APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR INSPECTING MEDICINES IN AN AUTOMATIC MEDICINE PACKING MACHINE CAPABLE OF INSPECTING THE PROPER PACKING OF MEDICINE

摘要

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for inspecting medicines in an automatic medicine packing machine are provided to detect the number and shape of medicines with laser rays and to inspect errors by comparing information stored in a database beforehand and detected information.;CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for inspecting medicines comprises a laser sensor part(21) and a rotary hopper(25). The laser sensor part is installed in an outlet of a hopper unit, in which medicines discharged from a medicine cassette is collected, to detect the number and shape of the medicines with laser rays. The rotary hopper is installed in the downstream side of the hopper unit and delivers the medicines to a packing device or a collecting device according to medicine inspection results after the medicines passing through the laser sensor part are temporarily stayed.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2013;[Reference numerals] (13) Medicine cassette; (16) Packing device; (18) Collecting device; (21) Laser sensor part; (25) Rotary hopper; (31) Control part; (32) Database; (AA) Flow of medicine; (BB) Flow of information; (CC) Discharging packed medicines; (DD) Disuse or collection