Medicine supplying apparatus
View Patent ↗There is disclosed a medicine supplying apparatus which can effectively eliminate medicine clogging in a nozzle for releasing a medicine into a package paper or the like. The medicine supplying apparatus supplies the medicine discharged from a tablet case which contains the medicine, and comprises the nozzle for releasing the medicine discharged from the tablet case; a shutter which is rotatably disposed in the nozzle and which opens/closes a medicine falling passage in the nozzle; and a roller which is rotatably disposed facing the medicine falling passage in the nozzle. The roller is disposed in a position at a height facing the shutter, and rotates in conjunction with the opening/closing of the shutter.
1. A medicine supplying apparatus for supplying a medicine discharged from a tablet case which contains the medicine, comprising:
a nozzle for releasing the medicine discharged from the tablet case said nozzle being defined in part by an inner side and an opposing front side; a shutter which is rotatably disposed in the nozzle at said inner side and which opens/closes a medicine falling passage in the nozzle; and a roller which is rotatably disposed at said front side facing and extending into the medicine falling passage in the nozzle.
2. The medicine supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the roller is disposed in a position at such a height that the roller faces the shutter, and the roller rotates in conjunction with the opening/closing of the shutter.
3. The medicine supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the medicine falling passage in the nozzle is narrowed on an exit side, the roller is disposed in a position where the medicine falling passage narrows, and the roller rotates in conjunction with the opening/closing of the shutter.
4. The medicine supplying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein a coefficient of friction of the surface of the roller is increased.
5. A medicine supplying apparatus for supplying a medicine discharged from a tablet case which contains the medicine, comprising:
a nozzle for releasing the medicine discharged from the tablet case; and a shutter which is rotatably disposed in the nozzle and which opens/closes a medicine falling passage in the nozzle by rotation about a driving shaft, wherein
the shutter is a single rigid plate having a lower end portion and a middle portion, with said driving shaft being disposed near said middle portion, and
the shutter extends from a driving shaft side to a facing wall surface of the nozzle facing the shutter to close the medicine falling passage in the nozzle, the shutter is rotated into a substantially hanging-down state to open the medicine falling passage, and the shutter is detached from the facing wall surface of the nozzle toward a lower end side in an opened state of the medicine falling passage.
6. A medicine supplying apparatus for supplying a medicine discharged from a tablet case which contains the medicine, comprising:
a nozzle for releasing the medicine discharged from the tablet case; and a shutter which is rotatably disposed in the nozzle and which opens/closes a medicine falling passage in the nozzle by rotation about a driving shaft, wherein
the shutter is a single rigid plate having a lower end portion, a middle portion and an upper end portion, with said driving shaft being disposed near said middle portion, and
the lower end portion of the shutter extends obliquely downwards from a driving shaft side to close the medicine falling passage in the nozzle, the shutter is rotated into a substantially hanging-down state to open the medicine falling passage, and the upper end portion of the shutter is formed into such a shape that the medicine is urged downwards by the rotation for opening the shutter.
7. A medicine supplying apparatus for supplying a medicine discharged from a tablet case which contains the medicine, comprising:
a nozzle for releasing the medicine discharged from the tablet case; and a shutter which is rotatably disposed in the nozzle and which opens/closes a medicine falling passage in the nozzle by rotation about a driving shaft, wherein
the shutter is a single rigid plate having a lower end portion and a middle portion, with said driving shaft being disposed near said middle portion, and
the shutter extends from a driving shaft side to a facing wall surface of the nozzle facing the shutter to close the medicine falling passage in the nozzle, the shutter is rotated into a substantially hanging-down state to open the medicine falling passage, and a protruding portion extending toward the shutter is formed on the facing wall surface of the nozzle.
8. A medicine supplying apparatus for supplying a medicine discharged from a tablet case which contains the medicine, comprising:
a nozzle for releasing the medicine discharged from the tablet case;
a shutter which is rotatably disposed in the nozzle and which opens/closes a medicine falling passage in the nozzle; and a roller which is rotatably disposed facing the medicine falling passage in the nozzle, wherein
said roller is disposed in a position where the medicine falling passage in the nozzle narrows when the shutter is opened, and the roller rotates in conjunction with the opening of the shutter,
the shutter is a single rigid plate and
the shutter is opened and closed by a driving shaft.