Patent ID: 8442676
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. A medication storage configured to cool down inside of a storeroom for storing medications to a predetermined temperature by a cooling unit, comprising: a plurality of shelves rotatably provided in the storeroom; a plurality of storage partitions provided for each of the respective shelves to store the medications, respectively; a driving means for each shelf for rotating each shelf independently in either direction; a plurality of openings provided respectively to correspond to each of the respective shelves for allowing only medication in any one of the storage partitions to be taken out therethrough; a plurality of doors for openably closing each of the openings, respectively; a plurality of locking means for locking each door, respectively; and a control means for controlling the driving means and the locking means, wherein the control means is configured to permit the drive means to rotate the shelves based on prescription data thereby allowing a predetermined storage partition to correspond to one of the openings and then to permit the locking means of the door which closes the opening to be unlocked, the control means is configured to control the drive means to independently rotate a plurality of shelves simultaneously and to rotate at least one shelf in one rotational direction at the same time as rotating at least one other shelf in the opposite rotational direction, and a plurality of storage containers are provided to be removably attached to each of the shelves, respectively, each of the storage containers defining therein each of the storage partitions and being capable of being taken out through the opening, wherein each of the plurality of storage containers is provided on a bottom portion thereof with an engaging part for removably engaging with one of a plurality of engaging parts on said plurality of shelves, wherein the locking means are moved to a locking position upon being electrically turned off, and the control means permits the locking means to be unlocked by electrically turning on the locking means, and wherein the opening is enough to allow only one storage container to be taken out, and the storage container is provided with sidewalls set up in the circumference.