Automatic pill counting and packaging apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic pill counting and packaging apparatus which may automatically count and package pills into a pouch having a sealable inlet. The automatic pill counting and packaging apparatus includes a bottom transfer part for supplying a pouch, a top transfer part disposed at an upper portion of the bottom transfer part for supplying pills, a counting part for counting the pills supplied by the top transfer part, and a packing part for inputting and packing the pills supplied by the top transfer part into the pouch supplied by the bottom transfer part.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An automatic pill counting and packaging apparatus comprising:
 a bottom transfer part configured to supply a pouch;   a top transfer part disposed at an upper portion of the bottom transfer part and configured to supply pills;   a counting part configured to count the pills supplied by the top transfer part; and   a packing part configured to input and pack the pills supplied by the top transfer part into the pouch supplied by the bottom transfer part,   wherein the bottom transfer part includes:   a bottom body;   a store roller installed at a lower portion of a rear side of the bottom body and wound with a pouch roll in which sheets of pouches are connected in a row;   upper and lower transfer rollers installed at an upper portion of a front side of the bottom body and configured to vertically support the pouch; and   a transfer roller drive unit configured to deliver a rotational power to the upper transfer roller or the lower transfer roller to release the pouch roll wound on the store roller, thereby providing and transferring the pouch to the front side, and   wherein the packing part includes:   a blowing unit installed at an upper portion of the upper transfer roller on in a front surface of the bottom body so as to opening an inlet of a sheet of the pouch supplied by the bottom transfer part;   a relay unit having a relay hopper configured to provide a pill input path from the top transfer part to the pouch, a shutter plate rotatably provided at an outlet of the relay hopper, and a plate drive unit configured to rotate the shutter plate to control an opening and a closing of the outlet of the relay hopper; and   a sealing unit disposed at a lower portion of the lower transfer roller on in the front surface of the bottom body and having a heating bar to heat and seal the inlet of the pouch.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, the shutter plate which rotated by the plate drive unit, when the pills are input into the inlet of the pouch, has a rotational angle so as to support an inward side of the inlet of the pouch toward an outward direction thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the packing part further includes:
 a guide unit configured to bidirectionally push both ends of the inward side of the inlet of the pouch to induce a closing of the inlet of the pouch when the inputting of the pills into the inlet of the pouch has been completed and the inlet of the pouch is sealed by the sealing unit.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the pouch is fixed by the heating bar of the sealing unit when the inlet of the pouch is sealed by the sealing unit, and the upper or lower transfer roller is rotated in reverse by the transfer roller drive unit to separate the sheet of the pouch from the pouch roll.