MEDICINE SUPPLY APPARATUS
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Abstract
A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided for each of the tablet cases 3 and read by an optical sensor 33 provided inside the case accommodating section 8, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motor 14 for driving a discharge drum for the tablet case 3 is checked for disconnection by being regularly energized. The operating time and the frequency of operation of parts that wear out, such as the motors, are stored for use in failure prediction. Time slots in which medicine should be taken are printed, each in a different color, by a color printing mechanism 73 on the bag 72 into which medicine is charged.
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25 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medicines, provided within a main body, a chute through which medicines discharged from the tablet cases pass, a hopper provided below the chute, and a charging device for charging medicines received by the hopper into a container such as a bag or a bottle,
the medicine supply apparatus comprising: -
a control device for adding up the cumulative operating time or the cycles of operation for each of parts that wear out provided within the main body, wherein if the cumulative operating time or cycles of operation for a part that wears out approximates a predetermined durability limit or reaches the same, the control device performs a predetermined failure indication.
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17. A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medicines, and which discharges medicine from a selected tablet case and charges the medicine into a packaging container to supply the medicine,
the medicine supply apparatus comprising a plurality of operating elements operated by being energized, the medicine supply apparatus comprising: -
a control device for controlling the operating elements; and a storage medium for storing durability limit values for the operating elements, wherein the control device stores data indicating the operating time or the frequency of operation for operating elements in the storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25-30. -30. (canceled)
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