Medicine appearance detection system

The pharmaceutical appearance inspection system, which uses a combination of conveyor belts and idler rollers, has solved the shortcomings of automated inspection of tablets and pills, realizing automated inspection and sorting, improving inspection efficiency and success rate, and meeting the market needs of enterprises.

CN223465151UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-24XINCHANG COUNTY XIKE AUTOMATION EQUIP CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422873415.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-25
Publication Date
2025-10-24
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-25

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Technical Problem

The lack of automated equipment for inspecting the appearance of tablets and pills in current technology leads to low efficiency in drug quality testing and insufficient market competitiveness for enterprises.

Method used

Design a pharmaceutical appearance inspection system that uses a conveyor belt and roller assembly to automatically flip pharmaceuticals and uses a vision inspection device to make a comprehensive judgment on their appearance quality. Equipped with pharmaceutical recycling and waste rejection devices, the system achieves automated detection and sorting.

Benefits of technology

It enables automated appearance inspection of tablets and pills, improving inspection efficiency and success rate. It can automatically reject unqualified products and recycle qualified products, meeting the market needs of enterprises.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a medicine appearance detection system which comprises conveyor belts, a synchronous driving mechanism, a medicine recovery device and a medicine rotation driving mechanism, the two conveyor belts are symmetrically arranged and installed, the synchronous driving mechanism can drive the two conveyor belts to synchronously drive, and a plurality of carrier roller assemblies are arranged and installed on the two conveyor belts. The carrier roller assembly is driven by the conveying belt to move, the medicine supports form a circulation movement effect on the carrier roller assembly, the visual detection device and the waste product removing device are sequentially installed in the medicine movement direction, the medicine recycling device is installed at the medicine circulation terminal point, and the medicine can be driven by the medicine rotation driving mechanism to turn over. The automatic detection device has the advantage of high automation degree, can automatically circulate and detect medicines, can automatically reject unqualified waste products according to detection results, can automatically and effectively recover qualified products, can well meet the appearance quality detection requirements of tablets and pill medicines, and can be widely applied to the field of medicine detection. And the market occupation of enterprises can be facilitated.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to medicine quality inspection equipment technical field more specifically, relate to a medicine appearance detection system. BACKGROUND

[0002] Medicine appearance detection is one of important links of medicine quality inspection, and it judges whether medicine quality reaches standard through checking medicine appearance integrity. Medicine sachet, medicine tablet, bolus are more common medicine form, and the current market is more common to medicine sachet automatic appearance detection equipment, and lacks automatic detection equipment for medicine tablet and bolus, in view of the above situation, enterprise urgently needs to develop a kind of automatic detection equipment for medicine tablet and bolus to occupy market first opportunity, and the case is thus born. CONTENT OF UTILITY MODEL

[0003] The utility model aims at solving the demand of prior art, provide a kind of medicine appearance detection system, and the cooperation of the system is transferred to medicine and supporting roller assembly, medicine is automatically turned over by supporting roller in the process of circulation, and comprehensive visual inspection is accepted in the process of turning over to complete appearance quality judgment, and the system can automatically reject unqualified waste, and qualified product can also be automatically and effectively recycled.

[0004] In order to realize the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0005] A kind of medicine appearance detection system, including conveying belt, synchronous drive mechanism, medicine recycling device and medicine drive mechanism, two described conveying belt symmetrical arrangement installation, two described conveying belt are connected by synchronous drive mechanism, the synchronous drive mechanism can drive two conveying belts synchronous transmission, several supporting roller assemblies are arranged and installed on two described conveying belt, the supporting roller assembly is driven to move by conveying belt, the supporting roller assembly includes two rotationally installed medicine supporting rollers, medicine is lifted on two described medicine supporting rollers, and forms circulation movement effect along with supporting roller assembly, medicine circulation starting point and medicine circulation end point are provided along the transmission direction of the conveying belt, medicine moves from the medicine circulation starting point to the direction of medicine circulation end point, visual detection device and waste rejection device are sequentially arranged and installed along the direction of the movement of the medicine, the medicine recycling device is installed at the position of medicine circulation end point, the medicine drive mechanism is installed corresponding to the position of visual detection device, the medicine drive mechanism can be connected with the medicine supporting roller in motion Transmission connection, the medicine supporting roller is driven to rotate by the medicine drive mechanism.

[0006] Further, each of the conveying belt includes a drive pulley, the synchronous drive mechanism includes a synchronous shaft and a motor, the synchronous shaft is connected to the two drive pulleys, and the motor output is connected to the synchronous shaft.

[0007] Further, the roller assembly further comprises two feet, the two feet are fixed on the belt surfaces of the two conveying belts respectively, and the two end shafts of the medicine roller are rotatably connected to the two feet respectively.

[0008] Further, the medicine is uniformly arranged on the two medicine rollers to form a row, the visual detection device comprises a first rack and visual detection cameras, the first rack is horizontally installed above the two conveying belts, a plurality of the visual detection cameras are installed on the first rack, and the plurality of visual detection cameras are arranged in a row, and each visual detection camera corresponds to a movement trajectory of the medicine.

[0009] Further, the waste removing device comprises a second rack and vacuum suction pipes, the second rack is horizontally installed above the two conveying belts, a plurality of the vacuum suction pipes are installed on the second rack, each vacuum suction pipe corresponds to a movement trajectory of the medicine, and an electric control switch is installed on each vacuum suction pipe.

[0010] Further, the medicine driving mechanism is installed below the roller assembly, the medicine driving mechanism comprises a rack support and a rack, the rack is fixedly connected to the top of the rack support, a self-rotation driving gear is fixedly connected to one side of the shaft head of the medicine roller, and the self-rotation driving gear can be engaged with the rack for a stroke in the movement process of the medicine roller.

[0011] Further, the medicine recycling device comprises a medicine collecting chute, a medicine recycling box and a blowing box, the medicine collecting chute is obliquely installed, the high point of the medicine collecting chute extends to the end point of the medicine circulation, the medicine recycling box is arranged at the low point of the medicine collecting chute, the blowing box can form an upward blowing effect, the blowing box is obliquely installed, the air outlet of the blowing box is inclined to the direction of the medicine collecting chute, and the medicine on the medicine roller can be blown to the medicine collecting chute through the blowing box.

[0012] The medicine appearance detection system has the advantages that the medicine can be circulated and detected automatically, unqualified waste can be automatically removed according to the detection result, qualified products can be automatically and effectively recycled, the appearance quality detection requirements of the medicine tablets and pills can be met, and the enterprise can occupy the market opportunity.

[0013] The medicine appearance detection system has the advantages that the medicine can be circulated and detected automatically, unqualified waste can be automatically removed according to the detection result, qualified products can be automatically and effectively recycled, the appearance quality detection requirements of the medicine tablets and pills can be met, and the enterprise can occupy the market opportunity. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 It is a top view structural schematic diagram of the medicine appearance detection system.

[0015] Figure 2 A schematic view of the top structure of the roller assembly in the embodiment;

[0016] Figure 3 A schematic view of the connection structure of the conveyor belt and the synchronous driving mechanism in the embodiment;

[0017] Figure 4 A schematic view of the installation structure of the visual detection device in the embodiment;

[0018] Figure 5 A schematic view of the installation structure of the waste removing device in the embodiment;

[0019] Figure 6 A schematic view of the medicine recycling principle of the medicine recycling device in the embodiment.

[0020] The reference signs: conveyor belt 1, medicine flow starting point 11, medicine flow ending point 12, belt driving wheel 13, synchronous driving mechanism 2, synchronous rotating shaft 21, motor 22, roller assembly 3, medicine roller 31, self-rotating driving gear 311, supporting leg 32, visual detection device 4, first bracket 41, visual detection camera 42, waste removing device 5, second bracket 51, vacuum suction pipe 52, electric control switch 53, medicine recycling device 6, medicine collecting chute 61, medicine recycling box 62, blowing box 63, medicine driving rotating mechanism 7, rack support 71, rack 72. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0022] As Figures 1-6The illustrated medicine appearance detection system comprises a conveying belt 1, a synchronous driving mechanism 2, a medicine recycling device 6 and a medicine driving mechanism 7, two conveying belts 1 are symmetrically arranged and installed, the two conveying belts 1 are connected through the synchronous driving mechanism 2, the synchronous driving mechanism 2 can drive the two conveying belts 1 to synchronously and synchronously drive, a plurality of supporting roller assemblies 3 are arranged and installed on the two conveying belts 1, the two ends of the supporting roller assembly 3 are connected to the two conveying belts 1, under the condition that the two conveying belts 1 synchronously and synchronously drive, the supporting roller assembly 3 can be driven to move through the conveying belt 1, the supporting roller assembly 3 comprises two rotatably installed medicine supporting rollers 31, the medicine is supported on the two medicine supporting rollers 31 and forms a flow movement effect with the supporting roller assembly 3, a medicine flow starting point 11 and a medicine flow ending point 12 are arranged along the driving direction of the conveying belt 1, the medicine is fed at the medicine flow starting point 11 (the feeding is completed by using a special medicine feeding equipment), then the medicine moves from the medicine flow starting point 11 to the medicine flow ending point 12, and finally is output at the medicine flow ending point 12, a visual detection device 4 and a waste product removing device 5 are sequentially arranged and installed along the movement direction of the medicine, in the conveying process of the medicine, the visual detection device 4 is used to comprehensively detect the appearance of the medicine, according to the detection result, the waste product removing device 5 is used to remove the unqualified medicine, the unremoved medicine is all the qualified products, the qualified products can smoothly flow to the medicine flow ending point 12, the medicine recycling device 6 is installed at the position of the medicine flow ending point 12, the medicine recycling device 6 can recycle all the qualified products, all positions of the medicine need to be checked during the appearance detection, therefore, the medicine supporting roller 31 is designed to be rotatably installed, and the medicine driving mechanism 7 is also designed in a matching mode, the medicine driving mechanism 7 is installed corresponding to the position of the visual detection device 4, the medicine driving mechanism 7 can form a driving connection with the medicine supporting roller 31 in movement, the medicine supporting roller 31 can be driven to rotate through the medicine driving mechanism 7, the medicine supporting roller 31 can automatically turn over after rotation, the medicine is turned over in the process of passing through the position of the visual detection device 4, so as to realize the comprehensive appearance detection, the utility model can meet the turning over movement of the medicine tablets and the medicine pills, therefore, the utility model can be suitable for the appearance detection of the medicine tablets and the medicine pills, the utility model has the advantages of high automation, the medicine can autonomously flow and be detected, the success rate and the detection efficiency are high, the appearance detection demand of the medicine tablets and the medicine pills can be well met, and the development and application of the utility model can enable enterprises to occupy the market first.

[0023] As Figure 3 illustrated, each conveying belt 1 comprises a driving pulley 13, the synchronous driving mechanism 2 comprises a synchronous shaft 21 and a motor 22, the synchronous shaft 21 is connected to the two driving pulleys 13, the output end of the motor 22 is connected to the synchronous shaft 21, the motor 22 can drive the synchronous shaft 21 to rotate after starting, the rotation of the synchronous shaft 21 can make the two driving pulleys 13 synchronously and synchronously rotate, and finally form the synchronous and synchronous driving effect of the two conveying belts 1.

[0024] As shown in Figure 2 , the roller assembly 3 also includes two feet 32, which are fixed to the belt surfaces of the two conveyor belts 1, and the two end shafts of the medicine rollers 31 are rotatably connected to the two feet 32. The two medicine rollers 31 are installed in a close manner, and the positions between the two medicine rollers 31 are just capable of supporting the medicine. The two medicine rollers 31 can freely rotate, and the overturning movement of the medicine can be realized by the rotation of the two medicine rollers 31. In the present application, the adjacent roller assemblies 3 also need to be arranged close to each other to prevent the medicine from falling off.

[0025] The medicine is uniformly arranged on the two medicine rollers 31 to form a row for feeding, that is, the medicine adopts a quality inspection mode of advancing in rows. Each row can have a large number of medicines to improve the detection efficiency. The feeding of the medicine can be manually operated or completed by using a special feeding device. The detection of the medicine is realized by the vision detection device 4. As shown in Figure 4 , the vision detection device 4 includes a first gantry 41 and a vision detection camera 42. The first gantry 41 is installed horizontally above the two conveyor belts 1. A plurality of vision detection cameras 42 are installed on the first gantry 41. The plurality of vision detection cameras 42 are arranged in a row. The medicine is uniformly arranged for feeding. Each vision detection camera 42 corresponds to a movement trajectory line of the medicine. The appearance image of the medicine can be collected when the medicine passes through the vision detection camera 42. The medicine passes through the vision detection camera 42 in the automatic overturning process, so that the complete appearance of the medicine can be collected by the image. The collected image information is used to determine whether the medicine has defects.

[0026] After the defective medicine is found according to the image data, the medicine is determined as unqualified product. The unqualified product needs to be timely rejected. The present application designs a waste rejection device 5 to solve the above problem. As shown in Figure 5 , the waste rejection device 5 includes a second gantry 51 and a vacuum suction pipe 52. The second gantry 51 is installed horizontally above the two conveyor belts 1. A plurality of vacuum suction pipes 52 are installed on the second gantry 51. Each vacuum suction pipe 52 corresponds to a movement trajectory line of the medicine. An electric control switch 53 is installed on each vacuum suction pipe 52. The vacuum suction pipe 52 is connected to a vacuum suction device. Then, the opening of the suction force is controlled by the electric control switch 53. The electric control switch 53 controls the opening and closing according to the determination result of the front vision detection device 4. The corresponding vacuum suction pipe 52 on the movement trajectory of the medicine will be opened when the medicine is determined as unqualified product. The medicine will be sucked and moved when passing through the vacuum suction pipe 52.

[0027] As shown in Figure 4As shown, the medicine driving mechanism 7 is installed at a lower position of the roller assembly 3, the medicine driving mechanism 7 comprises a rack bracket 71 and a rack 72, the rack 72 is fixedly connected to the top of the rack bracket 71, a self-rotation driving gear 311 is fixedly connected to one side of the shaft head of the medicine roller 31, in the movement process of the medicine roller 31, the self-rotation driving gear 311 can be engaged with the rack 72 for a stroke, the stroke appears at the position of the visual detection device 4, with the linear movement of the medicine roller 31, the self-rotation driving gear 311 can be driven to rotate by the rack 72, so as to realize the self-rotation of the medicine roller 31, thereby meeting the turnover movement requirement of the lifted medicine.

[0028] As shown in the drawings, Figure 6 As shown, the medicine recycling device 6 comprises a medicine collecting chute 61, a medicine recycling box 62 and a blowing box 63, the medicine collecting chute 61 is installed obliquely to ensure that the medicine can slide down, the high point of the medicine collecting chute 61 extends to the medicine flow end 12, the medicine recycling box 62 is arranged at the low point of the medicine collecting chute 61, and the medicine can slide down in the medicine recycling box 62 after being collected by the medicine collecting chute 61 and be recycled smoothly, the blowing material collecting structure is designed according to the light weight of a single medicine, the blowing material collecting structure comprises the blowing box 63, the blowing box 63 is connected with an external air source, the blowing box 63 can continuously form an upward blowing effect, the blowing box 63 is installed obliquely, and the air outlet of the blowing box 63 is inclined to the direction of the medicine collecting chute 61, so that the air of the blowing box 63 is inclined to the direction of the medicine collecting chute 61, the air of the blowing box 63 can be blown out from the gap position of the medicine roller 31, the medicine on the medicine roller 31 can be blown up and sent to the medicine collecting chute 61, and the blowing material collecting effect is good through on-site measurement.

[0029] The preferred embodiments of the utility model are described above, the protection scope of the utility model is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments only, and any technical scheme falling within the concept of the utility model belongs to the protection scope of the utility model. It should be noted that, for ordinary skilled persons in the technical field, some improvements and decorations without departing from the principle of the utility model can also be considered as the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A pharmaceutical product appearance detection system, characterized by, Including conveying belt (1), synchronous drive mechanism (2), medicine recycling device (6) and medicine drive mechanism (7), two conveying belt (1) symmetry arrangement installation, two conveying belt (1) be connected through synchronous drive mechanism (2), synchronous drive mechanism (2) can drive two conveying belt (1) synchronous transmission, two conveying belt (1) on the arrangement installation has several roller assembly (3), roller assembly (3) is driven movement through conveying belt (1), roller assembly (3) includes two rotation installation medicine roller (31), medicine is lifted on two medicine roller (31), and forms flow movement effect along with roller assembly (3), along the transmission direction of conveying belt (1) is equipped with medicine flow start point (11) and medicine flow end point (12), medicine moves from medicine flow start point (11) to medicine flow end point (12) direction, visual detection device (4) and waste removal device (5) are installed in turn along the medicine movement direction, medicine recycling device (6) is installed in medicine flow end point (12) position, the medicine drive mechanism (7) is installed in the position corresponding to visual detection device (4), the medicine drive mechanism (7) can form transmission connection with the medicine roller (31) in motion, the medicine roller (31) is driven to rotate through the medicine drive mechanism (7).

2. The pharmaceutical product appearance detection system of claim 1, wherein Each conveying belt (1) includes a drive pulley (13), the synchronous drive mechanism (2) includes synchronous shaft (21) and motor (22), the synchronous shaft (21) is connected with two drive pulleys (13), and the output end of the motor (22) is connected with the synchronous shaft (21).

3. The pharmaceutical product appearance detection system of claim 1, wherein The roller assembly (3) further includes two legs (32), two legs (32) are fixed on the belt surface of two conveying belts (1) respectively, and the both ends of the medicine roller (31) are rotatably connected to the two legs (32) respectively.

4. A drug appearance detection system according to claim 1, characterized in that: Medicine is uniformly arranged on two medicine rollers (31) to form a row, the visual detection device (4) includes a first bracket (41) and a visual detection camera (42), the first bracket (41) is installed above two conveying belts (1), and several visual detection cameras (42) are installed on the first bracket (41); the several visual detection cameras (42) are arranged in a row, and each visual detection camera (42) corresponds to a movement trajectory line of medicine.

5. The pharmaceutical product appearance detection system of claim 1, wherein The waste removal device (5) includes a second bracket (51) and a vacuum suction pipe (52), the second bracket (51) is installed above two conveying belts (1), and several vacuum suction pipes (52) are installed on the second bracket (51); each vacuum suction pipe (52) corresponds to a movement trajectory line of medicine, and each vacuum suction pipe (52) is provided with an electric control switch (53).

6. The pharmaceutical product appearance detection system of claim 1, wherein The medicine driving mechanism (7) is installed below the position of the roller assembly (3), the medicine driving mechanism (7) comprises a rack support (71) and a rack (72), the rack (72) is fixedly connected to the top of the rack support (71), one side shaft head of the medicine roller (31) is fixedly connected with a self-rotation driving gear (311), in the movement process of the medicine roller (31), the self-rotation driving gear (311) can mesh with the rack (72) for a stroke.

7. The system for inspecting the appearance of a pharmaceutical product according to claim 1, wherein The medicine recycling device (6) comprises a medicine collecting chute (61), a medicine recycling box (62) and a blowing box (63), the medicine collecting chute (61) is installed obliquely, the high point of the medicine collecting chute (61) extends to the medicine flow terminal point (12), the medicine recycling box (62) is arranged at the low point position of the medicine collecting chute (61), the blowing box (63) can form an upward blowing effect, the blowing box (63) is installed obliquely, the air outlet of the blowing box (63) is inclined to the direction of the medicine collecting chute (61), and the medicine on the medicine roller (31) can be blown to the medicine collecting chute (61) through the blowing box (63).