JP3886178B2 - Drug container for drug selection and supply device such as tablets - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is mainly provided in a hospital or the like, and contains a drug for a drug selection and supply device such as a tablet that is attached to a drug selection and supply device for appropriately selecting and taking out drugs such as tablets and capsules according to a prescription for each patient. Concerning the container.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, the following are generally present as drug storage containers for this type of selective drug supply device.
[0003]
That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the drug container is provided with a drug container 2 for storing a drug 12 such as a tablet and a capsule, and is rotatably provided in the drug container 2, and at a predetermined interval on the outer periphery. A medicine delivery rotor 5 provided with a medicine alignment portion 4 capable of aligning a plurality of the medicines 12 in the vertical direction via a plurality of convex portions 3 provided with a plurality of convex portions 3, and provided in the medicine delivery rotor 5; As shown in FIG. 5, the rotation drive device 10 provided on the container support base of each stage of the drug selection / supply device main body 9 a of the columnar drug selection / supply device 9 to which the drug container 1 is mounted is provided. A driven gear 6 that can be connected to the provided drive gear 11 and a medicine aligning portion 4 of the medicine delivery rotor 5 are carried out to a predetermined location, and are positioned below a plurality of medicines 12 aligned in the vertical direction. Only the drug 12 to be formed is formed at a predetermined location of the drug container main body 1a. A partition body 8 for sequentially discharging from the discharged outlet 7 is provided, and the medicine carry-out rotor 5 is positioned above the alignment rotor 5a having the medicine alignment portion 4 and the alignment rotor 5a. It is formed from a stirring rotor 5b that stirs the drug 12 stored in the storage unit 2.
[0004]
Therefore, the driven gear 6 that rotates the medicine carry-out rotor 5 also has a low-speed gear 6a that has a different rotation ratio (diameter) and is directly connected to the core shaft body of the alignment rotor 5a, and the high-speed gear 6b It is directly connected to the core shaft body of the agitating rotor 5b penetrating through the core shaft body of the alignment rotor 5a, and the drive gear 11 provided in the rotational drive device 10 also includes the low speed side gear 6a and the high speed side gear 6b. The first gear 11a and the second gear 11b having different rotation ratios (diameters) to be engaged with each other are divided into the first gear 11a and the second gear 11b and are mounted on the drive shaft protruding from the rotary drive device 10. Is.
[0005]
If the medicine container 1 having the above-described configuration is used, the rotation of both the aligning rotor 5a and the stirring rotor 5b constituting the medicine carry-out rotor 5 via the rotation driving device 10 of the medicine selection / supply device 9 according to data such as a prescription. By individually rotating at different speeds, each of the drugs 12 stored in the drug storage unit 2 is reliably transferred via the drug aligning unit 4 of the drug discharge rotor 5 and sequentially discharged from the discharge port 7. It can be done.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the drug container having the above-described configuration has the following problems.
That is, the medicine container having the above-described configuration is prevented by the partition 8 from dropping the upper medicines 12 that are arranged and carried out to the upper part of the discharge port 7 via the medicine aligning portion 4 of the medicine carry-out rotor 5. Although only the medicine 12 positioned below can be discharged sequentially from the discharge port 7, the medicine 12 stored in the medicine container 1 always enters the space of the medicine alignment section 4 almost completely. In addition, the shape of the capsule or the like having a thickness is not limited, and for example, a drug 12 formed in a different shape such as a substantially oval shape having an extremely thin thickness may be used.
[0007]
Therefore, for example, when an irregularly shaped drug 12 having an extremely thin thickness is stored in the drug container 1, a predetermined number of drugs 12 stored in the drug aligning portion 4 of the drug discharge rotor 5 at the time of drug transfer are provided in the vertical direction. In some cases, a plurality of medicines 12 that are stored in the medicine alignment unit 4 so as to overlap with a predetermined number are transported to the upper side of the discharge port 7. It will be sandwiched between the medicine alignment section 4 and the partition body 8 and will not only be easily damaged, but it will cause a very serious problem that the medicine 12 cannot be discharged accurately. A plan was desired.
[0008]
However, the present invention solves the above-described problem, and when the medicine is transported to a predetermined position through the medicine alignment portion of the medicine delivery rotor when the medicine is carried out, the medicine is arranged between the medicine alignment section and the partition body. Even so, an object of the present invention is to provide a drug container for a drug selection and supply device such as an extremely excellent tablet that can reliably prevent damage to the drug.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention invents a medicine container for a medicine selection and supply device such as a completely new tablet and takes the following means.
[0010]
In other words, the medicine container according to the present invention is for a medicine selection and supply device such as a tablet configured to carry out medicine 12 such as tablets and capsules stored in the medicine container 2 by rotation of the medicine carry-out rotor 5. in medicine receiving container, on the outer periphery of the agent out rotor 5, the drug and drug alignment unit 4 capable of plural vertically aligned, the medicine receiving container body 1a through the drug out rotor 5 plurality a partition member 8 for discharging the only agent 12 positioned below the aligned drugs provided et al is, breakage preventing means to prevent damage to the caught drug between the drug alignment unit 4 and the partition member 8 when pharmacists out Therefore, when the medicine is carried out, the medicine 12 carried out to a predetermined location via the medicine aligning portion 4 of the medicine carrying-out rotor 5 is sandwiched between the medicine aligning portion 4 and the partitioning body 8. Even if the drug 12 is damaged Therefore, there is an advantage that the drug 12 can be accurately discharged regardless of the shape of the drug 12 in any shape.
[0011]
Furthermore, since the means for preventing breakage of the medicine 12 is constituted by the partition 8 having a restoring force, the medicine 12 carried out to a predetermined location via the medicine aligning portion 4 of the medicine carry-out rotor 5 when the medicine is carried out. Even when the medicine 8 is sandwiched between the medicine alignment section 4 and the partition body 8, the partition body 8 allows the medicine 12 to pass through the thickness of the medicine 12 opposite to the medicine alignment section 4 and then returns to the original position. Thus, there is an advantage that damage to the drug 12 can be surely prevented.
[0012]
Further, since the partition 8 is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the total length of the drug 12 aligned with the drug alignment unit 4, the partition body 8 can be adjusted with respect to the total length of various drugs 12 aligned in the vertical direction with the drug alignment unit 4. There is an advantage that the position of the partition 8 can be changed.
[0013]
Furthermore, since a plurality of partitions 8 are provided to correspond to each of the medicines 12 aligned in the vertical direction in the medicine alignment section 4 of the medicine carry-out rotor 5, the medicine 12 stored in the medicine alignment section 4 is provided. There is an advantage that not only can the individual parts be surely partitioned, but also the unexpected fall of the medicine 12 stored in the medicine storage section 2 into the medicine alignment section 4 can be prevented.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
<First embodiment>
Hereinafter, one embodiment of the medicine container of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a transparent resin material that can be attached to and detached from a drug selection and supply device (not shown) and that can be provided with a drug container 2 that can store drugs such as various tablets and capsules. 1a shows a medicine container main body, and the medicine container 2 of the container main body 1a is formed in a substantially fan shape in a plan view.
[0015]
Note that two medicine alignment parts 4 provided in the medicine delivery rotor 5 are vertically arranged (not shown) at a position directly above the discharge port 7 of the container main body 1a in which the medicine delivery rotor 5 is accommodated. A pair of upper and lower partitions 8 formed from a leaf spring material are provided opposite to the drug aligning portion 4 of the drug delivery rotor 5 so as to reliably partition the individual drugs 12 to be aligned. As shown in FIG. 2, a part of the partition body 8a is bent at a right angle in a substantially horizontal direction, and the medicine delivery rotor 5 rotates in each of the partition bodies 8. By forming (arrow A), a hypotenuse 8c capable of gradually partitioning the space of the medicine alignment part 4 is formed.
[0016]
Furthermore, the partition body 8a having the above-described configuration has adjustment screws 13 that can be screwed into female screw holes 1b that are arranged in a vertical direction at a predetermined pitch on the medicine delivery rotor storage wall of the container main body 1a. The adjusting screw 13 can be inserted into one end side of the partition body 8a, and the partition body 8a can be moved in a vertical direction with a predetermined dimension. Therefore, the long holes 8b are arranged in parallel.
[0017]
Therefore, by forming each partition 8 with a leaf spring material as described above, it is possible to apply a restoring force (arrow D) to each partition 8 as shown in FIG. When an unusually thin drug is stored in the drug container 2 of the drug container main body 1a, the drug discharged to a predetermined location via the drug aligning portion 4 of the drug discharge rotor 5 when the drug is discharged. Even when (not shown) is overlapped so as to be sandwiched between the medicine alignment part 4 and the partition 8, the partition 8 passes the medicine through the thickness separation of the overlapped medicine from the medicine alignment part 4. After that, it returns to the original position again, so that the breakage of the medicine can be surely prevented.
[0018]
Furthermore, on one end side of the partition body 8a having the partition body 8, five female screw holes 1b arranged in parallel in the vertical direction at a predetermined pitch on the medicine carry-out rotor storage wall portion of the storage container body 1a. Since the adjustment screw 13 that can be screwed can be inserted, and the elongated holes 8b for allowing the partition body 8a to move in the vertical direction with a predetermined dimension are arranged in parallel, respectively. Similarly, the partitioning position of the partition 8 can be freely moved in the vertical direction with respect to the full length of the drug 12 aligned with the drug aligning portion 4 (arrow E) via the elongated hole 8b and the adjusting screw 13. Therefore, the position of the partition 8 can be easily and surely changed with respect to the total length of various drugs aligned in the vertical direction on the drug aligning unit 4 and accommodated in various drugs. There is a very big advantage that can be used versatility that can use the container
[0019]
Further, when the partition 8 is provided in a pair of upper and lower portions to correspond to each of the medicines aligned in the vertical direction in the medicine alignment section 4 of the medicine carry-out rotor 5, it is stored in the medicine alignment section 4. In addition to being able to reliably partition the individual drugs 12, the drug 12 stored in the drug storage unit 2 is also reliably prevented from unexpectedly falling into the drug alignment unit 4 directly above the discharge port 7. There is an advantage that can be.
[0020]
Further, each of the partition bodies 8 is formed with a hypotenuse 8c capable of gradually partitioning the space of the medicine alignment section 4 by the rotation of the medicine carry-out rotor 5 (arrow A). Even when the medicine (not shown) carried out to a predetermined location via the medicine alignment section 4 of the medicine delivery rotor 5 overlaps to be sandwiched between the medicine alignment section 4 and the partition 8 at the time of medicine delivery. If the medicine overlaps shallowly via the hypotenuse 8c of the partition 8, the medicine is gradually pushed back from the medicine alignment section 4 into the medicine storage section 2, and the unnecessary medicine passes between the medicine alignment section 4 and the partition 8. However, it is needless to say that the fact that the inclined portion 8c is formed on the partition 8 is not necessarily an essential requirement of the present invention.
[0021]
<Second embodiment>
In the first embodiment, a pair of upper and lower partitions 8 are provided so as to correspond to each of the two medicines aligned in the vertical direction on the medicine aligning portion 4 of the medicine carry-out rotor 5. It is not necessary to provide a plurality of medicines to be arranged in the alignment section 4 so as to correspond to each of the medicines arranged in the alignment section 4. As shown in FIG. Only one sheet may be provided between the respective drugs to partition the individually arranged drugs. Further, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), both end portions of one partition body 8a are bent and the drugs are respectively bent. A pair of upper and lower parts may be provided to correspond to each of the two medicines arranged in the vertical direction on the alignment part 4. In short, when the medicine is carried out, it is carried out to a predetermined place via the medicine aligning part 4 of the medicine carry-out rotor 5. The drug is heavy enough to be sandwiched between the drug aligning part 4 and the partition 8 Even in this case, the partition 8 is configured to prevent the medicine from being damaged by passing the medicine through the thickness separation of the medicine overlapped from the medicine aligning portion 4 and then returning to the original position again. If there is, the shape and quantity of the partition 8 and the specific means of the restoring force are not limited in any way. For example, the partition 8 is provided with a leaf spring (not shown) or a coil spring on the medicine container main body 1a. Needless to say, it may be provided with a predetermined restoring force via a projectile (not shown).
[0022]
<Third embodiment>
Further, in each of the above embodiments, the breakage prevention means for preventing the breakage of the medicine sandwiched between the medicine alignment portion 4 and the partition body 8 is formed by forming the partition body 8 from a leaf spring material. However, it is not always necessary to attach a breakage prevention means to the partition 8 alone. For example, as shown in FIG. The elastic body 14 having a restoring force such as a leaf spring having the medicine abutting surface 14a may be stored, and in this case as well, a predetermined location is provided via the medicine alignment portion 4 of the medicine carry-out rotor 5 when the medicine is carried out. In order to prevent damage to the medicine (not shown) when the medicine transported to the end is sandwiched between the medicine aligning portion 4 and the partition 8, the medicine 8 and the bullet 14 are aligned with each other. The medicine stored in the part 4 is separated from each other (arrow B, arrow F) to prevent the medicine from being damaged. It can be.
The projectile 14 separated from the medicine as described above is restored to the original position (arrow C) when it is separated from the partition 8 through rotation of the medicine carry-out rotor 5 (arrow A), and again the medicine. However, in this case, it is not always necessary to apply a restoring force to the partition body 8, and each medicine aligning portion 4 has a space in which it can be stored. Damage prevention means may be provided only by the provided bullet body 14.
[0023]
Further, the medicine container 1 having the above-described configuration is provided with a medicine carry-out rotor 5 comprising an alignment rotor 5a and a stirring rotor 5b, each of which has a different rotational speed, via a rotation driving device 10 of the selective supply device 9. Therefore, even when each of the drugs 12 stored in the drug storage unit 2 causes bridging due to moisture, excessive drug insertion, or the like, the drug 12 stored in the drug storage unit 2 more smoothly and reliably. Can be sequentially dropped and transported to the medicine aligning portion 4 of the medicine carry-out rotor 5, so that the advantage of the partition 8 can be utilized more effectively.
[0024]
In short, however, if at least one of the partition body and the medicine carry-out rotor is provided with a breakage prevention means for preventing breakage of the medicine sandwiched between the medicine alignment portion and the partition body when the medicine is carried out, the breakage prevention means. It goes without saying that the specific configuration of the is not limited at all.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a medicine aligning portion capable of aligning a plurality of the medicines in the vertical direction is provided on the outer periphery of the medicine carry-out rotor, and the medicine container is provided below the plurality of medicines arranged. only agent located partition body for discharging is provided et been, since comprising the breakage preventing means to prevent damage to the caught drug between the drug alignment portion and the partition member when pharmacists out provided the drug out Sometimes even when the medicine carried out to a predetermined place through the medicine alignment part of the medicine delivery rotor is sandwiched between the medicine alignment part and the partition, the medicine can be reliably prevented from being damaged, Therefore, the present invention has a special effect that it is possible to provide an extremely excellent drug container for a drug selection and supply device that can accurately discharge a drug regardless of the shape of the drug.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 shows a medicine container according to the present invention, in which FIG. (A) is a front view and FIG. (B) is a cross-sectional view.
FIG. 2 shows a medicine container, in which FIG. (A) is a plan view and FIG. (B) is a right side view.
FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the medicine container, in which FIGS. (A), (B), and (C) are enlarged views of the main part in the vicinity of the partition body.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional medicine container.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a medicine container is attached to a medicine selection / supply device.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... Drug container
1a ... Drug container body 2 ... Drug storage unit 4 ... Drug alignment unit 5 ... Drug delivery rotor
5a… Aligning rotor
5b ... Stirring rotor 7 ... Discharge port 8 ... Partition
14 ... bullet

Claims (3)

Tablets accommodated in the medicine container unit (2), an agent (12) of the capsules and the like is configured to be carried out by the rotation of the drug out rotor (5), on the outer periphery of the drug out rotor (5), the agent A plurality of medicine alignment sections (4) that can be aligned in the vertical direction and a medicine (12) positioned below the medicines arranged in plural via the medicine carry-out rotor (5) in the medicine container main body (1a) And at least one of the partition (8) and the medicine carry-out rotor (5) is provided with a medicine alignment section (4) and a partition (8 In a medicine container for a medicine selective supply device such as a tablet provided with a breakage prevention means for preventing breakage of a medicine sandwiched between
The breakage prevention means comprises a partition (8) for sequentially discharging the lower drug (12) aligned in the drug alignment part (4) from the discharge port (7) ,
The partition body (8) is formed by bending one part of the partition body body (8a) made of a leaf spring material at a right angle in the horizontal direction and fixed at one end side to the medicine container main body (1a). ,
Partition portion (8), the thickness of the drug (12) drug alignment unit (4) and the drug alignment unit by the elasticity of the leaf spring when caught between the partition member (8) (4) drug (12) from A drug container for a drug selection and supply device such as a tablet, which is separated and counteracted .   2. The device for selecting and supplying a medicine such as a tablet according to claim 1, wherein the partition body (8) is configured to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the total length of the medicine (12) aligned in the medicine alignment section (4). Drug container.   The partition body (8) has a configuration in which a plurality of partitions (8) are provided so as to correspond to each of a plurality of medicines aligned in the vertical direction in a medicine alignment section (4) of a medicine carry-out rotor (5). A drug container for a drug selection and supply device such as a tablet according to claim 1.

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