Filling stations are provided that include a transfer tray having filling receptacles and a closing device arranged under the filling receptacles to open and close bottom openings in the filling receptacles, an optical detection device to generate images of filling receptacles having drug portions arranged therein, and a control device coupled to the optical detection device. The control device causes displaying of a filling template of which filling receptacles are to be filled with one or more drug portions, comparing an actual filling of the filling receptacles based on the one or more images of the filling receptacles generated by the optical detection device to a target filling, determining that no deviation exists between the actual filling and the target filling, and opening the closing device for transferring the drug portions from the transfer tray to a transport tray. Systems and methods for filling a transfer tray are also provided.
Storage and dispensing devices are provided, which include a housing, a rotor disposed in the housing, a dispensing opening disposed in a bottom surface of the housing and configured to receive an individual medicament portion when a first channel of the rotor is aligned with the dispensing opening, and a recess disposed in the bottom surface of the housing and at least partially surrounding an axis of the rotor. Additional storage and dispensing devices are also provided.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
Devices for dispensing medications include a holding unit having first and second opposing sides, medication storage and dispensing stations removably fastened to the first side of the holding unit, each storage and dispensing station having a medication dispensing channel for dispensing individual medications and medication slides fastened to the second side of the holding unit. A frame structure is disposed on the second side of the holding unit and guide units are removably fastened to the frame structure and disposed on the second side of the holding unit, each guide unit having guide receptacle openings and a guide dispensing opening. The holding unit and the frame structure are fastened on or in the device to be movable relative to one another and the guide units are accessible from outside the device in an access position.
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
G07F 11/44 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
G07F 11/46 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
B65B 65/06 - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene
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Storage container for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
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Filling station and method for filling a transport tray
A filling station includes a transport tray having a plurality of transfer receptacles, an optical detection device configured to generate one or more images of transfer receptacles having drug portions arranged therein and a control device coupled to the optical detection device. The control device causes display of a filling template of which transfer receptacles are to be filled with one or more drug portions and compares an actual filling of the transfer receptacles based on the one or more images of the transfer receptacles generated by the optical detection device to ta target filling. The control device also determines if no deviation exists between the actual filling and the target filling and releases the transport tray for transferring the drug portions to a secondary tray.
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
A61J 7/04 - Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
A medication packaging device includes a frame structure on which a guide unit is removably fastened, the guide unit having multiple receptacle openings and a dispensing opening. The device also includes multiple storage and dispensing stations, each having a storage housing and a dispensing station having a medication dispensing channel, as well as a holding unit having a plurality of mounts. For each mount, a medication slide and a storage and dispensing station are arranged such that the receptacle openings of the medication slides are associated with the medication dispensing channels of the dispensing stations and the dispensing openings of the medication slides are associated with the receptacle openings of the guide unit. The holding unit and the frame structure are fastened on or in the device to be movable relative to one another so that the guide unit is accessible from outside the device when in an access position.
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
G07F 11/44 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
G07F 11/46 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
B65B 65/06 - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene
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Storage container for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
A commissioning device having a first shelf row with horizontal shelf surfaces and at least one second shelf row with multiple shelf surfaces disposed one above the other and forming storage shafts. A lane formed between the first and the second shelf rows includes an operating unit movably disposed in the lane. The commissioning device also includes an input device, an output device and an auxiliary output device. The operating unit includes a gripping device for inputting and/or outputting piece goods onto or from the horizontal shelf surfaces and for filling the goods into the storage shafts. A control unit coupled to the operating unit is configured to output identical piece goods in a row from the horizontal shelf surfaces, to input the piece goods into the storage shafts and to output and transfer one or more piece goods located on the horizontal shelf surfaces to the auxiliary output device.
A suction gripper for handling small piece goods, particularly pharmaceutical packages, is provided. The suction gripper is suitable for handling different small piece goods. The suction gripper includes a main element, a rotary drive arranged on the main element with an axis of rotation which is vertical in the starting position, an end-effector unit coupled to the axis of rotation, wherein the end-effector unit has a holding element, to which a suction arm holder is fastened, wherein the suction arm holder has at least two elongated suction arms which each have a suction head with a suction surface at their distal end, wherein the suction arms are designed such that a negative pressure can be applied to them. The suction arm holder is rotatably mounted on the holding element, and the suction surfaces of the suction heads are dimensioned differently for handling different types of small piece goods.
The disclosure relates to a method for filling a transport tray having a reduced risk of incorrect fillings. In accordance with the disclosure, a target filling of a plurality of receptacles in the transport tray is transmitted to the control device and at least one filling template is produced based on the target filling and on a filling regime and is displayed by means of a display device. Then drug portions corresponding to the filling template are transferred to the receptacles, and an image of at least the receptacles to be filled in accordance with the target filling is produced by means of an optical detection device and the actual filling is determined using the image and is compared to the target filling. If no target deviation is found, the transport tray is released for transferring the drug portions to the machine tray.
A packaging device for medications includes a packaging material supply and a folding and guiding unit. The folding and guiding unit folds a packaging material web in the longitudinal direction so that the edges of the packaging material web are guided along packaging material web folding regions and a folding section establishes a folded region in the packaging material web. The folding and guiding unit includes an impact region for medications to be packaged, a first joining unit and a second joining unit. The folding and guiding unit also includes a medication supply section spaced apart from the folding section and via which medications are conducted vertically spaced apart from the folded region into the folded packaging material web.
B65B 9/067 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it the web advancing continuously
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
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Storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs
A storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs is provided. The storage container includes a retainer for preventing a multiple drug portions from being delivered simultaneously. The storage container includes a housing that surrounds a receiving chamber and has a circular cylindrical section and a base surface, and a separating device disposed rotatably in the circular cylindrical section and having multiple projections and channels. Each projection has a surface, the uppermost points of the surface defining an upper receiver boundary plane. The storage container also includes a retainer with a fastening section and a retaining section, the retaining section preventing entry of the drug portions into a channel aligned with a delivery opening, and at least one cam for removing drug portions from the retaining section, the cam being movable above the upper receiver boundary plane over the retaining section.
B65B 35/08 - Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
G07F 11/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
G07F 11/44 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
14.
Method for operating a pharmacy order-picking system
The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a pharmacy order-picking device. The present method reduces the susceptibility of the pharmacy order-picking device to disruption. To detect a positioning deviation of the control appliance in the horizontal direction, at least one desired value of at least one reference position is made available, the control appliance is brought to a position corresponding to the desired value in the horizontal direction and, when a signal characteristic of a reference position is detected, an actual value of this reference position is determined. A desired value is compared with a corresponding actual value, or two actual values are compared with each other, and a deviation is determined. If a deviation is determined that exceeds a limit value, a signal pointing to the need for a correction is output. Depending on the deviation, automatic correction of the position deviation can be performed.
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
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Storage container for drug dispensing and storage stations
A storage container for a storage and dispensing station for drugs is provided. The storage container includes a housing enclosing a receiving space, a circular-cylindrical section and a bottom area having a discharge opening. A singling device situated in the circular-cylindrical portion of the housing includes at least one duct and a restrainer completely situated within the housing enclosing the receiving space. The restrainer includes a fastening portion and a restraining portion. The restraining portion is kept above the discharge opening and the fastening portion works together with at least one fastening socket within the housing to fix the restrainer in the housing.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
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Storage container for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
A medication packaging device includes a frame structure on which a guide unit is removably fastened, the guide unit having multiple receptacle openings and a dispensing opening. The device also includes multiple storage and dispensing stations, each having a storage housing and a dispensing station having a medication dispensing channel, as well as a holding unit having a plurality of mounts. For each mount, a medication slide and a storage and dispensing station are arranged such that the receptacle openings of the medication slides are associated with the medication dispensing channels of the dispensing stations and the dispensing openings of the medication slides are associated with the receptacle openings of the guide unit. The holding unit and the frame structure are fastened on or in the device to be movable relative to one another so that the guide unit is accessible from outside the device when in an access position.
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
G07F 11/44 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
G07F 11/46 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
B65B 65/06 - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene
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Storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs
A storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs is provided. The storage container includes a retainer for preventing a multiple drug portions from being delivered simultaneously. The storage container includes a housing that surrounds a receiving chamber and has a circular cylindrical section and a base surface, and a separating device disposed rotatably in the circular cylindrical section and having multiple projections and channels. Each projection has a surface, the uppermost points of the surface defining an upper receiver boundary plane. The storage container also includes a retainer with a fastening section and a retaining section, the retaining section preventing entry of the drug portions into a channel aligned with a delivery opening, and at least one cam for removing drug portions from the retaining section, the cam being movable above the upper receiver boundary plane over the retaining section.
G07F 11/44 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
B65B 35/08 - Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
G07F 11/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
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Method for reliably filling a transport box having a plurality of accommodating compartments by using an output/input station that sequentially provides medicament packs from an automated storage system, and output/input station therefor
A method for filling a tray with individual medicine portions, which are removed from medicament packs that are provided from an automated storage system by means of an output/input station, is provided. A target filling of accommodating compartments of the tray is provided to a control device, which determines the medicament packs to be removed from storage and the sequence of the removal. For removal, a medicament pack is placed on a first transfer position of the output/input station by an operating device, transported to an output position by a first transport device as soon as the output position is free, and removed from the output position. Individual portions are removed from the medicament pack and introduced into respective accommodating compartments of the tray as indicated by an indicating device. The medicament pack is transported to a second transfer position by a second transport device.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
G07F 11/62 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
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Method and picking device for storing a plurality of identical piece goods
Methods and picking devices for storing a plurality of identical piece goods in the picking device in which the number of identical piece goods is automatically detected are provided. Multiple piece goods are placed in a support area of a storage device and a determination that a last piece good has been placed is made. Upon detection, the piece goods are moved into a removal area of the storage device and a gripping apparatus of an operating unit moves into the removal area, grasps the piece goods, and moves them from the removal area onto a support table of the operating unit. The number of piece goods situated in the support area is determined based on piece goods data and size data of the piece goods that are detected with a sensor system, after it has been detected that a last piece good has been placed in the support area.
G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
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Assembly for packaging drug portions in dispensation packs and method for refilling a reservoir of a storing and metering station of a dispensing machine with drug portions
The invention relates to an arrangement for packing drug portions into dispensing packages. A dispensing machine includes a plurality of storing and metering stations having a plurality of drug portions, a packing device that receives the drug portions dispensed by the storing and metering stations and places them into dispensing packages, and a control device. Each storing and metering station includes a stationary part fixed to a frame, a removable part containing a refillable reservoir and has an information memory for storing an identifier of the removable part. A reading device for reading the information memory is functionally assigned to the stationary part. Each information memory contains a memory location for a filling code. Every time the reservoir has been refilled, the filling code is changed at the charging station so that the refilling can be detected by the control device when the information memory is read by the reading device after the removable part has been placed back onto the stationary part of the same or a different storing and metering station.
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 1/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65B 1/30 - Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
A61J 3/07 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
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Filling station and method for filling a transport tray
The disclosure relates to a method for filling a transport tray having a reduced risk of incorrect fillings. In accordance with the disclosure, a target filling of a plurality of receptacles in the transport tray is transmitted to the control device and at least one filling template is produced based on the target filling and on a filling regime and is displayed by means of a display device. Then drug portions corresponding to the filling template are transferred to the receptacles, and an image of at least the receptacles to be filled in accordance with the target filling is produced by means of an optical detection device and the actual filling is determined using the image and is compared to the target filling. If no target deviation is found, the transport tray is released for transferring the drug portions to the machine tray.
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.
B65B 35/08 - Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
An apparatus and method for packaging individual medication doses in blister bags includes a plurality of storage and dispensing stations, at least one guide and collection arrangement for picking up the medication doses and passing them on, or conducting them, to a packaging station, the packaging station forming a strand of connected blister bags from packaging material. Also included is a labeling and printing station for applying data to the packaging material, an optical detection device that optically detects characteristics of the individual blister bags of the strand, an evaluation device that compares the characteristics detected for an individual blister bag with reference characteristics, and a storage station that stores the strand of the blister bags in an ordered manner.
B65B 61/00 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
B65B 9/08 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing
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Picking device and method for operating a picking device
A picking device for piece goods is disclosed, in which cleaning of the picking device is facilitated. The picking device may include a shelf row having shelf bases, each including a plurality of storage chutes, and a retrieving device, via which piece goods can be retrieved. A shelf base may include a frame structure, chute partitions, chute bases, and blocking devices, which are coupled to a control device. Two chute partitions and one chute base may define one elongate storage chute, assigned to each chute base is a support device, on which the chute base rests and which is designed such that another chute base can be slid between the resting chute base and the support device. Assigned to each chute base is a holding means, which prevents the chute base from sliding in the longitudinal direction of the storage chute when the chute base is on the support device.
A packaging device for medications includes a packaging material supply and a folding and guiding unit. The folding and guiding unit folds a packaging material web in the longitudinal direction so that the edges of the packaging material web are guided along packaging material web folding regions and a folding section establishes a folded region in the packaging material web. The folding and guiding unit includes an impact region for medications to be packaged, a first joining unit and a second joining unit. The folding and guiding unit also includes a medication supply section spaced apart from the folding section and via which medications are conducted vertically spaced apart from the folded region into the folded packaging material web.
B65B 9/067 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it the web advancing continuously
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
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Storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs
A storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs is provided. The storage container includes a retainer for preventing a multiple drug portions from being delivered simultaneously. The storage container includes a housing that surrounds a receiving chamber and has a circular cylindrical section and a base surface, and a separating device disposed rotatably in the circular cylindrical section and having multiple projections and channels. Each projection has a surface, the uppermost points of the surface defining an upper receiver boundary plane. The storage container also includes a retainer with a fastening section and a retaining section, the retaining section preventing entry of the drug portions into a channel aligned with a delivery opening, and at least one cam for removing drug portions from the retaining section, the cam being movable above the upper receiver boundary plane over the retaining section.
G07F 11/44 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
B65B 35/08 - Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
G07F 11/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
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Device for separating piece goods to be stored in an automated storage facility
A device for separating piece goods to be stored in an automated storage facility is provided. The device includes a conveyor for conveying piece goods from a stock to a support surface of a collecting device, a controller for controlling the conveyor, a sensor, to detect the striking of the support surface by piece goods. The detector has an imager, which produces at least one recording of the underside of the support. A handling device is configured to remove a piece good from the support surface for further transport into the storage facility is coupled to the controller, which is further configured to control the handler according to the information.
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
B65G 47/91 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
A commissioning device having a first shelf row with horizontal shelf surfaces and at least one second shelf row with multiple shelf surfaces disposed one above the other and forming storage shafts. A lane formed between the first and the second shelf rows includes an operating unit movably disposed in the lane. The commissioning device also includes an input device, an output device and an auxiliary output device. The operating unit includes a gripping device for inputting and/or outputting piece goods onto or from the horizontal shelf surfaces and for filling the goods into the storage shafts. A control unit coupled to the operating unit is configured to output identical piece goods in a row from the horizontal shelf surfaces, to input the piece goods into the storage shafts and to output and transfer one or more piece goods located on the horizontal shelf surfaces to the auxiliary output device.
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.
B65B 35/08 - Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
A release device may include a lifting and pre-stopping element having an upper sliding surface, the part coupled to a drive such that the sliding surface is movable over the sliding plane into an enabled position and at the level of the sliding plane into a blocked position, the part having a stop which in the enabled position protrudes beyond the sliding plane. A blocking element, behind the part in the sliding direction, has an upper blocking element sliding surface, a blocking edge protruding beyond the sliding plane, and an extendable/retractable block coupled to the drive such that the block is movable below the blocking element sliding surface into an enabled position and above the blocking element sliding surface into a blocked position. The blocking edge may be in front of the block in the sliding direction, preventing contact between the piece good and the block in the blocked position.
B65G 1/08 - Storage devices mechanical with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level the articles being fed by gravity
B65G 47/88 - Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers
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Automated storing and commissioning system for small-piece goods
An automated storing and picking system for packaged goods is provided. The system includes storage shelves with storage areas, at least one storage and retrieval apparatus, and at least one conveyor belt. At least one blocking device having a barrier is arranged downstream of a receiving section of the conveyor belt. A control device controls the storage and retrieval apparatus and the conveyor belt such that the packaged goods belonging to a first pack are transported to a first dispensing location and the packaged goods belonging to a subsequent pack are transported to a second dispensing location and/or are subsequently transported to the first dispensing location, such that the first pack lies downstream of the subsequent pack on the conveyor belt. The control device controls the blocking device to accumulate the first pack behind the barrier, release the first pack for transport, and to then accumulate the subsequent pack behind the barrier.
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
B65G 47/29 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a single conveyor by temporarily stopping movement
B65G 47/88 - Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
B65G 47/04 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
B65G 47/34 - Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyors
33.
Pharmacy picking device comprising a universal supply-and-control module
The invention relates to a pharmacy picking device (I) comprising a housing (I 0) with a plurality of shelf bases (II) disposed one above the other, at least one operating device (12), a conveyor device (14), a housing-coupling interface (15), and a universal supply-and-control module (20). This universal supply-and-control module (20) comprises a feed device (21), an identification and measurement device (22), operator input/output devices (23), an electronic controller (24) and a voltage supply assembly (25), as well as a housing-coupling interface (15) and an electrical interface (27), said supply-and-control module (20) being arranged adjacent to the housing (10) such that a mechanical coupling is produced by said housing-coupling interface (15) and module-coupling interface (26), in such a manner that drug packages in or on the supply-and-control module (20), which are to be deposited, are delivered to a position on the conveyor device (14) which is known to the electronic controller.
A method for operating a packaging device and a packaging device are provided. Guide units which are fastened to transporter of a transport unit are moved along a plurality of supply and dispensing units. The transporter is driven by a drive axle coupled to a motor and returned via a deflection axle, the motor being coupled to a control unit. The transporter and/or the deflection axle have a plurality of markings spaced at predefined intervals, and at least one travel difference or time difference between two markings is determined. The determined difference is compared to a setpoint value and the drive axle is stopped when a deviation between the setpoint value and the determined difference exceeds a threshold value.
B65B 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
B65B 41/00 - Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
B65G 17/26 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of co-operating units, e.g. interconnected by pivots
B65G 43/06 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting interrupting the drive in case of driving-element breakage; Braking or stopping loose load-carriers
B65G 17/06 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms
35.
Storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs
A storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs is provided. The storage container includes a retainer for preventing a multiple drug portions from being delivered simultaneously. The storage container includes a housing that surrounds a receiving chamber and has a circular cylindrical section and a base surface, and a separating device disposed rotatably in the circular cylindrical section and having multiple projections and channels. Each projection has a surface, the uppermost points of the surface defining an upper receiver boundary plane. The storage container also includes a retainer with a fastening section and a retaining section, the retaining section preventing entry of the drug portions into a channel aligned with a delivery opening, and at least one cam for removing drug portions from the retaining section, the cam being movable above the upper receiver boundary plane over the retaining section.
A61J 3/07 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
36.
Filling station and method for filling a transport tray
The disclosure relates to a method for filling a transport tray having a reduced risk of incorrect fillings. In accordance with the disclosure, a target filling of a plurality of receptacles in the transport tray is transmitted to the control device and at least one filling template is produced based on the target filling and on a filling regime and is displayed by means of a display device. Then drug portions corresponding to the filling template are transferred to the receptacles, and an image of at least the receptacles to be filled in accordance with the target filling is produced by means of an optical detection device and the actual filling is determined using the image and is compared to the target filling. If no target deviation is found, the transport tray is released for transferring the drug portions to the machine tray.
Methods and picking devices for storing a plurality of identical piece goods in the picking device in which the number of identical piece goods is automatically detected are provided. Multiple piece goods are placed in a support area of a storage device and a determination that a last piece good has been placed is made. Upon detection, the piece goods are moved into a removal area of the storage device and a gripping apparatus of an operating unit moves into the removal area, grasps the piece goods, and moves them from the removal area onto a support table of the operating unit. The number of piece goods situated in the support area is determined based on piece goods data and size data of the piece goods that are detected with a sensor system, after it has been detected that a last piece good has been placed in the support area.
G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
G06F 19/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications (specially adapted for specific functions G06F 17/00;data processing systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes G06Q;healthcare informatics G16H)
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
38.
Storage container for drug dispensing and storage stations
A storage container for a storage and dispensing station for drugs is provided. The storage container includes a housing enclosing a receiving space, a circular-cylindrical section and a bottom area having a discharge opening. A singling device situated in the circular-cylindrical portion of the housing includes at least one duct and a restrainer completely situated within the housing enclosing the receiving space. The restrainer includes a fastening portion and a restraining portion. The restraining portion is kept above the discharge opening and the fastening portion works together with at least one fastening socket within the housing to fix the restrainer in the housing.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
A method for operating a packaging device and a packaging device are provided. Guide units which are fastened to transporter of a transport unit are moved along a plurality of supply and dispensing units. The transporter is driven by a drive axle coupled to a motor and returned via a deflection axle, the motor being coupled to a control unit. The transporter and/or the deflection axle have a plurality of markings spaced at predefined intervals, and at least one travel difference or time difference between two markings is determined. The determined difference is compared to a setpoint value and the drive axle is stopped when a deviation between the setpoint value and the determined difference exceeds a threshold value.
B65B 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
B65B 41/00 - Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
B65G 17/26 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of co-operating units, e.g. interconnected by pivots
B65G 43/06 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting interrupting the drive in case of driving-element breakage; Braking or stopping loose load-carriers
B65G 17/06 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms
40.
Device for separating piece goods to be stored in an automated storage facility
A device for separating piece goods to be stored in an automated storage facility is provided. The device includes a conveyor for conveying piece goods from a stock to a support surface of a collecting device, a controller for controlling the conveyor, a sensor, to detect the striking of the support surface by piece goods. The detector has an imager, which produces at least one recording of the underside of the support. A handling device is configured to remove a piece good from the support surface for further transport into the storage facility is coupled to the controller, which is further configured to control the handler according to the information.
Methods and picking devices for storing a plurality of identical piece goods in the picking device in which the number of identical piece goods is automatically detected are provided. Multiple piece goods are placed in a support area of a storage device and a determination that a last piece good has been placed is made. Upon detection, the piece goods are moved into a removal area of the storage device and a gripping apparatus of an operating unit moves into the removal area, grasps the piece goods, and moves them from the removal area onto a support table of the operating unit. The number of piece goods situated in the support area is determined based on piece goods data and size data of the piece goods that are detected with a sensor system, after it has been detected that a last piece good has been placed in the support area.
A picking device for piece goods is disclosed, in which cleaning of the picking device is facilitated. The picking device may include a shelf row having shelf bases, each including a plurality of storage chutes, and a retrieving device, via which piece goods can be retrieved. A shelf base may include a frame structure, chute partitions, chute bases, and blocking devices, which are coupled to a control device. Two chute partitions and one chute base may define one elongate storage chute, assigned to each chute base is a support device, on which the chute base rests and which is designed such that another chute base can be slid between the resting chute base and the support device. Assigned to each chute base is a holding means, which prevents the chute base from sliding in the longitudinal direction of the storage chute when the chute base is on the support device.
A method for the automated dispensing of medication portions is disclosed. Medication packs are automatically retrieved by a control unit from an automated storage facility, and medication portions are automatically removed from the packs and dispensed into a dispensing pack. A determination is made as to whether any medication portions are remaining within the retrieved medication packs, and those medication packs having remaining medication portions are returned to the automated storage facility by the control unit.
A release device may include a lifting and pre-stopping element having an upper sliding surface, the part coupled to a drive such that the sliding surface is movable over the sliding plane into an enabled position and at the level of the sliding plane into a blocked position, the part having a stop which in the enabled position protrudes beyond the sliding plane. A blocking element, behind the part in the sliding direction, has an upper blocking element sliding surface, a blocking edge protruding beyond the sliding plane, and an extendable/retractable block coupled to the drive such that the block is movable below the blocking element sliding surface into an enabled position and above the blocking element sliding surface into a blocked position. The blocking edge may be in front of the block in the sliding direction, preventing contact between the piece good and the block in the blocked position.
B65H 1/00 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
B65G 1/08 - Storage devices mechanical with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level the articles being fed by gravity
B65G 47/88 - Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers
45.
Method for reliably filling a transport box having a plurality of accommodating compartments by using an output/input station that sequentially provides medicament packs from an automated storage system, and output/input station therefor
A method for filling a tray with individual medicine portions, which are removed from medicament packs that are provided from an automated storage system by means of an output/input station, is provided. A target filling of accommodating compartments of the tray is provided to a control device, which determines the medicament packs to be removed from storage and the sequence of the removal. For removal, a medicament pack is placed on a first transfer position of the output/input station by an operating device, transported to an output position by a first transport device as soon as the output position is free, and removed from the output position. Individual portions are removed from the medicament pack and introduced into respective accommodating compartments of the tray as indicated by an indicating device. The medicament pack is transported to a second transfer position by a second transport device.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
G07F 11/62 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
A medication packaging device includes a frame structure on which a guide unit is removably fastened, the guide unit having multiple receptacle openings and a dispensing opening. The device also includes multiple storage and dispensing stations, each having a storage housing and a dispensing station having a medication dispensing channel, as well as a holding unit having a plurality of mounts. For each mount, a medication slide and a storage and dispensing station are arranged such that the receptacle openings of the medication slides are associated with the medication dispensing channels of the dispensing stations and the dispensing openings of the medication slides are associated with the receptacle openings of the guide unit. The holding unit and the frame structure are fastened on or in the device to be movable relative to one another so that the guide unit is accessible from outside the device when in an access position.
B65B 1/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B65B 65/06 - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
G07F 11/44 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
G07F 11/46 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
An apparatus for the production of tube blister packages includes dispensing stations and a collection apparatus for providing medication doses to a blister packaging apparatus. The blister packaging apparatus fills the received medication doses, by groups, into pockets of a tube blister package. An inspection buffer apparatus disposed between the collection apparatus and the blister packaging apparatus includes a buffer apparatus for temporarily storing at least one group of medication doses intended for being filled into a pocket, a sensor apparatus for detecting an image and/or predetermined properties of the temporarily stored group of medication doses, and an evaluation and control device. The evaluation and control device determines whether the temporarily stored group of medication doses corresponds to a group of medication doses to be filled in, and if so, passes the temporarily stored group on to the blister packaging apparatus.
B65B 57/14 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
B65B 35/30 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups
B65B 37/00 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
B65B 1/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65B 35/04 - Supply magazines with buffer storage devices
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 37/02 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by gravity flow
B65B 9/08 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing
48.
Apparatus for packaging individual medication doses and method for its operation
An apparatus and method for packaging individual medication doses in blister bags includes a plurality of storage and dispensing stations, at least one guide and collection arrangement for picking up the medication doses and passing them on, or conducting them, to a packaging station, the packaging station forming a strand of connected blister bags from packaging material. Also included is a labeling and printing station for applying data to the packaging material, an optical detection device that optically detects characteristics of the individual blister bags of the strand, an evaluation device that compares the characteristics detected for an individual blister bag with reference characteristics, and a storage station that stores the strand of the blister bags in an ordered manner.
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
B65B 9/08 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
49.
Pharmacy picking device comprising a universal supply-and-control module
The invention relates to a pharmacy picking device (I) comprising a housing (10) with a plurality of shelf bases (II) disposed one above the other, at least one operating device (12), a conveyor device (14), a housing-coupling interface (15), and a universal supply-and-control module (20) This universal supply-and-control module (20) comprises a feed device (21), an identification and measurement device (22), operator input/output devices (23), an electronic controller (24) and a voltage supply assembly (25), as well as a housing-coupling interface (15) and an electrical interface (27), said supply-and-control module (20) being arranged adjacent to the housing (10) such that a mechanical coupling is produced by said housing-coupling interface (15) and module-coupling interface (26), in such a manner that drug packages in or on the supply-and-control module (20), which are to be deposited, are delivered to a position on the conveyor device (14) which is known to the electronic controller.
A packaging device for medications includes a packaging material supply and a folding and guiding unit. The folding and guiding unit folds a packaging material web in the longitudinal direction so that the edges of the packaging material web are guided along packaging material web folding regions and a folding section establishes a folded region in the packaging material web. The folding and guiding unit includes an impact region for medications to be packaged, a first joining unit and a second joining unit. The folding and guiding unit also includes a medication supply section spaced apart from the folding section and via which medications are conducted vertically spaced apart from the folded region into the folded packaging material web.
B65B 9/067 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it the web advancing continuously
B65B 65/06 - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene
B65B 1/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
An apparatus and method for separating piece goods to be stored in an automated storage facility are provided. At least two bearing surfaces for receiving piece goods are engaged with a conveying system for filling the bearing surfaces with piece goods, the conveying system having transfer surfaces dedicated to the bearing surfaces. The bearing surfaces may be filled with piece goods separately from one another. A control unit is coupled to the conveying system and a detection device is coupled to the control unit for detecting the position, orientation, and package data of the piece goods. A handling mechanism is also coupled to the control unit for gripping piece goods from the bearing surfaces and depositing the piece goods on a transfer device.
B07C 5/00 - Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
B07C 5/36 - Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
B65G 37/00 - Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
An operating device for an order-picking apparatus, the operating device having a delivery table with two opposite slotting and picking sides and two longitudinal sides. A transport channel for accommodating picked items extends between the slotting and picking sides along a first horizontal direction. Two clamping jaws define a lateral delimitation of the transport channel. A pusher device having a drive for moving a section of the pusher device along the first horizontal direction has a driver coupled with the drive, so the driver is movable into and out of the transport channel. The driver is also movable in the transport channel along the first horizontal direction so that the picked items are movable out of the transport channel by way of a slotting and picking side.
A commissioning device having a first shelf row with horizontal shelf surfaces and at least one second shelf row with multiple shelf surfaces disposed one above the other and forming storage shafts. A lane formed between the first and the second shelf rows includes an operating unit movably disposed in the lane. The commissioning device also includes an input device, an output device and an auxiliary output device. The operating unit includes a gripping device for inputting and/or outputting piece goods onto or from the horizontal shelf surfaces and for filling the goods into the storage shafts. A control unit coupled to the operating unit is configured to output identical piece goods in a row from the horizontal shelf surfaces, to input the piece goods into the storage shafts and to output and transfer one or more piece goods located on the horizontal shelf surfaces to the auxiliary output device.
B65G 1/06 - Storage devices mechanical with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
54.
Assembly for packaging drug portions in dispensation packs and method for refilling a reservoir of a storing and metering station of a dispensing machine with drug portions
The invention relates to an arrangement for packing drug portions into dispensing packages. A dispensing machine includes a plurality of storing and metering stations having a plurality of drug portions, a packing device that receives the drug portions dispensed by the storing and metering stations and places them into dispensing packages, and a control device. Each storing and metering station includes a stationary part fixed to a frame, a removable part containing a refillable reservoir and has an information memory for storing an identifier of the removable part. A reading device for reading the information memory is functionally assigned to the stationary part. Each information memory contains a memory location for a filling code. Every time the reservoir has been refilled, the filling code is changed at the charging station so that the refilling can be detected by the control device when the information memory is read by the reading device after the removable part has been placed back onto the stationary part of the same or a different storing and metering station.
A61J 3/07 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B65B 1/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65B 1/30 - Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
The present disclosure relates to a method for retrieving medication packages from a pharmacy order-picking device. In modern pharmacy order-picking devices, medication packages are stored for space optimization, which can cause a number of heavy packages to be stored on one shelf, causing the shelf to bend, which may prevent retrieval. In the method according to the disclosure, an operating device (20) is displaced in a displacement position to a predetermined shelf position, at least one medication package (30) on a shelf (11) belonging to the shelf position is moved with a gripping device (22) in the direction of a support (21) and it is then checked whether the at least one medication package (30) has moved fully onto the support (21). If the check has a negative outcome, an edge (11″, 11′″) of the shelf (11) on which the at least one medication package is stored is detected with a sensor (23) of the operating device (20) and said operating device (20) is displaced to a corresponding shelf position, the gripping device (22) having been brought into the displacement position before displacement.
A transporting device for an automated drug-dosing device, and in particular to a transporting device for feeding individual portions of drugs, which allows rapid cleaning of the device, is provided. The transporting device includes at least one transporting tray with a plurality of upwardly open accommodating compartments which are arranged in a single plane and are intended for accommodating one or more individual portions of drugs. The transporting device also includes a carrying frame accommodating the at least one transporting tray, wherein the at least one transporting tray is arranged in a removable manner in the carrying frame and each accommodating compartment has a base opening. The carrying frame includes a closing device with at least one closing plate, wherein base openings of the at least one transporting tray being arranged in a single plane, can be freed, and closed, by movement of the at least one closing plate relative to the at least one transporting tray.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B65B 35/40 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
A method for the automated dispensing of medication portions is disclosed. Medication packs are automatically retrieved by a control unit from an automated storage facility, and medication portions are automatically removed from the packs and dispensed into a dispensing pack. A determination is made as to whether any medication portions are remaining within the retrieved medication packs, and those medication packs having remaining medication portions are returned to the automated storage facility by the control unit.
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
B65B 35/08 - Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
59.
STORAGE CONTAINER FOR AUTOMATED DISPENSING OF INDIVIDUAL MEDICAMENT PORTIONS
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The system includes a housing that encloses a receiving space (2) having a bottom surface (4). A separation device (101) is provided and arranged on the bottom surface (4) with at least one channel (102) to receive at least one medicament portion. The at least one channel has an opening facing the receiving space (2) and an opening facing the bottom surface (4). The opening facing the bottom surface (4) is associated with a contact area (10) on the bottom surface, over which contact area (10) the medicament portions are guided upon a movement of the separation device (101). At least one recess (7) is arranged in the bottom surface (4) outside of the contact area (10) to receive contamination particles present in the container.
An apparatus for separating piece goods which are to be stored in an automated store comprises a stepped conveyor for conveying piece goods from a stockpile beyond an upper edge of the stepped conveyor to a collecting device, wherein the stepped conveyor comprises an inclined bearing surface and a first step which can be moved in parallel over the bearing surface with a conveying edge which is parallel to the bearing surface, wherein the spacing between the bearing surface and the conveying edge corresponds to a minimum step height which suffices to push parallelepiped-shaped piece goods upwards, and a control device for actuating the stepped conveyor, which control device is coupled to a sensor which detects whether a piece goods item has been conveyed beyond the upper edge.
B65G 25/08 - Conveyors comprising a cyclically-moving, e.g. reciprocating, carrier or impeller which is disengaged from the load during the return part of its movement the carrier or impeller having identical forward and return paths of movement, e.g. reciprocating conveyors having impellers, e.g. pushers
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
B65G 47/82 - Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
61.
Machine for packaging dosed quantities of solid drug portions
An automated storing and picking system for packaged goods is provided. The system includes storage shelves with storage areas, at least one storage and retrieval apparatus, and at least one conveyor belt. At least one blocking device having a barrier is arranged downstream of a receiving section of the conveyor belt. A control device controls the storage and retrieval apparatus and the conveyor belt such that the packaged goods belonging to a first pack are transported to a first dispensing location and the packaged goods belonging to a subsequent pack are transported to a second dispensing location and/or are subsequently transported to the first dispensing location, such that the first pack lies downstream of the subsequent pack on the conveyor belt. The control device controls the blocking device to accumulate the first pack behind the barrier, release the first pack for transport, and to then accumulate the subsequent pack behind the barrier.
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
B65G 47/29 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a single conveyor by temporarily stopping movement
B65G 1/06 - Storage devices mechanical with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level
B65G 47/88 - Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
B65G 15/00 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
B65G 47/04 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
B65G 47/34 - Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyors
B65G 65/02 - Loading or unloading machines comprising essentially a conveyor for moving the loads associated with a device for picking-up the loads
63.
ASSEMBLY FOR PACKAGING DRUG PORTIONS IN DISPENSATION PACKS AND METHOD FOR REFILLING A RESERVOIR OF A STORING AND METERING STATION OF A DISPENSING MACHINE WITH DRUG PORTIONS
The invention relates to an assembly for packaging drug portions in dispensation packs comprising a dispensing machine (1) and a refilling station (10). The dispensing machine (1) comprises: a plurality of storing and metering stations (2), which have a plurality of drug portions; a packaging device, which receives the drug portions dispensed by the storing and metering stations and introduces them into dispensation packs; and a control device (9). Each storing and metering station (2) comprises a stationary part (4), which is fastened to a frame (8), and a removable part (3), which contains a refillable reservoir (5) and which has an information memory (6) for storing an identifier of the removable part. A reading device (7) for reading the information memory is associated with the stationary part (4). Each information memory (6) contains a memory location for a filling code (TS1, TS2). Every time the reservoir (5) has been refilled, the filling code is changed at the refilling station (10) in such a way that the refilling can be detected by the control device (9) when the information memory (6) is read by the reading device (7) after the removable part (3) has been placed back onto the stationary part (4) of the same or a different storing and metering station (2).
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
64.
Method for operating a pharmacy order-picking system
The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a pharmacy order-picking device. The present method reduces the susceptibility of the pharmacy order-picking device to disruption. To detect a positioning deviation of the control appliance in the horizontal direction, at least one desired value of at least one reference position is made available, the control appliance is brought to a position corresponding to the desired value in the horizontal direction and, when a signal characteristic of a reference position is detected, an actual value of this reference position is determined. A desired value is compared with a corresponding actual value, or two actual values are compared with each other, and a deviation is determined. If a deviation is determined that exceeds a limit value, a signal pointing to the need for a correction is output. Depending on the deviation, automatic correction of the position deviation can be performed.
The invention relates to a method for detecting incorrect storage of medicament packages in a pharmacy order-picking device. Such incorrect storage can occur in the event that manual removal of medicament packages becomes necessary due to a malfunction. The pharmacy order-picking device comprises a series of shelves comprising a plurality of shelf compartments and at least one movable operating device in front of the row of shelves, wherein the operating device has a gripping device as well as a sensor. In order to detect incorrect storage, shelf compartments with potential incorrect storage of medicament packages are detected; the operating device is moved to a prescribed shelf position if a shelf compartment is detected; with the sensor switched on, the operating device moves across a detected shelf compartment in a horizontal direction, detects the storage depths at various X positions using the sensor and creates a virtual image of the actual situation on the basis of the detected storage depths; the image of the actual situation is then compared with a target image of the shelf compartment.
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G06F 19/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications (specially adapted for specific functions G06F 17/00;data processing systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes G06Q;healthcare informatics G16H)
METHOD FOR RELIABLY FILLING A TRANSPORT BOX HAVING A PLURALITY OF ACCOMMODATING COMPARTMENTS BY USING AN OUTPUT/INPUT STATION THAT SEQUENTIALLY PROVIDES MEDICAMENT PACKS FROM AN AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT/INPUT STATION THEREFOR
The invention relates to a method for filling a tray with individual medicine portions, which are removed from medicament packs that are provided from an automated storage system by means of an output/input station. A target filling of accommodating compartments of the tray is provided to a control device in step a), from which target filling the medicament packs to be removed from storage and an sequence of the removal thereof from storage are determined. In step b), a medicament pack of a specified medicament is removed from the storage system, in that said medicament pack is placed (22) on a first transfer position of the output/input station by an operating device and is transported (25) to an output position by a first transport device as soon as the output position is free (23). In step c), the medicament pack is removed (28) from the output position. In step d), one or more individual portions are removed from the medicament pack and are introduced (29, 30) into respective accommodating compartments of the tray, wherein the particular accommodating compartment to be filled is indicated to the user by means of an indicating device controlled by the control device and the correct insertion is monitored. In step e), the medicament pack is placed (32) on a restocking position of the output/input station arranged spatially near the output position and transported to a second transfer position by means of a second transport device. The operating device accesses the second transfer position in order to restock (33) the medicament pack in the storage system. Steps b) to e) are repeated for a subsequent medicament pack until all individual portions are inserted as per the target assignment.
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
G07F 11/62 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
The present invention relates to a method for retrieving medication packages from a pharmacy order-picking device. In the method according to the invention, an operating device is displaced in a displacement position to a predetermined shelf position, at least one medication package on a shelf belonging to the shelf position is moved with a gripping device in the direction of a support and it is then checked whether the at least one medication package has moved fully onto the support. If the check has a negative outcome, an edge of the shelf on which the at least one medication package is stored is detected with a sensor of the operating device and said operating device is displaced to a corresponding shelf position, the gripping device having been brought into the displacement position before displacement.
The invention relates to a transporting device for an automated drug-dosing device, and in particular to a transporting device for feeding individual portions of drugs, which allows rapid cleaning of the device. The transporting device (1) according to the invention for feeding individual portions of drugs for an automated drug-dosing device comprises at least one transporting tray (10) with a plurality of upwardly open accommodating compartments (11) which are arranged in a single plane and are intended for accommodating one or more individual portions of drugs, and also comprises a carrying frame (12) accommodating the at least one transporting tray (10), wherein the at least one transporting tray (10) is arranged in a removable manner in the carrying frame (12) and each accommodating compartment (11) has a base opening (13), and wherein the carrying frame (12) comprises a closing means (20) with at least one closing plate (21), wherein base openings (13) of the at least one transporting tray (10), said openings being arranged in a single plane, can be freed, and closed, by movement of the at least one closing plate (21) relative to the at least one transporting tray (10).
B65B 35/40 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
69.
Pharmacy picking device comprising a universal supply- and- control module
A pharmacy picking device including a housing with a plurality of shelf bases disposed one above the other, at least one operating device, a conveyor device, a housing-coupling interface, and a universal supply-and-control module is described herein. This universal supply-and-control module includes a feed device, an identification and measurement device, operator input/output devices, an electronic controller and a voltage supply assembly, as well as a housing-coupling interface and an electrical interface, the supply-and-control module being arranged adjacent to the housing such that a mechanical coupling is produced by said housing-coupling interface and module-coupling interface, in such a manner that drug packages in or on the supply-and-control module, which are to be deposited, are delivered to a position on the conveyor device which is known to the electronic controller.
An apparatus for separating piece goods which are to be stored in an automated store comprises a stepped conveyor for conveying piece goods from a stockpile beyond an upper edge of the stepped conveyor to a collecting device, wherein the stepped conveyor comprises an inclined bearing surface and a first step which can be moved in parallel over the bearing surface with a conveying edge which is parallel to the bearing surface, wherein the spacing between the bearing surface and the conveying edge corresponds to a minimum step height which suffices to push parallelepiped-shaped piece goods upwards, and a control device for actuating the stepped conveyor, which control device is coupled to a sensor which detects whether a piece goods item has been conveyed beyond the upper edge.
B65G 25/00 - Conveyors comprising a cyclically-moving, e.g. reciprocating, carrier or impeller which is disengaged from the load during the return part of its movement
B65G 25/08 - Conveyors comprising a cyclically-moving, e.g. reciprocating, carrier or impeller which is disengaged from the load during the return part of its movement the carrier or impeller having identical forward and return paths of movement, e.g. reciprocating conveyors having impellers, e.g. pushers
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
71.
AUTOMATED STORING AND COMMISSIONING SYSTEM FOR SMALL-PIECE GOODS
An automated storing and commissioning system has at least one storage shelf (1) with storage surfaces (2) for storing small-piece goods in an ordered manner; at least one shelf operating device (3), each of which can receive one or more small-piece goods from a storage surface (2) and transport same to at least one dispensing location (4); and at least one conveyor belt (5), which receives the small-piece goods transported to the at least one dispensing location (4) at a receiving section (7) paired with the dispensing location and transports the small-piece goods to a dispensing device (8). At least one blocking device (10) is arranged downstream of the receiving section (7) in the transporting direction (9), said blocking device comprising a barrier which can be positioned over the belt (6) and which prevent the piece goods from being further transported even when the belt (6) is still moving. A control device controls the shelf operating device and the conveyor belt such that the piece goods belonging to a first commission are transported to a first dispensing location (4) and the piece goods belonging to a subsequent commission are transported to a second dispensing location and/or subsequently transported to the first dispensing location (4) such that the piece goods of the first commission lie downstream of the piece goods of the subsequent commission on the conveyor belt (5). The control device controls the blocking device (10) such that piece goods are prevented from being further transported until the piece goods of the first commission have accumulated behind the barrier. The blocking device (10) is then released so that the first commission can be further transported, and the blocking device (10) is then reclosed in order to accumulate the piece goods of the subsequent commission.
The present invention relates to a method for operating a pharmacy order-picking device. In a modern pharmacy order-picking device, smooth and automatic storage and retrieval are essential for the efficiency of the installation. Positioning deviations of a control appliance (20), for example caused by mechanical wear, jeopardize smooth operation of the installation, since a precise positioning needed for storage or retrieval is no longer achieved. The present method reduces the susceptibility of the pharmacy order-picking device to disruption. To detect a positioning deviation of the control appliance (20) in the horizonal direction, at least one desired value of at least one reference positon is made available, the control appliance (20) is brought to a position corresponding to the desired value in the horizontal direction and, when a signal characteristic of a reference position is detected, an actual value of this reference position is determined. A desired value is then compared with a corresponding actual value, or two actual values are compared with each other, and a devaition is determined. If a deviation is determined that exceeds a limit value, a signal pointing to the need for a correction is output. Depending on the deviation, automatic correction of the position deviation can be performed.
The invention relates to a method for detecting incorrect storage of medicament packages in a pharmacy order-picking device. Such incorrect storage can occur in the event that manual removal of medicament packages becomes necessary due to a malfunction. The pharmacy order-picking device comprises a series of shelves comprising a plurality of shelf compartments (15) and at least one movable operating device (20) in front of the row of shelves, wherein the operating device (20) has a gripping device as well as a sensor (23). In order to detect incorrect storage, shelf compartments (15) with potential incorrect storage of medicament packages (30, 31) are detected; the operating device (20) is moved to a prescribed shelf position if a shelf compartment (15) is detected; with the sensor (23) switched on, the operating device (20) moves across a detected shelf compartment in a horizontal direction, detects the storage depths at various X-positions using the sensor (23) and creates a virtual image of the actual situation on the basis of the detected storage depths; the image of the actual situation is then compared with a target image of the shelf compartment (15). Finally, deviations between the target image and the actual image are evaluated and if possible the incorrect storage is corrected depending on the deviations.
In a method for triggering an action of a device (for example, outputting a medicine package) authorised by a paper document (e.g. a prescription), wherein the action requires a unique assignment of a signature to the paper document, initially at a first location at which the action is to be executed, the paper document is placed in a receptacle, an application device permanently applies a first unique identifier to the paper document (e.g. printed) and generates an electronic image of the paper document, wherein a second identifier is uniquely assigned to the first identifier, and an electronic document is generated from the electronic image and is linked to the second identifier. An image of the electronic document is then displayed to a second, remote location of a person authorised to sign (e.g. pharmacist) and the electronic document is signed by the authorised person by means of a predefined entry into an input device. The electronic document, which is linked to the second identifier and signed, is then stored in a secure memory. Once this process is complete, the authorised action is executed by the device.
The present invention relates to a method for retrieving medication packages from a pharmacy order-picking device. In modern pharmacy order-picking devices, medication packages are stored for space optimization, which can cause a number of heavy packages to be stored on one shelf, causing the shelf to bend, which may prevent retrieval. In the method according to the invention, an operating device (20) is displaced in a displacement position to a predetermined shelf position, at least one medication package (30) on a shelf (11) belonging to the shelf position is moved with a gripping device (22) in the direction of a support (21) and it is then checked whether the at least one medication package (30) has moved fully onto the support (21). If the check has a negative outcome, an edge (11'', 11''') of the shelf (11) on which the at least one medication package is stored is detected with a sensor (23) of the operating device (20) and said operating device (20) is displaced to a corresponding shelf position, the gripping device (22) having been brought into the displacement position before displacement.
The invention relates to a pharmacy picking device (1) comprising a housing (10) with a plurality of shelf bases (11) disposed one above the other, at least one operating device (12), a conveyor device (14), a housing-coupling interface (15), and a universal supply-and-control module (20). This universal supply-and-control module (20) comprises a feed device (21), an identification and measurement device (22), operator input/output devices (23), an electronic controller (24) and a voltage supply assembly (25), as well as a housing-coupling interface (15) and an electrical interface (27), said supply-and-control module (20) being arranged adjacent to the housing (10) such that a mechanical coupling is produced by said housing-coupling interface (15) and module-coupling interface (26), in such a manner that drug packages in or on the supply-and-control module (20), which are to be deposited, are delivered to a position on the conveyor device (14) which is known to the electronic controller.
An apparatus (1) for separating piece goods (2, 2A) which are to be stored in an automated store comprises a stepped conveyor (3) for conveying piece goods (2, 2A) from a stockpile (4) beyond an upper edge (13) of the stepped conveyor to a collecting device (5), wherein the stepped conveyor (3) comprises an inclined bearing surface (8) and a first step (9) which can be moved in parallel over the bearing surface (8) with a conveying edge which is parallel to the bearing surface, wherein the spacing between the bearing surface (8) and the conveying edge corresponds to a minimum step height which suffices to push parallelepiped-shaped piece goods (2A) upwards, and a control device (6) for actuating the stepped conveyor (3), which control device (6) is coupled to a sensor (7) which detects whether a piece goods item (2A) has been conveyed beyond the upper edge (13). According to the invention, the stepped conveyor (3) has a second step (11) which can be moved in parallel over the first step (9) and the bearing surface (8) and has a step height which is at least so high that the second step (11) is suitable for conveying cylindrical piece goods with the greatest diameter to be expected, wherein the control device (6) is configured in such a way that it actuates the stepped conveyor (3) such that, after filling of the stockpile (4), the first step (9) is actuated repeatedly until the sensor (7) no longer detects the conveying of a further piece goods item (2A), and thereupon the second step (11) is actuated.
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
78.
DEVICE FOR SEPARATING PIECE GOODS TO BE STORED IN AN AUTOMATED STORAGE FACILITY
The invention relates to a device (1) for separating piece goods (2) to be stored in an automated storage facility, comprising a conveying device (3) for conveying piece goods (2) from a stock (4) to a support surface (5) of a collecting device (27), a control device (6) for controlling the conveying device (3), a sensor (7), which is coupled to the control device (6) and which detects the striking of the support surface (5) by piece goods (2), wherein the control device (6) interrupts the conveying of additional piece goods (2) onto the support surface (5) as soon as the striking of a piece good or a plurality of pieces goods (2) has been detected, and a detecting device coupled to the control device (6) for detecting the position and orientation of the piece goods (2) lying on the support surface (5). The detecting device has an image recording device (23), which produces at least one recording of the underside of the support (27), from which recording the control device (6) obtains information about the position and orientation of the piece goods (2) lying on the support. A handling device (8-11) for removing a piece good (2) from the support surface (5) for further transport into the storage facility is coupled to the control device (6), wherein the control device (6) controls the handling device (8-11) according to the information about position and orientation. The detecting device has a light source (18-19) arranged above the support surface (5), which light source produces one or more light bundles (22) that hit the support surface (5) exclusively perpendicularly, wherein the light bundles either cover the entire support surface (5) to be detected or are moved in such a way that the light bundles successively pass over the entire support surface (5) to be detected. The support (27) is transparent to the light of the light source (18-19) passing through the support surface (5) and scatters that light at each location of the support surface (5) in such a way that at least part of the light passing through is directed at the image recording device (23).
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
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