Inclined bottled medicament automatic dispensing device

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic pharmacies, in particular to an inclined bottled medicament automatic dispensing device which comprises a dispensing unit, a conveying unit, an unloading unit, a collecting unit and bottled medicaments, the conveying unit is arranged above the dispensing unit, the unloading unit is arranged on the side edge of the conveying unit, and the collecting unit is arranged at the top of the unloading unit. The medicine dispensing unit comprises a base, a medicine storage box, a driving guide rail and a medicine clamping body; a top plate above the base is obliquely arranged at a certain included angle with the horizontal plane, three medicine storage boxes are sequentially fixed above the top end of the base from high to low, bottled medicines are placed in the medicine storage boxes, driving guide rails perpendicular to the medicine storage boxes are arranged at the oblique ends of the medicine storage boxes, and medicine clamping bodies are arranged on the driving guide rails in a sliding mode. According to the medicine clamping body, bottled medicine can be accurately sent to the medicine clamping body on the upper conveying unit, and the problems that in the bottled medicine sending process, efficiency is low, and errors are prone to occurring are solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an automated pharmacy, and particularly to an inclined bottle-shaped medicine automatic dispensing device. Background Art

[0002] With the improvement of living standards, people have higher and higher requirements for industries such as medical treatment and health care. The dispensing efficiency of pharmacies affects people's medical experience. Reports show that the average waiting time for outpatients in secondary and above hospitals in China to receive medicine is 18 minutes, and sometimes it can be as long as half an hour. In the top three hospitals in China, due to the large number of patients seeking medical treatment, the medicine dispensing situation is even more severe. Currently, the medicine storage method in hospital pharmacies is fixed shelves, and the medicine storage is scattered. Moreover, with the increase in the variety of drugs used in hospitals and the expansion of the pharmacy area, it is very time-consuming and laborious to simply rely on artificial memory to find the required drugs, and it requires long-term repeated training. Due to the large and cumbersome workload of pharmacies, the method of finding drugs by relying on artificial memory has seriously affected the dispensing efficiency of pharmacies, increased the waiting time for patients to pick up medicine, and is also prone to accidents of misdispensing medicine by humans.

[0003] In the current market, most automated dispensing devices are only applicable to boxed or bagged medicines. There are few automatic dispensing devices for bottle-shaped medicines. Bottle-shaped medicines have characteristics such as smoothness, fragility, and difficulty in taking. The existing dispensing devices for bottle-shaped medicines on the market cannot achieve automatic identification and stable taking of bottle-shaped medicines, and urgent improvement is needed. Summary of the Invention

[0004] Therefore, the present invention is made in view of the above problems. The present invention provides an inclined bottle-shaped medicine automatic dispensing device to improve the reliability of dispensing and reduce costs.

[0005] An inclined bottle-shaped medicine automatic dispensing device includes a dispensing unit, a transportation unit, a discharging unit, an aggregating unit, and bottle-shaped medicines. Above the dispensing unit is provided with a transportation unit, on the side of the transportation unit is provided with a discharging unit, and on the top of the discharging unit is provided with an aggregating unit. The dispensing unit includes a base, a medicine storage box, a driving guide rail, and a medicine clamping body. The upper top plate of the base is inclined at a certain angle with the horizontal. Three medicine storage boxes are fixedly arranged in sequence from high to low above the top end of the base. Bottle-shaped medicines are placed in the medicine storage boxes. Driving guide rails perpendicular to the medicine storage boxes are provided at the inclined ends of the medicine storage boxes. A medicine clamping body is slidably arranged on the driving guide rails. The medicine clamping body includes a support body, a medicine clamp, a support plate, a spring, a sliding plate, a vertical groove, an inclined groove, and an inclined key. A medicine clamp is arranged on one side of the support body. Above the medicine clamp is provided with a support plate fixed to the support body. A spring is fixed to the lower end of the support plate. The lower end of the spring is fixed to a sliding plate. The lower end of the sliding plate is attached to the upper end face of the medicine clamp. The medicine clamp is slidably arranged at the front end of the support body. Inclined grooves adapted to the medicine clamp are opened at the front end of the support body, and the two inclined grooves are opened in an inverted "eight" shape. A number of medicine clamping bodies are uniformly and fixedly arranged on the outside of the transportation unit.

[0006] Preferably, the transportation unit is a rotatable conveyor belt, the discharging unit is a rotatable conveyor belt, and the discharging unit is perpendicular to the tangent of the arc on the rightmost side of the transportation unit.

[0007] Preferably, inclined keys adapted to the inclined grooves are provided at the rear ends of the two clamping jaws of the medicine clamp.

[0008] Preferably, the sliding plate is slidably arranged on the surface of the support body, and vertical grooves adapted to the sliding plate are provided on the surface of the support body.

[0009] Preferably, the inner side of the medicine clamp is an arc wall adapted to bottled medicines, and rounded corners are further provided at the edges of the inner clamping area of the medicine clamp.

[0010] Preferably, a limiting baffle for preventing the bottled medicines from tipping over is fixedly arranged above the medicine storage box.

[0011] Preferably, a plurality of discharging seats are fixedly arranged on the outer side of the discharging unit.

[0012] Preferably, the aggregate unit is an inclined cuboid aggregate hopper.

[0013] The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows:

[0014] 1. Medicine clamping bodies are arranged on both the driving guide rail and the transportation unit of the present invention. The medicine clamping body on the driving guide rail can accurately send the bottled medicines into the medicine clamping body on the upper transportation unit, solving the problems of low efficiency and easy errors in the process of dispensing bottled medicines. Moreover, the transportation unit adopts a stepping motor, making the movement of the transportation unit accurate, and the bottled medicines are not easily blocked during the docking of the medicine dispensing unit and the transportation unit, improving the stability of the operation of the medicine dispensing device.

[0015] 2. The overall structure of the present invention is inclined, realizing the automatic replenishment of the bottled medicines in the medicine dispensing area by using the gravity of the bottled medicines itself, and finally the bottled medicines are concentrated at the bottom corner of the aggregate unit, making the working process of the automatic medicine dispensing device have good coordination.

[0016] 3. The coordinated operation of the medicine dispensing unit, transportation unit, discharging unit, aggregate unit, and control unit of the present invention realizes the automatic dispensing of the bottled medicines recorded on the prescription, and finally the medicines on the prescription are concentrated in the aggregate unit for the medical staff to pick up. Description of the Drawings

[0017] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention.

[0018] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the medicine dispensing unit of the present invention.

[0019] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure between the bottled medicine of the present invention and the medicine clamping body and the driving guide rail.

[0020] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure for the medicine clamping body of the present invention to clamp the bottled medicine to reach the top of the driving guide rail.

[0021] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure for the placement of the bottled medicine inside the limit baffle of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 6 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure of the medicine clamping body of the present invention.

[0023] Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the structural disassembly of the medicine clamping body of the present invention.

[0024] Figure 8 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure between the support body and other components of the medicine clamping body of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 9 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure of the medicine clip and the tilt key of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 10 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure between the transportation unit and the medicine dispensing unit of the present invention.

[0027] Figure 11 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure for the medicine clamping body of the present invention to push the bottled medicine into the medicine clamping body on the transportation unit when reaching the top of the corresponding driving guide rail.

[0028] Figure 12 Schematic diagram of the structural arrangement among the medicine dispensing unit, transportation unit, unloading unit, and aggregate unit of the present invention.

[0029] Figure 13 Schematic diagram of the detailed structure between the unloading unit and the transportation unit of the present invention.

[0030] Wherein: 1. Medicine dispensing unit; 2. Transportation unit; 3. Unloading unit; 4. Aggregate unit; 5. Bottled medicine; 11. Base; 12. Medicine storage box; 13. Limit baffle; 14. Driving guide rail; 15. Medicine clamping body; 151. Support body; 152. Medicine clip; 153. Support plate; 154. Spring; 155. Sliding plate; 156. Vertical groove; 157. Tilt groove; 158. Tilt key; 31. Unloading seat. Detailed implementation manner

[0031] Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that those of ordinary skill in the art in the prior art to which the invention pertains can easily implement these embodiments. However, the present invention can also be implemented in various different forms, so the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. Additionally, in order to more clearly describe the present invention, components not connected to the present invention will be omitted from the drawings.

[0032] As Figure 1 shown, an inclined bottle-type medicine automatic dispensing device includes: a medicine dispensing unit 1, a transportation unit 2, a discharging unit 3, an aggregate unit 4, and bottle-type medicines 5; a transportation unit 2 is provided above the medicine dispensing unit 1, a discharging unit 3 is provided on the side of the transportation unit 2, and an aggregate unit 4 is provided on the top of the discharging unit 3. The bottle-type medicines 5 include injections, oral liquids, etc.

[0033] As Figure 2 shown, the medicine dispensing unit 1 includes: a base 11, a medicine storage box 12, a limit baffle 13, a driving guide rail 14, and a medicine clamping body 15; the bottom plate of the base 11 is horizontally arranged, and the upper top plate of the base 11 is inclined at a certain angle with the horizontal. Three medicine storage boxes 12 are fixedly arranged in sequence from high to low above the inclined top plate of the base 11. In the medicine storage box 12, the same type of bottle-type medicines 5 are arranged in the same row, and different types of bottle-type medicines 5 are arranged parallel to each other. In this embodiment, the medicine storage box 12 can arrange three different types of bottle-type medicines 5 in parallel. In this embodiment, there are a total of three medicine storage boxes 12 from high to low that can arrange nine different types of bottle-type medicines 5. Since the medicine storage box 12 is fixedly arranged above the inclined top plate of the base 11, the medicine storage box 12 is also inclined at a certain angle with the horizontal plane. A limit baffle 13 for preventing the bottle-type medicines 5 from tipping over is fixedly arranged above the medicine storage box 12. Three limit slots are opened inside the limit baffle 13, and the three limit slots respectively limit the outer walls of the corresponding bottle-type medicines 5 to prevent the bottle-type medicines 5 from tipping over when moving in the medicine storage box 12. The left and right ends of the limit baffle 13 are respectively an area for replenishing medicines and an area for dispensing medicines, which are used for replenishing the bottle-type medicines 5 in the medicine storage box 12 and dispensing the bottle-type medicines 5. A driving guide rail 14 is fixedly arranged at the right end of the bottle-type medicine 5 in the dispensing area at the right end of the limit baffle 13. The driving guide rail 14 is perpendicular to the medicine storage box 12. A driver is arranged on the driving guide rail 14, and the driver can make the medicine clamping body 15 slidably arranged on the driving guide rail 14 slide up and down along the guide rail surface at the left end of the driving guide rail 14.

[0034] As Figure 6 、 Figure 7 、 Figure 8 、 Figure 9 shown, the medicine clamping body 15 includes: a support body 151, a medicine clamp 152, a support plate 153, a spring 154, a sliding plate 155, a vertical groove 156, an inclined groove 157, and an inclined key 158.

[0035] As Figure 6 shown, a medicine clip 152 is provided in front of the bracket body 151. The medicine clip 152 has two clamping jaws for clamping the bottled medicine 5. The inner side of the medicine clip 152 is an arc wall, which is adapted to the cylindrical shape of the outer wall of the bottled medicine 5. At the edge of the inner clamping area of the medicine clip 152, a rounded corner is also provided to prevent the medicine clip 152 from scratching the bottled medicine 5. At the front end of the top of the bracket body 151, a support plate 153 is provided. The position where the support plate 153 is provided is also at the upper ends of the two clamping jaws of the medicine clip 152. A spring 154 is vertically and fixedly provided at the lower end of the support plate 153. The lower end of the spring 154 is connected to a sliding plate 155. Preferably, as an implementable manner, since the upper surface of the medicine storage box 12 abuts against the bottom of the medicine clip 152, the spring 154 is in a compressed state when the medicine clamping body 15 is in a natural static state;

[0036] As Figure 6 、 Figure 7 、 Figure 8 shown, the rear end of the sliding plate 155 is slidably arranged up and down in a vertical groove 156 opened in front of the bracket body 151, and the lower end of the sliding plate 155 is attached to the upper end surface of the medicine clip 152. The sliding plate 155 can freely slide on the upper end surface of the medicine clip 152;

[0037] As Figure 7 、 Figure 8 、 Figure 9 shown, the two clamping jaws of the medicine clip 152 are slidably arranged in an inclined groove 157 opened at the front end of the bracket body 151 through inclined keys 158 fixedly provided at their rear ends. The two inclined grooves 157 are opened in an inverted "V" shape. The inclined keys 158 at the rear ends of the two clamping jaws of the medicine clip 152 are adapted to the inclined groove 157, and the inclined keys 158 are slidably arranged in the inclined groove 157;

[0038] As Figure 3 、 Figure 4 、 Figure 5As shown, in the initial state, the medicine clamping body 15 is at the bottom of the driving guide rail 14. The medicine clamping body 15 clamps the bottled medicine 5 in the medicine dispensing area. Then the medicine clamping body 15 rises. When the medicine clamping body 15 has an upward movement tendency relative to the bottled medicine 5 (or when the bottled medicine 5 has a downward movement tendency relative to the medicine clamping body 15), since the friction force caused by the bottled medicine 5 on the medicine clamping body 15 is downward, the medicine clamp 152 of the medicine clamping body 15 is not only subject to the downward friction force, but also the elastic force of the spring 154 and the self-gravity of the bottled medicine 5, which will cause the medicine clamp 152 of the medicine clamping body 15 to shrink inward, resulting in an increase in the clamping force of the medicine clamping body 15. The medicine clamping body 15 drives the bottled medicine 5 to move upward. When the medicine clamping body 15 moves to the uppermost end of the driving guide rail 14, since the medicine storage box 12 is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, the bottled medicine 5 in the medicine storage box 12 will slide down by its own gravity to supplement the bottled medicine 5 in the medicine dispensing area for medicine dispensing;

[0039] As Figure 10 、 Figure 11 shown, the transportation unit 2 is a rotatable conveyor belt. The components for supporting and driving the transportation unit 2 are omitted in the figure because they are prior art in this field. The plane where the transportation unit 2 rotates is parallel to the top surface above the inclined top plate of the base 11. In this embodiment, the number of transportation units 2 is three, which are sequentially arranged above the three limit baffles 13. A number of medicine clamping bodies 15 are uniformly fixed on the outside of the transportation unit 2. The distance between the medicine clamping bodies 15 on the transportation unit 2 corresponds to the distance between the adjacent different types of bottled medicines 5 below;

[0040] As Figure 3 、 Figure 4 、 Figure 5 、 Figure 10 、 Figure 11As shown in the figure, when the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 clamps the bottled medicine 5 and moves upward along the driving guide rail 14, the bottled medicine 5 will be correspondingly inserted into the medicine clamping body 15 on the transportation unit 2 from below. Since the bottled medicine 5 is inserted into the medicine clamping body 15 on the transportation unit 2 from below, it will push the medicine clip 152 of the medicine clamping body 15 on the transportation unit 2 upward, causing the medicine clip 152 to expand outward. At this time, the clamping force of the medicine clamping body 15 on the transportation unit 2 on the bottled medicine 5 is small, and it is easy to be inserted into the medicine clamping body 15 from below. Then, when the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 reaches the top of the driving guide rail 14, the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 starts to move downward to reset. Since the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 at this time has a downward movement trend relative to the bottled medicine 5 (or when the bottled medicine 5 has an upward movement trend relative to the medicine clamping body 15), the friction force direction of the bottled medicine 5 on the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 is upward. The upward friction force will give the medicine clip 152 of the medicine clamping body 15 an upward force, causing the medicine clip 152 to open outward, thereby reducing the clamping force of the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14. The medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 moves downward and separates from the bottled medicine 5. Then, the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 automatically clamps downward the bottled medicine 5 that has been automatically replenished by gravity in the medicine dispensing area. Since the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 clamps the bottled medicine 5 downward, the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 moves downward relative to the bottled medicine 5, and the medicine clip 152 of the medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 will open outward under the upward friction force. The medicine clamping body 15 on the driving guide rail 14 can easily clamp the bottled medicine 5 in the medicine dispensing area from top to bottom; each driving guide rail 14 can be controlled by a control unit (not shown in the figure). The control unit (not shown in the figure) can identify the medicines recorded on the prescription, and then control the medicine clamping body 15 on the corresponding driving guide rail 14 to dispense medicine upward. Since the control unit is an existing technology in this field, it is omitted from the figure;

[0041] As Figure 10 , Figure 11 , Figure 12 shown, after the medicine dispensing unit 1 dispenses the bottled medicine 5 onto the medicine clamping body 15 on the transportation unit 2, the transportation unit 2 drives the bottled medicine 5 to start rotating. In this embodiment, when viewed from above, the rotation direction of the transportation unit 2 is clockwise. Preferably, as an implementable manner, the transportation unit 2 can be driven by a stepping motor;

[0042] As Figure 13As shown in the figure, a discharging unit 3 is provided at the rightmost side of the transportation unit 2. The discharging unit 3 is a rotatable conveyor belt. In this embodiment, the discharging unit 3 is perpendicular to the plane where the transportation unit 2 is located and perpendicular to the tangent of the arc at the rightmost side of the transportation unit 2. The components for supporting and driving the discharging unit 3 are omitted in the figure as they are prior art in this field. A discharging seat 31 is fixedly provided on the outer side of the discharging unit 3. The rotating direction of the discharging unit 3 is clockwise. One side of the discharging seat 31 can pass through the inside of the medicine clamping body 15. As the discharging unit 3 moves, the discharging seat 31 can take out the bottled medicine 5 from the medicine clamping body 15 at the rightmost end of the transportation unit 2, and the discharging seat 31 continues to move upward with the bottled medicine 5. Since the bottled medicine 5 moves upward relative to the medicine clamping body 15, the clamping force of the medicine clamping body 15 becomes smaller, and the bottled medicine 5 is more likely to break away from the medicine clamping body 15 from above. Preferably, as an implementable way, the driving of the discharging unit 3 can adopt a stepping motor;

[0043] As Figure 12 , Figure 13 shown in the figure, an aggregate unit 4 is obliquely provided on the right side at the upper end of the discharging unit 3. The aggregate unit 4 is a cuboid aggregate hopper. The supporting part of the aggregate unit 4 is omitted in the figure. When the discharging seat 31 moves to the uppermost end of the discharging unit 3, the discharging seat 31 continues to move downward with the discharging unit 3. At this time, the bottled medicine 5 on the discharging seat 31 will separate from the discharging seat 31 due to its own gravity. Since the aggregate unit 4 is located below the topmost part of the discharging unit 3, the bottled medicine 5 will fall into the aggregate unit 4. Due to the inclined setting of the aggregate unit 4, all the bottled medicine 5 falling into the aggregate unit 4 will be concentrated at the corner at the lowermost end of the aggregate unit 4. Preferably, as an implementable way, in order to maintain the stability of the working process of the present invention, when the transportation unit 2 is moving, the medicine dispensing unit 1 and the discharging unit 3 remain stationary. When the transportation unit 2 is stationary, the medicine dispensing unit 1 and the discharging unit 3 can be started simultaneously to work, maintaining the coordination of the working process;

[0044] The working principle of the present invention:

[0045] First, the control unit identifies the drugs recorded in the prescription, and then controls the medicine dispensing unit 1 to correspondingly send out the bottled drugs 5 upward. Then, the bottled drugs 5 enter the medicine clamping body 15 on the transportation unit 2. The transportation unit 2 drives the bottled drugs 5 to move to the discharging unit 3 at the rightmost end. The discharging unit 3 pushes the bottled drugs 5 upward from the medicine clamping body 15. The bottled drugs 5 continue to move upward along with the discharging unit 3. When the discharging seat 31 carrying the bottled drugs 5 moves to the uppermost end of the discharging unit 3, the discharging seat 31 continues to move downward along with the discharging unit 3. At this time, the bottled drugs 5 on the discharging seat 31 will separate from the discharging seat 31 due to their own gravity, and the bottled drugs 5 will fall into the aggregate unit 4. Since the aggregate unit 4 is inclined, all the bottled drugs 5 falling into the aggregate unit 4 will be concentrated at the corner at the lowermost end of the aggregate unit 4.

Claims

1. An inclined automatic dispensing device for bottled medicines, comprising a dispensing unit (1), a transport unit (2), a discharging unit (3), a collecting unit (4) and bottled medicines (5), wherein the dispensing unit (1) is provided with a transport unit (2), a discharging unit (3) is provided on the side of the transport unit (2), and a collecting unit (4) is provided on the top of the dispensing unit (3), characterized in that: The medicine dispensing unit (1) comprises a base (11), a medicine storage box (12), a driving guide rail (14), and a medicine clamping body (15); the top plate of the base (11) is inclined at a certain angle to the horizontal, three medicine storage boxes (12) are fixed in order from high to low above the top of the base (11), bottled medicines (5) are placed in the medicine storage boxes (12), the inclined ends of the medicine storage boxes (12) are provided with driving guide rails (14) perpendicular to the medicine storage boxes (12), and the medicine clamping body (15) is slidably arranged on the driving guide rail (14), and the medicine clamping body (15) comprises a bracket body (151), a medicine clamp (152), a support plate (153), a spring (154), a sliding plate (155), a vertical groove (156), an inclined groove (157), A tilting key (158); a medicine clip (152) is arranged on one side of the bracket body (151); a support plate (153) fixed to the bracket body (151) is arranged above the medicine clip (152); a spring (154) is fixed to the lower end of the support plate (153); a sliding plate (155) is fixed to the lower end of the spring (154); the lower end of the sliding plate (155) is fitted with the upper end surface of the medicine clip (152); the medicine clip (152) is slidably arranged at the front end of the bracket body (151); an inclined groove (157) adapted to the medicine clip (152) is opened at the front end of the bracket body (151); and the two inclined grooves (157) are opened in an inverted "eight" shape; and a plurality of medicine clip bodies (15) are evenly and fixedly arranged on the outer side of the transport unit (2).

2. The device for automatically dispensing medicine in tilted bottles according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transport unit (2) is a rotatable conveyor belt, the unloading unit (3) is a rotatable conveyor belt, and the unloading unit (3) is perpendicular to the tangent of the rightmost arc of the transport unit (2).

3. The device for automatically dispensing tilted bottled medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rear ends of the two clamping jaws of the medicine clamp (152) are provided with inclined keys (158) adapted to the inclined grooves (157).

4. The device for automatically dispensing tilted bottled medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sliding plate (155) is slidably arranged on the surface of the bracket body (151), and a vertical groove (156) matching the sliding plate (155) is provided on the surface of the bracket body (151).

5. The device for automatically dispensing tilted bottled medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner side of the medicine clamp (152) is an arc wall suitable for the bottled medicine (5), and the edge of the inner clamping area of ​​the medicine clamp (152) is also provided with a rounded corner.

6. The device for automatically dispensing tilted bottled medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A limiting baffle (13) is fixedly arranged above the medicine storage box (12) to prevent the bottled medicine (5) from tipping over.

7. The device for automatically dispensing tilted bottled medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of unloading seats (31) are fixedly arranged on the outer side of the unloading unit (3).

8. The tilted bottled medicine automatic dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material collecting unit (4) is a rectangular material collecting hopper which is arranged obliquely.

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