Intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size

Abstract

The intelligent express cabinet comprises a cabinet body, a man-machine interaction interface and a central controller, an opening for exposing the inner space of the cabinet body is formed in the front side of the cabinet body, and four cabinet doors distributed from top to bottom are arranged at the opening; the central controller is used for opening a corresponding cabinet door when a door opening instruction is input on the human-computer interaction interface, the intelligent express cabinet further comprises three partition plates and a lifting mechanism, the three partition plates are sequentially distributed in the cabinet body from top to bottom and are installed on the lifting mechanism, and when the three partition plates are located at the initial positions, the three partition plates are located in the cabinet body. The three partition plates divide the interior of the cabinet body into four storage bins distributed up and down, the four storage bins correspond to the four cabinet doors one to one, each cabinet door is used for opening or closing the storage bin corresponding to the cabinet door, and the lifting mechanism is used for adjusting the positions of the three partition plates. The device has the advantages of simple structure, relatively low manufacturing cost and simple adjustment mode of the storage bin.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to an intelligent express cabinet, in particular to an intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment sizes. Background Art

[0002] As the world evolves, the demand for express delivery and logistics continues to grow, along with the need for convenient storage. In recent years, smart lockers have gained widespread use due to their convenient storage capabilities. Couriers simply input a door-opening command into the locker's central controller through its human-machine interface, which then opens the storage compartment for storage. However, the storage compartments of traditional smart lockers are fixed and typically small in size, while express parcels vary in size, making them difficult to accommodate for large parcels.

[0003] Chinese patent application number 201910087580.5 provides a courier cabinet with adjustable storage space. The cabinet includes multiple cabinets arranged in parallel and a control cabinet for controlling each cabinet. When storing packages in the cabinet, the front portion of the front cabinet unit needs to be divided into multiple storage spaces for the packages using a plurality of corresponding partition assemblies according to the height of each package, so that the space within the cabinet is fully utilized. Although this courier cabinet improves space utilization, it has the following drawbacks: the cabinet structure is complex and expensive to manufacture. At the same time, when a new express package is placed in the cabinet, the position of all express storage spaces needs to be adjusted as a whole, and the required storage space cannot be adjusted individually, and the adjustment method is relatively complicated.

[0004] Chinese patent application number 202111069132.6 provides a smart express cabinet with adjustable storage space. This smart express cabinet divides the cavity into two spaces by setting a horizontally movable partition in each cavity, thereby achieving the storage of express parcels of different sizes. Although the adjustment method of this smart express cabinet is simple, it can only divide one cavity into two spaces. The storage space is greatly affected by the size of the cavity. In order to meet the needs of express parcels of different sizes, a large number of cavities of different sizes still need to be set up, which makes the cabinet structure complex and expensive. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an intelligent express cabinet with simple structure, relatively low cost, simple storage bin adjustment method and adjustable compartment size.

[0006] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the above technical problems is: an intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size, comprising a cabinet body, a human-computer interaction interface and a central controller, the front side of the cabinet body is provided with an opening exposing its internal space to the outside, and the opening is provided with four cabinet doors arranged from top to bottom, and the central controller is used to open a corresponding cabinet door when a door opening command is inputted on the human-computer interaction interface, and is characterized in that the intelligent express cabinet further comprises three partitions and a lifting mechanism, the three partitions are distributed inside the cabinet body in order from top to bottom, and are respectively installed on the lifting mechanism, when the three partitions are in the initial position, the three partitions divide the interior of the cabinet body into four storage bins distributed up and down, the four storage bins correspond one to one to the four cabinet doors, and each cabinet door They are all used to open or close the corresponding storage bins. The three partitions are called the first partition, the second partition and the third partition in order from bottom to top. The lifting mechanism is used to adjust the positions of the three partitions, so that the first partition is moved to be stacked under the second partition, or the first partition and the second partition are moved to be stacked in sequence under the third partition, or the first partition, the second partition and the third partition are moved to be stacked in sequence on the top of the interior of the cabinet, or the second partition is moved to be stacked under the third partition, or the third partition is moved to be stacked on the top of the interior of the cabinet, or the second partition and the third partition are moved to be stacked in sequence on the top of the interior of the cabinet.

[0007] Furthermore, the lifting mechanism includes six motors, two ropes are wound around the output shaft of each motor, and the two ropes are arranged at intervals on the left and right. The six motors are respectively called the first motor, the second motor, the third motor, the fourth motor, the fifth motor and the sixth motor. The first partition is suspended on the two ropes of the first motor and the two ropes of the second motor, the second partition is suspended on the two ropes of the third motor and the two ropes of the fourth motor, and the third partition is suspended on the two ropes of the fifth motor and the two ropes of the sixth motor.

[0008] Furthermore, the intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size also includes three groups of support mechanisms with telescopic functions, and the three groups of support mechanisms correspond one to one with the three partitions. Each group of support mechanisms is used to support the corresponding partition when it is in its initial position.

[0009] Furthermore, each support mechanism includes two support assemblies, which are respectively installed on the right side wall and the left side wall of the cabinet. The support assembly installed on the right side wall of the cabinet is called the first support assembly, and the support assembly installed on the left side wall of the cabinet is called the second support assembly; the first support assembly includes a gear, a rack and a seventh motor, the seventh motor is installed on the left side wall of the cabinet, the gear is installed on the output shaft of the seventh motor, the rack is engaged with the gear, and when the seventh motor drives the gear to rotate, the rack can extend into the interior of the cabinet or leave the interior of the cabinet; the second support assembly and the first support assembly are symmetrical on the left and right.

[0010] Compared with the prior art, the advantage of the present invention is that by setting three partitions to separate the interior of the cabinet and a lifting mechanism to adjust the positions of the three partitions, the four storage bins formed when the three partitions are in the initial position are called the first storage bin, the second storage bin, the third storage bin and the fourth storage bin in order from bottom to top. When the first partition is moved to be stacked under the second partition, the first storage bin and the second storage bin are merged; when the first partition and the second partition are moved to be stacked under the third partition in sequence, the first storage bin, the second storage bin and the third storage bin are merged; when the first partition, the second partition and the third partition are moved to be stacked to the top of the interior of the cabinet in sequence, the first storage bin, the second storage bin, the third storage bin and the fourth storage bin are merged; when the second partition is moved to When stacked below the third partition, the second storage bin and the third storage bin are merged; when the third partition is moved to stack to the top of the interior of the cabinet, the third storage bin and the fourth storage bin are merged; when the second partition and the third partition are moved to stack to the top of the interior of the cabinet, the second storage bin, the third storage bin and the fourth storage bin are merged; when in use, the courier can choose to open the corresponding cabinet door according to the size of the express parcel stored. When the size of the express parcel is large, the corresponding partition can be adjusted by the lifting mechanism to form a storage bin inside the cabinet with a size matching the size of the express parcel. Therefore, the utility model only needs to set three partitions and a lifting mechanism. The size of the storage bin can be adjusted by operating the lifting mechanism. The structure is simple, the cost is relatively low, and the storage bin adjustment method is simple. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 The utility model is a three-dimensional intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size Figure 1 ;

[0012] Figure 2 The utility model is a three-dimensional intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size Figure 2 ;

[0013] Figure 3This is a left view of the smart express cabinet with adjustable compartment size according to the present invention;

[0014] Figure 4 The assembly of three partitions and lifting mechanism of the intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size of the utility model Figure 1 ;

[0015] Figure 5 The assembly of three partitions and lifting mechanism of the intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size of the utility model Figure 2 ;

[0016] Figure 6 for Figure 4 Side view of

[0017] Figure 7 for Figure 4 A top view of

[0018] Figure 8 A three-dimensional diagram of the first supporting assembly of the intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size according to the present invention;

[0019] Figure 9 This is a side view of the first support assembly of the intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size according to the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0021] Example 1: Figures 1 to 3As shown, a smart express cabinet with adjustable compartment size includes a cabinet body 1, a human-machine interaction interface 17 and a central controller. The front side of the cabinet body 1 is provided with an opening exposing its internal space to the outside, and the opening is provided with four cabinet doors 2 arranged from top to bottom. The central controller is used to open a corresponding cabinet door 2 when the door opening command is input on the human-machine interaction interface 17. The smart express cabinet also includes three partitions and a lifting mechanism. The three partitions are distributed inside the cabinet body 1 in order from top to bottom and are respectively installed on the lifting mechanism. When the three partitions are in the initial position, the three partitions divide the interior of the cabinet body 1 into four storage bins distributed up and down. The four storage bins correspond to the four cabinet doors 2 one by one, and each cabinet door 2 is used When opening or closing the corresponding storage bin, the three partitions are called the first partition 3, the second partition 4 and the third partition 5 in order from bottom to top, and the lifting mechanism is used to adjust the positions of the three partitions, so that the first partition 3 is moved to be stacked under the second partition 4, or the first partition 3 and the second partition 4 are moved to be stacked in sequence under the third partition 5, or the first partition 3, the second partition 4 and the third partition 5 are moved to be stacked in sequence on the top of the interior of the cabinet 1, or the second partition 4 is moved to be stacked under the third partition 5, or the third partition 5 is moved to be stacked on the top of the interior of the cabinet 1, or the second partition 4 and the third partition 5 are moved to be stacked in sequence on the top of the interior of the cabinet 1.

[0022] In this embodiment, the four storage bins formed when the three partitions are in the initial position are called the first storage bin 6, the second storage bin 7, the third storage bin 8 and the fourth storage bin 9 in order from bottom to top. When the first partition 3 is moved to be stacked under the second partition 4, the first storage bin 6 and the second storage bin 7 are merged; when the first partition 3 and the second partition 4 are moved to be stacked under the third partition 5 in sequence, the first storage bin 6, the second storage bin 7 and the third storage bin 8 are merged; when the first partition 3, the second partition 4 and the third partition 5 are moved to be stacked to the top of the cabinet body 1 in sequence, the first storage bin 6, the second storage bin 7, the third storage bin 8 and the fourth storage bin are merged. The second storage bin 7 and the third storage bin 9 are merged; when the second partition 4 is moved to be stacked below the third partition 5, the second storage bin 7 and the third storage bin 8 are merged; when the third partition 5 is moved to be stacked to the top of the interior of the cabinet 1, the third storage bin 8 and the fourth storage bin 9 are merged; when the second partition 4 and the third partition 5 are moved to be stacked to the top of the interior of the cabinet 1, the second storage bin 7, the third storage bin 8 and the fourth storage bin 9 are merged; when in use, the courier can choose to open the corresponding cabinet door 2 according to the size of the express parcel stored. When the size of the express parcel is large, the corresponding partition can be adjusted by the lifting mechanism to form a storage bin inside the cabinet 1 whose size matches the size of the express parcel.

[0023] Example 2: This example is basically the same as Example 1, except that: in this example, Figures 4 to 6As shown, the lifting mechanism includes six motors, two ropes 10 are wound around the output shaft of each motor, and the two ropes 10 are arranged at intervals on the left and right. The six motors are respectively called the first motor 11, the second motor 12, the third motor 13, the fourth motor 14, the fifth motor 15 and the sixth motor 16. The first partition 3 is suspended on the two ropes 10 of the first motor 11 and the two ropes 10 of the second motor 12, the second partition 4 is suspended on the two ropes 10 of the third motor 13 and the two ropes 10 of the fourth motor 14, and the third partition 5 is suspended on the two ropes 10 of the fifth motor 15 and the two ropes 10 of the sixth motor 16.

[0024] In this embodiment, the central controller pre-stores the driving strokes and corresponding driving instructions of the six motors under all merging modes of the four storage bins. When the courier uses the smart express cabinet, if the express package is large and cannot be placed in the storage bin, and two or more storage bins need to be merged, after opening the cabinet door 2 corresponding to the required storage bin through the human-computer interaction interface 17, the driving instruction of the corresponding motor can be input through the human-computer interaction interface 17 to realize the driving of the motor, so that the motor drives the partition installed on it to move to the required position, thereby realizing the merging of two or more storage bins. The operation process is simple.

[0025] Example 3: This example is essentially the same as Example 2, except that: in this embodiment, a smart express locker with adjustable compartment size further includes three sets of telescopic support mechanisms, one corresponding to each of the three partitions. Each set of support mechanisms is used to support its corresponding partition when it is in its initial position. When a parcel is placed on a partition in its initial position, the support mechanism supports the partition, preventing the motor's output shaft from being pulled due to the weight of the parcel, which could cause the partition to drop, thereby improving safety and reliability.

[0026] In this embodiment, each support mechanism includes two support assemblies, which are respectively installed on the right side wall and the left side wall of the cabinet 1. The support assembly installed on the right side wall of the cabinet 1 is called the first support assembly, and the support assembly installed on the left side wall of the cabinet 1 is called the second support assembly 18; the first support assembly includes a gear 19, a rack 20 and a seventh motor, the seventh motor is installed on the left side wall of the cabinet 1, the gear 19 is installed on the output shaft of the seventh motor, and the rack 20 is engaged with the gear 19. When the seventh motor drives the gear 19 to rotate, the rack 20 can extend into the interior of the cabinet 1 or leave the interior of the cabinet 1; the second support assembly 18 and the first support assembly are symmetrical on the left and right.

[0027] In this embodiment, the central controller pre-stores the driving stroke of the seventh motor and the corresponding driving instructions. When the three partitions are in the initial position, the rack 20 of each support assembly extends into the interior of the cabinet 1 to support the corresponding partition. When a partition needs to be moved upward, the corresponding instruction is first input through the human-machine interface 17, so that the corresponding motor drives the partition to move upward to the preset position, and then the driving instruction of the seventh motor is input through the human-machine interface 17, so that the seventh motor drives the gear 19 to rotate, and the rack 20 moves to leave the interior of the cabinet 1 to avoid obstruction to the subsequent placement of express parcels. When a partition needs to be moved downward to the initial position, the corresponding instruction is first input through the human-machine interface 17, so that the corresponding motor drives the partition to move downward to the preset position, and then the driving instruction of the seventh motor is input through the human-machine interface 17, so that the seventh motor drives the gear 19 to rotate, and the rack 20 extends into the interior of the cabinet 1 to support the partition.

[0028] In summary, when designing and producing a smart express cabinet with adjustable compartment size, the dimensions of the cabinet body 1, four cabinet doors 2, and three partitions can be set according to actual needs. The six motors and the seventh motor of the lifting mechanism are installed inside the top of the cabinet body 1. The drive instructions of the six motors and the seventh motor of the lifting mechanism are led out through the human-machine interface 17. The courier can adjust the size of the storage bin through simple motor operation instructions. Therefore, the utility model only needs to set up three partitions and a lifting mechanism, has a simple structure, and is relatively inexpensive. The size of the storage bin can be adjusted by operating the lifting mechanism through the human-machine interface 17, and the storage bin adjustment method is simple.

Claims

1. A smart express cabinet with adjustable compartment size, characterized by It includes a cabinet body, a human-computer interaction interface and a central controller. The front side of the cabinet body is provided with an opening exposing its internal space to the outside. The opening is provided with four cabinet doors arranged from top to bottom. The central controller is used to open a corresponding cabinet door when the door opening command is inputted on the human-computer interaction interface. It is characterized in that the smart express cabinet further includes three partitions and a lifting mechanism. The three partitions are distributed inside the cabinet body in order from top to bottom and are respectively installed on the lifting mechanism. When the three partitions are in the initial position, the three partitions divide the interior of the cabinet body into four storage bins distributed up and down. The four storage bins correspond to the four cabinet doors one by one. Each cabinet door is used to open or close the storage bin corresponding to it. The three partitions are called the first partition, the second partition and the third partition in order from bottom to top. The lifting mechanism is used to adjust the positions of the three partitions, so that the first partition is moved to be stacked under the second partition, or the first partition and the second partition are moved to be stacked in sequence under the third partition, or the first partition, the second partition and the third partition are moved to be stacked in sequence to the top of the interior of the cabinet, or the second partition is moved to be stacked under the third partition, or the third partition is moved to be stacked to the top of the interior of the cabinet, or the second partition and the third partition are moved to be stacked in sequence to the top of the interior of the cabinet.

2. The intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size according to claim 1, characterized in that The lifting mechanism includes six motors, two ropes are wound around the output shaft of each motor, and the two ropes are arranged at intervals on the left and right. The six motors are respectively called the first motor, the second motor, the third motor, the fourth motor, the fifth motor and the sixth motor. The first partition is suspended on the two ropes of the first motor and the two ropes of the second motor, the second partition is suspended on the two ropes of the third motor and the two ropes of the fourth motor, and the third partition is suspended on the two ropes of the fifth motor and the two ropes of the sixth motor.

3. The intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size according to claim 2, characterized in that It also includes three groups of supporting mechanisms with telescopic functions, which correspond to the three partitions one by one. Each group of supporting mechanisms is used to support the corresponding partition when it is in the initial position.

4. The intelligent express cabinet with adjustable compartment size according to claim 3, characterized in that Each support mechanism includes two support assemblies, which are respectively installed on the right side wall and the left side wall of the cabinet. The support assembly installed on the right side wall of the cabinet is referred to as the first support assembly, and the support assembly installed on the left side wall of the cabinet is referred to as the second support assembly. The first support assembly includes a gear, a rack and a seventh motor. The seventh motor is installed on the left side wall of the cabinet. The gear is installed on the output shaft of the seventh motor. The rack is engaged with the gear. When the seventh motor drives the gear to rotate, the rack can extend into or leave the interior of the cabinet. The second supporting assembly and the first supporting assembly are bilaterally symmetrical.

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