JP2002019705A - Medicine subdivision packing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine subdivision packing machine wherein a medicine inlet path can be opened by a simple operation when cleaning deposits such as a powdered medicine for reliable cleaning. SOLUTION: The subdivision packing machine includes a powdered medicine dividing part comprising a dividing measure 3 of a powdered medicine and a hopper for sending the medicine divided by a powdered medicine divider 30 to a packaging part, and a tablet dividedly moving container comprising a required number of tablet dividedly storing chambers 4 placed on a lid 2 which can be opened/closed and having below it a tablet receiving part corresponding to a sequence of the chambers 4 to be capable of intermittently laterally advancing. Divided tablets are sent from the hopper 20 to the packaging part and the powdered medicine, and the tablets are enclosed in a bag by a required amount. The tablet dividedly moving container is structured to be detachable, and a guide plate 19 forming a traveling path A thereof and a receiving plate 18 for supporting an open/close plate of the tablet receiving part in a closed state are mounted at respective base ends so that they can be opened/closed in a vertical direction. In addition, a locking means which is locked unless the powder divider 30 is returned to a waiting position is provided at a base of a support 31 of the divider 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine packaging machine, and more particularly to a medicine dividing machine for easily and easily cleaning a hopper and a chute from a powder dividing section for supplying a divided tablet or powder to a packing place. The present invention relates to a finished medicine packaging machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in hospitals and clinics, medicines prepared as tablets or powders according to the doctor's prescription are individually or in combination of a plurality of kinds, sealed in sachets, and provided to patients. It has been like that. Conventionally, as a semi-automatic type packaging machine for performing such a medicine packaging operation, for example, as disclosed in JP-A-7-61402 and JP-A-9-309503, a powder dividing section is provided at the upper part of the body. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a drug packaging machine provided separately on the front side and a tablet dividing part on an upper part of a body.

[0003] The powder dividing section in this kind of medicine packaging machine is well known (for example, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-61402).
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H11-75139), a divided box having a V-shaped cross section with an opening / closing plate for charging powder, and a plurality of powder container bodies provided below the divided cell so as to reciprocate and store a fixed amount of powder.
A lid opening / closing mechanism is provided that opens and closes an opening / closing lid provided at the bottom of each of the powder storages at a predetermined position to drop the powder in the powder storage inside downward. The powder container in which the powder is stored is intermittently moved to open the opening / closing lid, so that the powder drops from the hopper to the chute, and is wrapped by the wrapping sheet in the wrapping unit. On the other hand, the tablet dividing section is made to correspond to the tablet dividing and storing chamber so that the tablet dividing and storing chamber can be intermittently laterally moved directly below the tablet storing chamber and the plurality of tablet dividing and storing chambers on the lid provided at the upper part of the machine body. And a tablet container in which a plurality of tablet receiving units each having an opening / closing lid at the bottom are arranged. The tablet storage body is intermittently moved to open the opening / closing lid of each tablet receiving section, and the tablets are dropped from the hopper to the chute, and are packaged by the packaging sheet in the packaging section in the same manner as the powder.

[0004] Such a packaging machine is small and occupies a small installation space, is easy to handle, and is inexpensive. Therefore, it is often used in small and medium-sized hospitals, clinics and clinics. I have.

[0005] In such a conventional small medicine packaging machine,
According to the prescription, the powder is divided into the required number in the powder dividing section, and the tablets are also divided into the required number in the tablet dividing section. Will be In this type of medicine packaging machine, a powder hopper and a tablet hopper are separately formed, and have a structure in which the two are joined at a chute portion communicating with the packaging portion. Then, for example, when the type of powder handled on the powder side is changed, it is necessary for these hoppers to clean the deposit so that the previous powder is not mixed into the next powder. Therefore, the powder side is configured to be easily cleaned. On the other hand, on the tablet side, the tablet dividing unit moves the board-shaped tablet container arranged in the required number of rows and columns horizontally, and opens and closes the bottom opening / closing lid for each tablet receiving unit to separate the divided tablets. Since the hopper is dropped, the hopper moves laterally so as to cover almost the upper part of the opening of the hopper.

[0006]

Generally, in this kind of small-sized medicine packaging machine, when dispensing according to a prescription for a patient, different medicines are often packaged, and each time they adhere to a hopper and a chute. It is necessary to clean the powder that is being used to remove the residue of the previously handled drug. To this end, the lid at the top of the fuselage is opened upward by a dust suction device that is equipped with a dust suction nozzle that narrows the suction port of the dust collection device that is usually incorporated into the fuselage for cleaning, and the residual powder powder that adheres to the inner surface of the hopper The suction cleaning is performed.

On the tablet side with respect to such a powder side, the degree of fine powder adhering to the inner surface of the hopper is small as in the case of powder. The fine powder may adhere to the inner surface of the hopper and the like, and the fine powder and fragments may be mixed into the packaging portion, so that it is necessary to clean the hopper. However,
The upper part of the opening of the hopper has a structure in which most of the upper part is covered by a divided container for tablets (a moving container provided with a large number of tablet dividing pockets) and a traveling path member for moving the divided container. The cleaning operation is performed by inserting the dust suction nozzle from the narrow opening into the hopper opening, which is inefficient and inefficient. Therefore, if not carefully cleaned, the surface of the hopper or chute cannot be sufficiently cleaned, and the next packaging operation will be performed with fine powder and the like remaining on a part of the hopper or chute. There is a problem that occurs.

However, there is a limit to minimizing the size of the machine corresponding to the small installation space required by the customer, if the performance is maintained and the device is compactly assembled, the above-mentioned problems at the time of the operation are inevitably solved. However, if the hopper is modified to improve the workability, the structure becomes complicated and the workability deteriorates.

In cleaning the powder container in the powder dividing section, the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
In the device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 61402, a powder divider which can be connected to a plurality of powder containers to be movable, and a support including a driving portion thereof, have a support shaft provided at one end of the support. It can be rotated horizontally with respect to the reference and pulled out to the front side of the fuselage for cleaning. However, in this prior art, a plurality of powder storage containers (powder dividers) connected to each other are structured so as to be able to circulate along the guide support portion of the support. If the user tries to return to the body by mistake while a part of the powder storage is moved to the opposite side, there is a risk that the part of the powder storage that is being moved may be damaged by contacting the internal device.

[0010] Further, in the device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-309503, the powder container (referred to as a moving collecting container in this publication) is divided into two parts.
It describes a configuration in which powders divided by a complicated moving operation are fed into a hopper, and at the time of cleaning, a moving collecting container is individually moved vertically and horizontally to absorb dust. In the disclosure of this publication, since the tablet dividing section is also configured to feed the divided tablets by traversing into the hopper, the opening of the hopper cannot be sufficiently opened. It is inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and when cleaning the adhesion of powder or the like, the path for feeding the medicine can be opened by a simple operation to ensure reliable cleaning. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine packaging machine having a configuration capable of performing the above.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a medicine packaging machine according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a powder dividing means and a hopper for feeding the powder divided by the dividing means to a packaging section. And a required number of tablet storage compartments are arranged on an openable and closable lid, and the tablet receiving portion corresponding to the arrangement of the tablet storage compartments is provided below the tablet partitioning compartment. With a tablet dividing and moving container, the divided tablets are sent from the hopper to the packaging section, and in a packaging machine for enclosing the required amount of powder / tablet in a bag body, the tablet dividing and moving container is detachable,
Both or one of a guide plate forming the travel path and a receiving plate supporting the opening / closing plate of the tablet receiving portion in a closed state is mounted at the base end so as to be openable and closable in a vertical direction. It is.

According to the present invention, when cleaning the hopper and the chute, the lid is opened to remove the tablet dividing and moving container from the guide portion, and then the guide plate and the receiving plate are separated.
Alternatively, one of them is opened upward with reference to the pivot portion at the proximal end to open the upper part of the hopper.
Therefore, it is possible to start the attached dust suction device and quickly and surely clean from the hopper to the back of the chute by the dust suction nozzle.

Next, a medicine packaging machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is a powder dispenser which is connected to a divided container for powder along a front upper portion of the body and a plurality of powder containers for separately accommodating powder dropped from the divided container. A powder dividing section comprising a divider, and a required number of tablet dividing and storing chambers arranged on a lid body, and a tablet receiving section corresponding to the tablet dividing and storing chamber below the tablet dividing and storing section. In a packaging machine equipped with a moving container and packaging powders and tablets put into a hopper in required amounts, the powder divider is supported along a support thereof so as to be capable of being circulated or semi-circulated, and the support is a base end portion. At the required rotation angle so as to be horizontally rotatable and pulled out to the front side of the fuselage, and a lock means is provided at a position near the base end of the support, and the powder divider support is rotated forward. And the lock means operates Agent divider is characterized in being configured to lock is not released by the locking means when not return to the standby position.

In the present invention, when the powder divider and its support are pivoted to the front of the body with respect to the support point at the base end and pulled out, the powder divider movable along the support is cleaned. When the support of the powder divider is pulled out to the front side of the fuselage at a required rotation angle and pulled out, the locking means provided at a position close to the base end of the powder divider is activated and the support is moved. Lock. In this state, the powder divider composed of a plurality of powder containers connected to each other can be freely moved, and the residue of the powder adhering to the inside can be removed with a dust-absorbing device to be cleaned. When the powder divider is returned to the normal standby position, the lock of the support is released by the detecting means (position detection sensor), and the support can be returned to the original position. However, if you accidentally try to return the support while moving the powder divider,
Since the lock by the lock means is not released, the support cannot be returned and rotated. Thus, according to the present invention, after rotating the powder divider and its support, the lock by the locking means is not released unless the powder divider is returned to the standby normal position. There is an effect that the device can be prevented from being damaged by returning the support while the device is moved, thereby ensuring safety.

The lock means for the support is composed of an operation piece operated by a solenoid provided on the body side and a lock piece attached to the support side of the powder divider, wherein the lock piece is operated by rotation of the support. When engaged at the position in contact with the piece, the lock is locked, and when the detection means for detecting that the powder divider is at the standby position sends a detection signal to the solenoid, the solenoid is operated to free the lock piece by the operation piece. It is preferable that the return lock is released. In addition, the operation piece attached to the body side is structured to enter and exit at a locking hole provided on the body side, and a lock piece to be attached to the support body reaches the locking hole and the operation piece is lowered. It is preferable that the lock piece is automatically lowered to the locking hole and locked, and the lock piece is separated from the locking hole when the operation piece is pushed up by the solenoid. Thus, locking and unlocking can be performed with a simple configuration.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a specific embodiment of a medicine packaging machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall external view of one embodiment of a medicine packaging machine according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the medicine packaging machine of the present embodiment with the lid opened, FIG. 3A is a plan view showing a traveling path component of the tablet dividing and moving container, and FIG. FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA, illustrating a state in which the traveling path constituent member is opened, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the traveling path constituent member of the tablet dividing and moving container is opened. Have been.

The medicine packaging machine of this embodiment has a lid 2 for covering the upper part of a body 1 having a box-shaped structure, and a dividing box 3 for powder in front of the lid 2.
Are arranged in the longitudinal direction, and occupy almost half of the upper side, and a large number of divided tablet housing chambers 4 are arranged at required intervals. A packaging device 6 having a well-known structure is arranged at a lower intermediate portion of a shelf plate 5 formed at an upper inner portion of the body 1, and a dust collecting device 7 is further provided below the packaging device 6.

As is well known, the powder dividing chamber 3 has a V-shaped cross section, and the powder to be supplied is moved when the position of a partition plate 3a slidably provided therein is moved in accordance with an attached scale. Preparations for dividing into required quantities can be made. A powder dividing unit is constituted by the powder dividing chamber 3 and a powder divider 30 which is connected to a plurality of movable powder accommodating bodies 32 provided below and movable. This powder dividing means includes a powder divider 30 described later.
When the opening / closing plate of the powder dividing chamber 3 is opened in a state in which the powder is in the standby position, the supplied powder falls at once and is received in each powder container 32 to be divided.

The required number of tablet storage chambers 4 is, for example, six.
X 7 rows + 3 (total of 45) independent pockets,
A shutter 4a, which can be opened and closed at the same time, is provided at the bottom thereof, so that the shutter 4a is normally closed. Guide rails 11 and 11 ′ provided in parallel with a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the upper part of the machine body under the tablet storage chamber 4.
The tablet dividing and moving container 12 is arranged so as to be intermittently movable.

The tablet dividing and moving container 12 is provided with a large number of divided tablet receiving portions (hereinafter, referred to as tablet pockets 13) so as to conform to the arrangement of the tablet dividing and accommodating chambers 4 (hereinafter, referred to as a tablet pocket 13). The guide roller 14 (only one side is shown) is attached to both sides of the frame 12a, and the guide rails 11 and 11 'provided on the machine body side are provided. An openable lid (which can be opened and closed with the rear end in the forward direction as a fulcrum) is provided at the bottom of each tablet pocket 13 of the tablet dividing and moving container 12 in such a manner that it can roll freely. The tablet dividing and moving container 12 has a dog 1 attached to one side thereof.
5 is a power transmission piece fixed to a winding transmission mechanism 16 (specifically, a timing belt) arranged so as to be able to intermittently drive along the outside of the one (operating side of the body) guide rail 11. It is controlled so as to intermittently traverse intermittently by engaging with 16a and to continuously travel during the return operation. And
The tablet dividing and moving container 12 has a guide roller 1 attached thereto.
4 can be rolled without being constrained by the guide rails 11 and 11 ', and can be removed by lifting it by hand.

On the lower side of the traveling path A on which such a tablet-divided moving container 12 can travel, a small space portion 17 is provided substantially in the center width direction, and traveling path constituting members 18 and 19 are respectively provided. The ends 18a and 19a are pivotally supported by the body frame 1a and are arranged so that they can be opened and closed in the vertical direction.
One (right side) of the traveling path constituting member 18 (corresponding to the receiving plate of the present invention) is for closing an opening / closing lid (not shown) attached to the bottom of the tablet dividing and moving container 12, and is a flat plate. On the upper surface thereof, a sliding plate 18b made of a resin having a small sliding resistance so as to be easily slid when moving in contact with the opening / closing lid is stuck, and the tip 18c is attached to the tablet dividing and moving container as shown in FIG. It is formed so as to face the tablet hopper 21 provided at the center of the machine body, with the position being shifted stepwise by a certain size in accordance with the rows of the 12 tablet pockets 13.

The other (left side) travel path component 19 (corresponding to the guide panel of the present invention) has a resin slide plate 19b adhered to the upper surface thereof similarly to the right travel path component 18 described above. The tip portion 19c is formed in a stepwise manner by shifting the position opposite to the traveling path constituting member 18, and a roller holder 20 for supporting a small roller 20a rotatably around a horizontal axis at each end thereof is attached. Then, the traveling path constituting member 18 is
The opening / closing lid at the bottom of the tablet pocket 13 opened by the tip 18c is inverted and guided so as to be closed. Each of the two traveling path constituent members 18 and 19 has a proper position on the lower surface of the supporting member 2 provided on the body frame 1a.
By means of 2, 23, they are held horizontally in a down state. In addition, a plurality of vertically adjustable pieces, for example, screw rods are appropriately arranged on the support members 22 and 23, and the height is adjusted by the screw rods so as to be kept horizontal.

At the lower part of the center of the traveling path A where the above-mentioned tablet dividing and moving container 12 travels at the upper part of the body, the frame 1 of the body is provided.
a tablet hopper 21 supported by a and easily supported
The lower end of the hopper 21 and the lower end of the powder hopper are separately connected to a chute 8 (see FIG. 1) for charging the medicine into the packaging material of the packaging device 6.

In order to carry out a medicine packing operation by this medicine packing machine, for example, when a medicine and tablets are packed on the basis of a prescription, the powder is divided into the powder dividing tubs 3 set in a predetermined number of packing. Then, a required amount of powder is charged and leveled, and then the opening and closing plate is opened and dropped into the lower powder container 32 to be divided. On the other hand, the tablets are sequentially put into the tablet divided storage chambers 4 according to the number of packages and distributed (divided).

Thereafter, the powder is moved from the received powder container 32 (powder divider 30) into the powder hopper, and the divided powder is sequentially dropped from the powder container 32 into the powder hopper. The sheet is supplied to the moving part of the packaging sheet in 6 and is enclosed and separated. After the dispensing operation of the tablets is completed, the dispensed tablets are dropped and received in the respective tablet pockets 13 of the tablet dividing and moving container 12 waiting immediately below the tablet dividing storage chamber 4 by opening the shutter 4a. Next, when the tablet dividing and moving container 12 that has received the tablet intermittently runs at a preset speed, the opening / closing lid attached to the bottom of the tablet pocket 13 closes at the tip 18 c of the running path constituent member 18. At a position where the contact between the opening / closing lid and the tip is sequentially cut off from one end, the lid is opened downward by its own weight, and the tablet in the tablet pocket 13 is dropped from the space 17 into the tablet hopper 21. The tablet dividing and moving container 12 travels at a predetermined timing, and the contact and separation of the opening and closing lids of the respective tablet pockets 13 from the tip 18c of the traveling path component 18 in a row in the moving direction are performed in a stepwise manner. Thus, the timing of dropping into the tablet hopper 21 is shifted according to the shift, and the tablets are packaged in the packaging section.

The opening / closing lid of the tablet pocket 13 into which the tablet has been dropped contacts the roller 20a which is supported by the roller holder 20 and protrudes at the front position thereof, and is lifted upside down and closed. The opening / closing lid of the tablet pocket 13 is returned to the original state by the reverse operation of the forward movement in the space 17 when the tablet dividing and moving container 12 is returned to the standby position after the required amount of tablets is dropped and packaged. close.

When the packaging operation is performed in such a manner and the hopper 21 needs to be cleaned due to the handling of a large amount of tablets, the lid 2 is pulled up from the front side to the rear side. As shown, the upper part of the fuselage 1 can be opened. When the lid 2 is opened, the tablet dividing and moving container 12
In addition, the traveling path A is opened. Therefore, if the tablet dividing and moving container 12 is lifted with both hands as shown in FIG. 5, for example, the tablet dividing and moving container 12 is not restrained at all and can be removed as it is. In a state in which the tablet dividing and moving container 12 is removed, the upper surfaces of the traveling path components 18 and 19 are opened. Therefore, as shown in FIG. By pulling up, each pivot 18a,
It can be turned right and left around 19a as a base point to stand up.

Then, the lower side of the traveling path A is completely opened, and the tablet hopper 21 is also opened, so that it is possible to clean using the dust suction tool (for example, the dust suction nozzle 40 attached to the machine body). Since the tablet hopper 21 is generally provided so as to be detachable, the tablet hopper 21 can be removed and the inside and the outside can be wiped clean arbitrarily. Further, by removing the tablet hopper 21, the inside of the chute 8 can be easily cleaned.

After the cleaning of the hopper, the left and right running path members 18 and 19 can be returned to the original state by falling down, so that the tablet dividing and moving container 12 is again held by hand and is placed on the guide rails 11 and 11 '. And can be restored by engaging the dog 15 with the power transmission piece 16a of the winding transmission mechanism 16.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by removing the tablet dividing and moving container 12, the traveling path constituting members 18 and 19 constituting the traveling path A can be opened and closed to open the tablet hopper 20 largely. Therefore, it is possible to easily clean the movement path of the tablet at the time of packaging, simplify the structure, and prevent foreign substances from being mixed.

Next, the powder divider 3 in the powder dividing means
0 and its support 31 are placed on the shelf 5 of the fuselage 1
The powder splitter 30 is provided immediately below the powder splitting tub 3 arranged in a standby state, and the support 31 is supported at one end by a vertical support shaft 34 so as to be horizontally rotatable. I have. The powder divider 30 is provided on the support 3
A circulating movement can be performed by a driving device (not shown) along the guide portion provided in the apparatus. This powder divider 3
0 is not shown, but the opening / closing lid attached to the bottom of each powder container 32 is opened immediately above the powder hopper provided near the center of the body adjacent to the tablet hopper 20 and divided storage is performed. You have to drop the powder. Further, a dust suction nozzle 33 is mounted on the upper side, which is slightly away from the position where the powder is dropped, and sucks residual powder adhered inside the powder container 32 after the powder is discharged.

The support 31 of the powder divider 30 thus provided is provided with a locking means 40 at its base 31a in relation to the shelf 5 side of the machine body 1. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the locking means 40 is a bell-crank-shaped operation piece 42 operated by a solenoid 41 attached to the lower surface of the shelf 5 of the body 1.
And a pin 46a vertically movable at the support base 31a.
And a locking hole 45 for receiving and locking the lock piece 46. Although not shown, a position detection sensor (detection means) for detecting the rear end of the powder divider 30 is provided at the base end of the support 31, and this position detection sensor detects the powder divider 30. The control unit is configured so that the lock means 40 does not operate at the time.

The locking means 40 is provided with the powder divider 3
0 support body 31 on the front side of the fuselage with the support shaft as the base point,
A locking hole 4 formed in the shelf 5 of the body 1 at a position suitable for being rotated by a required rotation angle and pulled out for cleaning.
5 are provided. The shelf 5 provided with the locking holes 45
A bracket 43 is attached to the lower surface of the bracket, on which the operation piece 42 is pivotally supported by a pin 44.
A pin 41b is connected to the tip of a rod connected to the operating iron core 41a of the solenoid 41 supported by the solenoid 3. Normally, the operation piece 42 is in a state where the upper portion 42a is in the locking hole 45 and almost coincides with the upper surface of the locking hole 45 (the upper surface of the shelf 5) as shown by a solid line in FIG. It is kept in.

On the other hand, the lock piece 46 is pivotally supported at its base end by a pin 46a and its tip is lowered by its own weight. In contact.

When the powder to be handled is changed, the powder divider 30 is unlikely to be a tablet, and the fine powder is apt to adhere to the inner surface of the powder container 32. Therefore, the powder is cleaned and the powder is divided at the next packaging operation. It is necessary to prevent contamination.

To clean the powder divider 30, the lid 2
And then the powder divider 3 as shown in FIG.
When the front end of the support 31 is pulled toward the user, the support 31 rotates around the support shaft 34 and the powder container 32 of the powder divider 30 is rotated.
Can be easily cleaned. When the powder divider 30 is run in this state, the solenoid 41 is operated by the position detection sensor, and the operation piece 42 is pulled down as shown by a chain line b in FIG. Then, since the lock piece 46 attached to the support 31 side of the powder divider is in a free state at the tip, the operation piece 42 is pulled down and falls into the locking hole 45 which is opened.

It is convenient to run the powder divider 30 to shift the position. Therefore, when the powder divider 30 is moved to use a dust-absorbing device and the inside of each powder-storing container 32 is cleanly cleaned by the dust-absorbing nozzle 40, the powder-storing container 32 on the front side is omitted from the drawing. The vehicle is moved to the opposite side along the guide 31 as shown by the arrow c.

The powder divider 30 is arranged at the tip side (left side in the figure) of the powder dispenser 30 when traveling to drop the divided powder into the powder hopper sequentially (in the case of being arranged at the normal position). Moves from the near position to the opposite side, and all the powder container 32 has dropped the powder into the hopper,
The tip is set so that it does not contact the tablet hopper. However, this kind of dispensing and dispensing operation is often very busy, and therefore, the cleaning operation is immediately followed by the next operation. Therefore, it is necessary to return the powder dispenser 30 to its original state while moving it. There are many.

When such a malfunction occurs, as described above, when the powder divider 30 is moved, the locking means 40 is activated, and the locking piece 46 is inserted into the locking hole 45. Even if the user tries to return the base member 31 to the original position, the engagement between the locking hole 45 and the lock piece 46 prevents the rotation. Therefore, it is recognized that the powder divider 30 cannot be returned in such a state, and at the same time, it is possible to prevent the powder divider 30 from contacting the tablet hopper 20 and causing a breakage accident.

In order to return the powder divider 30 to the interior of the machine in such a state, the switch 35 provided on the support 31 is operated and the driving machine is rotated in the reverse direction so that the powder divider 30 is in the standby position. Returning to the state shown in FIG. 9, the operation piece 42 is returned to the original position by the solenoid 41 of the lock means 40 by the operation of the position detection sensor. As a result, the lock piece 46 in the lock hole 45 is pushed back out of the lock hole 45 by the operation piece 42, and the lock is released.
Therefore, when the support 31 is pushed back, the powder divider 30 is returned to the inside of the machine, the lid 2 can be closed, and the next operation can be performed.

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the traveling path constituting member constituting the traveling path of the tablet dividing and moving container is configured to be vertically openable, the cleaning operation of the tablet hopper can be facilitated. . Further, according to the second invention, after the powder divider is pulled out to the front side of the fuselage and cleaned, the powder divider cannot be returned to the standby position without returning to the standby position. Accidents such as breakage of the vehicle can be prevented. Since the intended purpose can be achieved with a very simple configuration, it is possible to provide a packaging machine with high functionality without increasing the cost.

In the above description, the left and right traveling path forming members forming the traveling path A of the tablet dividing and moving container according to the first invention can be opened and closed in the vertical direction with each longitudinal end as a base point. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and in addition, it may be configured to be able to be turned upside down at one side in the longitudinal direction of the traveling path constituent member, preferably at a side far from the operation side. it can. In addition, as a means for dividing powder, not only the method as in the above-mentioned embodiment but also a model of a type in which powder is divided on a disk can be adopted. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

Further, the locking means at the support withdrawal position of the powder divider in the second invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the locking piece may have a vertically actuated pin structure or may be operated. Any structure, such as a key structure or a push-up lock pin, can be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall external view of one embodiment of a medicine packaging machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the medicine packaging machine according to the present embodiment with a lid opened.

FIG. 3A is a plan view showing a traveling path component of the tablet dividing and moving container, and FIG. 3B is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a traveling path constituent member of the tablet dividing and moving container is opened.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a detachable mode of the tablet dividing and moving container.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a state of a tablet hopper portion.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of an essential part showing a locking means of a powder divider support.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the locking means.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a mode in which the powder divider and its support are drawn out to the near side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 body 2 lid 3 powder dividing chamber 4 tablet dividing accommodating chamber 5 shelf 11, 11 ′ guide rail 12 tablet dividing moving container 13 tablet pocket 14 guide roller 15 dog 16 winding transmission mechanism 16 a power transmission piece 17 space 18 Travel path constituent member (reception board) 19 Travel path constituent member (guide board) 20 Roller holder 21 Tablet hopper 30 Powder divider 31 Powder divider support 32 Powder container 40 Lock means 41 Solenoid 42 Operation piece 43 Bracket 44 Pin 45 Lock hole 46 Lock piece

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A powder dividing section comprising a powder dividing means and a hopper for feeding the powder divided by the dividing means to a packaging section, and a required number of tablet dividing and accommodating chambers arranged on an openable / closable lid. On the side, an intermittently traversable tablet division moving container having a tablet receiving section corresponding to the arrangement of the tablet division storage chambers is provided, and the divided tablets are sent from the hopper to the packaging section, and powder and tablets are supplied. In a packaging machine for enclosing a required amount in the bag body, the tablet dividing and moving container is detachable, and / or both a guide plate forming a traveling path thereof and a receiving plate supporting the opening / closing plate of the tablet receiving portion in a closed state or A medicine packaging machine characterized in that one is mounted at the base end so as to be openable and closable in a vertical direction. 2. A powder divider which is movable by connecting a powder dividing box arranged along the front upper portion of the machine body and a plurality of powder container for dividing and storing powder dropped from the dividing box. A powder dividing section, comprising a tablet receiving section in which a required number of tablet dividing and storing chambers are arranged on the lid and having a tablet receiving section corresponding to the tablet dividing and storing chamber on the lower side thereof, a tablet dividing and moving container which can be intermittently traversed, In a packaging machine for packaging a required amount of powder / tablet put into a hopper, the powder divider is supported so as to be able to circulate or semi-circulate along its support, and the support has a required rotation angle horizontal at a base end. Rotatably supported,
A lock is provided at a position near the base end of the support, and when the powder divider support is rotated toward the front, the lock is actuated and the powder divider waits. A medicine packaging machine characterized in that the lock by the lock means is not released unless it returns to the position. 3. The locking means of the support comprises: an operating piece operated by a solenoid provided on the body side; and a lock piece attached to the support side of the powder divider, the lock piece being rotated by rotation of the support. When engaged at a position in contact with the operation piece, the lock is locked, and when detection means for detecting that the powder divider is at the standby position sends a detection signal to the solenoid, the solenoid is operated to lock the lock piece with the operation piece. 3. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 2, wherein the medicine packing machine is configured to return to a free state and release the lock. 4. The operation piece attached to the fuselage side is configured to enter and exit through a locking hole provided on the body side, and a lock piece attached to the support body reaches the locking hole and the operation piece is When it is lowered, it automatically descends into the locking hole and is locked,
The medicine packaging machine according to claim 3, wherein the lock piece is separated from the locking hole when the operation piece is pushed up by a solenoid.