A medicine dispensing module for a self-service medicine dispensing machine

Abstract

The application discloses a medicine outlet module of a self-service medicine selling machine, which comprises a medicine outlet box, a rack fixedly installed at one side top end of the medicine outlet box, an X-axis sliding part arranged at the top end of the rack, Y-axis sliding parts arranged at both sides of the rack, and a lifting part arranged at one side of the X-axis sliding part. In the application, when medicines are pushed, the baffle outside the outlet is pushed away, the baffle is turned upward due to the pushing force, the pressing strip at the top end of the baffle is turned downward toward the other side, the pressing strip is pressed when being turned downward, the pressing rod is pressed, and the compression spring is compressed. At this time, the pressing plate is lowered and adhered to the upper ends of the medicines, the medicine box is clamped and guided by the guide rollers at the bottom end of the pressing plate when being pushed forward, the pushing is stopped after the first medicine box falls from the outlet, the second and the following medicine boxes are clamped by the guide rollers and cannot move again, and thus the multiple medicine boxes can be prevented from falling together when the medicines are dispensed, so that the dispensing quantity error is avoided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of self-service medicine dispensing machines, in particular to a medicine dispensing module of a self-service medicine dispensing machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] A self-service medicine dispensing machine is an automated device commonly used in medical retail settings such as pharmacies, drugstores, or hospitals. These machines allow users to purchase over-the-counter medications or other medical supplies on their own without the assistance of a pharmacist or other personnel.

[0003] The existing medicine dispensing module of a self-service medicine dispensing machine is prone to cause the box of medicine to fall together with the other box of medicine that is attached to the back when dispensing medicine due to the pushing of the medicine dispensing module. Therefore, it is necessary to design a medicine dispensing module of a self-service medicine dispensing machine. SUMMARY

[0004] The present application aims to provide a medicine dispensing module of a self-service medicine dispensing machine to solve the problems raised in the background.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present application provides the following technical solution: a medicine dispensing module of a self-service medicine dispensing machine, comprising a medicine dispensing box, a rack is fixedly installed at the top end of one side of the medicine dispensing box, an X-axis sliding component is arranged at the top end of the rack, Y-axis sliding components are arranged on both sides of the rack, and a lifting component is arranged on one side of the X-axis sliding component; rod seats are fixedly installed at both ends of the side of the medicine dispensing box away from the rack, a rotating shaft is fixedly installed between the top ends of the two rod seats, a plurality of baffles are arranged at equal distances on the outside of the rotating shaft, pressure strips are integrally formed at the top ends of the baffles, and counterweights are arranged at the bottom ends of the back sides of the baffles.

[0006] Further, guide rollers are movably installed at the inner sides of the bottom ends of the pressure plates, and the guide rollers are arranged in parallel with the rotating shaft.

[0007] Further, a plurality of outlets are arranged at equal distances on the side of the medicine dispensing box close to the baffles, and the bottom ends of the baffles are movably arranged on the outer sides of the middle upper ends of the outlets.

[0008] Further, the X-axis sliding component comprises a movable block, a second motor, a second screw rod, and a sliding seat, movable blocks are movably arranged at both ends of the side of the rack close to the support, a second screw rod is arranged at the top ends of the two movable blocks, a second motor is fixedly installed at the top end outer side of the left movable block, the output shaft of the second motor is fixedly connected with the second screw rod, and a sliding seat is movably installed on the outside of the second screw rod.

[0009] Further, the Y-axis sliding component comprises a first screw rod, a first motor and a side plate, the first screw rod is movably arranged at the two ends of the frame and the support, the two movable blocks are respectively in threaded connection with the two first screw rods, the first motor is fixedly arranged on one side of the frame, the two first screw rods are movably connected through synchronous belts and synchronous wheels at the end close to the first motor, and the output shaft of the first motor is fixedly connected with any one synchronous wheel.

[0010] Further, the side plate is fixedly connected with the top two sides of the medicine outlet box, and the bottom end of the movable block is slidably connected with the upper end of the side plate.

[0011] Further, the lifting component comprises a push rod motor and a push plate, the push rod motor is fixedly arranged at the top end of the sliding seat, the output shaft of the push rod motor is fixedly connected with the push plate, and the push plate is inclined downward at the side close to the outlet.

[0012] Further, the inside of the medicine outlet box is movably arranged with a plurality of stacking boxes, and recesses are formed in the upper end of the side away from the outlet of the plurality of stacking boxes.

[0013] Further, the side close to the recess of the medicine outlet box is fixedly arranged with a side strip at the two ends.

[0014] Further, the middle part of the two sides of the medicine outlet box is arranged with a sliding strip downward, and a side groove is formed in the inner wall of the medicine outlet box and slidably connected with the sliding strip.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present application are:

[0016] 1. When the medicine is pushed, the baffle outside the outlet is pushed away, the baffle is turned upward due to the pushing force, the pressing strip at the top end of the baffle is turned downward toward the other side, the pressing strip is pressed when it is turned downward, and the compression spring is compressed, at this time, the pressing plate will be lowered and attached to the upper end of the plurality of medicines, the medicine box is clamped and guided by the plurality of guide rollers at the bottom end of the pressing plate when it is pushed forward, and when the first medicine box falls from the outlet and stops pushing, the second and the following plurality of medicine boxes will not move again due to the clamping of the guide rollers, so that the plurality of medicine boxes can be prevented from falling together when the medicine is taken out, and the number of medicines taken out is wrong;

[0017] 2. When the medicine is taken out, the second motor is started, the second motor controls the rotation of the second screw rod, the second screw rod drives the sliding seat to move synchronously when it rotates, and moves to the upper end of the stacking box at the specified position, so that the position of the medicine to be taken out can be conveniently positioned;

[0018] 3. When the medicine in the stacking box is used up, the stacking box is taken out from the end of the medicine outlet box away from the outlet, then the medicines are neatly stacked in the stacking box, and then the stacking box is clamped into the medicine outlet box, so that the feeding is more convenient. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the dispensing module of a self-service medicine vending machine according to the present invention;

[0020] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the pressure strip installation of the dispensing module of a self-service medicine vending machine according to the present invention;

[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the push plate installation of the dispensing module of a self-service medicine vending machine according to the present invention;

[0022] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the slide bar installation of the dispensing module of a self-service medicine vending machine according to the present invention;

[0023] Figure 5 This invention relates to a dispensing module for a self-service medicine vending machine. Figure 2 An enlarged view of point A in the diagram;

[0024] Figure 6 This invention relates to a dispensing module for a self-service medicine vending machine. Figure 3 An enlarged diagram of point B in the diagram.

[0025] In the diagram: 1. Medicine box; 2. Frame; 3. Rod seat; 4. Rotating shaft; 5. Baffle; 6. Pressure strip; 7. Bracket; 8. Spring; 9. Pressure rod; 10. Pressure plate; 11. Guide roller; 12. Outlet; 13. Movable block; 14. Second motor; 15. Second lead screw; 16. First lead screw; 17. First motor; 18. Side plate; 19. Push rod motor; 20. Push plate; 21. Stacking box; 22. Groove; 23. Side strip; 24. Sliding strip; 25. Side groove; 26. Sliding seat; 27. Counterweight. Detailed Implementation

[0026] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0027] like Figures 1-6As shown, the present application provides a technical scheme: a medicine dispensing module of a self-service medicine selling machine, comprising a medicine dispensing box 1, a rack 2 is fixedly installed on one side of the top end of the medicine dispensing box 1, an X-axis sliding component is arranged at the top end of the rack 2, Y-axis sliding components are arranged on both sides of the rack 2, and a lifting component is arranged on one side of the X-axis sliding component; rod seats 3 are fixedly installed on both ends of the side of the medicine dispensing box 1 away from the rack 2, a rotating shaft 4 is fixedly installed between the top ends of the two rod seats 3, a plurality of baffles 5 are arranged at equal distances on the outside of the rotating shaft 4, pressure strips 6 are integrally formed at the top ends of the baffles 5, and counterweights 27 are arranged at the bottom ends of the back sides of the baffles 5; a support 7 is arranged at the left end of the side of the medicine dispensing box 1 close to the baffles 5, a plurality of springs 8 are arranged at equal distances at the top end of the support 7, pressure rods 9 are fixedly installed at the top ends of the springs 8, pressure plates 10 are fixedly installed at the bottom ends of the pressure rods 9, guide rollers 11 are movably installed at the bottom ends of the inside of the plurality of pressure plates 10, the guide rollers 11 are arranged in parallel with the rotating shaft 4, a plurality of outlets 12 are arranged at equal distances on the side of the medicine dispensing box 1 close to the baffles 5, and the bottom ends of the baffles 5 are movably arranged on the outside of the middle upper end of the outlets 12.

[0028] In this embodiment, when dispensing medicine, the X-axis sliding component, the Y-axis sliding component and the lifting component control the medicine at the specified position to be pushed to the position of the outlet 12, the medicine is pushed to push away the baffles 5 outside the outlet 12, the baffles 5 are flipped upward due to the pushing force, the pressure strips 6 at the top ends of the baffles 5 are flipped downward toward the other side, the pressure strips 6 are pressed when flipped downward to press the pressure rods 9 and compress the springs 8, at this time, the pressure plates 10 will be lowered and attached to the upper ends of the plurality of medicines, the medicine box is clamped and guided by the plurality of guide rollers 11 at the bottom ends of the pressure plates 10 when being pushed to move forward, the pushing is stopped after the first medicine box falls from the outlet 12, at this time, the second and the following plurality of medicine boxes will not move again due to the clamping of the guide rollers 11, in this way, it can be avoided that the plurality of medicine boxes fall together when dispensing medicine, which causes the error of the dispensing quantity.

[0029] As shown in the figure, Figure 3 The X-axis sliding component comprises a movable block 13, a second motor 14, a second screw rod 15 and a sliding seat 26, movable blocks 13 are movably arranged at both ends of the side of the rack 2 close to the support 7, the second screw rod 15 is arranged at the top ends of the two movable blocks 13, the second motor 14 is fixedly installed at the outside of the top end of the left movable block 13, the output shaft of the second motor 14 is fixedly connected with the second screw rod 15, and the sliding seat 26 is movably installed on the outside of the second screw rod 15.

[0030] In this embodiment, when dispensing medicine, the second motor 14 is started, the second motor 14 controls the second screw rod 15 to rotate, the second screw rod 15 drives the sliding seat 26 to move synchronously when rotating, and the sliding seat 26 moves to the upper end of the stacking box 21 at the specified position, in this way, it is convenient to position the position of the medicine to be dispensed.

[0031] As shown in the figure, Figure 1 and Figure 6As shown, the Y-axis sliding component includes a first lead screw 16, a first motor 17 and a side plate 18, the first lead screw 16 is movably installed at both ends of the frame 2 and the support 7, the two movable blocks 13 are respectively threaded with the two first lead screws 16, the first motor 17 is fixedly installed on one side of the frame 2, the two first lead screws 16 are movably connected through a synchronous belt and a synchronous wheel at one end close to the first motor 17, the output shaft of the first motor 17 is fixedly connected with any one of the synchronous wheels, the side plate 18 is fixedly connected with the top two sides of the medicine outlet box 1, the bottom end of the movable block 13 is slidably connected with the upper end of the side plate 18, the lifting component includes a push rod motor 19 and a push plate 20, the push rod motor 19 is fixedly installed at the top end of the sliding seat 26, the push plate 20 is fixedly installed on the output shaft of the push rod motor 19 through the sliding seat 26, and the side of the push plate 20 close to the outlet 12 is downwardly inclined;

[0032] In the embodiment, when the push plate 20 moves to the upper end of the stacking box 21 at the specified position, the push rod motor 19 is started, the push rod motor 19 controls the push plate 20 to descend, and then abuts against the side surface of the medicine box, then the first motor 17 is controlled to start, the first motor 17 controls the two first lead screws 16 to synchronously rotate through the cooperation of the two synchronous wheels and a synchronous belt, the two first lead screws 16 are controlled to move transversely after rotating, thereby driving the push plate 20 to push the medicine.

[0033] As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 4 The inside of the medicine outlet box 1 movably installs a plurality of stacking boxes 21, the upper end of the side of the plurality of stacking boxes 21 away from the outlet 12 is provided with a groove 22, the two ends of the side of the medicine outlet box 1 close to the groove 22 are fixedly installed with a side strip 23, the lower middle parts of the two sides of the medicine outlet box 1 are provided with a sliding strip 24, and the inner wall of the medicine outlet box 1 is provided with a side groove 25 slidably connected with the sliding strip 24;

[0034] In the embodiment, when the medicine in the stacking box 21 is used up, the stacking box 21 is taken out from the end of the medicine outlet box 1 away from the outlet 12, then the medicine is neatly stacked in the stacking box 21, and then the stacking box 21 is clamped into the medicine outlet box 1, so that the feeding is more convenient.

[0035] Working principle: when the medicine is out, the second motor 14 starts, the second motor 14 controls the second lead screw 15 to rotate, the second lead screw 15 rotates to drive the sliding seat 26 to move synchronously, until the push plate 20 moves to the upper end of the stacking box 21 at the specified position, when the push plate 20 moves to the upper end of the stacking box 21 at the specified position, the push rod motor 19 is started, the push rod motor 19 controls the push plate 20 to descend, and then abuts against the side surface of the medicine box, then the first motor 17 is started, the first motor 17 controls two first lead screws 16 to rotate synchronously through the cooperation of two synchronous wheels and a synchronous belt, the two first lead screws 16 control two movable blocks 13 to move transversely, and then drive the push plate 20 to push the medicine, the medicine is pushed to push away the baffle 5 outside the outlet 12, the baffle 5 is turned upward due to the pushing force, the pressing strip 6 at the top end of the baffle 5 is turned downward to the other side, the pressing strip 6 is pressed when the pressing rod 9 is pressed, and the compression spring 8 is compressed, at this time the pressing plate 10 will descend and abut against the upper end of the plurality of medicines, the medicine box is clamped and guided by the plurality of guide rollers 11 at the bottom end of the pressing plate 10 when being pushed to move, when the first medicine box falls from the outlet 12 and stops pushing, at this time the second and the following plurality of medicine boxes are clamped by the guide rollers 11 and cannot move again.

[0036] It should be noted that the relational terms herein such as first and second and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another, without necessarily requiring or implying any such actual relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

[0037] Although embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it is to be understood that various modifications, substitutions, replacements and changes can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A dispensing module for a self-service medicine dispenser, characterized by: The application relates to a medicine dispensing box. The medicine dispensing box (1) is provided with a frame (2) fixedly arranged at one side top end, an X-axis sliding component arranged at the top end of the frame (2), Y-axis sliding components arranged at both sides of the frame (2), and a lifting component arranged at one side of the X-axis sliding component. Two rod seats (3) are fixedly arranged at both ends of one side of the medicine dispensing box (1) away from the frame (2), a rotating shaft (4) is fixedly arranged between the top ends of the two rod seats (3), a plurality of baffles (5) are equidistantly arranged outside the rotating shaft (4), a pressing strip (6) is integrally formed at the top end of each baffle (5), and a counterweight (27) is arranged at the bottom end of one side of the back of each baffle (5). A support (7) is arranged at the left end of one side of the medicine dispensing box (1) close to the baffle (5), a plurality of springs (8) are equidistantly arranged at the top end of the support (7), a pressing rod (9) is fixedly arranged at the top end of each spring (8), and a pressing plate (10) is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of each pressing rod (9).

2. The medicine dispensing module of claim 1, wherein: A guide roller (11) is movably arranged at the bottom end of the inner side of each pressing plate (10), and the guide roller (11) is arranged in parallel with the rotating shaft (4).

3. The medicine outlet module of claim 1, wherein: A plurality of outlets (12) are equidistantly arranged at one side of the medicine dispensing box (1) close to the baffle (5), and the bottom end of the baffle (5) is movably arranged outside the middle upper end of the outlet (12).

4. The medicine outlet module of claim 1, wherein: The X-axis sliding component comprises a movable block (13), a second motor (14), a second lead screw (15) and a sliding seat (26), movable blocks (13) are movably arranged at both ends of one side of the frame (2) close to the support (7), second lead screws (15) are arranged at the top ends of the two movable blocks (13), a second motor (14) is fixedly arranged at the top end outside of the left movable block (13), the output shaft of the second motor (14) is fixedly connected with the second lead screw (15), and the sliding seat (26) is movably arranged outside the second lead screw (15).

5. The medicine dispensing module of claim 4, wherein: The Y-axis sliding component comprises a first lead screw (16), a first motor (17) and a side plate (18), first lead screws (16) are movably arranged at both ends of the frame (2) and the support (7), the two movable blocks (13) are threadedly connected with the first lead screws (16) at both ends, a first motor (17) is fixedly arranged at one side outside of the frame (2), the first lead screws (16) at both ends are movably connected through synchronous belts and synchronous wheels close to the first motor (17), and the output shaft of the first motor (17) is fixedly connected with any one synchronous wheel.

6. The medicine dispensing module of claim 5, wherein: The side plate (18) is fixedly connected to the top ends of both sides outside of the medicine dispensing box (1), and the bottom end of the movable block (13) is slidably connected with the upper end of the side plate (18).

7. The medicine outlet module of claim 4, wherein: The lifting component comprises a push rod motor (19) and a push plate (20), the push rod motor (19) is fixedly arranged at the top end of the sliding seat (26), the output shaft of the push rod motor (19) penetrates through the sliding seat (26) and is fixedly connected with the push plate (20), and the side of the push plate (20) close to the outlet (12) is downwardly inclined.

8. The medicine outlet module of claim 1, wherein: The inside of the medicine outlet box (1) is movably installed with several stacking boxes (21), and the upper end of one side of the stacking boxes (21) away from the outlet (12) is provided with a groove (22).

9. The medicine dispensing module of claim 8, wherein: The side of the medicine outlet box (1) close to the groove (22) is fixedly installed with a batten (23) at both ends.

10. The medicine dispensing module of claim 1, wherein: The lower middle part of the two sides of the medicine outlet box (1) is provided with a sliding bar (24), and the inner wall of the medicine outlet box (1) is provided with a side groove (25) in sliding connection with the sliding bar (24).

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