Abstract: A medicine packaging apparatus configured to package medicine based on prescription data, including: a feeder configured to feed solid medicine; a storage configured to temporarily store the solid medicine fed from the feeder; and a packaging unit configured to package the solid medicine discharged from the storage, wherein the storage includes: a plurality of storage containers; a holding table configured to hold the plurality of storage containers so as to be individually detachable; and a drive unit configured to drive the holding table to move so that each of the plurality of storage containers held by the holding table is moved between an introduction position where the solid medicine is introduced from the feeder and a discharge position where the solid medicine is discharged to the packaging unit.

Abstract: An arc-shaped divided body includes a plurality of medicine containing units each containing a medicine. The arc-shaped divided body has an inner circumferential surface. The inner circumferential surface has a partially cylindrical surface shape. An axial passage extending in an axial direction is formed inward in a radial direction of the partially cylindrical surface of the inner circumferential surface with respect to the arc-shaped divided body. The arc-shaped divided body is pivotable about a rotation axis. The rotation axis is located to be spaced apart from a center line of the partially cylindrical surfaces of the inner circumferential surfaces, and extends in parallel with the center line. In the state where the arc-shaped divided body is pivoted about the rotation axis in a direction away from the center line, the axial passage is exposed.

Abstract: Provided is a medicine feeding apparatus including: a medicine feeder body configured to feed medicine; and a medicine passage configured to guide the medicine fed by the medicine feeder body to a packaging material configured to package the medicine. The medicine passage includes: an inlet that is configured to allow the medicine to enter from above therethrough; an outlet that is configured to allow the medicine to exit downward therethrough; and a communication part that is configured to communicate the inlet and the outlet with each other. The inlet and the outlet are provided as separate bodies from each other. The communication part is provided as a separate body from the inlet and the outlet and is connected to the inlet and the outlet so as to be positionally adjustable.

Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus capable of suppressing entry of foreign substances into a medicine passage and also capable of reducing time and effort required in an operation of attaching and detaching a medicine container is provided. A container support portion is configured to support a medicine container so as to be attachable and detachable. The container support portion is provided with a medicine passage through which a medicine discharged from the medicine container passes. The container support portion has an opening and closing member. The opening and closing member is movable to: an open position at which the medicine passage is opened; and a close position at which the medicine passage is closed.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid medication dispensing machine that can shorten the time to supply a liquid medication to a prescription bottle. The liquid medication dispensing machine is a liquid medication dispensing machine supplying a liquid medication from a liquid medication bottle containing the liquid medication to a prescription bottle, including a liquid medication stirring unit that stirs the liquid medication in the liquid medication bottle, a bottle holding unit that holds a plurality of liquid medication bottles including a first bottle containing a liquid medication G and a second bottle containing a liquid medication B, and a control unit that controls operation of the liquid medication dispensing machine. The control unit operates the liquid medication stirring unit to stir liquid medication B while liquid medication G is supplied from the first bottle to the prescription bottle.

Abstract: A medicine packaging apparatus configured to package medicine based on prescription data, including: a feeder configured to feed solid medicine; a storage configured to temporarily store the solid medicine fed from the feeder; and a packaging unit configured to package the solid medicine discharged from the storage, wherein the storage includes: a plurality of storage containers; a holding table configured to hold the plurality of storage containers so as to be individually detachable; and a drive unit configured to drive the holding table to move so that each of the plurality of storage containers held by the holding table is moved between an introduction position where the solid medicine is introduced from the feeder and a discharge position where the solid medicine is discharged to the packaging unit.

Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus capable of suppressing entry of foreign substances into a medicine passage and also capable of reducing time and effort required in an operation of attaching and detaching a medicine container is provided. A container support portion is configured to support a medicine container so as to be attachable and detachable. The container support portion is provided with a medicine passage through which a medicine discharged from the medicine container passes. The container support portion has an opening and closing member. The opening and closing member is movable to: an open position at which the medicine passage is opened; and a close position at which the medicine passage is closed.

Abstract: Provided is a medicine filling apparatus used for filling a medicine container with solid medicines, including: a medicine housing unit configured to house the medicines and having a plurality of medicine outlets configured to eject the housed medicines; a rotor located within the medicine housing unit, having a plurality of temporary medicine housing units configured to temporarily house the medicines, and configured to move the medicines housed in the plurality of temporary medicine housing units to the plurality of medicine outlets by rotating; and a drive unit configured to rotationally drive the rotor, wherein when at least one of the temporary medicine housing units coincides with at least one of the medicine outlets so that the medicines can be ejected, the temporary medicine housing units and the medicine outlets that are not in coincidence with each other are shifted by an angle such that the medicines cannot be ejected.

Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus includes a housing, first to nth (n is an integer of 2 or more) segments which are arranged in order in the housing along the circumference direction so as to surround a center line, a drive unit configured to rotate an aggregate of the first to nth segments about the center line, an input unit configured to receive an instruction, and a control unit configured to control the drive unit. The housing is provided with a cleaning position that allows at least one of the first to nth segments to be cleaned. The input unit may receive an instruction for selecting one of the first to nth segments. The control unit causes the drive unit to locate the selected segment at the cleaning position on the basis of the instruction for selecting one of the first to nth segments.

Abstract: A packaging apparatus which can achieve a reduced amount of use of a packaging material is provided. The packaging apparatus includes a print portion. The print portion can print information relating to an object to be packaged on the packaging material at a normal print position and at an initial print position downstream from the normal print position in a direction of transportation. The print portion prints information for a first package at the initial print position and prints information for second and subsequent packages at the normal print position.

Abstract: A medicine conveying apparatus includes storage containers and a circulation driving unit configured to circulate the storage containers so as to make a round along a circulation path, wherein an introduction position and a discharge position are set on the circulation path, so that the medicine introduced into each storage container that has arrived at the introduction position, and the medicine is discharged from each storage container that has arrived at the discharge position, the circulation path includes a first directional path and a second directional path, and the circulation driving unit allows an operator to select one of the first and second directional paths through which the storage containers are conveyed from the introduction position to the discharge position and circulates the storage containers through the selected path.

Abstract: An arc-shaped divided body includes a plurality of medicine containing units each containing a medicine. The arc-shaped divided body has an inner circumferential surface. The inner circumferential surface has a partially cylindrical surface shape. An axial passage extending in an axial direction is formed inward in a radial direction of the partially cylindrical surface of the inner circumferential surface with respect to the arc-shaped divided body. The arc-shaped divided body is pivotable about a rotation axis. The rotation axis is located to be spaced apart from a center line of the partially cylindrical surfaces of the inner circumferential surfaces, and extends in parallel with the center line. In the state where the arc-shaped divided body is pivoted about the rotation axis in a direction away from the center line, the axial passage is exposed.

Abstract: A medicine feeding unit configured to feed solid medicines, the unit including: a medicine feeder and a driven shaft; and a support having a driving shaft that is connected with the driven shaft, the support being configured to guide the medicine feeder so as to slide in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the driving shaft, and to detachably support the medicine feeder. The driven shaft has a driven shaft body and a driven engagement member. The driving shaft has a driving shaft body and a driving engagement member. The unit further includes a retraction mechanism configured to retract the driven engagement member in the axial direction so as not to interfere with the driving engagement member when the medicine feeder is guided to slide with respect to the support.

Abstract: A medicine feeding unit configured to feed solid medicines, the unit including: a medicine feeder having a driven shaft and a support having a driving shaft that is connected with the driven shaft. The driven shaft has a driven shaft body and a driven engagement member. The driving shaft has a driving shaft body and a driving engagement member. The driven engagement member is biased in a direction approaching the driving engagement member. The unit further includes a rotation preventing part configured to allow the driven engagement member to rotate in a state in which the driven engagement member is engaged with the driving engagement member, and to prevent the driven engagement member from rotating in a state in which the driven engagement member abuts the driving engagement member without being engaged therewith, in a state in which the medicine feeder is mounted on the support.

Abstract: A drug prescribing system that can prevent a wrong drug from being taken during picking is provided. A drug prescribing system includes a host computer including an input device through which prescription data based on a prescription is input, a drug dispensing apparatus in which drugs are housed in advance, and that dispenses a drug in accordance with the prescription data, and a picking inspection apparatus that conducts a picking inspection for a drug picked in accordance with the prescription data. The drug dispensing apparatus outputs supplementary information on a drug that is not dispensed with the drug dispensing apparatus and needs to be supplemented. The picking inspection apparatus receives an input of the supplementary information, and conducts the picking inspection for a supplementary drug supplemented based on the supplementary information.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet material end detection mechanism including: a sheet material information part indicating information on a sheet material wound around a core member in which a through hole is formed; a reader configured to optically read the sheet material information part; and a detection unit configured to detect that the sheet material is used up. The sheet material information part extends from a portion corresponding to the through hole at an end of the sheet material wound around the core member to a portion adjacent to the through hole on an inner surface of the core member. The detection unit detects that the sheet material is present when a read signal of the sheet material information part read by the reader is received and that the sheet material is used up when the read signal disappears.

Abstract: A hopper having a passage through which a medicine can be passed downward is provided. The hopper is configured to cause rippling vibration on an inner surface thereof by an external force applied to the hopper. According to this configuration, the rippling vibration applies a force to the medicine to separate the medicine away from the inner surface of the hopper. This prevents the medicine from easily adhering to the hopper.

Abstract: A medicine feeder configured to feed solid medicines with an elongated shape, the medicine feeder including: a medicine container having a medicine outlet; a medicine delivering part having a plurality of medicine receiving spaces that are arranged at intervals and contain the medicines one by one; and a medicine entry preventing part that is provided in the medicine container and is configured to prevent the medicines from entering one of the plurality of medicine receiving spaces that coincides with the medicine outlet by covering over the medicine receiving space. A bulkhead portion partitioning between each two of the medicine receiving spaces has a shape such that an upper surface of a portion close to a rear side in the rotational direction of the medicine delivering part rises toward a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the medicine delivering part.

Abstract: A medicine feeding unit configured to feed solid medicines, the unit including: a medicine feeder having a driven shaft and a support having a driving shaft that is connected with the driven shaft. The driven shaft has a driven shaft body and a driven engagement member. The driving shaft has a driving shaft body and a driving engagement member. The driven engagement member is biased in a direction approaching the driving engagement member. The unit further includes a rotation preventing part configured to allow the driven engagement member to rotate in a mounted state in which the medicine feeder is mounted on the support and to prevent the driven engagement member from rotating in a detached state in which the medicine feeder is detached from the support.

Abstract: A liquid medication dispensing machine capable of stirring a liquid medication contained in a liquid medication bottle in the machine with a simple structure is provided. The liquid medication dispensing machine supplying a liquid medication from a liquid medication bottle (23) containing the liquid medication to a prescription bottle includes a holder (78) holding a bottom (23B) of the liquid medication bottle (23), and a rotationally driving unit (61) generating rotary force and rotating the holder (78) and the liquid medication bottle (23) held by the holder (78) around a rotation axis (L3) extending along a center line (L2) of the liquid medication bottle (23).