RU186382U1 - Automated Tool Storage Box - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to systems for storing, recording and issuing tools and can be used, for example, for storing, recording, issuing and receiving tools in workshops and machining areas at instrumentation and machine-building enterprises.

An automated tool storage system comprises a control module with a touch panel, a tool storage and delivery module with drawers having tool storage cells provided with a light indicator. The control module contains a barcode reader. Each cell contains a pressure plate with an end switch that registers the presence of a tool case in the cell.

The system may also comprise a worn tool receiving module.

The technical solution allows you to accurately track the nomenclature of the issued tool and its quantity. Using the module to return the tool allows you to track its safety, as well as to plan technological operations for the restoration of a worn tool.

Description

The utility model relates to systems for storing, recording and issuing tools and can be used, for example, for storing, recording, issuing and receiving tools in workshops and machining areas at instrumentation and machine-building enterprises.

A known set of racks for storage and automated metering of products, containing racks with shelves placed in closed cabinets and integrated into an information network connected to a remote server. Each cabinet is equipped with a door with access control to the shelves installed on it. On the shelves there are containers with products and an information input panel that contains a microcontroller connected via a data transmission device to a remote server, a keyboard and display, and an electronic key for the operator. Each rack is equipped with vertical partitions with the formation of a matrix cell structure, in which each container is in one cell. Light barriers emitters and receivers are connected to the microcontroller (patent for utility model of the Russian Federation No. 95318, IPC B65G 1/02. A complex of racks for storing and automated metering of products / Venediktov A.Z., Frolov D.A., Ksenofontov A.P., Karanatov M.A., Kovanin M.A. - No. 201005020/22 dated 12.02.2010; published on 06.27.2010).

The disadvantage of this complex of shelving is the difficulty of fixing operator access to containers. In addition, in one container there are more than one product and it is necessary to manually enter information on the number of taken products.

Closest to the claimed solution is a content management system having a plurality of drawers, each drawer having at least one compartment. Each compartment is equipped with a light indicator. The system includes a computer and a panel connected to one of the drawers. The panel closes the compartments inside the drawer and includes at least one opening. The hole corresponds to the compartment. The cover is pivotally connected to the panel and closes the hole. The locking mechanism is connected to the drawer and the lid. The lock mechanism receives a signal from the computer to place it in one of the locked and unlocked positions (US Pat. No. 8554364, IPC A47B 88/00; A61J 7/00; B25H 3/02; E05B 65/00; E05B 65/46; G06F 17/00; G07F 11/62; G07F 5/26. Apparatus for securing drawer contents / Holmes William K, Savage Kent V, Tyack Charles A. - No.20030636368 from 08/07/2013, Published 08/10/2013).

The disadvantage of this design is that in each compartment can be from one to several products. In order to conduct an accurate inventory of items, it is necessary to perform additional actions, for example, manually entering information on the number of items seized.

The objective of the proposed solution is to increase the functionality of the storage system, the issuance and control of the instrument in terms of reducing the search time of the required tool.

The task is achieved in that the automated tool storage box comprises a control module with a touch panel, a tool storage, metering and dispensing module with drawers having tool storage cells provided with a light indicator. The worn tool receiving module is connected to a control module that is configured with a barcode reader. Each cell contains a pressure plate with an end switch connected to said control module.

Figure 1 shows a general view of an automated tool box, Figure 2 shows a general drawer with cells, and Figure 3 shows a cell with a tool.

An automated tool storage box contains the following nodes: 1 - a module for storing and issuing a tool, 2 - a control module, 3 - a touch panel, 4 - a barcode reader, 5 - a receiving module for a worn tool, 6 - drawers; 7 - box display element, 8 - cells for storing pencil cases with tools, 9 - pencil case with tools, 10 - pressure plate, 11 - limit switch, 12 - cell light indicator.

Automated tool storage box works as follows.

The operator logs into the system using personal credentials by entering them from the touch panel 3. By default, all drawers 6 are locked. Unlocking the drawer 6 occurs at the request of the operator by pressing the corresponding button on the touch panel 3 of the control module 2. After unlocking the drawer 6, an indication element 7 lights up on its front panel. The operator manually pulls out the corresponding drawer.

The tool brought into box 6 is entered into the database by reading on the scanner 4 the barcode located on the tool, after which the tool is placed in the pencil case 9 for storage and placed in the corresponding cell 8. When the pencil case 9 with the tool is placed in the corresponding cell, the pressure the plate 10 acts on the limit switch 11, closing its contacts. The signal from the limit switch 11 enters the control module 2, information on the tool entered into the corresponding cell 8 appears on the touch panel 3, which is entered into the database.

To remove the tool for the purpose of its use, the operator enters the credentials from the touch panel 3 and selects the necessary tool. When a tool is selected, the lock from the drawer 6, in which the requested tool is located, is removed and the backlight element 7 lights up on the drawer panel, and the indicator light 12 lights up in the cell with the selected tool.

After the drawer 6 is pulled out and the canister 9 with the tool is removed from the cell, the contacts of the limit switch 11 open, a signal is sent to the control module 2, and information on the removed tool appears on the touch panel 3 and entered into the database.

The return of the worn tool is carried out in module 5 in the same manner as when entering the pencil case with the tool in module 1.

Thus, the inventive automated tool storage box allows you to accurately track the nomenclature of the issued tool and its quantity. Using the module to return the tool allows you to track its safety, as well as to plan technological operations for the restoration of a worn tool.

Claims (1)

An automated tool storage box consisting of a control module with a touch panel, a tool storage, metering and dispensing module with drawers having tool storage cells equipped with a light indicator, characterized in that it is equipped with a worn tool receiving module connected to the control module , which is made with a barcode reader, and each cell has a pressure plate with a limit switch connected to the said control module.

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