CN117842524B - Medicine bottle carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a device for placing medicine bottles, including a medicine box mechanism and a picking mechanism that cooperates with the medicine box mechanism to take and place medicine bottles contained in the medicine box mechanism, the medicine box mechanism includes a base with a medicine bottle bin, a blocking portion located at the bin opening of the medicine bottle bin and used to block the medicine bottle from escaping from the bin opening in an initial state, and a pushing portion that can continuously push the medicine bottle toward the bin opening along the medicine bottle bin, the blocking portion includes an elastic member connected to the base, an opening member connected to the elastic member and capable of relative movement with the base, and a rotating member abutting against the opening member, the opening member moves under the action of the picking mechanism to push the rotating member to rotate, thereby causing the medicine bottle to move from one side of the rotating member to the other side of the rotating member under the push of the pushing portion, and the rotating member returns to its position when the picking mechanism is out of action. Thus, a device for storing medicine bottles and automatically picking up medicine bottles is provided.

Description

Medicine bottle loading device

Technical Field

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of medical devices, and more particularly to a device for loading medicine bottles.

Background technique

Infusion is a commonly used medical method in clinical practice. Through this medical method, liquid substances such as medicine and nutrient solution can be infused into the patient's body to help the patient recover. When a patient needs infusion, it is often necessary to mix a variety of different drugs according to the condition to prepare a therapeutic solution with better efficacy. In clinical practice, medical staff can transfer drugs from different containers, such as medicine bottles, into infusion bags for mixing to obtain the therapeutic solution required by the patient.

Currently, in an automated dispensing system, medicine bottles are usually stored in special medicine boxes or storage cabinets, and a material-retrieving device or a robot retrieves the required medicine bottles from the medicine boxes or storage cabinets storing the medicine bottles when needed.

However, when a large number of medicine bottles are stored together, after the outer medicine bottles are taken out, it is inconvenient to take out the medicine bottles inside the storage cabinet, and after the material taking device or the picking mechanism has taken out the frontmost medicine bottle, it is inconvenient to accurately determine the position of the next medicine bottle when taking it out next time, resulting in unstable picking or even wrong medicine bottles due to inaccurate positioning when taking medicine bottles. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a device that can store medicine bottles, especially a device that can automatically push the medicine bottles to a predetermined position to facilitate the material taking device to take them out.

Summary of the invention

The present disclosure is proposed in view of the above-mentioned situation, and its purpose is to provide a medicine bottle loading device that can automatically push the medicine bottle to the opening of the medicine bottle warehouse, so that the picking mechanism can pick up the medicine bottle more conveniently and improve the accuracy of the picking mechanism in picking up the medicine bottle.

To this end, the present disclosure provides a loading device for medicine bottles, including a medicine box mechanism and a picking mechanism that cooperates with the medicine box mechanism to take and place medicine bottles contained in the medicine box mechanism, the medicine box mechanism including a base having a medicine bottle warehouse for accommodating medicine bottles, a blocking portion located at a warehouse opening of the medicine bottle warehouse and used to prevent the medicine bottles from escaping from the warehouse opening in an initial state, and a pushing portion that can continuously push the medicine bottles toward the warehouse opening along the medicine bottle warehouse, the blocking portion including an elastic member connected to the base, an opening member connected to the elastic member and capable of relative movement with the base, and a rotating member abutting against the opening member, the opening member moves under the action of the picking mechanism to push the rotating member to rotate, thereby causing the medicine bottles to move from one side of the rotating member to the other side of the rotating member under the push of the pushing portion, and the rotating member returns to its position when the medicine bottle moves to the other side of the rotating member and the picking mechanism is out of action.

In the present disclosure, the medicine bottles located in the medicine bottle warehouse are continuously pushed toward the warehouse opening of the medicine bottle warehouse by the pushing part, and the medicine bottles located closest to the warehouse opening are blocked by the blocking part so that the medicine bottles can always remain in the medicine warehouse in the initial state. In this way, the medicine bottles can be stored in the medicine bottle warehouse. When the picking mechanism is working, the opening member moves under the action of the picking mechanism to push the rotating member to rotate, so that the rotating member cancels the action on the medicine bottles located in the medicine bottle warehouse, and the medicine bottles are transferred from one side of the rotating member to the other side under the action of the pushing part, so that they can be easily picked up by the picking mechanism. In other words, the picking mechanism picks up the medicine bottles located at the warehouse opening of the medicine bottle each time, which can help improve the accuracy of the picking mechanism in picking up the medicine bottles. In this way, it is possible to realize the automatic picking of medicine bottles stored in the medicine bottle warehouse.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device involved in the present disclosure, optionally, the rotating member includes a first fixed shaft fixed to the base, a stopper rotatably arranged on the first fixed shaft and used to prevent the medicine bottle from escaping from the port in the initial state, and a first elastic element cooperating with the stopper and used to return the stopper after rotation. In this case, the elastic force of the first elastic element can enable the rotating member to rotate and return automatically.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device of the present disclosure, optionally, the opening member includes a straight column connected to the elastic member, and a slider fixedly connected to the straight column and used to push the rotating member to rotate, and the base has a straight groove for the straight column to move and a slide groove matched with the slider. Therefore, the convenience and stability of the opening member pushing the rotating member to rotate can be improved by the slider and the slide groove.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device involved in the present disclosure, optionally, the picking mechanism includes a clamping portion for clamping the medicine bottle, and a push block provided on the clamping portion and used to push the opening member to move. In this case, the opening member can be pushed to move by the push block so that the medicine bottle is transferred from one side of the rotating member to the port, and then the medicine bottle located at the port is clamped by the clamping portion, thereby, the medicine bottle can be conveniently picked up by the cooperation of the push block and the clamping portion.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device of the present disclosure, optionally, the pushing part includes a contact member and an execution member having a tendency to drive the contact member to move toward the port. Thus, the pushing part can continuously push the medicine bottle in the direction toward the port.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device of the present disclosure, optionally, the actuator is a coil spring, thereby being able to continuously provide thrust to the pushing portion.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device involved in the present disclosure, optionally, the pushing part further includes a non-return member, and the end of the base away from the bay opening includes a stopper lever that cooperates with the non-return member to allow the pushing part to stay at the end of the base away from the bay opening. In this case, when it is necessary to replenish medicine bottles to the medicine bottle warehouse, the pushing part can be moved in a direction opposite to the movement trend of the pushing part until the pushing part is located at the end of the base away from the bay opening. At this time, the non-return member cooperates with the stopper lever on the base to stop the pushing part at the end of the base away from the bay opening, thereby making it more convenient to replenish medicine bottles into the medicine bottle warehouse.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device of the present disclosure, optionally, the anti-return member includes a second fixed shaft, a hook rotatably disposed on the second fixed shaft, and a second elastic element cooperating with the hook. In this case, the anti-return member is fixed to the blocking rod by the second elastic element so that it can be returned to its original position, so that the push part can be more conveniently disengaged from the blocking rod after the medicine bottle is replenished.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device of the present disclosure, optionally, the pushing part further includes a limiting member for limiting the rotation range of the hook claw. In this case, the rotation range of the hook claw can be better limited by the limiting member.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device involved in the present disclosure, optionally, the base includes a bottom plate in the shape of an elongated strip and a plurality of side plates arranged parallel to the bottom plate along the length direction of the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the plurality of side plates cooperate to form the medicine bottle bin. In this case, the movement path of the medicine bottle can be limited by the plurality of side plates and the base so that the medicine bottle can move smoothly and orderly in the medicine bottle bin.

According to the medicine bottle loading device disclosed in the present invention, the medicine bottles can be stored and the medicine bottles can be automatically pushed to the opening of the medicine bottle warehouse, so that the picking mechanism can pick up the medicine bottles more conveniently, thereby improving the accuracy of the picking mechanism in picking up the medicine bottles.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure will now be explained in further detail by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram showing a medicine cassette mechanism according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic diagram showing a pickup mechanism according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a picking mechanism according to an example of the present disclosure picking up a medicine bottle.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an initial state of the medicine bottles involved in the example of the present disclosure being stored in the medicine bottle warehouse.

FIG5a is a schematic diagram showing that the blocking portion involved in the example of the present disclosure is in a closed state;

FIG. 5 b is a schematic diagram showing that the blocking portion according to the example of the present disclosure is in an open state.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a connection relationship between a blocking portion and a base according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is an overall schematic diagram showing a blocking portion according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is an exploded view showing a blocking portion according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG9a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the connection relationship between the blocking portion and the base involved in the example of the present disclosure; FIG9b is a schematic diagram showing another display direction of the connection relationship between the blocking portion and the base involved in FIG9a.

FIG. 10 is an exploded view showing another example of a blocking portion according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a top view showing another example of a blocking portion according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing that the pushing portion involved in the example of the present disclosure is located at the rear of the warehouse.

FIG. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a pushing portion according to an example of the present disclosure.

Description of reference numerals:

2…Medicine bottles,

10…Medicine box mechanism,

100…base, 101…medicine bottle compartment, 102…compartment opening, 103…bottom plate, 104…side plate, 105…straight groove, 106…slide groove, 107…rotating groove, 108…stop rod, 109…pin shaft hole,

110 ... a pushing portion, 111 ... a contact member, 112 ... an execution member, 113 ... a check member, 114 ... a second fixed shaft, 115 ... a hook, 116 ... a second elastic element, 117 ... a limiting member,

120 ... blocking portion, 121 ... elastic member, 122 ... opening member, 123 ... straight-moving column, 124 ... slider, 125 ... rotating member, 126 ... first fixed shaft, 127 ... stopper, 128 ... first elastic element, 129 ... hollow groove, 130 ... first end surface, 131 ... second end surface,

20 ... a picking mechanism, 210 ... a clamping portion, 220 ... a pushing block.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, the medicine bottle loading device involved in the present disclosure may be more easily understood by referring to the following detailed description of specific embodiments and the embodiments included therein, as well as by referring to the accompanying drawings and their preceding and following descriptions.

In the following description, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and repeated descriptions are omitted. In addition, the drawings are only schematic diagrams, and the ratio of the dimensions of the components or the shapes of the components may be different from the actual ones.

Although specific examples of the present disclosure have been shown and described, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that, based on the teachings of the present disclosure, variations and modifications may be made without departing from the present disclosure and its broader aspects, and the appended claims will cover within their scope all such changes and modifications within the true spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art will understand that, in general, the terms used in the present disclosure are generally intended to be "open" terms (e.g., the term "including" should be interpreted as "including but not limited to", the term "having" should be interpreted as "at least having", the term "including" should be interpreted as "including but not limited to", etc.).

The present disclosure relates to a medicine bottle loading device, which can be used for storing and placing medicine bottles, and can automatically push the medicine bottles to the opening of the medicine bottle bin, so that the picking mechanism can pick up the medicine bottles more conveniently, and improve the accuracy of the picking mechanism picking up the medicine bottles. In the present disclosure, the medicine bottle loading device can be referred to as a "loading device", and can also be referred to as an automated medicine box mechanism, etc. The loading device involved in the present disclosure can be applied to an automated liquid preparation system, and the medicine bottles can be transferred accurately and efficiently by using the loading device involved in the present disclosure.

In some examples, the medicine bottles involved in the present disclosure may be ampoules, vials, or other types of medicine bottles for storing medicines.

Hereinafter, the medicine bottle loading device involved in the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the whole of the medicine box mechanism 10 involved in the example of the present disclosure. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the whole of the picking mechanism 20 involved in the example of the present disclosure. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the picking mechanism 20 involved in the example of the present disclosure picking up the medicine bottle 2.

In conjunction with Figures 1, 2 and 3, in some examples, the loading device may include a medicine box mechanism 10 and a picking mechanism 20. The medicine box mechanism 10 can be used to store medicine bottles 2 and push and release the medicine bottles 2, and the picking mechanism 20 can cooperate with the medicine box mechanism 10 to pick and place the medicine bottles 2 contained in the medicine box mechanism 10. In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 can be located on one side of the medicine box mechanism 10. In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 can have the functions of clamping and moving. In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 can move relative to the medicine box mechanism 10. In this case, the picking mechanism 20 can move to the medicine box mechanism 10 to pick up the medicine bottle 2.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an initial state of the medicine bottle 2 involved in the example of the present disclosure being stored in the medicine bottle warehouse 101 .

In some examples, the medicine box mechanism 10 may include a base 100, a pushing portion 110, and a blocking portion 120 (see FIG. 1 ). The base 100 may be used to accommodate the medicine bottle 2, the pushing portion 110 may be used to push the medicine bottle 2 accommodated in the base 100, and the blocking portion 120 may be used to block the medicine bottle 2 from staying on the base 100 in an openable and closable manner and release the medicine bottle 2 under the action of the picking mechanism 20.

In some examples, the base 100 may include a medicine bottle bin 101, which can be used to store medicine bottles 2. In this case, the medicine bottles 2 can be placed on the medicine box mechanism 10 through the base 100.

In some examples, the medicine bottle bin 101 may have a bin opening 102, which may be located at one end of the medicine bottle bin 101 and used to provide an exit for picking up medicine bottles 2, and may be in an openable and closable state. In some examples, the medicine bottle bin 101 may also have a bin tail, which may be located at the other end of the medicine bottle bin 101 opposite to the bin opening 102.

In some examples, the medicine bottle warehouse 101 may be in an elongated shape and the width of the medicine bottle warehouse 101 may be substantially the same as the diameter of the stored medicine bottle 2. In this case, the medicine bottle warehouse 101 may store a plurality of medicine bottles 2, and the plurality of medicine bottles 2 may be arranged in sequence along the length direction of the medicine bottle warehouse 101.

In some examples, the base 100 may include a bottom plate 103 in the shape of an elongated strip and a plurality of side plates 104 arranged on the bottom plate 103 in parallel along the length direction of the bottom plate 103. The bottom plate 103 and two adjacent side plates 104 located on the bottom plate 103 may cooperate to form a medicine bottle warehouse 101 (see FIG. 4). In some examples, the base 100 may include a plurality of medicine bottle warehouses 101 (see FIG. 4). In this case, more medicine bottles 2 can be stored by the base 100 having a plurality of medicine bottle warehouses 101. In some examples, the medicine box mechanism 10 may include a plurality of bases 100 having a plurality of medicine bottle warehouses 101. Thus, more medicine bottles 2 can be stored.

In some examples, the width of the port 102 may be substantially the same as the diameter of the vial 2, or slightly larger than the diameter of the vial 2. In this case, the number of vials 2 released from the vial bay 101 via the port 102 is one at a time.

In some examples, the base 100 can be used to place a medicine bottle 2 of the type of an ampoule bottle or a medicine bottle 2 of a vial, and the base 100 can also be used to place other types of medicine bottles 2. In some examples, when the base 100 with multiple medicine bottle warehouses 101 is used to store different types of medicine bottles 2, the size of each medicine bottle warehouse 101 can be adapted to the size of the corresponding medicine bottle 2. In other words, the size of the medicine bottle warehouse 101 can be adjusted according to the size of the medicine bottle 2 to be stored. Among them, the size of the medicine bottle warehouse 101 includes but is not limited to the length, width, and height of the medicine bottle warehouse 101.

In some examples, the pushing portion 110 may be disposed on the base 100, and the pushing portion 110 may move along the vial bin 101. In some examples, the pushing portion 110 may be configured to continuously push the vial 2 toward the port 102 along the vial bin 101. In other words, when the vial bin 101 carries the vial 2 and when the vial 2 is blocked at the port 102 of the vial bin 101 by the blocking portion 120, the pushing portion 110 has a tendency to continuously push the vial 2 toward the port 102.

FIG. 5a is a schematic diagram showing that the blocking portion 120 involved in the example of the present disclosure is in a closed state; FIG. 5b is a schematic diagram showing that the blocking portion 120 involved in the example of the present disclosure is in an open state (in order to more clearly show the blocking portion 120 in different states, some lines are omitted in FIG. 5a and FIG. 5b). FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the connection relationship between the blocking portion 120 involved in the example of the present disclosure and the base 100 (in order to better show the connection relationship between the blocking portion 120 and the base 100, FIG. 6 separates the blocking portion 120 from the base 100 along the movable direction of the opening member 122, and the actual blocking portion 120 is located on the base 100 as shown in FIG. 6). FIG. 7 is an overall schematic diagram showing the blocking portion 120 involved in the example of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 is an exploded view showing the blocking portion 120 involved in the example of the present disclosure.

In some examples, the blocking portion 120 may be located at the port 102 of the vial warehouse 101. In some examples, the blocking portion 120 may be configured to be openable or closed. The state in which the blocking portion 120 is located at the port 102 of the vial warehouse 101 is referred to as a closed state (see FIG. 5a ), and the state in which the blocking portion 120 is completely removed from the port 102 of the vial warehouse 101 is referred to as an open state (see FIG. 5b ).

In some examples, the blocking portion 120 can be used to block the medicine bottle 2 from leaving the port 102 in the initial state. The initial state referred to in the present disclosure can be regarded as the state when the blocking portion 120 is in a closed state, that is, the blocking portion 120 is in a state of blocking the medicine bottle 2 from leaving the medicine bottle warehouse 101. Referring to Figure 4 (or Figure 5a), the situation shown in Figure 4 is the state when the blocking portion 120 is in a closed state, that is, the initial state. In this case, when the medicine bottle warehouse 101 carries the medicine bottle 2 and when the blocking portion 120 is closed, the blocking portion 120 can block the medicine bottle 2 in the medicine bottle warehouse 101 when the medicine bottle 2 leaves the medicine bottle warehouse 101. When the blocking portion 120 is opened, the medicine bottle 2 moves to the port 102 for picking up by the picking mechanism 20 under the continuous action of the pushing portion 110.

In some examples, the blocking portion 120 may include an elastic member 121, an opening member 122, and a rotating member 125 (see FIG6 ). The rotating member 125 may be used to block the medicine bottle 2 from leaving the medicine bottle bin 101 in the initial state, the opening member 122 may be used to push the rotating member 125 to rotate so that it switches between the open and closed states, and the elastic member 121 may be used to return the opening member 122 (returning the opening member 122 means returning the blocking portion 120 to the initial state).

In some examples, the two ends of the elastic member 121 can be connected to the base 100 and the opening member 122 respectively, so that the opening member 122 can be movably arranged on the base 100 through the elastic member 121. In other words, the opening member 122 can move relative to the base 100. In some examples, the elastic member 121 can be a spring. In some examples, preferably, the elastic member 121 can be a compression spring. Thus, the opening member 122 can be returned to its original position more conveniently.

In some examples, the opening member 122 may include a straight column 123 and a slider 124 (see FIGS. 6 and 7 ). In some examples, the straight column 123 and the slider 124 may be fixed together and do not move relative to each other. In this case, the slider 124 is driven to move by driving the straight column 123 to move.

In some examples, preferably, the straight column 123 and the slider 124 can be fixed by bolts. In this case, the straight column 123 and the slider 124 can be respectively installed in the base 100 and fixed after being installed, which can make the installation of the opening member 122 more convenient.

In some examples, the straight column 123 can be connected to the elastic member 121, and the base 100 can have a straight slot 105 for the straight column 123 to move, and the straight slot 105 can be a slot structure located inside the base (see FIG. 6). As shown in FIG. 6, the straight slot 105 can be regarded as providing a movable slot for the straight column 123, and the moving path of the straight column 123 can also be limited by the straight slot 105.

In some examples, the slider 124 may be located on the side wall of the straight column 123, and the slider 124 may be used to push the rotating member 125 to rotate. In some examples, the edge of the slider 124 that contacts the rotating member 125 may be arc-shaped. In this case, according to the principle of mechanics, the slider 124 can more conveniently push the rotating member 125 to rotate. In some examples, the base 100 may have a slide groove 106 (see Figure 6) that cooperates with the slider 124. Thereby, the moving path of the slider 124 can be limited. The force F applied to the straight column 123 along the straight groove 105 shown in Figure 6 can cause the straight column 123 to move on the straight groove 105, while driving the slider 124 to move on the slide groove 106, thereby pushing the rotating member 125 to rotate.

In some examples, the rotating member 125 may include a first fixed shaft 126, a stopper 127, and a first elastic element 128 (see FIG. 6 ). The stopper 127 may be rotatably fixed to the base 100 by the first fixed shaft 126, and the first elastic element 128 may be used to return the stopper 127. In some examples, the base 100 may have a rotation groove 107 (see FIG. 6 ) for the stopper 127 to rotate. In some examples, the base 100 may have a pin hole 109 (see FIG. 6 ) that matches the first fixed shaft 126. Thus, the rotating member 125 may be well arranged on the base 100.

In some examples, the first elastic element 128 may be a torsion spring, the first elastic element 128 may have a coil and a force arm, and the first fixed shaft 126 may be configured to pass through the coil of the torsion spring. Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8 , the stopper 127 may have a through hole parallel to the axial direction of the first fixed shaft 126, and the first fixed shaft 126 may be configured to pass through the through hole. The stopper 127 may also have an oblique groove perpendicular to the through hole, the coil of the first elastic element 128 may be located in the oblique groove, and the first elastic element 128 may have two force arms, one of which abuts against the oblique groove, and the other abuts against one side of the rotating groove 107 of the base 100. Thus, the first elastic element 128 can be more conveniently used to provide the stopper 127 with a return elastic force.

In some examples, in combination with FIG. 5a and FIG. 5b, in the initial state, due to the action of the first elastic element 128, the stopper 127 is at a position with an inclined angle to the side plate 104 of the base 100, and this position can prevent the medicine bottle 2 from leaving the port 102 (see FIG. 5a). When the opening member 122 moves along the D1 direction as shown in FIG. 5a, the slider 124 in contact with the stopper 127 applies a thrust to the stopper 127, and the stopper 127 rotates around the first fixed axis 126 to a position away from the port 102 (see FIG. 5b). At this time, the port 102 is not blocked by the stopper 127, and the medicine bottle 2 moves from one side of the rotating member 125 to the other side of the rotating member 125 under the push of the pushing part 110, that is, it continues to move along the direction of the medicine bottle warehouse 101 to the port 102 to the port 102, and is picked up by the picking mechanism 20. During this process, the first elastic element 128 is in a state of being stressed, and has an elastic force to return to the original state after being twisted and stressed, so the first elastic element 128 has a tendency to drive the block 127 to return to the initial state. When the thrust applied to the opening member 122 is removed, the opening member 122 returns to its original position under the action of the elastic member 121, and the force applied by the opening member 122 to the rotating member 125 also disappears, and the block 127 also returns to its original position under the action of the first elastic element 128, that is, returns to its initial state, and continues to block the next medicine bottle 2 from leaving the warehouse 102. In some examples, the part where the slider 124 abuts against the block 127 can be in an arc shape. Thus, the slider 124 can be easier to push the block 127 to rotate. In some examples, the end of the block 127 away from the first fixed shaft 126 can be in an arc shape. Thus, it is convenient for the block 127 to not get stuck during the contact and separation process with the medicine bottle 2 during rotation.

FIG. 9a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the connection relationship between the blocking portion 120 and the base 100 involved in the example of the present disclosure; FIG. 9b is a schematic diagram showing another display direction of the connection relationship between the blocking portion 120 and the base 100 involved in FIG. 9a (in order to better show the connection relationship between the blocking portion 120 and the base 100, FIG. 9a and FIG. 9b separate the blocking portion 120 from the base 100 along the movable direction of the opening member 122, and the actual blocking portion 120 is located on the base 100 shown in FIG. 9a and FIG. 9b). FIG. 10 is an exploded view showing another example of the blocking portion involved in the example of the present disclosure.

In some examples, the connection relationship between the blocking portion 120 and the base 100 can also be shown in Figures 9a and 9b. In some examples, see Figure 9a, the straight groove 105 on the base 100 that cooperates with the straight column 123, the slide groove 106 that cooperates with the slider 124, and the rotation groove 107 that cooperates with the stopper 127 can form a structure as shown in Figure 9a. In some examples, see Figure 9a, the rotation groove 107 divides the pin shaft hole 109 into two parts, upper and lower. When the first fixed shaft 126 is placed therein, it will play a more stable role in fixing the rotating member 125. In some examples, the rotation groove 107 can be a groove body that does not completely penetrate the base plate 100 (see Figures 9a and 9b).

In some examples, referring to FIG. 9a, FIG. 9b and FIG. 10, the slider 124 may be cylindrical and fixedly connected to the straight column 123, and the block 127 may have a hollow groove 129 for the slider 124 to slide. Referring to FIG. 9a, the slider 124 may be linked with the block 124 by passing through the hollow groove 129, that is, when the slider 12 moves, the block 127 may be pushed to rotate. Thus, the linkage between the rotating member 125 and the opening member 122 can be more stable. In some examples, the slider 124 may be connected to a first elastic element 128 on one side of the groove wall of the rotating groove 107 (see FIG. 9b). In some examples, the first elastic element 128 may be a pressure spring, one end of the first elastic element 128 may be connected to the side wall of the block 127, and the other end may be connectable or detachable to abut against the groove wall of the rotating groove 107. Thus, the first elastic element 128 can be more conveniently used to provide elastic force for the block 127 to return to its original position.

In some examples, see FIG. 9 a , the rotating groove 107 divides the slide groove 106 into two parts, an upper part and an lower part. When the slider 124 is placed therein, the sliding of the slider 124 will be more stable and will always keep sliding along the direction of the slide groove 106 .

FIG. 11 is a top view showing another example of the blocking portion 120 according to the example of the present disclosure.

In some examples, the block 127 may have a first end face 130 and a second end face 131 as shown in FIG11. The first end face 130 is used to apply a blocking effect to the medicine bottle 2 located in the medicine bottle warehouse 101. In some examples, the portion where the first end face 130 contacts the medicine bottle may be in an arc shape. Thus, it is convenient for the block 127 to avoid getting stuck during the contact and disengagement with the medicine bottle 2 during rotation. In some examples, the second end face 131 may form an angle with the first end face 130 (see FIG11). Thus, the medicine bottle 2 can be better stably blocked.

In some examples, see FIG. 11 , at this time, the blocking portion 120 is in an initial state (i.e., a closed state). An inclined angle is formed between the groove direction of the hollow groove 129 on the stopper 127 and the moving direction of the straight column 123. When the opening member 122 moves along the direction of the straight groove 105, the slider 124 located in the hollow groove 129 applies a thrust to the stopper 127, and the stopper 127 rotates around the first fixed axis 126 to a position away from the port 102. At this time, the port 102 is not blocked by the stopper 127, and the medicine bottle 2 moves from one side of the rotating member 125 to the other side of the rotating member 125 under the push of the pushing portion 110, that is, it continues to move along the direction of the medicine bottle warehouse 101 to the port 102 to the port 102, and is picked up by the picking mechanism 20. During this process, the first elastic element 128 is in a state of being compressed due to the rotation of the stopper 127. After being compressed and stressed, it has an elastic force to return to its original state. Therefore, the first elastic element 128 has a tendency to drive the stopper 127 to return to its initial state. When the thrust applied to the opening member 122 is removed, the opening member 122 returns to its original position under the action of the elastic member 121. At this time, the force applied by the opening member 122 to the rotating member 125 also disappears, the slider 124 retreats along the hollow groove 129, and the stopper 127 also returns to its original position under the action of the first elastic element 128, that is, returns to its initial state, and continues to block the next medicine bottle 2 from leaving the port 102. In this way, the medicine bottle 2 can be automatically and returnably blocked and released.

In some examples, referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the picking mechanism 20 may include a clamping portion 210. The clamping portion 210 may be used to clamp the medicine bottle 2. In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 may be a multi-axis robotic arm, whereby the picking mechanism 20 may be adjusted at any angle to pick up the medicine bottle 2 located in the medicine magazine mechanism 10. In some examples, the clamping portion 210 may be a mechanical claw on a multi-axis robotic arm, whereby the clamping portion 210 may stably pick up the medicine bottle 2. In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 and the clamping portion 210 may be automatically controlled.

In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 may further include a push block 220 (see FIG. 3 ), which may be used to push the opening member 122 to move. When it is necessary to pick up the medicine bottle 2 located at the port 102, the push block 220 cooperates with the opening member 122 to transform the blocking portion 120 into an initial state of releasing the medicine bottle 2, thereby moving the medicine bottle 2 from one side of the rotating member 125 to the other side of the rotating member 125.

In some examples, the push block 220 may be disposed on the clamping portion 210. In some examples, the push block 220 may be a relatively protruding portion of the clamping portion 210. In some examples, the position of the push block 220 and the clamping portion 210 remain relatively fixed. In some examples, the positional relationship between the push block 220 and the clamping portion 210 is related to the positional relationship between the port 102 and the straight column 123. In other words, when the clamping portion 210 is located at the port 102 and clamps the medicine bottle 2 located in the medicine bottle warehouse 101, the push block 220 may be located at a position that can push the straight column 123 to a predetermined position. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, when the clamping portion 210 is positioned opposite to the port 102 to clamp the medicine bottle 2, the moving direction is the same as the moving direction of the push block 220 relative to the straight column 123 (the straight line D in FIG. 3 may be the moving direction of the push block 220 relative to the straight column 123). In this case, the blocking part 120 can be triggered by the push block 220 while the clamping part 210 clamps the medicine bottle 2. At this time, the clamping part 210 clamps the medicine bottle 2 and stays at the position of the warehouse opening 102, which can also block other medicine bottles 2 in the medicine bottle warehouse 101. When the clamping part 210 clamps the medicine bottle 2 and leaves the warehouse opening 102, the push block 220 also leaves the blocking part 120 at the same time. At this time, the effect applied to the blocking part 120 by the push block 220 is also cancelled at the same time. The blocking part 120 returns to the initial state under the action of the elastic member 121 and the first elastic element 128, and continues to block the next medicine bottle 2 from moving to the warehouse opening 102. In this way, one medicine bottle 2 can be picked up at a time.

In this embodiment, the opening member 122 pushes the rotating member 125 to rotate, and cleverly cooperates with the clamping and triggering mechanism of the picking mechanism 20, so that the push block 220 of the picking mechanism 20 can be used more easily to trigger the opening and closing of the blocking part 120, and it is easier to complete the pushing of the rotating member 125 so that the blocking part 120 releases the medicine bottle 2. In this way, the medicine bottle 2 can be taken and placed. Since it is easier to complete the rotation of the rotating member 125, the service life of the blocking part 120 can be increased, and the premature fatigue failure of the first elastic element 128 can be avoided. At the same time, the push block 220 of the picking mechanism 20 cooperates with the straight column 123 to complete the picking of only one medicine bottle 2 at a time, and after the picking is completed, the blocking of the blocking part 120 to other medicine bottles 2 in the medicine bottle warehouse 101 is restored, ensuring that one medicine bottle 2 is picked up at a time, and the accuracy of the picking mechanism 20 picking up the medicine bottle 2 can be improved through the fixed-point picking method.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram showing that the pusher 110 involved in the example of the present disclosure is located at the end of the warehouse. Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram showing that the pusher 110 involved in the example of the present disclosure is located at the end of the warehouse.

In some examples, referring to FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 , the pushing portion 110 may include a contact member 111 and an execution member 112. The contact member 111 is in direct contact with the medicine bottle 2 located in the medicine bottle warehouse 101, and the execution member 112 has a tendency to drive the contact member 111 to move toward the warehouse opening 102. Thus, the pushing portion 110 can continuously push the medicine bottle 2 in the direction toward the warehouse opening 102.

In some examples, the pushing portion 110 may have a chamber, and the execution member 112 may be located in the chamber. When the execution member 112 takes effect, the pushing portion 110 continuously applies a thrust to the medicine bottle 2. In some examples, the execution member 112 may be a coil spring. The coil spring may be located in the chamber of the pushing portion 110, and one end of the coil spring may extend through the hole of the chamber and be fixed at the position of the bay opening 102. When the pushing portion 110 moves along the medicine bottle bay 101 away from the bay opening 102, the coil spring begins to be stressed. At this time, the coil spring will apply a force to the pushing portion 110 to move toward the bay opening 102 so that the pushing portion 110 has a tendency to move toward the bay opening 102. In this way, the characteristics of the coil spring can be used to continuously provide the pushing portion 110 with a thrust to push the medicine bottle 2.

In some examples, the actuator 112 may be a pressure spring. The pressure spring may be disposed on the moving path of the push portion 110. One end of the pressure spring may be fixed to the port 102 of the medicine bottle compartment 101, and the other end may be fixed to the contact member 111. In this case, the elastic force of the pressure spring (i.e., the restoring force of the pressure spring) may be utilized to continuously provide the push portion 110 with a thrust to push the medicine bottle 2.

In some examples, the actuator 112 may also be a tension spring. The tension spring may be disposed between the contact mechanism and the port 102 of the medicine bottle compartment 101. One end of the tension spring may be connected to the port 102 of the medicine bottle compartment 101, and the other end may be connected to the contact member 111. Thus, the tension spring may be used to continuously provide the pushing force for pushing the medicine bottle 2 to the pushing portion 110.

In some examples, the pusher 110 may further include a non-return member 113, and the base 100 may include a stopper 108 that can cooperate with the non-return member 113 to keep the pusher 110 at the end of the bin (see FIG. 12 ). In this case, when it is necessary to replenish the medicine bottle bin 101 with medicine bottles 2, the pusher 110 may be moved in a direction opposite to the movement trend of the pusher 110 until the pusher 110 is located at the end of the base 100 away from the bin opening 102. At this time, the non-return member 113 is used in conjunction with the stopper 108 on the base 100 to keep the pusher 110 at the end of the base 100 away from the bin opening 102, so that the medicine bottles 2 can be replenished in the medicine bottle bin 101 more conveniently.

In some examples, the blocking rod 108 may be located at an end away from the warehouse opening 102 (i.e., an end close to the warehouse tail). In some examples, the blocking rod 108 may be a crossbar located at the warehouse tail. The blocking rod 108 may be fixed at the warehouse tail. In this case, the pusher 110 may be stopped at the warehouse tail by hooking the non-return member 113 on the blocking rod 108.

In some examples, the non-return member 113 may include a second fixed shaft 114 and a hook 115 (see FIG. 13 ). In some examples, the second fixed shaft 114 may be disposed and fixed on the contact member 111, and the hook 115 may be rotatably disposed on the second fixed shaft 114. In some examples, the end of the hook 115 close to the tail of the warehouse has a swivel end that can cooperate with the inclined blocking rod 108, see FIG. 13 , the inner side surface of the swivel end may be a side facing the warehouse opening, and the outer side surface of the swivel end may be a side facing the tail of the warehouse. Thus, the inner side surface of the swivel end can be snapped onto the blocking rod 108 so that the hook 115 hooks the blocking rod 108, so that the non-return member 113 can stay at the tail of the warehouse.

In some examples, the hook 115 may have a through hole through which the second fixed shaft 114 can pass. Thus, the hook 115 may be rotatably disposed on the second fixed shaft 114 .

In some examples, the anti-return member 113 may further include a second elastic element 116 (see FIG. 13 ). The second elastic element 116 may cooperate with the hook 115 and provide the hook 115 with an elastic force that can drive the hook 115 to rotate.

In some examples, the second elastic element 116 may be a torsion spring, the second elastic element 116 may have a spring coil and a force arm, and the second fixed shaft 114 may pass through the spring coil to rotatably set the hook 115 and the second elastic element 116 on the contact member 111. In this case, the non-return member 113 can be fixed to the blocking rod 108 in a returnable manner through the second elastic element 116, so that the push part 110 can be more conveniently disengaged from the blocking rod 108 after the medicine bottle 2 is replenished.

In some examples, the outer side surface of the swivel end of the hook 115 may be arc-shaped. In this case, by providing the swivel end with an arc-shaped outer side surface, when the pushing portion 110 is pushed to move along the medicine bottle warehouse 101 toward the warehouse tail until the outer side surface of the swivel end of the hook 115 contacts the blocking rod 108, it is easy to slide on the blocking rod 108. At this time, the pushing portion 110 is continuously pushed to move along the medicine bottle warehouse 101 toward the warehouse tail so that the bottom of the swivel end can pass over the blocking rod 108. Then, under the action of the second elastic element 116, the hook 115 returns to its original position and buckles on the other side of the blocking rod 108. At this time, the pushing portion 110 is stopped from being pushed in the direction toward the warehouse tail. Under the action of the execution member 112, the hook 115 can be firmly kept at the position of the warehouse tail.

When the pushing portion 110 needs to be released, the hook 115 is rotated to be separated from the shift lever 108 . At this time, the pushing portion 110 can resume moving toward the position of the hatch 102 under the action of the execution member 112 .

In some examples, the pusher 110 may further include a limiting member, the hook 115 may have a slot body, and the slot body may penetrate the middle part of the hook 115, and the second elastic element 116 may have two force arms, one of which is against the slot body of the hook 115, and the other is against the limiting member. In this case, the limiting member can better limit the rotation range of the hook 115, thereby enabling the hook 115 to rotate more stably and complete the buckle or separation with the blocking rod 108.

In some examples, the limiting member may be an inner wall formed by a hollow structure inside the pushing portion 110. Thus, the rotation range of the hook 115 can be limited by the inner wall.

In some examples, the limiting member may be a pin disposed inside the pusher 110. In some examples, there may be two pins, which are respectively located on both sides of the hook 115. Thus, the rotation range of the hook 115 can be limited by the pin.

To sum up, through the loading device of the medicine bottle 2 involved in the present invention, the medicine bottle 2 can be stored, and the medicine bottle 2 can be automatically pushed to the warehouse opening 102 of the medicine bottle warehouse 101, so that the picking mechanism 20 can pick up the medicine bottle 2 more conveniently, thereby improving the accuracy of the picking mechanism 20 in picking up the medicine bottle 2.

Although the present disclosure is specifically described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and examples, it is to be understood that the above description does not limit the present disclosure in any form. Those skilled in the art may modify and change the present disclosure as needed without departing from the essential spirit and scope of the present disclosure, and these modifications and changes all fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A medicine bottle carrying device, comprising a medicine box mechanism and a picking mechanism matched with the medicine box mechanism to pick up and place medicine bottles accommodated in the medicine box mechanism, wherein the medicine box mechanism comprises a base with a medicine bottle bin for accommodating medicine bottles, a blocking part positioned at a bin opening of the medicine bottle bin and used for blocking the medicine bottles from being separated from the bin opening in an initial state, and a pushing part capable of continuously pushing the medicine bottles towards the bin opening along the medicine bottle bin, the blocking part comprises an elastic member connected with the base, an opening member connected with the elastic member and capable of relatively moving with the base, and a rotating member abutted with the opening member, the opening member moves under the action of the picking mechanism to push the rotating member to rotate, so that the medicine bottles move from one side of the rotating member to the other side of the rotating member under the pushing of the pushing part, and the medicine bottles are separated from the rotating member when the medicine bottles move to the other side of the rotating member and the picking mechanism acts.

2. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 1, wherein: the rotating member comprises a first fixed shaft fixed on the base, a stop block rotatably arranged on the first fixed shaft and used for blocking the medicine bottle from being separated from the bin opening in the initial state, and a first elastic element matched with the stop block and used for enabling the stop block to return after rotating.

3. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 1, wherein: the opening component comprises a straight column connected with the elastic component, and a sliding block fixedly connected with the straight column and used for pushing the rotating component to rotate, and the base is provided with a straight groove for the straight column to move and a sliding groove matched with the sliding block.

4. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 1, wherein: the picking mechanism comprises a clamping part used for clamping the medicine bottle and a pushing block arranged on the clamping part and used for pushing the opening component to move.

5. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 1, wherein: the pushing portion includes a contact member, and an actuating member having a tendency to drive the contact member toward the mouth.

6. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 5, wherein: the actuating member is a coil spring.

7. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 1, wherein: the pushing part further comprises a non-return member, and one end of the base, which is far away from the bin opening, comprises a stop lever which is matched with the non-return member so that the pushing part stays at one end of the base, which is far away from the bin opening.

8. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 7, wherein: the check member includes a second fixed shaft, a hooking claw rotatably disposed on the second fixed shaft, and a second elastic element engaged with the hooking claw.

9. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 8, wherein: the pushing part further comprises a limiting component for limiting the rotation range of the hook claw.

10. The device for placing a medicine bottle according to claim 1, wherein: the base comprises a strip-shaped bottom plate and a plurality of side plates which are arranged on the bottom plate in parallel along the length direction of the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the side plates are matched to form the medicine bottle bin.