Tablet packaging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016244192-A1
Application number	US-201615147352-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 5, 2016
Priority date	Nov 26, 2010
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A packaging section of a tablet packaging device includes: a placement base of a tray; a drawer storing the placement bas; a carrier provided with compartments corresponding to the storage concave portions of the tray; a drive device of the carrier; a shutter opening/closing; a bottom of the carrier; and an opening/closing device of the shutter. The drive device performs a step of defining a tablet discharge position on the tray as an original position and returning to the original position through a tablet reception start position and a tablet reception end position which are set below a discharge opening. A step of sequentially moving each compartment of the carrier below the discharge opening from the tablet reception start position to the tablet reception end position during the step to receive one tray of tablets is performed. When the carrier returns to the discharge position, the shutter is opened.

First claim

1 . A tablet packaging device comprising:
a packaging part provided below a discharge opening for tablets discharged in accordance with a prescription; and a tray having a prescribed number of storage concavities divided into a plurality of rows and columns placed on the packaging part, the respective storage concavities being configured to store tablets discharged from the discharge opening; wherein the packaging part comprises a mounting platform for the tray and a moving device for the mounting platform, a carrier provided with compartments opened at a top and a bottom which selectively coincide with positions of the storage concavities of the tray and a drive device for the carrier, and a shutter provided on base of the carrier so as to open and close the compartments and an opening/closing device for the shutter; and wherein the moving device of the mounting platform comprises a drawer provided so as to be freely drawn into and out of the packaging part, said mounting platform being installed inside the drawer; and the mounting platform is set so as to be in a tray handling position outside the packing part when the drawer is pulled out and in a standby position inside the packaging part when the drawer is pushed in; and a monitor for at least one of displaying a tablet dispensing status, providing a number of tablets for a medicine dosing period and confirming a discharge of tablets, the monitor indicating an automatic dispensing status into the tray, when tablets are unable to be at least one of automatically dispensed and stored in a respective one of the storage concavities the tablets may be at least one of manually dispensed and stored, the monitor providing an indication of at least one of dispensing positions and a quantity of tablets in the storage cavities for a current dispensing of tablets, dispensing positions and quantity of tablets in the storage cavities for a current dispensing of tablets, and dispensing positions and quantity of tablets in the storage cavities for a next dispensing of tablets.

2 . The tablet packaging device of claim 1 wherein the opening/closing device of the shutter executes a process of opening the shutter to store the tablets received by the carrier in the respective storage concavities which are in the standby position

Assignees

• Yuyama Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shigeyama Yasuhiro
• Iwatani Takashi

Classifications

• A61J7/04

  Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers · CPC title

• B65B65/08

  Devices for counting or registering the number of articles handled, or the number of packages produced by the machine · CPC title

• B65B57/10

  responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged · CPC title

• B65B5/103 Primary

  for packaging pills or tablets · CPC title

• A61J7/0069

  Trays for holding or distributing medicines (display trays A47F3/14; serving trays A47G23/06) · CPC title