Automatic bottle body discharging and distributing device for laboratory
By designing the automatic discharge and distribution device for bottles for laboratory use, and using the design of hopper racks and discharge inclined plates, the problem of the traditional loading method occupying space and the running distance of the robot arm is solved, and more efficient space utilization and operation efficiency is achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421674498.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-07-16
- Publication Date
- 2025-05-09
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-07-16
AI Technical Summary
The traditional laboratories' bottle loading method occupies a lot of space, and the robotic arm runs too long, resulting in huge equipment size and low operating efficiency.
A laboratory bottle body automatic discharge and distribution device is designed, using a vertically placed hopper rack and discharge inclined plate, which drives the bottle rack to move through the cylinder. The bottle body is self-coded under the action of gravity, shortening the running distance of the robot arm.
It reduces the footprint, improves the space utilization rate, shortens the operating distance of the robotic arm, greatly improves the working efficiency, and simplifies the manual loading process.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of laboratory equipment, in particular to an automatic bottle unloading and distributing device for a laboratory. Background Art
[0002] With the increasing advancement of automation and intelligent technology, laboratories are gradually adopting automation technology to significantly improve their operational efficiency. As an indispensable consumable in the daily operation of laboratories, bottles frequently appear in various types of equipment. At present, the traditional bottle loading method mostly adopts the form of a material frame. Its significant disadvantage is that it takes up a lot of space, and the equipment's material-grabbing robot arm needs to perform a longer stroke to grab the bottle from the material frame. This not only makes the overall size of the equipment bulky, but also makes the running distance of the robot arm too long, which in turn affects the operating rhythm of the entire equipment, resulting in low efficiency. To this end, we propose an automatic unloading and distributing device for bottles for laboratories. Utility Model Content
[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to overcome the existing defects and provide an automatic bottle unloading and distributing device for laboratory use, which reduces the occupied area, improves the space utilization rate, shortens the running distance of the robot arm, greatly improves the work efficiency, and can effectively solve the problems in the background technology.
[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: an automatic unloading and distributing device for bottles for laboratory use, comprising a frame-shaped hopper frame, the hopper frame comprising a top plate, a bottom plate, two side plates and a main plate, the top plate, the bottom plate and the two side plates surround the side surface of the main plate to form a space for placing the bottle body, a bottle outlet is provided at the lower part of the side surface of one side plate, a cylinder is provided at the inner surface of the other side plate corresponding to the bottle outlet, a sliding block is installed at the movable end of the cylinder, a slide rail is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate, the sliding block is slidably arranged on the slide rail, and the sliding block A connecting block is provided on the side surface of the hopper frame, and the connecting block is rotatably connected to the bottle receiving rack through a deep groove ball bearing I. A feeding inclined plate is provided on the inner side surface of the hopper frame, and the feeding inclined plate is inclined downward toward the bottle outlet. A feeding port that can accommodate the bottle body passing through is provided between the lowest end of the feeding inclined plate and the bottle outlet; an extension plate is provided on the side of the bottom plate close to the bottle outlet, and a guide block is fixedly provided on the extension plate. A guide groove is provided on the side surface of the guide block, and a movable rod is fixedly provided on the lower surface of the bottle receiving rack. A deep groove ball bearing II is rotatably provided on the bottom end of the movable rod, and the deep groove ball bearing II is slidably provided in the guide groove.
[0005] As a preferred technical solution of the utility model, the bottle receiving rack includes three connecting plates, and the three connecting plates are perpendicular to each other and fixedly connected to each other.
[0006] As a preferred technical solution of the utility model, the guide block includes two mutually perpendicular fixing plates, and guide grooves are provided on the two fixing plates, so that the deep groove ball bearing II can move on the two fixing plates along the guide grooves.
[0007] As a preferred technical solution of the utility model, a vertical guide plate is fixedly provided on the lower surface of the lowest end of the unloading inclined plate.
[0008] As a preferred technical solution of the utility model, a movable frame with a triangular cross-section is fixedly provided on the upper surface of the sliding block, and a through groove corresponding to the movable frame is opened on the side surface of the guide plate.
[0009] As a preferred technical solution of the utility model, two fixing plates are fixedly provided on the end of the upper surface of the extension plate, and pins are provided on both fixing plates. The pins penetrate into the inner surface of the fixing plates and are connected to the limiting spring blocks.
[0010] As a preferred technical solution of the utility model, an arc-shaped groove corresponding to the neck of the bottle body is formed on the inner surface of the limiting spring block.
[0011] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: a vertically placed hopper rack is used to place the bottles to be used, which reduces the floor space and improves the space utilization rate; the bottles are placed horizontally in the hopper rack, and are blocked in the hopper rack by the unloading inclined plate and discharged from the bottle outlet to the bottle receiving rack, which moves toward the extension plate under the drive of the cylinder, and when the bottle receiving rack moves, the movable rod on the lower side slides in the guide groove of the aspiration block through the deep groove ball bearing II and rotates at the same time, and the bottle receiving rack drives the bottle body to rotate 90 degrees through the deep groove ball bearing I, so that the bottle body rotates from a horizontal state to a vertical state. Afterwards, the bottles placed vertically on the extension plate are taken away by an external material-retrieving robot arm, which shortens the operating distance of the robot arm and greatly improves work efficiency. Laboratory operators no longer need to arrange the bottles one by one and put them in the material frame. They can directly stack the bottles in the hopper rack and let the bottles be stacked under their own gravity. Manual workers only need to ensure the direction of their bottle mouths, which makes manual loading more convenient and further improves work efficiency. At the same time, since the bottles are stacked together, there is no need to leave gaps between the bottles, so the number of bottles that can be placed in a unit space is more than that in the material frame. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the utility model;
[0013] Figure 2 It is a side view structural schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0014] Figure 3 For this utility model Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the structure at A;
[0015] Figure 4 It is a partial structural schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0016] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the guide block of the utility model.
[0017] In the figure: 1 hopper frame, 2 bottle outlet, 3 slide rail, 4 unloading inclined plate, 5 guide plate, 6 cylinder, 7 sliding block, 8 movable frame, 9 bottle receiving frame, 10 connecting block, 11 deep groove ball bearing I, 12 movable rod, 13 guide block, 14 deep groove ball bearing II, 15 guide groove, 16 fixed plate, 17 limit spring block, 18 arc groove. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0018] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.
[0019] See also Figure 1-5 The utility model provides a technical solution: an automatic unloading and distributing device for bottles for laboratories, comprising a frame-shaped hopper rack 1, wherein the hopper rack 1 comprises a top plate, a bottom plate, two side plates and a main plate, wherein the top plate, the bottom plate and the two side plates surround the side surfaces of the main plate to form a space for placing bottles, and a vertically placed hopper rack 1 is used to place the bottles to be used, thereby reducing the occupied area and improving the space utilization rate, and the laboratory operator no longer needs to arrange the bottles one by one and put them in the material frame, but can directly stack the bottles in the hopper rack 1, so that the bottles can be stacked under their own gravity, and the manual operation only needs to ensure the orientation of the bottle mouths, and the manual loading is more convenient, which further improves the work efficiency; at the same time, since the bottles are stacked together, there is no need to deliberately leave gaps between the bottles, so the number of bottles that can be placed in a unit space is more than that of the material frame.
[0020] A bottle outlet 2 is provided at the lower part of the side surface of one of the side panels, and a cylinder 6 is provided at the inner surface of the other side panel corresponding to the bottle outlet 2. A sliding block 7 is installed at the movable end of the cylinder 6. A slide rail 3 is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate. The sliding block 7 is slidably provided on the slide rail 3. A connecting block 10 is provided on the side surface of the sliding block 7. The connecting block 10 is rotatably connected to a bottle receiving rack 9 through a deep groove ball bearing Ⅰ11. The bottle receiving rack 9 is used to receive bottles and push the bottles out of the bottle outlet 2 under the drive of the cylinder 6; a material discharge inclined plate 4 is provided on the inner surface of the hopper rack 1, and the material discharge inclined plate 4 faces the bottle outlet. 2 is tilted downward, a feeding port capable of accommodating bottles is provided between the lowest end of the feeding inclined plate 4 and the bottle outlet 2, and bottles placed in the hopper rack 1 fall from the feeding port to the bottle receiving rack 9; an extension plate is provided on the side of the bottom plate close to the bottle outlet 2, a guide block 13 is fixedly provided on the extension plate, a guide groove 15 is provided on the side surface of the guide block 13, a movable rod 12 is fixedly provided on the lower surface of the bottle receiving rack 9, a deep groove ball bearing II 14 is rotatably provided at the bottom end of the movable rod 12, and the deep groove ball bearing II 14 is slidably provided in the guide groove 15. For details, please refer to Figure 5 The guide block 13 includes two mutually perpendicular fixed plates, the two fixed plates are connected to each other, and the guide grooves 15 are opened on the two fixed plates and are connected to each other, so that the deep groove ball bearing II 14 can move on the two fixed plates along the guide grooves 15. The bottle body is placed horizontally in the hopper rack 1, and is blocked in the hopper rack 1 by the unloading inclined plate 4 and discharged from the bottle outlet 2 to the bottle receiving rack 9. The bottle receiving rack 9 moves toward the extension plate under the drive of the cylinder 6. When the bottle receiving rack 9 moves, the movable rod 12 on the lower side slides in the guide groove 15 of the guide block 13 through the deep groove ball bearing II 14 and rotates at the same time. The bottle receiving rack 9 drives the bottle body to rotate 90° through the deep groove ball bearing I 11, so that the bottle body rotates from a horizontal state to a vertical state, and then the bottle body placed vertically on the extension plate is taken away by an external material taking mechanical arm, which shortens the running distance of the mechanical arm and greatly improves the work efficiency.
[0021] According to a preferred technical solution, the bottle receiving rack 9 includes three connecting plates, which are perpendicular to each other and fixedly connected to each other, so that the bottle receiving rack 9 forms a rack body with three sides open, and its upper side, right side (towards the extension plate side) and front side (bottle mouth side) are all opened for placement, so that bottles can fall horizontally onto the bottle receiving rack 9 and be pushed to the extension plate for being taken away by an external material-retrieving robot arm.
[0022] The preferred technical solution is that a vertical guide plate 5 is fixedly arranged on the lower surface of the lowest end of the unloading inclined plate 4, and the discharge port is the opening between the guide plate 5 and the side plate of the hopper frame 1. After the bottle rolls from the unloading inclined plate 4 to the guide plate 5, it falls from the discharge port onto the bottle receiving frame 9; a movable frame 8 with a triangular cross-section is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the sliding block 7, and the top angle of the movable frame 8 is rounded. A through groove corresponding to the movable frame 8 is opened on the side surface of the guide plate 5. When the cylinder 6 drives the bottle receiving frame 9 to move and pushes the bottle to the extension plate, the movable frame 8 The movable frame 8 also moves with the sliding block 7 and passes through the through slot on the guide plate 5, thereby pushing the bottles above the bottles on the bottle receiving rack 9 back into the receiving hopper 1 and blocking the discharge port to prevent the bottles in the receiving hopper 1 from sliding down when the bottle receiving rack 9 moves the bottles to the extension plate and rotates 90°, thereby ensuring the stability of bottle unloading; when the cylinder 6 drives the sliding block 7 and the bottle receiving rack 9 to reset, it also drives the movable frame 8 to reset, so that the bottles on the upper side of the movable frame 8 fall into the bottle receiving rack 9 again for automatic unloading next time.
[0023] According to the preferred technical solution, two fixing plates 16 are fixedly provided at the end of the upper surface of the extension plate, and pins are provided on the two fixing plates 16. The pins penetrate into the inner surface of the fixing plate 16 and are connected with the limiting spring block 17. The inner surface of the limiting spring block 17 is provided with an arc-shaped groove 18 corresponding to the neck of the bottle body, and the side surface of the limiting spring block 17 is provided with a groove corresponding to the pin. A spring connected to the pin is provided in the groove, so that the limiting spring block 17 moves toward the inner side of the fixing plate 16 under the action of the spring, thereby clamping the neck of the bottle pushed by the bottle receiving rack 9 through the arc-shaped groove 18 to prevent it from standing unstable, thereby further improving the stability in use.
[0024] A further preferred technical solution is that the length of the fixed plate 16 is slightly larger than the diameter of the two bottle bodies, and the limiting spring block 17 on the fixed plate 16 is only arranged on one side close to the bottle receiving rack 9, so that two bottles are stored between the two fixed plates 16, one of which is not limited at the free end but stands stably between the two fixed plates 16, waiting for an external material-retrieving robot arm to take it away; the other is limited and semi-fixed between the limiting spring blocks 17, and when the next bottle is pushed in, it moves to the free end under the action of its thrust and waits for the external material-retrieving robot arm to take it away.
[0025] The undisclosed parts in the present utility model are all prior art, and their specific structures, materials and working principles are not described in detail. Although the embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it is understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present utility model, and the scope of the present utility model is defined by the attached claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A laboratory bottle automatic unloading and distributing device, comprising a frame-shaped hopper frame (1), characterized in that: The hopper frame (1) comprises a top plate, a bottom plate, two side plates and a main plate. The top plate, the bottom plate and the two side plates surround the side surface of the main plate to form a space for placing bottles. A bottle outlet (2) is provided at the lower part of the side surface of one of the side plates. A cylinder (6) is provided at the inner surface of the other side plate corresponding to the bottle outlet (2). A sliding block (7) is installed at the movable end of the cylinder (6). A sliding rail (3) is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate. The sliding block (7) is slidably arranged on the sliding rail (3). A connecting block (10) is provided on the side surface of the sliding block (7). The connecting block (10) is rotatably connected to the bottle receiving frame (9) through a deep groove ball bearing I (11). The inner surface of the hopper frame (1) is provided with a material discharge inclined plate (4), which is inclined downwardly toward the bottle outlet (2), and a material discharge port capable of accommodating the bottle body passing therethrough is provided between the lowest end of the material discharge inclined plate (4) and the bottle outlet (2); an extension plate is provided on the side of the bottom plate close to the bottle outlet (2), a guide block (13) is fixedly provided on the extension plate, and a guide groove (15) is provided on the side surface of the guide block (13); a movable rod (12) is fixedly provided on the lower surface of the bottle receiving frame (9), a deep groove ball bearing II (14) is rotatably provided at the bottom end of the movable rod (12), and the deep groove ball bearing II (14) is slidably provided in the guide groove (15).
2. The automatic bottle dispensing device for laboratory use according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottle receiving frame (9) comprises three connecting plates, and the three connecting plates are perpendicular to each other and fixedly connected to each other.
3. The automatic bottle dispensing device for laboratory use according to claim 1, characterized in that: The guide block (13) comprises two mutually perpendicular fixing plates, and guide grooves (15) are provided on the two fixing plates, so that the deep groove ball bearing II (14) can move on the two fixing plates along the guide grooves (15).
4. The automatic bottle dispensing device for laboratory use according to claim 1, characterized in that: A vertical guide plate (5) is fixedly arranged on the lower surface of the lowest end of the material discharge inclined plate (4).
5. The automatic bottle dispensing device for laboratory use according to claim 4, characterized in that: A movable frame (8) having a triangular cross section is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the sliding block (7), and a through groove corresponding to the movable frame (8) is opened on the side surface of the guide plate (5).
6. An automatic bottle dispensing device for laboratory use according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: Two fixing plates (16) are fixedly arranged at the end of the upper surface of the extension plate. The two fixing plates (16) are both provided with pins, which penetrate into the inner surface of the fixing plates (16) and are connected to the limiting spring block (17).
7. The automatic bottle dispensing device for laboratory use according to claim 6, characterized in that: The inner surface of the limiting spring block (17) is provided with an arc-shaped groove (18) corresponding to the neck of the bottle body.