Patent ID: 9428288
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A61J,B65B

Claim Text:
1. A tablet packaging device comprising: a packaging part provided below a discharge opening for tablets discharged in accordance with a prescription; and a tray having a prescribed number of storage concavities divided into a plurality of rows and columns placed on the packaging part; the respective storage concavities being configured to store tablets discharged from the discharge opening; wherein the packaging part comprises a mounting platform for the tray and a moving device for the mounting platform, a carrier provided with compartments opened at top and a bottom which selectively coincide with positions of the storage concavities of the tray and a drive device for the carrier, and a shutter provided on a base of the carrier so as to open and close the compartments and an opening/closing device for the shutter; wherein the moving device of the mounting platform comprises a drawer provided so as to be freely drawn into and out of the packaging part, said mounting platform being installed inside the drawer; and the mounting platform is set so as to be in a tray handling position outside the packing part when the drawer is pulled out and in a standby position inside the packaging part when the drawer is pushed in; wherein the drive device of the carrier executes a reception process of moving each compartment of the carrier below the discharge opening to receive tablets; wherein the opening/closing device of the shutter executes a process of opening the shutter to store the tablets received by the carrier in the respective storage concavities which are in the standby position; wherein the drive device of the carrier executes a conveyance process of sequentially returning the carrier to an original position via a tablet reception starting position and a reception ending position set below the discharge opening, the original position being defined as a discharge position where the carrier is set above the standby position; and wherein if there is a tablet distribution error in each compartment of the carrier after returning to the discharge position from the reception ending position, the carrier is moved to a recovery position before the shutter is opened, and the shutter is opened in the recovery position so that all of the tablets inside the compartment are discharged to a recovery tray.