Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a feeding device for feeding a culture dish to a punching machine, and a culture dish punching machine comprising the feeding device for feeding the culture dish to the punching machine, aiming at the technical problem that the automatic degree of feeding the punching machine is low in the conventional culture dish punching process.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the feeding device for punching the cultivation trays is used for sequentially conveying the stacked cultivation trays to a punching machine from top to bottom for punching, and comprises a pushing-out assembly capable of pushing out the cultivation trays at the top from the stacked cultivation trays, a clamping assembly capable of clamping the cultivation trays pushed out by the pushing-out assembly, a pushing assembly capable of receiving the cultivation trays on the clamping assembly and pushing the cultivation trays to the punching machine, and a bracket; the pushing assembly, the clamping assembly and the pushing assembly are arranged on the bracket; the pushing-out assembly comprises a pushing-out unit capable of applying pushing force to the top culture plates and a lifting unit capable of lifting the stacked culture plates; the clamping component is positioned at the side of the pushing-out unit along the direction of pushing out the culture tray; the pushing component is located below the clamping component.
Preferably, a positioning component is arranged on the support, the positioning component is located between the clamping component and the pushing component, so that the culture disk falling from the clamping component is positioned before reaching the pushing component, the positioning component comprises a limiting piece capable of limiting the central position of the culture disk and a plurality of blocking and connecting units capable of synchronously moving to block and connect the culture disk, the limiting piece is arranged along the circumferential direction to form a hollow cavity capable of receiving the culture disk and enabling the culture disk to penetrate out in a fixed posture, the limiting piece is provided with an inclined part capable of being in contact with the culture disk, the inclined part is inclined towards the center of the limiting piece from top to bottom, the plurality of blocking and connecting units are arranged on the outer side of the limiting piece and are arranged along the circumferential interval of the limiting piece, at least two blocking and connecting units are symmetrically arranged along a linear interval to block and connect the lower end and the upper end of the culture disk when the culture disk falls from the falling posture, the blocking and connecting units comprise blocking and connecting blocks capable of linearly reciprocating movement, the blocking and connecting units are provided with inclined blocks capable of being in contact with the inclined surface and the center of the blocking and connecting units, and the blocking and connecting units are arranged along the inclined surface and the center of the blocking unit.
Preferably, the limiting piece is a rod piece, the limiting piece is a plurality of pieces arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction, the inclined part is an inclined rod, the limiting piece is further provided with a guide part which can be in contact with the culture dish, the guide part is a straight rod, the guide part is arranged along the vertical direction, and the guide part is positioned below the inclined part and is fixedly connected with the bottom of the inclined part, so that the culture dish output from the inclined part falls onto the pushing-out assembly downwards in a fixed posture.
Preferably, the pushing unit comprises a pushing block capable of applying pushing force to the culture tray and a first power element capable of driving the pushing block to reciprocate, the first power element is arranged on the support, the first power element is connected with the pushing block, the lifting unit comprises a supporting plate capable of supporting the stacked culture tray and a second power element capable of driving the supporting plate to lift, the supporting plate is connected with the second power element, and the second power element is arranged on the support.
Preferably, the clamping assembly comprises a first clamping unit capable of clamping the culture plate and a third power element capable of driving the first clamping unit to reciprocate along a straight line, the first clamping unit is connected with the third power element, and the third power element is arranged on the support.
Preferably, the pushing assembly comprises a pushing plate capable of pushing the breeding disc to the punch press and a fourth power element capable of driving the pushing plate to reciprocate, the pushing plate is connected with the fourth power element, and the fourth power element is arranged on the support.
The utility model provides a breed dish piercing press, includes the material feeding unit that breed dish was punched a hole and can to the punch press that breeds the dish and punch a hole, the punch press set up in push assembly is followed the side of pushing out the breed dish to receive the breed dish and punch a hole to the breed dish.
Preferably, the device further comprises a material returning assembly capable of taking out the culture tray punched by the punch from the punch, wherein the material returning assembly is arranged on the support, the material returning assembly comprises a second clamping unit capable of clamping the culture tray, and a fifth power element capable of driving the second clamping unit to reciprocate, and the second clamping unit is connected with the fifth power element.
Preferably, the feeding device further comprises a feeding assembly, the feeding assembly is arranged on the support, the feeding assembly comprises a conveying unit and a feeding frame, the conveying unit is located below the second clamping unit, so that the feeding tray released from the second clamping unit is received and conveyed into the feeding frame, and the feeding frame is arranged on the side of the conveying unit, so that the feeding tray output by the conveying unit is received.
Preferably, the device further comprises a waste output assembly, wherein the waste output assembly is arranged on the support, and the waste output assembly is located below the punching station of the punching machine to receive and output waste falling from the culture tray in the punching process.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages and positive effects that:
1. according to the feeding device for punching the culture dish, the push-out assembly, the clamping assembly and the pushing assembly are arranged, so that stacked culture dishes can be sequentially conveyed to the punching machine from top to bottom to be punched, and therefore, for a traditional punching mode of the culture dish, human intervention can be reduced, namely, the degree of automation in feeding to the punching machine is improved, the labor intensity is further reduced, and the safety of the punching process of the culture dish is improved.
2. According to the culture dish punching machine, stacked culture dishes can be sequentially conveyed to the punching machine from top to bottom to be punched, so that human intervention can be reduced for a traditional culture dish punching mode, namely, the degree of automation of feeding to the punching machine is improved, the labor intensity is further reduced, and the safety of the culture dish punching process is improved.
3. The cultivating tray punching machine can realize automatic feeding, automatic punching, automatic material taking and automatic material collecting of the cultivating tray and automatic outputting of waste materials, so that full automation of the punching process of the cultivating tray is realized, labor cost is saved greatly, and working efficiency is improved.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be specifically described below by way of exemplary embodiments. It is to be understood that elements, structures, and features of one embodiment may be beneficially incorporated in other embodiments without further recitation.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the positional or positional relationship indicated by the terms such as "inner", "outer", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", etc. are based on the positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element in question must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," second, "" third, "" fourth, "" fifth, "and sixth" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a feeding device for punching a plurality of stacked trays is used for sequentially conveying the stacked trays to a punch press from top to bottom for punching, and comprises a pushing component 1 capable of pushing the stacked trays out of the stacked trays, a clamping component 2 capable of clamping the trays pushed out by the pushing component 1, a pushing component 3 capable of receiving the trays on the clamping component 2 and pushing the trays to the punch press, and a support 4, wherein the pushing component 1, the clamping component 2 and the pushing component 3 are all arranged on the support 4, the pushing component 1 comprises a pushing unit 5 capable of applying a pushing force to the stacked trays, and a lifting unit 6 capable of lifting the stacked trays, the clamping component 2 is located at the side of the pushing unit 5 along the direction of pushing the trays, and the pushing component 3 is located below the clamping component 2.
Based on the above, the feeding device for punching the culture dish can sequentially convey the stacked culture dishes to the punching machine from top to bottom for punching by arranging the push-out assembly 1, the clamping assembly 2 and the push-out assembly 3, so that the intervention of manpower can be reduced for the traditional punching mode of the culture dish, namely, the feeding automation degree of the punching machine is improved, the labor intensity is further reduced, and the safety of the punching process of the culture dish is improved.
With respect to the structure of the pushing unit 5, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, the pushing unit 5 includes a pushing block 13 capable of applying a pushing force to the culture tray, and a first power element 14 capable of driving the pushing block 13 to reciprocate, where the first power element 14 is disposed on the support 4, and the first power element 14 is connected to the pushing block 13.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the push block 13 is a wedge block with a high left end and a low right end, and an arc contact end is formed at the right end of the push block 13 corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the culture disc, so that when the push block contacts with the culture disc, the push block can be attached to the culture disc, and further the stability of pushing the culture disc is improved, the first power element 14 is an air cylinder (or a hydraulic cylinder), the first power element 14 is positioned at the left side of the push block 13, the cylinder body of the first power element 14 is fixedly connected with the bracket 4, and the cylinder rod of the first power element 14 is fixedly connected with the left end of the push block 13.
With respect to the structure of the lifting unit 6, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, the lifting unit 6 includes a support plate 15 capable of supporting stacked culture trays, and a second power element 16 capable of driving the support plate 15 to lift, where the support plate 15 is connected to the second power element 16, and the second power element 16 is disposed on the support frame 4.
Specifically, the lifting unit 6 is located at the lower right side of the pushing-out unit 5, the lifting unit 6 further includes a first guide rail 29, a first slider 30, and a screw lifter 31, the first guide rail 29 is disposed along a vertical direction, the first guide rail 29 is fixedly connected with the support 4, four first guide rails 29 are rectangular, each first guide rail 29 is provided with one first slider 30, and the first slider 30 is slidably connected with the first guide rail 29 so as to reciprocate along the first guide rail 29. The supporting plate 15 is a rectangular plate, and four sides of the supporting plate 15 are respectively and fixedly connected with the four first sliding blocks 30 in a one-to-one correspondence manner so as to move synchronously with the first sliding blocks 30. The screw lifter 31 is located below the support plate 15, the structure of the screw lifter 31 is a well-known technology in the art, and is not described herein, the box of the screw lifter 31 is fixedly connected with the support 4, the screw of the screw lifter 31 is disposed along the vertical direction, and the top of the screw lifter 31 is connected with the bottom of the support plate 15, so as to drive the support plate 15 to lift. The second power element 16 is a servo motor, the body of the second power element 16 is fixedly connected with the bracket 4, and the power output end of the second power element 16 is connected with the screw rod lifter 31 to drive the screw rod of the screw rod lifter 31 to rotate.
With respect to the structure of the clamping assembly 2, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 3, the clamping assembly 2 includes a first clamping unit 17 capable of clamping the culture dish, and a third power element 18 capable of driving the first clamping unit 17 to reciprocate along a straight line, where the first clamping unit 17 is connected with the third power element 18, and the third power element 18 is disposed on the support 4.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3, the gripping assembly 2 is located on the right side of the pushing unit 5, the first clamping unit 17 includes two clamping blocks 32, a supporting block 33 capable of supporting the clamping blocks 32, and a driving element (not shown in the drawings, which may be a traction electromagnet or an air cylinder) capable of driving the two clamping blocks 32 to open and close, where the clamping blocks 32 are hinged to the supporting block 33 so as to implement reciprocating rotation, the supporting block 33 is fixedly connected with the support 4, the driving element is fixedly disposed on the supporting block 33, and the driving element is connected with the clamping block 32 so as to drive the clamping blocks 32 to rotate, thereby implementing opening and closing of the two clamping blocks 32, and a connection relationship and a transmission manner between the driving element and the clamping blocks 32 are known in the art and are not repeated herein. The third power element 18 includes two second guide rails 33, two second sliders 34, a moving plate 35 and an air cylinder 36, the second guide rails 33 are arranged along the left-right direction, the two second guide rails 33 are respectively arranged corresponding to two sides of the push-out unit 5 and are symmetrical to each other, each second guide rail 33 is provided with two second sliders 34, the two second sliders 34 are arranged at intervals along the direction of the second guide rails 33, the second sliders 34 are located below the second guide rails 33, the second sliders 34 are in sliding connection with the second guide rails 33 so as to reciprocate along the second guide rails 33, the moving plate 35 is a rectangular plate, the moving plate 35 is located below the second sliders 34, the moving plate 35 is fixedly connected with the four second sliders 34 so as to synchronously move along with the second sliders 34, the air cylinder 36 is arranged along the left-right direction, the cylinder body 36 is connected with the fixing block 4 and the air cylinder 35 so as to synchronously move along with the moving plate 35, and the fixing block 35 is connected with the moving plate 35 so as to synchronously move along with the fixing block 35.
With respect to the structure of the pushing assembly 3, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1,4 and 5, the pushing assembly 3 includes a pushing plate 19 capable of pushing the culture tray to the punch press, and a fourth power element 20 capable of driving the pushing plate 19 to reciprocate, where the pushing plate 19 is connected to the fourth power element 20, and the fourth power element 20 is disposed on the support 4.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 4 and fig. 5, the fourth power element 20 includes a third guide rail 37, a third slider 38, a lead screw (not shown in the drawing), a fourth slider (not shown in the drawing) and a motor 39, the bottom of the third guide rail 37 is fixedly connected with the support 4, two third guide rails 37 are parallel to each other, each third guide rail 37 is connected with two third sliders 38, the third sliders 38 are slidably connected with the third guide rails 37 so as to reciprocate along the third guide rails 37, the lead screw is located between the two third guide rails 37, the fourth slider is connected with the lead screw through a lead screw pair so as to reciprocate along the lead screw, the body of the motor 39 is fixedly connected with the support 4, the power output end of the motor 39 is connected with the lead screw so as to drive the third guide rails 37 to rotate, the pushing plate 19 is fixedly connected with the third sliders 38 and the fourth sliders along with the lead screw, and the pushing plate 19 is in contact with the pushing plate, and the pushing plate 19 is in the pushing way of the end of the pushing plate. When the first clamping unit 17 releases the culture dish, the culture dish falls onto the two third guide rails 37, and the pushing plate 19 is driven to move by the motor 39, so that the culture dish is pushed to the punching machine.
When the culture dish drops from the clamping assembly 2, the posture of the culture dish is inclined, namely the center of the dropped culture dish deviates from the required position, so that the position of the culture dish on the pushing assembly 3 deviates, and human intervention is needed to adjust the position of the culture dish on the pushing assembly 3, so that the work efficiency of the feeding process of the culture dish is seriously influenced. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, 4 and 5, a positioning component 7 is arranged on the bracket 4, the positioning component 7 is positioned between the clamping component 2 and the pushing component 3 to position the culture dish before the culture dish falling from the clamping component 2 reaches the pushing component 3, the positioning component 7 comprises a limiting piece 8 capable of limiting the central position of the culture dish, a plurality of blocking and connecting units 9 capable of synchronously moving to block and connect the culture dish, the limiting piece 8 is arranged along the circumferential direction to form a hollow cavity capable of receiving the culture dish and enabling the culture dish to pass out in a fixed posture, the limiting piece 8 is provided with an inclined part 10 capable of contacting with the culture dish, the inclined part 10 is inclined from top to bottom along the direction towards the center of the limiting piece 8, the blocking and connecting units 9 are arranged outside the limiting piece 8 and are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the limiting piece 8, at least two blocking and connecting units 9 are arranged at intervals along a straight line and symmetrically so as to block and connect the lower end and the upper end of the culture dish when the culture dish falls down from the falling position in an inclined posture, the blocking and connecting units 9 comprise blocking and connecting blocks 11 capable of reciprocating along the straight line, the blocking and connecting blocks 11 are provided with inclined planes capable of contacting with the culture dish, the inclined planes incline from top to bottom along the blocking and connecting blocks 11 towards the center direction of the limiting piece 8, when the blocking and connecting blocks 11 move towards the center direction of the limiting piece 8, the culture dish falling down from the clamping assembly 2 contacts with the inclined planes, when the blocking and connecting blocks 11 move reversely, the culture dish moves downwards synchronously and coincides with the center position of the limiting piece 8 under the contact of the inclined parts 10, and then falls onto the push-out assembly 1 in a fixed posture.
Based on the above, the feeding device for punching the culture dish provided by the invention can enable the culture dish falling on the clamping assembly 2 to trend from an inclined posture to a horizontal posture under the blocking effect of the blocking unit 9 firstly by arranging the limiting piece 8 and the blocking unit 9, and then to be forced to move under the limiting effect of the limiting piece 8 until the center of the culture dish is centered with the annular center where the limiting piece 8 is positioned, so that the culture dish accurately falls to the required position on the pushing assembly 3, and further, the culture dish is accurately moved to a punching station for punching after being pushed by the pushing assembly 3, and further, the working efficiency of the feeding process of the culture dish is further improved.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 4 and fig. 5, the locating part 8 is the member, the locating part 8 is a plurality of along annular interval setting, the tilting part 10 is the arc tilting lever, the locating part 8 is protruding to the breed dish central direction, the locating part 8 still has the guiding part 12 that can contact with the breed dish, the guiding part 12 is the straight-bar, guiding part 12 sets up along vertical direction, guiding part 12 is located the below of tilting part 10, the top of guiding part 12 with the bottom of tilting part 10 is tangent and the integration is connected, the annular at guiding part 12 place corresponds with the profile of breed dish to make breed dish and the cavity that a plurality of guiding parts 12 enclose, and then make and drop downwards to from the breed dish of tilting part 10 on the release subassembly 1, a plurality of the outside cover of locating part 8 is equipped with hollow sleeve 40, sleeve 40 sets up along vertical direction, sleeve 40's upper end with the locating part 12 is located the below of tilting part 10, guide part 12 top and the bottom of locating part 8 are tangent and integration are connected, the guide plate 8 is located the top of the same, the top of sleeve 40 is located the recess is gone into to the top of the well, the recess is formed to the top of the sleeve 37, the top of the recess is gone into to the top of the recess is realized smoothly, the top of the recess is formed to the sleeve 40. The number of the blocking and connecting units 9 is two, the blocking and connecting units 9 further comprise a sixth power element 41 capable of driving the blocking and connecting block 11 to reciprocate, the sixth power element 41 is an air cylinder, a cylinder body part of the sixth power element 41 is fixedly connected with the bracket 4, a lever part of the sixth power element 41 is fixedly connected with the blocking and connecting block 11, and an inclined surface of the blocking and connecting block 11 is an inclined plane.
It should be noted that, in the above embodiment, the inclined portion 10 may be replaced by an inclined rod, and the inclined surface of the blocking block 11 may be replaced by an arc surface protruding outwards, so that the effect of automatically adjusting the position of the culture tray can be achieved.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the present invention further relates to a tray punching machine, which comprises the feeding device for tray punching as described above, and a punch 21 capable of punching the tray, wherein the punch 21 is disposed at the side of the pushing assembly 3 pushing out the tray so as to receive the tray and punch the tray.
Based on the above, the culture dish punching machine can sequentially convey the stacked culture dishes to the punching machine from top to bottom for punching, so that the intervention of manpower can be reduced for the traditional culture dish punching mode, namely, the degree of automation of feeding to the punching machine is improved, the labor intensity is further reduced, and the safety of the culture dish punching process is improved.
In order to achieve automatic material taking, in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 and 7, the tray punching machine further includes a material returning assembly 22 capable of taking out the tray punched by the punch 21 from the punch 21, the material returning assembly 22 is disposed on the support 4, the material returning assembly 22 includes a second clamping unit 23 capable of clamping the tray, and a fifth power element 24 capable of driving the second clamping unit 23 to reciprocate, and the second clamping unit 23 is connected with the fifth power element 24. According to the invention, by arranging the material returning assembly 22, the automatic material returning of the punched culture tray can be realized, and the working efficiency of the punching operation of the culture tray is further improved.
It should be noted that, the structure of the material returning assembly 22 may refer to the gripping assembly 2, unlike the gripping assembly 2, in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 and 7, the material returning assembly 22 uses a servo motor to provide driving, and uses a screw as a transmission element of the driving force, which is not described herein.
In order to realize automatic feeding, in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 and 7, the feeding plate punching machine further includes a feeding assembly 25, where the feeding assembly 25 is disposed on the support 4, the feeding assembly 25 includes a conveying unit 26 and a feeding frame 27, the conveying unit 26 is located below the second clamping unit 23, so as to receive the feeding plate released from the second clamping unit 23 and convey the feeding plate into the feeding frame 27, and the feeding frame 27 is disposed on a side of the conveying unit 26, so as to receive the feeding plate output by the conveying unit 26. According to the invention, by arranging the material receiving assembly 25, the automatic recovery of the culture dish released by the second clamping unit 23 can be realized, and the work efficiency of the punching operation of the culture dish is further improved.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the conveying unit 26 includes a synchronous belt, a synchronous wheel, a chain, a gear and a driving motor, where the synchronous belt is located below the second clamping unit 23 to receive the culture tray and transmit the culture tray, and the driving motor is fixedly disposed on the support 4 and connected with the gear, so that the driving force passes through the gear and the chain and is transmitted to the synchronous wheel, and then drives the synchronous wheel to rotate, and then drives the synchronous belt to synchronously move. The material receiving frame 27 comprises three L-shaped sub material receiving frames, the three sub material receiving frames are distributed in an equilateral triangle, the sub material receiving frames are obliquely arranged, so that a cultivation tray falling from the synchronous belt smoothly falls into the material receiving frames, the bottom of the material receiving frame 27 is connected with a speed reducing motor capable of driving the material receiving frame 27 to rotate, the speed reducing motor is connected with the material receiving frame 27, the speed reducing motor is fixedly arranged on the support 4, and when one cultivation tray in the sub material receiving frame is full, the speed reducing motor drives the material receiving frame 27 to rotate so that the next sub material receiving frame moves to a station for receiving the cultivation tray.
To achieve automatic output of the waste, in the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the tray punch further includes a waste output assembly 28, where the waste output assembly 28 is disposed on the stand 4, and the waste output assembly 28 is located below the punching station of the punch 21, so as to receive and output the waste falling from the tray during the punching process. According to the invention, by arranging the waste output assembly 28, waste generated by punching of the punch 21 can be automatically recovered, so that the work efficiency of the punching operation of the culture dish is further improved.
It should be noted that, the structure of the waste output assembly 28 is referred to the conveying unit 26, and is not described herein. In addition, the bracket 4 may be an integral bracket or a split bracket.
As shown in fig. 6, the tray punching machine further includes a controller 42, and by electrically connecting the controller 42 with each power element and by setting a program of the controller 42, full automation of the entire tray punching operation can be achieved.