Patent Publication Number: US-2022227597-A1

Title: Wound Body, Core Body for Wound Body, and Combination of Wound Body and Support Shaft

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is the United States national phase of International Application No. PCT/JP2020/033548 filed Sep. 4, 2020, and claims priority to Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2019-198469 filed Oct. 31, 2019, 2019-198479 filed Oct. 31, 2019, 2019-198497 filed Oct. 31, 2019, 2020-078913 filed Apr. 28, 2020, and 2020-129886 filed Jul. 31, 2020, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a wound body formed by winding a packing material in a roll shape that is a strip-shaped sheet, a core body for a wound body that forms the wound body, and a combination of the wound body and a support shaft. 
     Description of Related Art 
     There is a medicine packing apparatus configured to pack a medicine using a packing material in the form of a strip-shaped sheet. Patent Literature 1 describes an example of a support device for the packing material included in such a medicine packing apparatus. The configuration described in Patent Literature 1 includes a mounting base (referred to as “apparatus body” in Patent Literature 1, the following descriptions in parenthesis are the same), and a support shaft (feeding drum) extending therefrom, in which the support shaft is rotatably supported by the mounding base. A core body (core cylinder) is mounted on an outer periphery of the support shaft. A packing material (packing paper) is wound around the outer periphery of the core body to form a roll-shaped wound body. Packing of a medicine can be made for the packing material sequentially drawn out from the wound body. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     Patent Literature 1: JP-U S56-44757 B 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a wound body, a core body for the wound body, and a combination of the wound body and a support shaft that have improved configurations as compared with the prior arts. 
     Solution to Problem 
     According to the present invention, there is provided a wound body formed by winding a long sheet, wherein the wound body is supportable by a support shaft, the support shaft includes a cylindrical outer peripheral part having a proximal end and a distal end, and is configured to be rotatable around a central axis of the outer peripheral part, the outer peripheral part includes a first projection located at the proximal end and projecting outward in a radial direction, and a second projection located at the distal end and projecting outward in the radial direction, in which a projecting amount of the second projection projecting outward in the radial direction with respect to the outer peripheral part is smaller than that of the first projection, the wound body includes a core body having a cylindrical shape, and the long sheet wound around an outer periphery of the core body, the core body includes a cylindrical inner peripheral part having one end and an other end, the inner peripheral part includes a first recess part located at the one end and recessing outward in the radial direction, and a second recess part located to extend from the one end to the other end and recessing outward in the radial direction, in which a recessing amount of the second recess part recessing outward in the radial direction with respect to the inner peripheral part is smaller than that of the first recess part, the core body is mountable on the outer periphery of the support shaft from the one end side of the core body, and from the distal end side of the support shaft, the support shaft and the core body are integrally rotatable around the central axis by engagement of the first projection with the first recess part in a state where the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft, and the circumferential position of the first projection around the central axis is aligned with the circumferential position of the first recess part around the central axis by engagement of the second projection with the second recess part when the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft. 
     According to the present invention, there is provided a wound body formed by winding a long sheet, the wound body including a core body having a cylindrical shape, and the long sheet wound around an outer periphery of the core body, wherein the core body includes a cylindrical inner peripheral part having one end and an other end, and the inner peripheral part includes a first recess part located at the one end and recessing outward in a radial direction, and a second recess part located to extend from the one end to the other end and recessing outward in the radial direction, in which a recessing amount of the second recess part recessing outward in the radial direction with respect to the inner peripheral part is smaller than that of the first recess part. 
     It can be configured such that the second recess part is formed along the entire periphery in the circumferential direction of the core body at the one end of the core body. 
     It can be configured such that the second recess part includes a leading part that leads the second projection, and the leading part is configured to lead the second projection to allow the circumferential position of the first projection around the central axis to be aligned with the circumferential position of the first recess part around the central axis when the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft. 
     It can be configured such that the second recess part includes a guide part that guides the second projection, and the guide part is located closer to the other end of the core body than the leading part, and is configured to guide the second projection to allow the circumferential position of the first projection around the central axis to be kept in alignment with the circumferential position of the first recess part around the central axis when the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft. 
     According to the present invention, there is further provided a core body for wound body that is used for a wound body formed by winding a long sheet, wherein the wound body is supportable by a support shaft, the support shaft includes a cylindrical outer peripheral part having a proximal end and a distal end, and is configured to be rotatable around a central axis of the outer peripheral part, the outer peripheral part includes a first projection located at the proximal end and projecting outward in a radial direction, and a second projection located at the distal end and projecting outward in the radial direction, in which a projecting amount of the second projection projecting outward in the radial direction with respect to the outer peripheral part is smaller than that of the first projection, the core body for the wound body has a cylindrical shape, is configured to allow the long sheet to be wound around an outer periphery of the core body, and includes a cylindrical inner peripheral part having one end and an other end, the inner peripheral part includes a first recess part located at the one end and recessing outward in the radial direction, and a second recess part located to extend from the one end to the other end and recessing outward in the radial direction, in which a recessing amount of the second recess part recessing outward in the radial direction with respect to the inner peripheral part is smaller than that of the first recess part, the core body for wound body is mountable on the outer periphery of the support shaft from the one end side of the core body for wound body, and from the distal end side of the support shaft, the support shaft and the core body for wound body are integrally rotatable around the central axis by engagement of the first projection with the first recess part in a state where the core body for wound body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft, and the circumferential position of the first projection around the central axis is aligned with the circumferential position of the first recess part around the central axis by engagement of the second projection with the second recess part when the core body for wound body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft. 
     According to the present invention, there is further provided a combination of a wound body and a support shaft, the combination including a wound body formed by winding a long sheet, and a support shaft that supports the wound body, wherein the support shaft includes a cylindrical outer peripheral part having a proximal end and a distal end, and is configured to be rotatable around a central axis of the outer peripheral part, the outer peripheral part includes a first projection located at the proximal end and projecting outward in a radial direction, and a second projection located at the distal end and projecting outward in the radial direction, in which a projecting amount of the second projection projecting outward in the radial direction with respect to the outer peripheral part is smaller than that of the first projection, the wound body includes a core body having a cylindrical shape, and the long sheet wound around an outer periphery of the core body, the core body includes a cylindrical inner peripheral part having one end and an other end, the inner peripheral part includes a first recess part located at the one end and recessing outward in the radial direction, and a second recess part located to extend from the one end to the other end and recessing outward in the radial direction, in which a recessing amount of the second recess part recessing outward in the radial direction with respect to the inner peripheral part is smaller than that of the first recess part, the core body is mountable on the outer periphery of the support shaft from the one end side of the core body, and from the distal end side of the support shaft, the support shaft and the core body are integrally rotatable around the central axis by engagement of the first projection with the first recess part in a state where the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft, and the circumferential position of the first projection around the central axis is aligned with the circumferential position of the first recess part around the central axis by engagement of the second projection with the second recess part when the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a packing section in a medicine packing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view showing a support shaft and a core body of a wound body in the packing section. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross sectional perspective view along an axis of the core body showing a half of the core body. 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective view showing the core body in a state of being mounted to the support shaft of the packing section. 
         FIG. 5  is an explanatory view showing a state in which the circumferential position of the core body is aligned relative to the support shaft. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention will be described by way of one embodiment of a combination of a wound body  6  and a medicine packing apparatus  1 . In the following description, a “proximal end side” corresponds to a left side in  FIG. 2 , and a “distal end side” corresponds to a right side in  FIG. 2 . Further, in the following description, an “axial direction” is an axial direction of a support shaft  31 . 
     Overview of the Packing Section 
       FIG. 1  schematically shows a packing section  2  that is a section for packing a medicine in a medicine packing apparatus  1 . Examples of the medicine (not shown) include tablets and powders. A packing material  62  used in this medicine packing apparatus  1  is a strip-shaped and long sheet. Examples of a material of the packing material  62  include paper and resin. The packing material  62  is conveyed along its longitudinal direction (direction represented by an arrow F in  FIG. 2 ). The packing material  62  is formed into a wound body  6  in a roll shape (packing roll) by being wound around an outer periphery of a core body  61 . That is, the wound body  6  is formed by winding the packing material  62  of a long sheet shape in a roll shape. In the wound body  6 , the packing material  62  is wound around the outer periphery of the core body  61  while being folded in half along a center in a width direction (short side direction). The packing material  62  is wound off from the wound body  6 . The medicine packing apparatus  1  packs a medicine using the packing material  62  wound off from the wound body  6 . A packing material supply section  3 , a packing material conveyance section  4 , and a packing body forming section  5  are located in this order from the upstream side to the downstream side in the conveyance direction of the packing material  62  in the packing section  2  of the medicine packing apparatus  1 . A description will be made hereinafter on these members. A description on the packing material supply section  3  will be made later for convenience. 
     Packing Material Conveyance Section 
     The packing material conveyance section  4  conveys the packing material  62  in the longitudinal direction and supplies the same to the packing body forming part  5  on the downstream side. The packing material conveyance section  4  mainly includes a tension adjustment mechanism  41  and a folding bar  42 . The tension adjustment mechanism  41  is a mechanism for adjusting the tension of the packing material  62  by stretching the packing material  62  among rollers  411  to  413 , an inter-axial distance of which is changeable, so as to allow the packing material  62  to be bent backward. The tension adjustment mechanism  41  of this embodiment is formed by the combination of two fixed rollers  411  and  412  with their axial positions immovable and one dancer roller  413  with its axial position movable so as to be curved relative to the mounting base. The folding bar  42  changes the conveyance direction of the packing material  62  conveyed upward from the tension adjustment mechanism  41  to an obliquely downward direction. The packing material conveyance section  4  can include a printing section  43  for printing, for example the medicine prescription information on the surface of the packing material  62 . 
     Packing Body Forming Section 
     The packing body forming section  5  is a section for supplying each dose of the medicine to the packing material  62  according to the prescription and allowing it to be packed individually by bonding the packing material  62 . The packing body forming section  5  mainly includes a triangular plate  51 , a hopper  52 , and a packing material bonding member  53 . The triangular plate  51  is a part that is located on the downstream side of the folding bar  42  in the conveyance direction and is configured to push open the packing material  62  in a state of being folded in half in the width direction so as to separate one side and the other side of the packing material  62  away from each other to allow the packing material  62  to have a V-shaped cross section as seen in the longitudinal direction. The hopper  52  has an upper part  521  and a lower part  522  that has a horizontally cross sectional area reduced compared with the upper part  521  and that is configured to be partly inserted into a space  62 S having the V-shaped cross section which has been push opened by the triangular plate  51  of the packing material  62 . The medicine supplied according to the prescription is supplied on the packing material  62  via the inside of the hopper  52  by a medicine supply mechanism (not shown) disposed above the hopper  52 . The packing material bonding member  53  is a member configured to, for example, heat melt the packing material  62  to section the packing material  62  into individual packs. The packing body forming section  5  can further include, for example, a perforation forming member (not shown) configured to form perforations in the packing material  62  bonded by the packing material bonding member  53  for ease of cutting. 
     Packing Material Supply Section 
     The packing material supply section  3  is a section for feeding the packing material  62  to the packing material conveyance section  4  and its downstream side. The wound body  6  is arranged in the packing material supply section  3  to be rotatable in the circumferential direction. The packing material  62  is drawn out in the longitudinal direction from the wound body  6  by the rotation of the wound body  6 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the packing material supply section  3  includes a support shaft  31 . The support shaft  31  extends from a non-illustrated mounting base. Apart of the packing material conveyance section  4  (i.e., the tension adjustment mechanism  41  shown in  FIG. 1 ) is also disposed on this mounting base. The support shaft  31  has a substantially columnar shape. The support shaft  31  has an outer peripheral part having a cylindrical shape. The support shaft  31  has a proximal end (left part in  FIG. 2 ) and a distal end (right part in  FIG. 2 ). The proximal end of the support shaft  31  is supported by the mounting base. The support shaft  31  includes a main shaft part  311  having a constant radial dimension, and a proximal end shaft part  312  that is located closer to the proximal end than the main shaft part  311  and that has a larger radial dimension than the main shaft part  311 . A step is formed between the main shaft part  311  and the proximal end shaft part  312  as shown in  FIG. 2 . 
     The support shaft  31  is rotatably mounted to the mounting base and supports the wound body  6  (core body  61 ). The support shaft  31  is driven to rotate by the driving unit such as a non-illustrated stepping motor disposed inside the mounting base. The support shaft  31  is rotatable both in the direction in which the packing material  62  is wound off and the direction in which the packing material  62  is wound up. The support shaft  31  is intermittently rotated in response to the supply of the packing material  62  to the packing body forming section  5 . The support shaft  31  is cantilever-supported with respect to the mounting base and has the distal end exposed to the outside. Therefore, as shown in  FIG. 2 , the core body  61  of the wound body  6  is disposed at a position on the exposed side of the support shaft  31 , through which the axis of the support shaft  31  extends, and the wound body  6  is placed onto the support shaft  31  from the distal end toward the proximal end in the axial direction so that the wound body  6  (only the core body  61  is shown in  FIG. 4 ) can be mounted to the support shaft  31 , as shown in  FIG. 4 . The wound body  6  is mounted to the support shaft  31  so as not to be relatively rotatable. 
     The support shaft  31  of this embodiment has a length in the axial direction larger than that of the wound body  6 . Therefore, as shown in  FIG. 4 , a part (i.e., mount assisting part  31 B) of the support shaft  31  projects from the core body  61  in the mounted state (i.e., the state where the core body  61  is mounted to a support shaft main body  31 A). The present invention is not necessarily limited to this configuration. The other end of the core body  61  in the mounted state, which will be later described, can be coincident with the distal end of the support shaft  31 . 
     A part of the support shaft  31  on the distal end side (i.e., part at which a guide projection  317  is formed), which projects from the core body  61 , is a mount assisting device  31 B that is a separate body from the support shaft main body  31 A that is a proximal end part of the support shaft  31  and is mounted to the support shaft main body  31 A. This mount assisting device  31 B can be used in combination with the wound body  6  of this embodiment. The mounting of the mount assisting device  31 B to the support shaft main body  31 A is achieved by means of a fitting engagement used in an engagement structure for mounting a distal end lid of a support shaft of an existing medicine packing apparatus (i.e., structure for mounting the mount assisting part  31 B after the distal end lid is removed), or bonding to an existing support shaft (the mounting structure is not limited to these, and various mounting forms can be employed). The support shaft main body  31 A has an outer peripheral part having a cylindrical shape. The mount assisting device  31 B in the state of being mounted to the support shaft main body  31 A functions as a mount assisting part that is a part of the support shaft  31 . According to this configuration, the support shaft  31  of this embodiment can be formed by replacing, for example, a lid member provided at the distal end of a short support shaft with the mount assisting part. The support shaft  31  of this embodiment can be formed by the mount assisting part  31 B to be mounted to the distal end of the support shaft main body  31 A, while avoiding a significant modification to an existing medicine packing apparatus. Therefore, the combination of the wound body  6  of this embodiment and the medicine packing apparatus  1  can be realized at a reduced cost. However, when the support shaft  31  is newly produced, it may be configured to employ not a separate structure but an integrated structure in which the support shaft main body  31 A and the mount assisting part  31 B are inseparable from each other. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , a plurality of (four in this embodiment) catch projections  313  as first projections are located at the proximal end shaft part  312  of the support shaft  31 . The catch projections  313  are located with a certain distance from each other (at intervals) in the circumferential direction (rotation direction). The catch projections  313  project outward in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the proximal end of the support shaft  31 . The catch projections  313  extend in the axial direction from the proximal end edge toward the distal end by a certain distance. Packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  having a rod shape project from some of the catch projections  313  (every other one of the catch projections  313  in the circumferential direction in this embodiment). Distal ends of the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  are set to be located radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the core body  61  when the wound body  6  has been mounted to the support shaft  31 . The catch projections  313  provided with the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  respectively include cutouts  315  extending therethrough in the radial direction and extending in the axial direction. 
     Each of the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  is biased toward the distal end in the axial direction (right side in  FIG. 4 ) of the support shaft  31  by a biasing force of a non-illustrated spring disposed inside the support shaft  31 . When the wound body  6  with the packing material  62  wound therearound has been mounted to the support shaft  31 , the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  are pushed out to the side by the packing material  62  layered in the radial direction on the outer periphery of the core body  61  and thereby moved toward the proximal end in the axial direction against the spring urging force. The core body  61  of the wound body  6  includes cutouts  611  extending through the core body  61  in the radial direction and extending in the axial direction in the same manner as the support shaft  31  at parts which become coincide in position with the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  when the core body  61  is mounted to the support shaft  31 . The cutouts  611  are arranged to be coincident in the circumferential direction with the cutouts  315  of the support shaft  31 . Therefore, the core body  61  is sometimes rotated in the circumferential direction relative to the support shaft  31  by the operator in order to align the cutouts  611  (this operation will be explained later). When the packing material  62  is unwound from the wound body  6  and has run out (that is, only the core body  61  is left), the pushing-out by the packing material  62  is eliminated, and therefore the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  biased by the springs move toward the distal end in the axial direction and enter the cutouts  611  (see  FIG. 4 ). A sensor or the like detects the entrance of the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  into the cutouts  611  and thereby enabling detection of the run-out of the packing material. For example, the operation of the packing material supply section  3  can be automatically stopped based on the detection of the completion of the unwinding of the entire packing material  62  from the wound body  6 . 
     A displacement regulating part  316  projects from an outer peripheral surface of the support shaft  31 . At least one displacement regulating part  316  is disposed (two parts are disposed in this embodiment, although another part is not illustrated). When a plurality of displacement regulating parts  316  are disposed as in this embodiment, these displacement regulating parts  316  are located with a certain distance from each other (at intervals) in the circumferential direction. In this embodiment, two displacement regulating parts  316  are located at equal intervals in the circumferential direction (that is, at angular intervals of 180°). In this embodiment, the displacement regulating parts  316  are respectively located at the same positions in the circumferential direction as the positions of any ones of the catch projections  313 . The displacement regulating parts  316  are projections that have, for example, a spherical or hemispherical shape, and are biased radially outward by springs disposed inside the support shaft  31  to project partly from the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft  31 . The displacement regulating parts  316  are disposed to be able to be advanced from and retracted into the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft  31 . The displacement regulating parts  316  respectively engage later-described step parts  612  of the core body  61 . Thereby, the core body  61  can be prevented from being displaced relative to the support shaft  31  in the axial direction, and hence the wound body  6  can be securely mounted to the support shaft  31 . 
     At least one guide projection  317  as a second projection  317  (four projections in this embodiment) are formed at the distal end of the support shaft  31  (main shaft part  311 ). When the plurality of guide projections  317  are formed as in this embodiment, these guide projections  317  are located with a certain distance (at intervals) from each other in the circumferential direction. The guide projections  317  project radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the distal end of the support shaft  31 . The guiding projections  317  project at positions between adjacent ones of the catch projections  313 . That is, the catch projections  313  and the guiding projections  317  are alternately located as viewed in the axial direction. In this embodiment, the catch projections  313  and the guiding projections  317  are alternately located at equal intervals from each other in the circumferential direction. The projecting amount of the guide projections  317  projecting in the radially outward direction with respect to the outer peripheral part of the support shaft main body  31 A is smaller than that of the catch projections  313 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , each of the guide projections  317  includes a main body part  3171  having a constant width, and a reducing part  3172  located on the distal end side of the main body part  3171  and having a width decreasing toward the distal end and integrally formed with the main body part  3171 . The reducing part  3172  has ends in the width direction, which respectively have inclined surfaces. These inclined surfaces each are formed in a straight shape as viewed in the radial direction in this embodiment, but this is not essential. A curved line shape or any other shape can be employed. Also, these inclined surfaces are formed symmetrically with respect to the axial direction in this embodiment, but these may be formed asymmetrically. 
     Inner peripheral surface parts  617  of the core body  61  come into contact with the guide projections  317  by the placement of the core body  61  onto the support shaft  31  so that the alignment of the circumferential position of the core body  61  with the circumferential position of the support shaft  31  around the support shaft  31  can be achieved (description on the alignment of the core body  61  will be later given).  FIG. 5  shows the operation for it. In  FIG. 5 , the guide projections  317  (shown by two-dot chain line) are shown as moving in the axial direction relative to the core body  61  for ease of understanding. However, the actual configuration is opposite to the illustrated configuration. That is, the core body  61  actually moves in the axial direction relative to the guide projections  317 . At this time, the circumferential positions of the support shaft  31  and the core body  61  are brought into alignment with each other by the rotational movement relative to each other in the circumferential direction. The support shaft  31  is kept unmoved in the circumferential direction so as to allow the core body  61  to be rotated relative to the support shaft  31 , or the core body  61  is kept unmoved in the circumferential direction so as to allow the support shaft  31  to be rotated relative to the core body  61  in the circumferential direction. Or, both the support shaft  31  and the core body  61  are allowed to be respectively rotated in the circumferential direction. 
     The guiding projections  317  are located at positions different from those of the catch projections  313  in the axial direction. Specifically, the guiding projections  317  are located at the distal end of the support shaft  31 , and the catch projections  313  are located at the proximal end of the support shaft  31 . With these parts located at different positions, it is possible to bring the catch recesses  615  of the core body  61  into engagement with the catch projections  313  of the core body  61  with a time margin after the completion of the alignment operation in the circumferential direction of the core body  61 . In particular, since the guiding projections  317  of this embodiment are located at the distal end of the support shaft  31 , the alignment operation of the core body  61  is made not at the end of the insertion operation but at the beginning of the insertion operation. Thus, good operability in mounting the wound body  6  to the support shaft  31  is obtainable. Further, it is possible to locate a mechanism (catch recesses  615  in this embodiment) to which a rotational force is transmitted from the support shaft  31  and a mechanism (guide recess parts  616  in this embodiment) for aligning in the circumferential direction, not only at one end in the axial direction of the core body  61 , but at positions dispersed in the axial direction. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the strength of one end in the axial direction of the core body  61  from being greatly lowered compared with the strength of the other end of the core body  61 . 
     Core Body of the Wound Body 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the core body  61  of the wound body  6  has a cylindrical shape (circular cylindrical shape) or a tubular shape (circular tubular shape) with a circular cross section taken in the radial direction. The core body  61  has an inner peripheral part having a circular cylindrical shape. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the packing material  62  is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the core body  61 . The outer diameter of the core body  61  is constant in the axial direction. Therefore, no step is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the core body  61  so that the packing material  62  can be wound up with no fold line formed therein. The core body  61  can be mounted on and dismounted from the outer periphery of the support shaft  31  of the packing material supply section  3  by being moved in the axial direction. The core body  61  is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft  31  by allowing the circumferential positions of the core body  61  and the support shaft  31  to be aligned with each other around the support shaft  31 . The core body  61  has the one end and the other end. The one end is a part close to the support shaft  31  in  FIG. 2 , and the other end is a part far from the support shaft  31  in  FIG. 2 . The core body  61  is mounted to the support shaft  31  from the one end side, which is a regular direction (mounting direction). At the time of mounting, the core body  61  is moved in the axial direction from the distal end toward the proximal end of the support shaft  31 . The core body  61  has the cutouts  611  at the proximal end in the direction in which the support shaft  31  is mounted (regular mounting direction). With the core body  61  mounted to the support shaft  31 , the cutouts  611  are located at the positions corresponding to the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  projecting outward in the radial direction from the support shaft  31 . The cutouts  611  extend through the core body  61  in the radial direction and define spaces opening at the distal end edge of the core body  61 . Each of the packing-material-running-out detection pins  314  is movable in the axial direction within each corresponding one of the spaces. This movement is done after the packing material  62  has been wound off from the wound body  6  and no packing material  62  is left on the wound body  6  ( FIG. 4  shows the state after the movement). Meanwhile, the cutouts  611  can be used as leads identified in a visual sense or a tactile sense. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , step parts  612  are formed in the inner peripheral part of the core body  61  on the distal end side of the core body  61 . A plurality of the step parts  612  (four in this embodiment) are located intermittently in the circumferential direction. The displacement regulating parts  316  projecting from the support shaft  31  engage the step parts  612 . Therefore, it is possible to prevent the core body  61  from being displaced relative to the support shaft  31  in the axial direction, and securely mount the wound body  6  to the support shaft  31 . On the other hand, since the displacement regulating parts  316  are spring biased, the core body  61  moves relative to the support shaft  31  by moving the core body  61  in the axial direction by a force exceeding the biasing force of the springs, for example, when the core body  61  is pulled out of the support shaft  31 . Therefore, the operation for pulling the core body  61  out of the support shaft  31  can be made without hindrance. 
     The core body  61  includes a plurality of magnet retention parts  613  that retain permanent magnet combined to correspond to a magnetic detecting part such as a magnetic sensor that is included in the packing material supply section  3  for identifying the wound body  6 . Permanent magnets are arranged at selected given number of the magnet retention parts  613  among all the magnet retention parts  613  (the magnet retention parts  613  without permanent magnets are shown in Figures). The identification of the wound body  6  specifically means the identification of a material of the packing material  62 . The identification is made by the magnetic detecting part that detects the number of the magnet retention parts  613  at which the permanent magnets are arranged, the polarity of the permanent magnet or the strength of the magnetic force of the permanent magnets. The magnet retention parts  613  are not needed in a medicine packing apparatus, in which the identification of the wound body  6  is made by any other means than the magnet, for example, electromagnetic detection by using, for example, IC chips such as the RFID tag enabling the wireless identification, or optical detection by the two-dimensional code, or in a medicine packaging apparatus, in which the magnetic detecting part is removed or disabled by the modification. 
     The inner periphery of the core body  61  includes the catch recess parts  615  as the first recess parts, guide recess parts  616  as the second recess parts, and the inner peripheral surface parts  617 . A plurality of groups each of which includes the catch recess part  615 , the guide recess part  616 , and the inner peripheral surface part  617  are disposed in the circumferential direction. These groups can be located at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. In this embodiment, four groups of these parts  615  to  617  are located at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. However, it is possible to dispose only one group, or dispose a plurality of groups at unequal intervals. These parts  615  to  617  are located asymmetrically in the axial direction, as shown in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3 . 
     The catch recess parts  615  are located in the inner periphery on the one end side of the core body  61 . The catch recess parts  615  in the state where the core body  61  is mounted to the support shaft  31  engages the catch projection  313  of the support shaft  31  to enable transmission of a rotational force in the circumferential direction between the core body  61  and the support shaft  31 . That is, in the state where the core body  61  is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft main body  31 A, the support shaft main body  31 A and the core body  61  are integrally rotatable around the central axis of the outer peripheral part of the support shaft main body  31 A by the engagement between the catch projections  313  and the catch recess parts  615 . The number of the catch recess parts  615  is the same as the number of the catch projections  313  of the support shaft  31 . The number of the groups each including the guide recess part  616  and the inner peripheral surface part  617  is the same as the number of the guide projections  317  of the support shaft  31 . However, the number of the catch recess parts  615  can be larger than the number of the catch projections  313  of the support shaft  31 . The number of groups each including the guide recess part  616  and the inner peripheral surface part  617  can be larger than the number of the guide projections  317 . 
     The guide recess parts  616  are located in the inner periphery of the core body  61  to extend from the one end side to the other end side in the axial direction. The guide recess parts  616  have an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the support shaft  31 . The recessing amount of the guide recess parts  616  recessing outward in the radial direction with respect to the inner peripheral part of the core body  61  (more specifically, the inner peripheral surface, still more specifically, the inner peripheral surface of the inner peripheral surface part  617  or the large thickness part  619 ) is smaller than the recessing amount of the catch recess parts  615 . Therefore, it is possible to prevent deterioration of the strength of the core body  61  due to the recesses. The guide recess parts  616  are formed along the entire periphery in the circumferential direction of the core body  61  at the one end of the core body  61  (part  6162   a  shown in  FIG. 3 ). Therefore, when the core body  61  is placed onto the mount assisting part  31 B, it is not necessary to align the circumferential position of the core body  61  with the circumferential position of the mount assisting part  31 B around the central axis. Thus, easy operation can be realized. The guide recess parts  616  engage the guide projections  317  when the core body  61  is mounted to the support shaft  31 , thereby aligning the circumferential position of the core body  61  with the circumferential position of the support shaft  31  around the support shaft  31 . That is, when the core body  61  is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft main body  31 A, the guide projections  317  engage the guide recess parts  616 , thereby aligning the circumferential positions of the guiding projections  317  with the circumferential positions of the guide recess parts  616  around the central axis of the outer peripheral part of the support shaft main body  31 A. Each of the guide recess parts  616  includes positioning part  6161  that is positioned on the other end side, has a constant width (dimension in the circumferential direction) and extends in the axial direction, and a leading part  6162  that is continuous with the one end side of the positioning part  6161 , and has a width (dimension in the circumferential direction) increasing as it advances toward the one end in the axial direction. The width of the positioning part  6161  is substantially the same as the width of the guiding projections  317 . Specifically, the width of the positioning part  6161  is larger than (slightly larger than) the width of the guiding projections  317  to the extent which allows for the movement of the guiding projections  317  through the positioning part  6161  in the axial direction of the core body  61 . 
     A portion  6162   b  of the leading part  6162  which is overlapped with the inner peripheral surface part  617  in the axial direction has a dimension in the circumferential direction decreasing as it advances from the one end toward the other end, so that the core body  61  is moved in the circumferential direction according to this decrease (see  FIG. 5 ;  FIG. 5  shows the opposite relationship between the core body  61  and the guiding projections  317  regarding the movability and the immovability to the actual relationship). The catch recess parts  615  of the core body  61  coincide with the catch projections  313  of the support shaft  31 . Thus, the core body  61  is rotated relative to the support shaft  31  to have their circumferential positions aligned with each other. 
     A portion  6162   a  (see  FIG. 3 ) of the leading part  6162  which is not overlapped with the inner peripheral surface part  617  in the axial direction does not produce an effect of moving the core body  61  in the circumferential direction by the contact with the guiding projections  317 . The part  6162   a  produces an effect of facilitating the mounting of the core body  61  to the support shaft  31 . The leading part  6162  has an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the support shaft  31 , and is exposed at the one end in the axial direction of the core body  61 . In this embodiment, the leading part  6162  is exposed along the entire periphery in the circumferential direction. That is, the inner diameter of the one end in the axial direction of the core body  61  has a clearance relative e to (“loose” relationship with) the outer diameter of the support shaft  31 . Therefore, the insertion of the wound body  6  (core body  61 ) onto the support shaft  31  can be easily made compared with the configuration lacking such a clearance. Since the wound body  6  having the core body  61  with the packing material  62  wound therearound is heavy (in particular, a new wound body  6  is heavy because of no consumption of the packing material  62 ), the facilitation of the insertion is a great advantage for the user of the medicine packing apparatus  1 . This effect is also an effect produced by the later-described small thickness parts  618 . 
     The portion  6162   a  of the leading part  6162  which is not overlapped with the inner peripheral surface part  617  in the axial direction can be said as “free area” for allowing for the rotation of the core body  61  without limitation. The positioning part  6161  can be said as “limitation area” in which the rotation of the core body  61  is limited to the extent which makes the rotation substantially impossible (specifically, a clearance in the circumferential direction exists to the extent which allows for positional displacement of the guide recess parts  616  of the core body  61  in the axial direction relative to the guiding projections  317 . The portion  6162   b  of the leading part  6162  which is overlapped with the inner peripheral surface part  617  in the axial direction can be said as “transition area” in which the range in which the core body  61  is rotatable is smaller in the other end side in the axial direction than that in the one end side. The free area, the transition area, and the limitation area of the guide recess part  616  are continued in this order from the one end side to the other end side in the axial direction. 
     The inner peripheral surface parts  617  are parts adjacent to the guide recess parts  616  in the circumferential direction. The inner peripheral surface parts  617  have a larger thickness (i.e., a larger dimension in the radial direction) than that of the guide recess parts  616 . Each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  is located on the inner periphery of the core body  61  to extend from the other end toward the one end in the axial direction of the core body  61  and does not reach the edge on the one end side of the core body  61  in the axial direction and that has a leading edge located between the center in the axial direction and the edge on the one end side in the axial direction of the core body  61 . In this embodiment, the leading edge of each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  is located at a position adjacent to the other end side of the corresponding catch recess  615  in the axial direction. A leading edge portion of each of the inner peripheral surface part  617  has a dimension in the circumferential direction decreasing as it advances from the other end side toward the one end side, which forms a reversed shape to the shape of the leading part  6162 . Thus, each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  has a shape asymmetrical in the axial direction. 
     The surface of each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  is a curved face having a constant curvature in the circumferential direction. The curvature of the surface in the circumferential direction of each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  is the same (substantially the same) as the curvature in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft  31 . Since the surface of each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  is a curved face having a wide area, each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  comes into surface contact with the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft  31  when the core body  61  is mounted to the support shaft  31 . For example, in the configuration in which projections are located on the inner peripheral surface of the support shaft to extend in the axial direction, the core body comes into line contact with the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft. In this arrangement, deformation (distortion) to the main part of the core body that is a floating state relative to the supporting shaft may occur due to “winding and tightening” which will be described later. Contrarily to this, in this embodiment, since the surface of each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  comes into surface contact with the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft  31 , it is possible to reduce the possibility of causing the aforementioned deformation (distortion) to the core body  61 . 
     Since the inner peripheral surface parts  617  have a large thickness and the guide recess parts  616  have a small thickness, a step is formed between each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  and each of the guide recess parts  616 . That is, the edges in the circumferential direction of the positioning part  6161  of each of the guide recess parts  616  and the leading parts  6162  are defined by each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617 . Each of the inner peripheral surface parts  617  has core-body-side inclined faces  6171  defining the edges in the width direction (circumferential direction) of the leading parts  6162  of the guide recess parts  616  (see  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 ). 
     When the core body  61  including the catch recess parts  615 , the guide recess parts  616 , and the inner peripheral surface parts  617  is to be mounted to the support shaft  31  from the one end side, the leading parts  6162  of the core body  61  are first positioned to face the guiding projections  317  of the support shaft  31 . When the core body  61  is further moved in the axial direction, the positions of the positioning parts  6161  of the core body  61  are changed relative to the guiding projections  317  (see position changes shown by the arrows in  FIG. 5 ). 
     The positioning parts  6161  are also guide parts for guiding the guiding projections  317 . Each of the positioning parts  6161  as the guide parts is located at the other end, is continuous with the leading part  6162 , and is configured to guide the guiding projection  317  so as to allow the circumferential positions of the catch projections  313  and the catch recess parts  615  around the central axis of the outer periphery part of the support shaft main body  31 A to be maintained in alignment with each other when the core body  61  is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft main body  31 A. Thereby, when the core body  61  is mounted to the support shaft main body  31 A, it is not necessary to intentionally maintain the state where the circumferential position of the support shaft main body  31 A is aligned with the circumferential position of the core body  61  around the central axis. Thus, this allows for ease of the alignment operation. 
     The leading part  6162  has a width (dimension in the circumferential direction) decreasing as it advances from the one end toward the other end of the core body  61 . Thereby, when the core body  61  is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft main body  31 A, the leading part  6162  is leads the guiding projection  317  to allow the circumferential positions of the catch projections  313  and the catch recess parts  615  around the central axis of the outer periphery part of the support shaft main body  31 A to be aligned with each other. According to this configuration, it is not necessary to intentionally align the circumferential position of the support shaft main body  31 A and the circumferential position of the core body  61  with each other around the central axis. This allows for ease of the operation. 
     When the guiding projection  317  is located at an end in the circumferential direction of the corresponding leading part  6162 , the edge of the leading part  6162 , that is, the core-body-side inclined face  6171  contacts the guiding projection  317 . Thereby, the guiding projection  317  is led to a position at which it coincides with the positioning part  6161  of the core body  61 . When the core body  61  is moved further in the axial direction, a portion of the guiding projection  317  and a portion of the catch recess  615  come into engagement with each other, while the guiding projection  317  and the positioning part  6161  come into engagement with each other. When the core body  61  is moved further in the axial direction, the positioning part  6161  of the core body  61  is released from the guiding projections  317  and thereby the catch projections  313  completely engage the catch recess parts  615  to finally come into a state as shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     The edge (core-body-side inclined face  6171 ) of the leading part  6162  sometimes comes into contact with the inclined face of the reducing part  3172  of the guiding projection  317  (see  FIG. 5 ). Since the core-body-side inclined face  6171  that is the edge of the leading part  6162  has substantially the same degree of inclination as that of the inclined face of the reducing part  3172  of the guiding projection  317 . Therefore, the contact therebetween can be smoothly performed. 
     According to the core body  61  of this embodiment, the mounting of the core body  61  to the support shaft  31  can be easily performed by the guide recess parts  616 , and the strength of the core body  61  can be secured by the inner peripheral surface parts  617 . 
     The core body  61  includes small thickness parts  618  and large thickness parts  619 . The small thickness parts  618  are disposed in the inner periphery of the core body  61  on the one end side in the axial direction. The small thickness parts  618  engage a proximal end shaft part  312  of the support shaft  31  in the state where the core body  61  is mounted to the support shaft  31 . The large thickness parts  619  are disposed in the inner periphery of the core body  61  on the other end side in the axial direction, and engage the main shaft part  311  of the support shaft  31  in the state where the core body  61  is mounted to the support shaft  31 . The large thickness parts  619  have a thickness larger than the small thickness parts  618 . The small thickness parts  618  correspond to the aforementioned guide recess parts  616 , and the large thickness parts  619  correspond to the aforementioned inner peripheral surface parts  617 . The small thickness parts  618  are formed for the purpose different from that of the guide recess parts  616 , while the forming areas of the small thickness parts  618  in the inner periphery of the core body  61  are the same as those of the guide recesses  616 . The forming areas of the small thickness parts  618  and the guide recess parts  616  can be differentiated from each other. The large thickness parts  619  are formed for the purpose different from that of the aforementioned inner peripheral surface parts  617 , while the forming areas of the large thickness parts  619  in the inner periphery of the core body  61  are the same as that of the inner peripheral surface parts  617 . The forming areas of the large thickness parts  619  and the inner peripheral surface parts  617  can be differentiated from each other. 
     A phenomenon called “winding and tightening” sometimes occurs due to the stress (i.e., force causing shrinkage in the longitudinal direction) remaining in the packing material after the winding operation in the manufacturing the wound body, the surrounding temperature or humidity. This “winding and tightening” causes a compressive force in the radial direction of the core body. There is a case where this compressive force causes a small thickness portion to be deformed inwardly in the radial direction, and hence causes the outer periphery of the core body to be distorted, as a result of which feeding out of the packing material becomes uneven, and packing of a medicine becomes unstable. 
     According to the core body  61  of this embodiment, the small thickness parts  618  engage the proximal end shaft part  312 , and the large thickness parts  619  engage the main shaft part  311  of the support shaft  31 . The outer diameter of the proximal end shaft part  312  of the support shaft  31  is larger than the outer diameter of the main shaft part  311 . The outer diameter of the proximal end shaft part  312  of the support shaft  31  is the same as the inner diameter of the small thickness parts  618  of the core body  61  to the extent which allows for insertion. Further, the outer diameter of the main shaft part  311  of the support shaft  31  is the same as the inner diameter of the large thickness parts  619  to the extent which allows for insertion. A clearance between the support shaft  31  and the core body  61  can be suppressed by the engagement of the core body  61  with the support shaft  31 . Therefore, it is possible to eliminate a clearance which may permit distortion of the core body  61  of such a degree as to affect on the feeding out of the packing material  62 . Thus, the core body  61  physically supported by the support shaft  31  can cope with a compressive force of the winding and tightening, which is caused in the wound packing material  62 . In particular, the large thickness parts  619  occupy a large area in the circumferential direction compared with the small thickness parts  618 , in an area  619   a  closer to the other end than the center in the axial direction of the core body  61 . Therefore, the area  619   a  acts greatly in coping with the compressive force of the winding and tightening. 
     Recycling of the Used Core Body 
     The core body  61  is formed of, for example, a hard resin. Accordingly, the core body  61  can be repeatedly used many times by recycling the core body  61  after the core body  61  is used up. This can contribute to, for example, saving, for example, petroleum resources. The recycling is realized by winding a new packing material  62  around the used core body  61  recovered from the user of the medicine packing apparatus  1 . The winding of the new packing material  62  around the core body  61  to be recycled makes it possible to manufacture a new wound body  6 . For the smooth recovery, it may be configured such that the wound body  6  is delivered to the user while the core body  61  included in the wound body  6  is rented to the user, and the user returns the core body  61  thereafter, which promotes the user to return the core body  61 . 
     The winding of a new packing material  62  around the used core body  61  can be made by, for example, a method in which the new packing material  62  is wound around a separate core body (e.g., paper cylinder)  63  having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the core body  61 , and a thus previously produced packing material roll (replacement wound body) is attached to the used core body  61 . When employing this method, it is possible to adjust the difference in dimension between the outer diameter of the used core body  61  and the inner diameter of the separate core body by interposing a spacer such as a rubber ring between the used core body  61  and the separate core body. 
     The production of the new wound body  6  can be made by a supplier of the wound body  6 , or the works relating to the production can be made by the user according to the instructions sent from the supplier of the wound body  6  to the user. In the latter case, the used core body  61  is not recovered but remains possessed at the user&#39;s site. The instructions from the supplier of the wound body  6  to the user may be either explicitly or implicitly made. Examples of the latter implicit instructions include simply assigning the replacement wound body to the user. 
     Problems in Prior Arts and Effects of this Embodiment on the Problem 
     It is conceivable to form the core body with an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the support shaft in order to facilitate the placement operation of the core body onto the support shaft of the medicine packing apparatus in the prior arts, that is, to form the core body with a large clearance. However, increase in the inner diameter of the core body with the outer diameter of the core body remaining unchanged causes the core body to have a thinned wall, which results in lowering in the strength of the core body. In order to deal with this, according to this embodiment, it is possible to suppress lowering in the strength of the core body  61  while facilitating the mounting of the core body  61  to the support shaft  31 . 
     A conventional core body has a small thickness at an end in the axial direction in order to form a step to prevent the core body from being pulled out of the support shaft of the medicine packing apparatus (see Figures of JP-U-56-44757 B, for example). However, a phenomenon called “winding and tightening” sometimes occurs due to the stress (i.e., force causing shrinkage in the longitudinal direction) remaining in the packing material after the winding operation in the manufacturing the wound body, the surrounding temperature or humidity. This “winding and tightening” applies a compressive force to the core body in the radial direction. There is a case where this compressive force causes a small thickness portion to be deformed inwardly in the radial direction, and hence causes the outer periphery of the core body to have a distorted shape. This sometimes causes uneven feeding of the packing material and unstable packing of the medicine. Contrarily to this, this embodiment enables stable packing of the medicine. 
     It is also conceivable to use a wound body having a new configuration while modifying a support shaft of an existing medicine packing apparatus in order to facilitate the placement operation of the wound body onto the support shaft of such a conventional medicine packing apparatus. However, a demand exists to avoid a significant modification to the support shaft of the existing medicine packing apparatus. Contrarily to this, this embodiment makes it possible to facilitate the mounting operation of the wound body  6  to the support shaft  31  without a significant modification to a support shaft of an existing medicine packing apparatus. 
     Possibility to Modify the Embodiment 
     Although the description was made on the one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiment and can be subjected to various modifications within the gist of the present invention. 
     REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 
     
         
           1 : Medicine packing apparatus 
           2 : Packing section 
           3 : Packing material supply section 
           31 : Support shaft 
           31 A: Support shaft body 
           31 B: Mount assisting part (mount assisting device) 
           311 : Main shaft part 
           312 : Proximal end shaft part 
           313 : Catch projection, first projection 
           317 : Guiding projection, second projection 
           4 : Packing material conveyance section 
           5 : Packing body forming section 
           6 : Wound body 
           61 : Core body 
           615 : Catch recess, first recess part 
           616 : Guide recess part, second recess part 
           6161 : Positioning part 
           6162 : Leading part 
           617 : Inner peripheral surface part 
           618 : Small thickness part 
           619 : Large thickness part 
           62 : Packing material