Medicine packaging apparatus and method of packaging medicine
First Claim
1. A method of packaging a medicine, comprising the following steps:
- (a) supplying a medicine based on a prescription data;
(b) allowing the supplied medicine to temporarily stand by;
(c) detecting whether the standing by medicine of step (b) accurately corresponds to the prescription data;
(d) printing medicine information on a packaging paper if the standing by medicine of step (b) is detected in step (c) to accurately correspond to the prescription data and printing error information on the packaging paper if the standing by medicine of step (b) is detected in step (c) not to accurately correspond to the prescription data;
(e) conveying the packaging paper upon which the medicine information or error information is printed in step (d); and
(f) packaging the standing by medicine in the packaging paper following the printing of step (d) and the conveying of step (e).
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Abstract
There is provided a medicine packaging method, which is capable of rapidly coping with errors occurring during processes. The medicine packaging method includes the following steps: a medicine supplying step for supplying a relevant medicine according to a prescription data; a medicine standby step for allowing the supplied medicine to temporarily stand by; a medicine detecting step for detecting the standing by medicine; a printing step for printing a packaging paper when the medicine based on the prescription data is detected; a conveying step for conveying the packaging paper; and a packaging step for supplying the temporarily standing by medicine to a printed portion of the packaging paper and packaging the medicine. The steps are performed in sequence.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of packaging a medicine, comprising the following steps:
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(a) supplying a medicine based on a prescription data; (b) allowing the supplied medicine to temporarily stand by; (c) detecting whether the standing by medicine of step (b) accurately corresponds to the prescription data; (d) printing medicine information on a packaging paper if the standing by medicine of step (b) is detected in step (c) to accurately correspond to the prescription data and printing error information on the packaging paper if the standing by medicine of step (b) is detected in step (c) not to accurately correspond to the prescription data; (e) conveying the packaging paper upon which the medicine information or error information is printed in step (d); and (f) packaging the standing by medicine in the packaging paper following the printing of step (d) and the conveying of step (e). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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