JPH11278402A - Tablet supply apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tablet supply apparatus for which increase of capacity for the installation space is effectively achieved. SOLUTION: A tablet supply apparatus 1 is equipped with a main body 7 for which a main body side case housing part 8 is formed at its upper part, a plurality of tablet cases 3, 4 and 6 attached to the inside of the main body side case housing part 8 through a front opening of the main body side case housing part 8 for respectively housing tablets, a main body side chute provided at the rear of the main body side case housing part 8 for letting the tablets discharged from each of the tablet cases fall therethrough, a hopper 11 provided correspondingly at a position below the main body side chute at the inside of the main body 7, a door unit 2 for openably closing the front opening of the main body side case housing part 8, a door side case housing part 33 formed at the door unit 2, a plurality of tablet cases 3, 4 and 6 attached to the inside of the door side case housing part 33 for respectively housing tablets, and a door side chute 37 provided at the door unit 2 for letting the tablets discharged from each of the tablet cases in the door side case housing part 33 fall therethrough. Under the state where the door unit 2 closes the main body side case housing part 8, the door side chute 37 corresponds to a position above the hopper 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a tablet supply device that supplies tablets stored in a tablet case to containers (bottles, bags) or the like in an amount specified by a prescription.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in hospitals and dispensing pharmacies, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-5282 (B65B1 / 30).
The tablet prescribed by the doctor is provided to the patient by using a tablet supply device (referred to as a tablet packing machine in the gazette) as shown in FIG. In such a method, tablets (including capsules and the like) in the quantity described in the prescription are discharged one by one from a discharge drum (referred to as an aligning plate in the above-mentioned publication) in a tablet case, and thereafter collected and packaged by a hopper. Was something.

[0003]

Also, in recent years, hospitals and dispensing pharmacies have been calling for improvements in space efficiency, and there is an urgent need to increase the capacity without increasing the installation space of the tablet supply device. Has become. On the other hand, in the above publication, the replenishing gantry is designed to be additionally installed. However, even with such a configuration, there is a limit to the increase in the capacity.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional technical problem, and provides a tablet supply device which has realized an effective large capacity with respect to an installation space.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a tablet supply device comprising: a main body having a main body case storage portion formed on an upper portion; and a front opening of the main body case storage portion, which is mounted in the main body case storage portion. A plurality of tablet cases that respectively store tablets, a main body chute that is provided on the back of the main body case storage section, and the tablets that are discharged from each tablet case fall, The provided hopper, a door unit that opens and closes the front opening of the main body side case storage section, a door side case storage section configured in the door unit, and a tablet mounted in the door side case storage section, respectively. And a plurality of tablet cases, which are provided in the door unit, where the tablets discharged from each tablet case in the door case storage section fall. And a chromatography bets, with the door unit has closed the main body case receiving portion, the door side chutes are those corresponding to the hopper upwards.

A tablet supply device according to the present invention comprises a main body having a main body case storage section formed at an upper portion thereof, and a plurality of tablets which are attached to the main body side case storage section through the front opening of the main body case storage section to respectively store tablets. A tablet case, a main body side chute provided on the back of the main body side case storage section, and tablets discharged from each tablet case fall, and a hopper provided in the main body corresponding to a lower part of the main body side chute, A door unit that opens and closes the front opening of the main body side case storage section, a door side case storage section configured in the door unit, and a plurality of tablets that are mounted in the door side case storage section and respectively store tablets. A case and a door-side chute provided on the door unit and for which tablets discharged from each tablet case in the door-side case storage section fall. With the door unit closing the main unit case storage section and the door side chute corresponding to the upper side of the hopper, the tablet storage capacity can be significantly increased with respect to the installation space of the entire apparatus. It becomes something.

[0007] In the above-mentioned tablet supply device,
An additional unit is detachably connected to the back of the main unit, and the additional unit is provided with an additional case storage section, a plurality of tablet cases mounted in the additional side case storage section, each of which stores a tablet, and a front face. And an additional chute from which the tablets discharged from each tablet case in the additional case storage section fall.The additional chute communicates with the hopper of the main body while being connected to the rear surface of the main body. Things.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, there is provided an additional unit detachably connected to the rear surface of the main body, and the additional unit includes an additional-side case storage part and an additional-side case storage part. A plurality of tablet cases that are attached to each and store tablets, and provided on the front,
A tablet ejected from each tablet case in the additional case storage section and an additional chute on which the tablets fall,
When connected to the back of the main unit,
Since it is configured so as to communicate with the hopper of the main body, it is possible to extremely easily realize a further increase in capacity by attaching an extension unit according to expansion of business.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tablet supply device according to the above invention, wherein the lower end of the main body side chute, the door side chute, the additional side chute and the lower end of the hopper are provided respectively. It has a shutter that can be opened and closed freely.

According to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the above-mentioned inventions, the lower end of the main body chute, the door side chute, the additional side chute and the lower end of the hopper are respectively provided. With a shutter that can be opened and closed, each shutter holds the tablets discharged from the tablet case in each case storage section to each corresponding chute, and controls the timing to discharge the tablets, so that many tablets are installed It is possible to realize quick tablet supply from the case.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tablet supply device 1 of the present invention with one door unit 2 opened, FIG. 2 is a partially transparent front view of the tablet supply device 1 with the other door unit 2 opened, FIG. Fig. 4 is a partially transparent side view of the tablet supply device 1;
Is a partially transparent side view of the tablet supply device 1 with both door units 2 and 2 closed, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the tablet supply device 1 with the other door unit 2 opened, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the tablet case 6.

The tablet supply device 1 of the present invention is installed in a hospital, a dispensing pharmacy, or the like, and has a horizontally long rectangular main body 7.
A body-side case storage portion 8 erected at the rear of the upper surface 7A of the main body 7, and a double-door-type door unit 2, 2 for closing the front opening of the body-side case storage portion 8 by opening and closing itself.
It comprises an extension unit 9 which is detachably attached to the back of the main body 7 and is optionally attached according to the situation.

A hopper 11 that expands upward is provided at an upper portion in the main body 7, and a shutter 12 is attached to a lower end of the hopper 11. Further, a packaging machine 13 is provided in the main body 7 below the hopper 11, and the tablets discharged from the hopper 11 are wrapped with a roll-shaped wrapping paper (not shown) installed at an angle, and sent out from an outlet 14. Things.

On the other hand, the main body-side case housing portion 8 is open at the front, and at least the left and right side surfaces are closed by a transparent wall 16 made of glass or resin. The left and right transparent walls 16, 16 are provided with a plurality of shelf holders 17 at predetermined intervals vertically. As shown in FIG. 9, each shelf holding portion 17 is composed of a pair of front and rear protrusions 18, 18 which are conductive.

A main body side chute 22 is vertically defined by a partition plate 21 on the back of the main body side case storage portion 8 over the entire width. The lower part of both sides of the main body side chute 22 is provided with the hopper 1 from the left and right ends of the main body side case storage portion 8.
1 A bottom surface 2 inclined so as to narrow toward both sides of the upper edge
3 and 23 are formed. And both bottom surfaces 23, 23
The space is opened above the hopper 11, and a shutter 24 is mounted on the upper surface 7A of the main body 7 at a position corresponding to the opening. The structure of the shutter 24 will be described later in detail.

The shelf holding unit 17 has a shelf device 26
And a plurality of tablet cases 3 (or 4 or 6) are attached to the shelf device 26. A plurality of groove-like case mounting portions 27 are formed on the shelf device 26 at predetermined intervals on the left and right sides, and a discharge passage 28 is formed in the shelf device 26 corresponding to each case mounting portion 27. Each passage 28 is provided with a counter (not shown).

On both ends of the shelf device 26, engagement grooves 29, 29 are formed in front and rear as shown by broken lines in FIG. 8, and these engagement grooves 29, 29 are attached to and detached from the projections 18, 18 from above. As a result, the shelf device 26 is detachably mounted on the shelf holding portion 17, and an electric circuit in the shelf device 26 is electrically connected to the projections 18. Further, the partition plate 21 has a plurality of through-holes 30 formed therein, and each of the discharge passages 28.
.. The rear openings correspond to the through holes 30. Note that the lower shelf device 26 is configured to have a narrow width in accordance with the inclination of the bottom surface 23.

The tablet cases 3, 4, 6 are formed at transparent containers 3A, 4A, 6A, a discharge mechanism 31 provided at the lower end thereof, and a lower end of the discharge mechanism 31, as shown in FIGS. Discharge mechanism 31
And the base 32 are common, and only the heights of the containers 3A, 4A, 6A are different. Thereby, the capacity of each tablet case 3, 4, 6 is, for example, 250 cc, 5 cc, respectively.
00cc and 800cc. The structure of the discharge mechanism 31 is a well-known structure including a drum for discharging tablets one by one, and a motor for rotating the drum (neither is shown).

The tablet cases 3, 4, and 6 are arranged side by side on the shelf device 26. In this case, the bases 32 of the tablet cases 3, 4, and 6 are detachably engaged with the engagement grooves 29 from the front, and in this state, the discharge portion of the discharge mechanism 31 corresponds to the upper surface opening of the discharge passage 28. Along with
The drum motor of the discharge mechanism 31 is connected to an electric circuit in the shelf device 26.

On the other hand, door-side case storage sections 33 are formed in the door units 2 and 2, respectively. Each of the door-side case storage sections 33, 33 is open at the front, and the front opening is closed by a transparent door 34 so as to be freely opened and closed. The left and right sides are concealed by a steel plate or the like. It is assumed that a plurality of shelf holders 17 having the same structure as described above are provided on the left and right side surfaces at predetermined intervals vertically.

A door-side chute 37 is vertically formed on the back of the door-side case storage sections 33, 33 over the entire width of each door unit 2, 2 by a front partition plate 36. At the lower part of each door-side chute 37, 37, a bottom surface 38 inclined so as to narrow toward the upper edge both sides of the hopper 11 from the outer end of each door-side case storage part 33, 33,
38 are formed. Then, in a state where each door unit 2, 2 closes the front opening of the main body-side case storage portion 8, the space between both bottom surfaces 38, 38 is opened corresponding to the upper side of the hopper 11,
A shutter 39 having the same structure as described above is mounted on the upper surface 7A at a position corresponding to the opening.

A shelf device 26 having a similar structure (in this case, the width dimension is halved) is also installed on the shelf holding portion 17 of each door-side case storage portion 33, 33. A plurality of tablet cases 3 (or 4 or 6) are attached. The shelf device 26 of the door-side case storage section 33
The discharge passage 28 communicates with the door-side chute 37.

Further, with the door units 2, 2 closed,
An additional tablet feeder 46 for arbitrarily supplying an additional tablet is provided on the upper surface 7A of the main body 7 located on the front side, and a passage 47 is formed from the feeder 46 to the hopper 1.
1.

The extension unit 9 is a unit for attaching a tablet case 3 (4 or 6) to the back of the main body 2 in accordance with an increase in the scale of a hospital or the like. A case storage part 41 (an additional case storage part) is provided. The left and right side surfaces of the additional case storage section 41 are also closed by transparent walls made of glass or resin, and the left and right transparent walls are also provided with a plurality of shelf holders 17 similar to those described above at predetermined intervals.

Further, at the front of the additional case storage portion 41, an additional chute 42 is vertically defined over the entire width. The lower part of both sides of the additional side chute 42 is also formed with a bottom surface that is inclined so as to narrow from the left and right ends of the additional side case storage part 41 toward both upper edges of the hopper 11. The opening between both bottom surfaces corresponds to a through hole formed on the rear surface of the main body 2 located at the rear end of the upper end of the hopper 11 in a state where the additional unit 9 is attached to the main body 2. Is connected to the hopper 11, and a shutter 43 having the same structure as described above is attached to the opening.

A similar shelf device 26 is also installed on the shelf holding portion 17 of the additional case storage portion 41.
6 has a plurality of tablet cases 3 (or 4 or 6)
Are similarly attached. The discharge passage 28 of the shelf device 26 in the additional case storage section 33 is
Is in communication with The extension unit 9 is electrically connected to the extension unit 9 while being attached to the main body 2.

The shutters 24, 39, 4
3 will be described with reference to FIGS. Each of the shutters 24, 39, and 43 has the same structure, and includes a shutter plate 52 rotatably supported on one side by a frame 51 for opening and closing a passage, and a shutter plate 52 that is always closed. , And a solenoid 58 for rotating the shutter plate 52 through a mounting member 54, a shaft 56, and a connecting member 57.

Then, by energizing the solenoid 58, the plunger 59 rotatably connected to the connecting member 57 is sucked, and the shutter plate 52 is opened against the urging force of the spring 53. When the solenoid 58 is de-energized, the shutter plate 52 is closed by the spring 53, and the plunger 59 projects from the solenoid 58.

The operation and operation of the tablet supply device 1 of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described. It is assumed that the shutters 12, 24, 39, and 43 are closed when the power is turned on. In addition, the main body side case storage unit 8, the door side case storage units 33 and 33 of each door unit 2, 2, and the extension unit 9
Is attached to the additional case storage section 41, the tablet case 3, 4, or 6, in which a predetermined tablet is stored, respectively.

In this case, tablets used in large amounts or tablets with large individual dimensions are stored in a large-capacity tablet case 6, and smaller or smaller tablets are stored in a medium-capacity tablet case 4. The least used tablet or the smallest tablet is stored in the small capacity tablet case 3. As described above, the tablet cases 3, 4, or 6 are arranged side by side on the shelf device 26. In this case, tablet cases having the same capacity are mounted on the same shelf device 26.

As described above, the shelf device 26 is installed on the shelf holder 17 of each case storage unit. At this time, since a plurality of the shelf holders 17 are provided at predetermined intervals vertically as described above. The spacing between the upper and lower shelf devices 26, 26 is determined according to the vertical dimensions of the tablet case. That is, the space between the shelf device 26 to which the large-capacity tablet case 6 is attached and the shelf device 26 above the shelf device 26 is widened to an interval corresponding to the vertical dimension of the tablet case 6 by skipping some of the shelf holding portions 17. Conversely, the shelf device 26 on which the small-capacity tablet case 3 is mounted and the shelf device 26 above the shelf device 26 are installed on the vertically adjacent shelf holding portions 17, 17, whereby
The tablet case 3 is narrowed to an interval that matches the vertical dimension.

In the embodiment, the top four stages are used for the small-capacity tablet case 3, the lower two stages are used for the medium-capacity tablet case 4, and the lower two stages are used for the large-capacity tablet case 6. I have to use. Thus, various quantities,
Tablet case 3, according to tablets of various sizes,
4 or 6, and the spacing between the shelves 26, 26 can be arbitrarily set in accordance with the size of the tablet case.
41 can be efficiently used to realize small size and large capacity.

Next, when an operator inputs prescription data from an input device (not shown) (not shown) based on a doctor's prescription, a control device (not shown) of the tablet supply device 1 is designated based on the prescription data. The discharge mechanism 31 of the tablet case 3 (4 or 6) in which the stored tablets are stored is driven to discharge the tablets to the discharge passage 28. While the tablets discharged to the discharge passage 28 are counted, a predetermined amount enters each of the chutes 22, 37, 42 and is collected on the lowermost shutters 24, 39, 43.

When the shutters 24, 39 and 43 are opened, the tablets fall into the hopper 11 and are collected on the shutter 12. The shutter 12 is structured so as to be inserted into the inside of a packaging bag. Thereafter, the shutter 12 is opened, tablets are put into the wrapping paper, packed in the packaging machine 1 and then sent out through the outlet 14. It is. At this time, the tablets to be packed are
3, 33, and 41, the tablets are simultaneously discharged from the tablet cases 3 (4 or 6) of the case storage sections 8, 33, 33, and 41, and the tablet cases from which the tablets are discharged at the same time. Open the shutter in the storage unit and package. As a result, the time required for packaging can be reduced.

[0035]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a main body having a main body case storage portion formed at the upper portion, and a main body side case storage portion attached to the main body side case storage portion through a front opening of the main body case storage portion. A plurality of tablet cases for storing tablets, a main body chute provided on the back of the main body case storage section, and tablets discharged from each tablet case fall, and provided in the main body corresponding to a lower portion of the main body chute. Hopper, a door unit that opens and closes the front opening of the main body side case storage section, a door side case storage section configured in the door unit, and a tablet mounted in the door side case storage section, respectively. A plurality of tablet cases to be stored and a door-side chute that is provided in the door unit and drops tablets discharged from each tablet case in the door-side case storage section With the door unit closing the main unit case storage section and the door side chute corresponding to the upper part of the hopper, the tablet storage capacity can be significantly expanded with respect to the installation space of the entire device. It will be able to do.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, there is provided an additional unit detachably connected to the rear surface of the main body, and the additional unit includes an additional-side case storage part and an additional-side case storage part. A plurality of tablet cases that are attached to each and store tablets, and provided on the front,
A tablet ejected from each tablet case in the additional case storage section and an additional chute on which the tablets fall,
When connected to the back of the main unit,
Since it is configured to communicate with the hopper of the main body, it is possible to extremely easily realize a further increase in capacity by attaching an extension unit according to expansion of business.

According to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the above-mentioned inventions, the lower end of the main body side chute, the door side chute, the additional side chute and the lower end of the hopper are respectively provided. With a shutter that can be opened and closed, each shutter holds the tablets discharged from the tablet case in each case storage section to each corresponding chute, and controls the timing to discharge the tablets, so that many tablets are installed It is possible to realize quick tablet supply from the case.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tablet supply device of the present invention with one door unit opened.

FIG. 2 is a partially transparent front view of the tablet supply device of the present invention with the other door unit opened.

FIG. 3 is a partially transparent side view of the tablet supply device.

FIG. 4 is a partially transparent side view of the tablet supply device of the present invention with both door units closed.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the tablet supply device of the present invention with the other door unit opened.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a tablet case of the tablet supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a tablet case of the tablet supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main body side case storage portion of the tablet supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a shutter of the tablet supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a shutter of the tablet supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front view of a shutter of the tablet supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a side view of a shutter of the tablet supply device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 tablet supply device 2 door unit 3, 4, 6 tablet case 7 main unit 8 main unit side case storage unit 9 extension unit 11 hopper 12, 24, 39, 43 shutter 22 main unit side chute 33 door side case storage unit 37 door side chute 41 Additional side case storage section 42 Additional side chute

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A main body having a main body side case storage portion formed at an upper portion thereof, and a plurality of tablet cases mounted in the main body side case storage portion through a front opening of the main body side case storage portion and each storing tablets. A main body-side chute provided on a back portion of the main body-side case storage portion, from which the tablets discharged from each of the tablet cases fall; a hopper provided in the main body corresponding to a lower portion of the main body-side chute; A door unit that opens and closes the front opening of the side case storage unit, a door-side case storage unit configured in the door unit, and a plurality of tablet cases that are mounted in the door-side case storage units and store tablets, respectively. And a door-side chute provided in the door unit and for dropping tablets discharged from each tablet case in the door-side case storage section. The tablet supply device, wherein the door-side chute corresponds to an upper side of the hopper when the door unit closes the main body-side case storage portion. 2. An additional unit, which is detachably connected to a rear surface of the main body, the additional unit being provided in an additional case storage portion, and a plurality of tablet cases respectively mounted in the additional case storage portion and storing tablets. And an additional side chute provided on the front side, from which the tablets discharged from each tablet case in the additional side case storage section fall, and which is connected to the back side of the main body. The tablet supply device according to claim 1, wherein the tablet supply device communicates with the hopper. 3. A shutter which can be freely opened and closed is provided at a lower end of the main body side chute, the door side chute and the hopper, or at a lower end of the main body side chute, the door side chute, the additional side chute and the lower end of the hopper. The tablet supply device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein