Dispensing workbench applied to traditional Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment

Abstract

The utility model discloses a dispensing workbench applied to a traditional Chinese medicine granule dispensing device. The dispensing workbench comprises a dispensing panel, the dispensing stations are sequentially arranged on the dispensing panel along an annular path; and the at least one weighing station is arranged on the dispensing panel. The dispensing workbench can be used for dispensing traditional Chinese medicine particles and weighing medicament bottles in dispensing equipment designed by an applicant; in the dispensing process, the medicament bottle can be weighed according to the situation, so that a background system can judge whether the blanking amount is accurate or not and know the residual dose in the medicament bottle after blanking; due to the fact that the weighing station and the dispensing station are located on the same plane and are both arranged on the dispensing panel, the medicine bottles are very convenient to transfer between the weighing station and the dispensing station. Due to the fact that the number of the dispensing stations is large, medicine particles can be dispensed into a plurality of packaging bags at the same time during dispensing, and the working efficiency of dispensing can be improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic adjustment of Chinese medicine granules, in particular to an adjustment workbench used in Chinese medicine granule adjustment equipment. Background Art

[0002] Although the automated Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment can replace the manual preparation of Chinese medicine, it still needs to rely on manual operation in the process of taking and placing the medicine bottle. For example, when dispensing Chinese medicine, the staff needs to take the medicine bottle from the medicine cabinet, then move to the vicinity of the dispensing equipment, weigh the medicine bottle and place it at the dispensing station of the dispensing equipment, and then the dispensing equipment automatically completes the dispensing, packaging and other actions. After completion, the staff also needs to take the medicine bottle from the dispensing station, then move to the medicine cabinet, and put the medicine bottle back to the original storage position. Among them, the structure of the above-mentioned medicine cabinet can be found in the Chinese patent with publication number CN109567429A. The layout of the medicine cabinet is a planar array layout, and the above-mentioned dispensing equipment can be found in the Chinese patent with publication number CN117302608A.

[0003] It can be seen that in the above process, although the actions of dispensing and packaging are completed automatically, the process of taking and placing the medicine bottles is not automated and still needs to be completed manually.

[0004] In this regard, the applicant believes that it is necessary to improve the automation level of the entire operation process and automate the process of taking and placing medicine bottles to further save labor and improve work efficiency. Therefore, the applicant designed a dispensing system that can automate the entire process. Utility Model Content

[0005] In the fully automated dispensing system designed by the applicant, the dispensing system includes a medicine cabinet and a dispensing device. The medicine cabinet is an enclosed type, and the dispensing device is arranged in the enclosed medicine cabinet. When dispensing Chinese medicine granules, a manipulator needs to grab the medicine bottle from the inside of the medicine cabinet, and then place it on the dispensing station to perform the dispensing action. After the dispensing is completed, the manipulator will put the medicine bottle back into the medicine cabinet. During this period, the medicine bottle may need to be weighed depending on the situation, so that the background system can determine whether the amount of dispensing is accurate and know the remaining amount of medicine in the medicine bottle after dispensing. In this regard, the technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a dispensing workbench to undertake the related work of dispensing Chinese medicine granules and weighing medicine bottles in the dispensing equipment designed by the applicant.

[0006] The technical solution adopted by the utility model to solve the technical problem is: to provide a dispensing workbench used in a Chinese medicine granule dispensing device, comprising:

[0007] Adjustment panel;

[0008] A plurality of adjusting stations are arranged in sequence on the adjusting panel along a circular path;

[0009] At least one weighing station is arranged on the adjusting panel.

[0010] Preferably, the weighing station is provided with a weight scale and a weighing plate; the weight scale is arranged below the dispensing panel; the weighing plate is arranged in a mounting hole reserved on the dispensing panel, and at the same time, the weighing plate is placed on the weight scale, and the weighing plate is provided with a weighing accommodating cavity allowing a medicine bottle to be placed therein.

[0011] Preferably, the inner wall of the weighing accommodating chamber is provided with a positioning groove, and the positioning groove matches the driving protrusion on the outer wall of the bottle cap of the medicine bottle and allows the driving protrusion to be inserted therein.

[0012] Preferably, the weighing station is further provided with a positioning seat, the positioning seat is installed on the weight scale, and the weighing plate is detachably placed on the positioning seat.

[0013] Preferably, the weighing station is also provided with a medicine bottle detection component for detecting whether there is a medicine bottle in the weighing containing cavity.

[0014] Preferably, the side wall of the weighing chamber is provided with two notches opposite to each other, and the medicine bottle detection assembly includes an infrared emitting tube and an infrared receiving tube, which are arranged opposite to each other on both sides of the weighing plate and correspond to the two notches respectively.

[0015] Preferably, the weighing station is arranged on the adjusting panel inside the annular path.

[0016] Preferably, the number of the adjusting stations is not less than 20, and the number of the weighing stations is not less than 2.

[0017] Preferably, the adjustment panel comprises a plurality of sub-panels, and the plurality of adjustment stations are distributed on at least two sub-panels, wherein any sub-panel can be flipped upward relative to other sub-panels.

[0018] Preferably, a medicine bottle transfer device is provided at the center of the dispensing panel, and the medicine bottle transfer device is used to transfer medicine bottles between the dispensing station and the weighing station.

[0019] The beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0020] The dispensing workbench of the utility model can be used for dispensing Chinese medicine granules and weighing medicine bottles in the dispensing equipment designed by the applicant;

[0021] During the dispensing process, the medicine bottle can be weighed as needed so that the backend system can determine whether the amount of material discharged is accurate and know the remaining amount of medicine in the medicine bottle after discharging;

[0022] The weighing station and the dispensing station are on the same plane and are both set on the dispensing panel, so it is very convenient to transfer the medicine bottle between the weighing station and the dispensing station; and because there are more than one weighing station, every few dispensing stations can correspond to one weighing station, so when weighing, you can choose the nearest weighing station for weighing to ensure that the moving path of the medicine bottle when transferring between the weighing station and the dispensing station will not be too far, so as to improve work efficiency; and, because there are many weighing stations, it can also reduce the waiting time for weighing the medicine bottle, and there is no need to queue for weighing; at the same time, because the number of dispensing stations is also relatively large, drug particles can be simultaneously added to multiple packaging bags at the same time during dispensing, which is beneficial to improve the work efficiency of dispensing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the adjustment workbench provided in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 2 Yes Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the structure with the medicine bottle transfer device omitted;

[0025] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 Display diagram of various components at the weighing station;

[0026] Figure 4 yes Figure 3 Exploded diagram of

[0027] Figure 5 yes Figure 4 A view from an upward angle;

[0028] Figure 6 yes Figure 2 A state diagram of one of the sub-panels being flipped upward relative to the other sub-panels. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with specific embodiments, but the implementation methods of the present invention are not limited thereto.

[0030] In the fully automated dispensing system designed by the applicant, the dispensing system includes a medicine cabinet and dispensing equipment. The medicine cabinet is enclosed, and the dispensing equipment is arranged in the enclosed medicine cabinet. When dispensing Chinese herbal granules, a robot is required to grab the medicine bottle from the inside of the medicine cabinet, and then place it on the dispensing station to perform the dispensing action. After the dispensing is completed, the robot puts the medicine bottle back to the medicine cabinet. During this period, the medicine bottle may need to be weighed depending on the situation, so that the background system can determine whether the amount of dispensing is accurate and know the remaining amount of medicine in the medicine bottle after dispensing.

[0031] For this, see Figure 1 and Figure 2 The utility model provides a dispensing workbench used in a Chinese medicine granule dispensing device, which includes a dispensing panel d1, a plurality of dispensing stations d2 and at least one weighing station d3.

[0032] The plurality of adjusting stations d2 are arranged in sequence on the adjusting panel d1 along a circular path.

[0033] The weighing station d3 is arranged on the adjusting panel d1.

[0034] In some embodiments, the adjustment panel d1 includes a plurality of sub-panels d11. Figure 1 and Figure 2 , the adjustment panel d1 in the figure includes a plurality of sub-panels d11, each sub-panel d11 is roughly fan-shaped, and five sub-panels d11 are assembled together to form the adjustment panel d1. Preferably, the left and right ends of the inner side of any sub-panel d11 are hinged to the adjacent sub-panel d11 or the corresponding fixing parts, so that any sub-panel d11 can be flipped up relative to the adjacent sub-panel d11, see Figure 6 As shown in the figure, the middle sub-panel d11 is flipped up relative to other sub-panels d11. After the sub-panel d11 is flipped up, it is convenient for staff to inspect or maintain the components below the sub-panel d11.

[0035] Preferably, the plurality of adjustment stations d2 are distributed on at least two sub-panels d11. Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the figure, there are a large number of adjusting stations d2, and each adjusting station d2 is arranged on each sub-panel d11 in sequence along a circular path.

[0036] It can be seen that the dispensing workbench has a large number of dispensing stations d2. When dispensing Chinese medicine granules, medicine bottles p can be placed on multiple dispensing stations d2 at the same time, so that medicine granules can be added to multiple packaging bags at the same time during dispensing to improve the work efficiency of dispensing.

[0037] Preferably, the number of the weighing stations d3 is not less than two and they are distributed on different sub-panels d11. Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the figure, there are multiple weighing stations d3, and the multiple weighing stations d3 are respectively arranged on multiple sub-panels d11.

[0038] Therefore, the dispensing workbench has multiple weighing stations d3, and since the weighing stations d3 are distributed on different sub-panels d11, the layout of the weighing stations d3 is relatively reasonable, and it is convenient for the medicine bottle p to be transferred between the dispensing station d2 and the weighing station d3. For example, after taking the medicine bottle p from the medicine cabinet, it can be weighed at a weighing station d3 that is close to the dispensing station d2 to be used, and then transferred from the weighing station d3 to the above-mentioned dispensing station d2. Compared with only one weighing station d3, the medicine bottle p can choose the nearest weighing station d3 for weighing, so the transfer path of the medicine bottle p between the dispensing station d2 and the weighing station d3 can be shortened, thereby improving work efficiency.

[0039] In addition, since there are a large number of weighing stations d3, when a plurality of medicine bottles p need to be weighed, each weighing station d3 can perform weighing at the same time, which can reduce the waiting time for weighing compared to only one weighing station d3.

[0040] Preferably, each weighing station d3 is arranged inside the annular path formed by each dispensing station d2. Since the enclosed medicine cabinet designed by the applicant will be arranged outside the dispensing station d2, it is more reasonable to arrange the weighing station d3 inside the dispensing station d2, which is conducive to controlling the volume of the entire dispensing system.

[0041] In some embodiments, see Figure 1 and Figure 3 As shown, the weighing station d3 is provided with a weight scale d31 and a weighing plate d32. The weight scale d31 is arranged below the dispensing panel d1. The weighing plate d32 is arranged in a mounting hole reserved on the dispensing panel d1, and the weighing plate d32 is placed on the weight scale d31. The weighing plate d32 is provided with a weighing accommodating cavity d321 allowing the medicine bottle p to be placed therein.

[0042] Thus, when the medicine bottle P is placed in the weighing accommodating cavity d321 of the weighing plate d32, the weighing plate d32 can weigh the weight of the medicine bottle P. Preferably, the weighing plate d32 can also communicate with the background system and transmit the weighed weight information to the background system so that the staff can obtain the weight of the medicine bottle P or the weight of the medicine in the medicine bottle P from the background system.

[0043] For further information, see Figure 4The inner wall of the weighing accommodating chamber d321 is provided with a positioning groove d322, and the positioning groove d322 matches the driving protrusion p22 on the outer wall of the bottle cap p2 of the medicine bottle p and allows the driving protrusion p22 to be inserted therein.

[0044] For further information, see Figure 4 The weighing station d3 is further provided with a positioning seat d33, and the positioning seat d33 is installed on the weight scale d31, and the weighing plate d32 is detachably placed on the positioning seat d33.

[0045] Specifically, two positioning grooves d331 are provided on the top of the positioning seat d33. Figure 5 The bottom of the weighing plate d32 is provided with two positioning bosses d324 respectively matching the two positioning grooves d331.

[0046] When installing the weighing plate d32, the weighing plate d32 is placed on the positioning seat d33, and the two positioning bosses d324 are respectively inserted into the two positioning grooves d331, so that the weighing plate d32 can be installed on the weight scale d31 and positioned. At the same time, the cooperation between the positioning boss d324 and the positioning groove d331 can also facilitate the removal of the weighing plate d32.

[0047] When weighing the medicine bottle p, the medicine bottle p is inverted, and then the bottle cap p2 of the medicine bottle p is inserted into the weighing accommodation cavity d321. During the insertion, the driving protrusion p22 on the outer wall of the bottle cap p2 is inserted along the positioning groove d322, and the positioning groove d322 prevents the medicine bottle p from accidentally rotating and causing positioning misalignment. At the same time, the size and structure of the positioning groove d322 are designed to allow a slight deviation when the medicine bottle p is inserted, so that the medicine bottle p that is about to be inserted into the weighing accommodation cavity d321 can be corrected.

[0048] In addition, in order to ensure that the background system knows whether a medicine bottle p has been placed in the weighing holding chamber d321, in some embodiments, the weighing station d3 is also equipped with a medicine bottle detection component d34.

[0049] For details, see Figures 3 to 5 The side walls of the weighing chamber d321 are provided with two notches d323 facing each other. The medicine bottle detection component d34 includes an infrared emitting tube d341 and an infrared receiving tube d342. The infrared emitting tube d341 and the infrared receiving tube d342 are fixed on both sides of the weighing plate d32 facing each other and correspond to the two notches d323 respectively.

[0050] Therefore, when the infrared receiving tube d342 can receive the infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitting tube d341, there is no medicine bottle p in the surface weighing chamber d321; when the infrared receiving tube d342 cannot receive the infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitting tube d341, there is already a medicine bottle p in the surface weighing chamber d321.

[0051] The dispensing station d2 is provided with a dispensing sleeve d21 and a dispensing control component d22, see Figure 6 After the medicine bottle p is inverted, the bottle cap p2 can be inserted downward into the dispensing sleeve d21. The dispensing control component d22 is arranged below the sub-panel d11, and it drives the bottle cap p2 to rotate and controls the rotation angle of the bottle cap p2 by engaging with the driving protrusion p22 on the outer wall of the bottle cap p2, so as to achieve the purpose of quantitative dispensing.

[0052] Since the medicine bottle p, the dispensing card sleeve d21 and the dispensing control component d22 are all existing technologies and are often used in existing Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment, the present utility model will no longer elaborate on the specific structure and working principle of the above-mentioned medicine bottle p, the dispensing card sleeve d21 and the dispensing control component d22.

[0053] In some embodiments, a medicine bottle transfer device e is disposed at the center of the dispensing panel d1 , and the medicine bottle transfer device e is used to transfer medicine bottles between the dispensing station d2 and the weighing station d3 .

[0054] For details, see Figure 1 , the medicine bottle transfer device e includes a first rotating mechanism e1, a first synchronous belt module e2, a gear rack mechanism (not shown in the figure) and a grabbing device g. The first rotating mechanism e1 is installed at the center of the dispensing panel d1, and is used to control the first synchronous belt module e2, the gear rack mechanism and the grabbing device g to make a rotating motion around the axis z, wherein the axis z is the center line of the entire dispensing device and extends vertically. The first synchronous belt module e2 is installed on the top of the first rotating mechanism e1, and is used to control the gear rack mechanism and the grabbing device g to make horizontal reciprocating motion perpendicular to the axis z above the dispensing panel d1. The gear rack mechanism is installed on the first synchronous belt module e2, and is used to control the grabbing device g to make vertical reciprocating motion parallel to the axis z above the dispensing panel d1. The grabbing device g grabs the medicine bottle p by inflating the airbag.

[0055] When transferring the medicine bottle p between the dispensing station d2 and the weighing station d3, the working process of the medicine bottle transfer device e is roughly as follows:

[0056] First, the first rotating mechanism e1 of the medicine bottle transfer device e works, driving the grasping device g to rotate to a position in the same radial direction as the medicine bottle p to be grasped;

[0057] Afterwards, the first synchronous belt module e2 works, driving the grabbing device g to move radially to just above the medicine bottle p to be grabbed;

[0058] Then, the gear rack mechanism works forward, driving the grabbing device g to move downward and fit onto the bottom of the medicine bottle p;

[0059] Afterwards, the airbag of the gripping device g is inflated, and the bottom of the medicine bottle p is gripped by the gripping device g;

[0060] Then, the gear rack mechanism works in the reverse direction, driving the grabbed medicine bottle p to move upward;

[0061] Afterwards, the first synchronous belt module e2 works to drive the grabbed medicine bottle p to move radially to a position with the same radius as the corresponding station (dispensing station d2 or weighing station d3);

[0062] Then, the first rotary mechanism e1 works, driving the grabbed medicine bottle p to rotate to just above the corresponding workstation;

[0063] Afterwards, the gear rack mechanism works forward, driving the grabbed medicine bottle p to move downward and clamp it into the above-mentioned corresponding station;

[0064] Finally, the airbag of the gripping device g is evacuated to release the grip on the medicine bottle p, and then the gear rack mechanism is allowed to work in the reverse direction to drive the gripping device g to move upward and away from the medicine bottle p.

[0065] It should be noted that in the present invention, the weighing station d3 plays a role in verifying the weight of the medicine in the medicine bottle. Specifically, during the dispensing process, when the rotation angle of the bottle cap p2 of the medicine bottle p is adjusted by controlling the driving convex block p22 to discharge the medicine, there may be a deviation between the actual amount of medicine discharged and the expected amount of medicine discharged. Therefore, the weighing station d3 is added, which can be used to verify the amount of medicine discharged and determine the remaining amount of medicine in the medicine bottle after discharging the medicine. Among them, when weighing, it can be considered that the weighing can be performed once before discharging the medicine, and no weighing is required after discharging the medicine. Instead, the remaining amount of medicine in the medicine bottle p after discharging the medicine can be roughly calculated by the amount of discharge controlled by the bottle cap p2. It can also be performed once before discharging the medicine, and once again after discharging the medicine, so as to directly know the remaining amount of medicine in the medicine bottle p after discharging the medicine, and indirectly know the actual amount of medicine discharged by subtracting the two weighings.

[0066] In summary, it can be seen that the dispensing workbench of the utility model can undertake the related work of dispensing Chinese medicine granules and weighing medicine bottles in the dispensing equipment designed by the applicant. During the dispensing process, the medicine bottle can be weighed as needed so that the background system can determine whether the amount of material discharged is accurate and know the remaining amount of medicine in the medicine bottle after dispensing. Since the weighing station and the dispensing station are in the same plane and are both set on the dispensing panel, it is very convenient for the medicine bottle p to transfer between the weighing station d3 and the dispensing station d2. And because the number of weighing stations d3 is large, every few dispensing stations d2 have a corresponding weighing station d3, so when weighing, the weighing station d3 can be selected nearby for weighing to ensure that the moving path of the medicine bottle p will not be too far when transferring between the weighing station d3 and the dispensing station d2, so as to improve work efficiency, and since the number of weighing stations d3 is large, it can also reduce the waiting time when the medicine bottle p is weighed. At the same time, since the number of dispensing stations d2 is relatively large, drug particles can be simultaneously dispensed into multiple packaging bags during dispensing, which is beneficial to improving the work efficiency of dispensing.

[0067] The above description is only the preferred implementation of the utility model, and is not intended to limit the utility model. For those skilled in the art, the utility model can have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the utility model shall be included in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A dispensing workbench used in a Chinese medicine granule dispensing device, characterized in that: include: Adjustment panel (d1); A plurality of adjusting stations (d2) are arranged in sequence on the adjusting panel (d1) along a circular path; At least one weighing station (d3) is arranged on the dispensing panel (d1); wherein the weighing station (d3) is provided with a weight scale (d31) and a weighing plate (d32); the weight scale (d31) is arranged below the dispensing panel (d1); the weighing plate (d32) is arranged in a mounting hole reserved on the dispensing panel (d1), and at the same time, the weighing plate (d32) is placed on the weight scale (d31), and the weighing plate (d32) is provided with a weighing accommodating cavity (d321) allowing a medicine bottle to be placed therein.

2. The dispensing workbench used in the Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner wall of the weighing accommodating cavity (d321) is provided with a positioning groove (d322), and the positioning groove (d322) matches the driving protrusion on the outer wall of the bottle cap of the medicine bottle and allows the driving protrusion to be inserted therein.

3. The dispensing workbench used in the Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The weighing station (d3) is also provided with a positioning seat (d33), and the positioning seat (d33) is installed on the weight scale (d31), and the weighing plate (d32) is detachably placed on the positioning seat (d33).

4. The dispensing workbench used in the Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The weighing station (d3) is also provided with a medicine bottle detection component (d34) for detecting whether there is a medicine bottle in the weighing containing cavity (d321).

5. The dispensing workbench used in the Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that: The side wall of the weighing chamber (d321) is provided with two notches (d323) facing each other, and the medicine bottle detection component (d34) includes an infrared emitting tube (d341) and an infrared receiving tube (d342). The infrared emitting tube (d341) and the infrared receiving tube (d342) are arranged facing each other on both sides of the weighing plate (d32) and correspond to the two notches (d323) respectively.

6. The dispensing workbench used in the Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The weighing station (d3) is arranged on the adjusting panel (d1) inside the annular path.

7. The dispensing workbench used in the Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The number of the adjusting stations (d2) is not less than 20, and the number of the weighing stations (d3) is not less than 2.

8. The dispensing workbench used in the Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The adjustment panel (d1) comprises a plurality of sub-panels (d11), and the plurality of adjustment stations (d2) are distributed on at least two sub-panels (d11), wherein any sub-panel (d11) can be flipped upward relative to other sub-panels (d11).

9. The dispensing workbench used in the Chinese medicine granule dispensing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: A medicine bottle transfer device (e) is arranged at the center of the dispensing panel (d1), and the medicine bottle transfer device (e) is used to transfer medicine bottles between the dispensing station (d2) and the weighing station (d3).

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