Traditional Chinese medicine hopper and traditional Chinese medicine frame

By designing a low-height front panel and a sloping structure for the Chinese medicine hopper, and equipping it with detachable partitions and infrared sensors, the problems of inconvenient access to medicines and the mixing and deterioration of medicinal materials in Chinese medicine pharmacies have been solved. This has enabled the separation and automatic monitoring of medicines, and improved the efficiency of medicinal material management.

CN223703357UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-23THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF TIANJIN UNIV OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
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Application Number
CN202520306900.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-25
Publication Date
2025-12-23
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-25

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Technical Problem

Traditional Chinese medicine pharmacies suffer from problems such as inconvenient access to medicines, mixing and spoilage of medicinal materials, and low efficiency in checking the remaining amount in the medicine drawer.

Method used

The design features a low-profile front panel and a sloping structure for the herbal medicine drawer, equipped with removable partitions and infrared sensors. Combined with a sliding medicine retrieval door and multi-layered medicine shelves, it enables medicine separation and automatic monitoring.

Benefits of technology

It improves the convenience of medicine retrieval, prevents the mixing and deterioration of medicinal materials, and enhances the efficiency of checking the remaining amount of medicinal materials and the accuracy of medicine filling.

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Abstract

The traditional Chinese medicine hopper comprises a front panel, a back panel and two side panels, a bottom panel is fixedly connected, an opening is formed in the upper portion of the bottom panel, the two side panels are parallel, the height of the front panel is lower than that of the back panel, a medicine identification label is arranged on the front panel and used for displaying information and bar codes of medicine, and a medicine taking opening is formed in the front panel. The medicine taking opening is movably connected with a medicine taking door. The height of the front panel is lower than that of the back panel, and the medicine feeding port is larger than that of a conventional medicine hopper, so that medicine feeding is facilitated; the front panel is provided with the medicine taking opening, the medicine taking door is opened, medicine at the high position can be taken conveniently, and working efficiency is improved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to traditional Chinese medicine storage device technical field, concretely relates to a traditional Chinese medicine medicine bucket and traditional Chinese medicine medicine shelf that medicine is taken conveniently. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the improvement of large-scale hospital treatment ability, the number of traditional Chinese medicine prescription dispensing also greatly increases, and the traditional bulk traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces need manual weighing configuration, and the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner finds medicine and weighs medicine, and the process is time-consuming and prone to errors. Many traditional Chinese medicine pharmacies now use set-dose small-package traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces in the form of seven-packs and five-packs for configuration, which avoids the defects of medicine scattering and confusion in the weighing process, and greatly improves the dispensing efficiency. However, the dispensing, medicine taking and medicine supplementing processes still need to be completed manually, and the existing manual dispensing method has the following deficiencies:

[0003] Firstly, the height of the traditional Chinese medicine shelf is generally higher than the height of the operator, and it is inconvenient to take the medicine at a high place, and a climbing tool needs to be used, which is time-consuming and laborious.

[0004] Secondly, the design of the existing traditional Chinese medicine bucket is that one traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece is placed in one accommodating cavity, and the newly added medicine is mixed with the remaining medicine in the bucket during medicine supplementing, which is not conducive to consuming the old medicine, and the medicine is prone to sedimentation and deterioration.

[0005] Thirdly, the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner needs to check the remaining amount of medicine in the bucket regularly and add medicine, and needs to check thousands of buckets one by one, and the remaining amount of the bucket checking work has the problems of low efficiency and easy mistakes. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0006] The main purpose of the utility model is to provide a traditional Chinese medicine bucket, a medicine taking door is arranged on the front panel, so as to overcome the inconvenience of the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in taking medicine at a high place in the prior art.

[0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned utility model purposes, the utility model adopts the technical scheme of:

[0008] A traditional Chinese medicine bucket, comprising a front panel, a back panel, two side panels, a fixedly connected bottom panel, an opening at the top, the two side panels being parallel, the front panel being lower than the back panel, a medicine identification tag being arranged on the front panel for displaying the information and bar code of the medicine, and a medicine taking opening being arranged on the front panel and movably connected with a medicine taking door.

[0009] The medicine taking door slides in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction to open or close.

[0010] The bottom of the front panel is inwardly inclined.

[0011] The bottom of the back panel is inwardly inclined to form an inclined portion.

[0012] The hopper further comprises a detachable partition plate, and magnetic components are arranged on both ends of the partition plate.

[0013] The front panel, the back panel, the two side panels, the bottom panel and the partition plate are made of metal mesh.

[0014] The infrared sensor with a light source is arranged on the back panel of the hopper at 1 / 3 to 1 / 4 of the bottom panel, and is used for monitoring the amount of medicine and reminding the medicine loading.

[0015] The lower end of the side panel of the hopper is provided with buckles, and one to multiple hoppers are connected longitudinally.

[0016] The Chinese medicine hopper comprises a hopper body, and the hopper body is arranged in layers.

[0017] Preferably, the upper layer of the hopper is provided with the Chinese medicine hopper with the front panel and the medicine taking door, and the other layers are provided with the hopper without the front panel and the medicine taking door.

[0018] Preferably, the width of the upper hopper is smaller than that of the lower hopper.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the Chinese medicine hopper has the following beneficial effects:

[0020] 1) The Chinese medicine hopper is convenient for taking medicine.

[0021] 2) The Chinese medicine hopper is provided with the inclined part formed by the inward inclination of the bottom of the back panel.

[0022] 3) The Chinese medicine hopper is provided with the detachable partition plate, which separates the new and old medicinal materials and realizes the first-in first-out.

[0023] 4) The Chinese medicine hopper is provided with the infrared sensor with a light source arranged on the back panel of the hopper at 1 / 3 to 1 / 4 of the bottom panel.

[0024] 5) The Chinese medicine hopper is provided with the buckles arranged on the lower end of the side panel, and one to multiple hoppers are connected longitudinally.

[0025] 6) This utility model provides a Chinese medicine rack with the rack body arranged in layers. By combining it with medicine hoppers with medicine hoppers with medicine hoppers without medicine hoppers, the purpose of convenient medicine retrieval can be achieved. Attached Figure Description

[0026] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the medicine dispenser of this utility model from the front side view.

[0027] Figure 2 A side view of the medicine retrieval door in the open state, with the bottom of the front panel of the medicine hopper of this utility model tilted inward;

[0028] Figure 3 This is a side view of the bottom of the medicine hopper back panel of this utility model, which is tilted inward.

[0029] Figure 4 A side view showing the medicine container of this utility model with a partition;

[0030] Figure 5 This is a side view of the medicine hopper with multiple baskets connected longitudinally according to this utility model;

[0031] The markings in the diagram represent: 1-front panel, 2-back panel, 3-side panel, 4-bottom panel, 5-medicine dispensing port, 6-medicine dispensing door, 7-opening, 8-ring-shaped component, 9-metal rod, 10-sloping part, 11-partition, 12-magnetic component, 13-infrared sensor with light source, 14-buckle. Detailed Implementation

[0032] The technical solution of this utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this utility model, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of this utility model.

[0033] like Figure 1 As shown, a traditional Chinese medicine container includes a front panel 1, a back panel 2, and two side panels 3, which are fixedly connected to a bottom panel 4. An opening 7 is located at the top for loading and unloading medicine. The two side panels 3 are parallel, and the front panel 1 is lower than the back panel 2. When there is a large amount of medicine in the container, it can be retrieved through the opening 7 at the top.

[0034] All panels are made of metal mesh, which allows the medicinal materials to breathe, ensuring their quality and effectively solving the problems of traditional Chinese medicine containers being easily soiled and damaged, and making it impossible to observe the appearance of the medicinal materials.

[0035] The front panel 1 of the medicine hopper is provided with a label for displaying the name, date, barcode and other information of the medicine. When the medicine is loaded or taken, the code can be scanned to achieve the recording function, avoiding the error of taking medicine.

[0036] The front panel 1 is provided with a medicine taking opening 5, and the medicine taking door 6 is installed on the medicine taking opening 5. The front panel 1 has two metal rods 9, and the upper part of the metal rod 9 is welded with a ring-shaped part 8. The medicine taking door 6 has two metal rods 9 on both sides, and the lower part of the metal rod 9 is welded with a ring-shaped part 8. The metal rod 9 is nested in the ring-shaped part 8, so that the medicine taking door 6 can slide in the vertical direction. When taking medicine, the medicine taking door 6 is pulled up to open the medicine taking opening 5, and after taking medicine, the medicine taking door 6 slides down to close the medicine taking opening 5.

[0037] As an alternative, the metal rod 9 can be transversely arranged to realize the horizontal sliding opening or closing of the medicine taking door 6.

[0038] Further, as shown in Figure 2 , the front panel 1 can also be arranged to be inclined inward at the bottom, and the front panel 1 and the medicine taking door 6 are connected by the ring-shaped part 8. By arranging the front panel 1 to be inclined inward at the bottom, when the medicine taking door 6 is pulled up, the medicine taking door 6 presents a large angle of elevation, and under the action of gravity, the friction between the ring-shaped part 8 and the metal rod 9 is increased, preventing the medicine taking door 6 from sliding down, which is more conducive to fixing the medicine taking door and facilitating the dispensing personnel to take medicine with one hand.

[0039] Further, as shown in Figure 3 , the back panel 2 can also be arranged to be inclined inward at the bottom to form an inclined part 10. When the medicine in the front part is reduced, the medicine in the rear part of the medicine hopper slides down along the inclined part 10 under the action of gravity, and is concentrated in front of the medicine taking opening 5, which is convenient for the dispensing personnel to take.

[0040] As shown in Figure 4 , a detachable partition 11 is arranged in the medicine hopper. The partition 11 is provided with a magnetic part 12 on both ends of the upper edge, which is magnetically attracted to the metal rod on the upper edge of the side panel and can slide along the upper edge of the side panel. When the medicine hopper is loaded, the partition 11 can separate old medicine and new medicine. When the old medicine is consumed, the partition 11 can be pulled up and separated from the body of the medicine hopper, and the partition 11 is inserted near the back panel 2 for separation when the medicine is loaded again. Such arrangement makes the dispensing personnel always consume old medicine when taking medicine, and only take new medicine, so that the medicinal materials are used in an orderly and cyclic manner, realizing first-in first-out. It can effectively manage and distribute traditional Chinese medicinal materials, ensure the stability of the quality of medicinal materials, and play the best curative effect.

[0041] As an alternative, the partition 11 is provided with a snap ring on both ends of the upper edge, which is sleeved on the metal rod at the upper end of the side panel and can slide along the metal rod. An outlet is formed near the connection of the metal rod and the front panel 1 and the back panel 2, so that the partition 11 can be separated from the body of the medicine hopper.

[0042] Further, the infrared sensor 13 with a light source is arranged at one third of the distance from the back panel 2 to the bottom panel 4, for monitoring the amount of medicine. When the remaining medicine height is lower than 1 / 3 of the height of the back panel, the front of the infrared sensor 13 is not blocked, when the medicine loading personnel passes through the medicine hopper, the infrared sensor 13 senses the heat source, and the light source is turned on, reminding the medicine loading. When the remaining medicine height is higher than 1 / 3 of the height of the back panel of the medicine hopper, the front of the infrared sensor 13 is blocked, even if someone passes through the medicine hopper, the infrared sensor 13 will not sense the heat source, and the light source will not be turned on. The light source will not be on all the time, avoiding energy waste. The medicine hopper is provided with the infrared sensor 13 with a light source, which improves the working efficiency of the medicine hopper and reduces the error.

[0043] In addition, individual traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces have obvious seasonality, and frequent medicine loading is required in seasons with large amount. In order to solve this problem, the utility model provides a multi-basket longitudinal connection medicine hopper, the bottom is a common medicine hopper, the upper part is one to multiple medicine hoppers without the bottom panel 4, the back panel 2 and the lower edge of the two side panels 3 of each upper medicine hopper are provided with buckles 14, which are buckled on the upper edge of the lower medicine hopper, so that multiple medicine hoppers are longitudinally connected to form a connected space, further expand the capacity, and facilitate placement. When the capacity does not need to be expanded, the upper medicine hopper can be removed according to the needs.

[0044] A traditional Chinese medicine rack comprises a rack body, the rack body is arranged in layers, each layer is provided with two to multiple traditional Chinese medicine hoppers, and the traditional Chinese medicine hoppers are not fixedly connected and can be arranged at will according to needs, and can be the medicine hopper provided with a medicine taking door on the front panel or the medicine hopper without the medicine taking door.

[0045] Preferably, the upper layer of the rack is provided with the medicine hopper provided with the medicine taking door on the front panel. Figure 1 The lower layers are provided with the medicine hopper without the medicine taking door on the front panel.

[0046] The medicine hopper is provided in two specifications, i.e., a large medicine hopper with a length, width and height of 40cm*40cm*60cm and a small medicine hopper with a length, width and height of 40cm*20cm*60cm.

[0047] Preferably, the width of the upper medicine hopper is smaller than that of the lower medicine hopper, and the upper medicine hopper is used for containing less frequently used, small amount, high price and heavy traditional Chinese medicine.

[0048] The traditional Chinese medicine rack in the embodiment of the utility model is suitable for containing packaged traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces and packaged hospital preparations.

[0049] The above embodiments are only exemplary and do not constitute any limitation on the scope of the utility model. Those skilled in the art should understand that the details and forms of the technical scheme of the utility model can be modified or replaced without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, and these modifications and replacements all fall within the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A Chinese medicine container, characterized in that, It includes a front panel (1), a back panel (2), two side panels (3), and a bottom panel (4) fixedly connected. It has an opening (7) at the top. The two side panels (3) are parallel. The height of the front panel (1) is lower than that of the back panel (2). The front panel (1) is provided with a drug label for displaying drug information and barcode. The front panel (1) is provided with a dispensing port (5), and the dispensing port (5) is movably connected to a dispensing door (6).

2. The herbal medicine container according to claim 1, characterized in that, The medicine dispensing door (6) can be opened or closed by sliding vertically or horizontally.

3. The herbal medicine container according to claim 1, characterized in that, The bottom of the front panel (1) is inclined inward.

4. The herbal medicine container according to claim 1, characterized in that, The bottom of the back panel (2) is inclined inward to form an inclined portion (10).

5. The herbal medicine container according to claim 1, characterized in that, The medicine container also includes a detachable partition (11), with magnetic components (12) provided at both ends of the partition.

6. The herbal medicine container according to claim 1, characterized in that, The front panel (1), back panel (2), two side panels (3), bottom panel (4) and partition (11) are made of metal mesh.

7. The herbal medicine container according to claim 1, characterized in that, An infrared sensor (13) with a light source is installed on the back panel (2) of the medicine hopper at a distance of 1 / 3 to 1 / 4 from the bottom panel (4) to monitor the amount of medicine used and remind the user to load medicine.

8. The herbal medicine container according to claim 1, characterized in that, The lower end of the side panel of the medicine hopper is provided with a buckle (14) to connect one or more medicine hoppers longitudinally. The middle layer medicine hopper is not provided with a bottom panel (4) to form a connected space.

9. A traditional Chinese medicine rack, characterized in that, The medicine rack body is arranged in layers, each layer is equipped with two or more Chinese medicine hoppers, which are not fixedly connected. The hoppers include the hoppers described in claim 1 and / or hoppers without a medicine retrieval door.

10. The traditional Chinese medicine rack according to claim 9, characterized in that, The upper layer of the medicine rack is equipped with a medicine drawer with a medicine dispensing door on the front panel as described in claim 1, while the other layers are equipped with medicine drawers without medicine dispensing doors on the front panel.