perform packing or, for example, the tablets 5 are manually set by the number of packages in the detachable tablet feeding machine 29 shown in FIG. At the time of packing, the tablet packing apparatus 1 'must be stopped at that time, so that there is a problem that continuous packing cannot be performed and packing efficiency is poor.

That is, as shown in the above example, in the tablet packing apparatus 1 ′ using a plurality of tablet feeders 3, in order to replenish the tablets 5 and pack the tablets 5 having a low prescription frequency, the tablet must stop packing device 1 ', there is a problem that the packing efficiency is low.

Therefore, in the present invention, the first technical problem is to improve the efficiency of the packaging process, and the second technical problem is to continuously package tablets having a low prescription frequency.

[0025]

Means for Solving the Problems] To solve the above problems, in claim 1, along the discharge channel extending vertically arranging a plurality of tablet feeders, based on the prescription information control device that each feeder In the tablet packaging apparatus which drops the tablets discharged at that time into a hopper provided below the discharge path and separates the tablets by a packaging apparatus, a spare tablet feeder and a spare tablet feeder are discharged from the spare tablet feeder. A preliminary discharge path for dropping tablets to the hopper is provided, and a tablet feeder is connected to the control circuit.
Motor for discharging tablets to discharge path
The tablet is detachably attached to the base and the stored tablets are
And a cartridge container to be supplied to the
The cartridge container displays drug data such as drug name.
Display means, while the motor base is
Drug data is detected from the display means of the container, and the detected data is
Reading means for transmitting the data to the control device.
Based on the detection data of the sampling means, when the control device has no or reduced tablets in the tablet feeder, the spare tablet feeder is operated to discharge the tablets instead of the tablet feeders. .

Further, in claim 2, by arranging a plurality of tablet feeders above the hopper, and operates based on the control device prescription information of each feeder, in which a hopper tablets discharged to the opening of the hopper In a tablet packaging apparatus that performs packaging by a packaging apparatus provided below, a part of the tablet feeder is used as a spare tablet feeder, or a spare tablet feeder and its spare tablet feeder are provided separately from the tablet feeder. A preliminary discharge path for dropping the tablets discharged from the hopper into the hopper is provided, and the tablet feeder is controlled.
Connected to the control circuit, and discharges tablets to the discharge path according to the command.
Motor base and the motor base
Supply the stored tablets to the motor base
A cartridge container, wherein the cartridge container is
Display means for displaying drug data such as a drug name;
On the other hand, the motor base
Drug data and transmit the detected data to the controller
Reading means for detecting the detection data of the reading means.
Based on the data, the control device operates a spare tablet feeder and discharges the tablets instead of the tablet feeder when the tablet feeder has no or reduced tablets.

At this time , in claim 3 , the spare tablet
Tablets that are frequently prescribed and stored as spares
Check that there are no tablets in the tablet feeder.
Or because we adopted the method of performing when the number decreases
is there.

In the fourth aspect , the spare tablet filler is used.
Replace tablets with low prescription frequency according to the prescription.
They adopted the method of containing and packaging.

[0029]

[Action] In the invention thus according to configured claim 1, adding the tablet feeder, or by virtual configure some tablet feeder in tablet packing apparatus as a spare tablet feeders, spare tablet feeders the Ru provided. Soshi
Te, accommodates the tablets to the tablet feeder of the preliminary, the tablets accommodated in the tablet feeder that spare time was reduced or if the tablet is not a tablet feeder of the tablet packing apparatus, be caused to be discharged, minute Packaging can be performed continuously without interruption.

At this time, the spare tablet feeder is arranged at a place where the tablets can be replenished without pulling out the drawer, such as the outer wall of a case for housing the drawer, and the tablets are replenished without interruption to the spare tablet feeder. By doing so, the packaging process can be continued.

Further, in the drawer type tablet feeder,
For example, if the number of spare tablet feeders is the same as the number of tablet feeders attached to the drawer, the spare tablet feeder is the same as that stored in the tablet feeder of the drawer attached with the refilling tablet feeder. If tablets are accommodated in a corresponding manner and a spare tablet feeder accommodated in the corresponding manner is operated instead of the tablet feeder of the drawer, a tablet feeder that needs replenishment is arranged in the meantime. The drawer can be pulled out to replenish the tablet feeder. After the replenishment, the drawer may be returned to its original position, and the tablet feeder of the drawer may be operated instead of the spare tablet feeder.

On the other hand, in a drum-type tablet feeder, for example, tablets are stored in a spare tablet feeder, and when the number of tablets in the tablet feeder decreases, the tablets are discharged while the tablets are discharged from the spare tablet feeder. If replenishment or replacement is performed, the packaging process can be performed continuously without interruption.

At this time, the tablet feeder and the tablet feeder are identified by the identification means.
And read the names of tablets stored in the spare tablet feeder.
Depending on the prescription information and the lock stored in the spare feeder
Discharge from the spare tablet feeder in correspondence with the
The tablet without operator intervention.
Can be controlled.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, similarly to the first aspect of the present invention, when there is no or a reduced number of tablets in the tablet feeder, the tablets are discharged from the spare tablet feeder, so that the packaging prescription is not interrupted. Can be performed continuously.

At this time, the tablet feeder and the tablet feeder are identified by the identification means.
And read the names of tablets stored in the spare tablet feeder.
Depending on the prescription information and the lock stored in the spare feeder
Discharge from the spare tablet feeder in correspondence with the
The tablet without operator intervention.
Can be controlled.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a spare tablet
Do not store tablets with high prescription frequency and replenishment frequency
With this, tablet feeders with a high degree of tablet reduction
As it can be discharged by a spare tablet feeder.
Reduce the number of times the machine is stopped and
I can.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a spare tablet
Prescriptions are rare during packaging, and the prescription period between
Keep tablets with long infrequent prescriptions
If you replace the stored tablets according to the prescription (processing
The prescription is affected even if the replacement is performed because the treatment period is long
No), it is possible to perform continuous packing without affecting the formulation
it can.

[0038]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

At this time, the members described in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings, and description thereof will be omitted.

[0040] Figure 1, originating in claim 1 as a first embodiment
Shows a tablet packing apparatus 1 pull-out according to the light.

In this packaging apparatus 1, a spare tablet feeder 30 and a preliminary discharge path 31 are provided in the drawer type tablet packaging apparatus 1 'described in the conventional example. In this case, the tablet feeders 30 of spare, motor base 14 is attached to the case 8 side, being adapted to be detachable without drawing the cartridge container 15 a drawer body 9 in the case 8, the tablet feeders 30 for each preliminary Tablets 5 discharged from
Are discharged into the hopper 6 from a preliminary discharge passage 31 provided through the case 8.

The spare tablet feeder 30 serves as a means for the control device to identify the type of the stored tablet 5 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2A, a reading means in which a plurality of optical sensors 32 are arranged in a line is provided on the motor base 14 side, and a tablet name is marked on the cartridge container 15 as shown in the bottom view of FIG. By providing a display means on which a sign 33 which is binary-coded by a space is attached and attaching the cartridge container 15 to the motor base 14, the sign 33 and the optical sensor 32 face each other, so that the data of the sign 33 can be read. It has become. The optical sensor 32 of the reading means is connected to the control device 4 via an interface as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3, and the read data is input to the control device 4.

The control unit 4 includes an input unit 34 such as a keyboard for inputting prescription data, the arithmetic processing unit 35 for executing the packing program based on prescription information inputted by the input means 34, each tablet feeder 3 , 30 and a display 36 for displaying the remaining amount of the tablets 5 and the packaging status.

The arithmetic processing section 35 is provided for each of the tablet feeders 3, 3
It has a register for a remaining amount counter that counts the remaining amount of tablets 5 for each 0, and each remaining amount counter decrements when detecting means provided at the discharge port 18 of each tablet feeder 3 detects the discharge of tablets 5 . It has become so.

Further, the number of accommodated settings of the tablet 5 each tablet feeder 3 to each remaining counters, since the weight per tablet of the tablet 5 are determined for each type, for each type
The processing unit 3 converts the data table of the weight per tablet into a data table.
By 5 has an input unit 3 by measuring the weight
When the number is input from step 4, the input weight is automatically calculated by dividing the input weight by the weight data per tablet read from the data table. At this time, the weight data per tablet 5 for the calculation is automatically read from the data table using the tablet name read by the recognition means.

In this way, the control device 4 controls each tablet feeder 3
The number of stored tablets 5 is monitored, and when the number of stored tablets decreases to a preset number, as described later, control is performed from the packaging processing program for prescribing using the tablet feeder 3 to the spare tablet feeder 30. An interrupt processing program to be transferred is executed, and the tablets 5 are discharged from the spare tablet feeder 30 in place of the reduced tablet feeder 3 to perform packing.

Although the embodiment uses the optical sensor 32 and the marker 33 as identification means, the invention is not limited to this . For example, the presence or absence of a Hall element and a magnet, the presence or absence of a reed relay and a magnet, A magnetic head such as a magnetic head and a magnetic tape, a bar code, a transmitter and a transponder, and a combination of a contact switch and a projection for operating the switch can be used.

This embodiment is configured as described above, and its operation will now be described.

The tablet packing apparatus 1 accommodates and mounts the tablets 5 required for prescription in the cartridge containers 15 of the respective tablet feeders 3. At this time, a marker 33 indicating the tablet name is attached to the cartridge container 15. At this time, the weight of the cartridge container 15 is measured, and the weight is input from the input means 34 together with the name of the tablets stored in each tablet feeder 3 and registered. This registration is for display 3
For example, if an operation procedure and an operation menu are displayed in FIG. 6 as shown in FIG. 4 and a code corresponding to each tablet feeder 3 is displayed so that input can be performed in accordance with the display, the registration work is facilitated. Can be.

When the operation of storing the tablets 5 in the tablet feeder 3 is completed, the prescription information is input from the input means 34 in accordance with the prescription, and the tablet packing apparatus 1 starts packing. Then, the control device 4 activates a packaging processing program as shown in FIG. 5 to operate each tablet feeder 3 in accordance with the prescription information, and share the tablets 5 discharged from the discharge port 18 of the tablet feeder 3 from the discharge path 2. Is dropped into the hopper 6 and the packaging is started by the packaging device 7 provided below the hopper 6.

At this time, the control device 4 controls each tablet feeder 3
The number of tablets 5 in the tablet feeder 3 is monitored, and when the number of tablets 5 in the tablet feeder 3 decreases to a preset storage number, the sign of the reduced tablet feeder 3 is displayed on the display 36.
And the tablet name.

For this reason, when the label 33 of the tablet name is attached to the cartridge container 15 containing the displayed tablet 5 and mounted on the motor base 14 of the spare tablet feeder 30, the control device 4 recognizes by the recognition means. The fact that the cartridge container 15 is mounted and the tablet name are read, and an interrupt processing program is executed to execute the spare tablet feeder 30.
Is operated to discharge the tablets 5, the tablet packaging device 1
Can be carried out without stopping.

By the way, if the number of tablets 5 in the spare tablet feeder 30 decreases during packaging using the spare tablet feeder 30 in this way, if another spare tablet feeder 30 is empty, the may be attached to the cartridge container 5 containing the tablet 5 to a spare tablet feeders 30, but if not available, the tablet 5 directly cartridge container 15
, The packaging can be continued.

As described above, in the device 1, the tablets 5 can be replenished without pulling out the drawer 9, so that the packaging of the tablets 5 can be continued. Therefore, by increasing the number of spare tablet feeders 30 to be arranged, it is possible to carry out continuous packaging for a long time.

[0055] At this time, since the empties before tablet feeders 3 which accommodates the high prescription frequently tablets, tablet feeder 30 of the preliminary, the cartridge container 15 in advance accommodate the high prescription frequently tablets By mounting it, the replenishment operation can be performed efficiently as described below.

That is, the tablets 5 with a high prescription frequency in the tablet packaging apparatus 1 are accommodated in the spare tablet feeder 30 and the tablets 5 with a high prescription frequency are supplied from the spare tablet feeder 30 from the beginning. Can be easily refilled
In, lever directed the empty tablet feeders 3 in the formulation of other tablets 5, small tablet packing apparatus 1 by removing or increasing the types of tablets 5 which can be formulated, or the tablet feeders 3 from the inside of the case 8 Can be achieved.

On the other hand, the spare tablet feeder 30 accommodates the tablets 5 with a low prescription frequency which are not accommodated in the tablet feeder 3, so that the following usage method can be employed.

That is, in this case, a cartridge container 15 containing a low-prescription frequency tablet 5 to which a mark 33 indicating a tablet name is attached is prepared.
When 5 in accordance with the formulation mounted on the motor base 14 of the pre-tablet feeder 30, the control unit 4 Ru reading tablets name.
Then, if it is not registered that the tablet 5 is stored in the tablet feeder 3 in the tablet packaging apparatus 1, the interrupt processing program is started and the control is transferred to the spare tablet feeder 30 to discharge the tablet 5. Therefore, the packaging can be performed continuously.

When there are a plurality of types of tablets 5 having a low prescription frequency, prescriptions are rare, and control is shifted to the tablet feeder 3 while the prescriptions are being performed. In the meantime, if the tablets 5 of the spare tablet feeder 30 are replaced with other tablets 5 so that the tablets 5 are packed, the packing can be performed continuously.

Therefore, it is possible to increase the types of tablets 5 that can be prescribed without increasing the number of spare tablet feeders 30.
As a result, the tablet packaging device 1 can be downsized.

At this time, if a plurality of cartridge containers 15 containing the tablets 5 are prepared and exchanged according to the kind of the tablets 5 to be prescribed, the packaging process can be performed more easily.

Incidentally, in the above embodiment, when the control device 4 detects a decrease in the number of tablets 5 in the tablet feeder 3 in the tablet packaging device 1, the spare tablet feeder 30 is operated to discharge the tablets 5. However, besides this method, for example, in addition to the data such as the tablet name on the indicator 33 of the display means of the spare tablet feeder 30, the ejection of the spare tablet feeder 30 from the tablet feeder 3 in the tablet packaging device 1 is performed. If priority (priority) data giving priority is given, when the spare cartridge container 15 to which the data is attached is attached, the tablets 5 are discharged from the attached spare cartridge container 15 and the spare Since the operation of the tablet feeder 3 in the tablet packaging device 1 discharging the tablets 5 discharged from the cartridge container 15 can be stopped, It is possible to replenish the tablets to the tablet feeder 3 has stopped. For this reason, by using this priority data, the operator can replenish the tablet 5 to the desired tablet feeder 3 at any time.

FIGS. 6 to 9 show other aspects of the above embodiment as second to fifth embodiments.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a spare tablet feeder 30 and a
1 is provided. In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 7, an opening 13 is provided on the side
3 is provided with a door 12, and the tablet feeder 3 of the drawer 9 in the inside is provided.
And a part of the tablet feeder 3 of the drawer body 9 that can be viewed from the outside is a spare tablet feeder 30.

FIG. 8 shows a fourth embodiment in which one of the four drawers is used as a spare tablet feeder. Here, in the fourth embodiment, unlike the second and third embodiments, all the one drawer 9 is used as the spare tablet feeder 30, so that the method of using the same will be described.

[0066] Incidentally, the tablet feeder 1 and the control device 4 pre this time is the same as the first embodiment and a description thereof will be will be omitted.

In the tablet packing apparatus 1, for example, when the tablet feeder 3 with the reduced number of tablets is displayed on the display 36 during packing, the drawer 9 with the spare tablet feeder 30 attached is pulled out. Next, tablets 5 of the same type as the tablet feeder 3 of the drawer 9 to which the tablet feeder 3 attached to the tablet feeder 3 displayed on the display 36 are stored in the respective spare tablet feeders 30 of the drawn drawer 9 and the case 8 Put back inside. Then, the control device 4 causes the spare tablet feeder 30 to discharge the tablets 5, and during that time, pulls out the drawer 9 to which the tablet feeder 3 to perform the reduced refilling of the tablets 5 is attached, and refills the tablets 5. Perform When the replenishment is completed, the refilled drawer 9 is returned to the case 8 again.
The weight data of the refilled tablet 5 is input, and the input device uses the refilled drawer 9 to replace the drawer 9 with the spare tablet feeder 30 with the tablet 5.
Is discharged. By repeating this operation, packaging can be performed continuously .

Also in this tablet packing apparatus 1, as in the case of the first embodiment, the spare tablet feeder 30 is used for packing tablets 5 which are not contained in the tablet feeder 3 and have a low prescription frequency. can do. Also in this case, a cartridge container 15 containing a tablet 5 with a low prescription frequency to which a label 33 indicating a tablet name is attached is prepared, and the cartridge container 15 is prepared according to the prescription.
If the prescription tablet 5 is not registered in the tablet feeder 3 in the case 8 if the control device 4 is mounted on the motor base 14 of No. 0, the interrupt program is started to control the spare tablet feeder 30. Since the tablets 5 are transferred and discharged, the packaging can be performed continuously. Also, at this time, since the prescription is rare, if the control is transferred to the tablet feeder 3 and replaced with another tablet 5 so that the tablets 5 are packaged, the multi-type tablets 5 can be obtained. Can be packaged continuously.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the fourth embodiment as the fifth embodiment.

In this embodiment, the same number of spare tablet feeders 30 as the tablet feeders 3 of the drawer 9 are provided on the side surface of the case 8, and all the drawers 9 in the case 8 are used for prescription of the tablets 5. be able to. Therefore, the types of tablets 5 that can be prescribed can be increased. The other configuration is the same as that of the fourth embodiment, and the description is omitted.

FIG. 10 shows a drum type tablet packing apparatus 1 as a sixth embodiment.

In this case, since the cylindrical drums 19 and 20 to which the tablet feeder 3 is attached are arranged along the circumference of the hopper 6, the cartridge container 15 of the tablet feeder 3 which is not operating during the discharging is removed. A part of the tablet feeder 3 is used as a spare feeder 30 so that even if it is detached and attached, it does not hinder the packaging.

In this case, when the display 36 indicates that the number of tablets 5 in the tablet feeder 3 has decreased, the cartridge container 15 containing the tablets 5 having the same name as the displayed tablet name is placed in the motor of the spare tablet feeder 30. The tablet 5 is mounted on the base 14, and the spare tablet feeder 30 is operated, during which the tablet 5 is replenished to the tablet feeder 3 in which the number of tablets 5 has decreased. At that time, the tablet feeder 3 and the control device 4
The same as that of the embodiment, if the one in which the label 33 of the tablet name is attached to the cartridge container 15 is used, the control device 4 automatically executes the interrupt processing program and the spare tablet feeder 30 Can be discharged. The refilled cartridge container 15
Is attached to the tablet feeder 3, the weight data is input from the input means 34, and the tablets are discharged from the tablet feeder 3 instead of the spare tablet feeder 30.

On the other hand, in the tablet packing apparatus 1, as in the case of the first embodiment , the spare tablet feeder 3 is used.
0 can also be used for packaging tablets 5 with a low prescription frequency that are not stored in the tablet feeder 3 in the tablet packaging apparatus 1.

In this case as well, a cartridge container 15 containing a tablet 5 with a low prescription frequency on which a label 33 indicating a tablet name is attached is prepared, and the cartridge container 15 is adjusted to the prescription and a motor of the spare tablet feeder 30 is prepared. If the prescription tablets 5 are not registered in the tablet feeder 3 in the device 1 if the control device 4 is mounted on the base 14, the interrupt program is started to transfer the control to the spare tablet feeder 30 and Since 5 is discharged, packaging can be performed continuously.

At this time, since the prescription is rare, if the control is transferred to the tablet feeder 3, another tablet 5 is replaced and the tablets 5 are packaged .
A number of different tablets 5 can be packaged.

FIG. 11 shows another mode of the sixth embodiment as the seventh embodiment.

In this embodiment, a spare tablet feeder 30
And a preliminary discharge path 31 are provided separately from the drums 19 and 20. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in the sixth embodiment, and therefore, description thereof will be omitted.

[0079] Figure 12 shows the eighth embodiment.

In the tablet packing apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 12, a feeder storage section 50 divided by a partition plate is provided in a case 8, and a spare tablet feeder 30 is placed above the hopper 6 by the storage section 50. A plurality of tablet feeders 3 and 30 are arranged. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.

Each of the tablet feeders 3 and 30 comprises a motor base 14 and a cartridge container 15 as described in the first embodiment.
30 is formed in a slender and slim shape so that a large number of the feeders 3 and 30 can be arranged on the hopper 6 so that various kinds of tablets 5 can be packaged.
Further, the tablet feeders 3, 30 arranged in this manner are:
The tablet device is connected to a control device (not shown) in the case 8, and operates the tablet feeders 3 and 30 based on the prescription information, similarly to the first embodiment.

On the other hand, below the hopper 6, a packaging device 7
Is provided, and in the packaging device 7, the tablet feeders 3, 30
In this embodiment, a conveyor 51 is provided at a discharge port of the hopper 6 formed in a rectangular shape, and the tablets 5 are packed in a central packing device 7. To be transported.

For this reason, in this embodiment, as described in the first embodiment, when the control device controls the spare tablet feeder 30, a continuous packaging method can be performed. Therefore, the description is omitted.

As another embodiment of the tablet packing apparatus 1, a spare tablet feeder 30 is provided on the side of the case 8 as shown by a chain line in FIG. This shows a case where a preliminary discharge path 31 is provided in which the tablets 5 discharged from 30 pass through the case 8 and fall into the hopper 6.

The other configuration and operation and effect are the same as those of the eighth embodiment, and the description will be omitted.

[0086]

[Effect] The present invention is configured as described above ,
Automatically just by installing the cartridge container of the tablet feeder
Switch between the spare tablet feeder and the tablet feeder
Thus, continuous packaging can be performed efficiently. Therefore, packaging efficiency
Improves and prevents erroneous setting of tablets
You.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a tablet feeder.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a display screen of a display device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a packaging processing program.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a sixth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view of a seventh embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of an eighth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram for explaining the internal structure of the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a conventional drawer-type tablet packaging apparatus.

FIG. 15 is a longitudinal sectional view of a tablet feeder.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a conventional drum-type tablet packing apparatus.

FIG. 17 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional drum type tablet packaging apparatus.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a detachable tablet dispenser.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 tablet packaging device 2 discharge path 3 tablet feeder 4 control device 5 tablets 6 hopper 7 packaging device 14 motor base 15 cartridge container 30 preliminary tablet feeder 31 preliminary discharge path 32 reading means 33 display means

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of tablet feeders are arranged along a discharge path extending in a vertical direction, and a control device operates each of the feeders based on prescription information. In this case , tablets to be discharged are provided below the discharge path. A tablet feeder for dropping into a hopper which has been dropped and packing by a packing device, wherein a spare feeder and a spare discharge path for dropping tablets discharged from the spare tablet feeder to the hopper are provided, and a tablet feeder is provided. Is connected to the control circuit.
And a motor base that discharges tablets to the discharge path
It is detachably attached to the motor base and stored
Such as a cartridge container that supplies the tablets to the motor base
And the cartridge container contains a drug data such as a drug name.
Display means for displaying the motor, while the motor base
Drug data is detected from the display means of the cartridge container, and
Reading means for transmitting the detected data to the control device
Based on the detection data of the reading means, when the control device has no or reduced tablets in the tablet feeder, a spare tablet feeder is operated to discharge the tablets instead of the tablet feeders. Tablet packaging equipment. 2. A plurality of tablet feeders are arranged above a hopper, and each of the feeders is operated by a control device based on prescription information. In this case, tablets discharged to an opening of the hopper are provided below the hopper. In a tablet packaging device that performs packaging by a packaging device, a part of the tablet feeder is used as a spare tablet feeder, or a spare tablet feeder separately from the tablet feeder and tablets discharged from the spare tablet feeder And a preliminary discharge path for dropping the
The tablet feeder is connected to the control circuit and
Motor base for discharging tablets to the discharge path and its motor base
The tablet is detachably attached to the
And a cartridge container for supplying to the base.
A table in which cartridge containers display drug data such as drug names
Indicating means, while the motor base is a cartridge container.
Drug data is detected from the display means, and the detected data is
A reading unit for transmitting the data to a control device;
Based on the detection data of the feeding means, when the control device detects that the tablet feeder has no tablets or has reduced the number of tablets,
A tablet packing apparatus characterized in that a tablet feeder is discharged by operating a medicine feeder instead of a tablet feeder. 3. A high frequency of prescription to the spare tablet feeder.
Pills and discharge the pills from the spare pill feeder
When the tablet feeder has no or reduced tablets
3. The tablet according to claim 1, wherein the tablet is used.
A continuous packaging method for a packaging device. 4. A low prescription frequency for said spare tablet feeder.
New tablets are stored according to the prescription and packed.
3. The tablet package according to claim 1 or 2,
Continuous packaging method of the device.