Tablet box of tablet dispensing machine

Abstract

The utility model discloses a tablet box of a tablet dispensing machine, which comprises a base plate, a medicine storage cylinder, a medicine discharge hopper, a medicine discharge electromagnetic valve, a motor and a controller, the medicine storage cylinder is vertically arranged, and the bottom of the medicine storage cylinder is tightly attached to the top surface of the base plate; at least two through holes are formed in the base plate in a surrounding mode, medicine discharging hoppers with medicine discharging channels opened or closed through medicine discharging electromagnetic valves are installed at the positions, outside the through holes, of the bottom face of the base plate, the motor can drive the base plate to rotate so that the medicine discharging hoppers can sequentially correspond to the medicine storage barrel up and down, and the controller is electrically connected with the motor and the medicine discharging electromagnetic valves. The medicine discharging hopper can be synchronously replaced during medicine changing each time, tablets of different batch numbers are effectively prevented from being mixed, and traceability of the tablets is facilitated.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of tablet boxes, in particular to the technical field of tablet boxes of tablet dispensing machines. [Background technology]

[0002] The pharmacy of the hospital usually needs to pack the large-packaged tablet medicine according to the doctor's prescription so as to place the medicine for each meal of the patient (especially the hospitalized patient) in the corresponding medicine bag, so as to help the patient save a certain amount of medical expenses. At present, the medicine placement mode is divided into two types: manual medicine placement and fully automatic medicine placement. Among them, the manual medicine placement has the disadvantages of low packaging efficiency, high labor intensity, easy counting errors due to visual fatigue and other reasons, and easy contamination of medicines. For large hospitals, the use of tablet medicine placement machines can deliver the medicines needed by patients to the hands of patients more efficiently, hygienically and accurately, such as the opening device of the medicine placement machine disclosed in the invention with the announcement number CN105691766B, the medicine placement machine and the medicine loading method, the self-weighing intelligent medicine box tablet medicine placement machine disclosed in the invention with the publication number CN116639296A, and the adjustable particle size tablet medicine placement device disclosed in the invention with the announcement number CN111824475B.

[0003] Existing tablet dispensing machines are usually equipped with a tablet box that can accommodate a large number of tablets and a mounting table for mounting the tablet box. In actual use, if the tablets of the previous batch are not completely discharged from the tablet box (i.e., a small number of tablets of the previous batch are still retained in the tablet box), and the pharmacist directly adds tablets of the next batch into the tablet box, it will result in at least two batches of tablets in the tablet box, which will eventually make it difficult for the pharmacist to trace the batch number and expiration date of the tablets discharged from the tablet box, which needs to be solved urgently. [Contents of the utility model]

[0004] The utility model aims to solve the problems in the prior art and proposes a tablet box of a tablet placing machine, which can synchronously realize the replacement of the medicine discharge hopper every time the medicine is changed, effectively avoiding the mixing of tablets of different batches and facilitating the traceability of the tablets.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model proposes a tablet box of a tablet dispensing machine, comprising a base plate, a medicine storage barrel, a medicine discharge hopper, a medicine discharge solenoid valve, a motor and a controller. The medicine storage barrel is vertically arranged with its bottom close to the top surface of the base plate, at least two through holes are arranged around the base plate, and medicine discharge hoppers for opening or closing medicine discharge channels by the medicine discharge solenoid valves are respectively installed on the bottom surface outside each through hole, the motor can drive the base plate to rotate so that each medicine discharge hopper corresponds to the medicine storage barrel in turn, and the controller is electrically connected to the motor and each medicine discharge solenoid valve respectively.

[0006] Preferably, the top surface of the base plate is provided with an annular sinking portion, each of the through holes is located in the annular sinking portion, and the bottom end of the drug storage cartridge is inserted into the annular sinking portion.

[0007] Preferably, the adjacent surfaces of the base plate and the drug storage cartridge are provided with a plurality of annular grooves, and a sealing ring is installed in each of the annular grooves.

[0008] Preferably, it further comprises a medicine feed hopper and a medicine feed solenoid valve, the top of the medicine storage cylinder is provided with a medicine discharge hopper for opening or closing the medicine feed channel by the medicine feed solenoid valve, and the controller is electrically connected to each medicine feed solenoid valve respectively.

[0009] Preferably, the medicine inlet hopper and each medicine discharge hopper are composed of a flared portion, an inverted cone portion and a medicine pipe arranged in sequence from top to bottom, and each of the medicine discharge solenoid valves and medicine inlet solenoid valves are respectively installed on the corresponding medicine pipe.

[0010] Preferably, a ring body is provided on the bottom surface of the substrate and around each through hole, and each drug storage cartridge is threadedly connected to the corresponding ring body through a flared portion.

[0011] Preferably, the expanded opening of the medicine feeding hopper is directly mounted on the top of the medicine storage cylinder.

[0012] Preferably, the motor is located below the base plate and the output shaft is coaxially connected to the base plate.

[0013] Beneficial effects of the utility model:

[0014] 1) A base plate with at least two medicine discharge hoppers is arranged below the medicine storage cylinder, and a motor is used to drive the base plate to rotate so that each medicine discharge hopper corresponds to the medicine storage cylinder in turn, so that the medicine discharge hoppers can be replaced synchronously every time the medicine is changed, effectively avoiding the mixing of tablets of different batches, facilitating the traceability of tablets, and having a simple overall structure and low installation and modification costs;

[0015] 2) By inserting the bottom end of the drug storage cartridge into the annular sinking portion located on the top surface of the base plate, and adding a plurality of annular grooves with sealing rings installed on the adjacent surfaces of the base plate and the drug storage cartridge, the annular sinking portion can be used to guide the relative movement between the base plate and the drug storage cartridge, and the sealing ring can be used to prevent the tablets from being stuck in the narrow gap between the base plate and the drug storage cartridge;

[0016] 3) By installing a medicine discharge hopper on the top of the medicine storage cylinder, the medicine feed channel is opened or closed by the medicine feed solenoid valve, and the closed medicine feed solenoid valve can be used to prevent tablets from being mistakenly fed directly into the old medicine storage cylinder.

[0017] The features and advantages of the present invention will be described in detail through embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0018] Figure 1 This is a front view of a tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 2 It is a cross-sectional view of the tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine of the utility model when the medicine discharging solenoid valve, the motor and the medicine feeding solenoid valve are removed;

[0020] Figure 3 yes Figure 2 An enlarged schematic diagram of point A;

[0021] Figure 4 It is a left view of a tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine of the utility model.

[0022] In the figure: 1-base plate, 11-through hole, 12-annular sinking part, 13-ring body, 2-drug storage cylinder, 3-drug discharge hopper, 4-drug discharge solenoid valve, 5-motor, 6-sealing ring, 7-drug feed hopper, 8-drug feed solenoid valve. [Specific implementation method]

[0023] See also Figures 1 to 4 The tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine of the utility model comprises a base plate 1, a medicine storage barrel 2, a medicine discharge hopper 3, a medicine discharge solenoid valve 4, a motor 5 and a controller. The medicine storage barrel 2 is vertically arranged and the bottom is close to the top surface of the base plate 1. At least two through holes 11 are arranged around the base plate 1 and the bottom surface is respectively equipped with medicine discharge hoppers 3 whose medicine discharge channels are opened or closed by the medicine discharge solenoid valve 4 outside each through hole 11. The motor 5 can drive the base plate 1 to rotate so that each medicine discharge hopper 3 corresponds to the medicine storage barrel 2 in turn. The controller is electrically connected to the motor 5 and each medicine discharge solenoid valve 4 respectively.

[0024] The top surface of the base plate 1 is provided with an annular sinking portion 12 , each of the through holes 11 is located in the annular sinking portion 12 , and the bottom end of the drug storage cartridge 2 is inserted into the annular sinking portion 12 .

[0025] The adjacent surfaces of the base plate 1 and the medicine storage cartridge 2 are provided with a plurality of annular grooves, and a sealing ring 6 is installed in each of the annular grooves.

[0026] It also includes a medicine feed hopper 7 and a medicine feed solenoid valve 8. The top of the medicine storage cylinder 2 is provided with a medicine discharge hopper 3 whose medicine feed channel is opened or closed by the medicine feed solenoid valve 8. The controller is electrically connected to each medicine feed solenoid valve 8 respectively.

[0027] The medicine inlet hopper 7 and each medicine discharge hopper 3 are composed of a flared portion, an inverted cone portion and a medicine pipe arranged in sequence from top to bottom, and each of the medicine discharge solenoid valves 4 and medicine inlet solenoid valves 8 are respectively installed on the corresponding medicine pipe.

[0028] Ring bodies 13 are respectively provided on the bottom surface of the base plate 1 and around each through hole 11 , and each drug storage cartridge 2 is threadedly connected to the corresponding ring body 13 through a flared portion.

[0029] The expanded portion of the medicine feeding hopper 7 is directly mounted on the top of the medicine storage cylinder 2 .

[0030] The motor 5 is located below the base plate 1 and the output shaft is coaxially connected to the base plate 1 .

[0031] Working process of this utility model:

[0032] Take the case where there are two medicine discharge hoppers 3. When the last batch of tablets is about to be discharged, the medicine discharge hopper 3 on the left side is still filled with a small amount of the last batch of tablets, while the medicine discharge hopper 3 on the right side is empty. If the pharmacist puts a new batch of tablets into the medicine feed hopper 7 through the medicine feed port of the tablet dispensing machine, the motor 5 will drive the substrate 1 to rotate 180° so that the two medicine feed hoppers 7 can exchange positions left and right (the medicine storage barrel 2, the motor 5 and the medicine feed hopper 7 can be fixed in the inner cavity of the tablet dispensing machine through support rods respectively). At this time, the medicine discharge hopper 3 on the left side is empty, while the medicine discharge hopper 3 on the right side is filled with a small amount of the last batch of tablets. Subsequently, the medicine feed solenoid valve 8 is opened to discharge the new batch of tablets from the medicine feed hopper 7 into the medicine storage barrel 2 and the medicine discharge hopper 3 on the left side. Next, when the medicine discharge solenoid valve 4 located on the left is opened, the tablets of a new batch can be discharged; when the medicine discharge solenoid valve 4 located on the right is opened, the tablets of the previous batch can be discharged.

[0033] The above embodiments are intended to illustrate the present invention, not to limit the present invention. Any solution that is a simple transformation of the present invention falls within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A tablet box for a tablet dispensing machine, characterized in that: The invention comprises a base plate (1), a drug storage barrel (2), a drug discharge hopper (3), a drug discharge solenoid valve (4), a motor (5) and a controller. The drug storage barrel (2) is arranged vertically and its bottom is in close contact with the top surface of the base plate (1). At least two through holes (11) are arranged around the base plate (1) and drug discharge hoppers (3) are installed on the bottom surface outside each through hole (11) for opening or closing drug discharge channels by the drug discharge solenoid valve (4). The motor (5) can drive the base plate (1) to rotate so that each drug discharge hopper (3) corresponds to the drug storage barrel (2) in sequence. The controller is electrically connected to the motor (5) and each drug discharge solenoid valve (4) respectively.

2. The tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top surface of the base plate (1) is provided with an annular sinking portion (12), each of the through holes (11) is located in the annular sinking portion (12), and the bottom end of the drug storage cartridge (2) is inserted into the annular sinking portion (12).

3. The tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The adjacent surfaces of the base plate (1) and the medicine storage cartridge (2) are provided with a plurality of annular grooves, and a sealing ring (6) is installed in each of the annular grooves.

4. The tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a medicine feed hopper (7) and a medicine feed solenoid valve (8). The top of the medicine storage cylinder (2) is provided with a medicine discharge hopper (3) for opening or closing a medicine feed channel by the medicine feed solenoid valve (8). The controller is electrically connected to each medicine feed solenoid valve (8) respectively.

5. The tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The medicine inlet hopper (7) and each medicine discharge hopper (3) are composed of a flared portion, an inverted cone portion and a medicine pipe arranged in sequence from top to bottom, and each medicine discharge solenoid valve (4) and medicine inlet solenoid valve (8) is respectively installed on the corresponding medicine pipe.

6. The tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: Ring bodies (13) are respectively provided on the bottom surface of the base plate (1) and around each through hole (11), and each drug storage cartridge (2) is threadedly connected to the corresponding ring body (13) via a flared portion.

7. The tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The expanded opening of the medicine feeding hopper (7) is directly mounted on the top of the medicine storage cylinder (2).

8. The tablet box of the tablet dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The motor (5) is located below the base plate (1) and the output shaft is coaxially connected to the base plate (1).

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