CN117842524B - Medicine bottle carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a loading device for a medicine bottle, including a medicine box mechanism and a pickup mechanism cooperating with the medicine box mechanism to pick up and put a medicine bottle accommodated in the medicine box mechanism, the medicine box mechanism includes a base having a medicine bottle bin, a blocking portion located at a bin opening of the medicine bottle bin and used for blocking the medicine bottle from the bin opening in an initial state, and a pushing portion capable of continuously pushing the medicine bottle along the medicine bottle bin to the bin opening, the blocking portion includes 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 abutting against the opening member, the opening member moves under the action of the pickup mechanism to push the rotating member to rotate, and then the medicine bottle moves from one side of the rotating member to the other side of the rotating member under the pushing of the pushing portion, and returns the rotating member when the pickup mechanism is disengaged. Thus, a loading device capable of storing medicine bottles and automatically picking up medicine bottles is provided.

Description

Medicine bottle carrying device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices, and more particularly to a carrier for a vial.

Background

Infusion is a medical method commonly used in clinic, by which liquid substances such as medical fluids, nutritional fluids, etc. can be infused into a patient to assist in patient recovery. When a patient needs to be infused, a plurality of different medicines are often required to be mixed according to the illness state so as to prepare the therapeutic liquid medicine with better curative effect. In clinic, medical personnel can mix different containers, such as bottles, by transferring the drugs into an infusion bag to obtain the desired therapeutic fluid for the patient.

Currently, in automated dispensing systems, vials are typically stored in a dedicated magazine or bin, and the take out device or manipulator takes the desired vial from the magazine or bin in which it is stored when needed.

However, when a large number of medicine bottles are stored together, when the medicine bottles on the outer side are taken out, the medicine bottles on the inner side of the storage cabinet are inconvenient to take out, and when the taking device or the picking mechanism takes out the medicine bottles on the forefront end, the position of the next medicine bottle is inconvenient to accurately judge when the medicine bottles are taken out next time, so that the situation that the medicine bottles are unstable to pick up and even misplaced due to inaccurate positioning can occur when the medicine bottles are taken out. Accordingly, there is a need for a device that can store vials, and in particular, a device that automatically pushes a vial into a predetermined position for convenient access by a take out device.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a medicine bottle loading device capable of automatically pushing medicine bottles to a mouth of a medicine bottle bin, so that a pickup mechanism can pick up medicine bottles more conveniently, and an accuracy of picking up medicine bottles by the pickup mechanism can be improved.

To this end, the present disclosure provides a loading device for a medicine bottle, including a medicine cartridge mechanism and a pickup mechanism cooperating with the medicine cartridge mechanism to take and place a medicine bottle accommodated in the medicine cartridge mechanism, the medicine cartridge mechanism including a base having a medicine bottle pocket for accommodating a medicine bottle, a blocking portion located at a pocket opening of the medicine bottle pocket for blocking the medicine bottle from being separated from the pocket opening in an initial state, and a pushing portion capable of continuously pushing the medicine bottle toward the pocket opening along the medicine bottle pocket, the blocking portion including an elastic member connected to the base, an opening member connected to the elastic member and relatively movable with the base, and a rotating member abutting with the opening member, the opening member being moved by the pickup 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 pushing of the pushing portion, and returning the rotating member when the medicine bottle is moved to the other side of the rotating member and the pickup mechanism is separated from the action.

In the present disclosure, the medicine bottle located in the medicine bottle bin is continuously pushed toward the bin opening of the medicine bottle bin by the pushing part and blocked by the blocking part to be located closest to the bin opening so that the medicine bottle can be always maintained in the medicine bin in an initial state. Thereby, the medicine bottle can be stored in the medicine bottle bin. When the picking mechanism works, the opening component moves under the action of the picking mechanism to push the rotating component to rotate, so that the rotating component removes the action of the medicine bottles in the medicine bottle bin, the medicine bottles are transferred from one side of the rotating component to the other side under the action of the pushing part, and accordingly the medicine bottles can be conveniently picked up by the picking mechanism, that is, the picking mechanism picks up the medicine bottles positioned at the mouth of the medicine bottle bin every time, and the accuracy of picking up the medicine bottles by the picking mechanism can be improved. Thereby, automatic picking up of the medicine bottles stored in the medicine bottle bin can be realized.

In the medicine bottle placement device according to the present disclosure, the rotation member may include a first fixed shaft fixed to the base, a stopper rotatably provided to the first fixed shaft for blocking the medicine bottle from being separated from the mouth in the initial state, and a first elastic element engaged with the stopper for returning the stopper after rotation. In this case, the rotating member can be automatically rotated and returned by the elastic force of the first elastic element.

In addition, in the medicine bottle carrying device according to 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 configured to push the rotation member to rotate, and the base has a straight groove in which the straight column can move, and a slide groove in which the slider is engaged. Therefore, the convenience and stability of the opening member for pushing the rotating member to rotate can be improved through the cooperation of the sliding block and the sliding groove.

In the medicine bottle placement device according to the present disclosure, the pickup mechanism may include a holding portion for holding the medicine bottle, and a push block provided in the holding portion and configured to push the opening member to move. Under the condition, the pushing block can push the opening component to move, so that the medicine bottle is transferred to the bin opening from one side of the rotating component, and the medicine bottle positioned at the bin opening is clamped by the clamping part, so that the medicine bottle can be conveniently picked up by matching the pushing block and the clamping part.

In addition, in the loading device of the medicine bottle according to the present disclosure, the pushing portion may include a contact member, and an actuating member having a tendency to drive the contact member to move toward the mouth. Thereby, the pushing portion can continuously push the medicine bottle toward the direction toward the mouth.

In the medicine bottle mounting device according to the present disclosure, the actuating member may be a coil spring. Thus, the pushing force can be continuously provided to the pushing portion.

In addition, in the medicine bottle loading device according to the present disclosure, optionally, the pushing portion further includes a check member, and the end of the base away from the mouth includes a stop lever that cooperates with the check member to stop the pushing portion at the end of the base away from the mouth. Under the condition, when the medicine bottle is required to be replenished to the medicine bottle bin, the pushing part can be moved in the direction opposite to the movement trend of the pushing part until the pushing part is positioned at one end of the base away from the bin opening, and at the moment, the pushing part can be stopped at one end of the base away from the bin opening by utilizing the stop lever on the check member matched with the base, so that the medicine bottle can be replenished to the medicine bottle bin more conveniently.

In addition, in the medicine bottle mounting device according to the present disclosure, the check member may include a second fixed shaft, a hook rotatably provided on the second fixed shaft, and a second elastic element engaged with the hook. In this case, the check member is fixed to the stopper by the second elastic member so as to be able to be returned, and the pushing portion can be more easily disengaged from the stopper after the medicine bottle is replenished.

In the medicine bottle mounting device according to the present disclosure, the pushing portion may further include a stopper member that restricts a rotation range of the hook. In this case, the rotation range of the hooking claw can be better limited by the limiting member.

In the medicine bottle placement device according to the present disclosure, the base may include a bottom plate having a long-strip shape and a plurality of side plates disposed on the bottom plate in parallel along a longitudinal direction of the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the plurality of side plates may be engaged with each other to form the medicine bottle compartment. In this case, the moving path of the medicine bottle can be defined by the plurality of side plates and the base to smoothly and orderly move the medicine bottle in the medicine bottle bin.

According to the medicine bottle carrying device, medicine bottles can be stored, and the medicine bottles can be automatically pushed to the bin opening of the medicine bottle bin, so that the medicine bottles can be picked up more conveniently by the picking mechanism, and the accuracy rate of picking up the medicine bottles by the picking mechanism is improved.

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 illustrating a cartridge mechanism to which examples of the present disclosure relate.

Fig. 2 is an overall schematic diagram showing a pickup mechanism to which examples of the present disclosure relate.

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

Fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating an initial state in which a medicine bottle according to an example of the present disclosure is stored in a medicine bottle bin.

Fig. 5a is a schematic diagram showing a blocking portion according to an example of the present disclosure in a closed state;

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

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a connection relationship of 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.

Fig. 9a is a schematic view showing another example of the connection relationship of the blocking portion and the base according to the example of the present disclosure; fig. 9b is a schematic view showing another display direction of the connection relationship of the blocking portion and the base according to fig. 9 a.

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

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

Fig. 12 is a schematic view showing the pusher section in the rear of the cartridge according to the example of the present disclosure.

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

Reference numerals illustrate:

2 … of the medicine in the form of a bottle,

10 … Of the mechanism of the medicine box,

100 … Base, 101 … medicine bottle bin, 102 … bin mouth, 103 … bottom plate, 104 … side plate, 105 … straight slot, 106 … chute, 107 … rotating slot, 108 … stop lever, 109 … pin hole,

110 … Pushing part, 111 … contact member, 112 … executing member, 113 … non-return member, 114 … second fixing shaft, 115 … claw, 116 … second elastic element, 117 … limiting member,

120 … Stops, 121 … elastic member, 122 … opening member, 123 … straight column, 124 … slide, 125 … rotating member, 126 … first fixed shaft, 127 … stop, 128 … first elastic element, 129 … hollow slot, 130 … first end face, 131 … second end face,

20 … Pick up mechanism, 210 … grip, 220 … push block.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, a loading device of a medicine bottle according to the present disclosure may be more easily understood by referring to the following detailed description of specific embodiments and embodiments included therein, and referring to the drawings and the foregoing and following description thereof.

In the following description, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping description thereof is omitted. In addition, the drawings are schematic, and the ratio of the sizes of the components to each other, the shapes of the components, and the like may be different from actual ones.

While particular examples of the present disclosure have been shown and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that, based upon the teachings of this disclosure, changes and modifications may be made without departing from this disclosure and its broader aspects and, therefore, the appended claims are to encompass within their scope all such changes and modifications as are within the true spirit and scope of this disclosure. It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used in this disclosure are generally intended to be "open" terms (e.g., the term "comprising" should be interpreted as "including but not limited to," the term "having" should be interpreted as "having at least," the term "comprising" should be interpreted as "including but not limited to," etc.).

The present disclosure relates to a carrier device for a medicine bottle, which can be used for storing and picking and placing medicine bottles, and can automatically push the medicine bottles to the mouth of a medicine bottle bin, so that a pickup mechanism picks up the medicine bottles more conveniently, and the accuracy of the pickup mechanism picking up the medicine bottles is improved. In the present disclosure, the loading device of the medicine bottle may be simply referred to as a "loading device", and may also be referred to as an automated medicine cassette mechanism or the like. The carrying device can be applied to an automatic liquid distribution system, and medicine bottles can be accurately and efficiently transferred by using the carrying device.

In some examples, the vial to which the present disclosure relates may be an ampoule, a penicillin bottle, or other type of vial storing a drug.

Hereinafter, a medicine bottle mounting device according to the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is an overall schematic diagram illustrating a magazine mechanism 10 according to an example of the present disclosure. Fig. 2 is an overall schematic diagram showing a pickup mechanism 20 according to an example of the present disclosure. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a picking mechanism 20 picking vials 2 according to an example of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 1,2 and 3, in some examples, the loading device may include a magazine mechanism 10 and a pick-up mechanism 20. The cartridge mechanism 10 may be used to store vials 2 and push and release the vials 2, and the pick-up mechanism 20 may cooperate with the cartridge mechanism 10 to access the vials 2 contained in the cartridge mechanism 10. In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 may be located on one side of the magazine mechanism 10. In some examples, the pick-up mechanism 20 may have the function of gripping and moving. In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 may be moved relative to the magazine mechanism 10. In this case, the picking mechanism 20 can be moved to the magazine mechanism 10 to pick up the vials 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing an initial state in which the medicine bottle 2 according to the example of the present disclosure is stored in the medicine bottle bin 101.

In some examples, the cartridge mechanism 10 may include a base 100, a push portion 110, and a blocking portion 120 (see fig. 1). Wherein the base 100 may be used to accommodate the medicine bottle 2, the pushing part 110 may be used to push the medicine bottle 2 accommodated in the base 100, and the blocking part 120 may be used to block the medicine bottle 2 from staying on the base 100 and releasing the medicine bottle 2 under the action of the pickup mechanism 20.

In some examples, the base 100 may include a vial magazine 101, and the vial magazine 101 may be used to store vials 2. In this case, the medicine bottle 2 may be placed on the medicine cartridge mechanism 10 through the base 100.

In some examples, the vial magazine 101 may have a magazine opening 102, and the magazine opening 102 may be located at one end of the vial magazine 101 and used to provide a pickable outlet for the vials 2 and may be in an openable and closable state. In some examples, the drug vial magazine 101 may also have a magazine tail, which may be located at the other end of the drug vial magazine 101 opposite the magazine mouth 102.

In some examples, the vial magazine 101 may be elongated and the width of the vial magazine 101 is approximately the same as the diameter of the stored vials 2. In this case, the medicine bottle compartment 101 is capable of storing a plurality of medicine bottles 2, and the plurality of medicine bottles 2 may be sequentially arranged along the length direction of the medicine bottle compartment 101.

In some examples, the base 100 may include a bottom plate 103 having an elongated shape and a plurality of side plates 104 disposed on the bottom plate 103 in parallel along a length direction of the bottom plate 103, and the bottom plate 103 and two adjacent side plates 104 disposed on the bottom plate 103 may cooperate to form one medicine bottle compartment 101 (see fig. 4). In some examples, the base 100 can include a plurality of vial bins 101 (see fig. 4). In this case, more vials 2 can be stored by the base 100 having a plurality of vial bins 101. In some examples, the cartridge mechanism 10 may include a plurality of bases 100 having a plurality of drug vial bins 101. Thereby, more vials 2 can be stored.

In some examples, the width of the mouth 102 may be approximately 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 magazine 101 via the magazine opening 102 is one at a time.

In some examples, the base 100 may be used to place vials 2 of the ampoule type 2 or vials 2 of the penicillin type, and the base 100 may also be used to place other types of vials 2. In some examples, when a base 100 having a plurality of drug vial bins 101 is used to store different types of drug vials 2, the size of each drug vial bin 101 may be adapted to the size of the corresponding drug vial 2. That is, the size of the medicine cartridge 101 can be adjusted according to the size of the medicine bottle 2 to be stored. The dimensions of the vial container 101 include, but are not limited to, the length, width, and height of the vial container 101.

In some examples, the pushing portion 110 may be provided on the base 100, and the pushing portion 110 may be movable along the vial magazine 101. In some examples, the pushing portion 110 may be configured to continuously push the drug vial 2 along the drug vial magazine 101 toward the magazine opening 102. In other words, when the medicine bottle 2 is placed on the medicine bottle bin 101 and when the medicine bottle 2 is blocked by the blocking portion 120 at the position of the bin port 102 of the medicine bottle bin 101, the pushing portion 110 has a tendency to continuously push the medicine bottle 2 toward the bin port 102.

Fig. 5a is a schematic view showing the blocking part 120 according to the example of the present disclosure in a closed state; fig. 5b is a schematic view showing that the blocking portion 120 according to the example of the present disclosure is in an open state (for more clearly showing the schematic view when the blocking portion 120 is in a different state, part of lines are omitted in fig. 5a and 5 b). Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the connection relationship of the blocking portion 120 and the base 100 according to the example of the present disclosure (in order to better show the connection relationship of the blocking portion 120 and the base 100, fig. 6 separates the blocking portion 120 from the base 100 along the direction in which the opening member 122 is movable, and the blocking portion 120 is actually located on the base 100 as shown in fig. 6). Fig. 7 is an overall schematic diagram illustrating the blocking portion 120 according to an example of the present disclosure. Fig. 8 is an exploded view showing the blocking portion 120 according to an example of the present disclosure.

In some examples, the barrier 120 can be located at the mouth 102 of the vial compartment 101. In some examples, the barrier 120 may be configured to be openable or closable. Among them, a state in which the blocking portion 120 is located at the mouth 102 of the medicine bottle bin 101 is referred to as a closed state (see fig. 5 a), and a state in which the blocking portion 120 is completely removed from the mouth 102 of the medicine bottle bin 101 is referred to as an open state (see fig. 5 b).

In some examples, the blocking portion 120 may be used to block the vial 2 from exiting the port 102 in an initial state, which may be referred to herein as a state when the blocking portion 120 is in a closed state, i.e., the blocking portion 120 is in a state that blocks the vial 2 from exiting the vial holder 101. Referring to fig. 4 (or fig. 5 a), the situation shown in fig. 4 is that the blocking portion 120 is in a closed state, i.e. an initial state. In this case, when the medicine bottle bin 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 bin 101 when the medicine bottle 2 leaves the medicine bottle bin 101, and when the blocking portion 120 is opened, the medicine bottle 2 moves to the bin port 102 that can be picked up by the pickup 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 fig. 6). The rotating member 125 may be used to block the medicine bottle 2 from exiting the medicine bottle compartment 101 in the initial state, the opening member 122 may be used to push the rotating member 125 to rotate so as to switch between the opened and closed states, and the elastic member 121 may be used to return the opening member 122 (returning the opening member 122 refers to returning the blocking portion 120 to the initial state).

In some examples, both ends of the elastic member 121 may be connected with the base 100 and the opening member 122, respectively, whereby the opening member 122 may be movably disposed on the base 100 through the elastic member 121. In other words, the opening member 122 may be relatively moved with respect to the base 100. In some examples, the elastic member 121 may be a spring. In some examples, preferably, the elastic member 121 may be a compression spring. Thereby, the return of the opening member 122 can be performed more conveniently.

In some examples, the opening member 122 may include a straight post 123 and a slider 124 (see fig. 6 and 7). In some examples, the straight post 123 and the slider 124 may be fixed together and not relatively movable. In this case, the slider 124 is driven to move by driving the linear column 123 to move.

In some examples, it is preferable that the straight column 123 and the slider 124 be fixed by bolts. In this case, the straight column 123 and the slider 124 can be respectively installed in the base 100, and then fixed after the installation, thereby facilitating the installation of the opening member 122.

In some examples, the straight column 123 may be connected with the elastic member 121, and the base 100 may have a straight groove 105 for the straight column 123 to move, and the straight groove 105 may be a groove body structure located inside the base (see fig. 6). As shown in fig. 6, the straight groove 105 may be considered as providing a movable groove body for the straight column 123, and the movement path of the straight column 123 may be restricted by the straight groove 105.

In some examples, the slider 124 may be located on a side wall of the straight post 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 arcuate. In this case, the slider 124 can more conveniently push the rotation member 125 to rotate according to the mechanical principle. In some examples, the base 100 may have a chute 106 (see fig. 6) that cooperates with a slider 124. Thereby, the moving path of the slider 124 can be restricted. The force F applied to the straight column 123 along the straight slot 105 shown in fig. 6 can make the straight column 123 move on the straight slot 105, and meanwhile, drive the slider 124 to move on the chute 106, so as to push the rotating member 125 to rotate.

In some examples, the rotating member 125 may include a first stationary shaft 126, a stop 127, and a first resilient element 128 (see fig. 6). The stopper 127 may be rotatably fixed to the base 100 by a first fixing shaft 126, and a first elastic member 128 may be used to return the stopper 127. In some examples, the base 100 may have a rotation slot 107 (see fig. 6) in which the stop 127 may rotate. In some examples, the base 100 may have a pin bore 109 (see fig. 6) that mates with the first stationary shaft 126. Thus, the rotating member 125 can be well provided 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 moment arm, and the first stationary shaft 126 may be disposed through the coil of the torsion spring. Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the stopper 127 may have a through hole parallel to an axial direction of the first fixing shaft 126, and the first fixing shaft 126 may be disposed to pass through the through hole. The stopper 127 may further have a chute perpendicular to the direction of the through hole, the coil of the first elastic element 128 may be located in the chute, and the arms of the first elastic element 128 may have two arms, one of which abuts against the chute, and the other of which abuts against one surface of the rotation slot 107 of the base 100. Thereby, the first elastic member 128 can be more conveniently utilized to provide the stopper 127 with elastic force for returning.

In some examples, with reference to fig. 5a and 5b, in the initial state, the stop 127 is in a position inclined at an angle to the side plate 104 of the base 100, thanks to the first elastic element 128, while this position can block the vial 2 from exiting the mouth 102 (see fig. 5 a). When the opening member 122 moves in the direction D1 as shown in fig. 5a, the slider 124 contacting the stopper 127 applies a pushing force to the stopper 127, and the stopper 127 rotates about the first fixed shaft 126 to a position away from the mouth 102 (see fig. 5 b). At this time, the mouth 102 is not blocked by the stopper 127, and the medicine bottle 2 is moved from one side of the rotating member 125 to the other side of the rotating member 125 by the pushing portion 110, i.e., continues to move to the mouth 102 along the direction of the medicine bottle bin 101 toward the mouth 102, and is picked up by the pickup mechanism 20. In this process, the first elastic element 128 is in a stressed state, and has an elastic force to return to its original state after being torsionally stressed, so that the first elastic element 128 has a tendency to drive the stop block 127 to return to the original state. When the pushing force applied to the opening member 122 is removed, the opening member 122 returns under the action of the elastic member 121, and the force applied to the rotating member 125 by the opening member 122 is removed, and the stopper 127 returns under the action of the first elastic element 128, i.e. returns to the initial state, and continues to block the next vial 2 from being separated from the mouth 102. In some examples, the portion of the slider 124 that abuts the stop 127 may be arcuate. Thereby, the slider 124 can be pushed to rotate the stopper 127 more easily. In some examples, an end of the stopper 127 remote from the first fixed shaft 126 may be arc-shaped. Thereby, it is convenient that the stopper 127 is not caught during the contact and separation with the medicine bottle 2 at the time of rotation.

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

In some examples, the connection of the blocking portion 120 to the base 100 may also be as shown in fig. 9a and 9 b. In some examples, referring to fig. 9a, the straight-going groove 105 on the base 100 that mates with the straight-going post 123, the slide groove 106 that mates with the slide block 124, and the rotational groove 107 that mates with the stop 127 may form the structure shown in fig. 9 a. In some examples, referring to fig. 9a, the rotation groove 107 divides the pin shaft hole 109 into upper and lower parts, and serves to more stably fix the rotation member 125 when the first fixing shaft 126 is placed therein. In some examples, the rotation groove 107 may be a groove body that does not extend completely through the substrate 100 (see fig. 9a and 9 b).

In some examples, referring to fig. 9a, 9b and 10, the slider 124 may be cylindrical and fixedly coupled to the straight post 123, and the stopper 127 may have a hollow groove 129 in which the slider 124 slides. Referring to fig. 9a, the slider 124 may be coupled to the stop 124 by passing through the hollow slot 129, i.e., the stop 127 may be urged to rotate as the slider 12 moves. Thereby, the linkage between the rotating member 125 and the opening member 122 can be more stable. In some examples, a first resilient element 128 may be attached to a side of the slider 124 opposite the groove wall of the rotation groove 107 (see fig. 9 b). In some examples, the first elastic element 128 may be a pressure spring, and one end of the first elastic element 128 may be connected to a side wall of the stopper 127, and the other end may be connected or detachably abutted against a groove wall of the rotation groove 107. Thereby, the first elastic member 128 can be more conveniently utilized to provide the stopper 127 with elastic force for returning.

In some examples, referring to fig. 9a, the rotation groove 107 divides the sliding groove 106 into upper and lower parts, and when the slider 124 is placed therein, the sliding of the slider 124 is more stable and always keeps sliding along the direction of the sliding 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 stop 127 can have a first end face 130 and a second end face 131 as shown in fig. 11. The first end surface 130 is used to provide a barrier to the vials 2 positioned in the vial magazine 101. In some examples, the portion of the first end surface 130 that contacts the vial may be rounded. Thereby, it is convenient that the stopper 127 is not caught during the contact and separation with the medicine bottle 2 at the time of rotation. In some examples, the second end face 131 may form an angle with the first end face 130 (see fig. 11). This can provide a stable barrier to the vial 2.

In some examples, referring to fig. 11, the blocking portion 120 is in an initial state (i.e., closed state) at this time. An inclined angle is formed between the 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 in the direction of the straight groove 105, the slider 124 located in the hollow groove 129 applies a pushing force to the stopper 127, and the stopper 127 rotates around the first fixed shaft 126 to a position away from the mouth 102. At this time, the mouth 102 is not blocked by the stopper 127, and the medicine bottle 2 is moved from one side of the rotating member 125 to the other side of the rotating member 125 by the pushing portion 110, i.e., continues to move to the mouth 102 along the direction of the medicine bottle bin 101 toward the mouth 102, and is picked up by the pickup mechanism 20. In this process, the stopper 127 rotates, so that the first elastic element 128 is in a compressed state, and has an elastic force to return to the original state after being compressed, so that the first elastic element 128 has a tendency to drive the stopper 127 to return to the original state. When the pushing force applied to the opening member 122 is removed, the opening member 122 returns under the action of the elastic member 121, and the force applied to the rotating member 125 by the opening member 122 is removed, the slider 124 retreats along the hollow groove 129, and the stopper 127 returns under the action of the first elastic element 128, i.e. returns to the initial state, and continues to block the next vial 2 from being separated from the mouth 102. This allows the medicine bottle 2 to be automatically and replaceably blocked and released.

In some examples, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the picking mechanism 20 may include a grip 210. The gripping portion 210 may be used to grip the vial 2. In some examples, the pick-up mechanism 20 may be a multi-axis robotic arm whereby the pick-up mechanism 20 may make any angular adjustment to pick up vials 2 located in the magazine mechanism 10. In some examples, the gripping portion 210 may be a mechanical gripper on a multi-axis robotic arm, whereby the gripping portion 210 is able to stably pick up the vial 2. In some examples, the pick-up mechanism 20 and the grip 210 may be controlled automatically.

In some examples, the picking mechanism 20 may further include a push block 220 (see fig. 3), and the push block 220 may be used to push the opening member 122 to move. When it is desired to pick up the medicine bottle 2 located at the mouth 102, the stopper 120 can be converted into an initial state of releasing the medicine bottle 2 by the push block 220 engaged with the opening member 122, 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 provided to the grip 210. In some examples, the push block 220 may be a portion of the clip portion 210 that is relatively convex. In some examples, the position of the push block 220 and the grip 210 remain relatively fixed. In some examples, the positional relationship of the push block 220 and the grip portion 210 is related to the positional relationship of the bin mouth 102 and the rectilinear motion pillar 123, in other words, when the grip portion 210 is located at the position of the bin mouth 102 and grips the vial 2 located at the vial bin 101, the push block 220 may be located at a position that can push the rectilinear motion pillar 123 to a predetermined position. For example, in the example shown in fig. 3, the moving direction of the holding portion 210 when the holding portion 210 is positioned opposite to the mouth 102 to hold the medicine bottle 2 is the same as the moving direction of the push block 220 with respect to the straight column 123 (D in fig. 3 may be the moving direction of the push block 220 with respect to the straight column 123). In this case, the stopper 120 can be triggered by the push block 220 while the medicine bottle 2 is gripped by the grip portion 210, and the position where the medicine bottle 2 is gripped by the grip portion 210 and retained in the mouth 102 can also be blocked by another medicine bottle 2 in the medicine bottle bin 101. When the clamping part 210 clamps the medicine bottle 2 at a position away from the bin port 102, the pushing block 220 also moves away from the blocking part 120, and at the moment, the action applied to the blocking part 120 by the pushing block 220 is also simultaneously removed, the blocking part 120 returns to an initial state under the action of the elastic member 121 and the first elastic element 128, and the next medicine bottle 2 is continuously blocked from moving to the bin port 102. Thereby enabling the vials 2 to be picked up one at a time.

In this embodiment, by pushing the rotating member 125 by the opening member 122 to rotate and skillfully matching with the gripping and triggering mechanism of the picking mechanism 20, the pushing block 220 of the picking mechanism 20 can be used to trigger the opening and closing of the blocking portion 120 more easily, and the pushing of the rotating member 125 is more easily completed so that the blocking portion 120 releases the medicine bottle 2. In this manner, the removal and placement of the vial 2 is achieved, and as rotation of the rotation member 125 is more readily accomplished, the useful life of the blocking portion 120 can be increased, avoiding premature fatigue failure of the first resilient element 128. Meanwhile, the push block 220 of the picking mechanism 20 is matched with the straight column 123, so that only one medicine bottle 2 can be picked up at a time, the blocking part 120 can restore to block other medicine bottles 2 in the medicine bottle bin 101 after the picking is finished, one medicine bottle 2 is picked up at a time, and the accuracy of picking up the medicine bottles 2 by the picking mechanism 20 can be improved in a fixed-point picking mode.

Fig. 12 is a schematic view showing the pusher 110 at the rear of the cartridge according to the example of the present disclosure. Fig. 13 is a schematic sectional view showing the pushing portion 110 according to the example of the present disclosure.

In some examples, referring to fig. 12 and 13, the pushing portion 110 may include a contact member 111 and an actuating member 112. The contact member 111 makes direct contact with the vial 2 located in the vial magazine 101, and the actuating member 112 has a tendency to drive the contact member 111 toward the mouth 102. Thereby, the pushing portion 110 can continuously push the vial 2 toward the direction toward the mouth 102.

In some examples, the pushing portion 110 may have a cavity within which the actuating member 112 may be located, the pushing portion 110 continuously exerting a pushing force on the vial 2 as the actuating member 112 functions. In some examples, the actuating member 112 may be a coil spring. The coil spring may be located within the cavity of the pusher portion 110 and one end of the coil spring may extend out through the bore of the cavity to secure the position of the mouth 102. When the pushing portion 110 moves along the vial housing 101 to a position away from the housing mouth 102, the coil spring begins to be forced, and at this time, the coil spring applies a force to the pushing portion 110 to move toward the housing mouth 102 so that the pushing portion 110 has a tendency to move toward the housing mouth 102. Thereby, the pushing force of pushing the medicine bottle 2 can be continuously provided to the pushing portion 110 by utilizing the characteristics of the coil spring.

In some examples, the actuating member 112 may be a pressure spring. The pressure spring may be disposed on a moving path of the pushing part 110. One end of the pressure spring may be fixed to the mouth 102 of the medicine bottle bin 101 and the other end may be fixed to the contact member 111. In this case, the pushing force of the pushing part 110 to push the medicine bottle 2 can be continuously provided by the elastic force of the pressure spring (i.e., the restoring force of the pressure spring).

In some examples, the actuating member 112 may also be a tension spring. A tension spring may be provided between the contact mechanism and the mouth 102 of the vial housing 101. One end of the tension spring may be connected to the mouth 102 of the medicine bottle bin 101 and the other end may be connected to the contact member 111. Thereby, the pushing force for pushing the medicine bottle 2 can be continuously provided to the pushing portion 110 by the tension spring.

In some examples, the pusher 110 can further include a check member 113, and the base 100 can include a stop bar 108 (see fig. 12) that can cooperate with the check member 113 to retain the pusher 110 at the rear of the cartridge. In this case, when it is necessary to replenish the medicine bottle 2 to the medicine bottle bin 101, the pushing portion 110 may be moved in a direction opposite to the movement direction of the pushing portion 110 until the pushing portion 110 is located at the end of the base 100 away from the bin opening 102, and at this time, the pushing portion 110 is stopped at the end of the base 100 away from the bin opening 102 by the check member 113 in cooperation with the stop lever 108 on the base 100, so that the medicine bottle 2 can be replenished in the medicine bottle bin 101 more conveniently.

In some examples, the stop bar 108 may be located at an end remote from the mouth 102 (i.e., at an end near the tail of the bin). In some examples, the bar 108 may be a rail located at the rear of the bin. The bar 108 may be fixed at the rear of the bin. In this case, the pushing portion 110 can be stopped at the rear of the bin by hooking the check member 113 on the bar 108.

In some examples, the check member 113 may include a second fixed shaft 114, a hook claw 115 (see fig. 13). In some examples, the second fixed shaft 114 may be disposed and fixed on the contact member 111, and the hooking jaw 115 may be rotatably disposed on the second fixed shaft 114. In some examples, the end of the hook 115 near the rear of the bin has a swivel end that mates with the angled bar 108, see fig. 13, the inner side of which may be the side facing the mouth of the bin and the outer side of which may be the side facing the rear of the bin. Thus, the inner side surface of the turning end can be snapped onto the stop lever 108 to allow the hook 115 to hook the stop lever 108, so that the check member 113 can stay at the rear of the bin.

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

In some examples, the check member 113 may also include a second resilient element 116 (see fig. 13). The second elastic element 116 can be matched with the hook claw 115 and provide an elastic force for the hook claw 115 to drive the hook claw 115 to rotate.

In some examples, the second elastic element 116 may be a torsion spring, the second elastic element 116 may have a coil and a moment arm, and the second fixed shaft 114 may rotatably dispose the hooking jaw 115 and the second elastic element 116 at the contact member 111 through the coil. In this case, the check member 113 can be fixed to the stopper 108 by the second elastic element 116 so as to be able to disengage the pushing portion 110 from the stopper 108 more conveniently after the medicine bottle 2 is replenished.

In some examples, the outer side of the swivel end of the hooking jaw 115 may be curved. In this case, by providing the rotating end with the arc-shaped outer side surface, when the pushing portion 110 is pushed to move along the direction from the medicine bottle bin 101 to the bin tail and the outer side surface of the rotating end of the hook claw 115 contacts the stop lever 108, the pushing portion 110 is pushed to slide on the stop lever 108, the bottom of the rotating end can be made to pass over the stop lever 108 by continuing to push the pushing portion 110 to move along the direction from the medicine bottle bin 101 to the bin tail, then under the action of the second elastic element 116, the hook claw 115 returns and is buckled on the other surface of the stop lever 108, at this time, the pushing portion 110 is stopped to be pushed continuously along the direction towards the bin tail, and under the action of the executing member 112, the hook claw 115 can be made to stay at the position of the bin tail firmly.

When the pushing part 110 needs to be released, the hook 115 is rotated to be separated from the lever 108, and at this time, the pushing part 110 can resume moving towards the position of the bin opening 102 under the action of the executing member 112.

In some examples, the pushing portion 110 may further include a limiting member, the hook claw 115 may have a slot, the slot may penetrate through a middle portion of the hook claw 115, and the second elastic element 116 may have two force arms, where one force arm abuts against the slot of the hook claw 115, and the other force arm abuts against the limiting member. In this case, the rotation range of the hooking jaw 115 can be better limited by the limiting member, and thus, the hooking jaw 115 can be more stably rotated and the snap or separation with the bar 108 can be accomplished.

In some examples, the spacing member may be an inner wall formed by a hollow structure inside the pushing portion 110. Thereby, the rotation range of the hooking claw 115 can be limited by the inner wall.

In some examples, the spacing member may be a pin disposed inside the push portion 110. In some examples, there may be two pins on each side of the hook 115. Thereby, the rotation range of the hooking claw 115 can be limited by the pin.

In summary, through the loading device of the medicine bottle 2 according to the present disclosure, the medicine bottle 2 can be stored, and the medicine bottle 2 can be automatically pushed to the bin opening 102 of the medicine bottle bin 101, so that the pickup mechanism 20 can pick up the medicine bottle 2 more conveniently, and the accuracy of the pickup mechanism 20 for picking up the medicine bottle 2 is improved.

While the disclosure has been described in detail in connection with the drawings and examples, it is to be understood that the foregoing description is not intended to limit the disclosure in any way. Modifications and variations of the present disclosure may be made as desired by those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the disclosure, and such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the 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.