Patent ID: 7451583
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: B65B,E05B,G06Q,G07C,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. An automatic medicine packaging machine comprising a plurality of tablet cassettes arrayed in the interior of a body and a door for opening and closing the body and continuously packaging each dose of medication by extracting tablets from the tablet cassettes, the automatic medicine packaging machine comprises: a) a door lock unit that is established in the body of the automatic medicine packaging machine and locks or unlocks the door; b) a button operation unit that is established on the front of the body and receives operation command inputted by a user; c) a lock controller that controls the operation of the door lock unit according to a locking or unlocking signal inputted by the button operation unit; d) a hopper that is adapted to trap tablets which have been dispensed from the tablet cassettes; e) a printing unit that is adapted to print instructions to each package of tablets dispensed by the hopper; and f) a sealing unit that is adapted to feed and seal tablets in the hopper by tablet envelope(s) on which instruction labels are printed by the printing unit; wherein the lock controller comprises a user authentication unit that authenticates user of the door lock unit; wherein the door lock unit comprises a driver that is controlled by the lock controller and an anchor member that locks or unlocks the door by being vertically moved by the driver; wherein the door lock unit further comprises a manual operation unit that locks or unlocks the door lock unit by manual operation of a user; and wherein the manual operation unit further comprises an on/off switch that is established on the body as a state of being connected to the driver, a battery that is connected to the on/off switch and provides power to the driver, and a key operation unit that is exposed outside the body and controls the driver's operation of locking or unlocking by turning on/off power to be supplied to the driver.