Medicine Dispensing and Packing Apparatus

摘要

Provided is a medicine dispensing and packing apparatus including a sheet feeding apparatus, a medicine putting unit, a sealing apparatus, and a control unit. The control unit controls the sheet feeding apparatus and the sealing apparatus to pack medicine. A plurality of packets formed by the sheet feeding apparatus and the sealing apparatus include a plurality of medicine-containing packets and a plurality of empty packets in which the medicine is not packed. The control unit controls the sheet feeding apparatus and the sealing apparatus to: form the plurality of empty packets upstream of the plurality of medicine-containing packets in the feeding direction; and form at least one empty packet of the plurality of empty packets such that the lengthwise size thereof is smaller than that of each of the plurality of medicine-containing packets.

主权项

1. A medicine dispensing and packing apparatus comprising:
a sheet feeding apparatus that feeds an elongated packing sheet in a lengthwise direction thereof, the packing sheet having an open end formed in the lengthwise direction; a medicine putting unit including a medicine putting port that is located in a space in the packing sheet through the open end, the medicine putting unit putting medicine into the space in the packing sheet from the medicine putting port; a sealing apparatus that seals the packing sheet; and a control unit that controls the sheet feeding apparatus and the sealing apparatus to form a plurality of individually divided packets, wherein the plurality of packets include a plurality of medicine-containing packets and a plurality of empty packets in which the medicine is not packed, the control unit controls the sheet feeding apparatus and the sealing apparatus to: sequentially pack the medicine by sealing the packing sheet in which the medicine is put by the medicine putting unit; and thereby form the plurality of medicine-containing packets, and the control unit further controls the sheet feeding apparatus and the sealing apparatus to: form the plurality of empty packets upstream of the plurality of medicine-containing packets in the packing sheet in a feeding direction of the packing sheet; and form at least one empty packet of the plurality of empty packets such that a lengthwise size thereof is smaller than that of each of the plurality of medicine-containing packets.