Vertical storage and distribution device and drug dispenser

Abstract

The invention discloses a vertical storage and distribution device. The vertical storage and distribution device comprises a vertical storage channel used for storing articles, wherein the vertical storage channel is provided with a vertical storage trough composed of at least two side plates; the articles can be sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough from bottom to top; an outlet is formed in the bottom end of the vertical storage trough, and the articles which are sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough can be sequentially distributed from the outlet from bottom to top. The technical scheme is different from other existing transversely-placed article distribution devices in that the vertical structure is adopted so that the gravity of the articles can be completely utilized, and the articles can be distributed without being pushed by a mechanism similar to a spiral spring driving trolley; furthermore, by adoption of the vertical structure, the space is saved to the maximum extent, the device is made small, the articles can be distributed rapidly, and the distribution speed is high.

Claims

1. A vertical storage and distribution device, comprising a vertical storage channel used for storing articles, wherein the vertical storage channel is provided with a vertical storage trough composed of at least two side plates; the articles are sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough from bottom to top; an outlet is formed in a bottom end of the vertical storage trough, and the articles which are sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough can be sequentially distributed from the outlet from bottom to top, wherein a discharging mechanism is arranged on the vertical storage channel, and the discharging mechanism acts to enable the articles which are sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough be sequentially distributed from the outlet from bottom to top, wherein a discharging module which contains at least one of the articles is arranged at a lower end of the vertical storage trough, and the discharging module moves to be dislocated relative to the vertical storage trough; movable turning plates are arranged at a bottom of the discharging module, wherein the discharging mechanism comprises a motor, the motor drives a crank to rotate so as to make a push plate reciprocate in a slideway, the push plate pushes the discharging module to move to be dislocated, and the movable turning plates make contact with the discharging module when the articles are distributed, wherein each of the movable turning plates comprises a vertical plate and a horizontal plate, wherein the vertical plate is connected with the vertical storage channel through a hinge and can rotate around the hinge at a certain angle to make the horizontal plate incline, and the at least one of the articles located in the discharging module is separated from the horizontal plate to be distributed, wherein torsion springs are arranged on the hinges, and the discharging module is provided with a detection component, wherein the vertical plate is integrally connected to the horizontal plate.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) A further detailed description is given with accompanying drawings and embodiments of the invention as follows:

(2) FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a device in the prior art;

(3) FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a vertical storage and distribution device in the first embodiment of the invention under the condition that box-packed articles are stacked in the vertical storage and distribution device;

(4) FIG. 3 is an enlarged structural diagram of a discharging mechanism in an article supporting state in FIG. 2;

(5) FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of the discharging mechanism in the article discharging state in FIG. 3;

(6) FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of FIG. 2 in the discharging process;

(7) FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of an article which falls firstly in FIG. 5;

(8) FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a plurality of vertical storage and distribution devices which are arranged freely in the longitudinal direction in the first embodiment;

(9) FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of a plurality of vertical storage and distribution devices which are arranged transversely in the first embodiment;

(10) FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of FIG. 7 when vertical storage and distribution devices in any row are drawn out;

(11) FIG. 10 is a structural diagram of the vertical storage and distribution device in the first embodiment of the invention;

(12) FIG. 11 is a structural diagram of a vertical storage and distribution device in a second embodiment of the invention;

(13) FIG. 12 is a local enlarged structural diagram of the lower end of FIG. 11;

(14) FIG. 13 is a structural diagram of the vertical storage and distribution device when articles are distributed in FIG. 12;

(15) FIG. 14 is a structural diagram of the vertical storage and distribution device when articles are distributed in FIG. 12;

(16) FIG. 15 is a structural diagram of a drug storage trough unit, of a drawer-type structure, formed by combining a plurality of vertical storage and distribution devices in FIG. 11;

(17) FIG. 16 is a structural diagram of a drug storage trough unit, of a drawer-type structure, formed by combining a plurality of vertical storage and distribution device in FIG. 11;

(18) FIG. 17 is a structural diagram of a vertical storage and distribution type drug dispenser in the second embodiment;

(19) FIG. 18 is a right side view of FIG. 17;

(20) FIG. 19 is a structural diagram of part of the drug storage trough units of the drawer-type structure in FIG. 17;

(21) FIG. 20 is a local sectional structural diagram of the bottom of the vertical storage and distribution type drug dispenser in FIG. 17;

(22) FIG. 21 is a local enlarged structural diagram of the vertical storage and distribution device in the second embodiment of the invention;

(23) FIGS. 22A to 22D are structural diagrams of the discharging module, the crank, the push plate and the slideway, respectively;

(24) Wherein, 1vertical storage channel; 2vertical storage trough; 201mounting surface; 2011, 2012vertical edges; 2013, 2014grooves; 3discharging mechanism; 301motor; 302push plate; 3021sliding groove; 303shifting fork; 3031one end of the shifting fork; 3032the other end of the shifting fork; 3033shifting fork wheel; 3034shifting fork rotating shaft; 3035supporting point; 304, 305baffles; 4outlet; 401notch; 5discharging module; 6movable turning plate; 601vertical plate; 602horizontal plate; 603transverse push plate; 7discharging mechanism; 701motor; 702crank; 703push plate; 704slideway; 8hinge; 9torsion spring; 10vertical storage and distribution type drug dispenser; 1001frame; 1002drug storage trough unit; 1003conveying device; 11article/drug; 12LED display; 13handle; 14basket elevator; 15basket dispenser.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(25) FIG. 1 shows a structural diagram of an existing drawer-type box-packed article distribution device, the existing drawer-type box-packed article distribution device is placed transversely, and a device similar to a spiral spring driving trolley or other devices have to be used for pushing box-packed articles behind.

First Embodiment

(26) As is shown in FIG. 10, a vertical article distribution device of the invention comprises a vertical storage channel 1 used for storing articles, and the vertical storage channel 1 is provided with a vertical storage trough 2; the articles can be sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough 2 from bottom to top (as is shown in FIG. 2); a discharging mechanism 3 is arranged at the bottom end of the vertical storage trough 2 and located on the vertical storage channel 1; an outlet 4 is further formed in the bottom end of the vertical storage trough 2; the discharging mechanism 3 enables the article which is stacked at the lowermost position in the vertical storage trough 2 to move towards the outlet 4, as is shown in FIG. 5.

(27) As is shown in FIG. 3, the discharging mechanism 3 is provided with a push plate 302, and the push plate 302 can move towards the outlet 4, so that the articles are made to fall to be discharged; the discharging mechanism 3 is further provided with a shifting fork 303, one end 3031 of the shifting fork 303 is movably connected with the push plate 302, and the other end 3032 of the shifting fork 303 is close to and located at the lower end of the outlet 4 and forms a supporting point 3035 for supporting a to-be-discharged article; two baffles 304, 305 transversely extent out from the discharging mechanism 3; the push plate 302 is located between the two baffles 304, 305.

(28) In FIG. 4, a shifting fork wheel 3033 (the component can also be clearly seen in FIG. 10) is arranged at the end, movably connected with the push plate 302, of the shifting fork and located in a sliding groove 3021 of the push plate 302, and the shifting fork wheel 3033 can reciprocate in the sliding groove 3021 in the length direction; the shifting fork 303 is connected with each baffle 304 through a shifting fork rotating shaft 3034.

(29) In the embodiment, as is shown in FIG. 10, a notch 401 is formed in the side, away from the push plate 302, of the outlet 4, and the other end 3032 of the shifting fork is located at the lower end of the notch 401.

(30) The discharging mechanism 3 is provided with a motor 301, the push plate 302 is driven by the motor 301, and one end of the push plate 302 is connected with the motor 301 and can transversely move inwards and outwards around the connection point.

(31) As is shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5, FIG. 6 and FIG. 10, the discharging mechanism 3 can move up and down along one side of the vertical storage trough 2, specifically, in the embodiment, one side of the vertical storage trough 2 is open, so that a mounting surface 201 for the discharging mechanism is formed; grooves 2013, 2014 are formed in the two vertical edges 2011, 2012 of the mounting surface 201 respectively, the portions, connected with the vertical storage trough 2, of the discharging mechanism 3 are inlaid and mounted in the grooves 2013, 2014, and thus the discharging mechanism 3 can vertically move up and down on one side of the vertical storage trough along the grooves 2013, 2014.

(32) Multiple vertical article distribution devices in the embodiment can be arranged and assembled in the modes shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 so as to form a drug storage rack.

(33) In specific use of the vertical article distribution device in the embodiment: box-packed drugs are stacked in the vertical storage trough, specifically, the discharging mechanism 3 moves upwards along the side, with the mounting surface, of the vertical storage trough 2, the box-packed drugs are added into the vertical storage trough 2 in a stacked mode from a drug adding port in the upper end of the vertical storage channel 1 based on the maximum lateral areas, the discharging mechanism 3 moves downwards gradually along the side, with the mounting surface 201, of the vertical storage trough 2 along with continuous adding of the box-packed drugs and continuously moves to the bottom end of the vertical storage trough 2, at the moment, the supporting point 3035 of the shifting fork 303 and the two baffles 304, 305 on the discharging mechanism 3 form three supporting points for the stacked box-packed drugs;

(34) when the control system sends out an instruction for drug distribution, the motor 301 drives the push plate 302 located between the two baffles 304, 305, the push plate 302 moves inwards to push the box-packed drug at the lowermost position to move towards the outlet 4, the supporting point 3035 of the shifting fork 303 is driven to move outwards while the push plate 302 moves inwards, at the moment, the box-packed drug at the lowermost position is not supported anymore and falls down with the maximum lateral area from the notch 401 of the outlet 4 based on gravity, and the falling point is stable.

(35) The vertical article distribution device of the structure of the invention is simple in structure and convenient to operate, box-packed articles can be discharged out of warehouse smoothly, and the working efficiency is improved.

Second Embodiment

(36) In the embodiment, as is shown in FIG. 11, the vertical storage and distribution device comprises a vertical storage channel 1 used for storing articles, and the vertical storage channel 1 is provided with a vertical storage trough 2 composed of at least two side plates; the articles can be sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough 2 from bottom to top; an outlet is formed in the bottom end of the vertical storage trough 2, and the articles which are sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough 2 can be sequentially distributed from the outlet 4 from bottom to top.

(37) As is shown in FIG. 11, a discharging mechanism 7 is arranged on the vertical storage channel 1; the discharging mechanism 7 acts to enable the articles which are sequentially stacked in the vertical storage trough 2 to be sequentially distributed from the outlet 4 from bottom to top; as is shown in FIGS. 11-13, 21 and 22A-22D, a discharging module 5 which can contain at least one article is arranged at the lower end of the vertical storage trough 2 (in the embodiment, the discharging module 5 can contain one article 11), and the discharging module 5 can move to be dislocated relative to the vertical storage trough 2; movable turning plates 6 is arranged at the bottom of the discharging module 5, the discharging mechanism 7 comprises a motor 701, and the motor 701 drives a crank 702 to rotate so as to make the push plate 703 reciprocate in a slideway 704; the discharging module 5 is pushed by the push plate 703 to be dislocated; the movable turning plates 6 make contact with the discharging module 5 when articles are distributed.

(38) As is shown in FIG. 12, each movable turning plate 6 comprises a vertical plate 601 and a horizontal plate 602, wherein the vertical plate 601 is connected with the vertical storage channel 1 through a hinge 8 and can rotate around the hinge 8 at a certain angle to make the horizontal plate 602 incline, and the article 11 located in the discharging module 5 is separated from the horizontal plate 602 and then is distributed, as is shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14.

(39) In the embodiment, the movable turning plates 6 are arranged on both sides of the discharging mechanism 7, and thus the articles can be distributed stably; as is shown in FIGS. 11-14, torsion springs 9 are mounted on the hinges 8, and the discharging module 5 is provided with a detection component.

(40) As is shown in FIG. 17 and FIG. 18, a vertical storage and distribution type drug dispenser in the embodiment adopts the vertical storage and distribution devices (as is shown in FIG. 19) and comprises a control system and a frame 1001, wherein at least one drug storage trough unit 1002 is arranged in the frame 1001, each drug storage trough unit 1002 is formed by combining a plurality of vertical storage and distribution devices (as is shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16), a conveying device 1003 is located at the lower ends of the drug storage trough units 1002, drugs conveyed out by the conveying device 1003 are placed in baskets distributed through a basket dispenser 15 and then distributed to positions in an area designated by another control system through a basket elevator 14; what needs to be particularly pointed out is that as is shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, each drug storage trough unit 1002 is of a drawer-type structure, an LED display 12 and a handle 13 are arranged on each drug storage trough unit 1002, and the LED displays 12 are used for indicating whether drugs need to be added into the drug storage trough units 1002 or not; particularly, a plurality of vertical storage and distribution devices are arranged on the two sides of the drug storage trough units 1002 of the drawer-type structure in FIG. 16.

(41) In the embodiment, the conveying device 1003 comprises a sorting conveying part and a directional conveying part, and for the view reason, the sorting conveying part and the directional conveying part are not shown in the FIGs.

(42) As is shown in FIG. 20, the multiple vertical storage and distribution devices located in the frame 1001 are assembled and arranged in a honeycomb mesh shape on the cross section of the frame 1001.

(43) When the vertical storage and distribution type drug dispenser in the embodiment specifically operates in use, the control system sends out a drug adding instruction, drugs can be placed into the vertical storage trough 2 in each vertical storage and distribution device in each storage trough unit 1002 in a stacked mode from bottom to top through a manipulator drug feeding device (used for adding drugs) located at the upper end of the frame (of course, drugs can also be added manually by pulling out each drug storage trough unit 1002, as is shown in FIG. 19), at the moment, the discharging mechanism 7 is located at the original position, the movable turning plates 6 are also located at the original positions, and the article 11 in the discharging module 5 is supported by the horizontal plates 602;

(44) when the control system sends out an instruction for drug distribution, the discharging mechanism 7 in the vertical storage and distribution device starts to act, and the motor 701 drives the crank 702 to rotate to make the push plate 703 reciprocate in the slideway 704; the discharging module 5 is pushed by the push plate 703 to move to be dislocated, as is shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, at the moment, the drug which is located over the discharging module and in the vertical storage trough 2 is supported by the upper end border of the discharging module 5 and cannot fall, and the article 11 in the discharging module 5 can be distributed without being affected; during drug distribution, the vertical plates 602 of the movable turning plates 6 are pushed by the discharging module 5 and thus make contact with the discharging module (as is shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, a transverse push plate 603 on the vertical plates 601 make contacts with the discharging module 5); since the vertical plates 601 are pushed by thrust of the discharging module 5, the horizontal plates 602 used for supporting the article 11 (the drug) starts to incline, and the article 11 (the drug) is not supported anymore and slides away from the discharging module 5 along the oblique horizontal plates 602, and thus the article is distributed;

(45) after the drug is distributed, the motor 701 drives the crank 702 to rotate to make the push plate 703 return to the original position in the slideway 704, the movable turning plates 6 also return to the original positions under the effect of the torsion springs 9 on the hinges 8, the discharging module 5 is pushed to return to the original position accordingly, the vertical storage trough 2 falls into the discharging module 5, and another drug is supported by the horizontal plates 602 again; in the embodiment, the two movable turning plates 6 are adopted, so that the beneficial effects of more stable supporting and faster returning of the discharging module 5 are achieved.

(46) When the detection component in the discharging module 5 detects a drug, the control system can instantly send a drug distribution instruction to the vertical storage and distribution type drug dispenser, the distribution process is performed repeatedly, and the drug distribution speed is high.

(47) The articles are distributed and falls onto the sorting conveying part of the conveying device 1003 and then are conveyed to the directional conveying part, the directional conveying part conveys the distributed drugs to an outlet of the drug dispenser, the drugs enter baskets located on a basket conveying belt, and all the baskets are conveyed to a basket elevator 14 from a basket dispenser 15 through the basket conveying belt and then are distributed to positions in an area designated by another control system through the basket elevator 14.

(48) The vertical storage and distribution type drug dispenser of the structure in the embodiment is simple in structure and convenient to operate, box-packed products can be discharged out of a warehouse conveniently, and the working efficiency is improved.

(49) A detailed description of the embodiments of the invention is given above with the accompanying drawings, however, the invention is not limited to the above embodiments, for example, within the knowledge range of those skilled in the field, various changes of the storage channel can be made without deviating from the intention of the invention.