Patent ID: 9387155
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61J,G01N,G05B

Claim Text:
1. A tablet-inspecting device comprising: a conveyor path on which a continuous drug packet composed of a plurality of drug packets arranged in a row moves, a continuous drug packet-driving unit for moving the continuous drug packet from an upstream side to a downstream side of the conveyor path, an imaging unit for taking an image of tablets included in the drug packet, and a tablet determining unit for inspecting the tablets based on the image of the tablets taken by the imaging unit, wherein the continuous drug packet-driving unit is disposed more upstream of the conveyor path than the imaging unit, the tablet-inspecting device further comprises: a rod unit which is pressed against a side portion of the drug packet is disposed between the continuous drug packet-driving unit and the imaging unit, a rod control unit for operating the rod unit, and a control unit for giving operation instructions to the continuous drug packet-driving unit and the rod control unit, wherein the control unit gives, to the continuous drug packet-driving unit, operation instructions to move the continuous drug packet from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyor path, and reciprocating operation instructions to alternately move the continuous drug packet to the upstream side and the downstream side of the conveyor path, and wherein; the control unit gives, to the rod control unit, rod unit-pressing operation instructions to press the rod unit against the side portion of the drug packet, and when the control unit gives the reciprocating operation instructions to the continuous drug packet-driving unit, the control unit has given the rod unit-pressing operation instructions to the rod control unit.