Drug packing apparatus
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1. A drug packing apparatus, comprising:
- a drug storing section, said drug storing section including a plurality of drug cases each formed in a shape of vertically elongate tubular member and extending upwardly to within the same height as the entire drug storing section and arranged along a horizontal plane within the drug storing section; and
said drug cases each have a drug holding section at the upper part thereof, a mechanical section at the lower part thereof having an opening for drug supply at the top end thereof and a drug outlet at the bottom end thereof to thereby lead drug pieces from said drug cases into said mechanical portion and separate the pieces in said mechanical portion in an ordered arrangement and deliver the pieces one by one from said drug outlet;
a packing machine disposed below said storing section for making packs;
a transfer mechanism for collectively transferring into one pack a predetermined number of drugs discharged from selected drug cases; and
a control unit for controlling the discharging of the drugs from said drug cases and the operation of the transfer mechanism.
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Abstract
The drug packing apparatus, provided with: a drug storing section in the upper portion of its casing; a packing machine in its lower portion, for making drug packs; a multiplicity of elongate tablet cases which extend upwardly and are in planar arrangement to one another; a transfer mechanism for collectively transferring into a pack a predetermined number of drugs extracted from a selected drug cases and sealing the pack; and a transport means for delivering the packs out of the drug packing apparatus.
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1. A drug packing apparatus, comprising:
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a drug storing section, said drug storing section including a plurality of drug cases each formed in a shape of vertically elongate tubular member and extending upwardly to within the same height as the entire drug storing section and arranged along a horizontal plane within the drug storing section; and said drug cases each have a drug holding section at the upper part thereof, a mechanical section at the lower part thereof having an opening for drug supply at the top end thereof and a drug outlet at the bottom end thereof to thereby lead drug pieces from said drug cases into said mechanical portion and separate the pieces in said mechanical portion in an ordered arrangement and deliver the pieces one by one from said drug outlet; a packing machine disposed below said storing section for making packs; a transfer mechanism for collectively transferring into one pack a predetermined number of drugs discharged from selected drug cases; and a control unit for controlling the discharging of the drugs from said drug cases and the operation of the transfer mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A drug packing apparatus, comprising:
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a drug storing section including a plurality of elongate drug cases which extend upwardly and are in planar arrangement to one another, a packing machine disposed below said storing section for making packs; drug pack transport means for delivering the packs to the outlet of the apparatus, which transport means comprises; an L-shaped frame having an outlet; at least two pairs of rollers mounted on the opposite ends of the frame; a driving pulley mounted at one corner of the frame; two flat belts each trained over an associated pair of said rollers, forming double layered conveyers extending between the upper and lower end of the frame; and a tension means for displacing the shafts of the rollers in the directions away from the belt, wherein said drug pack transport means is adapted to pinch at the lower end of the frame a series of said packs between the flat belt, and to convey the packs to the frame outlet.
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10. A drug packing apparatus, comprising:
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a drug storing section including a plurality of elongate drug cases which extend upwardly and are in planar arrangement to one another; said drug cases each have a form of an elongated tubular member whose upper portion forms a drug holding section and lower portion forms a mechanical section, said mechanical section comprising; a cylinder having a hole through its longitudinal central axis and bisected into two semi-cylinders; a driving shaft for supporting and alternately driving the semi-cylinders up and down; a multiplicity of pawls which comes in and out of said cylinder in association with the upward and downward motion of the semi-cylinders, to thereby line-up and separate the drugs in the drug holding section, and discharge them from the lower end of the mechanical section one by one by the action of the pawls; a packing machine disposed below said storing section for making packs; a transfer mechanism for collectively transferring into one pack a predetermined number of drugs discharged from selected drug cases; and a control unit for controlling the discharging of the drugs from said drug cases and the operation of the transfer mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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