JP2017029221A - Tablet take-out device, and chemical packaging device including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tablet taking-out device used for improving the efficiency of dispensing work in a pharmacy, for example, and a medicine packaging device provided with the same, and an object thereof is to improve usability.
A tablet take-out device and a medicine packaging device provided with the tablet take-out device of the present invention include a sheet holding block, and a bottom surface of the sheet holding block is near the side edge portion of the tablet sheet. Since the tablet sheet 10 is conveyed by the conveyance belt 19 while abutting on the upper surface of the sheet 10, warping of the tablet sheet 10 can be suppressed. As a result, it is extremely easy to use.
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Description

  The present invention relates to, for example, a tablet taking-out device used for improving the efficiency of dispensing work in a pharmacy or the like, and a medicine packaging device provided with the same.

  A conventional tablet take-out device of this type includes a transport unit that transports a tablet sheet having a storage unit in which tablets are individually stored to a predetermined position, and stores the tablet sheet at the predetermined position transported by the transport unit. A pressing part that presses the part, and the tablet storage part is pressed by this pressing part to drop the tablet and take out the tablet from the tablet sheet. Exist).

Japanese Patent No. 5290269

  In the above conventional example, the tablet sheet storage unit is detected in order to identify that the tablet sheet has been transported to a predetermined position by the transport unit, but the storage unit is well detected when the tablet sheet is warped. There are cases where it is not possible. For this reason, bending deformation in the transport direction (longitudinal direction of the tablet sheet) is generated in the tablet sheet, and the warpage in the width direction of the tablet sheet is reduced, thereby preventing the detection accuracy of the tablet sheet storage unit from being lowered.

  As a result, the tablet sheet may be greatly deformed in the transport direction, or may be broken or broken from the dividing line portion of the tablet sheet, resulting in trouble in transport of the tablet sheet, and the tablet sheet may be clogged inside the tablet take-out device. There is.

  Therefore, the reliability of the tablet take-out device is lowered, and the efficiency of dispensing operations such as pharmacies is hindered. As a result, it becomes extremely inconvenient depending on the use environment.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the usability of the tablet dispensing device.

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a tablet take-out device for taking out the tablets from the storage portion of the tablet sheet provided with at least one row of storage portions for storing tablets, the storage portions being arranged. A guide portion that contacts both side edge portions of the tablet sheet in the direction, and a guide portion that is movable in the width direction of the tablet sheet; and the side edge portion of the tablet sheet contacts the guide surface. However, a transport unit that transports the tablet sheet, a detection sensor that detects the storage unit of the tablet sheet to identify that the tablet sheet has been transported to a predetermined position by the transport unit, and the transport unit A pressing portion that presses the storage portion of the tablet sheet at the predetermined position where the tablet sheet is conveyed by the guide surface of the tablet sheet from the guide surface of the guide portion. A sheet pressing block that protrudes inward by a predetermined amount in the direction and is provided so that the bottom surface on the lower side in the vertical direction faces the upper surface of the tablet sheet, and the sheet pressing block is in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet Provided in the guide part so as to be movable up and down, and the vicinity of the side edge part of the tablet sheet and the bottom surface of the sheet holding block overlap each other in a predetermined range in the width direction of the tablet sheet. To achieve this goal.

  As described above, the present invention is a tablet take-out device for taking out the tablets from the storage portion of the tablet sheet in which the storage portions for storing the tablets are provided in at least one line, and the tablet sheet is arranged in the direction in which the storage portions are arranged. And a guide part that is movable in the width direction of the tablet sheet, and the tablet sheet while the side edge part of the tablet sheet is in contact with the guide surface. A detection unit that detects the storage unit of the tablet sheet in order to identify that the tablet sheet has been conveyed to a predetermined position by the conveyance unit; and A pressing portion that presses the storage portion of the tablet sheet at the predetermined position conveyed; and inward in the width direction of the tablet sheet from the guide surface of the guide portion. A sheet restraining block that protrudes by a fixed amount and has a bottom surface on the lower side in the vertical direction facing the upper surface of the tablet sheet, and the sheet restraining block can move up and down in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet. Provided in the guide portion, and the vicinity of the side edge portion of the tablet sheet and the bottom surface of the sheet holding block overlap with each other in a predetermined range in the width direction of the tablet sheet, so that it is extremely easy to use. .

  That is, in the present invention, a sheet holding block is provided, and the sheet holding block moves up and down in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet with respect to the guide portion, so that the bottom surface of the sheet holding block is predetermined in the width direction of the tablet sheet. Since the tablet sheet is pressed near the side edge in the range, the tablet sheet may be greatly deformed in the transport direction, or may be broken or cut off from the dividing line portion of the tablet sheet. There is no clogging of the tablet sheet inside the take-out device.

  Therefore, the reliability of the tablet take-out device can be improved and the efficiency of dispensing operations such as pharmacies can be promoted, which makes it extremely easy to use.

The perspective view of the medicine packaging apparatus provided with the tablet taking-out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows an example of the tablet sheet used in one Embodiment of this invention. The schematic side view of the tablet extraction apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Partially enlarged schematic side view for explaining a mechanism for holding a tablet sheet in the tablet take-out device Partially enlarged perspective view for explaining a mechanism for holding down a tablet sheet in the tablet take-out device (A) And (b) is the elements on larger scale explaining the mechanism which hold | suppresses a tablet sheet in the tablet extraction apparatus. The block diagram which shows the structure of the tablet extraction apparatus Operation flowchart for explaining the operation of the tablet take-out device

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, the vertical direction is the Z-axis direction, the direction from the front side to the back side of the chemical packaging device is the X-axis direction, and one side surface to the other side in the chemical packaging device A direction toward the side surface (a direction perpendicular to the X axis and the Z axis) is taken as a Y axis direction. Further, the “conveying direction” of the tablet sheet refers to the positive direction of the X axis, and “front” and “rearward” of the conveying direction refer to the negative side and the positive side of the X axis direction, respectively. Further, “upper” and “lower” indicate the positive side and the negative side in the Z-axis direction.

(Embodiment 1)
<Overall configuration of chemical packaging device>
FIG. 1 shows a medicine packaging apparatus 1 in the present embodiment.

  The medicine packaging device 1 includes a tablet taking-out device 2, a cassette shelf 3, a tablet collection path 4, a medicine collection hopper 5, a medicine inlet 6, a medicine packaging section 7, a medicine bandage outlet 8, and the like.

  The tablet take-out device 2 is a device that takes out the tablets 11 stored in the tablet sheet 10 such as PTP (abbreviation of Press Through Pack) as shown in FIG. 2, and will be described in detail later.

  The cassette shelf 3 is provided in the upper part of the medicine packaging apparatus 1, and the tablet take-out device 2 is installed in each storage space 12. For example, in this embodiment, the cassette shelf 3 is configured to have four storage spaces 12 in the vertical direction (Z-axis direction) and four rows in the horizontal direction (Y-axis direction), and the tablet take-out device 2 is placed in each storage space 12. Are installed one by one.

  The tablet collection path 4 is a passage for collecting the tablets 11 taken out from the tablet sheet 10 by the tablet take-out device 2 installed in the cassette shelf 3, and one end of the passage is at the cassette shelf 3. Each storage device 12 is connected to each tablet take-out device 2 via a storage space 12. The other end of the passage is connected to the medicine collection hopper 5.

  The medicine inlet 6 is an inlet for manually inserting medicines such as tablets and powders into the medicine packaging apparatus 1. For example, in this embodiment, the medicine inlet 6 is located below the cassette shelf 3 of the medicine packaging apparatus 1. An input port is provided on the front surface of the packaging device 1 so as to open. The medicine inlet 6 is covered with, for example, an openable door, and can be closed except when the medicine is introduced.

  The medicine inlet 6 is connected to the medicine collection hopper 5 by a medicine collection path 13, and the medicine thrown into the medicine inlet 6 is collected by the medicine collection hopper 5 via the medicine collection path 13. .

  The medicine collection hopper 5 is connected to the tablet collection path 4 and the medicine collection path 13 as described above. Therefore, the tablets taken out from the tablet sheet 10 by the tablet take-out device 2 are collected from the tablet collecting path 4, and medicines such as tablets and powders manually fed into the medicine inlet 6 are collected from the medicine collecting path 13. The chemical collecting hopper 5 temporarily stores these chemicals.

  The medicine packaging unit 7 is supplied with the medicine stored in the medicine collection hopper 5 from the medicine collection hopper 5 and wraps the supplied medicine. Specifically, for example, according to a prescription, the type and quantity of the medicine to be taken is enclosed in a bag-like medicine package (not shown) formed of paper or film.

  The medicine package in which the medicine is enclosed forms a medicine bandage (not shown) connected in a band shape, and this medicine bandage is taken out from the medicine bandage outlet 8.

  Furthermore, the medicine packaging apparatus 1 includes a control controller 14 having a microcomputer or the like. The control controller 14 is provided with input means such as a touch panel 15 and display means, for example.

  Then, by displaying the control state of the medicine packaging apparatus 1 and the content of operation instructions on the screen of the touch panel 15 or by inputting the operator's instructions to the controller 14 by operating the screen of the touch panel 15, However, it is possible to cause the medicine packaging apparatus 1 to perform a predetermined operation via the controller 14.

  In addition, you may comprise this controller 14 as another unit connected so that communication with the medicine packaging apparatus 1 was possible.

  As described above, the medicine packaging apparatus 1 including the tablet taking-out device 2 is configured, and the predetermined medicine including the tablets 11 taken out from the tablet sheet 10 by the tablet taking-out apparatus 2 is packaged. . That is, according to the instructions of the prescription, the type and quantity of a predetermined medicine are enclosed in a bag-shaped medicine package.

  In the present embodiment, the medicine packaging apparatus 1 is described as having one tablet take-out device 2 installed in each storage space 12 of the cassette shelf 3, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, you may make it install the tablet extraction apparatus 2 only in the storage space 12 of the cassette shelf 3 which needs installation.

<Detailed description of tablet take-out device>
Now, the tablet takeout device 2 will be described in detail below.

  FIG. 3 shows the tablet take-out device 2 of the present embodiment.

  The tablet take-out device 2 is a device that takes out the tablets 11 from the storage portion 10a of the tablet sheet 10 in which the storage portions 10a for storing the tablets 11 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the tablet take-out device 2 includes a storage unit 16, a guide unit 17, a pressing unit 18, a conveyance belt 19 (an example of a conveyance unit), a control unit 20, a sheet holding block 21, a feed belt 22, A detection sensor 23 and the like are provided.

  The accumulation unit 16 accumulates and stores the tablet sheets 10 in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet 10. Specifically, for example, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 16 has a pair of flat members parallel to the XY plane arranged in a Z-axis direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the tablet sheet 10 at a predetermined interval. It is configured to face each other. The tablet sheet 10 is stored in a vertically stacked state in a space formed between a pair of flat plate members, and the width of the pair of flat plate members in the Y-axis direction is the accumulation unit. 16 can be adjusted as appropriate according to the width of the tablet sheet 10 stored in 16.

  A feed belt 22 is provided below the lowermost sheet of the tablet sheet 10 stored in the storage unit 16, that is, below the lower member of the pair of flat plate-like members, and stacked on the storage unit 16. The lower surface of the tablet sheet 10 is in contact with the feed belt 22 while being pressed by its own weight.

  Then, by driving the feed belt 22 with an electric motor or the like, the tablet sheets 10 stored in the storage unit 16 are sequentially taken out from the lowermost sheet.

  Thus, the tablet sheet 10 taken out from the storage unit 16 by the feed belt 22 is conveyed through the tablet take-out device 2 while being guided by the guide unit 17.

  The guide portion 17 corresponds to the width of the tablet sheet 10 so that the tablet sheet 10 abuts both side edge portions 10b of the tablet sheet 10 when the tablet sheet 10 is conveyed in the direction in which the storage portions 10a are arranged (X-axis direction). The guide surface 17a is movable. Specifically, for example, in the present embodiment, the guide unit 17 has a pair of flat plate members parallel to the XZ plane in a Y-axis direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the tablet sheet 10 with a predetermined interval. It is configured to face each other.

  In addition, the guide surface 17a is a flat surface facing each other in the pair of flat plate-shaped members described above, and the distance between the guide surfaces 17a can be appropriately adjusted according to the width of the tablet sheet 10.

  A transport belt 19 (an example of a transport unit) is provided below the tablet sheet 10 guided along the guide unit 17. The transport belt 19 is provided in a pair so as to correspond to the side edge portions 10b on both sides of the tablet sheet 10, and the tablet sheet 10 is in contact with the transport belt 19 on the lower surface of the tablet sheet 10 by its own weight.

  The tablet sheet 10 is guided along the guide portion 17 until the storage portion 10a of the tablet sheet 10 is in a predetermined position with respect to the pressing portion 18 by the conveyor belt 19. It is conveyed inside. The predetermined position here is, for example, that the storage portion 10 a of the tablet sheet 10 is positioned vertically below the pressing portion 18.

  In addition, although the conveyance part demonstrated using the conveyance belt 19 in this embodiment, it is not limited to this. As a conveyance part, what can convey the inside of the tablet extraction apparatus 2 to the predetermined position for the tablet sheet 10 should just be used.

  Next, the pressing unit 18 will be described. The pressing unit 18 presses the storage unit 10 a of the tablet sheet 10. That is, the storage unit 10 a of the tablet sheet 10 conveyed to a predetermined position by the conveyance belt 19 is pushed in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet 10, and the tablet 11 is taken out from the tablet sheet 10.

  More specifically, the storage portion 10a is deformed by pressing the storage portion 10a of the tablet sheet 10 with the pressing portion 18, and the tablet 11 in the storage portion 10a is pushed down through the deformed storage portion 10a. Then, the tablet 11 is taken out in a state in which a part of the tablet 11 protrudes from the lower surface of the tablet sheet 10 by breaking the sealing film formed by sticking aluminum foil or the like on the lower surface of the tablet sheet 10. .

  The pressing portion 18 is, for example, a substantially cylindrical rod having a flat tip, and the peripheral portion of the tip is provided with a chamfer such as an R surface or a tapered surface. The tip of the pressing portion 18 is preferably made of metal having excellent wear resistance.

  Then, the transport belt 19 further transports the tablet sheet 10 in a state where the tablet 11 is at least partially removed from the tablet sheet 10 by the pressing unit 18.

  A control unit 20 is connected to such a conveyance belt 19, and the control unit 20 controls the conveyance operation of the conveyance belt 19.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a detection sensor 23 is provided in a direction (Y-axis direction) orthogonal to the conveyance direction in which the tablet sheet 10 is conveyed by the conveyance belt 19.

  And the detection position of the detection sensor 23 is set so that it may become the height which can detect the upper surface vicinity of the accommodating part 10a of the tablet sheet 10. FIG.

  That is, the detection position of the detection sensor 23 is a little lower than the upper surface of the storage portion 10a of the tablet sheet 10.

  In this way, the detection sensor 23 detects the storage portion 10a of the tablet sheet 10 and identifies that the tablet sheet 10 has been transported to a predetermined position by the transport belt 19.

  In the present embodiment, the detection sensor 23 is provided at a position where the storage unit 10a of the tablet sheet 10 conveyed under the pressing unit 18 can be detected. In other words, the tablet sheet 10 is provided at a position shifted from the center of the storage part 10a of the tablet sheet 10 below the pressing part 18 by a half length of the storage part 10a in the conveying direction of the tablet sheet 10.

  By doing in this way, the position of the storage part 10a itself to be pressed by the pressing part 18 is detected by the detection sensor 23.

  Therefore, it can be identified more reliably that the tablet sheet 10 has been conveyed to a predetermined position.

  Now, the sheet holding block 21 will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the sheet holding block 21 is provided so as to protrude from the guide surface 17 a of the guide portion 17 inward in the width direction of the tablet sheet 10 by a predetermined amount W. That is, the sheet holding block 21 protrudes by a predetermined amount W inward in the direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the tablet sheet 10.

  The amount or width W of the sheet holding block 21 protruding inward from the guide surface 17a is that the tablet sheet 10 is stored when the guide surface 17a of the guide portion 17 is in contact with the side edge portion 10b of the tablet sheet 10. What is necessary is just to make it protrude so that the sheet | seat suppression block 21 may not interfere with the part 10a (refer Fig.6 (a)).

  In the sheet holding block 21, the bottom surface 21 a on the lower side in the vertical direction is provided so as to face the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10.

  By doing in this way, when the tablet sheet 10 is deformed by warping more than a predetermined amount in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet 10, when the tablet sheet 10 is conveyed by the conveyance belt 19, the bottom surface 21 a of the sheet holding block 21. The tablet sheet 10 is transported in a state where it is in contact with the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10 in the vicinity of the side edge portion 10b of the tablet sheet 10.

  That is, the height of the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10, that is, the degree of warping of the tablet sheet 10, is determined by suppressing the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10 near the side edge 10 b of the tablet sheet 10 by the bottom surface 21 a of the tablet sheet 10. It regulates not to be higher than the height.

  And the height (distance between the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10) of the bottom face 21a of the sheet | seat suppression block 21 is made smaller than the height (thickness) of the accommodating part 10a of the tablet sheet 10. FIG.

  Accordingly, it is possible to reduce erroneous detection of the detection sensor 23 that occurs when the tablet sheet 10 is deformed, for example, warped in the thickness direction.

  That is, if the tablet sheet 10 is deformed in the thickness direction so as to exceed the height that can be detected by the detection sensor 23, it may be erroneously detected as the storage portion 10 a of the tablet sheet 10, but the sheet restraining block 21. This false detection can be reduced.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the sheet holding block 21 is provided, and the bottom surface 21 a of the sheet holding block 21 is in contact with the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10 in the vicinity of the side edge portion 10 b of the tablet sheet 10. Since 10 is conveyed by the conveyance belt 19, the curvature of the tablet sheet 10 etc. can be suppressed.

  As a result, it can be reliably identified that the tablet sheet 10 has been transported to a predetermined position by the transport belt 19, and the tablet sheet 10 can be transported accurately to a predetermined position. The tablet 11 can be taken out reliably.

  Therefore, the reliability of the tablet take-out device 2 can be improved and the efficiency of dispensing operations such as a pharmacy can be promoted, which makes it extremely easy to use.

  Further, the sheet holding block 21 is provided in the guide portion 17 so as to be movable up and down in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet 10, and the vicinity of the side edge portion 10 b of the tablet sheet 10 and the bottom surface 21 a of the sheet holding block 21 are formed on the tablet sheet 10. It is the structure which overlaps in the predetermined range in the width direction.

  Specifically, a movable mechanism 24 is provided, and the sheet holding block 21 is provided on the guide portion 17 via the movable mechanism 24.

  For example, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the movable mechanism 24 is a mechanism that allows the sheet holding block 21 to slide in the vertical direction with respect to the guide portion 17. In 24, a sheet holding block 21 is fixed at a predetermined position.

  A cylindrical pin 25 is provided on the upper surface of the guide portion 17 so as to stand upward in the vertical direction, and a hole 26 slidably fitted to the pin 25 is provided in the movable mechanism 24.

  The movable mechanism 24 is combined so as to slide in the vertical direction with respect to the guide portion 17 in a state where the hole 26 provided in the movable mechanism 24 and the pin 25 are fitted.

  In this way, the sheet holding block 21 can be moved up and down in the vertical direction with respect to the guide portion 17.

  The movable mechanism 24 is not limited to the above-described configuration, and may be any configuration that allows the sheet holding block 21 to move up and down in the vertical direction with respect to the guide portion 17.

  The sheet holding block 21 is held in the vertical direction so that the bottom surface 21a has a predetermined height.

  Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the sheet holding block 21 is lifted by a horizontal shaft 27 inserted in a horizontal direction (Y-axis direction) into a hole 21 b provided in the upper portion of the sheet holding block 21. Is held in the vertical direction.

  That is, the sheet holding block 21 is in the state shown in FIG. 6A, and in this state, when the tablet sheet 10 is conveyed by the conveying belt 19, the bottom surface 21 a of the sheet holding block 21 becomes the side edge of the tablet sheet 10. It contacts the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10 in the vicinity of the portion 10b.

  When the tablet sheet 10 is transported to a predetermined position by the transport belt 19, the horizontal shaft 27 is moved downward in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. Move in the direction. The bottom surface 21 a of the sheet holding block 21 presses the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10 in the vicinity of the side edge portion 10 b of the tablet sheet 10.

  At this time, the force for pressing the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10 may be configured to act on the horizontal shaft 27 via the elastic body 28 or the like.

  And in the state which the bottom face 21a of the sheet | seat holding | suppressing block 21 pressed down the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10 in the vicinity of the side edge part 10b of the tablet sheet 10, the press part 18 presses the accommodating part 10a of the tablet sheet 10 by continuing. Then, the tablet 11 is taken out from the tablet sheet 10.

  That is, the bottom surface 21a of the sheet holding block 21 is configured to press the surface of the tablet sheet 10 before the pressing unit 18 presses the storage unit 10a.

  By doing in this way, when the sheet | seat holding | suppressing block 21 moves up and down in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet 10 with respect to the guide part 17, the bottom face 21a of the sheet | seat holding | suppressing block 21 is predetermined in the width direction of the tablet sheet 10. The vicinity of the side edge 10b of the tablet sheet 10 is pressed within the range.

  As a result, the tablet sheet 10 is greatly deformed in the transport direction, or is broken or cut off from the dividing line portion of the tablet sheet 10. The sheet 10 is not jammed. Therefore, the reliability of the tablet take-out device 2 can be improved and the efficiency of dispensing operations such as a pharmacy can be promoted, which makes it extremely easy to use.

  Further, by pressing the upper surface of the tablet sheet 10 in the vicinity of the side edge portion 10b of the tablet sheet 10, the tablet sheet 10 is not displaced when the pressing unit 18 presses the storage unit 10a of the tablet sheet 10, The tablet 11 can be reliably taken out from the storage portion 10a of the tablet sheet 10.

  In addition, the surface of the bottom surface 21a of the sheet holding block 21 may have an uneven shape.

  Thereby, since the frictional force between the tablet sheet 10 and the bottom face 21a of the sheet holding block 21 is increased, the tablet sheet 10 can be further prevented from shifting.

  The function of the tablet taking-out device 2 will be described. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the tablet taking-out device 2 of the present embodiment. Since the configuration is already well known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, but the control unit 20 is connected to the conveyor belt 19 and the feed belt 22 via a drive unit such as a motor for driving each, and performs each operation. It is controlled.

  In addition, you may comprise this control part 20 as another unit connected so that communication with the tablet extraction apparatus 2 was possible.

<Operation of tablet take-out device>
Now, when taking out the tablet 11 from the tablet sheet 10 in the tablet taking-out device 2 of the present embodiment configured as described above, the control unit 20 executes the following procedure as shown in FIG.

  This embodiment demonstrates the case where the tablet 11 is taken out from the sheet | seat of the state in which the accommodating part 10a was located in a line in 2 rows in the tablet sheet 10, for example.

  First, the tablet sheet 10 is conveyed by the conveyance belt 19 with respect to the press part 18 to a predetermined position (S1 of FIG. 8).

  More specifically, in a state where the tablet sheet 10 is guided by the guide unit 17, the tablet take-out device 2 is moved by the transport belt 19 so that the storage unit 10 a of the tablet sheet 10 is in a predetermined position with respect to the pressing unit 18. It is conveyed in the inside.

  Subsequently, when the tablet sheet 10 is transported to a predetermined position with respect to the pressing unit 18 by the transport belt 19, the control unit 20 pushes down the pressing unit 18 via a drive unit such as a motor, and the storage unit for the tablet sheet 10 is stored. 10a is pressed (S2 in FIG. 8).

  More specifically, the pressing unit 18 presses the storage unit 10 a of the tablet sheet 10 in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet 10.

  At this time, the amount by which the storage portion 10a is pushed down by the pressing portion 18 is deformed so that the plastic portion forming the storage portion 10a of the tablet sheet 10 slightly protrudes from the lower surface of the tablet sheet 10 or does not protrude. The control unit 20 pushes down the pressing unit 18 through a driving unit such as a motor.

  Thereby, the tablet 11 stored in the storage unit 10 a of the tablet sheet 10 breaks the sealing film on the lower surface of the tablet sheet 10 and partially protrudes or falls from the lower surface of the tablet sheet 10.

  Next, in step S2 of FIG. 8, in the row opposite to the row from which the tablets 11 are taken out from the tablet sheet 10, the control unit 20 pushes down the pressing unit 18 via a drive unit such as a motor, and the tablet sheet 10 The storage portion 10a is pressed (S3 in FIG. 8).

  Thereby, the tablet 11 falls from the lower surface of the tablet sheet 10 from the row opposite to the row from which the tablets 11 are taken out from the tablet sheet 10 in step S2 of FIG.

  And the operation | movement of step S1 to step S3 of FIG. 8 is repeatedly performed until the tablet 11 takes out a desired amount from the tablet sheet 10.

  Thus, the tablet 11 is taken out from the tablet sheet 10 in the tablet taking-out apparatus 2 of the present embodiment.

  The above-described embodiments are for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drug packaging apparatus 2 Tablet taking-out apparatus 3 Cassette shelf 4 Tablet collection path 5 Drug collection hopper 6 Chemical inlet 7 Chemical packaging part 8 Drug package outlet 10 Tablet sheet 10a Storage part 10b Side edge 11 Tablet 12 Storage space 13 Drug collection Road 14 Control controller 15 Touch panel 16 Accumulating part 17 Guide part 17a Guide surface 18 Pressing part 19 Conveying belt (an example of a conveying part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Control part 21 Sheet | seat suppression block 21a Bottom face 21b Hole 22 Feed belt 23 Detection sensor 24 Movable mechanism 25 Pin 26 Hole 27 Horizontal axis 28 Elastic body

Claims (4)

A tablet take-out device for taking out the tablets from the storage part of the tablet sheet provided with at least one row of storage parts for storing tablets,
A guide portion that has a guide surface that contacts both side edge portions of the tablet sheet in a direction in which the storage portions are arranged, and is movable in the width direction of the tablet sheet;
A transport unit that transports the tablet sheet while the side edge of the tablet sheet is in contact with the guide surface;
A detection sensor for detecting the storage portion of the tablet sheet to identify that the tablet sheet has been transported to a predetermined position by the transport portion;
A pressing unit that presses the storage unit of the tablet sheet at the predetermined position where the tablet sheet is transported by the transport unit;
A sheet holding block that protrudes inward in the width direction of the tablet sheet from the guide surface of the guide portion by a predetermined amount, and is provided so that the bottom surface on the lower side in the vertical direction faces the upper surface of the tablet sheet. ,
The sheet holding block is provided in the guide portion so as to be movable up and down in the thickness direction of the tablet sheet,
A tablet take-out device in which the vicinity of the side edge of the tablet sheet and the bottom surface of the sheet holding block overlap in a predetermined range in the width direction of the tablet sheet.   The tablet take-out device according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the sheet holding block presses the surface of the tablet sheet before the pressing unit presses the storage unit.   The tablet take-out device according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the sheet holding block has irregularities on a surface that presses the surface of the tablet sheet. A tablet take-out device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A chemical packaging apparatus for collecting and packaging the tablets taken out from the tablet sheet in the tablet taking-out apparatus.