Pill dispenser with cleaning device

Abstract

A pill dispenser includes a main body, a pillbox, and a cleaning member. The main body includes an arm, a first air pipe, a second air pipe, and a filter. The suction nozzle is located on the arm, and the suction nozzle is connected to the filter by the first air pipe. The pillbox receives a number of pills. The suction nozzle is moveable into the pillbox by the arm to vacuum the pills. The cleaning member cleans the suction nozzle before the suction nozzle is moved into the pillbox to vacuum the pill, and impurities is suctioned into the filter via the first air pipe and the suction nozzle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A pill dispenser comprising:
 a main body comprising an arm; a suction nozzle located on the arm;   a pill box configured for receiving a plurality of pills; and   a cleaning device comprising a first cleaning member;   wherein the suction nozzle is moveable into the pill box by the arm to pluck a pill from the plurality of pills, and the first cleaning member cleans the suction nozzle before the suction nozzle is moved into the pill box to pluck the pill.   
     
     
         2 . The pill dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the cleaning device further comprises a second cleaning member and two side panels parallel to each other, and the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member are located between the two side panels. 
     
     
         3 . The pill dispenser of  claim 2 , wherein a gap is defined between the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member, the suction nozzle is moveable into the pill box through the gap. 
     
     
         4 . The pill dispenser of  claim 3 , wherein a width of the gap is less than a size of the suction nozzle, when the suction nozzle extends through the gap, the suction nozzle is cleaned by the cleaning member. 
     
     
         5 . The pill dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises a first air pipe, a second air pipe, a filter, and a vacuum unit, the suction nozzle is connected to the filter by the first pipe, and filter is connected to the vacuum unit by the second air pipe. 
     
     
         6 . The pill dispenser of  claim 5 , wherein the vacuum unit is configured to have the suction nozzle pluck a powder shed by the plurality of pills into the filter. 
     
     
         7 . The pill dispenser of  claim 5 , wherein a plurality of absorbing material is received in the filter, and the powder vacuumed through the first air pipe is filtered by the plurality of absorbing material. 
     
     
         8 . A pill dispenser comprising:
 a main body comprising an arm, a first air pipe, and a filter; a suction nozzle located on the arm, and the suction nozzle connected to the filter by the first air pipe;   a pill box configured for receiving plurality of pills; and   a cleaning device comprising a first cleaning member;   wherein the suction nozzle is moveable into the pill box by the arm to pluck a pill from the plurality of pills, the first cleaning member cleans the suction nozzle before the suction nozzle is moved into the pill box to pluck the pill, and impurities cleaned by the first cleaning member is vacuumed into the filter via the first pipe by the suction nozzle.   
     
     
         9 . The pill dispenser of  claim 8 , the cleaning device further comprises a second cleaning member and two side panels parallel to each other, and the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member are located between the two side panels. 
     
     
         10 . The pill dispenser of  claim 9 , wherein a gap is defined the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member, the suction nozzle is moveable into the pill box through the gap. 
     
     
         11 . The pill dispenser of  claim 10 , wherein a width of the gap is less than a size of the suction nozzle, when the suction nozzle extends through the gap, the suction nozzle is cleaned by the cleaning member. 
     
     
         12 . The pill dispenser of  claim 8 , wherein the main body further comprises a second air pipe and a vacuum unit, and filter is connected to the vacuum unit by the second air pipe. 
     
     
         13 . The pill dispenser of  claim 12 , wherein the vacuum unit is configured to have the suction nozzle vacuum a powder of plurality of pills into the filter. 
     
     
         14 . The pill dispenser of  claim 8 , wherein a plurality of absorbing material is received in the filter, and the powder vacuumed through the first air pipe is filtered by the plurality of absorbing material.