CN216469852U

CN216469852U - Article cabinet and automatic goods taking device

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Publication number: CN216469852U
Application number: CN202121297083.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨建成; 王飞
Original assignee: Beijing Yuanjing Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Yuanjing Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-10
Filing date: 2021-06-10
Publication date: 2022-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 2031-06-10

Abstract

One or more embodiments of the present specification provide an article cabinet and an automatic goods taking device, the article cabinet includes a movable bin, which is slidably connected to a cabinet body of the article cabinet; a driving unit is arranged on one side of the movable bin and used for pushing the movable bin out of or into the cabinet body; and a pushing unit is arranged in the movable bin and used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin. When the goods taking robot is used for taking goods, the movable bin is pushed out of the cabinet body to the position corresponding to the goods taking robot, and then the pushing unit pushes out the goods in the movable bin completely and stably into the goods taking bin of the goods taking robot, so that stable goods taking can be completed.

Description

Article cabinet and automatic goods taking device

Technical Field

One or more embodiments of the present description relate to the technical field of article distribution, and in particular, to an article cabinet and an automatic goods taking device.

Background

In some situations, the goods delivered by the delivery personnel need to be placed in a designated area, and the goods owner can take the goods from the designated area, and although some hotels can provide goods taking service, the service personnel can deliver the goods to the guest room, but in the peak delivery period, the limited service personnel have difficulty in ensuring the timely delivery of the goods. Therefore, the methods are time-consuming and labor-consuming, the delivery response time is low, and the user experience is not high.

Some hotels introduce a pick-up robot, but require a dispenser to place items in a designated area of the robot, resulting in a waiting state for the dispenser or the robot, which affects the dispensing efficiency.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, an object of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide an article cabinet and an automatic picking device to solve the problem of article distribution.

In view of the above objects, one or more embodiments of the present specification provide an article cabinet, including:

the movable bin is connected with the cabinet body of the article cabinet in a sliding manner; a driving unit is arranged on one side of the movable bin and used for pushing the movable bin out of or into the cabinet body; and a pushing unit is arranged in the movable bin and used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin.

Optionally, the pushing unit includes a pushing end, a connecting rod and a pushing plate disposed in the movable bin, the pushing end and the pushing plate are disposed at two ends of the connecting rod, and the pushing plate is used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin.

Optionally, blocking parts are arranged at positions on two sides of the push plate corresponding to the inner wall of the movable bin.

Optionally, the push plate is arranged at the bottom in the movable bin, and a gap is formed between the push plate and the bottom in the movable bin.

Optionally, the pushing unit includes: the conveying belt is arranged at the bottom of the movable bin and is used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin; and a driving end for controlling the rotation of the conveyor belt.

Optionally, the driving unit is disposed at the bottom or the top of the movable cabin, and the driving unit includes a driving rod and a driving end, and the driving end is fixed to the cabinet body and connected to the movable cabin through the driving rod.

Optionally, the movable bin is connected with the cabinet body in a sliding manner through a sliding part, and two ends of the sliding part are respectively provided with a limit switch.

Optionally, a position mark for marking the position of the cabinet body is arranged on the cabinet door of the cabinet body.

The specification also provides an automatic goods taking device, which comprises an article cabinet group consisting of at least one article cabinet and a goods taking robot;

the goods taking robot is provided with at least one goods taking bin, and the goods in the movable bin are pushed out to the goods taking bin so that the goods taking robot can convey the goods to a preset position.

Optionally, the entrance of getting the storehouse is equipped with spacing portion, the activity storehouse stretches out the cabinet body and with spacing portion block.

Optionally, when the movable bin is engaged with the limiting portion, the movable bin forms a predetermined angle with respect to the goods taking bin.

As can be seen from the above description, in the article cabinet and the automatic goods taking device provided in one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the article cabinet includes a movable bin, which is slidably connected to a cabinet body of the article cabinet; one side of the movable bin is provided with a driving unit used for pushing the movable bin out of or into the cabinet body; the movable bin is internally provided with a pushing unit used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin. When the goods taking robot is used for taking goods, the movable bin is pushed out of the cabinet body to the position corresponding to the goods taking robot, and then the pushing unit pushes out the goods in the movable bin completely and stably into the goods taking bin of the goods taking robot, so that stable goods taking can be completed.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate one or more embodiments or prior art solutions of the present specification, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments or prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only one or more embodiments of the present specification, and that other drawings may be obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive effort from these drawings.

Fig. 1 is a partial structural schematic view of a cabinet body according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another angle of the cabinet shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a further angle of the cabinet of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a state in which the pushing unit of the cabinet shown in fig. 1 is pushed out;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a pushing state of the pushing unit according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a movable bin extending into a cargo fetching bin according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of promoting a better understanding of the objects, aspects and advantages of the present disclosure, reference is made to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

It is to be noted that unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used in one or more embodiments of the present specification should have the ordinary meaning as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in one or more embodiments of the specification is not intended to indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but rather is used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

As described in the background section, the conventional article delivery is time-consuming and labor-consuming, and is not time-efficient, and some delivery robots can assist in taking out articles from an article cabinet and automatically deliver the articles to users, but when taking out articles from the article cabinet, the delivery robot cannot ensure that the articles are smoothly transferred to the delivery robot, and is not suitable for assisting in delivering articles such as fragile articles and food.

In view of this, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an article cabinet, a cabinet body of the article cabinet is slidably connected to a movable bin, the movable bin is provided with a pushing unit, when dispensing, the movable bin is pushed out of the cabinet body, the pushing unit completely and stably pushes out the articles in the movable bin, and distribution of the lightly-taken and lightly-placed articles is assisted to be completed.

Embodiments of the article cabinet of the present specification are described below with reference to specific examples.

As shown in fig. 1-6, the present specification provides an article cabinet comprising:

the movable bin is connected with the cabinet body of the article cabinet in a sliding way; one side of the movable bin is provided with a driving unit used for pushing the movable bin out of or into the cabinet body; the movable bin is internally provided with a pushing unit used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin.

In the article cabinet provided by this embodiment, the cabinet body 10 is connected with the movable cabin in a sliding manner, and the driving unit can drive the movable cabin to slide along the direction towards the outside of the cabinet body, so as to push the movable cabin out of the cabinet body, or drive the movable cabin to slide along the direction towards the inside of the cabinet body, so as to push the movable cabin into the cabinet body. The movable bin is also internally provided with a pushing unit which can push out the articles in the movable bin completely. When the article cabinet of the present specification is used for delivering articles, the movable bin is pushed out of the cabinet body 10, and then the articles in the movable bin are completely and stably pushed out to the article taking bin of the article taking robot 20, so that stable article taking is completed.

In some embodiments, the pushing unit includes a pushing end, a connecting rod and a pushing plate disposed in the movable bin, the pushing end and the pushing plate are disposed at two ends of the connecting rod, and the pushing plate is used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin. In this embodiment, the propelling movement end is connected with the push pedal through the connecting rod, and the push pedal sets up in the movable bin, utilizes article drive unit drive propelling movement end, and the propelling movement end drives the connecting rod action, and the connecting rod drives the push pedal action, and the push pedal is released the article in the movable bin outside the movable bin.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in one mode, one end of a connecting rod 121 is connected to a bottom plate of the cabinet through a slide 123, the other end of the connecting rod 121 is connected to a push plate 122, the push plate 122 is disposed inside the movable bin 11, the article driving unit 13 is disposed at the bottom of the bottom plate of the cabinet, a driving end of the article driving unit 13 drives the connecting rod 121 to slide along the slide 123, and the connecting rod 121 drives the push plate 122 to move along a direction toward the outside of the movable bin 11, so as to push the articles in the movable bin 11 to the outside of the movable bin 11.

As shown in fig. 5, in other modes, a slide 123 ' is formed at the top of the movable bin 11 ', an article driving unit 13 ' is disposed at the top of the movable bin 11 ', a driving end of the article driving unit 13 ' is connected to the push plate 122 ' through the screw 124 and the connecting rod 121 ', the article driving unit 13 ' drives the screw 124 to move, the connecting rod 121 ' slides along the slide 123 ', and the connecting rod 121 ' drives the push plate 122 ' to move in a direction toward the outside of the movable bin 11 ', so as to push the articles in the movable bin 11 ' to the outside of the movable bin 11 '. The above is merely an exemplary illustration, and the specific structure and position of the pushing unit may also be implemented by other manners, and this embodiment is not limited in detail.

In some embodiments, blocking parts are arranged at the positions of the two sides of the push plate corresponding to the inner wall of the movable bin.

Taking the embodiment shown in fig. 5 as an example, in order to ensure that the article can be completely pushed out, the article edge and the push plate will not be clamped in the pushing process of the push plate, the blocking portions 125 are respectively disposed at the positions corresponding to the inner walls of the movable bin 11 'on both sides of the push plate 122', and the article edge and the push plate can be prevented from being clamped in the pushing process of the push plate pushing the article.

In some embodiments, the push plate is arranged at the bottom in the movable bin and has a gap with the bottom in the movable bin.

By reserving a gap with a preset distance between the bottom edge of the push plate 122 ' and the bottom plate of the movable bin 11 ', the gap between the push plate 122 ' and the bottom plate of the movable bin 11 ' is as small as possible under the condition that the push plate 122 ' is ensured to normally move, so that the problem that the bottom edge of an article is clamped with the push plate to influence the normal pushing of the article can be avoided in the pushing process of the push plate.

In some embodiments, the pushing unit comprises: the conveying belt is arranged at the bottom of the movable bin and is used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin; and a drive end for controlling the rotation of the conveyor belt.

As shown in fig. 1, the pushing unit may be configured as a conveyor belt 14, and the conveyor belt 14 is used to convey the articles in the movable bin 11 to the outside of the movable bin 11. The driving end of the article driving unit is connected with the control end of the conveyor belt 14, the article driving unit drives the conveyor belt 14 to move, and the conveyor belt 14 moves to convey articles out stably. Optionally, the pushing unit may be provided with a conveyor belt, a connecting rod and a pushing plate assembly at the same time, and when in use, the conveyor belt or the connecting rod and the pushing plate assembly may be used to convey an article.

In some embodiments, the driving unit is disposed at the bottom or the top of the movable cabin, and the driving unit includes a driving rod and a driving end, and the driving end is fixed to the cabinet body and connected to the movable cabin through the driving rod.

In this embodiment, the movable cabin is slidably connected to the cabinet 10, and the driving unit drives the movable cabin to move, so that the movable cabin slides towards the outside or inside of the cabinet 10. The driving unit can be arranged at the bottom or the top of the movable cabin and is arranged according to the space layout in the cabinet body. The driving unit comprises a driving rod and a driving end, the driving end drives the driving rod to move, and the driving rod drives the movable bin to slide towards the outside or the inside of the movable bin, so that the movable bin is pushed out or pushed into the cabinet body 10.

In some embodiments, the movable bin is connected with the cabinet body in a sliding manner through a sliding part, and two ends of the sliding part are respectively provided with a limit switch.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, the sliding component includes a sliding portion 101 disposed at the bottom of the cabinet 10 and a matching sliding portion 110 disposed at the bottom of the movable bin 11, the sliding portion 101 and the matching sliding portion 110 are in a sliding connection in a matching manner, the driving unit can drive the movable bin 11 to slide relative to the cabinet 10, when the article is taken out, the movable bin 11 is pushed out of the cabinet 10, and after the pushing unit pushes out the article, the movable bin 11 is pushed into the cabinet 10, so that the article is taken out automatically and smoothly.

Limit switches are respectively arranged at two ends of the sliding part 101 and used for limiting the action travel of the movable bin 11 for pushing in and pushing out the cabinet body 10. Specifically, in the action process of pushing the movable bin 11 out of the cabinet 10, when the movable bin 11 moves to the limit switch 151 arranged at the first end (close to the outlet position of the cabinet) of the sliding part 101, the movable bin 11 stops moving, and the movable bin 11 is located at the maximum pushing-out position; in the action process of pushing the movable bin 11 into the cabinet body, when the movable bin 11 acts to the limit switch 152 at the second end (far away from the outlet position of the cabinet body) of the sliding part 101, the movable bin 11 stops acting, and the movable bin 11 is located at the maximum pushing position.

In some embodiments, the cabinet 10 is provided with a ventilation unit 16, and the ventilation unit 16 can be used for ventilating and dispersing odor, so as to keep the cabinet clean and sanitary. Alternatively, the ventilation unit 16 may be provided with a fan or the like having ventilation and air exchange functions.

In some embodiments, a position identifier for identifying a position of the cabinet is disposed on the cabinet door of the cabinet 10, and the position identifier can be used to identify related information of the cabinet. For example, the position identifier may be digital identification information such as a bar code or a two-dimensional code, and the digital identification information may record the position, number, storage state (whether an article is stored), stored article information, and the like of the cabinet body, so as to determine the position of the cabinet body and the storage state of the cabinet body according to the position identifier.

The embodiment of the specification also provides an automatic goods taking device, which comprises an article cabinet group consisting of at least one article cabinet and a goods taking robot;

the goods taking robot is provided with at least one goods taking bin, and the goods in the movable bin are pushed out to the goods taking bin so that the goods taking robot can convey the goods to the preset position.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the article cabinet group is formed by combining a plurality of article cabinets, and the number and combination mode of the cabinet bodies can be assembled and configured according to the actual application. Every cabinet body in the article cabinet group all can place article, get goods robot 20 and be equipped with at least one and get goods storehouse 21, and get the cabinet body 10 of article cabinet of the size, shape and position of goods storehouse 21 and suit, the usable goods robot 20 of getting gets goods from the article cabinet group is automatic, when getting goods, get goods robot 20 and move to getting goods storehouse 21 and the cabinet body 10 corresponding position of article cabinet group, get goods storehouse 21 door of opening a warehouse, cabinet body 10 opens the cabinet door, the movable bin stretches out the cabinet body, the propelling movement unit is with the article propelling movement in the movable bin get goods storehouse 21 in, get goods storehouse 21 door of closing a warehouse, it transports article to the characteristic place to be carried by getting goods robot 20.

In some embodiments, a position-limiting portion is disposed at the entrance of the goods-taking chamber 21, and the movable chamber extends out of the cabinet body and is engaged with the position-limiting portion. As shown in fig. 7, when picking up goods, the movable bin 11 extends into the goods picking bin 21, and the inlet of the goods picking bin 21 is provided with a limiting part, so that the movable bin 11 and the goods picking bin 21 are clamped at the limiting part, the position of the movable bin 11 and the position of the goods picking bin 21 are relatively fixed, and the stable delivery of the goods into the goods picking bin 21 is ensured.

In some embodiments, when the movable bin is engaged with the limiting part, the movable bin forms a predetermined angle relative to the goods taking bin. A certain height difference is formed between the movable bin 11 and the goods taking bin 21, and the movable bin 11 is higher than the goods taking bin 21, so that when the movable bin 11 is clamped with the goods taking bin 21, the movable bin 11 inclines to the goods taking bin 21 by a certain angle, and smooth pushing of goods into the goods taking bin 21 is facilitated.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, in an application scenario, two cabinets 10 stacked vertically form a group, the article cabinet group includes multiple groups of cabinets 10 stacked vertically, the goods taking robot 20 is provided with two goods taking bins 21 stacked vertically, and the size, shape and position of the two goods taking bins 21 are adapted to the two cabinets 10 in the group. The goods taking robot 20 is provided with a position information acquiring unit, when goods are taken, the goods taking robot 20 acquires relevant information in position marks on the cabinet 10 by using the position information acquiring unit, when the position of the target cabinet is determined according to the relevant information, the goods taking robot 20 moves to a position corresponding to the target cabinet, the goods taking robot opens a bin door of the goods taking bin 21, a cabinet door of the target cabinet is opened, the movable bin extends out of the target cabinet and extends into the goods taking bin, the movable bin is clamped with the goods taking bin, the pushing unit pushes goods in the movable bin into the goods taking bin, then the movable bin extends into the target cabinet, the cabinet door is closed, the goods taking bin 21 is closed, and the goods are conveyed to a characteristic place by the goods taking robot 20.

In some embodiments, the pickup time, the information related to the target cabinet, and the delivery location of the pickup robot 20 may be set, so that the pickup robot picks up the goods from the target cabinet at the pickup time and delivers the goods to the delivery location according to the set information. Optionally, the setting mode of the goods taking robot may be to operate a control panel of the goods taking robot, or to remotely operate the goods taking robot through a client, and the specific mode is not limited.

In some embodiments, in the process that the pickup robot 20 moves to the article group, the position information acquiring unit is used to acquire the position identifier of each cabinet in the article group, and match the acquired related information in the position identifier of each cabinet with the set related information of the target cabinet, when the target cabinet is matched, the target position of the target cabinet is determined, and the pickup robot moves to the target position, so as to take out the article from the target cabinet.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the discussion of any embodiment above is meant to be exemplary only, and is not intended to intimate that the scope of the disclosure, including the claims, is limited to these examples; within the spirit of the present disclosure, features from the above embodiments or from different embodiments may also be combined, steps may be implemented in any order, and there are many other variations of different aspects of one or more embodiments of the present description as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity.

In addition, well-known power/ground connections to Integrated Circuit (IC) chips and other components may or may not be shown in the provided figures, for simplicity of illustration and discussion, and so as not to obscure one or more embodiments of the disclosure. Furthermore, devices may be shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the understanding of one or more embodiments of the present description, and this also takes into account the fact that specifics with respect to implementation of such block diagram devices are highly dependent upon the platform within which the one or more embodiments of the present description are to be implemented (i.e., specifics should be well within purview of one skilled in the art). Where specific details (e.g., circuits) are set forth in order to describe example embodiments of the disclosure, it should be apparent to one skilled in the art that one or more embodiments of the disclosure can be practiced without, or with variation of, these specific details. Accordingly, the description is to be regarded as illustrative instead of restrictive.

While the present disclosure has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof, many alternatives, modifications, and variations of these embodiments will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the foregoing description. For example, other memory architectures (e.g., dynamic ram (dram)) may use the embodiments discussed.

It is intended that the one or more embodiments of the present specification embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variations as fall within the broad scope of the appended claims. Therefore, any omissions, modifications, substitutions, improvements, and the like that may be made without departing from the spirit and principles of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. An article cabinet, comprising:

2. The article cabinet of claim 1, wherein the pushing unit comprises a pushing end, a connecting rod and a pushing plate arranged in the movable bin, the pushing end and the pushing plate are arranged at two ends of the connecting rod, and the pushing plate is used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin.

3. The article cabinet of claim 2, wherein blocking portions are arranged at positions on two sides of the push plate corresponding to the inner wall of the movable bin.

4. The article cabinet of claim 2, wherein the push plate is disposed at the bottom of the movable compartment and has a gap with the bottom of the movable compartment.

5. The article cabinet of claim 1, wherein the pushing unit comprises: the conveying belt is arranged at the bottom of the movable bin and is used for pushing the articles out of the movable bin; and a driving end for controlling the rotation of the conveyor belt.

6. The article cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the driving unit is disposed at the bottom or the top of the movable compartment, and the driving unit includes a driving rod and a driving end, and the driving end is fixed on the cabinet body and connected to the movable compartment through the driving rod.

7. The article cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the movable bin is slidably connected with the cabinet body through a sliding part, and two ends of the sliding part are respectively provided with a limit switch.

8. The article cabinet of claim 1, wherein a position marker for marking the position of the cabinet body is provided on the cabinet door of the cabinet body.

9. An automatic goods taking device, which is characterized by comprising a goods cabinet group consisting of at least one goods cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 8 and a goods taking robot;

10. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein a limiting portion is provided at the inlet of the goods-taking chamber, and the movable chamber extends out of the cabinet body to be engaged with the limiting portion.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein when the movable bin is engaged with the stop portion, the movable bin forms a predetermined angle with respect to the access bin.