CN219978908U - Goods supplementing device and vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a restocking device and vending machine, the restocking device comprising: the body comprises a baffle extending along a first direction and a replenishment port formed above the baffle; a delivery mechanism comprising a pallet movable in a first direction; the clamping mechanism comprises two clamping plates which are arranged on the baffle at intervals, a goods channel for placing goods is formed among the supporting plate, the baffle and the two clamping plates, the two clamping plates are used for clamping the goods, the supporting plate is used for pushing the goods towards the goods supplementing port and guiding the goods to enter the goods supplementing port at the goods supplementing port; and a loosening mechanism for pushing the two clamping plates to move away from each other so as to loosen the goods clamped between the two clamping plates. Thus, the clamping goods can be loosened through the loosening mechanism so that the goods can fall into the goods supplementing opening.

Description

Goods supplementing device and vending machine

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of vending technologies, and in particular, to a restocking device and vending machine.

Background

Medicines are necessary in daily life of people, and people have the requirement of acquiring medicines quickly at random, so that the demand for vending goods all the day is strong, the traditional way of vending goods by a storefront is difficult to meet the demand of people, and in recent years, the application of unmanned medicine vending machines is becoming more and more wide.

In the related art, when an unmanned medicine vending machine supplements medicines, the problem that the medicine box cannot slide down smoothly due to the fact that the clamping force of a medicine box clamping mechanism in a medicine supplementing device is large can occur.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a restocking device and vending machine that is capable of loosening a clamp plate clamping a cargo to at least partially solve the problems in the related art.

To achieve the above object, an aspect of the present disclosure provides a restocking device, including: the body comprises a baffle extending along a first direction and a replenishment port formed above the baffle; a delivery mechanism comprising a pallet movable in a first direction; the clamping mechanism comprises two clamping plates which are arranged on the baffle at intervals, a goods channel for placing goods is formed among the supporting plate, the baffle and the two clamping plates, the two clamping plates are used for clamping the goods, the supporting plate is used for pushing the goods towards the goods supplementing port and guiding the goods to enter the goods supplementing port at the goods supplementing port; and a loosening mechanism for pushing the two clamping plates to move away from each other so as to loosen the goods clamped between the two clamping plates.

Optionally, the replenishment device further includes a controller and a third detection assembly, the third detection assembly is used for detecting whether the cargo enters the replenishment port, and the controller is respectively in signal connection with the third detection assembly and the loosening mechanism, so as to control the loosening mechanism to loosen the cargo clamped between the two clamping plates according to the detection result of the third detection assembly.

Optionally, the replenishment device further comprises a slideway communicated with the replenishment port, the slideway is used for guiding the goods to move along a third direction towards one side far away from the replenishment port, and the third detection assembly is arranged on the slideway; the third detection assembly comprises one or more correlation sensors which are arranged at intervals along a third direction, and the transmitting end and the receiving end of each correlation sensor are respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the slideway relative to the third direction.

Optionally, the body further includes a receiving plate connected to the baffle, the receiving plate extends from the replenishment port along a third direction toward a side away from the pallet, the two clamping plates each have a limiting plate extending to above the receiving plate, and the two limiting plates and the receiving plate enclose together the slide way.

Optionally, the replenishment device further includes a controller and a fourth detection assembly, the fourth detection assembly is disposed on the baffle and located below the replenishment port, the fourth detection assembly is configured to detect a position of a cargo located on the pallet relative to the replenishment port, and the controller is respectively in signal connection with the fourth detection assembly and the loosening mechanism, so as to control the loosening mechanism to loosen the cargo clamped between the two clamping plates according to a detection result of the fourth detection assembly, or to control displacement of the pallet according to a detection result of the fourth detection assembly.

Optionally, the replenishment device further includes a first detection assembly in signal connection with a controller, the first detection assembly is configured to detect a distance between the two clamping plates, and the controller is configured to control the two clamping plates to move away from each other by a preset distance according to a detection result of the first detection assembly.

Optionally, the loosening mechanism comprises a first driving component arranged on the body and a pushing piece in driving connection with the first driving component, wherein the pushing piece is used for directly or indirectly pushing one of the two clamping plates to move in a direction away from the other clamping plate, and the first driving component is in signal connection with the controller.

Optionally, two splint include link firmly in the fixed splint of baffle and can follow the second direction orientation or keep away from the movable splint that the fixed splint removed, be provided with on the movable splint and extend to the baffle deviate from the first connecting plate of one side of layer board, first drive assembly is used for the drive the impeller promotes first connecting plate with the movable splint is kept away from the fixed splint removes.

Optionally, the first detection component includes a first position sensor and a first trigger piece that are mutually matched, the first position sensor is disposed on the first connection plate, and the first trigger piece is disposed on the pushing piece.

Optionally, the body includes a first mounting plate disposed on a side of the baffle facing away from the pallet, the restocking device includes an elastic member connected between the first mounting plate and the first connecting plate for driving the two clamping plates to move closer to each other, and the pushing member is located between the first mounting plate and the first connecting plate; the body is including setting up the baffle deviate from the second mounting panel of one side of layer board, first drive assembly with the elastic component is located respectively the second mounting panel is along the relative both sides of first direction, be equipped with on the second mounting panel along the first bar hole that the second direction extends, the impeller has the butt portion that runs through first bar hole, butt portion be used for operatively butt in first connecting plate.

Optionally, the first driving assembly includes a first driving motor, a first driving belt and two first driving wheels, the two first driving wheels are arranged on the second mounting plate at intervals along the second direction, the first driving belt surrounds the two first driving wheels, the pushing piece is fixedly connected with the first driving belt, and the first driving motor is in driving connection with one of the first driving wheels.

Optionally, the restocking device further comprises a fifth detection assembly in signal connection with the controller, the fifth detection assembly being used for detecting the position of the pusher relative to the body; the fifth detection assembly further comprises a second position sensor and a second trigger piece which are matched with each other, the second position sensor is positioned on one side of the baffle plate, which is away from the supporting plate, and the second trigger piece is arranged on the pushing piece; the second position sensors are at least two in number and are arranged at intervals along the second direction.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a vending machine comprising the restocking apparatus described above.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, two splint that set up on the moisturizing device body can be with the goods centre gripping and remove goods to moisturizing mouth department along first direction with the goods from the goods passageway through the layer board of delivery mechanism, can promote two splint and keep away from each other with loose goods through relaxation mechanism to make the goods can get into smoothly and accomplish the moisturizing in the moisturizing mouth.

Additional features and advantages of the present disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain, but do not limit the disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a first angular schematic view of a restocking apparatus provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a part of the structure of the portion A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a second angular schematic view of a restocking apparatus provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a third angular configuration schematic of a restocking apparatus provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a portion of the restocking apparatus of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an assembled structure of a pushing mechanism, a third guiding mechanism and a body provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

1-a body; 11-a baffle; 12-a first mounting plate; 13-a second mounting plate; 131-a first bar-shaped hole; 14-a slideway; 15-a receiving plate; a 16-epitaxial plate; 2-a replenishment port; 3-a delivery mechanism; 31-supporting plates; 311-first avoidance channel; 32-a second drive assembly; 321-a second drive motor; 322-a second belt; 323-a second driving wheel; 4-a clamping mechanism; 41-clamping plates; 42-fixing the clamping plate; 421-second bar-shaped holes; 422-a first limiting plate; 43-movable splint; 431-a second avoidance channel; 432-a second limiting plate; 44-a first connection plate; 45-a second connecting plate; 5-cargo aisle; 6-elastic members; 7-a relaxation mechanism; 71-a first drive assembly; 711-a first drive motor; 712-a first drive belt; 713-a first drive wheel; 72-pushing member; 721-abutment; 73-a first guiding mechanism; 731-a slide bar; 732-sliders; 8-a second guide mechanism; 81-a first slide rail; 82-a first carriage; 9-a third guide mechanism; 91-a second slide rail; 92-a second slide; 10-a first detection component; 101-a first position sensor; 102-a second position sensor; 20-a second detection component; 201-a third position sensor; 202-a third trigger; 30-a third detection assembly; 301-correlation sensor; 302-transmitting end; 303-receiving end; 40-fourth detection component.

Detailed Description

Specific embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating and illustrating the disclosure, are not intended to limit the disclosure.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise stated, terms such as "first direction" may refer specifically to the X direction shown in fig. 1, "second direction" may refer specifically to the Y direction shown in fig. 1, "third direction" may refer specifically to the Z direction shown in fig. 1, "inside and outside" refer to the outline of the corresponding component, and furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used in the present disclosure to distinguish one element from another element, without order or importance. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated.

As shown in fig. 1-6, the present disclosure provides, in one aspect, a restocking apparatus including a body 1, a delivery mechanism 3, a holding mechanism 4, and a loosening mechanism 7, wherein the body 1 includes a barrier 11 extending in a first direction and a restocking port 2 formed above the barrier 11, the delivery mechanism 3 includes a pallet 31 movable in the first direction, the holding mechanism 4 includes two pallets 41 disposed on the barrier 11 at intervals, a cargo passage 5 for placing a cargo is formed between the pallet 31, the barrier 11, and the two pallets 41 together, the two pallets 41 are for holding the cargo, the pallet 31 is for pushing the cargo toward the restocking port 2 and for guiding the cargo at the restocking port 2 into the restocking port 2, and the loosening mechanism 7 is for pushing the two pallets 41 to move away from each other to loosen the cargo held between the two pallets 41 so that the cargo can enter the restocking port 2.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, two splint 41 centre gripping goods that set up on moisturizing device body 1 and through the layer board 31 of delivery mechanism 3 with one or more goods of stacking in goods passageway 5 along first direction remove to moisturizing mouth 2, can promote two splint 41 and keep away from each other in order to relax the goods through relaxation mechanism 7 to make the goods avoid the centre gripping too tight and lead to can't send the goods to moisturizing mouth 2 in.

It should be noted that, the body 1 may be connected to a moving track system in the restocking device through the extension board 16, for example, the moving track system may include a horizontal track extending in a horizontal direction, a vertical track movably connected to the horizontal track and extending in a vertical direction, and a platform movably connected to the vertical track, and the platform is fixedly connected to the extension board 16, so that the body 1 may follow the platform to implement movement in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, so that the moving track system may transport the restocking device to a corresponding cargo storage and vending area, for example, a shelf is provided in the cargo storage and vending area, and a plurality of grids or cargo inlets are provided on the shelf, through which the restocking device may be moved to a corresponding grid or cargo inlet, and may enable the restocking port to be communicated with the corresponding grid or cargo inlet, so as to push the cargo on the restocking device into the corresponding grid or cargo inlet.

The loosening mechanism 7 can control the two clamping plates 41 to move away from each other to increase the distance between the two clamping plates 41 to loosen the goods when the two clamping plates 41 clamp the goods too tightly to cause the goods to enter the goods supplementing port 2. Alternatively, the loosening mechanism 7 may actively control the two clamping plates 41 to separate from each other by a predetermined distance to loosen the goods when the two clamping plates 41 clamp the goods and the supporting plate 31 pushes the goods, so as to prevent the clamping from being too tight. Therefore, the two ways can avoid the problem that the goods cannot enter the goods supplementing port 2 due to the fact that the two clamping plates 41 clamp the goods too tightly.

Taking an example that the two clamping plates 41 clamp the goods too tightly to enable the goods to enter the goods supplementing port 2, in some embodiments, the goods supplementing device further includes a controller and a third detecting assembly 30, the third detecting assembly 30 is used for detecting whether the goods enter the goods supplementing port 2, and the controller is respectively in signal connection with the third detecting assembly 30 and the loosening mechanism 7, so as to control the loosening mechanism 7 to loosen the goods clamped between the two clamping plates 41 according to the detection result of the third detecting assembly 30.

In this embodiment, the third detecting component 30 may be disposed at the replenishment port 2, or may be disposed in a subsequent cargo transferring path of the replenishment port 2, for example, the replenishment device further includes a slide rail 14 connected to the replenishment port 2, the slide rail 14 is used for guiding the cargo to move toward a side far away from the replenishment port 2 along the third direction, and the third detecting component 30 is disposed on the slide rail 14, so that whether the cargo enters the replenishment port 2 can be indirectly determined by detecting whether the cargo passes through the slide rail 14 by the third detecting component 30, and if the cargo is not detected to pass through the slide rail 14, it can be determined that the two clamping plates 41 clamp the cargo too tightly, and thus the two clamping plates 41 can be far away from each other by the action of the loosening mechanism 7 to loosen the cargo.

Wherein the third detection assembly 30 may employ any suitable sensor, for example, the third detection assembly 30 may include an correlation sensor 301 or any other suitable proximity sensor, as the disclosure is not limited in detail. Taking the example that the third detection assembly includes the correlation sensor 301, please continue to refer to fig. 3-6, the transmitting end 302 and the receiving end 303 of the correlation sensor 301 are respectively located at two opposite sides of the slideway 14 with respect to the third direction, so that when the goods pass through the correlation sensor 301, the radiation is blocked, the receiving end 303 does not receive a signal, and the controller judges that the goods enter the slideway 14 according to the result, and the replenishment is normal; when the correlation sensor 301 does not detect the goods, at this time, the receiving end 303 is not shielded, the ray signal is continuously received, the controller judges that the goods are clamped too tightly, at this time, the controller controls the loosening mechanism 7 to act so as to enable the two clamping plates 41 to loosen the goods, then the goods enter the slideway 14 according to the dead weight, when the goods pass through the correlation sensor 301, the controller receives the ray signal interruption of the receiving end 303, and then the goods replenishment is judged to be normal again.

In addition, in order to accurately determine whether the cargo is located at the position of the slide 14, in some embodiments, the number of the correlation sensors 301 may be two or more and separately arranged along the third direction, for example, the number of the correlation sensors 301 is two and separately located at two sides of the slide 14 in the third direction, where the correlation sensors 301 located at the inlet end of the slide 14 are used to determine whether the cargo enters the slide 14, for example, whether the emission signal is interrupted at the receiving end 303 of the inlet end to determine whether the cargo enters the slide 14, and the correlation sensors 301 located at the outlet end of the slide 14 are used to determine whether the cargo leaves the slide 14, for example, whether the emission signal is interrupted at the receiving end 303 of the outlet end to determine whether the cargo leaves the slide 14, so that the controller can accurately obtain the position information of the cargo in the slide 14 through the two correlation sensors 301, and avoid the cargo stacking.

In addition, in order to be convenient for goods get into smoothly in the moisturizing opening 2, body 1 still includes the board 15 that accepts of connecting in baffle 11, accepts the board 15 and extends along the side that the layer board 31 was kept away from along the third direction from moisturizing opening 2 department, and two splint have respectively and extend to the limiting plate of loading board top, and two limiting plates and accept board 15 and enclose into slide 14 jointly. In this way, the two clamping plates 41 can be made to simultaneously define the width of the slideway 14 during clamping of the goods, so that the goods enter the restocking port 2 from the pallet 31, and when the two clamping plates 41 are moved away from each other to increase the distance therebetween, the two limiting plates are moved away from each other synchronously to increase the width of the slideway 14, thereby facilitating the sliding of the goods along the slideway 14. Wherein the pallet 31 is configured for guiding the goods at the restocking port 2 to move through the restocking port 2 into the slide way 14 by means of the self-gravity of the goods, for example, the pallet 31 is arranged obliquely downward toward the restocking port 2, so that the goods stacked on the pallet 31 will slide to the restocking port 2 and through the slide way 14 to the goods storage selling area with the self-gravity when the goods move in the first direction and the goods pass over the baffle 11 to the restocking port 2.

In another embodiment, taking an example that the loosening mechanism 7 actively controls the two clamping plates 41 to separate from each other to loosen the goods during the process of pushing the goods by the supporting plate 31, the goods supplementing device further includes a controller and a fourth detecting assembly 40, the fourth detecting assembly 40 is disposed below the baffle 11 and the goods supplementing port 2, the fourth detecting assembly 40 is used for detecting the position of the goods located on the supporting plate 31 relative to the goods supplementing port 2, and the controller is respectively in signal connection with the fourth detecting assembly 40 and the loosening mechanism 7, so as to control the loosening mechanism 7 to loosen the goods clamped between the two clamping plates 41 according to the detection result of the fourth detecting assembly 40. For example, when the fourth detecting component 40 detects that the goods pass through, a signal can be fed back to the controller, and the controller controls the loosening mechanism 7 to actively act so that the two clamping plates 41 loosen the goods, thereby avoiding the problem of over-tightening clamping the goods.

In addition, by providing the fourth detecting component 40, the controller can control the displacement of the supporting plate 31 according to the detecting result of the fourth detecting component 40, when a plurality of cargos are stacked and placed on the supporting plate 31, when the uppermost layer of cargos trigger the fourth detecting component 40, the controller can calculate the height of the corresponding single cargos at the moment, and in the process of replenishment, the supporting plate 31 can be lifted by the height of the single cargos each time, so that only one cargos can be pushed out each time and enter the replenishment port 2.

The fourth detecting component 40 may be a diffuse reflective switch or other proximity position sensor to detect the position of the cargo on the pallet 31. The present disclosure is not particularly limited thereto.

In some embodiments, when it is detected that the goods are clamped too tightly and the goods need to be relaxed, or when the goods are relaxed in advance in the process of pushing the goods by the pallet 31, the degree of relaxing the goods may be set, that is, the relaxing mechanism 7 may be set to push the two clamping plates 41 away from each other by a preset distance, so that the condition of clamping too tightly can also be avoided under the condition of ensuring stable transportation of the goods. The preset distance may be set according to actual application needs, which is not specifically limited in the disclosure.

Wherein, in order to be convenient for realize that two splint 41 keep away from each other and predetermine the distance, the moisturizing device can also include with controller signal connection's first detection component 10, first detection component 10 is used for detecting the distance between two splint 41, and the controller is used for controlling two splint 41 and keep away from each other through relaxation mechanism 7 according to the testing result of first detection component 10 and remove the preset distance. Thereby, the current distance of the two clamping plates 41 is detected by the first detection assembly 10, and then the two clamping plates 41 are controlled to be away from each other by the preset distance on the basis of the current distance by the loosening mechanism 7.

To facilitate the slackening mechanism 7 to slacken and separate the two cleats 41, the slackening mechanism 7 may control the two cleats 41 to move in opposite directions simultaneously to move the two cleats 41 away from each other, or the slackening mechanism 7 may control either of the two cleats 41 to move away from the other to move the two cleats 41 away from each other, as this disclosure is not specifically limited.

Taking the example that the slackening mechanism 7 can control one of the two clamping plates 41 to move away from the other, in some embodiments, the slackening mechanism 7 includes a first driving assembly 71 provided on the body 1 and a pushing member 72 drivingly connected with the first driving assembly 71, the pushing member 72 being configured to directly or indirectly push one of the two clamping plates 41 to move away from the other. For example, the two clamping plates 41 include a fixed clamping plate 42 fixedly connected to the baffle 11 and a movable clamping plate 43 capable of moving towards or away from the fixed clamping plate 42 along the second direction, the first driving component 71 in the loosening mechanism 7 is arranged on the body 1, the pushing piece 72 can be on the moving track of the movable clamping plate 43, the pushing piece 72 can be driven by the first driving component 71 to abut against the movable clamping plate 43 when moving along the second direction, so that when goods are delivered to the goods supplementing port 2, the pushing piece 72 can be driven by the first driving component 71 to push the movable clamping plate 43 to move away from the fixed clamping plate 42, and accordingly the goods are loosened, so that the goods can enter the goods supplementing port 2.

Based on the embodiment that the two clamping plates 41 include the fixed clamping plate 42 and the movable clamping plate 43, the two limiting plates may include the first limiting plate 422 and the second limiting plate 432, wherein the first limiting plate 422 extending to the upper side of the receiving plate 15 along the third direction is formed on the fixed clamping plate 42, the second limiting plate 432 extending to the upper side of the receiving plate 15 along the third direction and disposed opposite to the first limiting plate 422 is formed on the movable clamping plate 43, and the first limiting plate 422, the second limiting plate 432 and the receiving plate 15 jointly enclose the slideway 14.

It will be appreciated that the loose goods can enter the replenishment port 2 by gravity of the loose goods, and a push plate pushing towards the replenishment port 2 can be arranged at the replenishment port 2, so that the loose goods can enter the replenishment port 2.

It will be appreciated that the above-described structure in which the pushing member 72 is disposed on the moving track of the movable clamp plate 43 and directly abuts against the movable clamp plate 43 to direct the movable clamp plate 43 away from the fixed clamp plate 42 is illustrative, and in other embodiments, other structures are also possible. For example, in other embodiments, the body 1 includes the first mounting plate 12 disposed on a side of the baffle 11 facing away from the pallet 31, the two clamping plates 41 include the fixed clamping plate 42 fixedly connected to the baffle 11 and the movable clamping plate 43 capable of moving toward or away from the fixed clamping plate 42 in the second direction, the movable clamping plate 43 is provided with the first connecting plate 44 extending to a side of the baffle 11 facing away from the pallet 31, the pushing member 72 may be disposed between the first mounting plate 12 and the first connecting plate 44 and may be on a moving track of the first connecting plate 44, and the pushing member 72 may abut against the first connecting plate 44 when driven by the first driving assembly 71 and move in the second direction, so that when the cargo is delivered to the replenishment port 2, the pushing member 72 may be driven by the first driving assembly 71 to push the first connecting plate 44 to indirectly drive the movable clamping plate 43 away from the fixed clamping plate 42, thereby loosening the cargo, so that the cargo may enter the replenishment port 2.

Wherein, the replenishment device may include an elastic member 6 connected between the first mounting plate 12 and the first connecting plate 44 for driving the two clamping plates 41 to move close to each other, the elastic member 6 may be a spring, wherein one end of the spring is fixedly connected with the first connecting plate 44 on the movable clamping plate 43, and the other end of the spring passes through the first mounting plate 12 and is coiled on one side of the first mounting plate 12 away from the first connecting plate 44, so that the movable clamping plate 43 can be controlled to move towards the fixed clamping plate 42 to clamp the cargo by the coiling of the elastic member 6.

To facilitate driving the pushing member 72 to move along the second direction, in some embodiments, the body 1 includes a second mounting plate 13 disposed on a side of the baffle 11 facing away from the supporting plate 31, the first driving assembly 71 includes a first driving motor 711, a first driving belt 712, and two first driving wheels 713, the two first driving wheels 713 are disposed on the second mounting plate 13 at intervals along the second direction, the first driving belt 712 surrounds the two first driving wheels 713, a motor bracket of the first driving motor 711 may be fixedly connected with the second mounting plate 13, an output shaft of the first driving motor 711 may be in driving connection with one of the first driving wheels 713, the pushing member 72 is fixedly connected with the first driving belt 712, and when the pushing member 72 is required to push the movable clamping plate 43 away from the fixed clamping plate 42, the first driving motor 711 is only required to be started to rotate to drive the first driving belt 712 to operate by the first driving wheels 713, so that the pushing member 72 fixedly connected with the first driving belt 712 moves along the second direction to abut against the first connecting plate 44, thereby loosening the cargo.

It will be appreciated that the configuration of the first drive assembly 71 described above including the first drive motor 711, the first belt 712, and the two first drive wheels 713 is illustrative, and that in other embodiments the first drive assembly 71 may be configured as an electrically powered lead screw configuration.

To reasonably arrange the loosening mechanism 7 and the elastic member 6, in some embodiments, please continue to refer to fig. 4 and 5, the first driving assembly 71 and the elastic member 6 are respectively located on two opposite sides of the second mounting plate 13 in the first direction, that is, the first driving assembly 71 is located on one side of the top surface of the second mounting plate 13 in the first direction, the elastic member 6 and the first connecting plate 44 are both located on one side of the bottom surface of the second mounting plate 13 opposite to the top surface, the two first driving wheels 713 are spaced apart and respectively rotatably disposed on the top surface of the second mounting plate 13, and the first driving belt 712 connects the two first driving wheels 713. In addition, the second mounting plate 13 is provided with a first bar-shaped hole 131 extending along the second direction, and the pushing member 72 has an abutting portion 721 penetrating through the first bar-shaped hole 131, that is, the abutting portion 721 of the pushing member 72 penetrates through the first bar-shaped hole 131 from top to bottom for operatively abutting against the first connecting plate 44, so that the abutting portion 721 can push the first connecting plate 44 to move during the movement along with the pushing member 72. The number of the elastic members 6 may be two and respectively located at two opposite sides of the pushing member 72 with respect to the second direction, the movable clamping plate 43 can be moved towards the fixed clamping plate 42 by the elastic members 6, the movable clamping plate 43 is uniformly stressed, the reciprocating movement is smoother, and the abutting portion 721 of the pushing member 72 fixedly connected with the first driving belt 712 is driven to abut against the first connecting plate 44 by the first driving motor 711 in the loosening mechanism 7, so that the movable clamping plate 43 is indirectly moved away from the fixed clamping plate 42, and the goods are loosened.

To smooth movement of the pusher 72 in the second direction, in some embodiments, the slackening mechanism 7 further comprises a first guiding mechanism 73, the first guiding mechanism 73 being for guiding movement of the pusher 72 in the second direction; wherein the first guide mechanism 73 includes a slide bar 731 and a slider 732 that are slidably connected, one of the slide bar 731 and the slider 732 is provided on the second mounting plate 13, and the other is provided on the pusher 72. With continued reference to fig. 5, the second mounting plate 13 has a downward flange at an end far away from the first mounting plate 12, one end of the sliding rod 731 is fixedly connected with the first mounting plate 12, and the other end is fixedly connected with the flange, and the sliding block 732 is arranged on the sliding rod 731 in a penetrating manner and is fixedly connected with the pushing member 72, so that when the first driving motor 711 drives the first driving belt 712 to move along the second direction, the pushing member 72 can move stably and synchronously under the guidance of the sliding block 732 and the sliding rod 731. Wherein slider 732 may be integrally constructed with pusher 72 for ease of manufacturing.

It will be appreciated that the configuration of the first guide mechanism 73 described above is illustrative of the configuration of the slide bar 731 and the slider 732, and in other embodiments, other configurations are possible, such as the first guide mechanism 73 may also be a slide rail and a slider.

In order to smooth the movement of the movable clamp plate 43 in the second direction, in some embodiments, the restocking apparatus further comprises a second guiding mechanism 8, the second guiding mechanism 8 being for guiding the movable clamp plate 43 to move in the second direction; the second guiding mechanism 8 includes a first sliding rail 81 and a first sliding seat 82 that are slidably connected, one of the first sliding rail 81 and the first sliding seat 82 is disposed on the second mounting plate 13, and the other is disposed on the first connecting plate 44. With continued reference to fig. 2 and 5, two first sliding rails 81 extending along the second direction are disposed on two sides of the first bar-shaped hole 131, the first sliding rails 81 are fixedly connected with the bottom surface of the second mounting plate 13, and a first sliding seat 82 is disposed on each first sliding rail 81, and the bottom end of the first sliding seat 82 is fixedly connected with the first connecting plate 44, so that the movable clamping plate 43 can move stably in the second direction.

It will be appreciated that the construction of the second guide mechanism 8 described above is schematically illustrated with respect to the first slide rail 81 and the first carriage 82, and that in other embodiments other constructions are possible, for example the second guide mechanism 8 may also be configured with respect to the guide slide bar and the guide slide block.

Based on the above embodiment, please continue to refer to fig. 5, the first detecting assembly 10 includes a first position sensor 101 and a first triggering member that are matched with each other, the first position sensor 101 is disposed on the first connecting plate 44, and the first triggering member is disposed on the abutting portion 721 of the pushing member 72, or the first triggering member is the abutting portion 721. Thus, when the movable clamp plate 43 moves toward the fixed clamp plate 42 and clamps the goods, the first driving motor 711 is started to drive the first trigger member on the pushing member 72 to contact with the first position sensor 101 on the first connecting plate 44, so as to obtain the distance between the movable clamp plate 43 and the fixed clamp plate 42, that is, obtain the width of the goods in the second direction, and signal the controller, and the controller increases the distance (preset distance) of a weighted value according to the obtained width value, so that the pushing member 72 pushes the movable clamp plate 43 to move a weighted value distance toward the side far away from the fixed clamp plate 42, for example, the weighted value may be 5mm, so as to relax the goods.

It is to be understood that the first position sensor 101 may be a contact sensor and a proximity sensor, the contact sensor may be a travel switch, a two-dimensional matrix displacement sensor, the proximity sensor may be an electromagnetic type, a capacitive type, a hall type or a photoelectric type, the controller may be a singlechip, a PLC controller or a control system in a replenishment device, the disclosure is not limited, and the specific structure related to the position sensor will be referred to the specific structure of the first position sensor 101. The sensors and the controller can be in signal connection in a wireless manner, for example, the wireless signal connection can be through WIFI, bluetooth, 4G, 5G and the like, and the disclosure is not limited.

Furthermore, to limit the range of movement of the pusher 72 in the second direction, in some embodiments, the restocking device further comprises a fifth detection assembly in signal connection with the controller, the fifth detection assembly for detecting the position of the pusher relative to the body, e.g. the fifth detection assembly further comprises a second position sensor 102 and a second trigger cooperating with each other, the second position sensor 102 being located on a side of the baffle facing away from the pallet 31, the second trigger being provided on the pusher 72; the second position sensors 102 are at least two in number and are arranged at intervals along the second direction. For example, with continued reference to fig. 2, the second position sensors 102 are two in number and are respectively spaced apart along the second direction, wherein one second position sensor 102 near the first mounting plate 12 is used for limiting the minimum value of the movement of the pushing member 72 in the second direction, and the other second position sensor 102 near the first connecting plate 44 is used for limiting the maximum value of the movement of the pushing member 72 in the second direction, so that the movement range of the pushing member 72 in the second direction is limited by the two second position sensors 102 to prevent the excessive or insufficient loosening mechanism 7 from being disabled.

In order to improve the integration level of the replenishment device, in some embodiments, the pallet 31 is provided with a first avoiding channel 311 for avoiding the movement of the movable clamping plate 43 toward or away from the fixed clamping plate 42, and the movable clamping plate 43 is provided with a second avoiding channel 431 for avoiding the movement of the pallet 31 along the first direction. So, can let movable clamp plate 43 pass the layer board 31 and be close to or keep away from fixed clamp plate 42 through the setting of passageway 311 is dodged to the first side, can let layer board 31 follow movable clamp plate 43 and remove in the first direction through the setting of passageway 431 is dodged to the second to can combine fixture 4 and delivery mechanism 3 are integrated, reduced the occupation space of moisturizing device.

In order to facilitate the pallet 31 to push the goods to move along the first direction, in some embodiments, the delivery mechanism 3 further includes a second driving component 32 for driving the pallet 31 to move, the second driving component 32 is disposed on a side of the fixed clamping plate 42 away from the pallet 31, thereby integrating the second driving component 32 with the fixed clamping plate 42, and reducing the overall occupied space of the replenishment device, where the second driving component 32 includes a second driving motor 321, a second driving belt 322 and two second driving wheels 323, the two second driving wheels 323 are arranged at intervals along the first direction, the second driving belt 322 surrounds the two second driving wheels 323, the second driving motor 321 is in driving connection with one of the second driving wheels 323, the pallet 31 is fixedly connected with the second driving belt 322 through a second connecting plate 45 penetrating through the fixed clamping plate 42, and a second bar-shaped hole 421 for enabling the second connecting plate 45 to move along the first direction along with the pallet 31 is disposed on the fixed clamping plate 42, so that when the driving 31 is required to move along the first direction, the second driving motor 321 drives the second driving belt 322 to operate, and the second driving belt 322 is driven by the second driving motor 321 to move along the first direction, and the second driving belt 322 is fixedly connected with the second driving plate 323 along the second driving plate 322 to the second driving plate 322 along the first direction, thereby placing goods along the first direction along the pallet 2.

It will be appreciated that the configuration of the second drive assembly 32 described above including the second drive motor 321, the second belt 322, and the two second drive wheels 323 is illustrative, and that in other embodiments, the second drive assembly 32 may be configured as an electrically powered lead screw configuration.

In order to make the pallet 31 smoother when moving in the first direction, the delivery mechanism 3 further comprises a third guiding mechanism 9, the third guiding mechanism 9 being adapted to guide the second connecting plate 45 to move in the first direction; the third guide mechanism 9 includes a second slide rail 91 and a second slider 92 slidably connected, one of the second slide rail 91 and the second slider 92 being provided on the fixed clamping plate 42, the other being provided on the second connecting plate 45. For example, please continue to refer to fig. 5, the number of the second sliding rails 91 is two and are respectively located at two sides of the second driving belt 322, the two second sliding rails 91 are fixed on the fixed clamping plate 42 and all extend along the first direction, and the second sliding seat 92 is fixedly connected with the second connecting plate 45 through a fastener, so that when the second driving motor 321 drives the second connecting plate 45 to move along the first direction, the second sliding seat 92 is arranged to enable the second connecting plate 45 to move stably on the second sliding rail 91.

It will be understood, of course, that the construction of the third guide mechanism 9 described above is schematically represented by the second slide rail 91 and the second carriage 92, but in other embodiments other constructions are possible, for example the third guide mechanism 9 may also be embodied as a guide slide bar and a guide slide block.

To facilitate controlling the distance of movement of the pallet 31, in some embodiments, the restocking apparatus further comprises a second detection assembly 20, the second detection assembly 20 being configured to detect the position of the second connection plate 45 and the pallet 31 relative to the restocking port 2; the second detection assembly 20 comprises a third position sensor 201 and a third trigger piece 202 which are matched with each other, wherein the third position sensor 201 is arranged on one side of the fixed clamping plate 42, which is away from the supporting plate 31, and the third trigger piece is arranged on the second connecting plate 45; the number of the third position sensors 201 is two and are arranged at intervals along the first direction, and the two third position sensors 201 respectively correspond to the lowest position and the highest position of the pallet 31, so that when the second connection plate 45 moves along the first direction along with the activation of the second driving motor 321, the cargos on the pallet 31 can be smoothly conveyed along the first direction according to cargos with different heights.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a vending machine comprising the restocking apparatus described above. For example, the vending machine may be applied to any suitable scenario, such as a vending machine for smart pharmacies or other stores, or a courier cabinet, or a cargo storage cabinet for a warehouse or the like. It will be appreciated that the vending machine includes all of the benefits of the restocking device and is not described in detail herein.

Specifically, when applied to a smart pharmacy (which is served by an ATM after the sales of a bank, and is introduced into an automation device to extend the night operation time of medicine sales, that is, the smart pharmacy can sell the goods for automation integrating processes of automatic replenishment, sorting, packing and the like, and meanwhile, the smart pharmacy can sort and pack related medicines from the APP ordering automation device, and then place the packed medicines in a pick-up window to wait for a person to take), after the goods are sold out of the goods, the replenishment device of the vending machine needs to timely perform replenishment, and is connected with a mobile rail system in the vending machine through an extension board 16 on the body 1, so that the replenishment device is conveyed to a corresponding grid or a goods entrance through the mobile rail system. Specifically, during the replenishment process of the vending machine, the replenishment can be performed manually, the movable clamping plate 43 is dragged away from the fixed clamping plate 42 along the second direction, the medicine stack to be replenished is placed in the goods channel 5, the movable clamping plate 43 is loosened, the fixed clamping plate 42 and the movable clamping plate 43 clamp the medicine at the moment, the second driving motor 321 is started to drive the supporting plate 31 to move along the first direction, when the medicine at the uppermost layer triggers the diffuse reflection switch, the controller can acquire the height of the corresponding single medicine, the controller can enable the supporting plate 31 to lift the single medicine each time, so that only one medicine is pushed into the replenishment port 2 each time, when the clamping force of the movable clamping plate 43 and the fixed clamping plate 42 is in a normal state, and when the supporting plate 31 pushes the medicine at the uppermost layer to the replenishment port 2, the medicine slides into the slideway 14 along with the gravity of the supporting plate, at the moment, the two correlation sensors 301 are used for judging whether the medicine passes through the slideway 14, namely, the controller receives the signals of the receiving ends 303 in the two correlation sensors 301, so that the medicine is judged to be pushed to continue to the replenishment port 2 along the first direction along the uppermost layer 31; when the signals of the two receiving ends 303 in the two correlation sensors 301 are lost, it is determined that the clamping force of the medicine at the moment is too large, the controller drives the first driving motor 711 in the loosening mechanism 7 to rotate so as to drive the first triggering piece of the pushing piece 72 to contact with the first position sensor 101, when the first triggering piece contacts with the first position sensor, the length of the medicine box in the second direction is obtained, the controller controls the pushing piece 72 to continuously move a weighted distance so as to enable the movable clamping plate 43 and the fixed clamping plate 42 to loosen the medicine, at the moment, the medicine passes through the medicine supplementing opening 2 and enters the slideway 14 through the gravity of the controller, the controller determines whether the medicine passes through the slideway 14 according to the signals of the receiving ends 303 in the two correlation sensors 301, if it is determined that the medicine passes through the slideway 14, the controller controls the first driving motor 711 to reversely rotate so as to reset the pushing piece 72, the medicine is again clamped by the movable clamping plate 43 and the fixed clamping plate 42 through the elastic force of the elastic piece 6, and the controller controls the movable clamping plate 31 to continuously move along the first direction so as to push the new medicine box to the position of the medicine supplementing opening 2, and the repeated steps are completed.

In addition, when the controller controls the pallet 31 to send the medicine on the uppermost layer to the replenishment port 2, under normal conditions, the medicine can overcome the friction force between the movable clamp plate 43, the fixed clamp plate 42 and the adjacent medicine through the gravity of the medicine, so that the medicine can enter the slideway 14 to be replenished beyond the replenishment port 2, and when the clamping force between the movable clamp plate 43 and the fixed clamp plate 42 is overlarge, the movable clamp plate 43 can be pushed to move away from the fixed clamp plate 42 through the loosening mechanism 7 so as to release the medicine; alternatively, during the process of pushing the medicine by the pallet 31, the pushing member 72 in the loosening mechanism 7 is actively controlled to move in the second direction to move the movable clamping plate 43 away from the fixed clamping plate 42, and then the medicine may enter the replenishment port 2 under the action of gravity.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solutions of the present disclosure within the scope of the technical concept of the present disclosure, and all the simple modifications belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In addition, the specific features described in the foregoing embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present disclosure does not further describe various possible combinations.

Moreover, any combination between the various embodiments of the present disclosure is possible as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure, which should also be construed as the disclosure of the present disclosure.

Claims (13)

1. A restocking device, comprising:

the body comprises a baffle extending along a first direction and a replenishment port formed above the baffle;

a delivery mechanism comprising a pallet movable in a first direction;

the clamping mechanism comprises two clamping plates which are arranged on the baffle at intervals, a goods channel for placing goods is formed among the supporting plate, the baffle and the two clamping plates, the two clamping plates are used for clamping the goods, the supporting plate is used for pushing the goods towards the goods supplementing port and guiding the goods to enter the goods supplementing port at the goods supplementing port; and

and the loosening mechanism is used for pushing the two clamping plates to move away from each other so as to loosen the goods clamped between the two clamping plates.

2. The restocking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a controller and a third detection assembly for detecting whether the cargo enters the restocking port, the controller being in signal connection with the third detection assembly and the relaxation mechanism, respectively, for controlling the relaxation mechanism to relax the cargo clamped between the two clamping plates according to a detection result of the third detection assembly.

3. The restocking apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a slide in communication with the restocking port, the slide for guiding the movement of the cargo in a third direction toward a side away from the restocking port, the third detection assembly disposed on the slide;

the third detection assembly comprises one or more correlation sensors which are arranged at intervals along a third direction, and the transmitting end and the receiving end of each correlation sensor are respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the slideway relative to the third direction.

4. A restocking device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the body further comprises a receiving plate connected to the baffle plate, the receiving plate extending from the restocking port in a third direction towards a side remote from the pallet, the two clamping plates each having a limiting plate extending above the receiving plate, the limiting plates and the receiving plate together enclosing the slideway.

5. The restocking device according to claim 1, further comprising a controller and a fourth detection assembly, wherein the fourth detection assembly is disposed on the baffle plate and located below the restocking port, the fourth detection assembly is used for detecting a position of a cargo located on the pallet relative to the restocking port, and the controller is respectively in signal connection with the fourth detection assembly and the loosening mechanism, so as to control the loosening mechanism to loosen the cargo clamped between the two clamping plates according to a detection result of the fourth detection assembly, or to control displacement of the pallet according to a detection result of the fourth detection assembly.

6. The restocking apparatus according to any one of claims 1-5, further comprising a first detection assembly in signal connection with a controller for detecting a distance between the two clamping plates, the controller being configured to control the two clamping plates to move away from each other by a preset distance through the relaxation mechanism according to a detection result of the first detection assembly.

7. The restocking apparatus of claim 6, wherein the slacking mechanism comprises a first drive assembly provided on the body and a pusher drivingly connected to the first drive assembly for directly or indirectly pushing one of the two clamping plates to move away from the other, the first drive assembly being in signal connection with the controller.

8. The restocking device of claim 7, wherein the two clamping plates comprise a fixed clamping plate fixedly connected to the baffle plate and a movable clamping plate capable of moving towards or away from the fixed clamping plate along a second direction, a first connecting plate extending to one side of the baffle plate away from the supporting plate is arranged on the movable clamping plate, and the first driving assembly is used for driving the pushing piece to push the first connecting plate and the movable clamping plate to move away from the fixed clamping plate.

9. The restocking apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first detection assembly comprises a first position sensor and a first trigger piece that cooperate, the first position sensor being disposed on the first connection plate, the first trigger piece being disposed on the pusher piece.

10. The restocking apparatus of claim 9, wherein the body comprises a first mounting plate disposed on a side of the baffle facing away from the pallet, the restocking apparatus comprising an elastic member connected between the first mounting plate and the first connecting plate for driving the two clamping plates to move closer to each other, the pushing member being located between the first mounting plate and the first connecting plate;

the body is including setting up the baffle deviate from the second mounting panel of one side of layer board, first drive assembly with the elastic component is located respectively the second mounting panel is along the relative both sides of first direction, be equipped with on the second mounting panel along the first bar hole that the second direction extends, the impeller has the butt portion that runs through first bar hole, butt portion be used for operatively butt in first connecting plate.

11. The restocking device of claim 10, wherein the first driving assembly comprises a first driving motor, a first driving belt and two first driving wheels, the two first driving wheels are arranged on the second mounting plate at intervals along the second direction, the first driving belt surrounds the two first driving wheels, the pushing member is fixedly connected with the first driving belt, and the first driving motor is in driving connection with one of the first driving wheels.

12. The restocking apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a fifth detection assembly in signal connection with the controller, the fifth detection assembly for detecting a position of the pusher relative to the body;

the fifth detection assembly further comprises a second position sensor and a second trigger piece which are matched with each other, the second position sensor is positioned on one side of the baffle plate, which is away from the supporting plate, and the second trigger piece is arranged on the pushing piece;

the second position sensors are at least two in number and are arranged at intervals along the second direction.

13. Vending machine, characterized by comprising a restocking device according to any of claims 1-12.