Medicine guiding mechanism of medicine dispensing machine

By introducing a sliding gate, a limit bar, and a rack-and-pinion transmission structure driven by a cylinder into the dispensing machine's drug delivery mechanism, the problems of poor compatibility and drug box blockage in the existing technology have been solved, and efficient automated drug delivery of various specifications of medicines has been achieved.

CN223673475UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-16WEST CHINA HOSPITAL SICHUAN UNIV
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Application Number
CN202522422840.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-11-14
Publication Date
2025-12-16
Estimated Expiration
2035-11-14

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Technical Problem

The existing dispensing machine's drug delivery mechanism lacks an adjustable drug dispensing control structure, resulting in poor adaptability. The medicine box slides disorderly on the inclined track, and the flipping mechanism is easily blocked, leading to low efficiency of automated drug delivery and failing to meet the demand for efficient dispensing of various specifications of medicines.

Method used

It adopts a gate and limit bar structure with a sliding strip on one side of the medicine storage compartment, combined with a rack and pinion transmission driven by a cylinder, and a flip box with a torsion spring and interception grooves and stops on the inclined track to achieve the adaptation and precise flipping and dispensing of medicine boxes of different sizes, avoiding medicine box blockage.

Benefits of technology

It achieves flexible adaptation to medicine boxes of different sizes, ensures accurate flipping and stable dispensing of medicine boxes, improves dispensing efficiency and the continuity of automated drug delivery, and solves the problems of poor adaptability and clogging in existing technologies.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a medicine guiding mechanism of a medicine dispensing machine, which comprises a medicine storage bin, an inclined rail connected to the lower end of the medicine storage bin, a connecting frame connected to the inclined rail, a rotating shaft rotationally connected to the connecting frame, a turnover box connected to the rotating shaft, and a transmission part connected to one side of the rotating shaft and used for conveying medicine to a medicine conveying box. A torsional spring is connected to the outer side of the overturning box, the other end of the torsional spring is connected to the connecting frame, the torsional spring is arranged on the rotating shaft in a sleeving mode, a gate plate is connected to one side of the medicine storage bin, a sliding strip is connected to the gate plate and slidably connected to one side of the medicine storage bin, and a limiting strip is connected to one side of the medicine storage bin. By adopting the structure that the gate plate with the sliding strip on one side of the medicine storage bin is matched with the limiting strip and the fixing screw, the size of the medicine outlet opening in the lower portion of the medicine storage bin can be flexibly adjusted, adaptation to medicine boxes of different sizes is achieved, the problem that an existing medicine guiding mechanism is poor in adaptability is solved, and the medicine guiding requirements of medicine of multiple specifications are met.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a dispensing machine technical field especially relates to a dispensing machine's guide mechanism. BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, the dispensing operation of the hospital, pharmacy and the like scene is mostly relied on manual completion, and the staff needs to manually take medicine from the medicine shelf, check the medicine information and then hand over to the patient, which not only consumes a lot of manpower, but also is prone to low efficiency, wrong taking and missing taking problems during the busy operation period.

[0003] The existing dispensing equipment guide mechanism has obvious defects, on the one hand, it lacks adjustable medicine outlet control structure, and cannot flexibly adjust the medicine outlet opening below the medicine storage bin according to different size medicine boxes, and has poor adaptability, on the other hand, during the guide process, the medicine box is easy to slide disorderly on the inclined track, and the reset of the turnover mechanism is easy to be blocked by the subsequent medicine box, which leads to turnover obstruction and medicine box blockage, and it is difficult to realize precise and stable automatic guide, and it cannot meet the needs of efficient distribution of multi-specification medicines, and it is also difficult to guarantee the continuity and reliability of the dispensing process.

[0004] Based on this, a dispensing machine guide mechanism is proposed. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] The utility model aims at: in order to solve the above problem, and propose a kind of dispensing machine's guide mechanism.

[0006] In order to realize the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0007] A kind of dispensing machine's guide mechanism, including medicine storage bin, the lower end of the medicine storage bin is connected with inclined track, the inclined track is connected with connecting frame, the connecting frame is rotatably connected with rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is connected with turnover box, the one side of the rotating shaft is connected with transmission part for conveying medicine to medicine transport box.

[0008] Preferably, the outside of the turnover box is connected with torsion spring, and the other end of the torsion spring is connected to the connecting frame.

[0009] Preferably, the torsion spring is sleeved on the rotating shaft.

[0010] Preferably, the side of the medicine storage bin is connected with shutter, the shutter is connected with slide bar, and the slide bar is slidably connected to the side of the medicine storage bin.

[0011] Preferably, the side of the medicine storage bin is connected with limiting strip, and the slide bar is slidably connected to the limiting strip.

[0012] Preferably, one end of the slide bar is threadedly connected with screw, and one end of the screw abuts the outside of the medicine storage bin.

[0013] Preferably, the transmission member comprises a rack, a lifting plate is connected to the lower end of the rack, a blocking strip and a cylinder are connected to the lifting plate, the cylinder is fixedly connected to one side of the medicine storage bin, and the rotating shaft is connected with a gear at one end.

[0014] Preferably, a fixed hoop is fixedly connected to the outside of the cylinder, and the fixed hoop is fixedly connected to the outside of the medicine storage bin.

[0015] Preferably, an intercepting groove is formed in the inclined track, and the intercepting groove and the blocking strip are matched with each other.

[0016] Preferably, the blocking strip and the rack are vertically connected to the upper surface of the lifting plate.

[0017] As described above, due to the adoption of the above technical scheme, the present application has the following beneficial effects:

[0018] 1. The gate plate with a sliding strip on one side of the medicine storage bin is adopted in the present application, which is matched with the structure of the limiting strip and the fixed screw, so that the size of the medicine outlet opening below the medicine storage bin can be flexibly adjusted, the adaptation of different sizes of medicine boxes is realized, the poor adaptability of the existing medicine guiding mechanism is solved, and the medicine guiding demand of multiple specifications of medicines is met.

[0019] 2. The rack and pinion transmission structure driven by the cylinder is adopted in the present application, which is matched with the intercepting groove and the blocking strip on the inclined track and the turnover box with the torsional spring, so that the accurate turnover and placement of the medicine box are realized, the situation that the turnover box is blocked by the medicine box during reset is avoided, the medicine box is prevented from being blocked during the medicine guiding process, the stability and continuity of the automatic medicine guiding are ensured, and the medicine dispensing efficiency is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 The structure schematic diagram of the whole medicine guiding mechanism according to the embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0021] Figure 2 The structure schematic diagram of the connecting place of the lifting plate according to the embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0022] Figure 3 The explosion structure schematic diagram of the connecting place of the rotating shaft according to the embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0023] LEGEND:

[0024] 1, medicine storage bin; 2, inclined track; 3, gate plate; 4, limiting strip; 5, screw; 6, sliding strip; 7, intercepting groove; 8, turnover box; 9, connecting frame; 10, gear; 11, torsional spring; 12, rack; 13, blocking strip; 14, lifting plate; 15, cylinder; 16, fixed hoop; 17, rotating shaft. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the utility model.

[0026] Please refer to Figures 1-3 The utility model provides a technical scheme:

[0027] A medicine guide mechanism of a medicine dispensing machine, including medicine storage bin 1, the lower end of medicine storage bin 1 is connected with inclined rail 2, medicine needs to be placed in medicine storage bin 1 in advance, the medicine box of the lowermost layer will enter inclined rail 2, inclined rail 2 is connected with connecting frame 9, connecting frame 9 is rotatably connected with rotating shaft 17, rotating shaft 17 is connected with turnover box 8, the medicine box that slides down along inclined rail 2 will enter turnover box 8, the opening size of turnover box 8 is greater than the size of medicine box, so as to adapt to the medicine guide demand of a plurality of small size medicine boxes, one side of rotating shaft 17 is connected with transmission part for conveying medicine to medicine conveying box.

[0028] Specifically, as shown in Figure 1 The outer side of turnover box 8 is connected with torsion spring 11, the other end of torsion spring 11 is connected on connecting frame 9, by setting torsion spring 11, the state that one side of turnover box 8 abuts on inclined rail 2 can be stabilized, when gear 10 rotates, the elastic force of torsion spring 11 needs to be overcome.

[0029] Specifically, as shown in Figure 3 Torsion spring 11 is sleeved on rotating shaft 17, rotating shaft 17 is used to limit torsion spring 11, and the stability of the connection of torsion spring 11 is guaranteed.

[0030] Specifically, as shown in Figure 1 The side of medicine storage bin 1 is connected with shutter 3, shutter 3 is connected with slide strip 6, and slide strip 6 is slidably connected to one side of medicine storage bin 1, by setting shutter 3, the opening size of the medicine box sliding out below medicine storage bin 1 can be controlled, so that the medicine guide mechanism can adapt to the medicine dispensing demand of different size medicine boxes.

[0031] Specifically, as shown in Figure 1 The side of medicine storage bin 1 is connected with limiting strip 4, and slide strip 6 is slidably connected to limiting strip 4, by setting limiting strip 4, the connection of shutter 3 is stabilized, and limiting strip 4 is clamped on slide strip 6.

[0032] Specifically, as shown in Figure 1As shown, one end of the slide bar 6 is threadedly connected with a screw 5, one end of the screw 5 abuts against the outside of the medicine storage bin 1, the position of the slide bar 6 connected to the limiting strip 4 is stabilized by arranging the screw 5, and the slide bar 6 is prevented from sliding between the limiting strips 4 by abutting one end of the screw 5 against the outside of the medicine storage bin 1.

[0033] Specifically, as shown in Figure 2 As shown, the transmission member includes a rack 12, the lower end of the rack 12 is connected with a lifting plate 14, the lifting plate 14 is connected with a blocking strip 13 and a cylinder 15, the cylinder 15 is fixedly connected to one side of the medicine storage bin 1, the cylinder 15 can be extended and retracted to drive the rack 12 and the blocking strip 13 to synchronously lift, the length of the blocking strip 13 is longer than the length of the rack 12, and one end of the rotating shaft 17 is connected with the gear 10.

[0034] Specifically, as shown in Figure 2 As shown, the cylinder 15 is fixedly connected with a fixed hoop 16 outside, the fixed hoop 16 is fixedly connected to the outside of the medicine storage bin 1, and the firmness of the connection of the cylinder 15 is ensured by arranging the fixed hoop 16.

[0035] Specifically, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, the inclined track 2 is provided with an intercepting groove 7, the intercepting groove 7 and the blocking strip 13 are mutually fitted, the blocking strip 13 is arranged to prevent the medicine box from sliding into the initial position of the turnover box 8 when the turnover box 8 is turned over, and the turnover box 8 cannot be turned over to abut against the inclined track 2 when the turnover box 8 is reset due to the blocking of the medicine box.

[0036] Specifically, as shown in Figure 2 As shown, the blocking strip 13 and the rack 12 are perpendicularly connected to the upper surface of the lifting plate 14.

[0037] As described above, the medicine guiding mechanism of the medicine dispensing machine provided in the embodiment, when receiving the medicine dispensing signal, the cylinder 15 starts to contract to drive the lifting plate 14 to rise, at this time, the blocking strip 13 and the rack 12 synchronously rise, the blocking strip 13 first extends from the upper end of the intercepting groove 7 to support the deflection of the medicine box connected to one end of the turnover box 8, the gear 10 is deflected under the driving of the medicine box, and when it is deflected to a certain angle, the medicine box abutting against one side of the medicine box in the turnover box 8 will slide down along the inclined track 2 under the action of gravity until it abuts against the blocking strip 13 extending from the intercepting groove 7.

[0038] With the continuous contraction of the cylinder 15, the rack 12 can rise and mesh with the gear 10 at this time, the rack 12 continues to rise to drive the medicine box in the turnover box 8 to deflect, so that the medicine box can deflect and move away from the blocking strip 13 below until the turnover box 8 can be turned to the vertical state to put the medicine box inside onto the conveyor belt below and transport it to the medicine collecting structure along the conveyor belt, so that the medicines can be integrated and sent to the medicine taking window.

[0039] After the medicine is guided out, the cylinder 15 is elongated to reset, so that the turnover box 8 is turned over under the action of the rack 12 until one side of the turnover box 8 abuts against the inclined rail 2, the blocking strip 13 starts to descend and move away from the intercepting groove 7, and the medicine box intercepted by the blocking strip 13 can continue to slide along the inclined rail into the turnover box 8, at this time, each structure of the medicine guiding mechanism is reset.

[0040] The medicine guiding mechanism realizes accurate and automatic medicine guiding out, does not need manual medicine taking, realizes automatic medicine dispensing, meets the taking out of multiple medicines at the same time, and greatly improves the medicine dispensing efficiency.

[0041] The above description of the embodiments enables those skilled in the art to implement or use the utility model. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model. Therefore, the utility model will not be limited to these embodiments shown herein, but will conform to the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A medicine guiding mechanism of a medicine dispensing machine, comprising a medicine storage bin (1), characterized in that, The lower end of the medicine storage bin (1) is connected with an inclined rail (2), the inclined rail (2) is connected with a connecting frame (9), the connecting frame (9) is rotatably connected with a rotating shaft (17), the rotating shaft (17) is connected with a turnover box (8), and the rotating shaft (17) is connected with a transmission member for conveying medicine to the medicine conveying box.

2. The medicine guide mechanism of the medicine dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein The outer side of the turnover box (8) is connected with a torsional spring (11), and the other end of the torsional spring (11) is connected to the connecting frame (9).

3. The medicine guide mechanism of claim 2, wherein, The torsional spring (11) is sleeved on the rotating shaft (17).

4. The medicine guide mechanism of claim 1, wherein, The side of the medicine storage bin (1) is connected with a shutter (3), the shutter (3) is connected with a sliding strip (6), and the sliding strip (6) is slidably connected to the side of the medicine storage bin (1).

5. The medicine guide mechanism of claim 4, wherein, The side of the medicine storage bin (1) is connected with a limiting strip (4), and the sliding strip (6) is slidably connected to the limiting strip (4).

6. The medicine guide mechanism of claim 5, wherein, One end of the sliding strip (6) is threadedly connected with a screw (5), and one end of the screw (5) abuts against the outer side of the medicine storage bin (1).

7. The medicine guide mechanism of claim 1, wherein, The transmission member comprises a rack (12), the lower end of the rack (12) is connected with a lifting plate (14), the lifting plate (14) is connected with a blocking strip (13) and a cylinder (15), the cylinder (15) is fixedly connected to the side of the medicine storage bin (1), and one end of the rotating shaft (17) is connected with a gear (10).

8. The medicine guide mechanism of claim 7, wherein, The outer side of the cylinder (15) is fixedly connected with a fixed hoop (16), and the fixed hoop (16) is fixedly connected to the outer side of the medicine storage bin (1).

9. The medicine guide mechanism of the medicine dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein, The inclined rail (2) is provided with an intercepting groove (7), and the intercepting groove (7) and the blocking strip (13) are matched with each other.

10. The medicine guide mechanism of claim 9, wherein, The blocking strip (13) and the rack (12) are vertically connected to the upper surface of the lifting plate (14).