Medicine bottle unloading device

Abstract

The utility model discloses a medicine bottle unloading device which comprises a feeding mechanism, a shifting mechanism, an overturning mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a tray taking mechanism, and the overturning mechanism is correspondingly arranged between the discharging end of the feeding mechanism and the feeding end of the discharging mechanism; the shifting mechanism is mounted above the turnover mechanism, and the tray taking mechanism is mounted on one side of the turnover mechanism; the turnover mechanism comprises a support, a turnover frame and a rotating motor, and the turnover frame is rotationally installed on the support and driven by the rotating motor to rotate. The material stirring mechanism comprises a first scraper assembly used for pushing the medicine bottles to the discharging mechanism from the overturning mechanism. The tray taking mechanism comprises a driving assembly and a suction cup, and the suction cup used for grabbing the trays is installed at the action end of the driving assembly. According to the device, the medicine bottle unloading efficiency can be effectively improved, and then the filling quality and efficiency of the whole bottled medicine are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the field of bottled medicine processing, and in particular relates to a medicine bottle unloading device. Background Art

[0002] Bottled medicine processing generally requires filling, sealing, printing and other processes. Before filling the medicine bottles, the boxed empty bottles need to be taken out from the pallet. The existing empty bottle unloading is done manually, and workers take out the empty bottles from the pallet one by one. The work intensity is high and the efficiency is low, which seriously affects the processing efficiency of bottled medicines. Utility Model Content

[0003] In order to solve the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model aims to provide a medicine bottle unloading device, which can effectively improve the unloading efficiency of the medicine bottles, save manpower, and further improve the processing quality and efficiency of the entire bottled medicine.

[0004] In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical solution adopted by the utility model is:

[0005] A medicine bottle tray unloading device comprises a feeding mechanism, a material shifting mechanism, a flipping mechanism, a material discharging mechanism and a tray taking mechanism, wherein the flipping mechanism is correspondingly arranged between the material discharging end of the feeding mechanism and the material feeding end of the discharging mechanism; the material shifting mechanism is installed above the flipping mechanism, and the tray taking mechanism is installed on one side of the flipping mechanism; the flipping mechanism comprises a support, a flipping frame and a rotating motor, the flipping frame is rotatably mounted on the support and driven to rotate by the rotating motor; the material shifting mechanism comprises a scraper assembly for feeding material from the flipping mechanism to the material discharging mechanism.

[0006] Preferably, the flip frame includes two side panels correspondingly arranged in the front and rear, the middle parts of the two side panels are rotatably mounted on the support, and the rotating shaft of one of the side panels is connected to the power of the rotating motor; two upper and lower corresponding panels are horizontally slidably mounted between the two side panels, and the panels are driven by corresponding translation components; and material blocking components are correspondingly installed on the left and right sides of the panels.

[0007] Preferably, the material blocking assembly comprises a material blocking motor, a rotating shaft and a baffle, the rotating shaft connected to the power of the material blocking motor is installed on the side of the panel, and the end of the baffle is fixedly installed on the rotating shaft.

[0008] Preferably, the translation assembly includes a slide rail and a rodless cylinder horizontally mounted on the side panel, the front and rear ends of the panel are horizontally slidably mounted on the slide rail, and the slider of the rodless cylinder is fixedly connected to the panel.

[0009] Preferably, a limit block is fixedly disposed horizontally on the inner side of the side plate between the two panels.

[0010] Preferably, the scraper assembly includes two first scrapers which are vertically arranged correspondingly on the left and right sides, the upper ends of the first scrapers are mounted on the corresponding first lifting assemblies, and the first lifting assemblies are mounted on the corresponding first transverse moving assemblies.

[0011] Preferably, the unloading mechanism includes a unloading conveyor belt, a limiting assembly is installed on the unloading conveyor belt, the limiting assembly includes a limiting plate and a slide rail horizontally installed on both sides of the unloading conveyor belt, a slider slidingly arranged on the slide rail is driven by a third transverse movement assembly, and the limiting plate is installed on a third lifting assembly arranged on the slider.

[0012] Preferably, the tray-taking mechanism comprises a driving assembly and a suction cup, and the suction cup for grabbing the tray is installed at the action end of the driving assembly.

[0013] Preferably, the driving assembly includes a fourth lifting assembly and a horizontal flip assembly, the horizontal flip assembly is mounted on a lifting frame of the fourth lifting assembly, and the suction cup is mounted at an action end of the horizontal flip assembly.

[0014] Preferably, the horizontal flip assembly includes a first motor, a second motor, and a first rotating rod and a second rotating rod arranged in parallel, one end of the first rotating rod is rotatably mounted on the lifting frame and is connected to the first motor power, one end of the second rotating rod is rotatably mounted on the lifting frame and a first rotating shaft is coaxially mounted at the rotating point, the first rotating shaft is connected to the second motor power, a first sprocket is coaxially mounted on the first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft is provided through the other end perpendicular to the two rotating rods, the second rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the two rotating rods, a second sprocket is coaxially mounted in the middle of the second rotating shaft, and a transmission chain is provided between the two sprockets; the suction nozzle of the suction cup is arranged downwardly and is fixedly connected to its end perpendicularly to the second rotating shaft.

[0015] The beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0016] 1. The rotary motor of the utility model can drive the flip frame to rotate 180 degrees forward and reverse, thereby realizing the rapid flipping of the tray and the medicine bottle, and effectively completing the tray removal operation and the reset of the medicine bottle.

[0017] 2. Two upper and lower corresponding panels are installed horizontally and slidingly between the two side panels. Each panel is connected to the corresponding translation assembly to drive the two panels to move horizontally independently, thereby completing the movement to the right to receive materials from the loading mechanism, moving to the left to discharge materials to the lowering mechanism, and the panels can be opened independently to facilitate the tray removal mechanism to remove the tray.

[0018] 3. The rotating shaft is installed on the left and right sides of the panel along the front-back direction, and the ends of the baffles are fixedly installed on the rotating shaft. The two baffles on the same side of the two panels form a group. When the corresponding material stopper motor drives the rotating shaft to rotate, the two baffles on the same side can be driven to flip up and down, thereby achieving the blocking of the openings on both sides of the flipping mechanism.

[0019] 4. A limit block is fixed horizontally on the inner side of the side panel between the two panels. The limit block can limit the pallet in the front and rear directions to prevent the pallet from shaking back and forth during the flipping action, thereby providing stability for the pallet flipping.

[0020] 5. The three transverse moving assemblies of the first scraper assembly and the second scraper assembly are all installed on the same frame. Each transverse moving assembly is driven by an independent driving structure. The transverse moving assembly can adopt the form of a motor-driven chain to drive the moving frame on the frame to slide horizontally, and the three lifting assemblies can adopt a telescopic cylinder structure. The scraper is vertically installed on the piston rod below the telescopic cylinder.

[0021] 6. The first motor drives the first rotating rod to rotate 180 degrees, and the first rotating rod drives the second rotating rod to rotate synchronously, while the second motor drives the first rotating shaft to rotate in the opposite direction. The power is transmitted to the second rotating shaft through the sprocket and the chain, so that the suction cup installed on the second rotating shaft is always in a horizontal state with the suction nozzle downward when it moves again. When the suction cup moves to the tray on the flipping mechanism, the suction nozzle grabs the bottom of the tray, and then the horizontal flipping component is reversely rotated to reset, and the tray on the flipping mechanism can be taken out.

[0022] 7. When the first scraper assembly delivers the medicine bottle to the unloading conveyor belt, the first scraper on the left side moves upward immediately after reaching the limit plate, and then drives the third transverse moving assembly to move to the left, and the limit plate and the first scraper on the right side block the medicine bottle from moving to the left to the set position. After that, the first scraper assembly is reset, the third lifting assembly drives the limit plate to move up, and the third transverse moving assembly drives the third lifting assembly and the limit scraper to reset to the right. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the turning mechanism of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 3 It is a partial structural schematic diagram of the turning frame of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of the disk taking mechanism of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the horizontal flip assembly of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The principles and features of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The examples given are only used to explain the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of use of the present invention.

[0029] like Figure 1-5 As shown, the utility model proposes a medicine bottle unloading device, comprising a feeding mechanism 3, a material shifting mechanism 2, a flipping mechanism 1, a material unloading mechanism 4 and a tray taking mechanism 5, wherein the flipping mechanism 1 is correspondingly arranged between the material discharging end of the feeding mechanism 3 and the material feeding end of the unloading mechanism 4. The material shifting mechanism 2 is horizontally installed above the feeding mechanism 3, the flipping mechanism 1 and the unloading mechanism 4. The tray taking mechanism 5 is installed on one side of the flipping mechanism 1.

[0030] like Figure 2-3 As shown, the flip mechanism 1 includes a support 10, a flip frame and a rotating motor 15. The middle part of the flip frame is rotatably mounted on the support 10. The rotating motor 15 is connected to the rotating shaft of the flip frame. The rotating motor 15 can drive the flip frame to rotate 180 degrees forward and reverse, thereby realizing the rapid flipping of the tray 6 and the medicine bottle, completing the tray 6 removal operation and the reset of the medicine bottle. In this embodiment, the flip frame includes two side panels 11 arranged in front and back correspondingly. The middle parts of the two side panels 11 are correspondingly rotatably mounted on the support 10, and the rotating shaft of one of the side panels 11 is connected to the rotating motor 15. Two upper and lower corresponding panels 12 are installed horizontally and slidably between the two side panels 11. Each panel 12 is connected to a corresponding translation assembly 121, which is used to drive the two panels 12 to move horizontally independently, thereby completing the material receiving from the feeding mechanism 3, the material discharging to the lower feeding mechanism 4, and the panel 12 is opened independently to facilitate the tray removal mechanism 5 to take out the tray 6.

[0031] Specifically, the translation assembly 121 includes a slide rail 1212 and a rodless cylinder 1211 horizontally mounted on the side panels. The front and rear sides of the panel 12 are horizontally slidably mounted on the slide rail 1212, and the slider of the rodless cylinder 1211 is fixedly connected to the panel 12. The horizontal length of the side panel 11 is not less than twice the length of the panel 12, so that the two panels 12 can slide and translate horizontally between the two side panels 11.

[0032] The left and right sides of each panel 12 are correspondingly installed with a material blocking assembly 13. In this embodiment, the material blocking assembly 13 includes a baffle 132 and a rotating shaft 131 connected to the material blocking motor power, the rotating shaft 131 is installed on the left and right sides of the panel 12 along the front-back direction, and the ends of the baffle 132 are fixedly installed on the rotating shaft 131. The two baffles 132 on the same side of the two panels 12 are a group, and under the rotation drive of the corresponding rotating shaft 131, the two baffles 132 on the same side can be driven to flip up and down, thereby realizing the opening and closing of the openings on both sides of the flip mechanism 1.

[0033] A limit block 14 is fixedly disposed horizontally on the inner side of the side plate 11 between the two panels 12 . The limit block 14 can limit the tray 6 in the front-to-back direction to prevent the tray 6 from shaking back and forth during the flipping action, thereby providing the flipping stability of the tray 6 .

[0034] A storage cavity is formed between the upper and lower panels 12, the front and rear side panels 11, and the left and right baffles 132 of the flip mechanism 1, which can effectively protect the tray 6 containing medicine bottles when the flip mechanism 1 rotates. When the flip mechanism 1 is feeding, the two panels 12 move to the right side close to the feeding mechanism 3, and the two baffles 132 on the right side of the baffle assembly 13 flip outward. After the tray 6 containing medicine bottles is fed into the storage cavity from the right side, the rotating shaft 131 drives the two baffles 132 to reset and close, thereby effectively enclosing the tray 6 in the storage cavity. The panel 12 carries the tray 6 and moves to the left side of the rotating frame. After the rotating motor 15 drives the flip frame to rotate 180 degrees clockwise, the two panels 12 are on the right side of the flip mechanism 1 and the panels 12 are upside down, the mouth of the medicine bottle is facing down, and the bottom of the tray 6 is facing up. Then the baffle 132 on the right side of the upper panel 12 is flipped open, and the panel 12 is opened horizontally to the left. After the tray 6 is taken out, the baffle 132 and the upper panel 12 are reset, and the flip frame is rotated 180 degrees counterclockwise to reset, so that the medicine bottle is in an upright state with the bottle mouth facing upward.

[0035] The material-dispensing mechanism 2 includes a first scraper assembly for pushing the medicine bottles from the flipping mechanism 1 to the unloading mechanism 4 and a second scraper assembly for pushing the tray 6 loaded with medicine bottles from the loading mechanism 3 to the flipping mechanism 1. In this embodiment, the first scraper assembly includes two first scrapers 213 arranged vertically in correspondence to each other on the left and right, the upper end of the first scraper 213 is mounted on the corresponding first lifting assembly 212, and the first lifting assembly 212 is mounted on the corresponding first transverse moving assembly 211. The second scraper assembly includes a second scraper 223 arranged vertically, the second scraper 223 is mounted on the second lifting assembly 222, and the second lifting assembly 222 is mounted on the second transverse moving assembly 221.

[0036] In specific implementation, the three transverse movement components are all installed on the same frame 20, and each transverse movement component is driven by an independent driving mechanism. The transverse movement component can adopt a structure in which a motor drives a chain to drive the moving frame on the frame 20 to slide horizontally, and the three lifting components can adopt a telescopic cylinder structure, and the scraper is vertically installed on the piston rod under the telescopic cylinder, so as to make it easier to load and unload the device and improve the material transfer efficiency.

[0037] The loading mechanism 3 in the utility model is a loading conveyor belt for feeding materials in the front-to-back direction. The unloading port of the loading conveyor belt is arranged on the left side close to the flipping mechanism 1. The second scraper 223 of the second scraper assembly first descends to the right side of the tray 6, and then moves to the left to push the tray 6 transported on the loading mechanism 3 to the flipping mechanism 1.

[0038] When the medicine bottles are unloaded, the two first scrapers 213 of the first scraper assembly first move downward to block the left and right sides of the medicine bottles on the removal tray 6, and then the two first scrapers 213 move synchronously to push the medicine bottles to the left toward the unloading mechanism 4.

[0039] like Figure 4-5 As shown, the tray-taking mechanism 5 is arranged on the front right side of the flip mechanism 1, and includes a driving assembly and a suction cup 54. The suction cup 54 for grabbing the tray 6 is installed at the action end of the driving assembly. The driving assembly includes a fourth lifting assembly 51 and a horizontal flip assembly 53. The horizontal flip assembly 53 is installed on the lifting frame 52 of the fourth lifting assembly 51, and the suction cup 54 is installed at the action end of the horizontal flip assembly 53. In this embodiment, the fourth lifting assembly 51 adopts a motor-driven chain transmission, and the chain drives the lifting frame 52 to slide up and down on the vertical frame.

[0040] The horizontal flip assembly 53 includes a first motor 531, a second motor, and a first rotating rod 532 and a second rotating rod 534 arranged in parallel. One end of the first rotating rod 532 is rotatably mounted on the lifting frame 52 and is connected to the power of the first motor 531; one end of the second rotating rod 534 is rotatably mounted on the lifting frame 52 and a first rotating shaft 537 is coaxially rotatably mounted at the rotating point, the first rotating shaft 537 is connected to the power of the second motor (not shown in the figure), and a first sprocket 538 is coaxially mounted on the first rotating shaft 537, and a second rotating shaft 535 is provided perpendicular to the other end of the two rotating rods, and the second rotating shaft 535 is rotatably connected to the two rotating rods, a second sprocket 533 is coaxially mounted in the middle of the second rotating shaft 535, and a transmission chain 536 is provided between the two sprockets; the suction nozzle 541 of the suction cup 54 is arranged downwardly and fixedly connected to the end thereof perpendicularly to the second rotating shaft 535.

[0041] The first motor 531 drives the first rotating rod 532 to rotate 180 degrees, and the first rotating rod 532 drives the second rotating rod 534 to rotate synchronously, and the second motor drives the first rotating shaft 537 to rotate in the opposite direction, and the power is transmitted to the second rotating shaft 535 through the sprocket and the transmission chain 536, so that the suction cup 54 installed on the second rotating shaft 535 is always in a horizontal state with the suction nozzle 541 downward when it moves again. When the suction cup 54 moves to the tray 6 on the flip mechanism 1, the suction nozzle 541 moves to grab the bottom of the tray 6, and then the horizontal flip assembly 53 rotates in the opposite direction to reset, so that the tray 6 on the flip mechanism 1 can be taken out. In combination with the up and down movement of the fourth lifting assembly 51, the taken out tray 6 can be placed downward in the centralized storage area, which is convenient for the effective centralized processing of the tray 6.

[0042] The unloading mechanism 4 includes an unloading conveyor belt, on which a limit assembly is installed, the limit assembly includes a limit plate 41 and slide rails installed horizontally on both sides of the unloading conveyor belt, and a slider slidably arranged on the slide rail is driven by a third transverse moving assembly 42, and the limit plate 41 is installed on a third lifting assembly 43 arranged on the slider. In this embodiment, the third transverse moving assembly 42 can be in the form of a cylinder or an electric chain driven moving block, and the third lifting assembly 43 can be a vertically arranged cylinder structure.

[0043] When the first scraper assembly delivers the medicine bottle to the unloading conveyor belt, the first scraper 213 on the left side moves upward immediately after reaching the limit plate 41, and then drives the third transverse moving assembly 42 to move leftward, and the limit plate 41 and the first scraper 213 on the right side block the medicine bottle from moving leftward to the set position. After that, the first scraper assembly is reset, the third lifting assembly 43 drives the limit plate 41 to move upward, and the third transverse moving assembly 42 drives the third lifting assembly 43 and the limit plate 41 to reset to the right.

[0044] Correspondingly, the utility model also proposes a medicine bottle unloading method based on the above medicine bottle unloading device, which specifically includes the following steps:

[0045] 1) The loading mechanism 3 transports the tray 6 containing the medicine bottles to a position opposite to the flipping mechanism 1;

[0046] 2) The two panels 12 of the flipping mechanism 1 are moved to the discharge port of the feeding mechanism 3, and the two baffles 132 on the right side of the panel 12 are flipped open;

[0047] 3) Push one or more trays 6 between the two panels 12 through the second scraper 223 of the second scraper assembly, and close the two baffles 132 on the right side;

[0048] 4) The two panels 12 move horizontally with the tray 6 to the left side of the flip frame, and then the rotating motor 15 drives the flip frame to rotate 180 degrees clockwise, so that the tray 6 and the medicine bottle are both inverted; at this time, the two panels 12 are on the right side of the rotating frame, and the baffle 132 on the right side of the upper panel 12 is controlled to flip open, and the panel 12 slides horizontally to the left to open;

[0049] 5) The fourth lifting assembly 51 and the horizontal flip assembly 53 of the tray taking mechanism 5 cooperate to suck the bottom of the tray 6 by the suction cup 54 to take it out, and then the upper panel 12 slides rightward to reset, and the baffle 132 flips and closes again;

[0050] 6) The rotating motor 15 drives the flip frame to rotate 180 degrees in the opposite direction, so that the medicine bottle is flipped to an upright state with the bottle mouth facing upward;

[0051] 7) The baffle 132 on the left side of the upper panel 12 flips open, and the panel 12 slides to the right to open. The two first scrapers 213 of the first scraper assembly clamp the medicine bottle on the panel 12 one after the other and push it to the left toward the lower feeding mechanism 4;

[0052] 8) The first scraper 213 on the left side moves upward immediately after reaching the limit plate 41. After the medicine bottle is moved to the left to the set position by the limit plate 41 of the limit assembly and the first scraper 213 on the right side, the first scraper assembly and the limit assembly are reset.

[0053] Obviously, the embodiments described above are only some embodiments of the present application, rather than all embodiments. The preferred embodiments of the present application are given in the accompanying drawings, but they do not limit the patent scope of the present application. The present application can be implemented in many different forms. On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the understanding of the disclosure of the present application more thorough and comprehensive. Although the present application is described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, for those skilled in the art, it is still possible to modify the technical solutions recorded in the aforementioned specific implementation methods, or to perform equivalent replacement of some of the technical features therein. Any equivalent structure made using the contents of the specification and drawings of this application, directly or indirectly used in other related technical fields, is similarly within the scope of patent protection of this application.

Claims

1. A medicine bottle unloading device, characterized in that: It includes a feeding mechanism, a material shifting mechanism, a flipping mechanism, a material discharging mechanism and a tray-taking mechanism. The flipping mechanism is correspondingly arranged between the discharging end of the feeding mechanism and the feeding end of the discharging mechanism. The material shifting mechanism is installed above the flipping mechanism, and the tray-taking mechanism is installed on one side of the flipping mechanism. The flipping mechanism includes a support, a flipping frame and a rotating motor. The flipping frame is rotatably installed on the support and driven to rotate by the rotating motor. The material shifting mechanism includes a scraper assembly for feeding materials from the flipping mechanism to the material discharging mechanism.

2. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The flip frame includes two side plates arranged correspondingly at the front and rear, the middle parts of the two side plates are rotatably mounted on the support, and the rotating shaft of one of the side plates is connected to the power of the rotating motor; two upper and lower corresponding panels are horizontally slidably mounted between the two side plates, and the panels are driven by corresponding translation components; and material blocking components are correspondingly installed on the left and right sides of the panels.

3. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The material blocking assembly comprises a material blocking motor, a rotating shaft and a baffle. The rotating shaft connected to the power of the material blocking motor is installed on the side of the panel, and the end of the baffle is fixedly installed on the rotating shaft.

4. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The translation assembly comprises a slide rail and a rodless cylinder horizontally mounted on the side panel. The front and rear ends of the panel are horizontally slidably mounted on the slide rail, and a slider of the rodless cylinder is fixedly connected to the panel.

5. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A limit block is fixedly arranged horizontally on the inner side of the side plate between the two panels.

6. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The scraper assembly includes two first scrapers arranged vertically in correspondence with each other on the left and right sides, the upper ends of the first scrapers are mounted on the corresponding first lifting assemblies, and the first lifting assemblies are mounted on the corresponding first transverse moving assemblies.

7. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The unloading mechanism includes an unloading conveyor belt, a limiting assembly is installed on the unloading conveyor belt, the limiting assembly includes a limiting plate and slide rails horizontally installed on both sides of the unloading conveyor belt, a slider slidingly arranged on the slide rail is driven by a third transverse movement assembly, and the limiting plate is installed on a third lifting assembly arranged on the slider.

8. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The tray-taking mechanism comprises a driving assembly and a suction cup, wherein the suction cup for grabbing the tray is installed at the action end of the driving assembly.

9. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The driving assembly includes a fourth lifting assembly and a horizontal flip assembly. The horizontal flip assembly is installed on the lifting frame of the fourth lifting assembly, and the suction cup is installed at the action end of the horizontal flip assembly.

10. The medicine bottle unloading device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The horizontal flip assembly includes a first motor, a second motor, and a first rotating rod and a second rotating rod arranged in parallel, one end of the first rotating rod is rotatably mounted on the lifting frame and is connected to the first motor power, one end of the second rotating rod is rotatably mounted on the lifting frame and a first rotating shaft is coaxially mounted at the rotating point, the first rotating shaft is connected to the second motor power, a first sprocket is coaxially mounted on the first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft is penetrated at the other end perpendicular to the two rotating rods, the second rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the two rotating rods, a second sprocket is coaxially mounted in the middle of the second rotating shaft, and a transmission chain is provided between the two sprockets; the suction nozzle of the suction cup is arranged downwardly and fixedly connected to its end perpendicularly to the second rotating shaft.

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