KR101156070B1 - Hand-operator tablet dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a manual pill dispenser, and more particularly, to a manual pill dispenser with low manufacturing cost while simply and accurately discharging pills one by one.

To this end, a manual pill dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention has a case in which a discharge hole is formed at one lower side thereof; A cartridge formed with a drop path in which the pills accommodated and aligned within the case fall; And operating means for discharging the pills one by one when the drop passage and the discharge hole overlap with the rotation of the cartridge. It includes, The operating means, Rotating body is coupled to the cartridge rotates, a plurality of engaging holes are formed; And a driving arm which is caught by one of the locking holes of the plurality of locking holes on one side and pushes the one locking hole to rotate the rotating body. And a control unit.

According to this configuration, the tablets are discharged exactly one by one, and because of the simple structure, they can be easily assembled and sized to be held in one hand, so the manufacturing cost is low and the economic burden is small. It has an effect.

Pill dispenser, manual, rotating body, cartridge, jam hole, transparent

Description

Manual pill dispenser {HAND-OPERATOR TABLET DISPENSER}

The present invention relates to a manual pill dispenser, and more particularly, to a manual pill dispenser with low manufacturing cost while simply and accurately discharging pills one by one.

Currently, pharmacies use a method of packaging with a fully automatic tablet (pill) packing machine, a semi-automatic packing machine, and a manual process, that is, hand-packing by hand.

The automatic packing machine (ATC) packaging method is a method that is automatically dispensed by simply inputting a prescription, it is the best equipment in terms of users (pharmacists).

However, since the full automatic tablet packaging machine is expensive as tens of millions of won, there is a problem that it is economically burdensome to use in all pharmacies. In addition, the fully automatic tablet packaging machine is prepared by the sensitization sensor detects the pill when the pill is administered, the pill produced in Korea is weak and easy to wear a lot of dust, the sensitization sensor often malfunctions There is an uncomfortable problem of re-inspection after packaging.

The semi-automatic packing machine and the manual method of dispensing by the user using hand or household appliances, which are prepared by hand in approximately 20,000 pharmacies, and is known as the simplest and most reliable method.

However, there is a problem in that the dispensing process of pills is a waste of time and manpower. In addition, in the process of dispensing the tablet directly by the user hand, the tablet is always in contact with the hand, and thus, there is a problem that serious side effects caused by the tablet. And during the preparation, if the user's hands are not clean, the contaminants on the tablets may be rather unsanitary to patients.

Accordingly, users wore sanitary gloves or cotton gloves, and then collected and dispensed the pills.

However, as hygiene gloves or cotton gloves are worn, the tablets are not properly picked up, resulting in preparation mistakes, and at the same time, they are rarely used due to the inconvenience.

On the other hand, many users always keep the lids open for the convenience and speed of the preparation, that is, to avoid the hassle of opening and closing the bottle every time, and to improve the speed of dispensing.

However, there is a problem in that the pills are easily contacted with the air and are contaminated or deteriorated by foreign substances as the lids are opened and used.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a pill dispenser which is easy and quick to dispense a pill and at the same time exactly one pill at a time, and has a low manufacturing cost.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, the case is formed in the discharge hole on the lower side;
A cartridge formed with a drop path in which the pills accommodated and aligned within the case fall; And
Operating means for discharging the pills one by one when the drop passage and the discharge hole overlap with the rotation of the cartridge; / RTI >
The operating means,
A rotating body coupled to the cartridge to rotate and having a plurality of locking holes formed therein; And
A driving arm which is caught by one of the locking holes of the plurality of locking holes on one side, and pushes the one locking hole to rotate the rotating body;
A support shaft coupled to the cartridge to support the cartridge;
A stopper having a drop hole corresponding to the discharge hole is fixed to the lower portion of the cartridge so that the pill stagnates in the drop path when the drop path and the discharge hole do not overlap and the pill is discharged when the drop path overlaps. ;
A button for controlling the driving arm; And
It includes a spring for applying an elastic force to the drive arm moved in the longitudinal direction by the button,
The drive arm is,
Long rod shape, the operating rod portion is moved in the longitudinal direction;
It is formed on one side of the operation rod portion is caught by the one engaging hole in accordance with the movement of the operation rod, the engaging portion consisting of a contact surface perpendicular to the operating rod portion, the inclined surface inclined to both sides of the contact surface,
A seating portion formed between the button and the locking portion to engage with the spring; It provides a manual pill dispenser comprising a.

As described above, according to the present invention, exactly one tablet is discharged, and since it is a simple structure, it can be easily assembled and is sized to be held in one hand, so the manufacturing cost is low and the economic burden is small, and a small pharmacy preparation room or a small place There is an effect that can be easily used by placing in.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components throughout the drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a manual pill dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a schematic side cross-sectional view showing the discharge state of the tablet, Figure 3 is a schematic enlarged view of the main portion showing the operating state.

1 to 3, the manual pill dispenser 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a case 110, a lid 120, a cartridge 130, a brush 140, and an operation means 150. It is configured to include.

Case 110 has an upper portion 111 is open, the tablet (P) can be stacked therein and at the same time has a receiving space to accommodate the cartridge 130 and the operating means 150, stacked pills (P Discharge hole 113 is formed at one side of the lower side 112 so as to discharge the outside one by one.

The discharge hole 113 has a width corresponding to the drop path 133 formed in the cartridge 130, the other side of the discharge hole 113 is seated to the drive arm 154 and the spring 156 can be seated Groove 115 is formed.

Here, it is preferable that a screw thread is formed on the upper portion 111 of the case 110 so as to easily separate and separate the lid 120.

The lid 120 is formed with a screw thread on the lower part 121 to be separated from the open upper part 111 of the case 110.

The cartridge 130 is provided with a drop passage 133 in which the pills P accommodated and aligned in the case 110 fall.

That is, the cartridge 130 has a conical shape as shown in FIG. 1, but the plurality of convex portions 131 are spaced at regular intervals so that the pills P are not caught or caught in the drop path 133. Is formed.

The convex portion 131 is preferably sharpened upwards based on the outer circumferential surface of the cartridge 130 so that the pills P fall smoothly into the drop passage 133.

The plurality of dividing protrusions 132 are vertically spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals around the outer circumferential surface of the cartridge 130. Accordingly, the drop path 133 is formed between the dividing protrusions 132, and the plurality of dividing protrusions 132 are formed. The division groove 134 is formed across the division protrusion 132.

The upper side of the divided protrusion 132 is formed so that the upper portion of the drop passage 133 is wide, so the pills (P) can be smoothly introduced into the drop passage (133).

In addition, the pill is coupled to the hole 115 formed in the case 110 so that the brush 140 is inserted into the dividing groove 134, and falls through the drop path 133 due to the brush 140 ( P) can be divided and discharged one by one.

The operation means 150 discharges the pills P one by one when the drop passage 133 and the discharge hole 113 overlap with each other according to the rotation of the cartridge 130. It is comprised including the whole 152, the stopper 153, the drive arm 154, the button 155, and the spring 156.

The support shaft 151 is located at the inner center of the case 110, and one side thereof is coupled to the cartridge 130 so that the cartridge 130 is located at a predetermined height inside the case 110. Support.

The rotating body 152 has a donut shape, penetrates through the support shaft 151, and is positioned at the inner center of the case 110. The rotating body 152 is fixedly coupled to a lower portion of the cartridge 130 to rotate the rotating body 152. The cartridge 130 is rotated according to the plurality of engaging holes (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) is formed.

The stopper 153 is fixed to the lower portion of the cartridge 130, and when the drop passage 133 and the discharge hole 113 do not overlap, the tablet P stagnates and falls on the drop passage 133. In the case of losing, the drop hole 153a corresponding to the discharge hole 113 is formed to discharge the pill P.

The driving arm 154 includes an actuating rod part 154a, a locking part 154b, and a seating part 154c to rotate the rotating body 152.

The actuating rod part 154a has a long rod shape, is moved in the longitudinal direction, and the buttons 155 and the locking part 154b are coupled to both ends, and the seating part 154c is coupled in the middle.

The locking portion 154b is formed at one side of the operating rod portion 154a and, as shown in FIG. 3, as the movement rod portion 154a moves, the plurality of locking holes a, b, ..., j Engaged in one of the locking holes (b), the driving arm 154 rotates the rotating body 152 by pushing the one of the locking holes (b).

Here, the one locking hole (b) is taken as one of the plurality of locking holes (a, b, ..., j) as an example, the locking portion 154b in accordance with the rotation of the rotating body 152 The engaging hole b caught in the is changed to one of the plurality of engaging holes a, b, ..., j, even in the following.

The seating portion 154c is coupled to the middle of the actuating rod portion 154a to be seated in the seating groove 114 of the case 110, and the spring 156 is coupled to one side.

The button 155 is coupled to the other side of the operation rod unit 154a of the drive arm 154 to control the drive arm 154.

After the spring 156 is coupled to the seating portion 154c, the driving arm 154 disposed in the seating groove 114 together with the seating portion 154c and moved in the longitudinal direction by the button 155. Force elastic force).

At this time, the driving arm 154 is such that the engaging portion 154b is caught by any one of the engaging holes b of the plurality of engaging holes a, b, ..., j, and then returns to its original position. It is preferably made of an elastic material.

In addition, the locking portion 154b can push one of the locking holes b at the same time, and at the same time, the contact surface 154ba and the inclined surface 154bb can be caught by another locking hole a adjacent to the one locking hole b. It is preferable to include).

The contact surface 154ba is perpendicular to the actuating rod part 154a, and the inclined surface 154bb is inclined to both sides of the contact surface 154ba. The longitudinal section of the locking portion 154b is formed in a triangle in cross section.

Therefore, according to the rotation direction of the cartridge 130, the locking portion (154b) pushes the locking hole (b) of one of the plurality of locking holes (a, b, ..., j) and at the same time the next locking hole (a) Can take on.

This operation state will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, when the pill P is stagnated in the drop passage 133 and the locking portion 154b is engaged in one locking hole b, pressing the button 155 (①), the driving arm ( 154 moves in the longitudinal direction of the actuating rod part 154a (④). Then, the locking portion 154b caught in the one locking hole b pushes the one locking hole b by the moving rod 154a (⑤), and the rotating body 152 The cartridge 130 rotated in the counterclockwise direction and coupled to the rotating body 152 rotates (②). When the drop path 133 and the drop hole 153a of the stopper 153 overlap with each other by the rotation of the cartridge 130, the tablet P stagnated in the drop path 133 by the brush 140 is formed. Only one is discharged through the discharge hole 113 of the case 110 (③).

In this process, the one locking hole (b) in which the locking portion 154b is locked rotates counterclockwise according to the rotation direction of the rotating body 152 (⑤). In addition, since the driving arm 154 returns to its original position by the restoring force of the spring 156, the locking portion 154b is connected to one locking hole a adjacent to the one locking hole b clockwise. (⑥)

As this process is repeated, the rotator 152 rotates, and as the rotator 152 rotates, the cartridge 130 rotates so that the pills P can be exactly discharged one by one.

The manual pill dispenser 100 having such a structure is a manual type that dispenses pills (P) simply by a user holding the one hand and pressing the button 155, conventionally holding a pill bottle with one hand and opening the lid Poured into the other hand, the next dispensing medicine, the remaining pills are put back into the vial, there is no need to lock the lid again there is an advantage that can dispense the pills more quickly.

That is, there is no hassle to open and close the vials of each bottle every time, and there is no need to keep the vials of the vials open all the time to improve the dispensing speed. have.

Therefore, a user such as a pharmacist does not need to use a separate tool such as hands or household appliances while preparing a pill (P) to prevent contamination and alteration of the pill (P).

And also hygienic to the patient, the user can reduce the side effects due to contact with the pills (P), and can easily dispense the pills (P) can shorten the time required to dispense the pills (P).

In addition, the manual pill dispenser 100 has a simple structure as described above, and can be easily assembled and is easily held in one hand, so the manufacturing cost is low and the economic burden is low. Easy to use and easy to clean, so it can be managed cleanly.

On the other hand, the manual pill dispenser 100 has a predetermined length and receiving space as shown in Figure 4, is disposed between the case 110 and the lid 120 so that more pills (P) can be stacked, It further includes an auxiliary case 160 formed to be separated from the case 110 and the lid 120.

Threads are formed on the upper part 161 and the lower part 162 of the auxiliary case 160 so that the case 110 and the lid 120 can be easily coupled or separated.

Here, the case 110, the lid 120 and the auxiliary case 160 is preferably made of a translucent or transparent material so that the user can easily distinguish the type of pills (P) in appearance.

In addition, it is preferable that the cartridge 130 is configured in various forms so that pills can be dispensed one by one pressing of the button 155 even if the tablet P is not a long capsule type.

That is, the cartridge 130 may be separated from the manual pill dispenser 100, and other cartridges may be assembled and used according to the size and shape of the pill P to be dispensed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the cartridge 130 ′ may have a short height, thereby dispensing flat tablets one by one.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a manual pill dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic side cross-sectional view showing the discharge state of the pill.

3 is a schematic enlarged view illustrating main parts of an operating state.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a further configuration of the manual pill dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a perspective view of a cartridge according to another embodiment.

Claims (7)

A case in which a discharge hole is formed at one lower side; A cartridge formed with a drop path in which the pills accommodated and aligned within the case fall; And Operating means for discharging the pills one by one when the drop passage and the discharge hole overlap with the rotation of the cartridge; / RTI > The operating means, A rotating body coupled to the cartridge to rotate and having a plurality of locking holes formed therein; And A driving arm which is caught by one of the locking holes of the plurality of locking holes on one side, and pushes the one locking hole to rotate the rotating body; A support shaft coupled to the cartridge to support the cartridge; A stopper having a drop hole corresponding to the discharge hole is fixed to the lower portion of the cartridge so that the pill stagnates in the drop path when the drop path and the discharge hole do not overlap and the pill is discharged when the drop path overlaps. ; A button for controlling the driving arm; And It includes a spring for applying an elastic force to the drive arm moved in the longitudinal direction by the button, The drive arm, Long rod shape, the operating rod portion is moved in the longitudinal direction; It is formed on one side of the operation rod portion is caught by the one engaging hole in accordance with the movement of the operation rod, the engaging portion consisting of a contact surface perpendicular to the operating rod portion, the inclined surface inclined to both sides of the contact surface, A seating portion formed between the button and the locking portion to engage with the spring; Manual pill dispenser comprising a. The method of claim 1, Manual tablet dispenser, characterized in that it further has a predetermined length and receiving space so that the tablets can be stacked, the auxiliary case is formed to be coupled to the upper portion of the case. delete delete The method of claim 1, Passive pill dispenser, characterized in that the drive arm is made of an elastic material. delete The method of claim 2, The case and the auxiliary case is a manual pill dispenser, characterized in that made of a transparent material.

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