Establishing Function

SL.NO	FUNCTIONS
1	Holding syringe
2	Holding bottle
3	Storing syringe and bottles
4	Dispensing syringe
5	Dispensing bottle
6	Collecting syringe and bottle
7	Alerting shortage of syringe and bottle
8	Refilling of syringe
9	Refilling of bottle
10	Indicating the dispensing of syringe and bottle
11	Accept input from user
12	Alerting the system ON\OFF

Function Tree

Function Clustering

Establishing Means-Morphological Chart

Sl. No	Sub functions	Means 1	Means 2	Means 3	Means 4
1	accept input from user	touch screen	keypad	button	application
2	system ON\OFF	led light	buzzer	small speaker	LCD display
3	syringe dispensing	Rotating cylinder	Conveyor belt mechanism	rack and pinion	Linkage mechanism
4	Bottle dispensing	Rotating cylinder	Conveyor belt mechanism	rack and pinion	Linkage mechanism
5	storing\holding of syringes and bottles	compartments	cylindrical	Rectangular box
6	Collecting syringes and bottles	small bascket	tray	box
7	Syringe dispensing indication	signal through light	beep	voice
8	Bottle dispensing indication	signal through light	beep	voice
9	Check availability of syringes and bottles	proximity sensor	photo sensor	IR sensor	count
10	Indication of shortage	Red LED light	voice	music

DESIGNS

Conceptual design 1

Conveyor belt mechanism

In this design the bottles or syringes are stored one above another, their is funnel shape opening from where they fall down on conveyer belt. The belt has small projections which act as compartments to transport one at a time. when the input is given the conveyer belt rotates at an angle so that only one bottle or syringe is dispensed at a time. They are dispensed in collecting tray.

Conceptual design 2

Rotating Cylindrical mechanism

In this design there are two cylinder the outer one casing all the components and the inner one which has 14 to 16 compartments. In each compartment one one bottle or syringe is stored. The inner cylinder is connected to an stepper motor when input is given it rotate at a specific angle and the outer cylinder has an opening from where they are dispensed.

Conceptual design 3

Rack and pinion mechanism

This design is similar to conveyer belt design in storing here also they are stored one above another and their is funnel shape opening from where only one bottle or syringe comes down, the spring stopper holds it. when the input is given the rack runs on the pinion pushing the bottle or medicine to the collecting tray .

Conceptual design 4

Linkage mechanism

In this design there is linkage arm like mechanism in which when the input is given the arm moves in such a way that it takes up one bottle or syringe from the storage box where they are stored in an order and puts it in the collecting box, dispensing the medicine. The syringe or bottle are stored in such a way that the arm can hold them at the ends to lift them.