Title:
TABLET PRINTING DEVICE AND TABLET PRINTING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/067225
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The tablet printing device 1A according to the present embodiment comprises: a transport unit 10 that transports tablets T, each having a mark allowing for front-back discrimination; a detection unit 20 detecting the presence or the absence of the mark; an inversion tube 13a that is connected to the transport unit 10 and is an instance of an inversion route through which the front and back of a tablet T is inverted and returned to the transport unit 10; an inversion nozzle 13b that is an instance of a moving unit that causes, in response to the detection result of the detection unit 20, a tablet T being transported by the transport unit 10 to be moved into the inversion tube 13a so as to unify the front-back orientation of the tablets T on the transport unit 10; and a printing unit 40 for performing printing on the tablet T being transported by the transport unit 10, on the downstream side from the inversion tube 13a in the tablet T transport direction A1.
Inventors:
FURUYA MASAAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/037723
Publication Date:
April 02, 2020
Filing Date:
September 25, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61J3/06; B41J2/01; B41M3/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2016194565A1 | 2016-12-08 |
Foreign References:
| JP2003182839A | 2003-07-03 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MISAWA PATENT OFFICE, P.C. (JP)
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