Medicine packing apparatus
First Claim
1. A medicine packing apparatus comprising:
- medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers each having a medicine contained therein;
a relatively small number of medicine feed means on each of which one of the medicine containers is set for feeding a medicine in a quantity conforming to a prescription;
packing means for packing the medicine fed from the medicine feed means by one dose;
identification means provided for each of the medicine containers;
read means for reading medicine data from the identification means of the medicine container set on the medicine feed means;
set location memory means for memorizing the set location for the medicine container on the basis of the medicine data read by the read means; and
set location search means for searching, on the basis of the set location data for each medicine memorized in the set location memory means, the medicine feed means on which a medicine container for the medicine corresponding to the prescription is set.
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Abstract
A medicine packing apparatus includes medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers having medicines contained therein, and a comparatively small number of medicine feeders on each of which one of the large number of medicine containers is set for feeding medicine in a quantity conforming to a prescription. Store location memory means and set location memory means are provided which respectively memorize data on the store location of each individual medicine in the storage shelves and data on set location of the medicine in the feeders. If a medicine container corresponding to a prescription is not present in the set location, a search is made in the storage shelves, and then the searched location of the medicine is indicated accordingly. When a medicine container taken out from the storage shelves is set on one of the feeders, an identification device provided on the medicine container is read by a reader, and data on the set location is stored into a set location memory.
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19 Claims
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1. A medicine packing apparatus comprising:
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medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers each having a medicine contained therein; a relatively small number of medicine feed means on each of which one of the medicine containers is set for feeding a medicine in a quantity conforming to a prescription; packing means for packing the medicine fed from the medicine feed means by one dose; identification means provided for each of the medicine containers; read means for reading medicine data from the identification means of the medicine container set on the medicine feed means; set location memory means for memorizing the set location for the medicine container on the basis of the medicine data read by the read means; and set location search means for searching, on the basis of the set location data for each medicine memorized in the set location memory means, the medicine feed means on which a medicine container for the medicine corresponding to the prescription is set. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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2. A medicine packing apparatus comprising:
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medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers each having a medicine contained therein; a relatively small number of medicine feed means on each of which one of the medicine containers is set for feeding a medicine in a quantity conforming to a prescription; medicine distributing means for annularly uniformly distributing the medicine fed from the medicine feed means over a distributing board and then dividing the medicine by one dose to discharge the same; packing means for packing the medicine discharged from the medicine distributing means by one dose; identification means provided for each of the medicine containers; read means for reading medicine data from the identification means of the medicine container set on the medicine feed means; set location memory means for memorizing the set location for the medicine container on the basis of the medicine data read by the read means; and set location search means for searching, on the basis of the set location data for each medicine memorized in the set location memory means, the medicine feed means on which a medicine container for the medicine corresponding to the prescription is set.
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14. A medicine packing apparatus comprising:
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medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers each having a medicine contained therein; a plurality of hoppers for receiving a medicine dispensed according to a prescription data; medicine distributing means for annularly uniformly distributing the medicine fed from the hoppers on a distributing board and then dividing the medicine by one dose to discharge the same; packing means for packing the medicine discharged from the medicine distributing means by one dose; identification means provided for each of the medicine containers; read means for reading the medicine data from the identification means of the medicine taken out from the medicine storage shelves; and medicine check means for checking the medicine by comparing the medicine data read by the read means with the prescription data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A medicine delivery apparatus comprising:
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medicine storage shelves for storing a large number of medicine containers each having a medicine contained therein; a relatively small number of medicine delivery means on each of which one of the medicine containers is set for delivering a medicine in a quantity conforming to a prescription; identification means provided for each of the medicine containers; read means for reading medicine data from the identification means of the medicine container set on the medicine delivery means; set location memory means for memorizing the set location for the medicine container on the basis of the medicine data read by the read means; and set location search means for searching, on the basis of the set location data for each medicine memorized in the set location memory means, the medicine delivery means on which a medicine container for the medicine corresponding to the prescription is set. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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