CN110935371A - Swing assembly and container transverse swing device with same - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a swinging assembly and a container transverse swinging device with the same. The container transverse swinging device comprises a side-falling assembly and a carrying assembly besides a swinging assembly, wherein the side-falling assembly falls a longitudinally placed container to be transverse, and the carrying assembly carries the container of the side-falling assembly to the swinging assembly, so that the automatic container side-falling, carrying and swinging processes are completed.

Description

Swing assembly and container transverse swing device with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of mixed solution processing, in particular to a swinging assembly and a container transverse swinging device with the same.

Background

The solution, such as cosmetics, essence, etc., is usually mixed and stirred in a longitudinal swing manner, i.e., the container is vertically placed and swung. The horizontal cross-section of the vessel is generally small, less than the height of the vessel, so the effect of uniform stirring of the solution is not significant. The effect of adopting the transverse swing is more remarkable, but when the container swings transversely, the container is difficult to clamp stably and always keeps horizontal swing.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a swing assembly and a container lateral swing device having the same, which can firmly clamp a container and always swing in a horizontal direction.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problem is as follows:

a swing assembly comprising a frame; the turntable is rotatably arranged on the rack; the guide sliding block is arranged on the rack in a sliding mode and can be close to or far away from the rotary table; and one end of the container clamp is eccentrically hinged on the rotary table, and the other end of the container clamp is hinged on the guide sliding block and used for clamping the container.

According to a rocking assembly of the first aspect of the invention, the pod holder comprises a base plate having a gear freely rotatably disposed thereon; and the two sliding clamps are respectively provided with a straight rack and are respectively arranged on two sides of the base plate in a sliding manner, an elastic element is connected between the two sliding clamps, and the straight racks of the two sliding clamps are oppositely meshed at two ends of the gear.

The rocking assembly of the first aspect of the invention further comprises an unlocking mechanism, the unlocking mechanism comprising a fixing member fixed to the slide clamp; and the driving device is used for pushing the fixing piece to move towards the outer side so that the two sliding clamps are separated.

According to the swing assembly of the first aspect of the present invention, the rack is provided with a lifting positioning column, and the side end of the substrate is provided with a positioning opening for accommodating the lifting positioning column.

According to the swing assembly of the first aspect of the present invention, the frame is provided with a first sensor outside the sliding clamp.

A container lateral swinging apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, comprising the swinging assembly according to any one of the first aspect of the present invention, further comprising a side-tipping assembly for tipping a longitudinally placed container laterally into a lateral direction; and a carrying assembly for carrying the container of the side dumping assembly to the swinging assembly.

According to the container transverse swinging device in the second aspect of the invention, the side-tipping assembly comprises a rotating frame which is rotatably arranged on the rack; and the container seat is arranged on the rotating frame and used for clamping the container.

According to the container transverse swinging device in the second aspect of the invention, the container seat comprises a base arranged on the rotating frame; and the material claws are arranged on the base in a sliding manner, arranged around the base and can be close to or far away from the base.

According to the container transverse swinging device in the second aspect of the invention, the side end of the container seat is provided with the second inductor.

A container lateral swing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, the carrier assembly including a slide extending from the side dump assembly to the swing assembly; the sliding frame is arranged on the sliding rail in a sliding manner; the lifting frame is arranged on the sliding frame in a sliding manner; and the clamping hand is arranged on the lifting frame in a sliding manner and is used for clamping the container.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: the swing assembly comprises a rack, a rotary table, a guide sliding block and a container clamp, wherein the rotary table drives the container clamp to swing, and the guide sliding block guides the container clamp to swing so as to finish the transverse swing of the container, and can clamp the container and keep the transverse swing in the horizontal direction all the time. The container transverse swinging device comprises a side-falling assembly and a carrying assembly besides a swinging assembly, wherein the side-falling assembly falls a longitudinally placed container to be transverse, and the carrying assembly carries the container of the side-falling assembly to the swinging assembly, so that the automatic container side-falling, carrying and swinging processes are completed.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. Obviously, the described figures are only some embodiments of the invention, not all embodiments, and other designs and figures can be obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive effort, based on these figures:

FIG. 1 is a first schematic view of a lateral swing device for a container according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a container lateral swing apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a first schematic structural diagram of a rocking assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic structural view of the rocking assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a third schematic structural view of a rocking assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a fourth schematic structural view of the rocking assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the structure of the rocking assembly of the present invention (the slide clamp is omitted);

FIG. 8 is a first schematic structural view of a side-tipping assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of the rocking assembly of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, the container lateral swing apparatus of the present embodiment includes a swing assembly 10, a side-tipping assembly 20, and a carrying assembly 30, and completes an automated swing process.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the swing assembly 10 swings the container 40 laterally, swinging the solution in the container 40. The side-tipping assembly 20 is configured to tip the longitudinally disposed containers 40 laterally in a transverse direction, and in general, the containers 40 are in a "longitudinal direction" when the containers 40 are subjected to other front-end processes such as bottling, and therefore, the side-tipping assembly 20 is required to tip the longitudinally disposed containers 40 laterally in a transverse direction. The carrier assembly 30 carries the container 40 of the side tipping assembly 20 to the swing assembly 10.

It should be noted that the "lateral direction" refers to a state where the axis of the container is horizontal, and the "longitudinal direction" refers to a state where the axis of the container is horizontal. The container can be used for loading cosmetics and can also be other solutions which need to swing.

Further, referring to fig. 3 to 7, the swing assembly 10 includes a frame 11, a turntable 12, a guide slider 13, and a container holder 14, and completes an automatic swing process. The frame 11 of the swing assembly 10 may also be a frame of the side dumping assembly 20 and the carrying assembly 30, and provides a place for the whole device.

Referring to fig. 3 and 5, the turntable 12 is rotatably disposed on the frame 11. In this embodiment, the rotary plate 12 is connected to a servo motor 122 through a belt 121, the servo motor 122 drives the rotary plate 12 to rotate, and the rotary plate 12 is a power assembly of the swing container 40. By using the non-rigid transmission mode of the belt 121, the servo motor 122 can be protected, and when the turntable 12 encounters an emergency such as a stop, the servo motor 122 is prevented from being damaged.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, the guide slider 13 is slidably disposed on the frame 11, and the guide slider 13 can move closer to or away from the turntable 12. In this embodiment, the rack 11 is provided with a guide rail 131, the guide rail 131 extends in the radial direction of the turntable 12, and the guide slider 13 is slidably disposed on the guide rail 131. When the rotating disc 12 rotates, one end of the container clamp 14 swings, and the other end of the container clamp 14 slides along the guiding rail 131. In some embodiments, the guide slider 13 is not free to slide.

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, one end of the container holder 14 is eccentrically hinged to the rotary plate 12, and the other end of the container holder 14 is hinged to the guide slider 13, and the container holder 14 is used for clamping the container 40. Due to the eccentric articulation of the container gripper 14 and the rotary disk 12, the swing speed of the container gripper 14 changes nonlinearly, which enhances the effect of swinging the container 40.

Still further, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the container clamp 14 includes a base plate 141 and two slide clamps 142 to clamp the container 40.

Referring to fig. 6, the base plate 141 has a gear 143 rotatably provided thereon, and preferably, referring to fig. 7, the gear 143 is positioned at an upper end of the base plate 141.

Referring to fig. 7, two sliding clips 142 are slidably disposed on two sides of the substrate 141, respectively. In this embodiment, two slide clamp slide rails 146 extending in the same direction are disposed on the substrate 141, and two slide clamp sliders 147 are slidably disposed on the slide clamp slide rails 146. Referring to fig. 7, it can be understood that one sliding clip 142 is connected to the sliding clip slider 147 on the same side of the two sliding clip sliding rails 146 to realize sliding. Also, the number of slide clamp slide rails 146 and slide clamp sliders 147 is not unique.

Referring to fig. 5, an elastic member 145 is connected between the two slide clips 142, and in the present embodiment, the elastic member 145 is a spring, and the elastic member 145 includes two. The elastic element 145 is mainly used for the return of the two sliding clamps 142 for gripping the container 40. In other embodiments, other elastic elements such as springs may be used.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, both the slide clips 142 have the spur rack 144, and the spur racks 144 of the two slide clips 142 are oppositely engaged at both ends of the gear 143.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, when one of the sliding clips 142 is pushed, the spur rack 144 of the sliding clip 142 drives the gear 143 to rotate, and the gear 143 drives the spur rack 144 of the other sliding clip 142 to move, so as to push the other sliding clip 142. Thus, the two slide clamps 142 can accomplish simultaneous opening and clamping.

Still further, referring to fig. 5, the swing assembly 10 further includes an unlocking mechanism 15, and the unlocking mechanism 15 includes a fixing member 151 and a driving device 152, so as to complete the unlocking process of the container holder 14.

Referring to fig. 5, the fixing member 151 is fixed to the sliding clips 142, and since the sliding clips 142 move synchronously in the embodiment, the fixing member 151 is only required to be disposed in one of the sliding clips 142. The fixing member 151 is provided at an edge of the slide clamp 142.

Referring to fig. 5, the driving means 152 pushes the fixing member 151 to move toward the outside, so that the two slide clips 142 are separated. The "outer side" here refers to the outer side of the two slide clips 142. In this embodiment, the driving device 152 includes a rotating rod 152a freely rotatably provided on the frame 11 and a rotating rod cylinder 152b for pushing the rotating rod 152a to rotate. Referring to fig. 5, the rotating rod cylinder 152b is located below the panel of the rack 11, the rotating rod 152a penetrates the panel of the rack 11, and the rotating direction of the rotating rod 152a is vertical rotation.

Referring to fig. 5, when the rotating lever 152a rotates, it abuts against the inside of the fixing member 151, thereby driving the fixing member 151 to move toward the outside. In other embodiments, the driving device 152 may also be a cylinder, and the piston rod of the cylinder pushes the fixing member 151 to move towards the outside.

Still further, the above swing assembly 10 may be matched with an automatic fixture to implement a full-automatic swing process, or may be used to manually place the container 40 to implement a semi-automatic swing. When the substrate 141 of the swing assembly 10 needs to be positioned, the substrate needs to be positioned when the substrate needs to be matched with an automatic loading device, such as a blanking clamping hand. Even after the substrate 141 is swung at a high speed or a low speed, the position where the substrate 141 is finally stopped may deviate from the set clamping position due to the rotational inertia of the substrate 141 even in the case of the control reference.

Therefore, referring to fig. 4 to 7, the frame 11 is provided with a lifting positioning post 161, and a positioning opening 162 for receiving the lifting positioning post 161 is provided at a side end of the substrate 141. In this embodiment, the lifting positioning column 161 is driven by the positioning column cylinder 163 to lift. The positioning opening 162 is shaped like a semi-circular arc, in some embodiments, the positioning opening 162 is shaped like a circular hole, and the lifting positioning post 161 is inserted into the circular hole of the positioning opening 162. For positioning, the upper end of the lifting positioning column 161 is tapered to be gradually enlarged from top to bottom so as to be inserted into the positioning opening 162.

When the elevation positioning posts 161 are raised, the elevation positioning posts 161 are engaged with the positioning holes 162, so that the position of the substrate 141, i.e., the container 40, is adjusted.

Still further, referring to fig. 3, and fig. 6 and 7, the frame 11 is provided with a first sensor 17 outside the slide clamp 142. The first sensor 17 is used to sense whether the container 40 is present in the slide clamp 142. In this embodiment, the sliding clip 142 is provided with an opening 171 at a position opposite to the first sensor 17, so that the first sensor 17 can sense the container 40 in the sliding clip 142. The first sensor 17 may be an infrared sensor.

The swing assembly 10 can be matched with an automatic fixture to realize a full-automatic swing process, and can also be used for manually placing the container 40 to realize semi-automatic swing. In this embodiment, the swing assembly 10 is engaged with the side dump assembly 20 and the carrier assembly 30.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3 and fig. 8 and 9, the side dump assembly 20 is located at one side of the swing assembly 10. The side-tipping assembly 20 includes a turret 21 and a receptacle 22 to complete the side-tipping process of the container 40.

Wherein, referring to fig. 1 and 8, the rotating frame 21 is rotatably disposed on the frame 11, in this embodiment, the frame 11 includes a support frame 111 extending upward, the rotating frame 21 is mounted on the support frame 111 of the frame 11 through a rotating cylinder 23, and the rotating frame 21 can be turned from "longitudinal" to "transverse". A receptacle 22 is arranged on the turret 21, the receptacle 22 being intended to grip the container 40.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, in operation of the side-tipping assembly 20, a longitudinally positioned container 40 is manually or robotically placed in the receptacle 22, and the receptacle 22 grips the container 40. The turret 21 rotates so that the container 40 is turned sideways.

Still further, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the container holder 22 includes a base 221 and a plurality of fingers 222 for grasping the container 40.

Wherein the base 221 is provided on the rotating frame 21. The plurality of material claws 222 are slidably arranged on the base 221, the plurality of material claws 222 are arranged around the base 221, and the plurality of material claws 222 can be close to or far away from the base 221. The driving method of the plurality of material claws 222 is pneumatic, and in this embodiment, the material claws 222 and the clamping hand 34 have the same clamping driving method. When the claw 222 is close to the base 221, the claw 222 clamps the container 40; when the claw 222 moves away from the base 221, the claw 222 releases the container 40.

In this embodiment, there are three material claws 222, and the three material claws 222 are uniformly distributed on the edge of the base 221. Under pneumatic drive, the claw 222 moves toward the center of the base 221, thereby gripping the container 40.

In operation of the side-tipping assembly 20, a longitudinally positioned container 40 is manually or robotically placed in the receptacle 22 and the jaws 222 of the receptacle 22 grip the container 40. The turret 21 rotates so that the container 40 is turned sideways. At this point, the jaws 222 of the receptacle 22 release the container 40 and the carrier assembly 30 picks up the container 40. Preferably, at least one of the claws 222 is located below the container 40 in the lateral position of the seat 22 to prevent the container 40 from falling.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, a second inductor 23 is provided at a side end of the container holder 22. The second sensor 23 is used to sense whether the container 40 is present on the container holder 22. When the second sensor 23 senses the presence of the container 40 on the receptacle 22, the turret 21 rotates and the handling assembly 30 then picks up the container 40. The second sensor 23 may be an infrared sensor.

Still further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the handling assembly 30 includes a skid 31, a carriage 32, a crane 33, and a gripper 34. Wherein, the slide rail 31 extends from the side-tipping assembly 20 to the swinging assembly 10, and referring to fig. 1, the slide rail 31 extends along the X-axis direction. The sliding rack 32 is slidably disposed on the sliding rail 31 and slides along the X-axis direction. The lifting frame 33 is slidably provided on the carriage 32, and referring to fig. 1, the lifting frame 33 can be lifted and lowered in the Z-axis direction. The grip hand 34 is slidably provided on the crane 33, and referring to fig. 1, the grip hand 34 is slidable in the Y-axis direction. The gripping hand 34 is used to grip the container.

In the present embodiment, the sliding of the carriage 32 along the slide rail 31 is servo-driven. The lifting of the lifting frame 33 on the carriage 32 is arranged to be cylinder driven. The sliding of the gripper hands 34 along the crane 33 is set to cylinder drive. And the clamping process is completed by pneumatically driving the clamping hand 34. The driving modes of the slide rail 31, the sliding rack 32, the lifting rack 33 and the clamping hand 34 are not unique, and the sliding can be realized.

In operation, the carriage 32 drives the clamping hand 34 to move to the position above the side-tipping assembly 20, the lifting frame 33 drives the clamping hand 34 to descend, and at the moment, the clamping hand 34 and the container 40 on the side-tipping assembly 20 are located in the Y-axis direction. The gripper hands 34 slide along the Y-axis to grip the container 40 and move in the path to the swing assembly 10.

Of course, the clamping is completed by using the manipulator moving in the XYZ direction in the present embodiment, and in other examples, the clamping may be completed by using a multi-axis manipulator or the like.

The following steps are provided for the cooperative operation of the swing assembly 10, the side dumping assembly 20 and the carrying assembly 30, and it should be noted that the following steps are only one way, and the actual operation is not limited to this one:

the method comprises the following steps: a front end robot or hand places the container 40 on the receptacle 22 of the side-tipping assembly 20, with the receptacle 22 being longitudinal;

step two: the container base 22 is inverted from the longitudinal side to the transverse side;

step three: when the second sensor 23 detects that all the containers 40 are on the container seat 23, the gripping hand 34 of the handling assembly 30 moves to one side of the container seat 22, grips the containers 40 on the container seat 22, and moves to the swing assembly 10;

step four: the gripper hands 34 place the container 40 on the container gripper 14;

step five: the first sensor 17 senses that the container 40 is arranged on the container clamp 14, and the swinging assembly 10 is started to swing the container 40 transversely;

step six: the lateral swing is finished, and the container gripper 14 stops near the set position;

step seven: the lifting positioning column 161 is lifted and inserted into the positioning opening 162, so that the container clamp 14 is accurately positioned;

step eight: the rear end robot or the human hand takes out the container 40 which has finished swinging, thereby completing the swinging process.

The above embodiments are further described in the present invention, but it should not be understood that the scope of the above subject matter is limited to the above embodiments, and all the technologies realized based on the above embodiments are within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A swing assembly, comprising: comprises that

A frame;

the turntable is rotatably arranged on the rack;

the guide sliding block is arranged on the rack in a sliding mode and can be close to or far away from the rotary table; and

and one end of the container clamp is eccentrically hinged on the rotary disc, and the other end of the container clamp is hinged on the guide sliding block and used for clamping the container.

2. The wobble assembly of claim 1, wherein: the container clip comprises

A base plate having a gear rotatably provided thereon; and

the two sliding clamps are provided with straight racks and are respectively arranged on two sides of the base plate in a sliding mode, an elastic element is connected between the two sliding clamps, and the straight racks of the two sliding clamps are oppositely meshed with two ends of the gear.

3. The wobble assembly of claim 2, wherein: still include release mechanism, release mechanism includes

The fixing piece is fixed on the sliding clamp; and

and the driving device is used for pushing the fixing piece to move towards the outer side so that the two sliding clamps are separated.

4. The wobble assembly of claim 2, wherein: the frame is provided with a lifting positioning column, and the side end of the base plate is provided with a positioning opening for containing the lifting positioning column.

5. The wobble assembly of claim 2, wherein: the rack is provided with a first inductor outside the sliding clamp.

6. A container lateral swinging device, which is characterized in that: the swing assembly including any one of claims 1 to 5, further including

A side-tipping assembly for tipping the longitudinally positioned container side-to-side in a transverse direction; and

and the carrying assembly is used for carrying the container of the side dumping assembly to the swinging assembly.

7. A lateral swinging apparatus for containers, according to claim 6, wherein: the side dumping component comprises

The rotating frame is rotatably arranged on the rack; and

and the container seat is arranged on the rotating frame and used for clamping the container.

8. A container lateral swinging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: the container seat comprises

The base is arranged on the rotating frame; and

the material claws are arranged on the base in a sliding mode, arranged around the base and can be close to or far away from the base.

9. A container lateral swinging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: and a second inductor is arranged at the side end of the container seat.

10. A lateral swinging apparatus for containers, according to claim 6, wherein: the carrying assembly comprises

A slide rail extending from the side dump assembly to the swing assembly;

the sliding frame is arranged on the sliding rail in a sliding manner;

the lifting frame is arranged on the sliding frame in a sliding manner; and

the clamping hand is arranged on the lifting frame in a sliding mode and used for clamping the container.

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