JP3859793B2 - Packing machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a packaging machine that supplies a medicine onto a rotary table by a vibration feeder, scrapes off the rotary table, and packs it in a packaging unit .
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a rotary type packaging machine including a rotary table having an annular groove for dividing medicines is known as a packaging machine that divides and packs medicines such as powders by a required amount. In this packaging machine, the medicine is distributed almost uniformly by a vibrating feeder into an annular groove of a rotating table that is rotated at a constant speed, and then the annular ring is rotated by a scraping blade that rotates in a direction intersecting the annular groove. The medicine in the concave groove is cut out in accordance with the number of divisions, and the amount of the cut out medicine is packaged in a packaging portion disposed below.
[0003]
By the way, in this type of packaging machine, since it is required to distribute medicine almost evenly on the rotary table and perform stable medicine division, it is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-32228. In addition, there has been proposed one in which the conveying speed of a vibration feeder for supplying powder particles onto a rotary table is gradually increased. As another method, there is a method in which the medicine is evenly distributed by increasing the rotational speed of the rotary table to increase the deposition speed in the annular groove.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, with the method of increasing the conveyance speed of the vibration feeder as in the former, even distribution is difficult when the amount of the supplied medicine is small or when the medicine itself is coarse, such as granules. There is a problem that it is. On the other hand, in the method of increasing the rotation speed of the rotary table as in the latter, the drug is scattered around by the centrifugal force of the rotary table regardless of the quantity and quality of the drug, and reliable distribution cannot be performed. There is a problem.
[0005]
The present invention, for the purpose of solving such problems, regardless of the amount and quality of the drug to provide a packing machine which can be evenly distributed without scattering an agent to the surroundings.
[0008]
[Means for solving the problems and actions / effects]
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the packaging machine according to the present invention comprises:
Supplying a drug agent onto the turntable by the vibrating feeder, the packing machine for packaging by packaging unit scrapes from on the rotary table,
(A) supply time detecting means for detecting that the elapsed time from the start of supply of the medicine on the rotary table has reached a preset time; and (b) receiving the signal from the supply time detecting means, Rotational speed control means for controlling the rotational speed of the rotary table to increase is provided.
[0009]
In the present invention, the medicine supplied from the vibration feeder is annularly supplied (distributed) on the rotary table as the rotary table rotates, and is then scraped off from the rotary table and packaged. When the medicine is supplied onto the rotary table, in the initial stage of supply in which the medicine is distributed so as to directly contact the surface of the rotary table, the rotational speed of the rotary table is low. It can be distributed without being scattered around by force. Thereafter, when the rotation speed of the rotary table is increased by the rotation speed control means after a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the supply of the medicine, the medicine already supplied on the rotary table is used as a base to cushion. Therefore, even if a centrifugal force based on the speed increase of the rotary table acts, the medicine supplied on the medicine does not scatter around. Thus, stable distribution can be performed from the beginning to the end of the rotation of the rotary table , and the rotational speed of the rotary table is increased , so that the distribution speed can be improved and the work efficiency can be improved. it can.
[0010]
In the packaging machine according to the present invention, it is preferable to further provide time setting means for arbitrarily setting the time set by the supply time detection means. Further, it is preferable to provide a rotation speed setting means for arbitrarily setting the rotation speed controlled by the rotation speed control means. By providing such time setting means or rotation speed setting means, the operator can arbitrarily set the time from the start of rotation of the rotary table to the speed increase or the rotation speed after the speed increase. An appropriate time or rotational speed can be selected according to (temperature, humidity, etc.).
[0011]
Further, the rotation speed control means may control to change the rotation speed in accordance with medicine type data. In this way, the rotation speed of the rotary table can be automatically controlled according to the state of the medicine (powder, fine granules, granules, etc.) using the data of the medicine master of the host computer.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, a specific embodiment of the packing machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a packaging machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a partial longitudinal sectional view of the packaging machine, and FIG. 3 shows a partial transverse sectional view of the packaging machine.
[0014]
In this packaging machine, two turntables 2 and 2 are arranged on the left and right on the machine body frame 1. The rotary tables 2 and 2 are respectively formed with annular concave grooves 3 and 3, and a supply hopper 4 is provided above the rotary tables 2 and 2 in order to supply powder particles (medicine) into the annular concave grooves 3. 4 and vibration feeders 5 and 5 are arranged. As shown in FIG. 4, the vibration feeder 5 is operated by the piezoelectric vibrator 6 and is configured to supply the medicine supplied to the upper surface of the trough 7 through the lower side of the gate 8 and forward. ing.
[0015]
A split scraping mechanism 9 is disposed at a predetermined position facing the annular concave grooves 3 and 3 of the rotary tables 2 and 2 so as to intersect the rotational trajectory of the rotary tables 2 and 2. A supply chute 10 connected to a packaging device (not shown) is disposed below the rotary tables 2 and 2 adjacent to the divided scraping mechanism 9.
[0016]
The rotary tables 2 and 2 are provided with a circular through-hole 11 at the center, and a drive ring 12 is projected downward along the inner peripheral edge of the through-hole 11. The drive ring 12 is provided with a ridge 12a, and the ridge 12a is guided by a plurality of guide rollers 13 engaged therewith. The drive ring 12 is driven by a belt 16 wound around a pulley 15 that is attached to an output shaft of drive motors 14 and 14 installed on the machine body frame 1, whereby the rotary tables 2 and 2 are driven. It is designed to be rotated. The drive motors 14 and 14 are controlled to start and stop and to rotate at a speed from a signal from the controller 17.
[0017]
The split scraping mechanism 9 is provided on the rotary shaft 21 at the tip of a support arm 20 supported by a shaft 19 on a support frame 18 standing in the through hole 11 of the rotary tables 2 and 2. A rotating plate 22 that rotates around the center of curvature of the rotating plate 22 and a scraping plate 23 provided on the same axis as the rotating plate 22 are supported and driven separately. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 24 denotes a cover of the scraping plate 23, and reference numeral 25 denotes a fixing cap.
[0018]
A drive wheel 26 that drives the rotating plate 22 is attached to the shaft 19 that also serves as a support shaft of the support arm 20, and a drive wheel 28 that drives the scraping plate 23 is attached via bearings 27 and 27 ′. Yes. The driving wheels 26 and 28 are driven by worm gear mechanisms 31 and 32 driven by motors 29 and 30, respectively. A timing belt 34 is wound between the driving wheel 26 and the transmission wheel 33 of the rotating plate 22 to drive the driving wheels 26 and 28. When the timing belt 36 is wound between the vehicle 28 and the transmission wheel 35 of the scraping plate 23, the rotating plate 22 and the scraping plate 23 are driven to rotate.
[0019]
Further, the support arm 20 is configured such that when the split cut-out operation is completed by the engagement of the cam 37 driven by a separate driving force at the base end and the cam follower 38 attached to the end of the support arm 20, 2 is lifted upward from the annular groove 3 and is stopped at the lifted position until the next segmenting operation. A cleaning tool 39 is provided so that the annular groove 3 can be cleaned in conjunction with the operation in which the support arm 20 pivots and retracts upward from the annular groove 3.
[0020]
The controller 17 controls the activation of the drive motors 14 and 14 for driving the rotary tables 2 and 2 as described above, and after this activation, the elapsed time from the supply of the medicine by the vibration feeders 5 and 5 is preset. A rotation speed control means for providing a timer as a supply time detection means for detecting that the time has been reached, and for controlling the rotation speed of the rotary tables 2 and 2 to increase when the time set by the timer has elapsed; I have. The set time of the timer and the set value of the rotation speed of the rotary tables 2 and 2 controlled by the rotation speed control means can be arbitrarily set by a dial operation by the operator.
[0021]
Next, the control operation of the turntables 2 and 2 in the packaging machine configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0022]
A1 to A4: When the start of driving of the vibration feeders 5 and 5 is detected in a state where the support arm 20 of the divided scraping mechanism 9 is raised, the elapsed time t from the start of rotation of the rotary tables 2 and 2 is counted. The timing of the timer to be started is started, and the rotation speed S of the rotation tables 2 and 2 is set to a preset initial rotation speed S ₁ so that each of the rotation tables 2 and 2 is rotated at the speed S. Thus, a required amount of medicine is distributed and supplied from the vibration feeders 5 and 5 into the annular grooves 3 and 3 on the rotating rotary tables 2 and 2.
[0023]
A5 to A7: When the supply of the drug has not been completed, the elapsed time t is determined whether or not reached t ₁ preset time, when not reached, when t <t ₁ in other words , the process returns to step A4 and continues to rotate at an initial rotational speed S ₁ of the rotary table 2 and 2 when the elapsed time t has reached the time t ₁ (t = t _1), the rotary table 2, 2 the rotational speed S is raised, rotates at a rotational speed S _2. Here, the set time t ₁ is necessary for forming a ground with a required amount of medicine on the surfaces of the rotary tables 2 and 2 by rotating the rotary tables 2 and 2 at a low initial rotational speed S _1. It has been a long time. By doing so, when the rotational speed S of the rotary tables 2 and ₂ is increased to the speed S ₂ , the medicine already supplied on the rotary tables 2 and 2 serves as a cushion. Even if a centrifugal force based on the speed increase acts on the supplied medicine, it can be prevented from being scattered around.
[0024]
A8 to A9: When the supply of the medicine is thus completed, the driving of the vibration feeders 5 and 5 is stopped, and the driving of the rotary tables 2 and 2 is also stopped.
[0025]
When the supply of the medicine into the annular grooves 3 and 3 on the rotary tables 2 and 2 is completed as described above, the rotary tables 2 and 2 are rotated at a speed corresponding to the number of divisions, and divided scraping is performed accordingly. The support arm 20 of the dropping mechanism 9 is lowered, the rotating plate 22 is moved into the annular grooves 3 and 3, and the scraping plate 23 is rotated at a required speed. When the medicine in the annular grooves 3 and 3 is cut out, in the case of multiple packages with a small amount of medicine scraping per time, the driving of the rotary plate 22 is stopped and the scraping plate is stopped at the time of the first cutting out. Cutout is performed by rotating only 23, thereby preventing the medicine attached to the rotating plate 22 from being taken out. Thereafter, at the time of cutting out from the second package, the scraping plate 23 and the rotating plate 22 are rotated in synchronism with each other, and what is blocked by the rotating plate 22 by this is cut out by the scraping plate 23. Further, at the final division position, the scraping plate 23 and the rotating plate 22 are synchronized and rotated a plurality of times, whereby all the residual contents in the annular grooves 3 and 3 are scraped off and supplied to the packaging bag via the supply chute 10. To be sent to. Further, in the case of a small number of packages with a large amount of drug scraping per one time, the scraping plate 23 and the rotating plate 22 are synchronously rotated from the first cutout to perform the cutout.
[0026]
When the divided supply operation for the entire package amount is completed in this way, the support arm 20 of the divided scraping mechanism 9 is lifted and retracted, and instead the cleaning tool 39 is brought into contact with the annular grooves 3 and 3. 3 Clean the surface.
[0027]
According to the packaging machine of the present embodiment, when the medicine is supplied from the vibration feeders 5 and 5 onto the rotary tables 2 and 2, the initial stage of supply in which the medicine is distributed so as to directly contact the surface of the rotary tables 2 and 2 is performed. In the stage, since the rotation speed of the rotary tables 2 and 2 is set to a low speed, the supplied medicine can be distributed without being scattered around by the centrifugal force. Further, when the rotation time of the rotary tables 2 and 2 increases after a preset time has elapsed since the supply of the medicine, the medicine already supplied on the rotary tables 2 and 2 serves as a cushion. The medicine supplied thereon does not scatter around even if a centrifugal force based on the speed increase of the rotary tables 2 and 2 acts. Therefore, stable distribution can be performed from the beginning to the end of the rotation of the rotary tables 2 and 2. Further, since the rotation speed of the rotary tables 2 and 2 is increased in the middle, the distribution speed can be improved.
[0028]
In the present embodiment, the conveyance speed of the vibration feeder 5 for supplying the medicine onto the rotary tables 2 and 2 is not mentioned, but the vibration feeder 5 is also adjusted according to the increase in the rotation speed of the rotary tables 2 and 2. It is preferable to increase the speed.
[0029]
In the present embodiment, the setting up speed increasing of the turntable 2, 2 times t ₁ and increasing speed set value S ₂ of the rotating speed operator can be arbitrarily changed, these set time t ₁ and increasing The speed setting value S ₂ is automatically changed according to the state (powder, fine granules, granules, etc.) or type of the supplied medicine by transmitting data from the medicine master of the host computer to the controller 17. You may do it. In this case, the rotation speed of the rotary table is decreased as the eyes of the drug become coarser (as the granules become more granular).
[0030]
In the present embodiment, the description has been given by taking as an example a packaging machine provided with two rotary tables, but it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a single-type packaging machine having only one rotary table. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a packaging machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the packaging machine.
FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the packaging machine.
FIG. 4 is a front view illustrating an example of a vibration feeder.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the rotary table.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Airframe frame 2, 2 Rotary table 3 Annular groove 4 Supply hopper 5 Vibration feeder 9 Split scraping mechanism 12 Drive ring 13 Guide rollers 14, 14 Drive motor 17 Controller

Claims (4)

In the packaging machine that supplies the medicine onto the rotary table by the vibration feeder, scrapes off the rotary table and wraps it in the packaging unit,
(A) supply time detecting means for detecting that the elapsed time from the start of supply of the medicine on the rotary table has reached a preset time; and (b) receiving the signal from the supply time detecting means, A packaging machine comprising rotation speed control means for controlling the rotation speed of a rotary table to increase. Furthermore, the packing machine according to claim 1, time setting means for arbitrarily setting a time set in the supply time detecting means is provided. Furthermore, the packaging machine of Claim 1 or 2 provided with the rotational speed setting means which sets arbitrarily the rotational speed controlled by the said rotational speed control means. The packaging machine according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the rotation speed control means controls to change the rotation speed in accordance with drug type data.

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