Drug-packaging device

Abstract

A drug-packaging device is provided that can reduce the number of steps executed by a worker with suppressing waste of a sheet which is caused by sheet exchange. A detection sensor for detecting the connection site between a packaging sheet remaining at a drug filling unit side and a new package sheet is provided, and drug filling processing at the connection site is skipped.

1 . A drug-packaging device configured to mount a roll sheet therein, the drug-packaging device comprising:
 a feeding mechanism that feeds the roll sheet to a drug filling unit to fill drugs in the sheet;   a detector that detects a connection site between the roll sheet remaining at the drug filling unit side and a new roll sheet; and   a controller that skips drug filling processing at the connection site on the basis of a detection result of the detector.   
     
     
         2 . The drug-packaging device according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller skips the drug filling processing and subsequent drug filling processing when the connection site passes over the drug filling unit. 
     
     
         3 . The drug-packaging device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a packaging unit that packages the roll sheet at an indicated size, wherein the controller skips the drug filling processing at the connection site, and continues packaging based on the packaging unit to generate a blank package. 
     
     
         4 . The drug-packaging device according to  claim 3 , further comprising a print unit that prints on the roll sheet, wherein the controller skips printing on an area corresponding to the blank package. 
     
     
         5 . The drug-packaging device according to  claim 3 , further comprising a print unit that prints on the roll sheet, wherein the roll sheet is printed on an area corresponding to the blank package by the print unit. 
     
     
         6 . The drug-packaging device according to  claim 4 , wherein the roll sheet is successively fed through the print unit, the drug filling unit and the packaging unit in this order, and the detector is disposed upstream of the print unit. 
     
     
         7 . The drug-packaging device according to  claim 1 , wherein a mark is provided to a connection portion between the respective sheets, and the detector detects the presence or absence of the mark. 
     
     
         8 . The drug-packaging device according to  claim 5 , wherein the roll sheet is printed characters that means the blank package on an area corresponding to the blank package by the print unit.