Thermometer disinfection box
The thermometer disinfection box addresses incomplete disinfection by using a single-chip computer and motor system to automate the disinfection process, ensuring timely and quantitative disinfection of thermometers.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411352202.2
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-09-26
- Publication Date
- 2024-12-13
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
Existing thermometer disinfection methods in hospitals are often incomplete due to insufficient or excessive soaking times, leading to inadequate disinfection and increased risk of infection transmission.
A thermometer disinfection box equipped with a single-chip computer module, timing module, and motor system that automatically counts thermometers, immerses them in disinfectant for a set time, and alerts staff when disinfection is complete, then separates the thermometer from the disinfectant.
Ensures timely and quantitative disinfection of thermometers, reducing human error and enhancing infection control by providing an automated, efficient disinfection process.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The invention relates to a disinfection device, in particular to a thermometer disinfection box. Background Art
[0002] The number of patients in the emergency department of the hospital is large every day, especially children with fever. It is a necessary task to check the temperature of children with fever. Usually, mercury thermometers are used to check the temperature of patients with fever. According to the requirements of hospital infection, thermometers cannot be used interchangeably. After the previous patient uses it, it must be placed in alcohol or chlorine-containing disinfectant and soaked for 30 minutes to disinfect it. However, due to the busy work of medical staff, they often forget to take out the thermometer in time, dry it for later use, resulting in too long soaking time, or due to the large usage and insufficient supply of thermometers, resulting in insufficient soaking time, resulting in disinfection time less than 30 minutes. Summary of the invention
[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a thermometer disinfection box, which has the function of timed and quantitative disinfection, and can send out an alarm to remind medical staff after the disinfection time is over, and can automatically separate the thermometer and disinfectant.
[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:
[0005] A thermometer disinfection box, comprising an outer box, a box cover, a placement basket, a disinfectant box, a motor, a hanging rope, a single-chip computer module, a timing module, an alarm module, an infrared transmitter, an infrared receiver and a power module; wherein the outer box is a hollow structure with an opening at the upper end; the box cover is arranged at the opening at the upper end of the outer box, and a drop-in port for inserting a thermometer is arranged in the middle of the upper end; the placement basket is a hollow structure, which is arranged in the outer box and is used to place the thermometer; the disinfectant box is a hollow structure with an opening at the upper end, which is arranged in the outer box and is located below the placement basket and is used to place the disinfectant; two motors are provided, which are respectively arranged on both sides of the opening at the upper end of the outer box, and a rope winding drum is provided on the output shaft of the motor; two hanging ropes are provided, and one hanging rope is connected to one motor correspondingly, wherein one end of the hanging rope is connected to the rope winding drum on the motor, and the other end is connected to the side of the placement basket; The timing module, alarm module and power supply module are all arranged on the side wall of the outer box, the infrared transmitter and the infrared receiver are relatively arranged on both sides of the inner wall of the delivery port of the box cover, and the single-chip computer module is electrically connected to the timing module, the alarm module, the infrared receiver and the two motors respectively; the infrared receiver is used to receive the infrared rays emitted by the infrared transmitter, when the thermometer passes through the delivery port, the infrared receiver will not be able to receive the feedback signal of the infrared rays and send it to the single-chip computer module, the single-chip computer module counts the number of thermometers delivered, when a certain number is reached, the single-chip computer module controls the timing module to start timing, and controls the two motors to rotate to lower the placement basket to be immersed in the disinfectant box; after the timing module ends, the single-chip computer module controls the two motors to rotate to pull the placement basket out of the disinfectant box, and controls the alarm module to alarm; the power supply module is used to provide working voltage.
[0006] The beneficial effects of the present invention are:
[0007] The present invention provides a thermometer disinfection box. The thermometer to be disinfected is placed into a placement basket in an outer box through a placement port of a box cover. When the thermometer passes through the placement port, an infrared receiver cannot receive the infrared emitted by an infrared transmitter, and the infrared receiver sends a feedback signal that it cannot receive the infrared to a single-chip computer module. At this time, the single-chip computer module counts the number of thermometers placed. When a certain number is reached, for example, 30, the single-chip computer module controls a timing module to start timing, and controls two motors to rotate to place the placement basket into a disinfectant box, thereby immersing and disinfecting the thermometers in the placement basket. After the timing of the timing module ends, the single-chip computer module controls two motors to rotate a winding rope to pull the placement basket out of the disinfectant box, and drain the thermometer, and at the same time controls the alarm module to sound an alarm to remind medical staff that the disinfection of the thermometer is finished. Therefore, the thermometer disinfection box has the function of timed and quantitative disinfection, and sends an alarm to remind medical staff after the disinfection time ends, and can automatically separate the thermometer and the disinfectant. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] Figure 1It is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
[0009] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure after opening the lid.
[0010] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure after the disinfectant box of the embodiment of the present invention is taken out.
[0011] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of a placement basket placed in a disinfectant box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0012] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of a state where the placement basket and the disinfectant box are separated according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0013] Figure 6 It is an exploded view of the hanging rope and the placement basket according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0014] Figure 7 yes Figure 6 A magnified schematic diagram of area A in the middle.
[0015] Figure 8 It is a principle block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
[0016] Fig. 9 is a circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
[0017] The numbers in the figure are: 1. outer box; 11. side opening; 2. box cover; 21. delivery port; 22. protrusion; 23. rope hole; 3. placement basket; 31. slot; 32. side hole; 4. disinfectant box; 5. motor; 51. rope reel; 6. hanging rope; 61. plug-in block; 62. marbles; 7. single-chip microcomputer module; 8. timing module; 9. alarm module; 10. infrared transmitter; 20. infrared receiver; 30. power module; 40. control box; 50. setting button. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0018] The present invention is described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The specific implementation methods described herein are only used to illustrate and explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention. Without departing from the design spirit of the present invention, various modifications and improvements made to the technical solution of the present invention by ordinary technicians in this field should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
[0019] like Figures 1 to 9 As shown, the thermometer disinfection box of this embodiment includes an outer box 1, a box cover 2, a placement basket 3, a disinfectant box 4, a motor 5, a hanging rope 6, a single-chip computer module 7, a timing module 8, an alarm module 9, an infrared transmitter 10, an infrared receiver 20 and a power module 30.
[0020] The outer box 1 is a hollow structure with an open upper end.
[0021] The box cover 2 is arranged at the upper opening of the outer box 1, and a placement port 21 for inserting a thermometer is arranged in the middle of the upper end. One end of the box cover 2 is hinged to the edge of the opening of the outer box 1, and a protrusion 22 is arranged at the other end. The protrusion 22 is arranged to facilitate flipping of the box cover 2.
[0022] The placement basket 3 is a hollow structure, which is arranged in the outer box 1 and is used to place the thermometer.
[0023] The disinfectant box 4 is a hollow structure with an upper opening, which is arranged in the outer box 1 and below the placement basket 3 for placing disinfectant. A side opening 11 is arranged on the side wall of the outer box 1, and the disinfectant box 4 is taken out of the outer box 1 or put into the outer box 1 through the side opening 11, so as to facilitate the replacement of new disinfectant.
[0024] Two motors 5 are provided, which are respectively arranged on both sides of the upper opening of the outer box 1 , and a rope winding drum 51 is provided on the output shaft of the motor 5 .
[0025] Two hanging ropes 6 are provided, one hanging rope 6 is connected to one motor 5, one end of the hanging rope 6 is connected to the rope winding drum 51 on the motor 5, and the other end is connected to the side of the placement basket 3. The output shafts of the two motors 5 rotate, and the hanging rope 6 can be wound on the rope winding drum 51 and the placement basket 3 can be pulled up, or the hanging rope 6 can be separated from the rope winding drum 51 and the placement basket 3 can be lowered. The box cover 2 of this embodiment needs to completely cover the opening at the upper end of the outer box 1 to reduce the volatilization or odor of the disinfectant, but the hanging rope 6 cannot pass through at this time, so the side of the box cover 2 is provided with a rope hole 23 for passing the hanging rope 6.
[0026] In this embodiment, the hanging rope 6 is detachably connected to the placing basket 3, so that the placing basket 3 can be easily disassembled for cleaning. Specifically, a columnar plug block 61 is provided at the end of the hanging rope 6, and a receiving groove is provided on the lower end side wall of the plug block 61. A spring and a marble 62 are provided in the receiving groove, and the two ends of the spring are respectively connected to the bottom wall of the receiving groove and the marble 62; a slot 31 for inserting the plug block 61 is provided on the upper end edge of the placing basket 3, and a side hole 32 is provided on the side wall of the slot 31. After the plug block 61 is inserted into the slot 31, the marble 62 elastically bounces into the side hole 32; when separating the plug block 61 and the slot 31, it is only necessary to squeeze the marble 62 so that the marble 62 disengages from the side hole 32 and is squeezed into the receiving groove. At this time, the plug block 61 can be pulled out of the slot 31 to separate the hanging rope 6 and the placing basket 3.
[0027] The single-chip computer module 7, the timing module 8, the alarm module 9 and the power module 30 are all arranged on the side wall of the outer box 1. A control box 40 is arranged on the side wall of the outer box 1. The single-chip computer module 7, the timing module 8 and the power module 30 are arranged inside the control box 40. The alarm module 9 is arranged on the surface of the control box 40. The infrared transmitter 10 and the infrared receiver 20 are arranged on both sides of the inner wall of the delivery port 21 of the box cover 2. The single-chip computer module 7 is electrically connected to the timing module 8, the alarm module 9, the infrared receiver 20 and the two motors 5 respectively. The infrared receiver 20 is used to receive the infrared rays emitted by the infrared transmitter 10, and the power module 30 is used to provide the working voltage.
[0028] The single-chip microcomputer module 7 of this embodiment adopts a single-chip microcomputer module with STM32F103C8T6 single-chip microcomputer as the core, and the single-chip microcomputer is provided with a corresponding computer program. In the circuit, some unused pins are omitted. The timing module 8 includes a DS1302 timing chip and a peripheral circuit, and the peripheral circuit includes a crystal oscillator circuit. The alarm module 9 uses a speaker, which is represented by SPEAK in the circuit. The infrared transmitter 10 uses an IR333_H0 infrared transmitting tube, which is represented by D10 in the circuit. The infrared receiver 20 uses a HS0038B chip, and the output end (DATE pin) of the infrared receiver 20 is electrically connected to the input end (I / O pin) of the single-chip microcomputer module 7. The infrared receiver 20 of this embodiment is used to receive infrared rays. The probe for receiving infrared rays is set on the inner wall of the delivery port 21. After failing to receive infrared rays, a feedback signal is sent to the single-chip microcomputer module 7 through the DATE pin.
[0029] In the circuit, the two motors 5 are represented by M1 and M2 respectively. Combined with the circuit diagram, the working principle of the two motors 5 is as follows: when the single-chip computer module 7 outputs a high level to the base of the transistor Q1 and the transistor Q3 through the output terminal, and outputs a low level to the base of the transistor Q2 and the transistor Q4, the transistors Q1 and Q3 are turned on, and the transistors Q2 and Q4 are not turned on. At this time, the coils of the relay KA1 and the relay KA3 are energized, and the coils of the relay KA2 and the relay KA4 are not energized. The normally open ends of the relays KA1 and KA3 are turned on, and the normally closed ends of the relays KA2 and KA4 are turned on. The current flows through the positive pole of the power module 30 and the normally open end of the relay KA1 (or KA3) to the positive pole of the motor M1 (or M2), and then flows from the negative pole of the motor M1 (or M2) to the normally closed end of the relay KA2 (or KA4) to the negative pole of the power module 30. At this time, the two motors 5 are forwardly conducted, and it is defined that the two motors 5 rotate forward at this time. Similarly, when the single-chip computer module 7 outputs a low level to the base of transistors Q1 and Q3 through the output end, and outputs a low level to the base of transistors Q2 and Q4, transistors Q1 and Q3 are not conducting, and transistors Q2 and Q4 are conducting. At this time, the coils of relays KA1 and KA3 are not energized, and the coils of relays KA2 and KA4 are energized. The normally closed ends of relays KA1 and KA3 are turned on, and the normally open ends of relays KA2 and KA4 are turned on. The current flows through the positive pole of the power module 30 and the normally open end of relay KA2 (or KA4) to the negative pole of motor M1 (or M2), and then flows from the positive pole of motor M1 (or M2) to the normally closed end of relay KA1 (or KA3) to the negative pole of power module 30. At this time, the two motors 5 are reversely conducted, and it is defined that the two motors 5 are reversed at this time. In this embodiment, the motor M1 and the motor M2 are arranged relative to each other. It is defined that when the motor M1 rotates forward and the motor M2 rotates reversely, the suspension rope 6 is wound on the rope winding drum 51; when the motor M1 rotates reversely and the motor M2 rotates forward, the suspension rope 6 is separated from the rope winding drum 51.
[0030] In addition, a setting button 50 for setting the timing time is arranged on the surface of the control box 40, and the setting button 50 is connected to the single-chip computer module 7. In the circuit, the setting button 50 is represented by K1, K2...Kn.
[0031] The operating principle of the present invention is: take out the disinfectant box 4, fill it with disinfectant, and then put it into the outer box 1, put the thermometer to be disinfected into the placement basket 3 in the outer box 1 from the placement port 21 of the box cover 2, when the thermometer passes through the placement port 21, the infrared receiver 20 cannot receive the infrared emitted by the infrared transmitter 10, and the infrared receiver 20 sends a feedback signal that it cannot receive the infrared to the single-chip module 7. At this time, the single-chip module 7 counts the number of thermometers put in. When a certain number is reached, for example: 30, the single-chip module 7 controls the timing module 8 to count (the timing time can be set by setting the button 50, for example, setting the disinfection time to 30 minutes), and controls the two motors 5 to rotate from The placement basket 3 is lowered into the disinfectant box 4 (in this embodiment, the single-chip module 7 controls the motor M1 to reverse and the motor M2 to rotate forward), so as to immerse and disinfect the thermometer in the placement basket 3; after the timing module 8 ends, the single-chip module 7 controls the two motors 5 to rotate and wind the hanging rope 6 (in this embodiment, the single-chip module 7 controls the motor M1 to rotate forward and the motor M2 to reverse), so as to pull the placement basket 3 out of the disinfectant box 4 and drain the thermometer, and at the same time control the alarm module 9 to alarm to remind the medical staff that the disinfection of the thermometer is completed. Therefore, the thermometer disinfection box has the function of timed and quantitative disinfection, and after the disinfection time is over, an alarm is issued to remind the medical staff, and the thermometer and disinfectant can be automatically separated. After that, the medical staff can open the box cover 2 to take out the disinfected thermometer.
Claims
1. A thermometer disinfection box, characterized in that: It comprises an outer box (1), a box cover (2), a placement basket (3), a disinfectant box (4), a motor (5), a hanging rope (6), a single-chip computer module (7), a timing module (8), an alarm module (9), an infrared transmitter (10), an infrared receiver (20) and a power supply module (30); wherein: The outer box (1) is a hollow structure with an open upper end; The box cover (2) is arranged at the upper opening of the outer box (1), and a placement port (21) for inserting a thermometer is arranged in the middle of the upper end thereof; The placement basket (3) is a hollow structure, which is arranged in the outer box (1) and is used to place the thermometer; The disinfectant box (4) is a hollow structure with an open upper end, which is arranged in the outer box (1) and located below the placement basket (3) and is used to place the disinfectant; Two motors (5) are provided, which are respectively arranged on both sides of the upper opening of the outer box (1), and a rope winding drum (51) is provided on the output shaft of the motor (5); Two suspension ropes (6) are provided, one suspension rope (6) is connected to one motor (5) respectively, wherein one end of the suspension rope (6) is connected to a rope winding drum (51) on the motor (5), and the other end is connected to the side of the basket (3); The single-chip computer module (7), the timing module (8), the alarm module (9) and the power module (30) are all arranged on the side wall of the outer box (1); the infrared transmitter (10) and the infrared receiver (20) are arranged on both sides of the inner wall of the delivery opening (21) of the box cover (2) in a relative manner; the single-chip computer module (7) is electrically connected to the timing module (8), the alarm module (9), the infrared receiver (20) and the two motors (5) respectively; the infrared receiver (20) is used to receive infrared rays emitted by the infrared transmitter (10); when the thermometer passes through the delivery opening (21), the infrared receiver (20) is used to receive infrared rays emitted by the infrared transmitter (10). The infrared receiver (20) sends a feedback signal indicating that it cannot receive infrared rays to the single-chip computer module (7), and the single-chip computer module (7) counts the number of thermometers placed. When a certain number is reached, the single-chip computer module (7) controls the timing module (8) to count, and controls the two motors (5) to rotate to lower the placement basket (3) into the disinfectant box (4) for immersion; after the timing module (8) finishes counting, the single-chip computer module (7) controls the two motors (5) to rotate to pull the placement basket (3) out of the disinfectant box (4), and controls the alarm module (9) to sound an alarm; The power supply module (30) is used to provide an operating voltage.
2. The thermometer disinfection box according to claim 1, characterized in that: One end of the box cover (2) is hinged to the edge of the opening of the outer box (1), and the other end is provided with a protrusion (22); a rope hole (23) for passing a hanging rope (6) is provided on the side of the box cover (2).
3. The thermometer disinfection box according to claim 1, characterized in that: The side wall of the outer box (1) is provided with a side opening (11), and the disinfectant box (4) is taken out of the outer box (1) or put into the outer box (1) through the side opening (11).
4. The thermometer disinfection box according to claim 1, characterized in that: The hanging rope (6) is detachably connected to the placing basket (3); a columnar plug-in block (61) is provided at the end of the hanging rope (6); a receiving groove is provided on the lower side wall of the plug-in block (61); a spring and a marble (62) are provided in the receiving groove; two ends of the spring are respectively connected to the bottom wall of the receiving groove and the marble (62); a slot (31) for inserting the plug-in block (61) is provided on the upper edge of the placing basket (3); a side hole (32) is provided on the side wall of the slot (31); after the plug-in block (61) is inserted into the slot (31), the marble (62) elastically bounces into the side hole (32).
5. The thermometer disinfection box according to claim 1, characterized in that: A control box (40) is arranged on the side wall of the outer box (1); a single-chip computer module (7), a timing module (8) and a power supply module (30) are arranged inside the control box (40); and an alarm module (9) is arranged on the surface of the control box (40).
6. The thermometer disinfection box according to claim 5, characterized in that: The surface of the control box (40) is provided with a setting button (50) for setting the timing time, and the setting button (50) is connected to the single-chip computer module (7).
