Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Live roll
Reexamination Certificate
2001-09-28
2003-07-15
Bidwell, James R. (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Live roll
C198S780000, C198S836200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06591975
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an inlet rolling device mounted on the inlet side of power exhaust conveyor for packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine which is designed to feed packing sheet containing medicine prescribed dose by dose, and more particularly, an inlet rolling device of power exhaust conveyor for packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine, which allows packing sheet to come into a power exhaust conveyor easily and the power exhaust conveyor to discharge the packing sheet to the outside easily by rotating an inlet sponge roller by means of power.
In general, a medicine sharing and packing device denotes a machine designed to automatically dispense and pack tablets and powder prescribed dose by dose for a patient. Packing sheet is unrolled from a packing sheet roll and continuously fed. Medicine is dropped from a hopper into the folded packing sheet. The folded packing sheet containing medicine continuously comes into and is sealed by a pair of heating rollers so that medicine is packed dose by dose.
For a conventional sharing and packing device of medicine, packing sheet containing medicine prepared as prescribed is fed by a feed roller, cut by a cutter, and discharged to the outside along the discharge support plate. For a large-sized one, a power exhaust conveyor is provided to discharge the packing sheet containing medicine to the outside.
As showed in
FIG. 3
, a conventional exhaust conveyor is so constructed that a sponge roller
101
is mounted on the inlet side, a shaft
102
is mounted at the central portion of the sponge roller
101
, a support
103
is connected to the end portion of the shaft
102
and to a hinge shaft
105
fixed to a mounting plate
104
so as to be rotated, a cylindrical rotating body
106
having an inside diameter to the extent that the shaft
102
can rotate centering around the hinge shaft
105
and being rotated by a motor
107
is fixed to a rotary plate
108
situated between the mounting plate
104
and the sponge roller
101
.
The inlet portion of the power exhaust conveyor for packing, constructed as above, functions to feed the packing sheet containing medicine to the power exhaust conveyor.
The packing sheet fed to the power exhaust conveyor continues travelling but stops temporarily immediately before being fed to the heating rollers. At this moment, the sponge roller
101
moves centering around the hinge shaft
105
due to continuous traveling of the packing sheet on the power exhaust conveyor.
Once the heating rollers are actuated, the packing sheet is returned to the direction of the drawing's surface due to difference between travelling speed of packing sheet on the power exhaust conveyor and travelling speed of packing sheet by the heating rollers in order to allow the packing sheet to be discharged to the outside.
However, there is a disadvantage in that since the sponge roller does not rotate for itself and therefore it is difficult for the packing sheet containing medicine to be fed to the exhaust conveyor, the packing sheet near the heating rollers, feed roller and cutter may be folded and have an adverse effect on the operation of the heating roller and feed roller, and the packing sheet containing medicine may be deviated from the path, or may not be supported properly after being fed to the exhaust conveyor, therefore interfering with the operation of the exhaust conveyor.
Of course, the sponge roller may be rotated by the rotational force of the rotary plate if the sponge roller and the rotary plate comes into contact with each other but the rotational force of the rotary plate is not enough to rotate the sponge roller.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is contrived to overcome the conventional disadvantage described above. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an inlet rolling device of power exhaust conveyor for packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine, which allows packing sheet to come into a power exhaust conveyor easily and the power exhaust conveyor to discharge the packing sheet to the outside easily by rotating an inlet sponge roller by means of power.
To achieve the above-described object, an inlet rolling device of power exhaust conveyor for packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine, wherein the power exhaust conveyor is so constructed that a sponge roller is mounted on the inlet side, a shaft is mounted at the central portion of the sponge roller, and a support is connected to the end portion of the shaft and to a hinge shaft fixed to a mounting plate so as to be rotated, thereby enabling the packing sheet containing medicine to be discharged to the outside, comprises a hollow shaft attached to the central portion of the sponge roller and mounted to a shaft so as to be rotated, a primary pulley mounted on the end portion of the hollow shaft, a secondary pulley mounted on a hinge shaft so as to be rotated, a primary belt interconnecting the primary and secondary pulleys, and a secondary belt interconnecting the secondary pulley and a driving pulley mounted on the shaft of a motor for driving the exhaust conveyor.
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Bidwell James R.
Jacobson & Holman PLLC
JV Medi Co., Ltd.
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