EP2105895B1 - Compact automated storage for packets of medicine - Google Patents

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EP2105895B1
EP2105895B1 EP08153424A EP08153424A EP2105895B1 EP 2105895 B1 EP2105895 B1 EP 2105895B1 EP 08153424 A EP08153424 A EP 08153424A EP 08153424 A EP08153424 A EP 08153424A EP 2105895 B1 EP2105895 B1 EP 2105895B1
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Tom Simcox
Rupert Katritzky
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  • the invention relates to an automated storage for drug packages of different types and sizes with an electronic control device and a plurality of parallel inclined storage shafts, each of which can accommodate a plurality of packages and at their lower ends each have a triggerable by the controller lock for controlling the delivery of individual packages , wherein the storage shafts can be filled at their upper ends with packages.
  • automated bearings typically include a shelf having a plurality of shelves or shelves arranged one above the other, each containing a plurality of inclined storage shafts arranged side by side.
  • the inclined storage shafts are filled on one side of the shelf, while on the opposite side, that is at the lower ends of the storage shafts, locks are provided which prevent slipping out of the inserted drug packages.
  • the filling can be done manually or with the aid of an HMI device.
  • the removal of the drug packages at the lower ends is carried out by triggering the locks, with the tripping devices are either directly to the lower ends of the shelves or the locks are triggered by a movable front of the lower ends of the control unit.
  • the known bearings at least two shelves are regularly arranged parallel to each other, wherein an operating device is movable in an alley formed therebetween.
  • the known automated bearings are voluminous and usually fixedly mounted in designated premises of a pharmacy or a pharmaceutical wholesaler.
  • FR 2 458 851 A is a food dispenser in cabinet format with refrigerated interior known in which behind a front door with a double glazing thermal double above and next to each other arranged rectangular viewing compartments are. Each compartment has a reclined bottom and a rear flap and can accommodate a food pack visible through the glass door.
  • the machine includes a coin slot and control means which, upon entry and selection of a desired package, opens the back flap of the associated compartment so that the package slides out and falls down onto a front-facing inclined plane leading into a microwave oven.
  • the microwave oven has a further shutter which first holds the packing slipping on the inclined plane so that it remains in the oven compartment and can be heated, and later opens, so that the heated food package on one at the front the machine arranged tray slips where it can be removed.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a relatively small, compact automated warehouse for drug packages of different types and sizes, which can be used flexibly and transportable, for example in hospitals and a warehouse management with a control of the drug withdrawal allowed.
  • the inventive compact automated storage for drug packages of different types and sizes has a housing, an electronic control device, a plurality of parallel arranged in the housing, inclined storage shafts and a removal tray.
  • Each storage bay can accommodate a plurality of packages and has at its lower end a triggerable by the controller Lock on to control the delivery of individual packages.
  • the storage shafts are arranged such that the upper ends are accessible from an operating front side of the housing and can be filled with packages and the lower ends are arranged on a rear side facing away from the front of the housing above a conveyor, so that the storage shafts over more than half, preferably at least two-thirds, of the depth of the housing.
  • the depth of the housing is thus determined essentially by the length of the storage shafts.
  • a removal compartment accessible from the front of the housing is arranged below the storage shafts.
  • the conveyor catches the packages emerging from the lower ends of the storage shafts and carries them into the removal compartment.
  • An operator input device for inputting an identification of the packages to be removed is coupled to the control device.
  • the controller is configured to inspect the operator inputs for desired packages and, in response to these operator inputs, trigger the appropriate locks on storage bins.
  • the compactness and the small size of the bearing is achieved, in particular, by dispensing with a complex operating device for removing the medicament packs.
  • the compactness is achieved in that the removal compartment is disposed below the storage shafts, both the upper ends of the storage shafts (for the purpose of filling) and the removal tray (for the purpose of removal) are accessible from the same front panel of the housing.
  • a deflection of the transport direction takes place via the conveying device, in that the medicament packs sliding backwards in the bearing shaft are deflected forwards into the removal compartment.
  • only a small space is required beyond the lower ends of the storage shafts in the rear of the housing, which does not need to be much larger than the maximum dimension of a drug package.
  • control device checks the operator inputs for desired packages and then triggers in response to these the appropriate locks on the storage shafts.
  • the control device monitors with the help of appropriately arranged sensors and the filling of the storage shafts, so that can always be monitored and optionally displayed, which and how many drug packages are included in the warehouse and which shafts may need to be refilled.
  • the inclined storage shafts have a different size, that is, different widths and heights, wherein each storage shaft can accommodate a plurality of similar packs.
  • the conveying device is a conveyor chute, on whose inclined sliding surface the packets emerging from the lower ends of the storage shafts fall.
  • the removal tray is arranged under the storage shafts drawer.
  • the conveyor chute catches the packages emerging from the lower ends of the storage shafts and transports them into the drawer.
  • the drawer can be moved out of the housing toward the front of the operating panel.
  • the removal is done manually by the operator.
  • a preferred embodiment of this compact automated warehouse is characterized in that a plurality of storage shafts are arranged side by side in several equally wide, stacked planes.
  • the drawer extends over the entire width of the bearing shaft levels. This allows a particularly simple and space-saving design of the conveyor.
  • the operator input device additionally detects an identification of the operator.
  • the control device ensures storage of the identification of the operator in association with the identifications of the removed packages.
  • the operator input device preferably has a reading device for a medium identifying the operator, for example a chip card reading device.
  • a release device which releases the removal from the removal compartment and can be actuated by the control device is provided. This can be tracked in a secure manner, which operator has taken which drug packages.
  • the removal compartment is preferably a drawer arranged below the storage shafts, wherein the drawer can be moved out of the housing for removal of the packages conveyed in towards the operating front side.
  • the actuatable by the control device Verriegelungsvorrichung is a moving out of the drawer locking device.
  • the controller is configured to inspect the operator inputs for desired packages and, in response to these operator inputs, trigger the appropriate locks on the storage bays and subsequently release the drawer-locking device.
  • the drawer can be pulled out by the operator as soon as the locking device is released.
  • the operator input device is also accessible from the front of the operator. This allows only the operator front of the bearing contains functional elements that must be accessible. This allows a juxtaposition of several inventions camp.
  • the electronic control device preferably comprises a microprocessor and is also arranged in the housing.
  • Each storage shaft preferably has an electronic triggering device, which is activated, for example, by the microprocessor of the control device.
  • the housing has devices which allow movement of the bearing.
  • the housing is provided with feet to which rollers are attached.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective schematic view of a compact automated warehouse according to the invention for drug packages of different types and sizes.
  • the mounted on a table 1 bearing is housed in a housing 2.
  • a plurality of stack shaft layers 3 stacked one above the other are contained, each bearing shaft level 3 having a multiplicity of bearing shafts arranged parallel to one another.
  • the individual storage shafts are not visible in the schematic diagram.
  • the storage shafts can be formed by separate U-shaped profiles; Preferably, however, the storage shafts are formed on a common flat base plate by mounted at different distances vertical rails.
  • the bearing shaft levels are vertically evenly spaced; but the bearing shaft levels can also have different distances, so that when storing differently high packs better space utilization can be achieved.
  • the bearing shaft levels 3 are inclined, so that they drop from a front panel 4 to the back of the housing.
  • the upper ends of the storage shafts of the bearing shaft levels 3 are accessible from the front panel 4 ago. For example, there are openings or doors in the front panel 4 of the housing 2.
  • each locks are attached, which prevent slipping out of attached drug packages.
  • At each storage shaft is such a lock that can be operated or triggered by an electronic control device so that a drug package can slip out of the storage bay.
  • a conveyor chute 5 is arranged, which catches the drug packages emerging from the lower ends of the storage shafts.
  • the conveyor slide 5 ends above a drawer 6, provided that the drawer 6 is completely inserted into a drawer receptacle 7 of the housing 2. When inserted drawer 6 thus land on the conveyor chute slide down 5 drug packages in the drawer. 6
  • FIG. 1 shows the compact warehouse with pulled out by an operator 8 drawer 6.
  • the drawer 6, the conveyor chute 5 and the bearing shaft levels 3 occupy substantially the full width of the compact bearing in order to achieve the best possible space utilization with a simple design of the conveyor chute 5.
  • the electronic control device accommodated, which includes a microprocessor or a microcontroller, and a (also not shown) operator input device, which is mounted on the front panel 4.
  • the operator input device comprises, for example, a keyboard and a chip card reading device.
  • an output device such as a screen, for displaying operating conditions, operator instructions and data of the drug packages to be outsourced.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic side view of the in FIG. 1 arrangement shown, also with pulled out drawer 6.
  • FIG. 2 It can be clearly seen that good space utilization and compactness are achieved even in the depth of the bearing, in that the inclined storage shafts extend over at least two thirds of the depth of the housing 2. The remaining space between the rear wall of the housing 2 and the lower ends of the storage shafts can be minimized and depends on the largest dimensions of the largest drug packages inserted in the storage shafts.
  • FIG. 3 shows a side perspective view of FIG. 1 shown bearing assembly with an operator who inserts a drug package in one of the storage shafts.
  • the storage of drug packages is done here manually with a predetermined orientation of the pack.
  • the insertion (refilling) of a pack into a storage shaft is either automatically detected by a sensor arranged on the storage shaft or given to the control device by entering appropriate information by the inserting operator.
  • the manual refilling inclined storage shafts is well known and need not be described in detail here.
  • the packs inserted at the upper ends slide down the bearing shaft until they strike the barrier or previously stored packings arranged at the lower end.
  • the operator proceeds as follows. First, via the operator input device, he inputs an identification code (or also the plaintext name or other information) for identifying the desired drug packages. This input information is processed by the controller, first checking that the desired drug packages are available. If this is the case, the corresponding locks at the lower ends of the storage compartments containing the desired packages are released or released. The drug packages then slip out of the storage shafts and fall onto the conveyor chute 5, on which they then slide into the drawer. After the desired drug packages have been conveyed into the drawer 6, the controller issues a corresponding signal to the operator. The operator can then pull the drawer 6 out of the housing 2 and remove the drug packages, as shown in FIG FIG. 4 is shown. Subsequently, the drawer 6 is moved back into the housing. This can be done manually by the operator or also automatically (for example by a motor control or a spring preload).
  • an identification code or also the plaintext name or other information
  • the entry of the respective drug packages to be outsourced can also be carried out remotely in an alternative embodiment, for example via an interface to a merchandise management system.
  • the machine receives via a cable connection or wireless information about which packages are outsourced. After the appropriate packages have been delivered to the drawer 6, the machine indicates to the operator that the desired drug packages are available.
  • identification information of the drug packages to be outsourced it may additionally be necessary in one embodiment to enter an identification of the operator and / or an affected patient (either manually or via a memory card). This information is then stored together with the information about the outsourced packs.
  • an electrically releasable lock can be provided on the drawer, which is released only when an authorized operator identification of the control device, for example, when the standing in front of the warehouse operator enters a predetermined identification code (via a keyboard) or an ID card in introduces a reading device.
  • an authorized operator identification of the control device for example, when the standing in front of the warehouse operator enters a predetermined identification code (via a keyboard) or an ID card in introduces a reading device.

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The repository has an extraction drawer (6) arranged below a repository stack and accessible from an operating front side (4) of a housing (2). A conveying device (5) i.e. conveyor chute, collects drug packages emerging from lower ends of the stack. The device conveys the packages into the drawer. An operator input device is coupled with an electronic control unit. The input device inputs identification of to-be-extracted drug packages. The control unit is configured such that the control unit checks operator inputs for desired drug packages and locks the stack based on the inputs.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein automatisiertes Lager für Arzneimittelpackungen unterschiedlicher Art und Größe mit einer elektronischen Steuereinrichtung und mehreren parallel angeordneten geneigten Lagerschächten, die jeweils eine Mehrzahl von Packungen aufnehmen können und an ihren unteren Enden jeweils eine von der Steuereinrichtung auslösbare Sperre zum Steuern der Abgabe einzelner Packungen aufweisen, wobei die Lagerschächte an ihren oberen Enden mit Packungen befüllt werden können.The invention relates to an automated storage for drug packages of different types and sizes with an electronic control device and a plurality of parallel inclined storage shafts, each of which can accommodate a plurality of packages and at their lower ends each have a triggerable by the controller lock for controlling the delivery of individual packages , wherein the storage shafts can be filled at their upper ends with packages.

Es sind eine Reihe von automatisierten Lagern der eingangs genannten Art bekannt, beispielsweise aus der Offenlegungsschrift DE 43 36 885 A1 , der Offenlegungsschrift DE 100 26 899 A1 oder der Patentanmeldungsveröffentlichung WO 2007/039005 A1 . Diese automatisierten Lager umfassen in der Regel ein Regal mit mehreren übereinander angeordneten Regalböden oder Regalebenen, die jeweils eine Vielzahl nebeneinander angeordneter geneigter Lagerschächte enthalten. Die geneigten Lagerschächte werden an einer Seite des Regals befüllt, während an der gegenüberliegenden Seite, das heißt an den unteren Enden der Lagerschächte, Sperren vorgesehen sind, die ein Herausrutschen der einliegenden Arzneimittelpackungen vermeiden. Das Befüllen kann manuell oder mit Hilfe eines Bediengeräts erfolgen. Die Entnahme der Arzneimittelpackungen an den unteren Enden erfolgt durch ein Auslösen der Sperren, wobei sich die Auslösevorrichtungen entweder unmittelbar an den unteren Enden der Regalschächte befinden oder die Sperren von einem vor den unteren Enden verfahrbaren Bediengerät ausgelöst werden. Bei den bekannten Lagern sind regelmäßig wenigstens zwei Regale parallel zueinander angeordnet, wobei ein Bediengerät in einer dazwischen gebildeten Gasse verfahrbar ist. Die bekannten automatisierten Lager sind voluminös und werden üblicherweise feststehend in dafür vorgesehenen Räumen einer Apotheke oder eines Pharmagroßhandels montiert.There are a number of automated bearings of the type mentioned, for example from the published patent application DE 43 36 885 A1 , the publication DE 100 26 899 A1 or the patent application publication WO 2007/039005 A1 , These automated warehouses typically include a shelf having a plurality of shelves or shelves arranged one above the other, each containing a plurality of inclined storage shafts arranged side by side. The inclined storage shafts are filled on one side of the shelf, while on the opposite side, that is at the lower ends of the storage shafts, locks are provided which prevent slipping out of the inserted drug packages. The filling can be done manually or with the aid of an HMI device. The removal of the drug packages at the lower ends is carried out by triggering the locks, with the tripping devices are either directly to the lower ends of the shelves or the locks are triggered by a movable front of the lower ends of the control unit. In the known bearings at least two shelves are regularly arranged parallel to each other, wherein an operating device is movable in an alley formed therebetween. The known automated bearings are voluminous and usually fixedly mounted in designated premises of a pharmacy or a pharmaceutical wholesaler.

Aus der Patentanmeldungsveröffentlichung FR 2 458 851 A ist ein Lebensmittelausgabeautomat im Schrankformat mit gekühltem Innenraum bekannt, bei dem sich hinter einer frontseitigen Tür mit einer Thermo-Doppelverglasung mehrere über- und nebeneinander angeordnete rechteckige Sichtfächer befinden. Jedes Fach weist einen nach hinten geneigten Boden und eine rückseitige Verschlussklappe auf und kann eine durch die Glastür hindurch sichtbare Packung mit Lebensmitteln aufnehmen. Der Automat enthält einen Münzeinwurf und eine Steuereinrichtung, die nach Geldeinwurf und Auswahl einer gewünschten Packung die rückseitige Verschlussklappe des zugehörigen Faches öffnet, so dass die Packung herausrutscht und abwärts auf eine in einen Mikrowellenofen führende, zur Frontseite hin geneigte Ebene fällt. Zur Frontseite hin weist der Mikrowellenofen eine weitere Verschlussklappe auf, die zunächst die auf der geneigten Ebene herabrutschende Packung festhält, so dass diese im Ofenraum verbleibt und erwärmt werden kann, und sich später öffnet, so dass die erwärmte Lebensmittel-Packung auf eine an der Frontseite des Automaten angeordnete Ablageplatte rutscht, wo sie entnommen werden kann.From the patent application publication FR 2 458 851 A is a food dispenser in cabinet format with refrigerated interior known in which behind a front door with a double glazing thermal double above and next to each other arranged rectangular viewing compartments are. Each compartment has a reclined bottom and a rear flap and can accommodate a food pack visible through the glass door. The machine includes a coin slot and control means which, upon entry and selection of a desired package, opens the back flap of the associated compartment so that the package slides out and falls down onto a front-facing inclined plane leading into a microwave oven. Towards the front, the microwave oven has a further shutter which first holds the packing slipping on the inclined plane so that it remains in the oven compartment and can be heated, and later opens, so that the heated food package on one at the front the machine arranged tray slips where it can be removed.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, ein relativ kleines, kompaktes automatisiertes Lager für Arzneimittel-Packungen unterschiedlicher Art und Größe zu schaffen, das flexibel und transportabel beispielsweise in Krankenhäusern eingesetzt werden kann und eine Lagerverwaltung mit einer Kontrolle der Arzneimittelentnahme gestattet.The object of the invention is to provide a relatively small, compact automated warehouse for drug packages of different types and sizes, which can be used flexibly and transportable, for example in hospitals and a warehouse management with a control of the drug withdrawal allowed.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch ein kompaktes automatisiertes Lager für Arzneimittel-Packungen mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 gelöst. Das erfindungsgemäße kompakte automatisierte Lager für Arzneimittel-Packungen unterschiedlicher Art und Größe weist ein Gehäuse, eine elektronische Steuereinrichtung, mehrere parallel in dem Gehäuse angeordnete, geneigte Lagerschächte und ein Entnahmefach auf. Jeder Lagerschacht kann eine Mehrzahl von Packungen aufnehmen und weist an seinem unteren Ende eine von der Steuereinrichtung auslösbare Sperre zum Steuern der Abgabe einzelner Packungen auf. Die Lagerschächte sind derart angeordnet, dass die oberen Enden von einer Bedienfrontseite des Gehäuses her zugänglich sind und mit Packungen gefüllt werden können und die unteren Enden an einer der Bedienfrontseite abgewandten Rückseite des Gehäuses oberhalb einer Fördervorrichtung angeordnet sind, so dass sich die Lagerschächte über mehr als die Hälfte, vorzugsweise wenigstens zwei Drittel, der Tiefe des Gehäuses erstrecken. Die Tiefe des Gehäuses wird somit im wesentlichen von der Länge der Lagerschächte bestimmt. Unter den Lagerschächten ist ein von der Bedienfrontseite des Gehäuses her zugängliches Entnahmefach angeordnet. Die Fördervorrichtung fängt die aus den unteren Enden der Lagerschächte austretenden Packungen auf und befördert sie in das Entnahmefach. Mit der Steuereinrichtung ist eine Bedienereingabeeinrichtung zur Eingabe einer Identifikation der zu entnehmenden Packungen gekoppelt. Die Steuereinrichtung ist so konfiguriert, dass sie die Bedienereingaben für gewünschte Packungen prüft und in der Abhängigkeit von diesen Bedienereingaben die entsprechenden Sperren von Lagerschächten auslöst. Erfindungsgemäß wird die Kompaktheit und die geringe Größe des Lagers vor allem dadurch erreicht, dass auf ein aufwendiges Bediengerät zur Entnahme der Arzneimittel-Packungen verzichtet wird. Ferner wird die Kompaktheit dadurch erreicht, dass das Entnahmefach unter den Lagerschächten angeordnet ist, wobei sowohl die oberen Enden der Lagerschächte (zum Zwecke des Befüllens) als auch das Entnahmefach (zum Zwecke des Entnehmens) von derselben Bedienfrontseite des Gehäuses her zugänglich sind. Im rückseitigen Bereich findet über die Fördervorrichtung eine Umlenkung der Transportrichtung statt, indem die in dem Lagerschacht nach hinten rutschenden Arzneimittel-Packungen nach vorn in das Entnahmefach umgelenkt werden. Dafür ist jenseits der unteren Enden der Lagerschächte im hinteren Bereich des Gehäuses nur ein geringer Bauraum erforderlich, der nicht viel größer zu sein braucht als die maximale Abmessung einer Arzneimittel-Packung. Trotz seiner Kompaktheit und geringen Größe gestattet das erfindungsgemäße automatisierte Lager die bei den bekannten voluminösen Lagern übliche Kommissionierung und Verwaltung der einliegenden und entnommenen Arzneimittel-Packungen. Dazu prüft die Steuereinrichtung die Bedienereingaben für gewünschte Packungen und löst dann in Abhängigkeit von diesen die entsprechenden Sperren an den Lagerschächten aus. Die Steuereinrichtung überwacht mit Hilfe entsprechend angeordneter Sensoren auch das Befüllen der Lagerschächte, so dass stets überwacht und gegebenenfalls angezeigt werden kann, welche und wie viele Arzneimittel-Packungen in dem Lager enthalten sind und welche Schächte gegebenenfalls nachgefüllt werden müssen.This object is achieved by a compact automated warehouse for drug packages with the features of claim 1. The inventive compact automated storage for drug packages of different types and sizes has a housing, an electronic control device, a plurality of parallel arranged in the housing, inclined storage shafts and a removal tray. Each storage bay can accommodate a plurality of packages and has at its lower end a triggerable by the controller Lock on to control the delivery of individual packages. The storage shafts are arranged such that the upper ends are accessible from an operating front side of the housing and can be filled with packages and the lower ends are arranged on a rear side facing away from the front of the housing above a conveyor, so that the storage shafts over more than half, preferably at least two-thirds, of the depth of the housing. The depth of the housing is thus determined essentially by the length of the storage shafts. Below the storage shafts, a removal compartment accessible from the front of the housing is arranged. The conveyor catches the packages emerging from the lower ends of the storage shafts and carries them into the removal compartment. An operator input device for inputting an identification of the packages to be removed is coupled to the control device. The controller is configured to inspect the operator inputs for desired packages and, in response to these operator inputs, trigger the appropriate locks on storage bins. According to the invention, the compactness and the small size of the bearing is achieved, in particular, by dispensing with a complex operating device for removing the medicament packs. Further, the compactness is achieved in that the removal compartment is disposed below the storage shafts, both the upper ends of the storage shafts (for the purpose of filling) and the removal tray (for the purpose of removal) are accessible from the same front panel of the housing. In the rear area, a deflection of the transport direction takes place via the conveying device, in that the medicament packs sliding backwards in the bearing shaft are deflected forwards into the removal compartment. For this, only a small space is required beyond the lower ends of the storage shafts in the rear of the housing, which does not need to be much larger than the maximum dimension of a drug package. Despite its compactness and small size automated warehouse of the invention allows those in the known bulky bearings usual picking and management of the inserted and withdrawn drug packages. For this purpose, the control device checks the operator inputs for desired packages and then triggers in response to these the appropriate locks on the storage shafts. The control device monitors with the help of appropriately arranged sensors and the filling of the storage shafts, so that can always be monitored and optionally displayed, which and how many drug packages are included in the warehouse and which shafts may need to be refilled.

Bei einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform haben die geneigten Lagerschächte eine unterschiedliche Größe, das heißt unterschiedliche Breiten und Höhen, wobei jeder Lagerschacht eine Mehrzahl gleichartiger Packungen aufnehmen kann. Die Verwendung sortenreiner Lagerschächte vereinfacht die Steuerung. Es muss lediglich darauf geachtet werden, dass beim Befüllen die Arzneimittel-Packungen jeweils in den für sie vorgesehenen Lagerschacht eingelegt werden.In a preferred embodiment, the inclined storage shafts have a different size, that is, different widths and heights, wherein each storage shaft can accommodate a plurality of similar packs. The use of sorted storage compartments simplifies the control. All you have to do is make sure that the drug packages are placed in the respective storage slot when filling them.

Bei einer bevorzugten Weiterbildung der Erfindung ist die Fördervorrichtung eine Förderrutsche, auf deren geneigte Rutschfläche die aus den unteren Enden der Lagerschächte austretenden Packungen fallen. Vorzugsweise ist das Entnahmefach ein unter den Lagerschächten angeordnetes Schubfach. Die Förderrutsche fängt die aus den unteren Enden der Lagerschächte austretenden Packungen auf und befördert diese in das Schubfach. Zur Entnahme der hineinbeförderten Packungen kann das Schubfach zur Bedienfrontseite hin aus dem Gehäuse herausbewegt werden. Bei einer besonders einfachen Ausführungsform erfolgt das Herausbewegen manuell durch den Bediener. Eine bevorzugte Ausführungsform dieses kompakten automatisierten Lagers ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeweils mehrere Lagerschächte nebeneinander in mehreren gleich breiten, übereinander gestapelten Ebenen angeordnet sind. Vorzugsweise erstreckt sich das Schubfach über die gesamte Breite der Lagerschacht-Ebenen. Dies erlaubt eine besonders einfache und platzsparende Gestaltung der Fördervorrichtung.In a preferred development of the invention, the conveying device is a conveyor chute, on whose inclined sliding surface the packets emerging from the lower ends of the storage shafts fall. Preferably, the removal tray is arranged under the storage shafts drawer. The conveyor chute catches the packages emerging from the lower ends of the storage shafts and transports them into the drawer. In order to remove the packages that have been conveyed in, the drawer can be moved out of the housing toward the front of the operating panel. In a particularly simple embodiment, the removal is done manually by the operator. A preferred embodiment of this compact automated warehouse is characterized in that a plurality of storage shafts are arranged side by side in several equally wide, stacked planes. Preferably, the drawer extends over the entire width of the bearing shaft levels. This allows a particularly simple and space-saving design of the conveyor.

Bei einer bevorzugten Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Lagers wird mit der Bedienereingabeeinrichtung zusätzlich eine Identifikation des Bedieners erfasst. Die Steuereinrichtung sorgt für eine Speicherung der Identifikation des Bedieners in Zuordnung zu den Identifikationen der entnommenen Packungen. Vorzugsweise weist die Bedienereingabeeinrichtung eine Lesevorrichtung für ein den Bediener identifizierendes Medium, beispielsweise eine Chipkartenlesevorrichtung, auf. Bei einer besonders bevorzugten Weiterbildung ist eine die Entnahme aus dem Entnahmefach freigebende, von der Steuereinrichtung betätigbare Verriegelungsvorrichtung vorgesehen. Dadurch kann auf gesicherte Weise verfolgt werden, welcher Bediener welche Arzneimittel-Packungen entnommen hat. Bei dieser bevorzugten Ausführungsform ist das Entnahmefach vorzugsweise ein unter den Lagerschächten angeordnetes Schubfach, wobei das Schubfach zur Entnahme der hineinbeförderten Packungen zur Bedienfrontseite hin aus dem Gehäuse herausbewegt werden kann. Die von der Steuereinrichtung betätigbare Verriegelungsvorrichung ist eine das Herausbewegen des Schubfachs sperrende Vorrichtung. Die Steuereinrichtung ist so konfiguriert, dass sie die Bedienereingaben für gewünschte Packungen prüft und in Abhängigkeit von diesen Bedienereingaben die entsprechenden Sperren an den Lagerschächten auslöst und anschließend die das Herausbewegen des Schubfachs sperrende Vorrichtung freigibt. Das Schubfach ist von dem Bediener herausziehbar, sobald die sperrende Vorrichtung freigegeben ist.In a preferred development of the bearing according to the invention, the operator input device additionally detects an identification of the operator. The control device ensures storage of the identification of the operator in association with the identifications of the removed packages. The operator input device preferably has a reading device for a medium identifying the operator, for example a chip card reading device. In a particularly preferred further development, a release device which releases the removal from the removal compartment and can be actuated by the control device is provided. This can be tracked in a secure manner, which operator has taken which drug packages. In this preferred embodiment, the removal compartment is preferably a drawer arranged below the storage shafts, wherein the drawer can be moved out of the housing for removal of the packages conveyed in towards the operating front side. The actuatable by the control device Verriegelungsvorrichung is a moving out of the drawer locking device. The controller is configured to inspect the operator inputs for desired packages and, in response to these operator inputs, trigger the appropriate locks on the storage bays and subsequently release the drawer-locking device. The drawer can be pulled out by the operator as soon as the locking device is released.

Bei einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform ist die Bedienereingabeeinrichtung ebenfalls von der Bedienerfrontseite her zugänglich. Dies gestattet es, das ausschließlich die Bedienerfrontseite des Lagers Funktionselemente enthält, die zugänglich sein müssen. Dies ermöglicht ein Nebeneinanderstellen mehrerer erfindungsgemäßer Lager.In a preferred embodiment, the operator input device is also accessible from the front of the operator. This allows only the operator front of the bearing contains functional elements that must be accessible. This allows a juxtaposition of several inventions camp.

Die elektronische Steuereinrichtung umfasst vorzugsweise einen Mikroprozessor und ist ebenfalls in dem Gehäuse angeordnet. Jeder Lagerschacht weist vorzugsweise eine elektronische Auslösevorrichung auf, die beispielsweise von dem Mikroprozessor der Steuereinrichtung angesteuert wird.The electronic control device preferably comprises a microprocessor and is also arranged in the housing. Each storage shaft preferably has an electronic triggering device, which is activated, for example, by the microprocessor of the control device.

Eine vorteilhafte Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Lagers ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Gehäuse Vorrichtungen aufweist, die ein Bewegen des Lagers gestatten. Beispielsweise ist das Gehäuse mit Füßen versehen, an denen Rollen befestigt sind.An advantageous development of the bearing according to the invention is characterized in that the housing has devices which allow movement of the bearing. For example, the housing is provided with feet to which rollers are attached.

Vorteilhafte und/oder bevorzugte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen gekennzeichnet.Advantageous and / or preferred developments of the invention are characterized in the subclaims.

Im Folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand eines in den Zeichnungen dargestellten bevorzugten Ausführungsbeispiels näher erläutert. In den Zeichnungen zeigen:

  • Figur 1 eine schematische Perspektivansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen automatisierten Lagers mit einem Bediener, der ein Entnahmeschubfach herausgezogen hat;
  • Figur 2 eine schematische Seitenansicht des in Figur 1 gezeigten Lagers;
  • Figur 3 eine schematische, perspektivische Seitenansicht des in den Figuren 1 und 2 gezeigten Lagers mit einem eine Arzneimittel-Packung einfüllenden Bediener; und
  • Figur 4 die in Figur 3 gezeigte Ansicht des Lagers, die den Bediener beim Herausziehen des Aufnahmeschubfachs zur Entnahme von Arzneimittel-Packungen zeigt.
In the following the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings. In the drawings show:
  • FIG. 1 a schematic perspective view of an automated warehouse according to the invention with an operator who has pulled out a removal drawer;
  • FIG. 2 a schematic side view of the in FIG. 1 shown bearing;
  • FIG. 3 a schematic, perspective side view of the in the Figures 1 and 2 shown bearing with a drug packaging filling operator; and
  • FIG. 4 in the FIG. 3 shown bearing view, which shows the operator when removing the receiving drawer for the removal of drug packages.

Figur 1 zeigt eine perspektivische schematische Ansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen kompakten automatisierten Lagers für Arzneimittel-Packungen unterschiedlicher Art und Größe. Das auf einem Tisch 1 montierte Lager ist in einem Gehäuse 2 untergebracht. In dem Gehäuse 2 sind mehrere übereinander gestapelte Lagerschacht-Ebenen 3 enthalten, wobei jede Lagerschacht-Ebene 3 eine Vielzahl nebeneinander parallel angeordneter Lagerschächte aufweist. Die einzelnen Lagerschächte sind in der schematischen Darstellung nicht sichtbar. Die Lagerschächte können durch separate U-förmige Profile gebildet sein; vorzugsweise werden die Lagerschächte jedoch auf einer gemeinsamen ebenen Grundplatte durch darauf in unterschiedlichen Abständen befestigte senkrechte Schienen gebildet. Bei dem in Figur 1 dargestellten Beispiel sind die Lagerschacht-Ebenen vertikal gleichmäßig beabstandet; die Lagerschacht-Ebenen können aber auch unterschiedliche Abstände haben, so dass bei Einlagerung unterschiedlich hoher Packungen eine bessere Raumausnutzung erzielt werden kann. Die Lagerschacht-Ebenen 3 sind geneigt, so dass sie von einer Bedienfrontseite 4 zur Rückseite des Gehäuses hin abfallen. Die oberen Enden der Lagerschächte der Lagerschacht-Ebenen 3 sind von der Bedienfrontseite 4 her zugänglich. Beispielsweise befinden sich Öffnungen oder Türen in der Bedienfrontseite 4 des Gehäuses 2. An den unteren Enden der Lagerschächte sind jeweils Sperren befestigt, die ein Herausrutschen einliegender Arzneimittel-Packungen verhindern. An jedem Lagerschacht befindet sich eine solche Sperre, die von einer elektronischen Steuereinrichtung derart betätigt oder ausgelöst werden kann, dass eine Arzneimittel-Packung aus dem Lagerschacht herausrutschen kann. Jenseits und unterhalb der unteren Enden der Lagerschächte ist eine Förderrutsche 5 angeordnet, die die aus den unteren Enden der Lagerschächte austretenden Arzneimittel-Packungen auffängt. Die Förderrutsche 5 endet über einem Schubfach 6, sofern das Schubfach 6 vollständig in eine Schubfachaufnahme 7 des Gehäuses 2 eingeschoben ist. Bei eingeschobenem Schubfach 6 landen somit die auf der Förderrutsche 5 hinabrutschenden Arzneimittel-Packungen in dem Schubfach 6. FIG. 1 shows a perspective schematic view of a compact automated warehouse according to the invention for drug packages of different types and sizes. The mounted on a table 1 bearing is housed in a housing 2. In the housing 2, a plurality of stack shaft layers 3 stacked one above the other are contained, each bearing shaft level 3 having a multiplicity of bearing shafts arranged parallel to one another. The individual storage shafts are not visible in the schematic diagram. The storage shafts can be formed by separate U-shaped profiles; Preferably, however, the storage shafts are formed on a common flat base plate by mounted at different distances vertical rails. At the in FIG. 1 illustrated example, the bearing shaft levels are vertically evenly spaced; but the bearing shaft levels can also have different distances, so that when storing differently high packs better space utilization can be achieved. The bearing shaft levels 3 are inclined, so that they drop from a front panel 4 to the back of the housing. The upper ends of the storage shafts of the bearing shaft levels 3 are accessible from the front panel 4 ago. For example, there are openings or doors in the front panel 4 of the housing 2. At the lower ends of the storage shafts each locks are attached, which prevent slipping out of attached drug packages. At each storage shaft is such a lock that can be operated or triggered by an electronic control device so that a drug package can slip out of the storage bay. Beyond and below the lower ends of the storage shafts, a conveyor chute 5 is arranged, which catches the drug packages emerging from the lower ends of the storage shafts. The conveyor slide 5 ends above a drawer 6, provided that the drawer 6 is completely inserted into a drawer receptacle 7 of the housing 2. When inserted drawer 6 thus land on the conveyor chute slide down 5 drug packages in the drawer. 6

Figur 1 zeigt das kompakte Lager mit von einem Bediener 8 herausgezogenem Schubfach 6. In Figur 1 ist ferner zu erkennen, dass das Schubfach 6, die Förderrutsche 5 und die Lagerschacht-Ebenen 3 im wesentlichen die vollständige Breite des kompakten Lagers einnehmen, um so eine bestmögliche Raumausnutzung bei einfacher Konstruktion der Förderrutsche 5 zu erreichen. FIG. 1 shows the compact warehouse with pulled out by an operator 8 drawer 6. In FIG. 1 It can also be seen that the drawer 6, the conveyor chute 5 and the bearing shaft levels 3 occupy substantially the full width of the compact bearing in order to achieve the best possible space utilization with a simple design of the conveyor chute 5.

In dem Gehäuse 2 des automatisierten Lagers ist ferner die (in Figur 1 nicht gezeigte) elektronische Steuereinrichtung untergebracht, die einen Mikroprozessor oder einen Mikrocontroller umfasst, sowie eine (ebenfalls nicht gezeigte) Bedienereingabeeinrichtung, welche an der Bedienfrontseite 4 montiert ist. Die Bedienereingabeeinrichtung umfasst beispielsweise eine Tastatur und eine Chipkartenlesevorrichtung. Zusätzlich kann eine Ausgabeeinrichtung, beispielsweise ein Bildschirm, zur Anzeige von Betriebszuständen, Bedieneranweisungen und von Daten der auszulagernden Arzneimittel-Packungen vorgesehen sein.In the housing 2 of the automated warehouse is also the (in FIG. 1 not shown) electronic control device accommodated, which includes a microprocessor or a microcontroller, and a (also not shown) operator input device, which is mounted on the front panel 4. The operator input device comprises, for example, a keyboard and a chip card reading device. In addition, an output device, such as a screen, for displaying operating conditions, operator instructions and data of the drug packages to be outsourced.

Figur 2 zeigt eine schematische Seitenansicht der in Figur 1 dargestellten Anordnung, ebenfalls bei herausgezogenem Schubfach 6. In Figur 2 ist gut erkennbar, dass auch in der Tiefe des Lagers eine gute Raumausnutzung und Kompaktheit dadurch erzielt wird, dass die geneigten Lagerschächte sich über wenigstens zwei Drittel der Tiefe des Gehäuses 2 erstrecken. Der zwischen der Rückwand des Gehäuses 2 und den unteren Enden der Lagerschächte verbleibende Raum kann minimiert werden und richtet sich nach den größten Abmessungen der größten in den Lagerschächten einliegenden Arzneimittel-Packungen. FIG. 2 shows a schematic side view of the in FIG. 1 arrangement shown, also with pulled out drawer 6. In FIG. 2 It can be clearly seen that good space utilization and compactness are achieved even in the depth of the bearing, in that the inclined storage shafts extend over at least two thirds of the depth of the housing 2. The remaining space between the rear wall of the housing 2 and the lower ends of the storage shafts can be minimized and depends on the largest dimensions of the largest drug packages inserted in the storage shafts.

Anhand der Figuren 3 und 4 sollen nunmehr die Einlagerung und Auslagerung der Arzneimittel-Packungen beschrieben werden.Based on FIGS. 3 and 4 Now the storage and outsourcing of drug packages will be described.

Figur 3 zeigt eine perspektivische Seitenansicht der in Figur 1 gezeigten Lageranordnung mit einem Bediener, der eine Arzneimittel-Packung in einen der Lagerschächte einlegt. Die Einlagerung der Arzneimittel-Packungen erfolgt hier manuell mit einer vorgegebenen Orientierung der Packung. Das Einlegen (Nachfüllen) einer Packung in einen Lagerschacht wird entweder von einem an dem Lagerschacht angeordneten Sensor automatisch erfasst oder durch Eingabe einer entsprechenden Information durch den einlegenden Bediener der Steuereinrichtung zur Kenntnis gegeben. Das manuelle Nachfüllen geneigter Lagerschächte ist allgemein bekannt und braucht hier nicht näher beschrieben zu werden. Die an den oberen Enden eingelegten Packungen rutschen den Lagerschacht hinab, bis sie auf die an dem unteren Ende angeordnete Sperre oder zuvor eingelagerte Packungen stoßen. FIG. 3 shows a side perspective view of FIG. 1 shown bearing assembly with an operator who inserts a drug package in one of the storage shafts. The storage of drug packages is done here manually with a predetermined orientation of the pack. The insertion (refilling) of a pack into a storage shaft is either automatically detected by a sensor arranged on the storage shaft or given to the control device by entering appropriate information by the inserting operator. The manual refilling inclined storage shafts is well known and need not be described in detail here. The packs inserted at the upper ends slide down the bearing shaft until they strike the barrier or previously stored packings arranged at the lower end.

Zur Auslagerung einer oder mehrerer gewünschter Arzneimittel-Packungen geht der Bediener wie folgt vor. Zunächst gibt er über die Bedienereingabeeinrichtung einen Identifikationscode (oder auch den Klartextnamen oder eine andere Information) zum Identifizieren der gewünschten Arzneimittel-Packungen ein. Diese eingegebenen Informationen werden von der Steuereinrichtung verarbeitet, wobei zunächst geprüft wird, ob die gewünschten Arzneimittel-Packungen verfügbar sind. Wenn dies der Fall ist, werden die entsprechenden Sperren an den unteren Enden der die gewünschten Packungen enthaltenden Lagerschächte ausgelöst oder freigegeben. Die Arzneimittel-Packungen rutschen dann aus den Lagerschächten hinaus und fallen auf die Förderrutsche 5, auf welcher sie dann in das Schubfach hineinrutschen. Nachdem die gewünschten Arzneimittel-Packungen in das Schubfach 6 hineinbefördert worden sind, gibt die Steuereinrichtung an den Bediener ein entsprechendes Signal aus. Daraufhin kann der Bediener das Schubfach 6 aus dem Gehäuse 2 herausziehen und die Arzneimittel-Packungen entnehmen, wie es in Figur 4 gezeigt ist. Anschließend wird das Schubfach 6 in das Gehäuse zurückbewegt. Dies kann manuell durch den Bediener oder auch automatisch (beispielsweise durch eine Motorsteuerung oder eine Federvorspannung) erfolgen.To outsource one or more desired drug packages, the operator proceeds as follows. First, via the operator input device, he inputs an identification code (or also the plaintext name or other information) for identifying the desired drug packages. This input information is processed by the controller, first checking that the desired drug packages are available. If this is the case, the corresponding locks at the lower ends of the storage compartments containing the desired packages are released or released. The drug packages then slip out of the storage shafts and fall onto the conveyor chute 5, on which they then slide into the drawer. After the desired drug packages have been conveyed into the drawer 6, the controller issues a corresponding signal to the operator. The operator can then pull the drawer 6 out of the housing 2 and remove the drug packages, as shown in FIG FIG. 4 is shown. Subsequently, the drawer 6 is moved back into the housing. This can be done manually by the operator or also automatically (for example by a motor control or a spring preload).

Die Eingabe der jeweils auszulagernden Arzneimittel-Packungen kann bei einer alternativen Ausführungsform auch ferngesteuert vorgenommen werden, beispielsweise über eine Schnittstelle zu einem Warenwirtschaftssystem. In diesem Fall erhält der Automat über eine Kabelverbindung oder drahtlos die Informationen, welche Packungen auszulagern sind. Nachdem die entsprechenden Packungen in die Schublade 6 befördert worden sind, zeigt der Automat dem Bediener an, dass die gewünschten Arzneimittel-Packungen zur Verfügung stehen.The entry of the respective drug packages to be outsourced can also be carried out remotely in an alternative embodiment, for example via an interface to a merchandise management system. In this case, the machine receives via a cable connection or wireless information about which packages are outsourced. After the appropriate packages have been delivered to the drawer 6, the machine indicates to the operator that the desired drug packages are available.

Neben der Eingabe der Identifikationsinformationen der auszulagernden Arzneimittel-Packungen kann es bei einem Ausführungsbeispiel zusätzlich erforderlich sein, eine Identifikation des Bedieners und/oder eines betroffenen Patienten einzugeben (entweder manuell oder über eine Speicherkarte). Diese Informationen werden dann zusammen mit den Informationen über die ausgelagerten Packungen gespeichert.In addition to the input of the identification information of the drug packages to be outsourced, it may additionally be necessary in one embodiment to enter an identification of the operator and / or an affected patient (either manually or via a memory card). This information is then stored together with the information about the outsourced packs.

Zusätzlich kann an dem Schubfach eine elektrisch auslösbare Verriegelung vorgesehen sein, die nur bei Identifikation eines autorisierten Bedieners von der Steuereinrichtung freigegeben wird, beispielsweise dann, wenn der vor dem Lager stehende Bediener einen vorgegebenen Identifikationscode eingibt (über eine Tastatur) oder eine ID-Karte in eine Lesevorrichtung einführt. Bei dieser Ausführungsform könnten beispielsweise vorab Informationen über die auszulagernden Packungen fernübertragen und die Packungen in das Schubfach befördert werden, bevor der Bediener sich anschließend identifiziert und - bei Autorisierung - das Schubfach zur Entnahme öffnet.In addition, an electrically releasable lock can be provided on the drawer, which is released only when an authorized operator identification of the control device, for example, when the standing in front of the warehouse operator enters a predetermined identification code (via a keyboard) or an ID card in introduces a reading device. For example, in this embodiment advance information about the packages to be outsourced and transport the packages into the drawer before the operator subsequently identifies and - upon authorization - opens the drawer for removal.

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  1. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages of different type and size, including:
    a housing (2), an electronic control device, a plurality of inclined storage shafts arranged parallel in the housing (2), wherein each storage shaft can receive a plurality of packages and at its lower end has a barrier releasable by the control device for controlling the delivery of individual packages, wherein the storage shaft is so arranged that the upper ends are accessible from a service front side (4) of the housing and can be filled with packages and the lower ends are disposed at a rear side of the housing, remote from the service front side (4),
    above a conveying device (5) so that the storage shafts extend over more than half, preferably at least two thirds, of the depth of the housing (2), a removal receptacle (6), which is arranged below the storage shafts and is accessible from the service front side (4) of the housing (2), wherein the conveying device (2) catches the packages exiting from the lower ends of the storage shafts and
    conveys them into the removal receptacle (6), and a user input device coupled to the control device for inputting an identification of the packages to be removed, wherein the control device is so configured that it checks the user inputs for desired packages and releases the corresponding barriers of storage shafts in dependence on these user inputs, wherein the control device also monitors the filling of the storage shafts with the aid of sensors and thus which pharmaceutical packages are contained in the store and which storage shafts are to be filled, if necessary.
  2. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the inclined storage shafts have different sizes and that each storage shaft can receive a plurality of similar packages.
  3. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the conveying device is a conveyer chute (5), on whose inclined sliding surface the packages exiting from the lower ends fall.
  4. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that the removal receptacle (6) is a drawer disposed beneath the storage shafts, wherein the conveyer chute (5) catches the packages exiting from the lower ends of the storage shafts and conveys them into the drawer (6), wherein the drawer (6) can be moved out of the housing towards the service front side (6) for the removal of the packages conveyed into it.
  5. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that a plurality of storage shafts are arranged next to one another in a plurality of tiers (3) of the same breadth, wherein the plurality of tiers (3) are stacked above one another.
  6. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that the drawer (6) extends over the entire breadth of the storage shaft tiers (3).
  7. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that an identification of the user is additionally detected with the user input device, wherein the control device is responsible for storing the identification of the user in association with the identifications of the removed packages.
  8. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that the user input device includes a reading device for a medium identifying the user.
  9. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in one of claims 7 to 8, characterised in that a locking device is provided which permits removal from the removal receptacle and may be situated by the control device.
  10. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in claim 9, characterised in that the removal receptacle is a drawer (6) disposed beneath the storage shafts, wherein the drawer can be moved out of the housing towards the service front side (4) for removal of the packages conveyed into it, that the locking device actuable by the control device is a device which locks the outward movement of the drawer (6), wherein the control device is so configured that it checks the user inputs for desired packages and releases the corresponding barriers of storage shafts in dependence on these user inputs and subsequently releases the device locking the outward movement of the drawer.
  11. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in claim 10, characterised in that the drawer may be pulled out by the user as soon as the device locking the outward movement of the drawer has been released.
  12. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the user input device is accessible from the service front side.
  13. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in one of claims 1 to 12, characterised in that each storage shaft has an electronic release device for the barrier.
  14. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in one of claims 1 to 13, characterised in that the electronic control device includes a microprocessor and is disposed in the housing.
  15. A compact automated store for pharmaceutical packages as claimed in one of claims 1 to 14, characterised in that the housing has devices which permit movement of the store.
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