CN111285085B

CN111285085B - Medicine bottle clamp structure

Info

Publication number: CN111285085B
Application number: CN201811501112.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张志康; 田志杰; 何有良
Original assignee: Powermax Technology Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Quanzipeiye Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-10
Filing date: 2018-12-10
Publication date: 2023-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-10
Also published as: CN111285085A

Abstract

The invention provides a medicine bottle clamp structure for providing medicine bottles for mechanical handles, which comprises: the first end part is a user operation end; the second end part is a manipulator operation end; a plurality of side-by-side vial-advancing slots extending from the first end to the second end; each medicine bottle pushing groove is suitable for placing a row of medicine bottles; the medicine bottle propelling assemblies are arranged in the medicine bottle propelling grooves in a one-to-one correspondence mode, each medicine bottle propelling assembly provides propelling force, and medicine bottles in the corresponding medicine bottle propelling grooves are clamped between the medicine bottle propelling assemblies and the second end portions.

Description

Medicine bottle clamp structure

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of automatic medicine dispensing, in particular to a medicine bottle clamping structure for automatic medicine dispensing.

Background

At present, the step of preparing the traditional Chinese medicine in the hospital is basically carried out manually by medical staff, a great deal of manpower is consumed, moreover, the medical staff can be erroneously operated due to errors and possibly fatal to patients needing to take medicines, so that an automatic medicine dispensing machine is urgently needed, the medical staff can be released from the manual operation, the manual errors are reduced, and the medicine dispensing cost of the hospital is reduced.

The prior art generally uses medicine bottle clamp structure to hold the medicine bottle, but current medicine bottle clamp structure is relatively poor to the fixed effect of medicine bottle to maneuver effect is not good, can't promote the medicine bottle to the assigned position of manipulator, leads to the medicine bottle to press from both sides to get the mistake.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a medicine bottle clamp structure so as to improve the fixing effect and the maneuvering performance of a medicine bottle.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a medicine bottle clip structure for providing a medicine bottle for a mechanical hand, the medicine bottle clip structure comprising: the first end part is a user operation end; the second end part is a manipulator operation end; a plurality of side-by-side vial-advancing slots extending from the first end to the second end; each medicine bottle pushing groove is suitable for placing a row of medicine bottles; the medicine bottle propelling assemblies are arranged in the medicine bottle propelling grooves in a one-to-one correspondence mode, each medicine bottle propelling assembly provides propelling force, and medicine bottles in the corresponding medicine bottle propelling grooves are clamped between the medicine bottle propelling assemblies and the second end portions.

In one embodiment of the invention, the vial propulsion assembly includes a coil spring that provides a constant propulsion force.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of the medicine bottle advancing grooves have the same width.

In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of the vial-advancing slots have different widths.

In one embodiment of the invention, the width of the medicine bottle pushing groove is 10-32mm.

In one embodiment of the invention, the medicine bottle is an ampoule bottle or a penicillin bottle.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first end is provided with a handle.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first end is provided with a plurality of stacked locating pins.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the second end includes a vial clip code and a drug information code, the vial clip code presenting vial clip information and the drug information code presenting drug information.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the drug information includes a drug name, a date of storage, and an expiration date.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages: the invention provides a medicine bottle clamp structure which has good fixing property on the position of a medicine bottle, when a manipulator takes a medicine bottle from the second end part of the medicine bottle clamp structure, a medicine bottle pushing assembly in a medicine bottle pushing groove where the medicine bottle is positioned can automatically push the rest medicine bottles in the medicine bottle pushing groove forward to the second end part so as to facilitate the next grabbing of the manipulator.

Drawings

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a support member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a top view of a tray structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A corresponding to the tray structure shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a tray structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a tray bin structure according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a medicine bottle holder according to an embodiment of the present invention when the medicine bottle holder is put into a tray space structure.

Fig. 8A, 8B, 8C are schematic perspective views illustrating a bottle clip structure according to an embodiment of the present invention in different states.

Fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a vial clip structure according to an embodiment of the invention fully entering a tray bay structure.

Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a vial propulsion assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 11A is a front view of a vial propulsion assembly switch of an embodiment of the invention when it is ejected.

Fig. 11B is a cross-sectional view of the vial propulsion assembly corresponding to that shown in fig. 11A along line B-B.

Fig. 12A is a front view of a vial propulsion assembly switch of an embodiment of the invention when compressed.

Fig. 12B is a cross-sectional view of the vial propulsion assembly corresponding to that shown in fig. 12A along line C-C.

Description of the reference numerals

100. Storage device

110. Storage bracket structure

120. Storage rack unit

130. Support member

140. Positioning plate

141. First positioning structure

142. Second positioning structure

200. Tray structure

210. Tensioning shaft

220. Partition board

221. Side plate

230. Positioning piece

231. First positioning piece

232. Second positioning piece

240. Adjusting nut

300. Pallet bin structure

310. Sliding rail

320. First positioning structure

321. Second positioning structure

330. Spacing sleeve

350. Front bin gate

351. Electronic display screen

352. Article information code

353. Front bin door spindle

354. Door handle

360. Rear bin gate

361. Baffle plate

400. Medicine bottle clamp structure

410. First end portion

411. Handle grip

412. Stacked positioning pin

420. Second end portion

421. Medicine bottle clip

422. Medicine information code

430. Medicine bottle propelling groove

440. Sliding rail

450. Medicine bottle clamp positioning piece

500. Medicine bottle propulsion assembly

510. Coil spring box

512. Braking surface

513. Switch piece

514. Driving lever

515. Limiting pin

520. Brake block

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be practiced in other ways than as described herein, and therefore the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

As used in this application and in the claims, the terms "a," "an," "the," and/or "the" are not specific to the singular, but may include the plural, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In general, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" merely indicate that the steps and elements are explicitly identified, and they do not constitute an exclusive list, as other steps or elements may be included in a method or apparatus.

Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of a storage device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the storage device 100 of the present embodiment includes a storage rack structure 110 and a tray structure 200. The storage rack structure 110 includes a plurality of storage rack units 120, and the storage rack units 120 include a plurality of supports 130. The storage device 100 is used for orderly storing a plurality of tray structures 200, and the tray structures 200 are used for carrying articles to be stored, such as medicine bottles.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, four support members 130 constitute one storage rack unit 120 (only the front two are shown in the drawing), two storage rack units 120 constitute one storage rack structure 110, and two support members 130 are shared at the position where the two storage rack units 120 meet, that is, 6 support members 130 are provided in the storage rack structure 110 in this embodiment. The distribution of the positions and the distances between the four supporting members 130 required to constitute one storage space unit 120 are determined by the shape of the storage rack unit 120. The shape of the storage rack unit 120 is determined by the shape and number of tray structures 200 it is to store. In this embodiment, since the storage device 110 has a tray structure 200 for the articles to be stored, and the tray structure 200 has a rectangular shape, the supporting space surrounded by the four supporting members 130 is also rectangular. The tray structure 200 is placed on the storage rack unit 120 in parallel along the second direction D2. The first direction D1 is a direction inward perpendicular to the second direction D2, and the first direction D1 and the second direction D2 are in the same horizontal plane in the drawing.

It will be appreciated that fig. 1 is a schematic view of a storage device 100 of the present invention, and in other embodiments, the storage device 100 may include a plurality of storage rack units 120 and a corresponding number of support members 130.

The storage rack unit 120 shown in fig. 1 includes a plurality of layers of structures having equal distances, and is capable of storing the plurality of layers of tray structures 200, and each layer of tray structure 200 has a certain space between adjacent layers, and is capable of carrying objects having a height higher than that of the tray structure 200. The height of the support 130 is greater than the height of the topmost tray structure 200. It will be appreciated that the layers of the multi-layered structure of the storage rack unit 120 may be non-equidistant.

Fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of a support 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 2, a separate support 130 may be cubic and disposed perpendicular to the ground plane. A positioning plate 140 is provided on one side of the cubic cylindrical support 130. There are different positioning structures on the positioning plate 140 of the support 130 according to the position where the support 130 is to be placed.

When the support 130 is positioned in front of the storage device 100 of fig. 1, the positioning plate 140 of the support 130 is provided with a second positioning structure 142. When the support 130 is placed at the rear (not shown) of the storage device 100 shown in fig. 1, the positioning plate 140 of the support 130 is provided with a first positioning structure 141.

The first positioning structure 141 and the second positioning structure 142 have positioning grooves thereon. The positioning groove on the second positioning structure 142 is a linear groove extending along the first direction D1, so that the article to be placed can pass through and be supported by the linear groove. The positioning groove on the first positioning structure 141 is different from the positioning groove on the second positioning structure 142, and is an L-shaped groove, so that an object to be placed passes through one side of the L-shaped groove and is clamped by the other side, thereby simultaneously playing a role in supporting and fixing.

The positioning plate 140 of each support 130 is provided with a plurality of first positioning structures 141 or second positioning structures 142 for supporting the multi-layered tray structure 200. The first and second positioning structures 141, 142 cooperate together to support the tray structure 200.

When the supporting member 130 is located between two storage rack units 120, there are a positioning plate 140 and corresponding first or second positioning structures 141 or 142 (shown with reference to fig. 1) on opposite sides of the supporting member 130, and the supporting member 130 is used to simultaneously support the tray structures 200 on two adjacent storage rack units 120. When the support 130 is located on the boundary of the overall storage device 100, the support 130 need only have a locating plate 140 and a corresponding first locating structure 141 or second locating structure 142 on the side thereof that is required to support the tray structure 200.

It will be appreciated that the number and spacing of the first and second locating formations 141, 142 on the support 130 is adapted to the number of tray formations 200 to be supported and the height of the articles to be carried.

In this embodiment, the supporting member 130 may be fixedly disposed on the ground plane.

In the present embodiment, the material of the support 130 is a metal, such as an aluminum alloy or the like. The cubic cylindrical structure of the support 130 may be hollow to reduce the overall weight of the storage device 100.

The storage device 100 of the present invention has the advantages that the multi-layered tray structure 200 can be conveniently and orderly stored, and the objects to be stored can be orderly placed on the tray structures 200; firm in structure is suitable for the operation of taking of manipulator.

Fig. 3 is a top view of a tray structure 200 according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to fig. 3, the tray structure 200 of the present embodiment has a substantially rectangular shape and includes a plurality of tray space structures 300 arranged in parallel with each other. In this embodiment, four tray bin structures 300 are illustrated in parallel. It is to be understood that the number of the tray bin structures 300 is not particularly limited by the present invention. The tray bin structure 300 is in a rectangular drawer shape, and has four side walls, and a hollow bottom. The long side of each tray bin structure 300 is adjacent to the long side of another tray bin structure 300, and a plurality of tray bin structures 300 are arranged in parallel. A partition 220 is provided between two adjacent tray bin structures 300 for separating the two adjacent tray bin structures 300. The two outer sides of the entire tray structure 200 each have one side plate 221. The partition 220 and the side plates 221 are rectangular in shape and conform to the shape of the long side walls of the tray deck structure 300.

A stop sleeve 330 is also provided in each tray bin structure 300. Referring to fig. 3, three limit sleeves 330 are provided in each tray bin structure 300, respectively located at both ends and the middle of the tray bin structure 300. When articles are placed in the tray bin structure 300, the limiting sleeve 330 is used for supporting the articles placed in the tray bin structure 300. In the present embodiment, the distance between the middle limiting sleeve 330 and the two limiting sleeves 330 is equal. In other embodiments, there are no specific restrictions on the number and location of the limit sleeves 330. However, the number and location of the stop sleeves 330 should be the same for each tray bin structure 300 that makes up one tray structure 200.

The tray structure 200 of the present embodiment further includes a tightening shaft 210 (shown in fig. 4). The tensioning shaft 210 extends through a plurality of pallet bin structures 300 in the pallet structure 200. The tensioning shaft 210 is located inside the stop sleeves 330 and extends through the stop sleeves 330 at the same location in each tray bin structure 300. The length of the tightening shaft 210 is greater than the width of the tray structure 200, and both ends of the tightening shaft 210 protrude outside the two side plates 221 of the tray structure 200. Positioning members 230 are provided at both ends of the tightening shaft 210 and outside the two side plates 221 of the tray structure 200 to restrict the axial movement of the tightening shaft 210. The positioning member 230 includes a first positioning member 231 and a second positioning member 232. As shown in fig. 3, two first positioning members 231 are positioned near the rear end of the tray structure 200, and two second positioning members 232 are positioned near the front end of the tray structure 200. In this embodiment, the positioning member 230 is a positioning pin. The outer surface of at least one of the two first positioning members 231 is provided with a screw thread, and an adjusting nut 240 is provided on at least one of the two first positioning members 231, and the adjusting nut 240 is matched with the screw thread to fix the tightening shaft 210 at the position along the second direction D2. Likewise, the outer surface of at least one of the two second positioning members 232 is provided with a screw thread, and an adjusting nut 240 is provided on at least one of the two second positioning members 232, and the adjusting nut 240 cooperates with the screw thread to fix the tightening shaft 210 at this position in the second direction D2.

The tension shaft 210 serves to fix the width of each tray bin structure 300 in the second direction D2. When the tightening shaft 210 penetrates through each tray space structure 300 and both ends of the tightening shaft 210 are fixed by the positioning member 230 and the adjusting nut 240, the width of each tray space structure 300 reaches a predetermined width, and the predetermined width is fixed. Meanwhile, adjacent tray bin structures 300 in the tray structure 200 are abutted against each other.

When the tray structure 200 is mounted to the storage rack structure 110, the tray structure 200 is placed in the storage rack unit 120 in the first direction D1 as shown in fig. 3, which corresponds to the placement from the front of the storage device 100. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the two first positioning members 231 pass through the second positioning structure 142 on the supporting member 130 before reaching the first positioning structure 141 on the supporting member 130. When the first positioning member 231 reaches the first positioning structure 141 on the support member 130, the second positioning member 232 also reaches the second positioning structure 142 on the support member 130. When the tray structure 200 is mounted, the first positioning members 231 are engaged with the first positioning structures 141, and the second positioning members 232 are engaged with the second positioning structures 142, to collectively define the tray structure 200 on a plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the supporting members 130. And since the first positioning structure 141 on the support 130 is an L-shaped groove, the first positioning member 141 can be fastened, so that the tray structure 200 can be fixed on the storage rack unit 120.

In the present embodiment, after the tray structure 200 is placed on the storage rack unit 120, the tray structure 200 assumes a horizontal position. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the positions of the first positioning structure 141 and the second positioning structure 142 may be adjusted to allow the tray structure 200 to be tilted at an angle, as desired for the application.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, both of the other two limit sleeves 330 have one tensioning shaft 210 inside, except for the intermediate limit sleeve 330. The two tensioning shafts 210 respectively penetrate through a plurality of tray bin structures 300 in the tray structure 200 from different positions to fix the width of the tray bin structure 300 along the second direction D2. It is understood that a tensioning shaft 210 may be correspondingly disposed within the intermediate stop sleeve 330. In other embodiments, other numbers of tensioning shafts 210 may be included in each tray structure 200, such as one or more than two.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view along line A-A corresponding to the tray structure 200 shown in fig. 3. Referring to fig. 4, a tensioning shaft 210 may be seen extending through the middle of each tray bin structure 300, the length of the tensioning shaft 210 being greater than the overall width of the tray structure 200. A first positioning member 231 is disposed at each end of the tightening shaft 210. As shown in fig. 4, an adjusting nut 240 is further provided on the first positioning member 231 at one end of the tightening shaft 210, and the adjusting nut 240 is used to fix the tightening shaft 210. It will be appreciated that an adjustment nut 240 may also be provided on the first positioning member 231 at the other end of the take-up shaft 210. When the positioning member 230 is engaged with the adjusting nut 240, the outer surface of the positioning member 230 is provided with threads adapted to the adjusting nut 240.

In other embodiments, other components with a limiting function may be used as the positioning member 230 according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a tray structure 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 5, each tray bin structure 300 has a sliding rail 310 having an elongated shape along the first direction D1 on the inner walls of both long side walls of each tray bin structure 300, that is, each tray bin structure 300 has two sliding rails 310, only one of which 310 is shown due to the view angle. As can be seen in fig. 5, the position of the stop sleeve 330 is located below the slide rail 310. When an item is placed in a tray bin structure 300, the item may slide back and forth on the slide rail 310 in a first direction D1. Together, stop sleeve 330 and slide rail 310 function to carry the item.

The tray structure 200 of the present invention has the beneficial effects that the width of each tray bin structure 300 can be fixed by the tightening shaft 210, so that the tray structure 200 has better overall firmness; the inclusion of a plurality of tray bin structures 300 in one tray structure 200 improves the efficiency of placing items in the storage device 100.

The pallet structure 200 shown in fig. 5 includes four pallet bin structures 300. Referring to FIG. 5, each tray bin structure 300 includes a front bin gate 350, a rear bin gate 360, and a baffle 361. The front bin gate 350 is positioned in front of the tray bin structure 300 in a square shape with a height corresponding to the length of the short side walls of the tray bin structure 300. A short side of the front bin gate 350 is connected to the tray bin structure 300 through a front bin gate shaft 353 such that the front bin gate 350 can be pivoted about the front bin gate shaft 353, thereby accomplishing the opening or closing of the front bin gate 350.

An electronic display 351 and/or an item information code 352 is provided on an outer surface of the front bin gate 350. The electronic display 351 and the item information code 352 may display information of the items placed in the tray bin structure 300. The electronic display 351 displays information of the article in the form of an electronic display. As shown in fig. 5, the article information code 352 may be a card on which the article information is written or printed, or a card holder into which the information card may be inserted may be provided on the outer surface of the front bin gate 350. When the items placed in the tray bin structure 300 are medicines, the item information to be displayed may be a medicine name, a storage date, an effective date, and the like. The article information code 352 may be a code or image representing a corresponding article, such as a two-dimensional code, a bar code, a photograph of the article, or the like.

It is understood that the electronic display 351 and the article information code 352 may be simultaneously provided on the front bin gate 350 or may be separately provided. The advantage of the simultaneous arrangement is that when the electronic display 351 is in error, the item information code 352 can also be used to represent information about the item placed, the two supplementing each other.

Referring to fig. 5, a door handle 354 is further provided on the outer surface of the front bin door 350. As can be seen with reference to fig. 3, the door handle 354 is provided on the outer surface of the front bin door 350 and protrudes outwardly so as to facilitate opening the front bin door 350.

The rear bin gate 360 is located at a short side of the rear of the tray bin structure 300, in a rectangular shape, opposite to the front bin gate 350. The height of the aft bin gate 360 is less than the height of the forward bin gate 350. Above the rear bin door 360 is a door-shaped baffle 361. A hollow space is provided between baffle 361 and rear bin gate 360. The baffle 361 serves to limit the height of the articles placed in the tray bin structure 300, that is, the articles placed in the tray bin structure 300 are below the height limited by the baffle 361. Baffle 361 is taller than front bin gate 350.

Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a single tray bin structure 300 in tray structure 200. Referring to fig. 6, the tray bin structure 300 includes a sled 310, a limit sleeve 330, a front bin gate 350, a rear bin gate 360, and a baffle 361. Fig. 6 shows a state in which the front bin gate 350 is opened. The front bin gate 350 is rotatably mounted to the frame of the tray bin structure 300 by a front bin gate shaft 353. An electronic display 351, an article information code 352, and a door handle 354 are provided on an outer surface of the front bin door 350.

Also included on the tray bin structure 300 is a first positioning structure 320 that positions the vial clamp structure 400 in the second direction D2. The first positioning structure 320 is located inside the tray bin structure 300. The tray bin structure 300 shown in fig. 6 has two first positioning structures 320 located at two ends of the slide rail 310. In other embodiments, the number of the first positioning structures 320 may be plural, and uniformly or non-uniformly distributed on the sliding rail 310. In this embodiment, the first positioning structure 320 is a positioning spring. After the medicine bottle holder 400 slides into the tray bin 300 along the sliding rail 310 of the tray bin 300, the first positioning structure 320 is pressed by the medicine bottle holder 400, and the plurality of first positioning structures 320 located on the sliding rail 310 apply a reaction force to the medicine bottle holder 400, so that the position of the medicine bottle holder 400 in the second direction D2 is fixed.

Fig. 7 is one of the schematic views of the vial clip structure 400 as it enters the tray bay structure 300. Referring to fig. 7, when the front bin gate 350 of the tray bin structure 300 is in an open state, approximately 1/3 of the medicine bottle holder structure 400 has entered the tray bin structure 300. As can be seen, the vial clip structure 400 is accessed from the front bin gate 350 of the tray bin structure 300 into the tray bin structure 300. At the rear end of the sliding rail 310 of the tray bin structure 300, near the rear bin gate 360, there is a second positioning structure 321. In this embodiment, the second positioning structure 321 is a positioning pad. After the medicine bottle holder structure 400 slides into the tray bin structure 300 along the sliding rail 310 of the tray bin structure 300, the second positioning structure 321 can define the position of the medicine bottle holder structure 400 along the first direction D1, so that the medicine bottle holder structure 400 does not exceed the predetermined position defined by the second positioning structure 321 along the first direction D1. It can be seen that the first positioning structure 320 and the second positioning structure 321 cooperate with the vial clip positioning member 450 on the vial clip structure 400 to fix the vial clip structure 400 in a predetermined position.

In other embodiments, the tray bin structure 300 further includes a vial clip structure position sensor for sensing the position of the vial clip structure 400 in the tray bin structure 300, thereby providing a signal indicating whether the vial clip structure 400 is in place.

The tray bin structure 300 of the present invention has the advantage that the position of the medicine bottle clip structure 400 placed in the tray bin structure 300 can be effectively fixed and limited; the vial clip structure 400 may be conveniently accessed into the tray bin structure 300; information of the vial holder structure 400 placed in the tray bin structure 300 and its vials may be displayed.

Fig. 8A, 8B and 8C show a schematic perspective view of a vial clip structure 400 from different angles, respectively. The vial clip structure 400 functions to receive a vial and to limit the location of the vial to provide a vial for a robotic arm.

Referring to fig. 8A, the vial clip structure 400 includes a first end 410, a second end 420, a plurality of side-by-side vial propulsion grooves 430 and a plurality of vial propulsion assemblies 500. When the medicine bottle holder structure 400 is placed in the tray bay structure 300, the first end 410 of the medicine bottle holder structure 400 corresponds to one end of the front bay door 350 of the tray bay structure 300 and the second end 420 of the medicine bottle holder structure 400 corresponds to one end of the rear bay door 360 of the tray bay structure 300. The first end 410 is a user operable end, and a handle 411 may be provided on the first end 410 to facilitate grasping of the vial clip structure 400 by a user. The second end 420 is a manipulator operating end, and the height of the second end 420 is lower than the height of the medicine bottle pushing groove 430, which is equivalent to that when the medicine bottle pushing groove 430 is near the second end 420, the side wall of the medicine bottle pushing groove 430 is stepped down to the height of the second end 420, so that the manipulator can grasp the medicine bottle placed on the medicine bottle clamping structure 400 from the second end 420. As shown in fig. 8A, the first row of vials aligned in the second direction D2 in the vial clamping structure 400 are exposed just at the lower height second end 420, while the second row of vials are positioned in the higher height vial advancement slots 430. The second end 420 has a height higher than the bottom level of the vial-pushing groove 430 so that the vials in the first row are prevented from falling out of the vial-gripping structure 400. After a vial is placed in the vial-advancing chute 430, the second end 420 and vial-advancing assembly 500 may together grip the vial in the vial-advancing chute 430.

Referring to fig. 8A-8C, the vial clip structure 400 has an elongated vial clip positioning member 450 on each of the two outer sides. When the medicine bottle holder structure 400 is placed in the above-described tray housing structure 300, the first positioning structure 320 and the second positioning structure 321 of the tray housing structure 300 cooperate with the medicine bottle holder positioning member 450 of the medicine bottle holder structure 400 to fix the medicine bottle holder structure 400 at a predetermined position.

Referring to fig. 8B, the vial clip structure 400 includes four vial-advancing slots 430 extending from the first end 410 to the second end 420, respectively, each vial-advancing slot 430 being adapted to receive a row of vials. Accordingly, the vial clip structure 400 includes four vial propulsion assemblies 500 disposed in a plurality of vial propulsion grooves 430 in a one-to-one correspondence, each vial propulsion assembly 500 providing a propulsion force to clip a vial positioned within the vial propulsion groove 430 between the vial propulsion assembly 500 and the second end 420. The vial clip structure 400 also has a vial clip code 421 and a drug information code 422 at the second end 420. The medicine bottle clamping code 421 is used for presenting information of the medicine bottle clamping structure 400, such as codes, two-dimensional codes, etc. of the medicine bottle clamping structure 400. The medicine information code 422 is used for presenting information of the placed medicine, such as medicine name, manufacturer, specification, date of storage, effective date, etc., and may be a two-dimensional code, bar code, etc. containing medicine information.

Referring to fig. 8C, three of the four vial-pushing grooves 430 are filled with vials that are clamped between the corresponding vial-pushing assemblies 500 and the second end 420 of the vial-pushing groove 430. Only one vial remains in one of the four vial-pushing slots 430 and is similarly clamped between the corresponding vial-pushing assembly 500 and the second end 420 of that vial-pushing slot 430. As can be seen in fig. 8C, only one vial remains in vial-advancing chute 430. Vial-advancing chute 430 also has a slide rail 440 on a side wall of vial-advancing chute 430. Slide rail 440 is referred to as slide rail 440 of vial-gripping structure 400. The slide rail 440 of the vial clip structure 400 functions to allow the vial pushing assembly 500 to slide along the slide rail 440. The coil spring in the vial propulsion assembly 500 extends along the slide rail 440 all the way to the second end 420 of the vial clip structure 400. When the vial propulsion assembly 500 needs to be locked, the slide rail 440 of the vial clip structure 400 abuts the vial propulsion assembly 500, at which time the slide rail 440 functions to help secure the vial propulsion assembly 500.

It will be appreciated that each vial-pushing groove 430 has a corresponding slide rail 440 thereon. A slide rail 440 (not shown) corresponding to the slide rail 440 may be provided on the other side wall of the medicine bottle pushing slot 430.

In this embodiment, the widths of the plurality of vial-advancing slots 430 are the same. In other embodiments, the width of the plurality of vial advance slots 430 may also be different. The vial-advancing slot 430 is typically 10-32mm wide, corresponding to the size of the vial to be placed. The vial for storage may be an ampoule, a penicillin bottle, or the like, and the exemplary vial in fig. 8A and 8C is a penicillin bottle.

As shown in fig. 8A, in one embodiment, there are also a plurality of stacking detents 412 on the first end 410 of the vial clip structure 400. The stacking alignment pins 412 can be used to align the plurality of vial clip structures 400 when the plurality of vial clip structures 400 are stacked such that the plurality of vial clip structures 400 can be neatly and stably stacked together.

Fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a vial clip structure 400 according to an embodiment of the invention fully entering the tray bay structure 300. Referring to fig. 9, when the medicine bottle holder structure 400 completely enters the tray bin structure 300, the front bin gate 350 of the tray bin structure 300 is closed. The first and

second positioning structures

320 and 321 of the tray bin structure 300 cooperate with the vial clip positioning members 450 on the vial clip structure 400 to fix the position of the vial clip structure 400. At this time, the position of the vial clip structure 400 is fixed to ensure that the vial clip structure 400 does not move when the manipulator grips the vial. In addition, the first row of medicine bottles arranged in the second direction D2 in the medicine bottle holding structure 400 is exposed, and the second row of medicine bottles positioned therebehind is shielded by the baffle 361 on the tray bin structure 300, so that the medicine bottles positioned in the second row can be prevented from being erroneously picked up when the robot grips the medicine bottles from the second end 420 of the medicine bottle holding structure 400.

The medicine bottle clamping structure 400 has the beneficial effects that the medicine bottle clamping structure 400 has good fixing property on the medicine bottle position, and when a manipulator removes a medicine bottle from the second end 420 of the medicine bottle clamping structure 400, the medicine bottle pushing assembly 500 in the medicine bottle pushing groove 430 where the medicine bottle is positioned can automatically push the rest medicine bottles in the medicine bottle pushing groove 430 forward to the second end 420 so as to be convenient for the manipulator to grab next time.

Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a vial propulsion assembly 500 according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to fig. 10, the medicine bottle propelling assembly 500 includes a coil spring case 510 and a brake pad 520. The coil spring cartridge 510 has a coil spring (not shown) therein that provides a constant urging force that urges the vial in the vial urging slot 430 toward the second end 420 of the vial clamp structure 400. One end of the coil spring is secured in the coil spring case 510, which extends along the sliding rail 440 of the vial clamp structure 400, and the other end of the coil spring is secured to the second end 420 of the vial clamp structure 400. In one embodiment, the coil spring case 510 is further provided with a coil spring fixing pin (not shown) so that one end of the coil spring can be fixed to the coil spring fixing pin and the coil spring can be wound around the coil spring fixing pin.

The coil spring case 510 is provided with a braking surface 512, a switch member 513 and a lever 514. Referring to fig. 10, the braking surface 512 of the coil spring case 510 is a slope, and accordingly, the surface of the braking plate 520 contacting the braking surface 512 is also a slope having the same inclination. In this embodiment, the angle between the inclined plane and the horizontal plane is 3-5 degrees.

When the switch member 513 is compressed, the switch member 513 drives the shift lever 514 to move, so that the shift lever 514 shifts the brake pad 520 away from the coil spring case 510, and separates the brake pad 520 from the braking surface 512 on the coil spring case 510, so that the medicine bottle pushing assembly 500 is in an active state, and can push the medicine bottle and clamp the medicine bottle between the medicine bottle pushing assembly 500 and the second end 420 of the medicine bottle clamping structure 400. When the switch member 513 pops up, the switch member 513 drives the shift lever 514 to move, so that the shift lever 514 shifts the brake pad 520 to move toward the direction approaching the coil spring case 510, so that the brake pad 520 abuts against the braking surface 512 on the coil spring case 510, and the brake pad 520 simultaneously applies a pressure to the slide rail 440 of the medicine bottle clamping structure 400, so that the brake pad 520 abuts against the slide rail 440 of the medicine bottle clamping structure 400, and the medicine bottle pushing assembly 500 is fixed on the medicine bottle clamping structure 400 to enter a locked state due to the existence of friction coefficients of the contact surfaces. When it is desired to load a vial into vial advancement groove 430, it is first necessary to lock vial advancement assembly 500 in a position on vial advancement groove 430, typically near first end 410 of vial clip structure 400. After the vial is assembled, when the vial closest to the vial spike 500 contacts the switch 512 on the vial spike 500, the switch 512 is compressed, thereby automatically releasing the locked state of the vial spike 500. Of course, the switch 512 may be manually pushed to release the locked state of the vial spike assembly 500.

In one embodiment, the coil spring case 510 is further provided with a limiting pin 515, and the limiting pin 515 is used for limiting the movement range of the shift lever 514.

In one embodiment, the sides of the coil spring case 510 and the brake pad 520 each include a sliding slot (not shown) through which the coil spring case 510 and the brake pad 520 can slide along the sliding rail 440 on the vial clip structure 400.

In this embodiment, the wrap spring is planar and disposed parallel to the chute on the wrap spring box 510. The coil spring box 510 includes a side opening (not shown) therein through which the coil spring secured to the coil spring securing pin extends, and the other end of the coil spring is secured to the second end 420 of the vial clip structure 400. The coil spring is crimped around the coil spring retaining pin as the vial advancement assembly 500 advances during the advancement of the vial advancement assembly 500 toward the second end 420 of the vial clip structure 400. Upon loading a vial into the vial clip structure 400, the vial spike assembly 500 is manually pushed onto the first end 410 of the vial clip structure 400, during which the coiled spring wrapped around the coiled spring retaining pin is gradually stretched and released.

It is understood that the coil springs in the vial propulsion assembly 500 may be variously shaped as bands, strips, etc.

Fig. 11A is a front view of a vial push assembly 500 of an embodiment of the invention with the switch 513 ejected. Fig. 11B is a cross-sectional view of the vial propulsion assembly 500 corresponding to that shown in fig. 11A along line B-B. Referring to fig. 11A, the switching member 513 on the coil spring case 510 is in an ejected state, and has four rectangles representing vials at a distance from the coil spring case 510, indicating that the vials placed in the vial pushing grooves 430 are not in abutment with the switching member 513. Referring to fig. 11B, a spring 519 is provided in the internal structure of vial propulsion assembly 500. The spring 519 is connected between the switch 513 and the vial propulsion assembly 500. When the switching member 513 is in the pop-up state, the spring 519 is in a natural state; when the switch 513 is compressed, the spring 519 is also in a compressed state. When the switch member 513 is in the ejecting state, the brake pad 520 abuts against the braking surface 512 on the coil spring box 510, and meanwhile, the brake pad 520 abuts against the sliding rail 440 of the medicine bottle clamping structure 400, so that the medicine bottle pushing assembly 500 is fixed on the medicine bottle clamping structure 400, and the self-locking function of the coil spring box 510 is realized.

Referring to fig. 11B, the maximum width of the coil spring case 510 is equal to the width of the medicine bottle placed in the medicine bottle pushing slot 430. Accordingly, the maximum width of the coil spring case 510 and the width of the medicine bottle are adapted to the width of the coil spring case 510 and the medicine bottle pushing groove 430 in which the medicine bottle is located.

Fig. 12A is a front view of a vial propulsion assembly 500 of an embodiment of the invention with the switch 513 compressed. Fig. 12B is a cross-sectional view of the vial propulsion assembly 500 corresponding to that shown in fig. 12A along line C-C. Referring to fig. 12A, four rectangles representing vials are next to the vial drive assembly 500, with the switch 513 on the coil spring cassette 510 in a compressed state, indicating that a vial placed in the vial drive slot 430 is in abutment with the switch 513. . Referring to fig. 12B, the spring 519 is shown in a compressed state. In this case, the switch 513 toggles the brake pad 520 to disengage the brake pad 520 from the braking surface 512, i.e., the coil spring cartridge 510 is withdrawn from the self-locking state, such that the vial propulsion assembly 500 pushes the vial into the second end 420 of the vial clip structure 400. When the manipulator removes a vial from the second end 420 of the vial clip structure 400, a vial void is created in the corresponding vial-advancing slot 430. At this time, the coil spring in the coil spring case 510 is contracted by its restoring force, which moves the medicine bottle propelling assembly 500 in a direction approaching the medicine bottle, and a part of the coil spring is wound around the coil spring fixing pin in the coil spring case 510 until the medicine bottle propelling assembly 500 abuts against the medicine bottle in the medicine bottle propelling slot 430, and the medicine bottle propelling assembly 500 and the second end 420 of the medicine bottle clamping structure 400 clamp the medicine bottle therebetween together.

The medicine bottle pushing assembly 500 has the advantages that the medicine bottle pushing assembly only depends on mechanical force to push the medicine bottle forward, the spring can be locked and unlocked through the switch piece, damage to the medicine bottle is avoided, and the medicine bottle pushing assembly is convenient for medical staff to operate.

The order in which elements and sequences are processed, the use of numerical letters, or other designations in the various elements of the application are disclosed is not intended to limit the order in which the processes and methods of the application are performed unless explicitly recited in the claims. While certain presently useful inventive embodiments have been discussed in the foregoing disclosure, by way of various examples, it is to be understood that such details are merely illustrative and that the appended claims are not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, are intended to cover all modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present application.

This application uses specific words to describe embodiments of the application. Reference to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," and/or "some embodiments" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is associated with at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, it should be emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" or "an alternative embodiment" in various positions in this specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, certain features, structures, or characteristics of one or more embodiments of the present application may be combined as suitable.

Likewise, it should be noted that in order to simplify the presentation disclosed herein and thereby aid in understanding one or more application embodiments, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure, however, is not intended to imply that more features than are presented in the claims are required for the subject application. Indeed, less than all of the features of a single embodiment disclosed above.

While the invention has been described with reference to the specific embodiments presently, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the invention, and various equivalent changes and substitutions may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and therefore, all changes and modifications to the embodiments are intended to be within the scope of the claims of this application as long as they come within the true spirit of the invention.

Claims

1. A vial clip structure for providing a vial for a mechanical hand, the vial clip structure comprising:

the first end part is a user operation end;

the second end part is a manipulator operation end;

a plurality of side-by-side vial-advancing slots extending from the first end to the second end; each medicine bottle pushing groove is suitable for placing a row of medicine bottles;

the medicine bottle propelling assemblies are arranged in the medicine bottle propelling grooves in a one-to-one correspondence manner, each medicine bottle propelling assembly provides propelling force, and medicine bottles in the corresponding medicine bottle propelling grooves are clamped between the medicine bottle propelling assemblies and the second end parts;

the medicine bottle propelling component comprises a coil spring and a brake block, one end of the coil spring is fixed in a coil spring box, a braking surface, a switch piece and a deflector rod are arranged on the coil spring box, when the switch piece is compressed, the switch piece drives the deflector rod to move, the deflector rod drives the brake block to move away from the coil spring box, the brake block is separated from the braking surface on the coil spring box, the medicine bottle propelling component is in a movable state, the medicine bottle can be pushed, and the medicine bottle is clamped between the medicine bottle propelling component and the second end.

2. The vial clip structure of claim 1 wherein the coil spring provides a constant urging force.

3. The vial clip structure of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the vial advancement grooves have the same width.

4. The vial clip structure of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the vial advancing slots have different widths.

5. The vial clip structure of any one of claims 1, 3 or 4, wherein the vial advancement groove has a width of 10-32mm.

6. The vial clip structure of claim 1, wherein the vial is an ampoule or a penicillin vial.

7. The vial clip structure of claim 1, wherein the first end is provided with a handle.

8. The vial clip structure of claim 1 or 6, wherein the first end is provided with a plurality of stacked locating pins.

9. The vial clip structure of claim 1, wherein the second end comprises a vial clip code and a drug information code, the vial clip code presenting vial clip information and the drug information code presenting drug information.

10. The vial clip structure of claim 9, wherein the drug information comprises a drug name, a date of storage, and an expiration date.