Patent ID: 11897647
Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A tablet packaging device, comprising:
a packaging portion configured to dispense a tablet from a tablet accommodating portion based on prescription information, and distribute and accommodate the tablet to a tray having a plurality of accommodation recess portions,
wherein the packaging portion includes:
a tray loading unit which is movable between a first tray handling position at which the tray before loading a tablet is handled, the first tray handling position being outside the packaging portion and a first waiting position at which the tray before loading a tablet waits, the first waiting position being inside of the packaging portion, and to which the tray before loading a tablet is mountable,
a tray unloading unit which is movable between a second tray handling position at which the tray accommodating a tablet is handled, the second tray handling position being outside the packaging portion and a second waiting position at which the tray accommodating a tablet waits, the second waiting position being inside of the packaging portion; the tray unloading unit being arranged adjacent to the tray loading unit, and to which the tray accommodating the tablet is mountable, and
a tray driving unit configured to removably support the tray and move the supported tray, in a width direction and a front-and-rear direction of the tablet packaging device, between the tray loading unit and the tray unloading unit; the tray driving unit being further configured to move a desired accommodation recess portion of the tray to allow the tablet dispensed from the tablet accommodating portion to directly fall into the accommodation recess portion of the tray;
wherein
the tray is mounted to the tray loading unit under a state in which the tray is placed on an adapter, which is opened on an upper side and is capable of accommodating the tray from the upper side,
the adapter includes stage engagement ratchets which are attachable to and detachable from tray fixing members of the conveyance stage,
the tray fixing members extend downward from side edges of the conveyance stage and have engagement holes which are engageable with the stage engagement ratchets,
the tray is attached to the tray driving unit in a state of being sandwiched between a lower surface of the conveyance stage and an upper surface of the adapter, and the conveyance stage is driven such that one of the division chambers is located at a position corresponding to the dispensing port so that tablets are discharged, and
the tray having the tablets discharged thereto and accommodated therein is mounted to the tray unloading unit in a state of being placed on the adapter,
the tray before prescription is mounted to the tray loading unit at the first tray handling position outside the packaging portion,
a tablet dispensed from the tablet accommodating portion based on prescription information is discharged into the accommodation recess portions of the tray, and
the tray accommodating the tablet is detachable at the second tray handling position outside the packaging portion.