CN111904866A - Intelligent medicine box capable of realizing capsule counting and medicine discharging - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing, and the medicine box is divided into 6 parts, such as shell, medicine storage, transportation, posture adjustment, counting and medicine dispensing. A closed casing is composed of a panel, a left side panel, a top panel, a right side panel, a rear panel, a dust plug and a cover. The transport path of plate-packed capsules and bulk capsules is changed by adopting the medicine-collecting chute. The tangential mechanism is used to realize the transformation from the rotary motion to the linear motion, so as to realize the extrusion of the capsule and the removal of the medicine shell. The two-stage funnel structure is adopted to realize the attitude adjustment of the capsule and avoid the phenomenon of being stuck. Counting with a counting turntable. The rack and pinion mechanism is used to realize the transformation from rotary motion to linear motion, and complete the push-out and retraction of the capsule drawer. A connection block with a wedge-shaped groove and a wedge-shaped block on the medicine box are used to realize the connection between the medicine boxes. The invention can realize the automation of the whole process of unpacking, counting and dispensing of capsules.

Description

A Smart Pill Box That Can Realize Capsule Counting and Dispensing

technical field

The invention belongs to the field of smart home, and particularly relates to an intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing.

Background technique

The smart pill box is an important part of the smart home, especially in the family with the elderly, it can realize the function of assisting the elderly to take medicine. The existing smart pill boxes can play the function of reminding users to take medicines, but during use, the medicines need to be taken out and grouped manually, which is quite troublesome for users, especially for the elderly who live alone.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention can realize automatic counting and dispensing. The user only needs to pour the bulk capsules into the medicine collecting chute, or put the capsule medicine plate into the medicine holder, and the intelligent medicine box itself can realize the unpacking, counting and dispensing. Medicine and other functions, which is convenient for the elderly to take medicine.

The present invention is achieved by the following methods:

An intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing includes a shell part, a medicine storage part, a transportation part, an attitude adjustment part, a counting part, and a medicine dispensing part.

When used for plate-packed capsules, the medicine box is stored by the medicine holder to store the capsule medicine plate. The capsule medicine plate is blocked by the front and rear medicine plate baffles and cannot fall down until the medicine plate pusher pushes the front and rear medicine plate baffles open, and the capsule medicine plate is blocked. The plate will fall along the slope of the medicine holder and the slope of the medicine plate push plate, the medicine plate push plate pushes the capsule medicine plate forward, the capsule pressure plate and the blade bracket are driven by the top servo, the capsule pressure plate presses the capsule out, and the blade cuts off the packaging shell , the cut packaging shell falls into the packaging shell drawer, and the pressed capsule is guided by the inclined plane and falls into the medicine tank.

When used for bulk capsules, the medicine box stores the bulk capsules by the medicine collecting chute, the capsules leak from the notch on one side of the medicine collecting chute, and slide into the medicine tank from the inclined channel in the medicine holder and the push plate bracket.

After the capsule falls into the medicine tank, under the guidance of the medicine tank, the capsule changes from a horizontal attitude to a vertical attitude, and the stepping motor drives the counting turntable to rotate through the driving gear and the driven gear. When the funnel mouth is aligned, the capsules fall into the counting turntable. When the counting turntable is aligned with the drug outlet hole of the holster, the capsules fall into the capsule drawer. The number of capsules is controlled by the rotation angle of the counting turntable. The bottom servo drives the lower side. The gears and racks realize the extension and retraction of the capsule drawer.

Multiple pill boxes can be connected to meet the needs of users taking multiple capsules at the same time. The left and right connection blocks are used to connect the two left and right medicine boxes, and the upper and lower connection blocks are used to connect the two upper and lower medicine boxes.

The technical effect is as follows:

1. The present invention includes a set of tangential mechanisms sharing the connecting rod, to realize the power transmission from the top steering gear to the capsule pressing plate and the blade support, and realize the alternate pressing of the capsule pressing plate and the blade support.

2. The present invention includes a counting turntable and a holster with holes. The counting turntable can be driven by a stepping motor to obtain accurate angular positioning, and the capsule hole of the counting turntable only allows one capsule to fall, and the hole holster has only one Holes are located on the side of the capsule drawer for accurate counting.

3. The present invention includes a two-stage funnel structure, and the capsule is adjusted from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture through a funnel formed by two sections of cone surfaces with different inclination angles, which can facilitate the capsule to fall smoothly without getting stuck.

4. The present invention includes connecting blocks with two structures, which can realize the connection between multiple medicine boxes.

5. The structure contained in the present invention is combined with the control system, which can realize the automation of the whole process of unpacking, counting and dispensing of capsules.

Description of drawings

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

Fig. 1 is the outline drawing of intelligent medicine box in the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the internal structure diagram when the intelligent medicine box of the present invention is used for plate-packed capsules;

Fig. 3 is the top structure diagram when the intelligent medicine box of the present invention is used for plate-packed capsules;

Fig. 4 is the sectional view when the intelligent medicine box of the present invention is used for plate-packed capsules;

Fig. 5 is the structural diagram when the intelligent medicine box of the present invention is used for bulk capsules;

6 is a cross-sectional view of the top structure when the intelligent medicine box is used for bulk capsules in the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the structural diagram of the left and right connecting blocks in the present invention;

Fig. 8 is the structural diagram of the upper and lower connecting blocks in the present invention;

Fig. 9 is the structure diagram of the medicine collecting chute in the present invention;

Fig. 10 is the connection assembly diagram of two medicine boxes in the present invention;

Figure 11 is a connection and assembly diagram of four medicine boxes in the present invention.

In the figure: panel-11, left panel-12, top panel-13, right panel-14, rear panel-15, dust sealing plug-16, medicine collecting chute-21, medicine holder-31, capsule pressing plate-32 , Blade Holder—33, Blade—34, Power Lever—35, 38, Cover—36, Top Servo—37, Capsule Medicine Plate—39, Push Plate Holder—41, Large Spring—42, Spring Guide Rod—43, Small springs—44, 47, medicine plate baffles—45, 48, medicine plate push plates—46, packing case drawers—49, medicine tanks—51, screws—61, 67, driven shaft brackets—62, 63, from Moving Gear—64, Stepper Motor—65, Driving Gear—66, Counting Turntable—68, Leather Case—69, Bottom Servo—71, Gear—72, 74, Shaft—73, Capsule Drawer—75, Rack— 76, 78, drawer shutters-77, 79, upper and lower connecting blocks-81, left and right connecting blocks-82.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

FIG. 1 is an outline view of an intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing according to the present invention.

Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 show the structure of the smart medicine box when it is used for counting and dispensing the capsules on board. part composition.

The housing part includes a panel 11 , a left side panel 12 , a top panel 13 , a right side panel 14 , a rear panel 15 , a cover 36 and a dust plug 16 . The plates are connected by screws to form a closed shell of the medicine box together, and play a sealing role.

The medicine storage part includes the top plate 13 , the medicine holder 31 , the medicine plate baffles 45 , 48 , and the small springs 44 , 47 . The top plate 13 and the medicine holder 31 provide storage space for the capsule medicine plate 39 .

The transportation part includes push plate bracket 41, large spring 42, spring guide rod 43, medicine plate push plate 46, packing case drawer 49, capsule pressing plate 32, blade support 33, blade 34, power levers 35, 38 and top steering gear 37. The medicine plate push plate 46 pushes the medicine plate baffles 45 and 48 away, so that the capsule medicine plate 39 falls down and slides along the slope of the medicine plate push plate 46 to the support surface of the push plate bracket 41 . The medicine plate push plate 46 is acted by the elastic force of the large spring 42 to push the capsule medicine plate 39 forward. The direction of the elastic force of the large spring 42 is determined by the spring guide rod 43 . The tangential mechanism is formed by the power levers 35, 38, the capsule pressing plate 32, the blade support 33 and the wedge-shaped groove track at the front of the medicine holder 31. This tangential mechanism is driven by the top steering gear 37, and converts the rotational motion output by the top steering gear 37. It is the linear movement of the capsule pressing plate 32 and the blade holder 33 . The linear movement of the capsule pressing plate 32 pushes the capsule out of the capsule medicine plate 39 , the linear movement of the blade holder 33 pushes the blade 34 to remove the remaining packaging shells, and the removed packaging shells fall into the packaging shell drawer 49 .

The posture adjustment part includes a medicine tank 51 . The medicine tank 51 has a two-stage funnel structure and is composed of two sections of inclined cones with increasing tapers, which can realize the transformation of the capsule from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture and prevent the capsule from being stuck when falling.

The counting part is composed of screws 61 and 67 , driven shaft brackets 62 and 63 , driven gear 64 , stepping motor 65 , driving gear 66 , counting turntable 68 and holster 69 . The counting turntable 68 has capsule holes evenly arranged along the circumference. The diameter of the capsule hole is slightly larger than that of the capsule, and its depth is slightly smaller than the length of the capsule, so as to ensure that each capsule hole can only store one capsule. The counting turntable 68 is driven by the stepping motor 65 through the driving gear 66 and the driven gear 64 . The diameter of the medicine outlet of the holster 69 is slightly larger than the diameter of the capsule hole of the counting turntable 68 . The stepper motor 65 performs intermittent rotating motion, so that the counting turntable 68 can stay at the funnel mouth of the medicine tank 51 for a period of time, and can also stay at the medicine outlet of the holster 69 for a period of time, so as to ensure that the capsule can be smoothly removed from the medicine. The can 51 falls into the counting turntable 68 and can be dropped into the capsule drawer 75 from the counting turntable 68 smoothly. The lower side of the shaft where the driven gear 64 is located is supported by the driven shaft brackets 62 and 63 and connected by screws 61 and 67 .

The medicine dispensing part is composed of bottom steering gear 71, gears 72, 74, shaft 73, capsule drawer 75, racks 76, 78 and drawer baffles 77, 79. The bottom steering gear 71 is the power source, which drives the entire rack and pinion mechanism to move. The gears 72 and 74 and the racks 76 and 78 form a rack and pinion mechanism, which converts the rotary motion output by the bottom steering gear 71 into the linear motion of the capsule drawer 75 . The front and rear positions of the capsule drawer 75 are defined by the drawer shutters 77 and 79 , and the left and right and up and down positions are defined due to the surface contact of the racks 76 and 78 . The racks 76 , 77 are supported on corresponding rails of the left side plate 12 and the right side plate 14 .

Fig. 5 shows the structure diagram of the medicine box when it is used for the counting and dispensing of bulk capsules. Compared with the medicine box due to the plate-packed capsules, only one medicine collecting chute 21 is added to the medicine box at this time. At this time, the medicine box is composed of a shell part, a medicine storage part, a transportation part, an attitude adjustment part, a counting part and a medicine dispensing part, wherein the shell part, the attitude adjustment part, the counting part and the medicine dispensing part are combined with the medicine box for the board. The corresponding parts of the capsule are identical in structure and function.

The medicine storage part of the medicine box used for the counting and dispensing of bulk capsules includes a top plate 13 , a medicine holder 31 and a medicine collecting chute 21 . The storage space for bulk capsules is formed by the top plate 13 and the medicine collecting chute 21 , and the medicine holder 31 only plays a role of fixing the medicine collecting chute 21 . One side of the medicine collecting chute 21 is provided with a hole for allowing the capsule to pass through, and the specific structure is shown in FIG. 9 .

Fig. 6 shows the transportation part structure of the medicine box when the medicine box is used for counting and discharging medicines in bulk. At this time, the medicine plate push plate 46 is no longer moving, and the top steering gear 37 is also in a stop state. The transport part of the medicine box is formed by the medicine collecting chute 21 , the medicine holder 31 and the corresponding slope in the push plate bracket 41 , and the capsule can slide into the medicine tank 51 along the channel formed by the slope.

Figures 7 and 8 show the structures of two connecting blocks used to connect two medicine boxes in the present invention, wherein the left and right connecting blocks 82 shown in Figure 7 are used to connect the left and right medicine boxes, and Figure 8 shows The upper and lower connecting blocks 81 are used to connect the upper and lower medicine boxes.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 respectively show the connection state of the two medicine boxes and the connection state of the four medicine boxes when the two medicine boxes are arranged left and right. The connection block relies on the wedge-shaped groove and the wedge-shaped block on the medicine shell to fit each other to realize the connection between the medicine boxes. As shown in FIG. 10 , the wedge-shaped grooves of the left and right connecting blocks 82 are respectively fitted with the wedge-shaped blocks of the left side plate 12 of the right medicine box and the right side plate 14 of the left medicine box to achieve left and right connection. As shown in FIG. 11 , the wedge-shaped grooves of the upper and lower connecting blocks 81 on the left side are respectively fitted with the wedge-shaped blocks on the left side of the top plate 13 of the lower medicine box and the wedge-shaped blocks of the left side plate 12 of the upper medicine box to realize up and down connection; The wedge-shaped grooves are respectively fitted with the wedge-shaped blocks on the right side of the top plate 13 of the lower medicine box and the wedge-shaped blocks of the right side plate 14 of the upper medicine box to realize the upper and lower connection.

In addition to being able to realize the connection between the intelligent medicine box described in the present invention, which can realize the counting of capsules and the dispensing of medicines, it can meet the needs of taking a variety of capsules. At the same time, it also provides a connection method for the subsequent connection of the medicine box used for other kinds of medicines.

To sum up, the above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. an intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing, comprising a housing part, a medicine storage part, a transportation part, an attitude adjustment part, a counting part, and a medicine dispensing part, it is characterized in that: according to the packaging form of the capsule, the capsule is It is divided into two forms: plate-packed capsules and bulk capsules; When used for plate-packed capsules, the medicine box stores the capsule medicine plate (39) by the medicine holder (31). The plate (46) pushes the front and rear medicine plate baffles (45, 48) open, and the capsule medicine plate (39) falls down along the slope of the medicine holder (31) and the slope of the medicine plate push plate (46), and the medicine plate (39) falls down. The push plate (46) pushes the capsule medicine plate (39) forward, the capsule pressing plate (32) and the blade support (33) are driven by the top servo (37), the capsule pressing plate (32) pushes the capsule out, and the blade (34) packs the The shell is cut off, the excised packaging shell falls into the packaging shell drawer (49), and the pressed capsule is guided by the inclined surface and falls into the medicine can (51); When used for bulk capsules, the medicine box stores the bulk capsules by the medicine collecting chute (21), the capsules leak from the gap on one side of the medicine collecting chute (21), and pass from the medicine holder (31) and the push plate bracket (41). ) slides into the medicine tank (51); After the capsule falls into the medicine tank (51), under the guidance of the medicine tank (51), the capsule changes from a horizontal attitude to a vertical attitude, and the stepping motor (65) passes through the driving gear (66) and the driven gear (64) The counting turntable (68) is driven to rotate, and when the capsule hole on the counting turntable (68) is aligned with the funnel mouth of the medicine can (51), the capsules fall into the counting turntable (68). 69) are aligned with the medicine outlet holes, the capsules fall into the capsule drawer (75), the number of capsules is controlled by the angle turned by the count turntable (68), and the bottom steering gear (71) drives the lower gears (72, 74) and The racks (76, 78) realize the push-out and retraction of the capsule drawer (75). 2. a kind of intelligent medicine box capable of realizing capsule counting and medicine dispensing according to claim 1, is characterized in that: when medicine box is used for plate-packed capsule dispensing medicine, it is not necessary to install medicine collecting chute (21), medicine box When it is used for dispensing medicine in bulk capsules, a medicine collecting chute (21) needs to be installed to realize different transportation paths of plate-packed capsules and bulk capsules. 3. a kind of intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: when medicine box is used for plate-packed capsule dispensing medicine, top steering gear (37) works, medicine box is used for When the bulk capsules are dispensed, the top servo (37) does not work. 4. A kind of intelligent medicine box capable of realizing capsule counting and dispensing according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the evenly distributed capsule holes on the counting turntable (68) can only accommodate a capsule, and the holster (69) ) is fixed on the medicine can (51), the holster (69) has a hole slightly larger than the diameter of the capsule on the side of the capsule drawer (75), and each capsule hole is controlled to be able to transport only one capsule, so as to pass the counting The angle of rotation of the turntable (68) controls the number of capsules. 5. A kind of intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: medicine tank (51) is made up of two-stage funnel whose cone surface inclination angle increases, and realizes that the capsule is vertical from horizontal posture. Straight stance transition and prevent the capsule from getting stuck when falling. 6. A kind of intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the medicine plate push plate (46) of medicine box is pushed by the elastic force of large spring (42), front and rear The medicine plate baffles (45, 48) are pressed by small springs (44, 47). 7. The intelligent medicine box capable of realizing capsule counting and dispensing according to claim 1, wherein the medicine box is composed of a wedge-shaped groove track, a capsule pressing plate (32), a blade support at the front of the medicine holder (31) (33) and the power levers (35, 38) form a tangential mechanism of two common connecting rods, and this tangential mechanism is driven by the top steering gear (37) to convert the rotary motion output by the top steering gear (37) into a capsule pressing plate (32) and the linear movement of the blade support (33) realize the extrusion of the board-packed capsule and the cutting of the packaging shell. 8. A kind of intelligent medicine box that can realize capsule counting and medicine dispensing according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: a plurality of medicine boxes can be connected to meet the needs of users taking multiple capsules at the same time, and the two are arranged on the left and right sides. The left and right connecting blocks (82) are used to connect the medicine boxes, and the upper and lower connecting blocks (81) are used to connect the two medicine boxes arranged up and down. 9. A kind of intelligent medicine box capable of realizing capsule dispensing and counting according to claim 8, characterized in that: the connection block realizes the connection between the medicine boxes by interlocking with the wedge-shaped block on the wedge-shaped groove and the medicine shell; The wedge-shaped grooves of the left and right connecting blocks (82) are respectively fitted with the wedge-shaped blocks of the left side plate (12) of the right medicine box and the right side plate (14) of the left medicine box to realize left and right connection; 81) the wedge-shaped grooves are respectively fitted with the wedge-shaped blocks on the left side of the top plate (13) of the lower medicine box and the wedge-shaped blocks of the left side plate (12) of the upper medicine box to realize the upper and lower connection; The grooves are respectively fitted with the right side of the top plate (13) of the lower medicine box and the wedge-shaped blocks of the right side plate (14) of the upper medicine box to realize the upper and lower connection. 10 . The intelligent medicine box according to claim 8 , characterized in that it can realize the connection and assembly of medicine boxes of different types of medicines with the same shell structure. 11 .

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