JPH03212334A - Medicine packer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To concretely instruct request of manual distributing operation and the contents for the operators at the main body, by providing a means indicating the contents of medicine distributed by the manual operation in a medicine packer with a medicine manual distributor. CONSTITUTION:The name of medicine and numbers of tablets and packs for one dose are input by use of a console 3 on distributing and packing medicine, the input contents are indicated on the main body 2 through a transmission cable 11. And the medicine name to be packed, the numbers of tablets and packs for one dose are printed out by a printer 12 in accordance with the instruction in the main body 2. Operators can be informed of the medicine name to be distributed, the numbers of tablets and packs for one dose by watching the printed contents output from the printer 12. And specified tables are treated by a medicine manual distributor 6 and every number of tablets for one dose is packed is distributed numbers by the actuation of a packing device 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to a drug packaging machine equipped with a manual drug dispensing device.

[Prior Art] In general, a drug packaging machine, for example, a tablet packaging machine, includes a large number of tablet feeders each containing a large number of tablets of one type, and tablets discharged from any tablet feeder are packaged into single doses. There is one that consists of a main body equipped with a single packaging device and an operation console that operates the main body.

Some of these tablet packaging machines are equipped with a manual tablet dispensing device for manually distributing tablets one dose at a time because they are not suitable for handling by a tablet feeder.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in conventional tablet packaging machines, tablet ejection commands to the tablet feeder and packaging operation commands to the packaging device are transmitted from a place far away from the main body via a data communication means. This is acceptable for tablets contained in a tablet feeder, but for tablets that are not contained in a tablet feeder and must be distributed manually using a tablet dispensing device, the operator may be required to Since there is no request for manual distribution and no communication of the contents through any means, apart from the data communication system, for example, a memo such as a manual distribution slip is sent from an operator at a console to the actual manual distribution work. Therefore, although it is time-consuming and troublesome to convey instructions from the operator at the console to the worker who actually performs the hand-spreading work, it is time-consuming and troublesome. There were points of inquiry such as what should be done.

This invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional methods, and utilizes a data communication means from the console to the main body to send requests for hand-seeding work and their contents to the manual-seeding worker on the main body side. The purpose of this invention is to provide a drug packaging machine that can give instructions to the user.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a drug packaging machine equipped with a manual drug dispensing device, which includes a means for specifying the content of the drug to be manually dispensed with the front handle dispensing device. It is something that

[Operation] By employing the above-mentioned means, the present invention allows the worker to confirm the request for hand-distribution and its specific contents by looking at the contents specified in the indication means.

[Example] Embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a tablet packaging machine to which the present invention is applied. The tablet packaging machine 1 is composed of a main body 2 and an operation console 3 for operating the main body 2.

The main body 2 includes a medicine cabinet 4 in which many types of tablets are housed, for example, in a large number of tablet feeders for each type, and a medicine cabinet 4 in which tablets discharged from, for example, arbitrary tablet feeders in the medicine cabinet 4 are stored in single doses. It comprises a single packaging device 5 adapted for packaging.

Furthermore, the main body 2 is provided with a manual tablet dispensing device 6 for manually distributing tablets one dose at a time in order to handle tablets that are not suitable for handling by the tablet feeder 4.

Furthermore, the main body 2 includes a medicine cabinet 4 (each tablet feeder therein).
A control device 7 is provided to control the operation of each part of the packaging device 5, manual tablet dispensing device 6, and the like.

On the other hand, the operation console 3 includes an input device 7 such as a keyboard for inputting instructions for operating the main body 2, and a display device 8 for displaying input contents of the input device on a screen. A control device 10 is provided to control the operation of each section such as 9 and the like.

The main body 2 and the console 3 are connected by a communication cable 11, and via the communication cable 11, the console 3 sends instructions on the operation contents to the main body 2, and the operation status is sent from the main body 2 to the console 3. Reports are now being sent via data communication.

Further, the main body 2 is provided with a printing device 12 for printing the contents to be distributed manually by the manual tablet distribution device 6. That is, the printing device 12 prints manual distribution information instructed from the console 3 to the main body 2 via the communication cable 11, and the manual distribution information includes the drug name of the tablet to be distributed manually. , number of tablets per dose, number of sachets, etc.

Next, the operation of the above will be explained.

When any tablet stored in the drug cabinet 4 of the main body 2 is to be packaged, the name of the drug, the number of tablets per dose, the number of packages, etc. are input using the console 3.

Then, the contents input through the console 3 are instructed from the console 3 to the main body 2 via the communication cable 11.

Upon receiving this instruction, the main body 2 selects the specified tablet from the medicine cabinet 4, discharges the tablet, and
The packaging device 5 is operated to pack the number of tablets for each dose as many as the number of packages.

Further, when tablets not stored in the medicine cabinet 4 of the main body 2 are to be packaged, the name of the medicine, the number of tablets per dose, the number of packages, etc. are input using the console 3.

Then, the contents input through the console 3 are instructed from the console 3 to the main body 2 via the communication cable 11.

The main body 2 receives this instruction and executes the instruction content, that is,
The drug name of the tablet to be packaged, the number of tablets per dose, and the number of packages are printed out by the printing device 12.

Therefore, the operator can see the printed content output from the printing device 12 and know the name of the drug, the number of tablets per dose, and the number of sachets that should not be distributed manually, and according to the instructions, After manually distributing the prescribed tablets into the tablet dispensing device 6,
The packaging device 5 is operated to pack the number of tablets for each dose as many as the number of parcels.

In the above embodiment, the content of the tablets to be distributed manually by the tablet dispensing device 6 is printed using the printing device 12, but the present invention is not limited thereto. , the contents of the tablets to be manually distributed by the manual tablet dispensing device 6 may be displayed.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the tablet packaging machine 1 is composed of the main body 2 and the operation console 3, but the present invention is not limited to this. The tablet packaging machine 1 may be configured only with the main body 2, or may be configured with only the packaging bag W5 and the manual tablet dispensing device 6 without the medicine storage 4.

Furthermore, although the above embodiment has been described as being applied to the tablet packaging machine 1, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be applied to, for example, a powder packaging machine that handles powders or other appropriate drug packaging machines. It goes without saying that the present invention can be modified in various ways to the above-described embodiments.

[Effect of the invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, the worker can confirm the request for one hand spread and its specific content by looking at the content specified in the display means. For example, it is possible to reliably perform manual distribution work without having to go through the trouble of handing notes such as manual distribution slips from the operator at the console to the worker who is actually performing the manual distribution work. It has excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A drug packaging machine equipped with a manual drug dispensing device, characterized in that a drug packaging machine is provided with means for specifying the content of the drug to be manually distributed by the manual dispensing device.