Counting and subpackaging device for enteric-coated tablets
By designing an enteric-coated tablet counting and dispensing device, the automatic counting and collection of tablets is achieved using a drive assembly and a collection hopper, which solves the problem of tablets scattering after dispensing, improves dispensing efficiency, and protects the tablets.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-15
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-17
AI Technical Summary
In existing technologies, enteric-coated tablets are not easy to collect quickly after dispensing, and the tablets are prone to scattering.
A counting and dispensing device for enteric-coated tablets was designed, including a fixed plate, a dispensing shell, a sealing plate, a driving assembly, and a collection hopper. The driving assembly drives the dispensing shell and the sealing plate to move, so that the tablets automatically enter the counting holes and fall into the collection hopper, achieving rapid collection.
It enables rapid and centralized collection of tablets, preventing tablets from scattering, improving the efficiency of counting and dispensing, and using silicone pads to cushion and protect the tablets from damage.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of medical tool technology, specifically to an enteric-coated tablet counting and dispensing device. Background Technology
[0002] Enteric-coated tablets are a special drug dosage form characterized by their non-disintegration in gastric juices but disintegration and absorption in intestinal juices. Enteric-coated tablets typically have an enteric coating that resists the acidic environment of gastric juices, keeping the tablet intact in the stomach. Once the tablet enters the intestines, the alkaline environment causes the enteric coating to dissolve, releasing and absorbing the drug.
[0003] Currently, hospital medical staff often use counting and dispensing plates when dispensing enteric-coated tablets. These plates have a certain number of holes. The tablets are guided onto the plate and then scraped to automatically enter the holes, thus achieving accurate counting. However, after counting, the tablets need to be poured out of the counting and dispensing plate. During this process, tablets are prone to scattering, making it difficult to quickly collect the counted medication. Therefore, a new counting scheme needs to be designed to address this issue. Utility Model Content
[0004] The purpose of this invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the existing technology, adapt to practical needs, and provide an enteric-coated tablet counting and dispensing device to solve the current technical problem of the inconvenience of rapid and centralized collection of post-processed drugs.
[0005] To achieve the purpose of this utility model, the counting scheme adopted by this utility model is as follows: an enteric-coated tablet counting and dispensing device, comprising: a fixing plate, wherein the surface of the fixing plate is provided with a plurality of evenly distributed counting holes, and further comprising:
[0006] The material distribution shell is attached to the top of the fixed plate;
[0007] A sealing plate is disposed at the bottom of the fixing plate and directly below the material distribution shell;
[0008] A strip-shaped hole is formed on one side wall of the fixed plate, and a drive assembly is installed inside the strip-shaped hole. The drive assembly is used to drive the material distribution shell and the sealing plate to move.
[0009] The material collection hopper is fixed to the bottom two sides of the fixed plate.
[0010] Specifically, enteric-coated tablets are placed in the dispensing hopper, and then the dispensing shell is moved by the drive assembly. When it moves to a row of counting holes, the sealing plate blocks the counting holes, allowing the tablets to enter. The dispensing shell and sealing plate are then moved to the next row of counting holes, allowing the tablets to enter again and the previous counting holes to be released. The counted tablets fall into the collection hopper, where a tablet collection box is placed. This collects the counted tablets, preventing them from scattering and improving the efficiency of tablet counting and dispensing.
[0011] Preferably, the driving component includes:
[0012] A lead screw motor, wherein the lead screw motor is fixedly installed on one end face of the inner cavity of the strip-shaped hole;
[0013] A lead screw, one end of which is fixedly connected to the outer end of the drive shaft of a lead screw motor, and the outer end of which is rotatably connected to the inner wall of a slotted hole;
[0014] A lead screw slider is fitted onto the outer wall of a lead screw. The outer wall of the lead screw slider is fixedly connected to one side wall of the material distribution shell via a connecting plate. The inner side wall of the lead screw slider is fixedly connected to a sealing plate.
[0015] Specifically, the lead screw motor drives the lead screw to rotate, which in turn drives the lead screw slider to move, thereby synchronously moving the material distribution shell and the sealing plate.
[0016] Preferably, the top and bottom of the lead screw slider are respectively attached to the top and bottom of the inner cavity of the strip hole.
[0017] Specifically, it can ensure the stability of the movement of the lead screw and slider, which in turn helps to improve the stability of the movement of the material distribution shell and the sealing plate.
[0018] Preferably, the length of the collecting hopper is greater than the span length of the multiple rows of counting holes.
[0019] Specifically, this ensures that the tablets, once dropped, can accurately enter the inner cavity of the collection hopper.
[0020] Preferably, a silicone pad is fixed to the inner wall of the hopper.
[0021] Specifically, the silicone pad is made of medical-grade silicone material. When the tablet falls into the hopper, the silicone pad can cushion the tablet, thus helping to avoid damage to the tablet due to rigid impact between the tablet and the inner wall of the hopper.
[0022] Preferably, a support plate is fixed to both sides of the two side walls of the fixing plate, and a base plate is fixedly connected to the tail ends of the two support plates on the same side.
[0023] Specifically, the base plate and support plate provide support for the device, thereby improving its stability during use.
[0024] Preferably, a gear is rotatably mounted on the outer wall of the connecting plate, a rack meshes with the top of the gear, both ends of the rack are fixedly connected by a connecting block and a fixing plate, a rotating shaft is fixedly connected in the middle of the inner side wall of the gear, the rotating shaft movably passes through the connecting plate and the side wall of the material distribution shell, and a plurality of evenly distributed rubber protrusions are fixed on the outer wall of the rotating shaft.
[0025] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows:
[0026] 1. This utility model uses a drive component to move the dispensing shell, thereby guiding the tablets into the counting hole for counting. After counting, the tablets can automatically fall into the collection hopper, thus achieving rapid collection of the tablets and helping to avoid the tablets scattering.
[0027] 2. In the process of moving the material distribution shell by the drive component, the present invention can also move the sealing plate. After the counting of tablets in each row of counting holes is completed, the movement of the sealing plate can quickly release the tablets into the collection hopper, so that the counting operation and the collection of the counted tablets can be carried out simultaneously, thereby improving the efficiency of the counting and dispensing operation.
[0028] 3. This utility model has a silicone pad fixedly installed on the inner wall of the collection hopper, which can buffer the tablets when they fall into the collection hopper, thereby helping to avoid damage to the tablets due to rigid impact between the tablets and the inner wall of the collection hopper.
[0029] 4. In this invention, the gear rotates under the action of the rack during the gear movement, which in turn drives the rotating shaft to rotate, thereby causing the rubber protrusion to rotate as well. This allows the material inside the dispensing shell to be moved, thus helping to prevent the tablets from clogging inside the dispensing shell. Attached Figure Description
[0030] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model;
[0031] Figure 2 This is a bottom view of the structure of this utility model;
[0032] Figure 3 This is a partial bottom view of the structure of this utility model;
[0033] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the material collecting hopper structure of this utility model;
[0034] Figure 5This is a schematic diagram of the drive component structure of this utility model;
[0035] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the gear and shaft connection structure of this utility model.
[0036] In the diagram: 1. Fixed plate; 11. Support plate; 12. Base plate; 13. Counting hole; 14. Silicone pad; 15. Collection hopper;
[0037] 2. Material distribution shell; 21. Connecting plate; 22. Screw and slider; 23. Screw motor; 24. Screw; 25. Sealing plate;
[0038] 3. Gear; 31. Rack; 32. Shaft; 33. Rubber bump. Detailed Implementation
[0039] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments:
[0040] Example 1: Enteric-coated tablet counting and dispensing device, see [link to example]. Figures 1 to 6 It includes: a fixing plate 1, the surface of which is provided with a plurality of evenly distributed counting holes 13, and further includes:
[0041] Material distribution shell 2 is attached to the top of the fixing plate 1;
[0042] The sealing plate 25 is located at the bottom of the fixing plate 1 and directly below the material distribution shell 2;
[0043] A strip-shaped hole is formed on one side wall of the fixed plate 1. A drive assembly is installed inside the strip-shaped hole. The drive assembly is used to drive the material distribution shell 2 and the sealing plate 25 to move.
[0044] The material collection hopper 15 is fixed to the bottom two sides of the fixed plate 1.
[0045] It should be understood that in actual use, enteric-coated tablets are placed in the dispensing shell 2, and then the dispensing shell 2 is moved by the drive assembly. When it moves to a row of counting holes 13, the sealing plate 25 will block the row of counting holes 13, and the tablets will enter the counting holes 13. Then, the dispensing shell 2 is moved step by step, so that the dispensing shell 2 and the sealing plate 25 move to the next row of counting holes 13, so that the tablets enter the counting holes 13 again, and the previous counting holes 13 are released. The counted tablets will fall into the collection hopper 15. Then, the tablet collection box is placed under the collection hopper 15 to collect the counted tablets. This helps to prevent the tablets from scattering and also helps to improve the efficiency of tablet counting and dispensing.
[0046] Furthermore, support plates 11 are fixed on both sides of the two side walls of the fixed plate 1, and the tail ends of the two support plates 11 on the same side are fixedly connected to the base plate 12. The arrangement of the base plate 12 and the support plates 11 enables the device to be supported, thereby improving the stability of the device during use.
[0047] Furthermore, a silicone pad 14 is fixed to the inner wall of the hopper 15. The silicone pad 14 is made of medical-grade silicone material. When the tablet falls into the hopper 15, the silicone pad 14 can cushion the tablet, thereby helping to avoid damage to the tablet due to rigid impact between the tablet and the inner wall of the hopper 15.
[0048] It is worth mentioning that the length of the collecting hopper 15 is greater than the span of the multi-row counting holes 13, so that the tablets can accurately enter the inner cavity of the collecting hopper 15 after falling.
[0049] like Figure 1 and 5 As shown, the driving component includes:
[0050] A lead screw motor 23 is fixedly installed on one end face of the inner cavity of the strip-shaped hole;
[0051] Lead screw 24, one end of which is fixedly connected to the outer end of the drive shaft of lead screw motor 23, and the outer end of lead screw 24 is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the strip hole;
[0052] The lead screw slider 22 is fitted onto the outer wall of the lead screw 24. The outer wall of the lead screw slider 22 is fixedly connected to one side wall of the material distribution shell 2 via the connecting plate 21. The inner side wall of the lead screw slider 22 is fixedly connected to the sealing plate 25.
[0053] It should be understood that the lead screw motor 23 can drive the lead screw 24 to rotate, thereby driving the lead screw slider 22 to move, and thus synchronously driving the material distribution shell 2 and the sealing plate 25 to move.
[0054] Furthermore, the top and bottom of the lead screw slider 22 are respectively attached to the top and bottom of the inner cavity of the strip hole. The fact that the lead screw slider 22 is attached to the top and bottom of the inner cavity of the strip hole can ensure the stability of the movement of the lead screw slider 22, which in turn helps to improve the stability of the movement of the material distribution shell 2 and the sealing plate 25.
[0055] like Figure 1 and 3 As shown in Figure 6, a gear 3 is rotatably mounted on the outer wall of the connecting plate 21. A rack 31 meshes with the top of the gear 3. Both ends of the rack 31 are fixedly connected to the connecting block and the fixing plate 1. A rotating shaft 32 is fixedly connected to the middle of the inner side wall of the gear 3. The rotating shaft 32 movably passes through the connecting plate 21 and the side wall of the material distribution shell 2. Multiple evenly distributed rubber protrusions 33 are fixed on the outer wall of the rotating shaft 32.
[0056] It should be understood that during the movement of the dispensing shell 2, the gear 3 can be driven to move accordingly, thereby causing the gear 3 to rotate under the action of the rack 31, which in turn drives the rotating shaft 32 to rotate, thereby driving the rubber protrusion 33 to rotate as well, thus moving the material inside the dispensing shell 2, which helps to prevent the tablets from clogging inside the dispensing shell 2.
[0057] The working principle of the enteric-coated tablet counting and dispensing device in this embodiment is as follows: Enteric-coated tablets are placed in the dispensing shell 2. Then, the lead screw motor 23 drives the lead screw 24 to rotate, thereby driving the lead screw slider 22 to move. This synchronously moves the dispensing shell 2 and the sealing plate 25. When the device moves to a row of counting holes 13, the sealing plate 25 blocks that row of counting holes 13, allowing the tablets to enter. Then, the dispensing shell 2 is gradually moved, causing the dispensing shell 2 and the sealing plate 25 to move to the next row of counting holes. At counting hole 13, the tablet re-enters counting hole 13, and the previous counting hole 13 is released, so the counted tablet will fall into the collection hopper 15. When the tablet falls into the collection hopper 15, the silicone pad 14 can cushion the tablet, which helps to avoid damage to the tablet due to rigid impact with the inner wall of the collection hopper 15. At the same time, placing the tablet storage box under the collection hopper 15 can collect the counted tablets in a centralized manner, which helps to prevent the tablets from scattering and also helps to improve the efficiency of tablet counting and packaging.
[0058] In addition, all components designed in this utility model are general standard parts or components known to those skilled in the art. Their structure and principle can be learned by those skilled in the art through technical manuals or conventional experimental methods. Those skilled in the art can fully implement them, so there is no need to elaborate. The content protected by this utility model does not involve improvements to the internal structure and method.
[0059] The embodiments disclosed herein are preferred embodiments, but are not limited thereto. Those skilled in the art can readily grasp the spirit of this utility model based on the above embodiments and make different extensions and variations. However, as long as they do not depart from the spirit of this utility model, they are all within the protection scope of this utility model.
Claims
1. An enteric tablet counting and dispensing device, characterized by, The utility model relates to a kind of automatic counting machine, including: Fixed plate (1), the surface of the fixed plate (1) is equipped with multiple evenly-distributed counting holes (13), further including: Material distributing shell (2), the material distributing shell (2) is attached to the top of fixed plate (1); Plugging plate (25), the plugging plate (25) is arranged at the bottom of fixed plate (1) and is arranged directly below material distributing shell (2); Strip-shaped hole, the strip-shaped hole is equipped in one side wall of fixed plate (1), driving assembly is mounted in the strip-shaped hole, and the driving assembly is used to drive material distributing shell (2) and plugging plate (25) to move; Material collecting hopper (15), the material collecting hopper (15) is fixed on the two side edges of the bottom of fixed plate (1).
2. The enteric tablet counting and dispensing device of claim 1, wherein, The driving assembly includes: Lead screw motor (23), the lead screw motor (23) is fixedly installed in one end surface of strip-shaped hole inner cavity; Lead screw (24), one end of the lead screw (24) and the transmission shaft outer end of lead screw motor (23) are fixedly connected, and the outer end of the lead screw (24) is rotatably connected with the inner wall of strip-shaped hole; Lead screw slide block (22), the lead screw slide block (22) is sleeved on the outer wall of lead screw (24), and the outer wall of the lead screw slide block (22) is fixedly connected with one side wall of material distributing shell (2) by connecting plate (21), and the inner side wall of the lead screw slide block (22) is fixedly connected with plugging plate (25).
3. The enteric tablet counting and dispensing device of claim 2, wherein, The top and bottom of the lead screw slide block (22) are attached to the top and bottom of strip-shaped hole inner cavity respectively.
4. The enteric tablet counting and dispensing device of claim 3, wherein, The length of the material collecting hopper (15) is greater than the transverse length of multiple rows of the counting hole (13).
5. The enteric tablet counting and dispensing device of claim 1, wherein, The inner wall of the material collecting hopper (15) is fixed with silica gel pad (14).
6. The enteric tablet counting and dispensing device of claim 1, wherein, The both sides of the both side walls of the fixed plate (1) are fixed with support plate (11), and the tail end of two support plates (11) on the same side is fixedly connected with bottom plate (12).
7. The enteric tablet counting and dispensing device of claim 2, wherein, The outer wall of the connecting plate (21) is rotatably installed with gear (3), the top of the gear (3) is engaged with rack (31), both ends of the rack (31) are fixedly connected with fixed plate (1) by connecting block, the inner side wall of the gear (3) is fixedly connected with rotating shaft (32) in the middle, the rotating shaft (32) is movably penetrated through connecting plate (21) and material distributing shell (2) side wall, and the outer wall of the rotating shaft (32) is fixed with multiple evenly-distributed rubber lugs (33).