Medication Sachet Packaging Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019201284-A1
Application number	US-201716323501-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	Aug 5, 2016
Publication date	Jul 4, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A medicine dispensing apparatus comprises a medicine containing/dispensing unit ( 11 ) for supplying medicines of various kinds; a medicine wrapping part ( 45 ) for wrapping the medicine supplied from the medicine containing/dispensing unit ( 11 ) for every one dose package by a dispensing paper (S); a medicine wrapping hopper ( 73 ) for falling down the medicine for one dose package into a dispensing paper S in the medicine wrapping part ( 45 ) and a medicine check part ( 5 ) for determining depending on a photographed image of the medicine wrapping hopper ( 73 ) whether or not the medicine is adheres to the introduction part.

First claim

1 . A medicine dispensing apparatus comprising:
a medicine supply part for supplying medicines of various kinds; a medicine wrapping part for wrapping the medicine supplied from the medicine supply part for every one dose package by a dispensing paper; an introduction member for introducing the medicine for one dose package into the dispensing paper in the medicine wrapping part; and a medicine check part for determining based on a photographed image of the introduction part whether or not the medicine is adheres to the introduction part.

2 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the medicine check part comprises;
an introduction member photographing part for photographing the introduction member and a determination part for determining the adhesion of the medicine in the introduction member based on comparison between the image photographed by the introduction part photographing part and a basic image photographed under a condition that the medicine does not adhere to the introduction member.

3 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the medicine check part comprises a medicine number check part used for counting number of medicines for one dose package at an upper stream side of the introduction member.

4 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the medicine number check part receives the medicine for one dose package and photographs the medicine before the medicines for one dose package are introduced into the dispensing paper in the medicine wrapping part by the introduction member.

5 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the medicine number check part comprises;
a medicine receiving plate part having a plurality of bottomless openings along to a same circumference about a rotation axis, a medicine receiving bottom part functioning as a bottom of the bottomless opening part and having a wrapping opening for supplying the medicine in the bottomless opening part into the introduction part at a particular position that the bottomless opening part is located with respect to a rotation of the medicine receiving plate part, wherein the bottomless opening part is supplied with the medicine from the medicine supply part.

6 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein overlap of the medicines in the bottomless opening is cancelled by rotating normally and reversely the medicine receiving plate part.

7 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a lateral face of a position at a far side from a rotation axis of the medicine receiving plate part has an inclined shape slanting apart from the rotational axis as going to an upper side.

8 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein among lateral wall faces of each bottomless opening part, at least lateral wall face at a position of a far side from a rotation axis of the medicine receiving plate part is formed continuously to have an angle between a plurality of angled edge parts.

9 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 8 , wherein one of joint positions between adjacent edges is positioned farthest from the rotation axis.

10 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the medicine receiving plate part is made to rotate normally and reversely if number of medicines counted by using the medicine number check part is different from the number to be present.

11 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the medicine receiving bottom part has a light passing part at the other particular position that the bottomless opening part is located with respect to a rotation of the medicine receiving plate part, and the medicine number checking part comprises a lighting part for projecting lighting light to the light passing part from a lower side of the light passing part of the medicine receiving bottom part and a photographing part for counting that guides the light projected from the lighting part and passed to an upper side through the light passing part toward an imaging element.

12 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the photographing part for counting comprises a reflection member positioned such that a reflection face is inclined at an upper position of the light passing part of the medicine receiving bottom part, and the imaging element is positioned to receive the light reflected by the reflection face of the reflection member and propagated to a direction almost parallel to an upper face of the medicine receiving plate part at a position outside the medicine receiving plate part.

13 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the reflection member is positioned such that an elevation angle of the reflection face becomes not more than 45 degrees.

14 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a shape of a lower ends of each bottomless opening part in the medicine receiving part and a shape of an upper end of the introduction member of the medicine receiving bottom part is the same with each other.

15 . The medicine dispensing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the medicine check part comprises a seal photographing part for photographing a wrapping seal part in the medicine wrapping part from an upper side of the introduction part.

Assignees

• Yuyama Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Koike Naoki
• Fukamori Ryosuke

Classifications

• G07G1/0045

  with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader · CPC title

• G07F11/68

  in which the articles are torn or severed from strips or sheets · CPC title

• A61J1/03 Primary

  for pills or tablets (containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04) · CPC title

• A61J7/0076

  Medicament distribution means (with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00) · CPC title

• B65B5/103 Primary

  for packaging pills or tablets · CPC title