JP2012075754A

JP2012075754A - Ptp cassette

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Publication number: JP2012075754A
Application number: JP2010225280A
Authority: JP
Inventors: Yoshito Omura; 義人大村; Hideaki Hirobe; 英明廣部
Original assignee: Tosho Inc
Current assignee: Tosho Inc
Priority date: 2010-10-04
Filing date: 2010-10-04
Publication date: 2012-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 2030-10-04
Also published as: JP5455859B2

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain a PTP cassette 10 which is insusceptible to the material and stiffness of PTP-packaged medicines 8 and furthermore an end condition and has a wide range of applications and permits the medicines to be discharged at high speeds.SOLUTION: The PTP cassette 10 includes: an aligned storage portion 11 storing the PTP-packed medicines 8 vertically stacked in a lying condition; and sequentially discharging mechanisms 15 to 18 moving them forward by bringing action portions 16 into contact with the lowermost of the PTP-packaged medicines 8 at the inside bottom of the aligned storage portion 11, wherein the PTP cassette transversely feeds the PTP-packaged medicines 8 sequentially from the bottom and discharges them forward from a discharge opening 14. The sequentially discharging mechanisms 15 to 18 rotate the action portions 16 along a vertical plane by rotating the mechanisms 15, the action portions 16 move forward at the inside bottom of the aligned storage portion 11 at the uppermost portion where the action portions get into the gaps of front and rear protruding portions 8c and are rotating, the action portions 16 butt the protruding portions 8c at the time when the action portions 16 move forward and cause the PTP-packaged medicines 8 to be transversely delivered if the PTP-packaged medicines 8 keep protruding portion-forming surfaces 8b faced down at the inside bottoms of the storage space.

Description

この発明は、ＰＴＰ包装した薬剤またはそれと等価な薬剤（以下、ＰＴＰ包装剤等と呼ぶ）を整列収納して順次排出するＰＴＰカセットに関し、詳しくは、ＰＴＰ包装剤等を積み重ねて多数保持するとともに下から順に長手方向へ横送りして排出するＰＴＰカセットに関する。なお、ＰＴＰカセットは、一体物に纏められていることもあれば、着脱式の複数部分たとえば整列収納部と順次排出機構とに分かれていることもある。 The present invention relates to a PTP cassette for arranging and storing PTP-packed medicines or equivalent medicines (hereinafter referred to as PTP packaging agents, etc.) and sequentially discharging them. Specifically, the PTP packaging agents are stacked and held in large numbers. The present invention relates to a PTP cassette that is laterally fed in the longitudinal direction and discharged. Note that the PTP cassette may be integrated into a single unit, or may be divided into a plurality of detachable parts such as an alignment storage unit and a sequential discharge mechanism.

片面８ａが平坦で他面８ｂに薬剤を閉じ込めたポケット（突起部）８ｃが縦横に形成されているＰＴＰ包装剤８を対象として（図７参照）、それぞれを横向きの姿勢にしたうえで積み重ねて多数保持するとともに下から順に長手方向へ横送りして順次排出するようになったＰＴＰカセットが、幾つか知られている（例えば特許文献１〜６参照）。
何れのＰＴＰカセットも、収納空間を画する箱状の整列収納部と、その下に固定の又は着脱式の順次排出機構とを備えており、そのうち整列収納部は、ＰＴＰ包装剤等を各々は横にしたうえで内底部材（収納空間底部材）の上面に載せて縦に積み重ねて整列収納させた状態で保持するようになっており、順次排出機構は、整列収納部に保持されているＰＴＰ包装剤等を下から順に横送りして前方へ排出するようになっている。 For PTP packaging material 8 in which pockets (protrusions) 8c in which one side 8a is flat and a drug is confined in the other side 8b are formed vertically and horizontally (see FIG. 7), Several PTP cassettes that hold a large number and are laterally fed in the longitudinal direction sequentially from the bottom and sequentially discharged are known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 6).
Each PTP cassette is provided with a box-shaped alignment storage portion that defines a storage space, and a fixed or detachable sequential discharge mechanism underneath, and the alignment storage portion includes a PTP packaging agent and the like. After being placed horizontally, it is placed on the upper surface of the inner bottom member (storage space bottom member) and vertically stacked so as to be aligned and stored, and the discharge mechanism is sequentially held by the alignment storage unit. A PTP packaging agent or the like is laterally fed in order from the bottom and discharged forward.

整列収納部は、何れのカセットでも構成が似ており、整列状態維持のため内底部材の上の収納空間が前板と両側板で囲まれているが、ＰＴＰ包装剤等の補充のため、上面が解放されている。また、必須ではないが、補充作業容易化のため後背面まで解放されたり、整列状態安定化のため収納空間の内底部材が少し前下がりに傾けられたりしている。さらに、横送り排出のため、前板のうち内底部材の前端のところが切り欠かれて、排出口が形成されており、排出確認のため排出口の下方には排出センサが置かれている。 The arrangement storage section is similar in configuration in any cassette, and the storage space on the inner bottom member is surrounded by the front plate and both side plates in order to maintain the alignment state. The top surface is open. In addition, although not essential, the rear rear surface is released for facilitating replenishment work, or the inner bottom member of the storage space is tilted slightly forward to stabilize the alignment state. Furthermore, for lateral feed discharge, the front plate is cut out at the front end of the inner bottom member to form a discharge port, and a discharge sensor is placed below the discharge port for discharge confirmation.

順次排出機構は、ＰＴＰ包装剤等のうち最下のものに接触作用する可動部材と、この可動部材を運動させて最下のＰＴＰ包装剤等を前送りさせる駆動機構とを備えている点は、何れのカセットにも共通しているが、可動部材がＰＴＰ包装剤８の平坦面８ａに摩擦作用する回転輪であって駆動機構がその回転輪を収納空間の内底で自転させる回転駆動機構になっている平坦面摩擦タイプと（特許文献１〜２参照）、可動部材がＰＴＰ包装剤８の後端８ｄに当接作用する引掛部材や押出部材であって駆動機構がその可動部材を内底部材に沿って前送りする機構になっている後端当接タイプとがある（特許文献３〜６参照）。 The sequential discharge mechanism is provided with a movable member that contacts the lowest one of the PTP packaging materials and the like, and a drive mechanism that moves the movable member to advance the lowest PTP packaging material and the like. Although common to all cassettes, the movable member is a rotating wheel that frictionally acts on the flat surface 8a of the PTP packaging material 8, and the driving mechanism rotates the rotating wheel on the inner bottom of the storage space. A flat surface friction type (see Patent Documents 1 and 2), and a movable member is a hooking member or a pushing member that abuts against the rear end 8d of the PTP packaging material 8, and the drive mechanism includes the movable member inside. There is a rear end abutting type that is a mechanism for forward feeding along the bottom member (see Patent Documents 3 to 6).

特開平１０−７５９８９号公報（図３）Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-75989 (FIG. 3) 特開２００８−３０１８７０号公報JP 2008-301870 A 特開２００９−１３１５６０号公報JP 2009-131560 A 特開２００９−１６５６７５号公報JP 2009-165675 A 特開２００９−２９７４６６号公報JP 2009-297466 A 特開２０１０−０１７３７２号公報JP 2010-017372 A

しかしながら、このような従来のＰＴＰカセットでは、タイプによって一長一短がある。具体的には、平坦面摩擦タイプは、立てておけないほど柔らかいＰＴＰ包装剤等であっても逐次排出できるという利点を持つ一方で、滑りやすいＰＴＰ包装剤等には適さないし、高速化が難しい。これに対し、後端当接タイプは、シートのカール性の大きなＰＴＰ包装剤等でも迅速に順次排出できるという利点を持つ一方で、腰のないＰＴＰ包装剤等や，端部が曲がったり潰れたりして可動部材との当り具合の悪いＰＴＰ包装剤等にはあまり適さない。このため、両者の利点を併せ持った安価なＰＴＰカセットの開発が望まれる。
そこで、ＰＴＰ包装剤等の材質や剛性さらには端部状態の影響を受け難くて適用範囲が広く高速排出も可能なＰＴＰカセットを実現することが技術的な課題となる。 However, such a conventional PTP cassette has advantages and disadvantages depending on the type. Specifically, the flat surface friction type has the advantage that even a PTP packaging material that is so soft that it cannot stand up can be discharged sequentially, but is not suitable for a slippery PTP packaging material, and it is difficult to increase the speed. . On the other hand, the rear-end contact type has the advantage of being able to quickly and sequentially discharge PTP packaging with a large sheet curl property, etc., while the end portion is bent or crushed. Therefore, it is not suitable for a PTP packaging agent having poor contact with the movable member. For this reason, development of an inexpensive PTP cassette having both advantages is desired.
Therefore, it is a technical problem to realize a PTP cassette that is not easily affected by the material, rigidity, and end state of the PTP packaging material and that has a wide application range and can be discharged at high speed.

本発明のＰＴＰカセットは（解決手段１）、このような課題を解決するために創案されたものであり、片面が平坦で他面には突起部が形成されているＰＴＰ包装の薬剤またはそれと等価な薬剤を各々は横にしたうえで縦に積み重ねて整列収納させた状態で保持する整列収納部と、前記薬剤のうち最下のものに前記整列収納部の内底で作用部を接触させて前進させる順次排出機構とを備えていて、前記薬剤を下から順に横送りして前記整列収納部の排出口から前方へ排出するＰＴＰカセットにおいて、前記順次排出機構が、前記作用部を回転機構にて鉛直面に沿って旋回させるものであり、前記作用部が、前記薬剤の前記他面で前後に並んだ前記突起部の間隙に入りうるものであって旋回中の最上位置では前記整列収納部の内底で前進するようになっており、前記薬剤が前記収納空間の内底で前記他面を下にしていれば前記作用部の前進時には前記作用部が前記突起部に当接して前記薬剤を横送りするようになっていることを特徴とする。 The PTP cassette of the present invention (Solution 1) was created in order to solve such problems, and is a PTP-packaging drug in which one side is flat and a protrusion is formed on the other side, or an equivalent thereof. Each medicine is placed horizontally and then vertically stacked and held in an aligned storage state, and the action part is brought into contact with the bottom of the medicines at the inner bottom of the alignment storage part. A sequential discharge mechanism for advancing, and in the PTP cassette for laterally feeding the medicines sequentially from the bottom and discharging them forward from the discharge port of the alignment storage unit, the sequential discharge mechanism uses the action unit as a rotation mechanism. And the action portion can enter a gap between the protrusions arranged on the other side of the medicine in the front and rear direction, and the alignment storage portion at the uppermost position during the turn. To move forward at the bottom of If the medicine is on the inner bottom of the storage space with the other side down, the action part abuts on the protrusion when the action part advances, and the medicine is laterally fed. It is characterized by being.

また、本発明のＰＴＰカセットは（解決手段２）、上記解決手段１のＰＴＰカセットであって、長手方向を前後に向けた条材が前記収納空間の内底に設けられていて、前記他面を下にして前記薬剤を前記収納空間の内底に置くと前記条材が前記薬剤の前記突起部の間に収まって又は横に来て前記薬剤が前記条材によって前後方向移動可能状態で支承されるようになっていることを特徴とする。 Further, the PTP cassette of the present invention is (Solution means 2), which is the PTP cassette of the above-mentioned solution means 1, wherein a strip material with the longitudinal direction facing forward and backward is provided on the inner bottom of the storage space, and the other surface When the medicine is placed on the inner bottom of the storage space with the face down, the strip is placed between the projections of the medicine or comes to the side so that the medicine is supported by the strip in a state of being movable in the front-rear direction. It is characterized by being adapted.

さらに、本発明のＰＴＰカセットは（解決手段３）、上記解決手段１，２のＰＴＰカセットであって、前記薬剤のうち前記排出口から出てきたものを上下から挟んで前送りする排出ローラ対が、前記排出口より前の所に設けられていることを特徴とする。 Further, the PTP cassette of the present invention (Solution means 3) is a PTP cassette of the above solution means 1 and 2, wherein a pair of discharge rollers for feeding forward the medicine that has come out from the discharge port from above and below. Is provided in front of the discharge port.

このような本発明のＰＴＰカセットにあっては（解決手段１）、作用部が突起部に当接して薬剤を横送りするようになっているので、シートのカール性の大きなＰＴＰ包装剤等でも迅速に順次排出できるという後端当接タイプの利点が引き継がれている。しかも、当接タイプであっても、当接部位が、薄い平板状で変形しやすいシート端部でなく、端部より内寄りの所に形成されているうえ小さな立体形状で変形しにくい突起部になっているので、腰の強くないＰＴＰ包装剤等であっても逐次排出できるという平坦面摩擦タイプのものだった利点も取り込んでいる。また、平坦面を下にしたＰＴＰ包装剤等は排出しないので、そのような誤収納に起因する不所望な二枚出し等も防止される。
したがって、この発明によれば、ＰＴＰ包装剤等の材質や剛性さらには端部状態の影響を受け難くて適用範囲が広く高速排出も可能なＰＴＰカセットを実現することができる。 In such a PTP cassette of the present invention (Solution means 1), since the action part comes into contact with the protrusion and the medicine is laterally fed, even with a PTP packaging agent having a large curl property of the sheet, etc. The advantage of the rear end contact type that can be quickly and sequentially discharged is inherited. Moreover, even if it is a contact type, the contact portion is not a thin flat plate shape that is easily deformed, but is formed at a position closer to the inside than the end portion, and has a small three-dimensional shape that is difficult to deform. Therefore, the advantage of the flat surface friction type that can be discharged sequentially even if the PTP packaging agent is not strong is incorporated. In addition, since the PTP packaging agent or the like with the flat surface down is not discharged, undesired two-sheet removal due to such erroneous storage is prevented.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a PTP cassette that is not easily affected by the material, rigidity, and end state of the PTP packaging material, has a wide application range, and can be discharged at high speed.

また、本発明のＰＴＰカセットにあっては（解決手段２）、薬剤の突起部形成面のうち突起部と突起部との間や突起部の横の所が条材に載った状態で薬剤が条材により可動支承されるようにしたことにより、薬剤の過剰変形が防止されるとともに、薬剤の前送り時の案内についても、相対的に軟弱な端部だけでなく、相対的に剛強な突起部までも役立つことになって、腰のないＰＴＰ包装剤等でも安定して確実に前方へ送り出すことができる。 Moreover, in the PTP cassette of the present invention (Solution means 2), the drug is placed in a state in which the portion between the protrusions and the protrusions on the protrusion forming surface of the drug is placed on the strip. By being supported by the strip material, it is possible to prevent excessive deformation of the drug and to guide the drug when it is fed forward, not only the relatively soft end but also a relatively strong protrusion. Even the part can be useful, and even a non-waist PTP packaging agent can be stably and reliably sent forward.

さらに、本発明のＰＴＰカセットにあっては（解決手段３）、薬剤が排出口から出た部分まで排出ローラ対で能動的に前送りされるので、腰のないＰＴＰ包装剤等でも安定して確実にカセット外へ送り出すことができる。しかも、上述したように排出口から出てくる薬剤が確実に一枚だけに絞り込まれているので、それを排出ローラ対で上下から挟むことに不都合はなく、ＰＴＰ包装剤等を排出ローラ対で上下から挟みつつ引き込むことにより、ＰＴＰ包装剤等の曲がりや捻れといった変形が抑制されるので、薬剤排出が安定かつ円滑に行われることとなる。 Furthermore, in the PTP cassette of the present invention (Solution means 3), since the medicine is actively forwarded by the pair of discharge rollers to the portion where the medicine comes out from the discharge port, it is stable even with a PTP packaging agent or the like having no waist. It can be reliably sent out of the cassette. In addition, as described above, the medicine coming out from the discharge port is surely narrowed down to only one sheet, so there is no inconvenience in sandwiching it from above and below with the discharge roller pair, and the PTP packaging agent etc. By pulling in while pinching from above and below, deformation such as bending or twisting of the PTP packaging agent or the like is suppressed, so that drug discharge is performed stably and smoothly.

本発明の実施例１について、ＰＴＰカセットの構造を示し、（ａ）が外観斜視図、（ｂ）が内部透視図、（ｃ）が縦断面図である。The structure of a PTP cassette is shown about Example 1 of this invention, (a) is an external appearance perspective view, (b) is an internal perspective view, (c) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view. （ａ）がＰＴＰ包装剤を収納して排出態勢を整えたカセット要部の縦断面図、（ｂ）〜（ｃ）がＰＴＰ包装剤排出時のカセット要部の縦断面図である。(A) is the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the cassette principal part which accommodated the PTP packaging agent and arranged the discharge | emission system, (b)-(c) is the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the cassette principal part at the time of PTP packaging agent discharge | emission. 誤って上下反転収納されたＰＴＰ包装剤が最下に来たときのカセット要部の縦断面図である。It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a cassette main part when the PTP packaging agent stored upside down by mistake has come to the bottom. 本発明の実施例２について、ＰＴＰカセットの縦断面図である。It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a PTP cassette about Example 2 of this invention. 本発明の実施例３について、（ａ）〜（ｅ）、何れも、回転機構と作用部の斜視図である。About Example 3 of this invention, (a)-(e), all are perspective views of a rotation mechanism and an action part. 本発明の実施例４について、（ａ）〜（ｃ）、何れも、ＰＴＰ包装剤とそれを支承する条材との斜視図である。About Example 4 of this invention, (a)-(c), all are perspective views of a PTP packaging agent and the strip material which supports it. ＰＴＰ包装剤の外観を示し、（ａ）が突起部を上にした状態の側面図、（ｂ）が突起部形成面の斜視図、（ｃ）が突起部を下にした状態の側面図である。The external appearance of a PTP packaging agent is shown, (a) is a side view with the protruding portion up, (b) is a perspective view of the protruding portion forming surface, and (c) is a side view with the protruding portion down. is there.

このような本発明のＰＴＰカセットについて、これを実施するための具体的な形態を、以下の実施例１〜４により説明する。
図１〜３に示した実施例１は、上述した解決手段１〜２（出願当初の請求項１〜２）を具現化したものであり、図４に示した実施例２は、上述した解決手段３（出願当初の請求項３）も具現化したものであり、図５に示した実施例３や、図６に示した実施例４は、それらの変形例である。
なお、それらの図示に際しては、簡明化等のため、ボルト等の締結具や，ヒンジ等の連結具，電動モータ等の駆動源，ギヤ等の伝動部材，モータドライバ等の電気回路，コントローラ等の電子回路などは図示を割愛し、発明の説明に必要なものや関連するものを中心に図示した。 Specific examples for carrying out the PTP cassette of the present invention will be described with reference to the following Examples 1 to 4.
The embodiment 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 embodies the above-described solving means 1 and 2 (claims 1 and 2 as originally filed), and the embodiment 2 shown in FIG. The means 3 (claim 3 at the beginning of the application) is also embodied, and the third embodiment shown in FIG. 5 and the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 6 are modifications thereof.
In the drawings, for the sake of simplicity, fasteners such as bolts, coupling tools such as hinges, drive sources such as electric motors, transmission members such as gears, electric circuits such as motor drivers, controllers, etc. The electronic circuit and the like are not shown in the figure, and those necessary and related to the explanation of the invention are mainly shown.

本発明のＰＴＰカセットの実施例１について、その具体的な構成を、図面を引用して説明する。図１は、（ａ）がＰＴＰカセット１０の外観斜視図、（ｂ）が内部透視図、（ｃ）が縦断面図である。 A specific configuration of the PTP cassette according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1A is an external perspective view of the PTP cassette 10, FIG. 1B is an internal perspective view, and FIG. 1C is a longitudinal sectional view.

このＰＴＰカセット１０は、ＰＴＰ包装剤８などの薬剤を各々は横にしたうえで縦に積み重ねて整列収納させた状態で保持する箱体１１（整列収納部）と、その中の薬剤を下から順に横送りして前方へ排出する順次排出機構１５〜１８とを具えたものであり、ＰＴＰ包装剤８を横にするときに平坦面８ａ（片面）を上側にし薬剤収納用の突起部８ｃ（ポケット）のある突起部形成面８ｂ（他面）を下側にし、その横向き状態で箱体１１の収納空間に収めたＰＴＰ包装剤８を逐次排出するようになっている。 The PTP cassette 10 includes a box 11 (alignment storage unit) for holding drugs such as PTP packaging agent 8 in a state of being horizontally stacked and aligned and stored, and a drug contained therein from below. It is provided with sequential discharge mechanisms 15 to 18 that sequentially feed horizontally and forward, and when the PTP packaging material 8 is laid sideways, the flat surface 8a (one side) faces upward and the projection 8c for storing medicine ( The protruding portion forming surface 8b (the other surface) having the pocket) is on the lower side, and the PTP packaging material 8 housed in the storage space of the box 11 is sequentially discharged in the lateral direction.

箱体１１は、整列収納のため鉛直な前板と左右の鉛直な側板と水平な外底板とを具えているが、補充容易化のため上面と後背面は解放されている。箱体１１の前面には、補充時の薬品確認やバーコード入力作業が容易かつ的確に行えるよう、例えばＰＴＰ包装剤８の品名や識別コードを印刷したラベル１２が貼り付けられている。箱体１１の前面の下部には、ＰＴＰ包装剤８が順次排出されるときに通過する排出口１４が開口形成されており、排出口１４の上側部分には横幅のほぼ全域に亘って排出口高さを調整しうる調整板１３が垂れ下がっている。なお、最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８を載せて下から支える内底部材は、箱体１１そのものには無く、順次排出機構１５〜１８の上部が兼用している。 The box body 11 includes a vertical front plate, left and right vertical side plates, and a horizontal outer bottom plate for alignment and storage, but the upper surface and the rear rear surface are open for easy refilling. On the front surface of the box 11, for example, a label 12 on which a product name or an identification code of the PTP packaging material 8 is attached is attached so that the medicine check at the time of replenishment and the barcode input operation can be easily and accurately performed. A discharge port 14 through which the PTP packaging material 8 is sequentially discharged is formed in the lower portion of the front surface of the box 11, and the discharge port is formed in the upper portion of the discharge port 14 over almost the entire width. An adjustment plate 13 capable of adjusting the height is suspended. Note that the inner bottom member on which the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 is placed and supported from below is not provided in the box 11 itself, and the upper portions of the discharge mechanisms 15 to 18 are also used sequentially.

順次排出機構１５〜１８は、回転機構１５と作用部１６と排出センサ１７と条材１８と図示しない電動モータと伝動部材とコントローラ（制御回路，制御装置）とを具えたものであり、最も下の外底板の上に設けられて、箱体１１の収納空間の下に位置し、箱体１１の内底で最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８に作用部１６を接触させて前進させるものである。
回転機構１５は、前後に並んで複数個が設けられており、各機構が、左右に延びた水平な回転軸１５ａと、回転軸１５ａから径方向に延びて作用部１６を支持する旋回基部１５ｂと、回転軸１５ａと同心で径は太いが左右方向・軸方向の長さが短い円板状の円板部１５ｃとを具えたものであり、回転軸１５ａが、ギヤやベルトなどの適宜な伝動部材を介して電動モータの駆動によって、上側を前進させる回転方向で、軸回転させられるようになっている。 The sequential discharge mechanisms 15 to 18 include a rotation mechanism 15, an action part 16, a discharge sensor 17, a strip 18, an electric motor (not shown), a transmission member, and a controller (control circuit, control device). Is provided below the storage space of the box body 11, and the action portion 16 is brought into contact with the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 on the inner bottom of the box body 11 to advance.
A plurality of rotation mechanisms 15 are provided side by side in the front-rear direction, and each mechanism has a horizontal rotation shaft 15a extending to the left and right, and a turn base 15b that extends from the rotation shaft 15a in the radial direction and supports the action portion 16. And a disc-shaped disk portion 15c that is concentric with the rotation shaft 15a and has a large diameter but a short length in the left-right direction and the axial direction. The rotation shaft 15a is appropriately connected to a gear or a belt. By driving the electric motor through the transmission member, the shaft is rotated in the rotational direction in which the upper side moves forward.

この回転機構１５では、旋回基部１５ｂの先端部分が作用部１６になっており、その先端までの半径と円板部１５ｃの半径とがほぼ等しくて、回転軸１５ａが軸回転するとそれに随伴して作用部１６が鉛直面に沿って旋回するようになっている。なお、この回転機構１５では、回転軸１５ａと旋回基部１５ｂと円板部１５ｃとが一体化しているが、回転軸１５ａの軸回転に伴って作用部１６が旋回するのであれば、分離されていても良い。また、この旋回基部１５ｂは、細い菱形の角部を丸めた形状で、両端に一つずつ合計で二つの作用部１６を支持している。さらに、そのような旋回基部１５ｂ及び作用部１６，１６が円板部１５ｃの左右両側に設けられているが、この配置は、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の突起部形成面８ｂにおいて突起部８ｃが横二列で配置されていることに基づいている。 In this rotation mechanism 15, the tip portion of the turning base portion 15b serves as the action portion 16, and the radius to the tip and the radius of the disc portion 15c are substantially equal, and the rotation shaft 15a rotates accordingly. The action part 16 turns along a vertical plane. In this rotating mechanism 15, the rotating shaft 15a, the turning base portion 15b, and the disc portion 15c are integrated, but they are separated if the action portion 16 turns with the rotation of the rotating shaft 15a. May be. Moreover, this turning base 15b has a shape obtained by rounding the corners of a thin rhombus, and supports two action portions 16 in total, one at each end. Further, such a turning base portion 15b and action portions 16 and 16 are provided on both the left and right sides of the disc portion 15c. This arrangement is such that the protrusion portion 8c is arranged horizontally on the protrusion formation surface 8b of the PTP packaging material 8. Based on being arranged in columns.

作用部１６は、そのような形状と配置に基づき、突起部形成面８ｂを下にしてＰＴＰ包装剤８を載せると、旋回中の最上位置やその近傍では、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の突起部形成面８ｂにおいて前後に並んだ突起部８ｃと突起部８ｃとの間隙に入りうるものとなっている。また、円板部１５ｃは、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の突起部形成面８ｂにおいて左右に並んだ突起部８ｃと突起部８ｃとの間隙に入るものとなっている。さらに、複数の回転機構１５の最上位置や作用部１６の旋回中の最上位置を前後に連ねた仮想線がこの例では水平になっているが、この仮想線が側面視では排出口１４の下に位置していて箱体１１の収納空間の内底を画するものとなり、作用部１６が旋回中の最上位置では箱体１１の収納空間の内底で前進するものとなっている。また、作用部１６を含む回転機構１５の前後方向における連なりは、箱体１１の内底の全域に及んでも良いが、このＰＴＰカセット１０では箱体１１の内底のうち後寄り部分が省かれてそこでの支承機能が条材１８に委ねられている。 When the PTP packaging material 8 is placed on the action portion 16 on the basis of such a shape and arrangement, the projection forming surface 8b faces downward, and the projection forming surface of the PTP packaging agent 8 is located at or near the uppermost position during the turning. In 8b, it is possible to enter a gap between the protruding portion 8c and the protruding portion 8c arranged in the front-rear direction. Moreover, the disc part 15c enters the gap between the protruding part 8c and the protruding part 8c arranged side by side on the protruding part forming surface 8b of the PTP packaging material 8. Furthermore, in this example, an imaginary line connecting the uppermost position of the plurality of rotating mechanisms 15 and the uppermost position during turning of the action portion 16 is horizontal in this example, but this imaginary line is below the discharge port 14 in a side view. It is located in the inner bottom of the storage space of the box body 11, and the action portion 16 advances at the inner bottom of the storage space of the box body 11 at the uppermost position where the action portion 16 is turning. Further, the rotation mechanism 15 including the action portion 16 may extend in the front-rear direction over the entire inner bottom of the box 11, but in the PTP cassette 10, the rear portion of the inner bottom of the box 11 is omitted. Therefore, the support function there is left to the strip 18.

排出センサ１７は、例えば反射式の光学センサからなり、この例では排出口１４や最前の回転機構１５の斜め下方で外底板の上面に設けられて、検出方向を上に向けている。そして、上方にＰＴＰ包装剤８が有って反射光が検出されるか或いは上方にＰＴＰ包装剤８が無くて反射光が検出されないかに応じてオンオフ信号を出力するものである。この信号に基づいて図示しない上述のコントローラが、最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８が前方へ横送りされて排出口１４から出てくると、その最下ＰＴＰ包装剤８の排出開始を検知し、その最下ＰＴＰ包装剤８が排出口１４から抜け落ちて上方から前方へ去ると、排出完了を検知するようになっている。 The discharge sensor 17 is composed of, for example, a reflection type optical sensor. In this example, the discharge sensor 17 is provided on the upper surface of the outer bottom plate obliquely below the discharge port 14 and the foremost rotation mechanism 15, and the detection direction is directed upward. Then, an on / off signal is output depending on whether the PTP packaging material 8 is present above and the reflected light is detected or the PTP packaging material 8 is not present above and the reflected light is not detected. Based on this signal, the above-mentioned controller (not shown) detects the start of discharge of the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 when the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 is laterally fed forward and comes out of the discharge port 14. When the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 falls out of the discharge port 14 and leaves from the upper side to the front side, the completion of the discharge is detected.

条材１８は、丸棒を図示したが外面が円滑であれば円筒やアングル材であっても良く、外底板や支柱などに取り付けられる基端部は別として、先端部や中間部は、箱体１１の収納空間の内底で、長手方向を前後に向けて、回転機構１５や作用部１６の最上位置を前後に連ねた上述の仮想線とほぼ平行になっている。また、その仮想線と条材１８の先端部の上面とがほぼ同じ高さになっているので、突起部形成面８ｂを下にしてＰＴＰ包装剤８を箱体１１の収納空間の内底に置くと、条材１８のうち先端部を含む部分がＰＴＰ包装剤８の突起部８ｃの間に収まって、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の突起部形成面８ｂが条材１８の上に載るので、条材１８は最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８を前後方向移動可能な状態で支承するものとなっている。このように箱体１１の内底のうち後寄り部分では条材１８がＰＴＰ包装剤８を支承するのに対し、箱体１１の内底のうち前寄り部分では回転機構１５がＰＴＰ包装剤８を支承するので、順次排出機構１５〜１８は、回転機構１５と条材１８とが分担してＰＴＰ包装剤８を支承するものとなっている。 Although the strip 18 is a round bar, it may be a cylinder or an angle member as long as the outer surface is smooth. Aside from the base end attached to the outer bottom plate or the column, the tip and the middle are boxes. At the inner bottom of the storage space of the body 11, the longitudinal direction is directed back and forth, and is substantially parallel to the above-described imaginary line connecting the uppermost positions of the rotation mechanism 15 and the action portion 16 back and forth. Further, since the imaginary line and the upper surface of the tip end portion of the strip 18 are substantially the same height, the PTP packaging material 8 is placed on the inner bottom of the storage space of the box 11 with the projection forming surface 8b down. When placed, the portion of the strip 18 including the tip portion is accommodated between the projections 8 c of the PTP packaging material 8, and the projection formation surface 8 b of the PTP packaging agent 8 is placed on the strip 18. No. 18 supports the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 in a state where it can move in the front-rear direction. As described above, the strip 18 supports the PTP packaging material 8 in the rear portion of the inner bottom of the box body 11, whereas the rotation mechanism 15 serves in the PTP packaging agent 8 in the front portion of the inner bottom of the box body 11. Therefore, the discharge mechanisms 15 to 18 support the PTP packaging material 8 by the rotation mechanism 15 and the strip 18 in order.

この実施例１のＰＴＰカセット１０について、その使用態様及び動作を、図面を引用して説明する。図２は、（ａ）が、多数のＰＴＰ包装剤８を収納して排出態勢を整えたＰＴＰカセット１０の縦断面図であり、（ｂ）と（ｃ）が、ＰＴＰ包装剤８を排出している時のＰＴＰカセット１０の要部の縦断面図である。また、図３は、誤って上下反転収納されたＰＴＰ包装剤８が最下に来たときのカセット要部の縦断面図である。 The use mode and operation of the PTP cassette 10 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a PTP cassette 10 in which (a) accommodates a large number of PTP packaging agents 8 and is arranged to be discharged, and (b) and (c) show the discharge of the PTP packaging agent 8. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part of the PTP cassette 10 at the time. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the cassette when the PTP packaging material 8 stored upside down by mistake comes to the bottom.

ＰＴＰカセット１０を初めて使用するときや、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の種類を変えるようなときには、二枚落ちを防止するために、最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８は排出口１４を支障なく通過するが、下から二番目のＰＴＰ包装剤８は箱体１１の前板か調整板１３に突き当たって排出口１４を通過しないよう、箱体１１の前板に対する調整板１３の取付位置を上げ下げ等することで調整板１３の高さを調整しておく。また、順次排出機構１５〜１８を処理対象のＰＴＰ包装剤８に適合させるために、一つ以上の回転機構１５の作用部１６が最上位置に来て止まるとともに、他の回転機構１５については作用部１６が突起部８ｃのピッチに対応した位相角だけずれた回転位置で止まるよう、回転機構１５や伝動部材の手動調整および／又はコントローラへのパラメータ設定などを行っておく。 When the PTP cassette 10 is used for the first time or when the type of the PTP packaging material 8 is changed, the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 passes through the discharge port 14 without any trouble in order to prevent the two sheets from dropping. The second PTP packaging material 8 is adjusted by raising or lowering the mounting position of the adjustment plate 13 with respect to the front plate of the box 11 so that it does not pass through the outlet 14 by hitting the front plate of the box 11 or the adjustment plate 13. The height of the plate 13 is adjusted. Further, in order to sequentially adapt the discharge mechanisms 15 to 18 to the PTP packaging material 8 to be processed, the action part 16 of one or more rotation mechanisms 15 comes to the uppermost position and stops, and the other rotation mechanisms 15 operate. Manual adjustment of the rotation mechanism 15 and the transmission member and / or parameter setting to the controller, etc. are performed so that the portion 16 stops at a rotational position shifted by a phase angle corresponding to the pitch of the protrusions 8c.

それから、ＰＴＰカセット１０が空の場合は手作業でＰＴＰ包装剤８を箱体１１の収納空間に解放上面や解放背面から補充する。そのとき、各々のＰＴＰ包装剤８を横にしたうえで、多数のＰＴＰ包装剤８の表裏を同じ向きに揃え、必ず突起部８ｃ及び突起部形成面８ｂ（ポケット側）を下にして、それらを箱体１１の底の回転機構１５及び条材１８の上面に積み上げることで、箱体１１内に多数のＰＴＰ包装剤８を収納する。それから、収納したＰＴＰ包装剤８の後端を指等で軽く押して、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の列を整える。こうして、整列収納されたＰＴＰ包装剤８は、最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８の突起部８ｃの間に最上位置の作用部１６と回転機構１５の円板部１５ｃの頂部と条材１８とが収まるとともにそれらの上に突起部形成面８ｂが載って最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８の位置が決まり、下から二番目以上のＰＴＰ包装剤８が前端を箱体１１の前板か調整板１３に当てて位置が決まり、それらの順次排出の準備が整う（図２（ａ）参照）。 Then, when the PTP cassette 10 is empty, the PTP packaging material 8 is manually replenished into the storage space of the box 11 from the release upper surface or the release rear surface. At that time, after laying each PTP packaging agent 8 sideways, align the front and back of a large number of PTP packaging agents 8 in the same direction, and make sure that the projection 8c and the projection formation surface 8b (pocket side) face down. Are stacked on the upper surface of the rotation mechanism 15 and the strip 18 on the bottom of the box 11, so that a large number of PTP packaging agents 8 are accommodated in the box 11. Then, the rear end of the stored PTP packaging material 8 is lightly pressed with a finger or the like to arrange the row of PTP packaging materials 8. Thus, the aligned and stored PTP packaging material 8 has the uppermost working portion 16, the top portion of the disk portion 15 c of the rotating mechanism 15, and the strip 18 between the protrusions 8 c of the lowermost PTP packaging material 8. At the same time, the protruding portion forming surface 8b is placed on them, and the position of the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 is determined, and the second or more PTP packaging material 8 from the bottom hits the front plate of the box 11 or the adjustment plate 13. The position is determined, and preparation for the sequential discharge is completed (see FIG. 2A).

その後、ＰＴＰ包装剤８を一つずつ排出させるときには、図示しないコントローラに排出の指令や指示を与えて、ＰＴＰカセット１０に排出動作を行わせる。具体的には、コントローラが、排出センサ１７の反射光不検出を確認しつつ、図示しない電動モータを作動させる。そうすると、回転機構１５がそれぞれ軸回転し、それに随伴して作用部１６が鉛直面に沿って旋回し、最上位置で止まっていた作用部１６が前進するとともに（図２（ａ）参照）、下がっていた作用部１６も少し遅れて前進しながら最上位置へ上昇し下降に転じてからも暫くは更に前進する（図２（ｂ）参照）。その際、それらの作用部１６がそれぞれ直前の突起部８ｃを押すので、最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８が前進して、その前端が排出口１４から前方へ突き出る。 Thereafter, when the PTP packaging material 8 is discharged one by one, a controller (not shown) issues a discharge command or instruction to cause the PTP cassette 10 to perform a discharge operation. Specifically, the controller operates an electric motor (not shown) while confirming that the reflected light is not detected by the discharge sensor 17. Then, each of the rotation mechanisms 15 rotates axially, and accordingly, the action part 16 turns along the vertical plane, and the action part 16 stopped at the uppermost position moves forward (see FIG. 2A) and is lowered. The acting portion 16 that has been moved forwards with a slight delay, and further moves forward for a while after rising to the uppermost position and turning downward (see FIG. 2B). At that time, since each of the action portions 16 pushes the immediately preceding projection portion 8c, the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 advances, and its front end protrudes forward from the discharge port 14.

このように幾つもの突起部８ｃが個々に而も同時に或いは時間をずらして次々に作用部１６によって押される態様でＰＴＰ包装剤８が横送りされるので、ＰＴＰ包装剤８が腰のないものであっても、ＰＴＰ包装剤８は、不所望に折れ曲がることなく、不所望に縮むこともなく、本来の姿形のまま横送りされる。また、ＰＴＰ包装剤８のシート部のカール性が大きくて、ＰＴＰ包装剤８が捻れたり曲がり易いものであっても、その変形量が排出口１４の高さや可動部材１６の高さを超えるほど酷くなければ、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の横送りが安定かつ的確に実行される。さらに、ＰＴＰ包装剤８に対する推力が可動部材１６と突起部８ｃとの複数の当接箇所に分散して無理なく伝達されるので、ＰＴＰ包装剤８を迅速に送ることができる。 As described above, since the PTP packaging material 8 is laterally fed in such a manner that the protrusions 8c are pushed by the action portion 16 one after another at the same time or at different times, the PTP packaging material 8 has no waist. Even if it exists, the PTP packaging agent 8 does not bend undesirably and does not shrink undesirably, and is laterally fed in its original form. Further, even if the curl property of the sheet portion of the PTP packaging material 8 is large and the PTP packaging material 8 is easily twisted or bent, the amount of deformation exceeds the height of the discharge port 14 or the height of the movable member 16. If not severe, the transverse feed of the PTP packaging material 8 is executed stably and accurately. Furthermore, since the thrust with respect to the PTP packaging material 8 is distributed and transmitted without difficulty to a plurality of contact points between the movable member 16 and the protruding portion 8c, the PTP packaging material 8 can be sent quickly.

それから、回転機構１５の軸回転に随伴して作用部１６が箱体１１の収納空間の内底で次々に前進すると、最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８が更に横送りされて排出口１４から外に出る（図２（ｃ）参照）。そして、最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８が排出口１４から前方へ排出されると、その排出中の最下ＰＴＰ包装剤８からの反射光が排出センサ１７によって検出され、これに応じて適宜なタイミングで電動モータの作動が停止するので、回転機構１５の軸回転動作も作用部１６の旋回運動も止まる。それと並行して、最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８の抜けた箱体１１の収納空間の内底では、下から二番目だったＰＴＰ包装剤８が回転機構１５や条材１８の上に下降して来て新たな最下のＰＴＰ包装剤となる。こうして、このＰＴＰカセット１０にあっては、ＰＴＰ包装剤８が下から一枚ずつ排出される。 Then, when the action portion 16 advances one after another at the inner bottom of the storage space of the box 11 as the shaft of the rotation mechanism 15 rotates, the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 is further fed laterally and out of the discharge port 14. Exit (see FIG. 2 (c)). When the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 is discharged forward from the discharge port 14, the reflected light from the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 being discharged is detected by the discharge sensor 17, and an appropriate timing is determined accordingly. Thus, the operation of the electric motor is stopped, so that the shaft rotating operation of the rotating mechanism 15 and the turning motion of the action portion 16 are stopped. At the same time, in the inner bottom of the storage space of the box 11 from which the lowermost PTP packaging material 8 is removed, the PTP packaging material 8 that is second from the bottom descends on the rotating mechanism 15 and the strip 18. Come and become the new bottom PTP packaging. Thus, in the PTP cassette 10, the PTP packaging material 8 is discharged one by one from the bottom.

なお（図３参照）、誤ってＰＴＰ包装剤８が突起部形成面８ｂ及び突起部８ｃを上にした状態で箱体１１に収納されてしまった場合、それが最下のＰＴＰ包装剤８になったときに、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の平坦面８ａが回転機構１５や条材１８の上面に載ることから、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の突起部８ｃがそこから下向きでなく上向きに突き出して、その突起部８ｃの頂部やそれに突起部８ｃを噛合させた下から二番目のＰＴＰ包装剤８が調整板１３に当接して前進を阻止される状態になるうえ、そもそも作用部１６とＰＴＰ包装剤８の平坦面８ａとが滑って推力がほとんど伝達されないので、平坦面８ａを下にしたＰＴＰ包装剤８は排出されることなく箱体１１の中にとどまる。一枚すら排出されないのであるから不所望な二枚落ちは確実に防止される。そして、排出センサ１７での反射光検出が規定時間内に行えないため、コントローラによりタイムアウトエラーとされる。 Note that (see FIG. 3), if the PTP packaging material 8 is mistakenly stored in the box 11 with the protruding portion forming surface 8b and the protruding portion 8c facing up, it will become the lowest PTP packaging material 8. Since the flat surface 8a of the PTP packaging material 8 is placed on the upper surface of the rotation mechanism 15 or the strip material 18, the protruding portion 8c of the PTP packaging material 8 protrudes upward rather than downward from the flat surface 8a. The top part of 8c and the second PTP packaging agent 8 from the bottom where the protrusion 8c is engaged with the adjustment plate 13 are brought into contact with the adjustment plate 13 to be prevented from moving forward, and the action part 16 and the PTP packaging agent 8 are flat in the first place. Since the surface 8a slides and thrust is hardly transmitted, the PTP packaging material 8 with the flat surface 8a on the bottom remains in the box 11 without being discharged. Since even one sheet is not discharged, undesired dropping of two sheets is reliably prevented. Since the reflected light cannot be detected by the discharge sensor 17 within the specified time, a timeout error is generated by the controller.

本発明のＰＴＰカセットの実施例２について、その具体的な構成を、図面を引用して説明する。図４は、ＰＴＰカセット４０の縦断面図である。
このＰＴＰカセット４０が上述した実施例１のＰＴＰカセット１０と相違するのは、排出口１４より前の所に排出ローラ対１９ａ，１９ｂが設けられている点である。 A specific configuration of the PTP cassette according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the PTP cassette 40.
This PTP cassette 40 is different from the PTP cassette 10 of the first embodiment described above in that discharge roller pairs 19a and 19b are provided in front of the discharge port 14.

排出ローラ対１９ａ，１９ｂは、軸方向を左右に向けた水平な上側の排出ローラ１９ａと下側の排出ローラ１９ｂとからなり、何れも左右に延びた支軸が電動モータによって駆動されて軸回転することにより、排出口１４から出てきたＰＴＰ包装剤８を上下から挟んで前送りするようになっている。上側の排出ローラ１９ａは平坦面８ａに接触して摩擦力でＰＴＰ包装剤８を送るのでローラ長がカセット横幅いっぱいまで長くなっていても良いが、下側の排出ローラ１９ｂは、突起部形成面８ｂに接触して摩擦力でＰＴＰ包装剤８を送るので、突起部８ｃとの干渉を避けるためにローラ長が短くなっており、短いローラ部が軸方向の中央に一個か又は軸方向に分散して複数個が形成されている。 The discharge roller pair 19a, 19b is composed of a horizontal upper discharge roller 19a and a lower discharge roller 19b whose axial directions are directed to the left and right, and both support shafts extending left and right are driven by an electric motor to rotate the shaft. By doing so, the PTP packaging material 8 that has come out from the discharge port 14 is fed forward from above and below. Since the upper discharge roller 19a contacts the flat surface 8a and feeds the PTP packaging material 8 by frictional force, the length of the roller may be as long as the cassette width, but the lower discharge roller 19b Since the PTP packaging material 8 is fed by frictional force in contact with 8b, the roller length is shortened to avoid interference with the protrusion 8c, and there is one short roller portion at the center in the axial direction or axial dispersion. A plurality are formed.

このようなＰＴＰカセット４０にあっても、ＰＴＰカセット１０と同じく、作用部１６がＰＴＰ包装剤８の前送りの推進力の主役であり、作用部１６が旋回中に突起部８ｃに当接して前進することでＰＴＰ包装剤８が前送りされるのであるが、個々の作用部１６の前進しつつ作用するときの移動距離が短いため、回転機構１５を稠密に配置したとしても、作用部１６の作用範囲を連続させるのが難しいところ、ＰＴＰ包装剤８のうち一枚だけ抜けて積み上げ荷重から解放された部分に対してはコンパクト実装の比較的容易な排出ローラ対１９ａ，１９ｂがＰＴＰ包装剤８の前送りを補助するので、カセットの不所望な大形化を避けることができるとともに、腰のないＰＴＰ包装剤８でも安定して確実にカセット外へ送り出すことができる。 Even in such a PTP cassette 40, as in the PTP cassette 10, the action portion 16 is the main role of the forward feeding force of the PTP packaging material 8, and the action portion 16 abuts on the protrusion 8c during turning. Although the PTP packaging material 8 is forward-fed by moving forward, since the moving distance when the individual working parts 16 act while moving forward is short, even if the rotating mechanisms 15 are arranged densely, the working parts 16 Where it is difficult to keep the working range of the PTP packaging material relatively small, the PTP packaging material 8 has a relatively easy discharge roller pair 19a, 19b for the portion released from the stacking load by removing only one of the PTP packaging material 8. Since the advance of 8 is assisted, it is possible to avoid an undesired enlargement of the cassette, and it is possible to stably and surely send out the PTP packaging material 8 with no waist.

しかも、軸回転する排出ローラ対１９ａ，１９ｂがＰＴＰ包装剤８を上下から挟みつつ引き込むので、摩擦送りとはいえ前送りが能動的に行われるばかりか、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の前端が多少なら曲がったり傾いていても確実に引き込むことができる。また、排出中も挟みつけて前送りするので、ＰＴＰ包装剤等の曲がりや捻れといった変形を抑制することができる。そのため、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の排出が安定かつ円滑に行われるとともに、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の不所望な変形が全部とはいかないまでも多少なら矯正されることにもなる。 Moreover, since the pair of discharge rollers 19a and 19b that rotate on the shaft pulls the PTP packaging material 8 from above and below, the forward feeding is actively performed although it is a friction feed, and if the front end of the PTP packaging material 8 is somewhat bent, it is bent. It can be reliably pulled in even if it is tilted. Moreover, since it clamps and forwards also during discharge | emission, deformation | transformation of a PTP packaging agent etc., such as bending and twist, can be suppressed. Therefore, the discharge of the PTP packaging material 8 is performed stably and smoothly, and some undesired deformation of the PTP packaging material 8 is corrected to some extent.

図５（ｂ）〜（ｅ）に斜視図を示した本発明のＰＴＰカセットが上述した実施例１，２のものと相違するのは、回転機構１５と作用部１６とが図５（ａ）のものから改造されている点である。 The PTP cassette of the present invention shown in perspective views in FIGS. 5B to 5E is different from those of the first and second embodiments described above in that the rotating mechanism 15 and the action portion 16 are different from those in FIG. It is a point that has been remodeled from.

すなわち、図５（ａ）に示した回転機構１５と作用部１６は、上述したＰＴＰカセット１０，４０のものを再掲したものであるが、図５（ｂ）に示した回転機構１５と作用部１６は、旋回基部１５ｂを残して円板部１５ｃを省いたものであり、図５（ｃ）に示した回転機構１５と作用部１６は、円板部１５ｃを残して旋回基部１５ｂを省き、作用部１６を棒状にして円板部１５ｃの端面に植設したものであり、図５（ｄ）に示した回転機構１５と作用部１６は、円板部１５ｃの片面の作用部１６を二本から三本に増やしたものであり、図５（ｅ）に示した回転機構１５と作用部１６は、作用部１６及び旋回基部１５ｂを二組から三組に増やしたものであり、突起部形成面８ｂに突起部８ｃが三列になって形成されている図示しないＰＴＰ包装剤８に対して使用される。 That is, the rotation mechanism 15 and the action part 16 shown in FIG. 5A are the same as those of the PTP cassettes 10 and 40 described above, but the rotation mechanism 15 and the action part shown in FIG. 16 is the one in which the disc portion 15c is omitted leaving the turning base portion 15b, and the rotating mechanism 15 and the action portion 16 shown in FIG. 5C are omitted in the turning base portion 15b leaving the disc portion 15c, The action portion 16 is formed in a rod shape and is implanted on the end face of the disc portion 15c. The rotating mechanism 15 and the action portion 16 shown in FIG. 5 (d) have two action portions 16 on one side of the disc portion 15c. The rotation mechanism 15 and the action part 16 shown in FIG. 5 (e) are increased from two to three, and the protrusions are increased from two to three. PTP packaging (not shown) in which the protrusions 8c are formed in three rows on the forming surface 8b It is used for 8.

図６（ａ）〜（ｃ）に斜視図を示した本発明のＰＴＰカセットが上述した実施例１，２のものと相違するのは、条材１８が改造されている点である。 The difference between the PTP cassette of the present invention shown in perspective views in FIGS. 6A to 6C is that of the first and second embodiments described above is that the strip 18 is modified.

図６（ａ）に示したＰＴＰカセットは、上述したＰＴＰカセット１０と同様、条材１８が中央の一本だけのものであるが、条材１８が長くなっていて、回転機構１５の後方だけでなく回転機構１５の上まで延びていて、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の長手方向の広い範囲で連続してＰＴＰ包装剤８を支承するようになっている。
条材１８が回転機構１５の上に来ると円板部１５ｃと干渉するので、このような長い条材１８は、円板部１５ｃの無い図５（ｂ）や図５（ｅ）の回転機構１５に適している。 In the PTP cassette shown in FIG. 6A, the strip 18 is only one in the center, like the PTP cassette 10 described above, but the strip 18 is long and only behind the rotation mechanism 15. Instead, it extends above the rotation mechanism 15 and supports the PTP packaging material 8 continuously over a wide range in the longitudinal direction of the PTP packaging material 8.
When the strip 18 comes on the rotation mechanism 15, it interferes with the disc portion 15c. Therefore, such a long strip 18 is not shown in FIG. 5 (b) or FIG. 5 (e) without the disc portion 15c. 15 is suitable.

図６（ｂ）に示したＰＴＰカセットは、平行な二本の条材１８にて両脇から突起部８ｃを挟むことで、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の左右方向の位置決めを正確に行うものとなっている。
図６（ｃ）に示したＰＴＰカセットは、平行な三本の条材１８にて、上述した両者の機能を併せ持つばかりか高度化したものとなっている。
なお、図示は割愛したが、突起部８ｃが横３列になっているウィークリーＰＴＰシートを扱う場合、ＰＴＰ包装剤８の突起部形成面８ｂにおける突起部８ｃ同士の間隙が中央寄りに２列存在するので、各間隙に１本ずつ収めた合計２本の条材１８で支承と位置決めを行うのが基本形となるが、１本でも支承でき更に位置決めまでできるのであれば、条材１８は、どちらか１本を削除して、残りの１本だけで構成しても良い。 The PTP cassette shown in FIG. 6 (b) accurately positions the PTP packaging material 8 in the left-right direction by sandwiching the protrusions 8c from both sides by two parallel strips 18. Yes.
The PTP cassette shown in FIG. 6 (c) is not only having the functions of both described above, but also being advanced by three parallel strips 18.
Although not shown in the figure, when handling weekly PTP sheets in which the protrusions 8c are arranged in three horizontal rows, there are two rows of gaps between the protrusions 8c on the protrusion-forming surface 8b of the PTP packaging material 8 near the center. Therefore, the basic form is to perform support and positioning with a total of two strips 18 housed in each gap, but if one can be supported and further positioning is possible, Alternatively, one may be deleted and only the remaining one may be configured.

［その他］
上記実施例では、箱体１１の前板が鉛直であったが、箱体１１の前板は多少なら前傾していても良い。また、回転機構１５の最上位置を横に連ねた仮想線が水平であったが、前記仮想線も多少なら前下がり傾斜していても良い。前記仮想線は箱体１１の内底を画するものでもあり、条材１８は前記仮想線とほぼ平行なので、前記仮想線が前下がり傾斜している場合は、条材１８も前下がり傾斜したものとなる。
上記実施例では、条材１８が外底板に取り付けられていたが、箱体１１の後背面の下部に背板を付設して、そこに条材１８を植設しても良い。 [Others]
In the above embodiment, the front plate of the box 11 is vertical, but the front plate of the box 11 may be inclined forward to some extent. Moreover, although the imaginary line which connected the uppermost position of the rotation mechanism 15 sideways was horizontal, the said imaginary line may also incline forwardly down to some extent. The imaginary line also defines the inner bottom of the box body 11, and the strip 18 is substantially parallel to the imaginary line. Therefore, when the imaginary line is tilted forward and downward, the strip 18 is also tilted downward and forward. It will be a thing.
In the above embodiment, the strip 18 is attached to the outer bottom plate, but a back plate may be attached to the lower portion of the rear rear surface of the box 11 and the strip 18 may be planted there.

本発明のＰＴＰカセットは、ＰＴＰ包装した薬剤の他、それと等価な薬剤たとえばシート状包装やカード状包装の薬剤などにも、突起部があれば、適用することができる。
また、本発明のＰＴＰカセットは、単体で使用できる他、薬剤払出装置の一部や全部に組み込んでも良い（例えば特許文献３〜６参照）。 The PTP cassette of the present invention can be applied to drugs equivalent to the PTP packaged medicine, for example, a sheet-shaped package or a card-shaped package drug, as long as there is a protrusion.
Moreover, the PTP cassette of the present invention can be used alone, or may be incorporated into a part or all of the medicine dispensing device (see, for example, Patent Documents 3 to 6).

８…ＰＴＰ包装剤（薬剤）、８ａ…平坦面（片面）、
８ｂ…突起部形成面（他面）、８ｃ…突起部（ポケット）、８ｄ…後端（端部）、
１０…ＰＴＰカセット、
１１…箱体（整列収納部）、１２…ラベル、１３…調整板、１４…排出口、
１５…回転機構、１５ａ…回転軸、１５ｂ…旋回基部、１５ｃ…円板部、
１６…作用部、１７…排出センサ、１８…条材、
４０…ＰＴＰカセット、１９ａ…排出ローラ、１９ｂ…排出ローラ 8 ... PTP packaging agent (medicine), 8a ... flat surface (single surface),
8b ... Projection part forming surface (other surface), 8c ... Projection part (pocket), 8d ... Rear end (end part),
10 ... PTP cassette,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Box (alignment storage part), 12 ... Label, 13 ... Adjustment plate, 14 ... Discharge port,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 ... Rotation mechanism, 15a ... Rotating shaft, 15b ... Turning base part, 15c ... Disc part,
16 ... action part, 17 ... discharge sensor, 18 ... strip material,
40 ... PTP cassette, 19a ... discharge roller, 19b ... discharge roller

Claims

片面が平坦で他面には突起部が形成されているＰＴＰ包装の薬剤またはそれと等価な薬剤を各々は横にしたうえで縦に積み重ねて整列収納させた状態で保持する整列収納部と、前記薬剤のうち最下のものに前記整列収納部の内底で作用部を接触させて前進させる順次排出機構とを備えていて、前記薬剤を下から順に横送りして前記整列収納部の排出口から前方へ排出するＰＴＰカセットにおいて、前記順次排出機構が、前記作用部を回転機構にて鉛直面に沿って旋回させるものであり、前記作用部が、前記薬剤の前記他面で前後に並んだ前記突起部の間隙に入りうるものであって旋回中の最上位置では前記整列収納部の内底で前進するようになっており、前記薬剤が前記収納空間の内底で前記他面を下にしていれば前記作用部の前進時には前記作用部が前記突起部に当接して前記薬剤を横送りするようになっていることを特徴とするＰＴＰカセット。 An alignment storage portion for holding a PTP-packed medicine or a medicine equivalent thereto on one side which is flat on the other surface and a protrusion on the other surface, respectively, and then stacked and stored in a vertically stacked manner; A sequential discharge mechanism for moving the action part to the bottom of the medicines at the inner bottom of the alignment storage part to advance, and horizontally feeding the medicines sequentially from the bottom to the discharge outlet of the alignment storage part In the PTP cassette that discharges from the front to the front, the sequential discharge mechanism causes the action part to rotate along a vertical plane by a rotation mechanism, and the action part is arranged back and forth on the other surface of the medicine. It can enter the gap between the protrusions, and is advanced at the inner bottom of the alignment storage portion at the uppermost position during turning, and the medicine is placed on the other surface at the inner bottom of the storage space. If it is PTP cassette, characterized in that the working portion is adapted to crossfeed the drug in contact with the protrusion.

長手方向を前後に向けた条材が前記収納空間の内底に設けられていて、前記他面を下にして前記薬剤を前記収納空間の内底に置くと前記条材が前記薬剤の前記突起部の間に収まって又は横に来て前記薬剤が前記条材によって前後方向移動可能状態で支承されるようになっていることを特徴とする請求項１記載のＰＴＰカセット。 A strip with the longitudinal direction facing forward and backward is provided on the inner bottom of the storage space, and when the medicine is placed on the inner bottom of the storage space with the other side down, the strip is projected on the medicine. 2. The PTP cassette according to claim 1, wherein the medicine is supported in a state in which it can be moved in the front-rear direction by the strip material while being placed between the parts or coming sideways.

前記薬剤のうち前記排出口から出てきたものを上下から挟んで前送りする排出ローラ対が、前記排出口より前の所に設けられていることを特徴とする請求項１又は請求項２に記載されたＰＴＰカセット。 3. A discharge roller pair that feeds the medicine that has come out of the discharge port from above and below is provided in front of the discharge port. The described PTP cassette.