TWI680755B - Replaceable blade medicine cutter - Google Patents

Abstract

A replaceable blade medicine cutter is suitable for cutting a medicine tablet, and includes a seat body unit and a blade unit. The base body unit includes a lower shell group capable of placing the tablet, and an upper cover base which is covered with the lower shell group and can be lifted back. The upper cover seat defines a clamping groove. The blade unit can cut and divide the tablet placed on the lower shell group into several medicine blocks when the upper cover base is closed on the lower shell group, and includes at least one separably snap-fit into the snap-in groove and the essence A multi-fork blade with a multi-fork shape, and a substantially in-line blade that can replace the multi-fork blade to be embedded in the clamping groove and has a substantially in-line shape. The invention includes a straight blade and a multi-fork blade that can be alternately snapped into the snap groove, and can be used for a user to cut a tablet into two or more pieces according to their needs.

Description

Replaceable blade medicine cutter

The invention relates to a medical auxiliary article, in particular to a replacement blade medicine cutter suitable for cutting tablets or tablets.

Referring to FIG. 1, the patent case No. M549072 discloses an existing medicine cutter, which includes a lower shell seat 11 and an upper cover seat 12 which can be opened and covered with each other, and a blade mounted on the bottom surface of the upper cover seat 12 13. The lower shell base 11 includes a platform portion 111 which can be provided with a tablet and is located below the blade 13. When the medicine cutter is used, the medicine tablet is placed on the platform part 111, and then the upper cover seat 12 pivotally connected to the lower shell seat 11 is covered, and the blade 13 can cut the medicine tablet in two Into two pieces. Although this type of medicine cutter can cut the tablet into two pieces, it cannot cut the tablet into a quantity other than two pieces, which is more inconvenient in use and needs to be improved.

The object of the present invention is to provide a replacement blade medicine cutter capable of overcoming at least one disadvantage of the prior art.

The replaceable blade medicine cutter is suitable for cutting a medicine tablet, and includes a seat body unit and a blade unit.

The seat body unit includes a lower shell group capable of placing the medicine tablet, and an upper cover base which is covered on the lower shell group and can be lifted back, and the upper cover base defines a locking groove. The blade unit can cut the medicine tablet placed on the lower shell group into several medicine blocks when the upper cover seat is closed on the lower shell group, and includes at least one separably snap-fitted in the snap-fit groove and A multi-fork blade substantially in a multi-fork shape, and a substantially in-line blade that can replace the multi-fork blade to be embedded in the clamping groove and have a substantially in-line shape.

The function of the replaceable blade medicine cutter is that it includes a straight blade that can be replaceably embedded in the insertion groove and the at least one multi-fork blade, which can be used by the user according to their needs to cut the tablet into two pieces Or a quantity other than two pieces, to solve the problem that the traditional medicine cutter can only cut the tablet into two pieces.

2 to 4, an embodiment of the replacement blade medicine cutter of the present invention is suitable for cutting a tablet 2. In this embodiment, the tablet 2 is a disc-shaped tablet 2, but it can also be an oval tablet, triangular tablet, or other geometric tablet.

This embodiment includes a base unit 3 and a blade unit 4 detachably snapped on the base unit 3.

The base unit 3 includes a lower shell group 31 and an upper cover base 32 that can be relatively opened and can be closed together, and a plurality of lattice bases 33 connected to the bottom side of the lower shell group 31.

The lower shell group 31 includes a lower shell base 34 located between the upper cover base 32 and the lattice bases 33, a slide base 35 that is embedded in the lower shell base 34 movably forward and backward, and several slide bases A limit post 36 (see FIG. 4) on the seat 35, and two protrusions 37 respectively connected to the left and right sides of the slide seat 35 and movably embedded in the lower shell seat 34 (because of the angle of view, figure 4 Only one of them is shown, please refer to Figure 9).

The lower shell base 34 includes a lower shell wall 341 extending laterally and connecting the lattice bases 33, two side shell walls 342 extending from the left and right sides of the lower shell wall 341 toward the upper cover base 32, and a left and right extension The rear shell wall 343 is connected between the side shell walls 342.

The lower shell wall 341 is formed with a sliding groove 344 extending forward and backward and opening toward the upper cover base 32 and opening toward the front. Each of the side shell walls 342 is formed with a guide groove 345 extending forward and backward, penetrating left and right and opening forward. Each guide groove 345 has a tooth groove portion 346 whose outer edge is serrated.

The sliding seat 35 includes a seat body portion 351 provided for the limiting posts 36, and a slider portion 352 protruding downward from the seat body portion 351 and movable in the sliding groove 344. The seat body portion 351 includes an inclined surface 353 which is inclined downward from front to back and capable of placing the tablet 2.

Each of the limit posts 36 is cylindrical, extending upright from the inclined surface 353, and the limit posts 36 are arranged in a V-shape (also U-shaped) with the opening facing forward, and The tablet 2 that can be placed on the inclined surface 353 in accordance with the limit position does not move backward.

Each of the protrusions 37 is connected to the sliding seat 35 in conjunction with the sliding seat 35 and can be slidably inserted in the tooth groove portion 346 of the corresponding guide groove 345 forward and backward. When each protrusion 37 is squeezed toward the carriage 35, it can move forward and backward in the tooth groove 346, and the carriage 35 is driven to move forward and backward, and when each protrusion 37 is not squeezed away , It can be caught in the tooth groove portion 346 without moving relative to the lower shell seat 34 and positioning the slide seat 35. Since the techniques of adjusting the slippage of the protrusion 37 and positioning of the inlay card are common knowledge, the description is omitted here.

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 7, the upper cover base 32 has an upper cover body 321 and an engaging seat body 322 protruding from the bottom surface of the upper cover body 321 toward the lower housing base 34.

The upper cover body 321 has a substantially rectangular upper cover wall 323 extending forward and backward, two side cover walls 324 protruding from the left and right sides of the upper cover wall 323 toward the lower housing base 34, and a front end of the upper cover wall 323 Protruding toward the lower housing base 34 and covering the front cover wall 325 in front of the sliding groove 344 and the guide grooves 345 of the lower housing base 34.

The upper cover wall 323 is formed with a positioning groove 326 (see FIGS. 4 and 6) that is open toward the lower housing base 34 and concave upward. The rear ends of the side cover walls 324 are pivotally connected to the rear ends of the side housing walls 342 of the lower housing seat 34, respectively, allowing the upper cover seat 32 to cover the lower housing seat 34 or to face the lower housing seat 34 backward Was set off.

The engaging seat 322 defines an engaging groove 327 extending forward and backward and opening downward. The front end of the engaging groove 327 is open to the front, and the cross section cut left and right has a trapezoid shape with an upper width and a lower width (see FIG. 7).

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 7, each of the lattice seats 33 includes a lattice body 331 defining a lattice space 333, and a lid seat body 332 that can be opened to cover the lattice body 331. One of the lattice spaces 333 is larger, and the other three are smaller.

The blade unit 4 includes a plurality of multi-fork blades 41 that can be detachably engaged in the engaging groove 327 and is substantially multi-forked, and one can be inserted in the engaging groove 327 instead of the multi-fork blade 41 and A straight blade 42 substantially in a straight line.

Each of the multi-fork blades 41 includes several extending blade portions 411 connected to each other at an angular interval and extending outward from the center to cooperate with each other in a radial shape, and one of the two extending blade portions 411 connected to each other Between the extended section 412.

Each extended blade portion 411 of each multi-fork blade 41 and the straight blade 42 are substantially triangular in cross section, and can be snapped into the snap groove 327 and protruded toward the lower shell seat 34 to protrude the snap插座体322. Each extending section 412 has a columnar section 413 that is generally rectangular column-shaped, and a columnar section 413 protruding toward the upper cover base 32 to be detachably snapped into the positioning groove 326 of the upper cover base 32的卡步骤414。 The card block 414.

One of these multi-fork blades 41 is a substantially three-fork blade 43 (see FIG. 9). The other of these multi-fork blades 41 is a substantially star-shaped five-fork blade 44 (refer to FIG. 11). 5 to 7, it is shown that the three-fork blade 43 is inserted into the locking groove 327 of the locking seat 322.

The straight blade 42 has a blade body 421 that can be inserted into the engaging groove 327 and has a triangular cross section, and an extended blade body 422 extending from a triangular side of the blade body 421. The extended blade body 422 has a block segment 423 that can be inserted into the positioning slot 326.

Referring to FIGS. 3, 8 and 9, when using this embodiment, the tablet 2 is first placed on the inclined surface 353 of the slide 35, and then the protrusions 37 of the lower shell group 31 are pressed backward Pushing the protrusions 37 drives the slide 35 to move backwards, so that the tablet 2 comes to a position to cooperate with the trigeminal blade 43. Specifically, the center position of the tablet 2 can be aligned with the center position of the trigeminal blade 43 to ensure that the tablet 2 can be equally divided. The inclined surface 353 of the sliding seat 35 can ensure that the tablet 2 moves backward to abut against the limiting posts 36 of the lower shell group 31.

Next, the upper cover base 32 is closed down toward the lower housing base 34, so that the tri-prong blade 43 of the blade unit 4 abuts on the tablet 2, and then further as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 9 The tablet 2 is cut into three medicine blocks. When the trigeminal blade 43 cuts the tablet 2, the inclined surface 353 and the limiting posts 36 can cooperate to ensure that the tablet 2 will not be excessively displaced by the compression of the trigeminal blade 43.

Referring to FIG. 10, after obtaining the three medicine blocks obtained by cutting the tablet 2, the embodiment can be turned upside down, and each cover seat body 332 of three of the lattice seats 33 is opened upward, The medicine blocks are put into the lattice spaces 333 respectively, so that the medicine blocks can be stored, and the user can take the medicine at three different time points in the morning, afternoon, and evening, which is quite convenient. In addition, the larger grid-shaped space 333 can be used to house the multi-fork blades 41.

Referring to FIGS. 4, 11 and 12, if there are different medicine-cutting requirements, the extension portion 412 of the tri-fork blade 43 can be held, and the tri-fork blade 43 can be withdrawn from the engaging groove 327 of the upper cover 32, and then according to the requirements Inserting the five-fork blade 44 or the straight blade 42 into the engaging groove 327 can cut the tablet 2 into five or two medicine blocks as shown in FIG. 11 or FIG. 12, which is quite convenient in use. When the clamping block 414 of each extension section 412 and the clamping block section 423 of the flat blade 42 are engaged with the positioning groove 326 of the upper cover seat 32, each multi-fork blade 41 and the flat blade can be ensured After the 42 is inserted into the engaging groove 327, it will not move back and forth at will, and the cross section of the engaging groove 327 is trapezoidal, and the cross section of each extending section 412 and the straight blade 42 is substantially triangular in design , The coupling stability of each multi-fork blade 41 and the straight blade 42 snapped into the snap-in seat 322 can be improved.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the blade unit 4 can also include only one of the three-fork multi-fork blade 41 and the five-fork multi-fork blade 41, and is not limited to this embodiment.

In summary, the efficacy of the replacement blade medicine cutter of the present invention is that it includes a straight blade 42 and the multi-fork blade 41 that can be alternately engaged in the engaging groove 327, and can be selected by the user according to their needs It is used to cut tablets into quantities other than two, and solves the problem that the conventional medicine cutter can only cut the tablet 2 into two pieces.

The above are only examples of the present invention, which should not be used to limit the patent application scope of the present invention, and equivalent changes made according to the patent application scope and description of the description of the present invention should also be the present invention. Covered by the scope of patent application.

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3‧‧‧Body unit

31‧‧‧ Lower shell group

32‧‧‧Top cover seat

321‧‧‧ Upper cover

322‧‧‧Card insert seat

323‧‧‧top wall

324‧‧‧Side cover wall

325‧‧‧Front cover wall

326‧‧‧Locating slot

327‧‧‧Card slot

33‧‧‧ lattice

331‧‧‧ lattice body

332‧‧‧Cover body

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34‧‧‧Lower shell seat

341‧‧‧Lower shell wall

342‧‧‧Side shell wall

343‧‧‧back wall

344‧‧‧Chute

345‧‧‧Guide groove

346‧‧‧Groove

35‧‧‧slide

351‧‧‧Body

352‧‧‧slider part

353‧‧‧inclined surface

36‧‧‧Limit post

37‧‧‧ bump

4‧‧‧Blade unit

41‧‧‧Multi fork blade

411‧‧‧Extended knife

412‧‧‧Extended section

413‧‧‧Columnar section

414‧‧‧block

42‧‧‧Sword blade

421‧‧‧Knife body

422‧‧‧Extended knife body

423‧‧‧block block

43‧‧‧Three fork blade

44‧‧‧ five fork blade

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating an existing medicine cutter; FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the replacement blade medicine cutter of the present invention; 3 is a cross-sectional view, longitudinally cut front and back, illustrating the embodiment; FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view that is not completely exploded, illustrating the embodiment; 5 is a bottom view illustrating the assembly relationship between an upper cover base and a trigeminal blade of a blade unit of this embodiment; 6 is a cross-sectional view, longitudinally cut back and forth, illustrating the assembly relationship between the trigeminal blade and the upper cover base; 7 is a cross-sectional view, cut left and right, to illustrate the assembly relationship between a clamping seat body of the upper cover seat and the trigeminal blade; 8 is a perspective view illustrating that the trigeminal blade is assembled in the card-seat body of the upper cover seat; 9 is a cross-sectional view, horizontally cut left and right, illustrating that a tablet is cut into three blocks; 10 is a perspective view illustrating the use of several lattice bases of this embodiment; 11 is a cross-sectional view, similar to FIG. 9, illustrating that a tablet is cut into five tablets by a five-prong blade; and Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 9 illustrating that a tablet is cut into two tablets by a straight blade.

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31‧‧‧ Lower shell group

32‧‧‧Top cover seat

321‧‧‧ Upper cover

322‧‧‧Card insert seat

323‧‧‧top wall

324‧‧‧Side cover wall

325‧‧‧Front cover wall

326‧‧‧Locating slot

327‧‧‧Card slot

33‧‧‧ lattice

331‧‧‧ lattice body

332‧‧‧Cover body

34‧‧‧Lower shell seat

341‧‧‧Lower shell wall

342‧‧‧Side shell wall

343‧‧‧back wall

344‧‧‧Chute

345‧‧‧Guide groove

346‧‧‧Groove

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351‧‧‧Body

352‧‧‧slider part

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36‧‧‧Limit post

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411‧‧‧Extended knife

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413‧‧‧Columnar section

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42‧‧‧Sword blade

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Claims (9)

A medicine cutter is suitable for cutting a medicine tablet, and includes: a seat body unit, including a lower shell group capable of placing the medicine tablet, and an upper cover which is closed on the lower shell group and can be lifted back Seat, the upper cover seat defines a snap-in groove; and a blade unit can cut the medicine tablet placed on the lower shell group into several medicine blocks when the upper cover seat is closed to the lower shell group, and It includes at least one multi-fork blade that can be detachably embedded in the card insertion groove and is substantially multi-fork-shaped, and a character that can replace the multi-fork blade to be embedded in the card insertion groove and is substantially in-line Blade; wherein, the lower shell group includes a lower shell seat, the lower shell seat includes a laterally extending lower shell wall, and two side shell walls extending from the left and right sides of the lower shell wall to the upper cover seat, the The lower shell wall is formed with a slide groove extending forward and backward and opening toward the upper cover seat. The lower shell group further includes a slide seat that can be slidably locked in the slide groove forward and backward and can be provided for the tablet, and several A limit post arranged on the slide seat, the slide seat includes an inclined surface that extends obliquely from front to back, the limit posts are arranged in a V-shape or U-shape with the opening facing forward, and can be placed in a limit position The tablet on the inclined surface does not move backward. The medicine cutter according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover seat includes a snap-in seat body protruding toward the lower shell group, the snap-in seat body defines a trapezoid in cross section and can provide the multi-fork blade and The slotted slot provided by the slotted blade. The medicine cutter according to claim 2, wherein the at least one multi-fork blade includes a plurality of extension blade portions connected to each other at angular intervals and extending outward from the center to cooperate with each other in a radial shape, each extension blade portion is Cross section of straight blade The surface is substantially triangular, and can be snapped into the engaging groove and protruded toward the lower shell group. The medicine cutter according to claim 3, wherein the at least one multi-fork blade is a three-fork blade having a substantially λ shape or a five-fork blade having a substantially star shape. The medicine cutter according to claim 3, wherein the upper cover seat is further formed with a positioning groove spaced apart from the engaging seat body, and the at least one multi-fork blade further includes a portion connected to the extended blade portions An extension section between the two, the extension section includes a locking block that protrudes toward the upper cover seat and can be snapped into the positioning groove separately. The medicine cutter according to claim 1, wherein the blade unit includes a plurality of the multi-fork blades, each of the multi-fork blades includes a plurality of angularly connected to each other and extends outward from the center to cooperate in a radial shape Each of the extended blade portions and the straight blade is substantially triangular in cross section, and can be snapped into the engaging groove and protruded toward the lower shell group. The medicine cutter according to claim 6, wherein one of the multi-fork blades is a three-fork blade having a substantially λ shape, and the other one of the multi-fork blades is a five-blade shape having a substantially starfish shape Fork blade. The medicine cutter according to claim 1, wherein each of the side shell walls is formed with a guide groove extending forward and backward, and the lower shell group further includes two respectively provided on the left and right sides of the slide seat Protruding blocks, each protruding block is clamped in the corresponding guide groove, and can move back and forth and drive the slide to move back and forth. The medicine cutter according to claim 1, wherein the base unit further comprises a plurality of lattices connected to the bottom side of the lower shell group and capable of containing the medicine tablet, the at least one multi-fork blade or the straight blade Seats, each lattice seat includes a A lattice-shaped space body and a lid body that can be opened to cover the lattice body.

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