Automatic agent alignment mechanism

Abstract

The present invention provides an automatic medicine guiding and aligning mechanism, which enables the medicine bottles transported from the previous station to be quickly guided and aligned, and then transported to the subsequent station for processing and production, with high guiding and aligning efficiency and ensuring the accuracy of guiding and aligning. It includes: a bottom plate; a height support frame; a first guiding and aligning plate, which includes a first body part and profiling guiding grooves arranged on both sides in the width direction; a second guiding and aligning plate, which includes a second body part and side convex guiding blocks arranged on both sides in the width direction; a linear driving mechanism; and a number of arranged medicine guiding cylinders, and each medicine guiding cylinder includes an inner concave profiling groove with an upper end profiled to the flange.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of syringe assembly equipment, specifically an automatic medicine guiding mechanism. Background Art

[0002] An automatic syringe includes an upper body, a lower body, and a medicine bottle. A flange is provided at the upper part of the medicine bottle, and the flange is non-circular. When assembling with the upper body and the lower body, the flange needs to be placed at a set position to achieve the correct placement of the medicine bottle. Existing assembly lines all require manual alignment, which is time-consuming and laborious, and there are deviations in position alignment. Therefore, how to quickly and efficiently align the flange is a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently. Summary of the Invention

[0003] In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an automatic medicine guiding mechanism, which enables the medicine bottles transferred from the previous station to be quickly guided correctly and then transferred to the subsequent station for processing and production, so that the guiding efficiency is high and the accuracy of guiding is ensured.

[0004] The automatic medicine guiding mechanism is characterized in that it includes:

[0005] A bottom plate;

[0006] A height support frame;

[0007] A first guiding plate, which includes a first body part and profiled guiding grooves arranged on both sides in the width direction;

[0008] A second guiding plate, which includes a second body part and side convex guiding blocks arranged on both sides in the width direction;

[0009] A linear driving mechanism;

[0010] And a number of arranged medicine guiding cylinders, each medicine guiding cylinder includes an inner concave profiled groove at the upper end profiled to the flange;

[0011] On the upper surfaces of one pair of X-direction side edges of the bottom plate, corresponding columns of a number of medicine guiding cylinders are arranged respectively. Each column of the medicine guiding cylinders is arranged vertically, and its bottom is fixedly installed at the corresponding position of the bottom plate;

[0012] A height support frame is fixedly provided in the central area of the bottom plate relative to the two columns of medicine guiding cylinders. On the upper surface of the upper plate of the height support frame, two groups of parallel first guide rails and second guide rails are provided. The first guide rails and the second guide rails are Y-direction guide rails and are perpendicular to the X-direction side edges;

[0013] The first guiding plate and the second guiding plate are arranged in a stacked manner, and the profiled guiding grooves and the side convex guiding blocks at the corresponding positions form an embedded guiding groove, and the width of the embedded guiding groove is profiled to the width between the two straight edges of the flange;

[0014] The bottom parts of the first alignment plate and the second alignment plate are respectively supported on the corresponding first guide rail and second guide rail. The output end of the linear drive mechanism is externally connected to the first body part and the second body part, and the linear drive mechanism drives the first alignment plate and the second alignment plate to move towards or away from each other along the Y-direction track.

[0015] It is further characterized in that:

[0016] At the lower position in the height direction of each medicine guiding cylinder, a through-beam photoelectric induction device is provided. The through-beam photoelectric induction device is used to detect whether the medicine bottle has completely fallen into the medicine guiding cylinder. After the flange completely falls into the concave profiling groove, the through-beam photoelectric induction device senses the lower end of the medicine bottle and gives feedback.

[0017] It includes a hollow rotating platform. A servo motor, a reduction drive mechanism and an output shaft are arranged on the hollow rotating platform. The output shaft is fixedly connected to the bottom plate. The hollow rotating platform is located at the lower end of the bottom plate. After the flanges of all the medicine bottles are aligned in place, the servo motor drives the bottom plate to rotate 180 degrees to reach the subsequent loading position.

[0018] The first alignment plate is arranged at the upper surface position of the second alignment plate, and the upper surface of the side convex guide block is arranged flush with the upper surface of the first alignment plate.

[0019] The upper surfaces of the surface area side of the first alignment plate corresponding to the embedding guide groove and the upper surface of the side convex guide block are both provided with materials with flexible belt friction, ensuring that the flange rotates and aligns through friction and will not be worn.

[0020] The linear drive mechanism is specifically a clamping jaw cylinder. The cylinder body of the clamping jaw cylinder is fixedly installed on the height support frame. The clamping jaw cylinder is provided with two output ends. One output end is fixedly connected to the second body part, and the other output end passes through the linear guide groove of the second body part and is fixedly connected to the first body part.

[0021] The second body part is provided with an avoidance guide groove corresponding to the position of the first guide rail, which ensures that the first body part is supported on the first guide rail and can perform linear movement operations.

[0022] After adopting the above technical solution, since the flange of the medicine bottle is not circular, it is necessary to make all the medicine bottles in the same direction during assembly. This mechanism can realize the function of automatically guiding and correcting the direction of the medicine bottles. The medicine bottles are placed into the medicine guiding cylinder and are placed on the corresponding sides of both sides of the embedding guiding groove formed by the first guiding plate and the second guiding plate. The linear driving mechanism and the Y-direction guide rail drive the first guiding plate and the second guiding plate to move alternately one after the other, so that the flange direction of the medicine bottle can be rotated to the correct angle and then fall into the concave profiling groove of the medicine guiding cylinder. This enables the medicine bottles transferred from the previous station to be quickly guided and corrected, and then transferred to the subsequent station for processing and production, resulting in high guiding efficiency and ensuring the accuracy of guiding. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 is a three-dimensional view of the present invention Figure 1 ;

[0024] Figure 2 is a three-dimensional view of the present invention Figure 2 ;

[0025] Figure 3 is a schematic front view structural diagram of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 4 is a schematic side view structural diagram of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 5 is Figure 3 a schematic A-A cross-sectional structural diagram of;

[0028] Figure 6 is Figure 4 a schematic B-B cross-sectional structural diagram of;

[0029] Figure 7 is Figure 1 a schematic enlarged partial structural diagram at C of;

[0030] Figure 8 is a three-dimensional view of the medicine guiding cylinder of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 9 is a three-dimensional view of the medicine bottle applicable to the present invention;

[0032] The names corresponding to the serial numbers in the figure are as follows:

[0033] Bottom plate 10, height support frame 20, upper plate 21, first guide rail 22, second guide rail 23, first alignment plate 30, first body part 31, profiling guide groove 32, notch guide groove 33, second alignment plate 40, second body part 41, side convex guide block 42, linear guide groove 43, avoidance guide groove 44, medicine guide cylinder 50, concave profiling groove 51, positioning and installation hole 52, embedded guide groove 60, photoelectric induction device 70, hollow rotating platform 80, servo motor 81, reduction drive mechanism 82, jaw cylinder 90, medicine bottle 100, flange 101. Detailed implementation mode

[0034] The automatic medicine alignment mechanism, see Figures 1-9 , which includes a bottom plate 10, a height support frame 20, a first alignment plate 30, a second alignment plate 40, a linear drive mechanism, and several arranged medicine guide cylinders 50;

[0035] The first alignment plate 30 includes a first body part 31 and profiling guide grooves 32 arranged on both sides in the width direction;

[0036] The second alignment plate 40 includes a second body part 41 and side convex guide blocks 42 arranged on both sides in the width direction;

[0037] Each medicine guide cylinder 50 includes a concave profiling groove 51 with an upper end profiled to the flange 101. The inner cavity of the medicine guide cylinder 50 is used to place the medicine bottle 100, and the top of the medicine bottle 100 is a flange 101 with a waist-shaped structure;

[0038] On the upper surfaces of a pair of X-direction side edges of the bottom plate 10, several corresponding columns of medicine guide cylinders 50 are arranged. Each column of medicine guide cylinders 50 is arranged vertically and its bottom is fixedly installed at the corresponding position of the bottom plate 10;

[0039] In the central area of the bottom plate 10 relative to the two columns of medicine guide cylinders, a height support frame 20 is fixedly installed. On the upper surface of the upper plate 21 of the height support frame 20, two groups of parallel first guide rails 22 and second guide rails 23 are arranged. The first guide rail 22 and the second guide rail 23 are Y-direction guide rails and are arranged perpendicular to the X-direction side edges;

[0040] The first alignment plate 30 and the second alignment plate 40 are stacked, and the profiling guide grooves 31 and the side convex guide blocks 41 at the corresponding positions form an embedded guide groove 60. The width of the embedded guide groove 60 is profiled to the width between the two straight edges of the flange 101;

[0041] The bottom parts of the first alignment plates 30 are respectively supported on the corresponding first guide rails 22, the bottom part of the second alignment plates 40 is supported on the corresponding second guide rails 23, the output end of the linear drive mechanism is externally connected to the first body part 31 and the second body part 41, and the linear drive mechanism drives the first alignment plates 30 and the second alignment plates 40 to move towards or away from each other along the Y-direction track.

[0042] During specific implementation, on the upper surfaces of one pair of X-direction side edges of the bottom plate 10, 10 corresponding equally spaced medicine guiding cylinders 50 are arranged respectively. At the lower position in the height direction of each medicine guiding cylinder 50, a pair of photoelectric induction devices 70 are provided. The pair of photoelectric induction devices 70 are respectively inserted and installed in the corresponding positioning and installation holes 52. The pair of photoelectric induction devices 70 are used to detect whether the medicine bottles 100 have completely fallen into the medicine guiding cylinders 50. When the flange 101 completely falls into the concave profiling groove 51, the pair of photoelectric induction devices 70 sense the lower end of the medicine bottle 100 and give feedback.

[0043] It includes a hollow rotating platform 80. On the hollow rotating platform 80, a servo motor 81, a speed reduction transmission mechanism 82 and an output shaft are provided. The output shaft is fixedly connected to the bottom plate 10. The hollow rotating platform 80 is located at the lower end of the bottom plate 10. After the flanges 101 of all the medicine bottles 100 are aligned in place, the servo motor 81 drives to drive the bottom plate 10 to rotate 180 degrees to reach the subsequent feeding position.

[0044] The first alignment plates 30 are arranged at the upper surface position of the second alignment plates 40, and the upper surfaces of the side convex guiding blocks 41 are arranged flush with the upper surfaces of the first alignment plates 30.

[0045] On the upper surfaces of the surface areas of the first alignment plates 30 corresponding to the embedded guiding grooves 60 and the upper surfaces of the side convex guiding blocks, materials with flexible belt friction are provided to ensure that the flanges 101 are rotationally aligned through friction and will not be worn.

[0046] The linear drive mechanism is specifically a clamping jaw cylinder 90. The cylinder body of the clamping jaw cylinder 90 is fixedly installed on the height support frame 20. The clamping jaw cylinder 90 is provided with two output ends. One output end is fixedly connected to the second body part 41, and the other output end passes through the linear guiding groove 43 of the second body part 41 and is fixedly connected to the first body part 31.

[0047] The second body part 41 is provided with an avoidance guiding groove 44 corresponding to the position of the first guide rail 22, which ensures that the first body part 31 is supported on the first guide rail 22 and can perform linear movement operations.

[0048] In a specific embodiment, a notch guiding groove 33 is further provided inside the profiling guiding groove 32. The width of the notch guiding groove 33 is not less than the width of the side convex guiding block 42. The notch guiding groove 33 ensures reliable operation during the alignment operation.

[0049] In specific implementation, since the flange of the medicine bottle is not circular, all the medicine bottles need to be in the same direction during assembly. This mechanism can achieve the function of automatically guiding the direction of the medicine bottles. The medicine bottles are placed into the medicine guiding cylinder and are placed on the corresponding edges on both sides of the embedding guiding groove formed by the first guiding plate and the second guiding plate. The linear driving mechanism and the Y-direction guide rail drive the first guiding plate and the second guiding plate to move alternately one after the other. Since the bottle body is placed in the medicine guiding cylinder, the upper surface of the surface area of the first guiding plate corresponding to the embedding guiding groove and the upper surface of the side convex guiding block are both provided with materials with flexible friction. This enables the first guiding plate and the second guiding plate to drive the flange to rotate through friction during linear movement. Finally, after the flange direction of the medicine bottle rotates to the correct angle, it can fall into the concave profiling groove of the medicine guiding cylinder. After all the opposed photoelectric induction devices sense the medicine bottles, the servo motor rotates, and then the output shaft of the hollow rotating platform drives the entire bottom plate to rotate 180 degrees to reach the feeding position.

[0050] For those skilled in the art, it is obvious that the present invention is not limited to the details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, and the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or basic characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, from any point of view, the embodiments should be regarded as exemplary and non-restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description. Therefore, all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims are intended to be embraced within the present invention. Any reference signs in the claims should not be regarded as limiting the claimed invention.

[0051] In addition, it should be understood that although this specification is described according to embodiments, not every embodiment only contains an independent technical solution. This narrative manner of the specification is only for clarity. Those skilled in the art should regard the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. Automatic medicine guiding and aligning mechanism, characterized in that It includes: Base plate; Height support frame; The first alignment plate, which includes a first body part and profiling guide grooves arranged on both sides in the width direction; The second alignment plate, which includes a second body part and side convex guide blocks arranged on both sides in the width direction; Linear drive mechanism; And a number of arranged medicine guide cylinders, each medicine guide cylinder includes a concave profiling groove at the upper end profiled to the flange; On the upper surfaces of one pair of X-direction side edges of the base plate, a corresponding number of medicine guide cylinders in each column are arranged. Each column of medicine guide cylinders is arranged vertically, and its bottom is fixedly installed at the corresponding position of the base plate; A height support frame is fixedly installed in the central area of the base plate relative to the two columns of medicine guide cylinders. On the upper surface of the upper plate of the height support frame, two groups of parallel first guide rails and second guide rails are arranged. The first guide rails and second guide rails are Y-direction guide rails and are perpendicular to the X-direction side edges; The first alignment plate and the second alignment plate are arranged in a stacked manner, and the profiling guide grooves and side convex guide blocks at corresponding positions form an embedded guide groove. The width of the embedded guide groove is profiled to the width between the two straight edges of the flange; The bottoms of the first alignment plate and the second alignment plate are respectively supported on the corresponding first guide rails and second guide rails. The output end of the linear drive mechanism is externally connected to the first body part and the second body part. The linear drive mechanism drives the first alignment plate and the second alignment plate to move towards or away from each other along the Y-direction track; A pair of photoelectric induction devices is arranged at the lower position in the height direction of each medicine guide cylinder; It includes a hollow rotating platform. A servo motor, a speed reduction transmission mechanism and an output shaft are arranged on the hollow rotating platform. The output shaft is fixedly connected to the base plate, and the hollow rotating platform is located at the lower end of the base plate.

2. The automatic guiding mechanism for the medicament according to claim 1, wherein: The first alignment plate is arranged at the upper surface position of the second alignment plate, and the upper surface of the side convex guide block is arranged flush with the upper surface of the first alignment plate.

3. The automatic guiding mechanism for the medicament according to claim 2, wherein: Flexible belt friction materials are arranged on the upper surface of the surface area side of the first alignment plate corresponding to the embedded guide groove and the upper surface of the side convex guide block.

4. The automatic guiding mechanism for the medicament according to claim 1, wherein: The linear drive mechanism is specifically a clamping jaw cylinder. The cylinder body of the clamping jaw cylinder is fixedly installed on the height support frame. The clamping jaw cylinder is provided with two output ends. One output end is fixedly connected to the second body part, and the other output end is fixedly connected to the first body part after passing through the linear guide groove of the second body part.

5. The automatic guiding mechanism for medicaments according to claim 1, characterized in that: A relief guide groove is arranged at the position of the second body part corresponding to the first guide rail.

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