EP2147616A1 - Regal für die Lagerung und Verteilung von Artikeln und Lademaschine für die entsprechenden Artikel - Google Patents

Regal für die Lagerung und Verteilung von Artikeln und Lademaschine für die entsprechenden Artikel Download PDF

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EP2147616A1
EP2147616A1 EP09165914A EP09165914A EP2147616A1 EP 2147616 A1 EP2147616 A1 EP 2147616A1 EP 09165914 A EP09165914 A EP 09165914A EP 09165914 A EP09165914 A EP 09165914A EP 2147616 A1 EP2147616 A1 EP 2147616A1
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Bertrand Barre
Francis Lepage
Xavier Gibert
Anne Simonneaux
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/12—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/0021—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for long or non-stable articles, e.g. fishing rods, pencils, lipsticks or the like; Compartments or recesses as stabilising means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/28—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for containers, e.g. flasks, bottles, tins, milk packs

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  • the present invention relates to a rack for storing and dispensing articles, in particular pharmaceutical articles.
  • It relates more particularly to a rack for storing and dispensing vials containing in particular pharmaceutical compositions, such as for example animal vaccines, intended to be stored in refrigerators.
  • pharmaceutical compositions such as for example animal vaccines
  • bins comprising several rows of storage vials where each row has a front face through which the vials are made available and a rear face of vial loading.
  • Such bins require manual loading of vials in the rows, vial per vial, with the disadvantage of being long, tedious, and involving the risk of breakage of the vials.
  • the present invention aims to solve all or part of these disadvantages, including allowing to load several items at a time in a locker, simple, accurate and fast.
  • a locker for storing and dispensing articles, in particular pharmaceutical articles comprising at least one row of storage of said articles having a front face through which the articles are made available and one side rear of article loading, the rack being remarkable in that at least one row has on its rear side at least one means for receiving a device for loading articles in said row, wherein said receiving means is designed to allow centering said loading apparatus at said rear face while allowing its support during the transfer of articles between said loading apparatus and said row.
  • the rack is specifically designed to cooperate with a loading device for loading said rack articles in a fast and accurate manner.
  • the receiving means or means make it possible to obtain accuracy and speed in the loading, by ensuring the centering of the loading apparatus on the rear face of the row of the rack, in other words the alignment of the loading apparatus and the row.
  • the receiving means comprises two walls extending the two walls of the distribution rail on their respective rear faces, said walls of the receiving means being provided respectively with a notch or protruding protrusion.
  • any other shape may be considered to achieve the receiving means or means, such as a hole or a cavity as a variant of the notch.
  • the dispensing slide does not have a bottom to carry in suspended position the articles.
  • the rack comprises an article receptacle disposed projecting from the front face of the row and designed so that the first article present in the row is in abutment against said receptacle and protrudes from the row, thus facilitating the taking of the article. on the front of the row.
  • the row has a slope to allow the gravity movement of the articles from the rear face to the front side, so as to allow in the row a settlement of the articles by gravity to the front face.
  • the rack may comprise a protective cover covering at least partially the row.
  • the one or more receiving means are formed in the cover.
  • the invention also relates to an article loading apparatus of a rack according to the invention, comprising at least one complementary docking means of the rack receiving means, wherein said docking means is adapted to cooperate with said receiving means to allow the relative centering of the apparatus on the rear face of the row of the rack.
  • the loading apparatus according to the invention is specially adapted for filling a rack according to the invention, where said apparatus allows fast and easy filling of several items at a time in a row of the bin.
  • the apparatus further comprises a handle adapted to gripping said apparatus.
  • the invention also relates to a kit comprising at least one locker according to the invention, and at least one loading device according to the invention and specially adapted for loading into articles of said locker.
  • the bin receiving means and the docking means of the apparatus are adapted to cooperate by complementary shape to allow on the one hand the centering of the apparatus on the row of the rack, and on the other hand the relative pivoting of the apparatus relative to the rack so that said apparatus can rock and let the article or articles slide by gravity from the apparatus into the row.
  • the relative pivoting passes for example by a notional axis of rotation passing through two protuberances (in particular of the lug type) constituting one of the receiving and docking means, where said protuberances are respectively engaged in complementary shaped notches which constitute the other means of reception and docking.
  • the method of loading items of the bin by means of an associated loading device is to cooperate with the means or reception of the rack with the means of docking of the apparatus to center the apparatus on the row of the rack, and to tilt said apparatus for the item (s) conveyed by the apparatus to slide by gravity in the row.
  • the rack 1 and the apparatus 2 are specially adapted to cooperate together, and more particularly so that the apparatus 2 can load, or recharge or fill, the rack 1 in vials 3.
  • the rack 1 and the apparatus 2 can thus made to be put together in a kit, where said kit can comprise several identical bins 1 and an apparatus 2 for loading the various bins 1 in vials 3.
  • the rack or pots 1 are intended to be stored cold in a refrigerator; loading bins 1 can be done outside the refrigerator.
  • the base 41 of the housing 4 is intended to rest on a flat surface, such as a refrigerator plane, and comprises for example four feet at each corner designed to bear on the flat surface.
  • a recessed portion 42 for gripping the housing 4 and the locker 1 in general.
  • the rows 40 have a slope to allow gravity displacement of the vials 3 from the rear face 11 to the front face 10 of the rack 1; the rows 40 themselves having a front face extended by a receiving zone 60 and a rear face for the loading in flasks 3.
  • the slope of the rows 40 makes it possible to compact the flasks 3 by gravity towards the front face so that, Once the row 40 is filled, the vials 3 slide in the corresponding receiving zone 60 as the vials 3 are withdrawn out of the row 40.
  • the rows 40 are in the form of slides, called distribution slides, without bottom and designed to carry in suspended position the vials 3 between their necks 30 and their plugs 31 respectively.
  • the vials 3 of pharmaceuticals have a standardized way a neck 30 in the upper part, just below a cap 31 provided in particular with a pierceable membrane or septum.
  • the slides 40 have from the rear towards the front a slight slope, preferably between 10 and 30 degrees, to allow the automatic presentation of the vials 3 one by one as the one situated in front of the slideway 40 ( or row) is removed.
  • the slides 40 (or rows) comprise two walls 43 parallel, and vertical once the rack 1 placed on a flat and horizontal surface, and spaced from each other to allow the sliding of the vials 3 between the two walls 43.
  • a wall 43 is common to two adjacent slides 40.
  • the walls 43 support guide rails 44 intended to support the vials 3 between neck 30 and plug 31; the vials 3 resting on the two parallel rails 44 at their respective plugs 31.
  • a free space is provided between the two rails 44 determining a spacing slightly greater than the diameter of the neck portion 30 of the vials 3, so that the vials 3 can slide freely along the slideways 40 being supported by their plugs 31 respective on the rails 44.
  • the rails 44 are formed on the upper edge of the walls 43, so that the walls 43 have a general shape of "T”.
  • a slide 40 has a general shape of "T T” where the vials 3 slide between the two "T".
  • the slides 40 are open upwards and downwards, and also on their front and rear faces.
  • the housing 4 comprises receiving means 45, 46 of the apparatus 2.
  • These receiving means 45, 46 are arranged on the rear face of the rows or slides 40 in order to receive and center the apparatus 2 in front of the corresponding slides 40 and then allow the transfer of the vials 3 of the apparatus 2 into the slides 40.
  • These receiving means are made in the form of parallel walls 45 and vertical once the bin 1 placed on a flat and horizontal surface, which extend the walls 43 of the slides 40 on their respective rear faces.
  • the receiving walls 45 each are provided with a notch 46 forming a reception zone for means for docking the apparatus 2 described later.
  • the notches 46 are formed in the upper (or upper) part of the receiving walls 45, that is to say on the same side as the rails 44. No clearance is provided between the notches 46 and the rear rim 47 of the walls. 43.
  • the walls 43 and 45 may be made of material, which is particularly the case for a casing 4 made by molding a plastic material.
  • the cover 5 is made in particular in a transparent or translucent material to display the vials 3 stored in the bin 1.
  • the cover 5 comprises removable fixing means on the housing 4, such as clipping means which snap into slits 48 provided for this purpose in the upper part of the walls 43 of the slides or rows 40.
  • the cover 5 is sized to cover the walls 43 between their rear flanges 47 and respective front flanges 49; the front rim 49 of the walls 43 having a curved shape, in particular notch, to facilitate the gripping of the first vials 3.
  • the cover 5 has on its lower face, facing the rows 40, a series of walls 51 parallel and vertical for to cap the walls 43 of the rows 40 to maintain a sufficient space for the passage of the caps 31 of the vials 3, as a spacer.
  • the cover 5 does not cover the receptacle 6, and more particularly the receiving areas 60, so as not to interfere with the taking of the vials 3.
  • the receptacle 6 has a lower wall 61 on which protruding curved walls, in particular in the shape of a circular arc, forming the receiving zones 60 of the vials 3. These curved walls 60 are all arranged facing a row 40 respectively , in order to form a bulging zone towards the outside of the row 40 where the vials 3 are received in front of said rows 40.
  • the receptacle 6 is made in particular by molding a plastic material. This receptacle 6 can be made of material with the housing 4 or is a separate piece and attached to said housing 4 on the front, in particular by clipping or snapping.
  • the apparatus 2 comprises a slideway 20, said loading chute, designed to carry in suspended position the vials 3 between their necks 30 and their caps 31 respectively, in order to transport the vials 3 between a filling point (the vials 3 being generally stored beforehand in boxes) and rows 40 of bin 1.
  • This slide 20 has an inverted "U” -shaped cross-section and has parallel and vertical side walls 21 from which protrude guide rails 22, of the groove type perpendicular to the walls 21, towards the inside of the slide 20.
  • rails 22 are intended to support the vials 3 between neck 30 and cap 31; the vials 3 resting on the two parallel rails 22 at their respective plugs 31.
  • a free space is provided between the two rails 22 determining a spacing slightly greater than the diameter of the neck portion 30 of the vials 3, so that the vials 3 can slide freely along the slide 20 while being supported by their respective plugs 31 on the rails 22.
  • the walls 21 are joined in the upper part (or upper) by an upper wall 23 thus covering the slide 20 over its entire length.
  • the upper wall 23 is slightly curved towards the rear of the apparatus 2 and the walls 21 have hollow portions 24, curved towards the inside of the slide 20, under the curved portion 25 of the upper wall 23.
  • the front end 26 of the slide 20, or the apparatus 2 is open and constitutes the entry and exit zone of the vials 3, while the rear end 27 is closed by a wall forming a stop of stopping for the vials 3 introduced into the apparatus 2.
  • the apparatus 2 is filled by inserting the vials 3 in the slide 20, in particular by a simple translation of the apparatus 2 at the necks 30 of a row of vials 3, and then tilted backwards to prevent the vials 3 from falling out of the apparatus 2; the flasks 3 abutting against the closed rear end 27 of the slide 20.
  • the rails 22 extend as far as the front end 26 of the slideway 20 so as to allow quasi continuity when the vials 3 pass from the slideway 20 to the corresponding slideway 40 of the rack 1.
  • the apparatus 2 further comprises docking means 28 intended to cooperate with the receiving means 45, 46 by complementarity of shape, to allow on the one hand the centering of the apparatus 2 on the rows 40 of the rack 1 and on the other hand the relative pivoting of the apparatus 2 relative to the rack 1 so that said apparatus 2 can tilt and let the flasks 3 slide by gravity from the slide 20 of the apparatus into the corresponding row 40.
  • the docking means are made in the form of protuberances 28 (or protrusion or lug) protruding from the respective walls 21 of the slideway 20 towards the inside of said slide 20.
  • These protuberances 28 are arranged under the rails 22 so as to not impede the entry and exit of the vials 3 sliding on said rails 22.
  • the protuberances 28 are as thick as the rails 22.
  • the internal spacing between the walls 21 is slightly greater than the outer spacing between two adjacent walls 45 so that the slide 20 can frame (or sandwich) two adjacent walls 45 with a predetermined clearance; the walls 45 then extending inside the slide 20 of the apparatus 2 flush with the side walls 21 of said slide 20.
  • This design allows a precise positioning or centering of the apparatus 2 on the rows 40 of the locker 1.
  • the protuberances 28 have a shape substantially complementary to the shape of the notches 46 of the walls 45.
  • the protuberances 28 may have a curved or curved shape, particularly in a circular arc, to allow relative pivoting of the device 2 around a fictitious horizontal axis of rotation passing through the two protuberances 28 once said protuberances 28 are engaged in the respective notches 46.
  • the apparatus 2 can be made from two half-shells, one of which is visible in figure 5 and made in particular by molding a plastic material, which are interconnected by fixing means 29.
  • the securing means 29 of the half-shells are made in particular in the form of parts projecting internally from the walls 21 and intended to cooperate between them, in particular by a fit in force.
  • the apparatus 2, carrying vials 3, is approached to the rear face 11 of the rack 1 while being kept inclined towards the rear, and then the apparatus 2 is approached on the rack 1 while maintaining its inclination towards the 'back.
  • the centering is achieved by ensuring that the slide 20 surrounds two adjacent walls 45 of the row 40 which it is desired to fill in vials 3.
  • the docking is finalized by introducing the protuberances 28 into the respective notches 46, as well as illustrated at Figures 10 to 12 .
  • the apparatus 2 is inclined or tilted forwards, as illustrated by the arrow P, corresponding to a pivoting of the apparatus 2 around the protuberances 28 engaged in the notches 46. In this way, the slide 20 is put into position. alignment with the corresponding slide 40, ie the rails 22 and 44 are aligned with the same slope.
  • the vials 3 slide by gravity along the rails 22, as illustrated by the arrow C, through the front end 26 of the slide 20, engage on the rails 44 of the row 40 and slide along said rails 44 always by gravity.
  • the invention allows a fast and accurate loading of several vials 3 at a time, by means of a rack 1 and a loading device 2 of simple and inexpensive design.
  • the walls 45 of the rack 1 have protuberances while the walls 21 of the apparatus 2 have notches, unlike the configuration described above.
  • the essential thing is that the reception means and the anchoring means can cooperating by complementarity of shape to ensure the centering and docking of the device on the rack, and optionally the tilting or pivoting of said apparatus.
  • the receiving means may be provided on the rear face of the cover 5 of the rack 1, instead of the housing 4.

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WO2002053085A2 (en) 2000-12-29 2002-07-11 Merck & Co., Inc. Vial dispenser
US20060060547A1 (en) * 2004-09-22 2006-03-23 Chao-Tsung Chang Storage and display carton
US20060237384A1 (en) * 2005-04-20 2006-10-26 Eric Neumann Track unit with removable partitions
WO2008048172A1 (en) * 2006-10-20 2008-04-24 Enjoy Group Ab Shelving section pivotable between a display and a refill position

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WO2016179624A1 (de) 2015-05-11 2016-11-17 Werner Wolf Vorrichtung zur ausgabe von getränkebehältern

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