CN110976302A

CN110976302A - Sorting device, sorting and recycling equipment, sorting and recycling system and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN110976302A
Application number: CN201911008019.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 钮满志; 汪思鹏; 郭佳; 孙伏骏; 胡斌斌; 韩林光; 胡宇阳
Original assignee: Beijing Vstrong Technology Co ltd; Shanghai Yueyi Network Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Vstrong Technology Co ltd; Shanghai Yueyi Network Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-22
Filing date: 2019-10-22
Publication date: 2020-04-10
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-22
Also published as: CN110976302B

Abstract

The application aims to provide a sorting device, a sorting and recycling system and a control method thereof. This sorting device includes: a conveyor line, comprising: the conveying main section and the conveying branch section are connected with the conveying main section; carry main section and carry the branch section and all include: a plurality of sequentially connected conveying units; the main conveying section comprises: n sorting sections; the sorting section includes: the detection units and the M conversion units are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying main section, wherein the conversion units are used for being connected with the corresponding conveying branch sections and selecting the conveying direction of the product; the first reading device is used for reading the product information matched with the product when the product reaches the detection unit; and the control device is in communication connection with the conveying line and the first reading device and is used for controlling the conveying direction of the conversion unit according to the received product information. Compared with the prior art, this application realizes improving letter sorting efficiency, reduces the letter sorting cost to the automatic sorting of product.

Description

Sorting device, sorting and recycling equipment, sorting and recycling system and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of electromechanics, in particular to a sorting device, sorting and recycling equipment, a sorting and recycling system and a control method of the sorting and recycling system.

Background

At present, along with the development of science and technology, the consciousness of all countries in the world on environmental protection is gradually increased, so that how to treat waste resources and realize recycling becomes a development hotspot and a solving difficulty at present and in the future.

In daily necessities, the updating and upgrading speed of electronic products is faster and faster, and a large amount of waste electronic products, such as mobile phones, tablet computers, notebook computers and the like, are generated. Electronic products usually contain a large amount of precious metals, for example, the precious metals are used for garbage disposal, and most of the existing garbage disposal is carried out in ways of burning and burying, which causes serious pollution to the environment of soil and underground water and is difficult to treat. Therefore, how to sort electronic products is to put reusable electronic products on the market, or to disassemble corresponding electronic products, and recycling of corresponding electronic products is very important. However, because the types and specifications of electronic products are various, and even if the electronic products are of the same type and specification, some products may have defects such as appearance defect hardware damage, and the like, and need to perform appearance detection, performance detection and the like, a large amount of manpower is needed to sort the electronic products, and because the manual sorting process has high error rate and low efficiency, the flow-type large-scale sorting is difficult to form, which undoubtedly increases the recycling cost of the electronic products, and also makes the sorting efficiency of the waste electronic products difficult to match the speed of the waste electronic products.

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the invention is how to realize automatic sorting of products, improve sorting efficiency and reduce sorting cost.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects or shortcomings of the prior art, the invention aims to solve the technical problem of how to realize automatic sorting of products, improve sorting efficiency and reduce sorting cost.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a sorting device, including:

a conveyor line, comprising: the conveying main section and the conveying branch section are connected with the conveying main section;

the main conveying section and the branch conveying section both comprise: a plurality of the conveying units connected in sequence;

the main conveying section comprises: n sorting sections;

the sorting section further comprises: the detection units and the M conversion units are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying main section and connected with the corresponding conveying units, wherein the conversion units are also connected with the corresponding conveying branch sections and used for selecting the conveying direction of the product; both N and M are positive integers;

the first reading device is used for reading the product information matched with the product when the product reaches the detection unit;

and the control device is in communication connection with each conveying unit, the detection unit, the conversion unit and the first reading device and is used for controlling the transmission direction of the conversion unit according to the received product information.

Further preferably, the conveying path of the conveying unit includes: a linear conveying path and/or an arcuate conveying path.

Further preferably, the conveying line further includes: at least two delivery main sections connected to said delivery main section for delivering said products; wherein the products are conveyed from the delivery main section to the conveying main section and then to the sorting section; the delivery main section comprises a plurality of conveying units which are connected in sequence.

Further preferably, the main conveying section comprises a first sorting section; the first sorting section includes: the plurality of conversion units are arranged in a row along the conveying direction of the conveying main section; the conveying branch section comprises: a first conveying branch engaged with the first sorting section; the first conveying branch section is provided with a plurality of sorting units, and the sorting units are arranged along the conveying direction of the first conveying branch section; the sorting unit includes: the conveying component is used for supporting and conveying the product, and the pushing mechanism is in communication connection with the control device; the conveying parts are connected with two adjacent conveying units, and the pushing mechanism is used for pushing the products on the conveying parts out of the first conveying branch sections to the corresponding detection stations.

Further preferably, the conveying member includes: the conveying rollers are arranged at intervals and used for applying conveying force to the products, and the supporting frame is used for fixing the conveying rollers; wherein the respective conveying rollers are arranged in parallel between the support frames.

Further preferably, the sorting unit further comprises: the first sensor is arranged below the conveying component and used for sensing the products when the products move onto the conveying component; the first sensor is positioned below a spacing area between two adjacent conveying rollers and is in communication connection with the control device; the control device is used for stopping conveying of the conveying component when the first sensor detects the product, and enabling the pushing motor to drive the push rod to push the product out of the conveying component to the detection station.

Further preferably, the pushing mechanism includes: the pushing motor is in communication connection with the control device, the push rod is arranged above the conveying component and used for pushing the product, the connecting rod assembly is connected with the push rod at one end, the other end of the connecting rod assembly penetrates through the spacing area and is connected with the pushing motor, and the sliding assembly is connected with the connecting rod assembly and the pushing motor; the push rod can reciprocate along the axial direction of the conveying roller under the driving of the pushing motor.

Further preferably, the sliding assembly includes: the device comprises a support frame, a conveying component, a sliding rail, a sliding block and a transmission component, wherein the support frame is connected with the support frame and positioned below the conveying component, the sliding block is arranged on the sliding rail in a sliding mode and connected with the connecting rod component, and the transmission component is connected with the sliding block and the pushing motor and used for driving the sliding block to reciprocate in the interval area.

Further preferably, the transmission assembly comprises: the sliding sleeve is sleeved on the screw rod and connected with the sliding block; and the output shaft of the pushing motor is perpendicular to the sliding rail.

Further preferably, the connecting rod assembly comprises a connecting plate connected with the sliding block, and a connecting rod, one end of which is connected with the push rod, and the other end of which passes through the spacing area and is connected with the connecting plate.

Further preferably, the sliding direction of the sliding block and the push rod is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying component; the push rod and the conveying direction of the conveying component are parallel to each other and can reciprocate along two opposite sides of the conveying component.

Further preferably, at least two of the first conveying branches have different widths, and are respectively used for matching products with different sizes.

Further preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: the material receiving plate is arranged on one side of the conveying part and used for guiding the product to a detection station; and a plurality of self-rotating rollers which are used for contacting the product are arranged on the material receiving plate.

Further preferably, the sorting device further comprises: the limiting sensors are arranged on two opposite sides of the material receiving plate and are in communication connection with the control device; the control device is used for enabling the pushing mechanism to stop pushing when the limiting sensor senses the product.

Further preferably, the conveying unit, which is connected to the detection unit and is arranged in advance in the sorting section, is an adjusting unit for adjusting the conveying direction of the products so that the products are located in the reading area of the first reading device when reaching the detection unit.

Further preferably, the adjusting unit includes: the conveying roller bodies are arranged in parallel at intervals and used for applying conveying force to the products, and the limiting frames are used for fixing the conveying rollers; the axial direction of each conveying roller body forms an included angle with the length direction of the limiting frame; and, the adjusting unit further includes: and the first guide roller body is connected with the detection unit and is connected with one side of the limit frame, and meanwhile, the first guide roller body and the other side of the limit frame keep a set interval.

Further preferably, the adjusting unit further includes: the second guide roller body is connected with the other side of the limiting frame, and meanwhile, the second guide roller body and the other side of the limiting frame keep a set interval; the products enter the adjusting unit above the conveying roller bodies under the guidance of the second guiding roller bodies, are in contact with the first guiding roller bodies through the limiting matching of the limiting frame, and then enter the detecting unit after being guided by the first guiding roller bodies.

Further preferably, the included angle is 30-60 degrees.

Further preferably, the interval is equal to or longer than half of the length of the conveying roller body.

Further preferably, the interval section is provided with a backing plate, and the height of the backing plate is lower than that of the first guide roller body.

Further preferably, the first conveying branch section is divided into at least two conveying subsections and a detection section arranged between two adjacent conveying subsections; the conveying subsection comprises at least two sorting units; the detection section includes: at least one of the conveying units; the sorting device also comprises a second reading device which is in communication connection with the control device and is used for reading the product information matched with the product and then sending the product information to the control device when the product reaches the detection section.

Further preferably, the number of the conveying subsections is two; the number of the detection sections is one; wherein the first conveying subsection comprises four sorting units; the second conveying subsection comprises five sorting units; when the product is conveyed on the first conveying branch section, the product firstly passes through the first conveying subsection, then passes through the detection section and then passes through the second conveying subsection.

Further preferably, the main conveying section further comprises a second sorting section; the second sorting section and the first sorting section are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the conveying main section; the conveying branch section further comprises: a second conveying branch engaged with the first sorting section; the conveying path of the conveying main section firstly passes through the second sorting section and then passes through the first sorting section.

Further preferably, the second sorting section is provided with a second conveying branch and a second transfer unit; the two second conveying branch sections are respectively a first sorting conveying branch section and a second sorting conveying branch section, and are respectively used for receiving different types of products and conveying the products to corresponding charging stations for pretreatment.

Further preferably, the first reading device includes: k code scanners for reading the product information; and K is a positive integer, and when N and K are both larger than 1, each sorting section is provided with a detection unit, and a scanning device is arranged above each detection unit.

Further preferably, the conveying unit includes: a conveying body for applying a conveying force to the product, a frame for supporting the conveying body; the conveying body is any one or combination of a conveying belt body, a plurality of conveying roller bodies which are arranged at intervals in parallel or a plurality of conical conveying rollers which are arranged at intervals and distributed in an arc shape.

Further preferably, the conveying bodies in the conveying units of the detection section are provided with a plurality of conveying roller bodies which are arranged in parallel at intervals and provided with outer layers for contacting the colloidal layer of the product.

Further preferably, the conveying unit further includes: the unit controller is in communication connection with the control device and is used for independently controlling the conveying bodies to independently convey, and the sensor is in communication connection with the unit controller and is arranged on the frame; the sensor is arranged at the tail end of the conveying unit in the conveying direction.

Further preferably, the detection unit includes: the conveyor belt body is used for contacting the products and exerting conveying force, the frame is used for supporting the conveyor belt body, and the second sensor is in communication connection with the control device; when the products are sensed by the second sensor on the conveyor belt body, the second sensor sends detection signals to the control device, so that the first reading device reads the product information.

Further preferably, the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying roller bodies which are arranged at intervals along the conveying direction of the conveying main section and are used for applying conveying force to the products, a supporting frame used for supporting the conveying roller bodies, a baffle plate rotationally arranged on the supporting frame, and a rotating motor used for driving the baffle plate to rotate along the horizontal direction; when the baffle rotates to a preset position, the conveying direction of the products is changed under the action of the baffle.

Further preferably, the transformation unit includes: the conveying device comprises conveying rollers which are arranged in parallel at intervals and used for applying conveying force to products, sorting parts which extend out of and retract into the conveying rollers and used for applying conveying force to the products, supporting parts used for rotatably supporting the conveying rollers, and a lifting mechanism used for controlling the lifting height of the sorting parts; wherein the direction of the conveying force applied to the product by the conveying rollers and the sorting component is different; the lifting mechanism is used for enabling the sorting components to extend out of and retract into the space between the conveying rollers.

Further preferably, the sorting means is a rotor that is automatically rotatable, and the rotor is disposed at an inclination with respect to the conveying direction of the conveying rollers; the rotating speed of the rotor at the side connected with the conveying branch section is lower than that of the rotor at the side departing from the side connected with the conveying branch section.

Further preferably, the rotor includes: the rotor support is used for fixing the rotor body and is arranged on the supporting component; the axial direction of the rotating shaft of the rotor body and the axial direction of the conveying roller form an included angle.

Further preferably, the rotor further includes: the driving roller is used for driving the rotor body to rotate, wherein annular grooves with different depths are formed in the driving roller along the axial direction of the driving roller, and the annular grooves and the corresponding winding belts of the rotor body are respectively sleeved at the two opposite ends of the driving roller; the depth of each annular groove on the drive roller gradually becomes deeper from one end to the other end in the axial direction thereof.

Further preferably, when the conveying path of the conveying unit in the conveying branch section, which is connected with the changing unit, is an arc-shaped conveying path, the number of the rotors in the changing unit arranged along the axial direction of the conveying roller is gradually reduced from the conveying unit on the side receiving the product to the side outputting the product.

The application also provides a sorting recovery device, including: the sorting device described above; the conveying line also comprises a warehousing main section which is connected with the conveying main section and used for conveying the products to a warehouse area.

Further preferably, at least one of the conveying branch sections is directly communicated with the warehousing main section.

Further preferably, the sorting device comprises: and the head end of the warehousing main section is directly communicated with a conveying branch section in the previously arranged sorting section.

Further preferably, the conveying line further includes: the warehousing sorting section is connected with the warehousing main section; the warehousing main section comprises: a number of distribution sectors; wherein the allocation section comprises: the detection unit and the conversion unit are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the warehousing main section; the transformation units of the distribution sections are used for being connected with the corresponding warehousing sorting sections; the warehousing sorting section comprises a plurality of conveying units which are connected in sequence.

Further preferably, the warehousing main section comprises a first distribution section; said first allocation section having a said detection unit and a said transformation unit; the warehousing sorting section comprises: and the first warehousing sorting section is connected with the conversion units of the first distribution section and used for conveying the products to the warehouse area for shelving.

Further preferably, the main warehousing section further comprises a second distribution section, and the first distribution section is located between the second distribution section and the sorting section; the second distribution section is provided with two transformation units which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the warehousing main section; the warehousing sorting section further comprises: a third warehousing sorting section, a fourth warehousing sorting section and a fifth warehousing sorting section which are sequentially and respectively mutually connected with the conversion units of the second distribution section; the third warehousing sorting section is used for conveying the products from the second warehousing sorting section to the manual warehousing area; the fourth warehousing sorting section is used for transmitting the products to the privacy processing area; and the fifth warehousing sorting section is used for conveying the products to the sampling area.

Further preferably, the conveying line further includes: the warehousing branch section is connected with the warehousing main section and is used for conveying the products to the warehousing main section; the warehousing branch section comprises a plurality of conveying units which are connected in sequence.

Further preferably, the warehousing branch section is at least partially located above or below the conveying branch section, and the conveying directions are opposite.

Further preferably, the number of the warehousing branch sections is the same as that of the conveying branch sections, and the warehousing branch sections and the conveying branch sections correspond to each other one by one; each warehousing branch section is arranged above the corresponding conveying branch section; the warehousing main section is partially arranged above the conveying main section.

The application provides a sort recovery system, includes: the sorting and recycling device; the transfer chain still includes: the product conveying main section is used for receiving products with packages outside, and the product processing section is connected with the product conveying main section; the product processing section is connected with the main conveying section and used for conveying the products to an unpacking station for unpacking and receiving the products by the main conveying section after the products are provided with the identification codes.

Further preferably, the main product conveying section has at least one product dispensing section; the product dispensing section further comprises: the monitoring unit and the plurality of conversion units which are connected with the corresponding conveying units are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the product conveying main section; the third reading device is in communication connection with the control device and is used for reading product information matched with the product when the product reaches the monitoring unit and sending the product information to the control device, so that the control device controls the conveying direction of the conversion unit in the product distribution section according to the product information; wherein the product information includes package information that matches the package.

Further preferably, the monitoring unit is in communication connection with the control device, is disposed between two adjacent conveying units, and is configured to detect weight information of the product when the product passes through the monitoring unit, and send the weight information to the control device, so that the control device controls a conveying direction of the converting unit in the product distribution section according to the weight information and the product information.

Further preferably, the monitoring unit includes: the first monitoring subunit is used for reading the product information through the reading device when the product passes through; and the two ends of the second monitoring subunit are respectively connected with the first monitoring subunit and the conveying unit, and the second monitoring subunit is used for detecting the weight information of the product when the product passes through and sending the weight information to the control device.

Further preferably, the number of the product processing sections is the same as that of the delivery branch sections, and the product processing sections and the delivery branch sections correspond to each other one by one; each product processing section is positioned below or below the corresponding delivery branch section.

Further preferably, the tail end of the product conveying main section is connected with an abnormal area; the control device is used for judging whether the weight of the product is larger than a preset weight according to the weight information, then controlling the conversion unit to sort the product to a corresponding product processing section by combining with a distribution algorithm, and if not, continuously transmitting the product to the abnormal area.

Further preferably, the conveying line further includes: at least two product receiving sections connected to the main product conveying section for receiving and conveying delivered products to the main product conveying section; the product conveying main section comprises: a product receiving section associated with each product receiving section, and a product conveying section for connecting adjacent two product receiving sections.

Further preferably, the main product conveying section comprises: a first main product conveying section having the product receiving section and the product conveying section, a second main product conveying section connected to the first main product conveying section; the second product conveying main section is provided with at least one product distribution section, the head end of the second product conveying main section is connected with the first product conveying main section, and the tail end of the second product conveying main section is connected with the abnormal area.

Further preferably, the product receiving section comprises: at least one first conveying unit; the product conveying section includes: at least one second conveying unit; the second product conveying main section comprises: the first conveying unit and the third conveying unit are sequentially connected; wherein the first conveying unit comprises a conveyor belt body; the second conveying unit includes: a plurality of conveying roller bodies which are arranged at intervals and in parallel; the third conveyance unit includes: a plurality of intervals set up and are arc distribution's toper conveying roller.

The application also provides a control method of the sorting device, which is used for controlling the sorting device.

The application also provides a control method of the sorting and recycling equipment, which is used for controlling the sorting and recycling equipment.

The application also provides a control method of the sorting and recycling system, which is used for controlling the sorting and recycling system.

Compared with the prior art, the automatic sorting device can automatically sort products, improve sorting efficiency and reduce sorting cost.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the present application will become more apparent upon reading of the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments thereof, made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1: the specific structure schematic diagram of the sorting device in the first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2: the conveying flow of the sorting device in the first embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 3: the structure of the sorting section in the first embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 4: a partial enlarged schematic view shown in fig. 3;

FIG. 5: the structure of the detecting unit in the first embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 6: the structure of the adjusting unit in the first embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 7: a schematic structural diagram of a first conveying unit in a first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8: the structure of the second conveying unit in the first embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 9: a schematic structural diagram of a third conveying unit in the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10: a partially enlarged schematic view shown at B in fig. 1;

FIG. 11: the internal structure of the conversion unit in the first embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 12: a block diagram of a circuit module of a sorting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13: the conveying flow of the sorting device in the second embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 14: the structure of the conveying component in the second embodiment of the invention is schematically shown;

FIG. 15: the structure of the sorting device in the second embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 16: a partial enlarged schematic view shown at C in fig. 15;

FIG. 17: the structure of the conveying component in the second embodiment of the invention is schematically shown;

FIG. 18: the section schematic diagram of the conveying component in the pushing direction of the pushing mechanism in the second embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 19: the section of the sorting unit in the conveying direction of the conveying component in the second embodiment of the invention is schematic;

FIG. 20: the conveying flow diagram of the conveying branch section in the second embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 21: a block diagram of a circuit module of a sorting device in a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 22: a schematic diagram of another structure of the transformation unit in the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 23: the structure of the sorting unit in the fourth embodiment of the invention is shown schematically;

FIG. 24: the structure schematic diagram of the pushing mechanism in the fifth embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 25: a conveying flow chart of a sorting device in a sixth embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 26: a conveying flow chart of a sorting device in a seventh embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 27 is a schematic view showing: a schematic three-dimensional structure diagram of a sorting device in a seventh embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 28: a conveying flow chart of a product conveying main section in an eighth embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 29: the detailed structure schematic diagram of the product conveying main section in the eighth embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 30: a partially enlarged schematic view shown at D in fig. 29;

FIG. 31: a schematic diagram of a specific structure of a monitoring unit in an eighth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 32: a circuit module block diagram of a product sorting main section in an eighth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 33: the recovery flow diagram of the sorting recovery device in the eighth embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 34: the stereoscopic structure diagram of the conveying line in the eighth embodiment of the invention;

description of reference numerals:

a main conveying section 1, a branch conveying section 2, a first sorting section 14, a second sorting section 15, a main delivery section 16 and a first support rod 17;

a conveying unit 11;

a first conveying unit 11a, a frame 111, a conveying roller 113, a wedge belt 115, a sensor 118, and a unit controller 119;

a second conveying unit 11b, a conveyor belt body 112, a frame member 114;

a transfer belt 1121, a main transfer roller 1122, a sub transfer roller 1123;

a third conveyance unit 11c, a tapered conveyance roller 116, and a frame 117;

a detection unit 12, a conveyor belt body 121, a conveyor belt 1211, a main conveyor roller 1212, a sub conveyor roller 1213, a second sensor 122;

the transformation unit 13, the supporting component 135, the baffle 137, the steering motor 139 and the sorting component 132;

the conveying roller 131, the rotor 132, the rotor body 1321, the rotor holder 1322, the driving roller 1323, the support member 135;

a lifting mechanism 134, a frame seat member 1342, a driving member 1343, and a lifting motor 1344;

annular grooves

136a, 136b, 136c, 136 d;

tape 137a, tape 137b, tape 137c, tape 137 d;

a first conveying branch section 21, a large workpiece quality inspection conveying section 211 and a mobile phone quality inspection conveying section 212;

the sorting unit 23, the first sensor 232, the conveying member 231, the conveying roller 2311, the wedge belt 2312;

a material pushing mechanism 233, a push rod 233a, and a connecting rod 233 b; a slide block 233c, a slide rail 233d, a connecting plate 233e, and a pushing motor 233 f;

a material pushing bracket 234, a material pushing motor 2331, a push rod 2332, a connecting rod 2333, a slide block 2334, a slide rail 2335 and a driving shaft 2336;

support frame 235, spacer region 236a, spacer region 236 b;

a detection section 214, a conveying subsection 215, a conveying subsection 216, a second conveying branch 22, a first sorting conveying branch 221, a second sorting conveying branch 222;

a limit sensor 25, a material receiving plate 26, a roller 27 and a workbench 30;

the first reading device 3, the code scanner 31, the code scanner bracket 32;

the second reading device 4, the code scanner 41, the code scanner holder 42, the detection sensor 43;

a third reading device 28; a code scanner 281, a code scanner support 282;

a warehousing main section 5, a first distribution section 51, a second distribution section 52, a warehousing sorting section 6, a first warehousing sorting section 61, a third warehousing sorting section 62, a fourth warehousing sorting section 63, a fifth warehousing sorting section 64 and a warehousing branch section 7;

a product conveying main section 8, a product receiving section 9 and a product processing section 10;

a first main product conveying section 81, a product receiving section 811, a product conveying section 812, a second main product conveying section 82;

a monitoring unit 82 a;

a first monitoring subunit 821, a second monitoring subunit 822;

a conveyor belt body 8211, a conveyor belt 82111, a main conveying roller 82112, a slave conveying roller 82113, a monitoring sensor 8210, a frame 8215;

a conveying body 8221, a support frame 8222 and a weight sensor 8220.

Detailed Description

The conception, the specific structure and the technical effects of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings to fully understand the objects, the features and the effects of the present invention.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 12, a first embodiment of the present invention provides a sorting apparatus for conveying and sorting recycled waste articles, such as recycled waste electronic products, for example, mobile phones, computers, etc., the sorting apparatus mainly comprises a conveying line, a first reading apparatus 3, a control apparatus 101, etc.

The conveying line in this embodiment can be divided into a main conveying section 1, a branch conveying section 2 connected with the main conveying section 1, and the like. Wherein, carry main section 1 and carry branch section 2 and all include a plurality of conveying unit 11 that meet in proper order. Here, the connection in the present embodiment may be understood as being connected to each other, or may be understood as being provided in contact with each other at a certain interval.

As shown in fig. 2, the conveying line may be divided into a plurality of conveying units 11 that independently convey the products, and the conveying units 11 are mainly composed of a conveying body for contacting the products and applying a conveying force, a frame 111 for supporting the conveying body, and the like. The conveying body may be composed of any one or a combination of a conveying belt body 112, a plurality of conveying roller bodies 113 arranged in parallel at intervals, or a plurality of conical conveying rollers 116 arranged at intervals and distributed in an arc shape.

As shown in fig. 2, the main conveying section 1 has at least one sorting section, and the sorting section is provided with a detecting unit 12 and a converting unit 13 which are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the main conveying section 1 and are connected to the corresponding conveying units 11. The transformation unit 13 is also connected to the corresponding conveying branch section for selecting the conveying direction of the product. Here, it should be noted that the plurality of the conversion units 13 in the sorting section in the present embodiment are preferably provided, and may be arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the conveying main section 1. So that the products conveyed on the main conveying section 1 are conveyed to the corresponding branch conveying sections 2 as required by the respective conversion units 13.

And, as shown in fig. 5, the first reading device 3 is used for reading product information matched with the product when the product reaches the detection unit, for example, reading an identification code on the product, so as to obtain the product information.

And the control device 101 is in communication connection with each conveying unit 11, the detection unit 12, the conversion unit 13 and the first reading device 3 in the conveying line and is used for controlling the conveying direction of the conversion unit 13 according to the received product information.

The above results show that: because the sorting device adopts the conveying line which can be divided into the plurality of conveying units 11, and the sorting section of the conveying main section 1 of the conveying line is provided with the detecting unit 12 and the converting unit 13 which are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction, when a product is conveyed by the conveying line and passes through the detecting unit 12, the product information matched with the product can be read by the first reading device 3 and is sent to the control device, so that the control device can control the conveying direction of the converting unit according to the product information, for example, the product is sorted to the corresponding conveying branch section 2 or is conveyed continuously, so that the conveying path of the product in the sorting section is controlled, the product can reach the required destination without manual sorting, the intelligent sorting of the product is realized, the sorting efficiency is improved, and the sorting cost is reduced.

In addition, because the conveying line adopts a plurality of conveying units 11 which can independently convey products, the conveying path of the conveying line can be obtained by combining the plurality of conveying units 11 according to actual requirements, the structure is simplified, the installation and the layout of the sorting device are simplified, and the sorting cost of the products is further reduced.

In detail, as shown in fig. 1 to 9, the conveying paths of the conveying units 11 in this embodiment may be designed as straight conveying paths, or arc conveying paths, or a combination of straight conveying paths and arc conveying paths according to actual needs, so as to facilitate the arrangement of the conveying units 11 in space, and facilitate the conveying of the products from the conveying lines to the corresponding destinations.

The conveying unit 11 in this embodiment may be divided into different conveying units according to different conveying paths, and when the conveying path of the conveying unit is a linear conveying path, the conveying unit is a linear conveying unit, wherein the linear conveying unit may be divided into two types.

As shown in fig. 7 to 9, when the linear conveying unit is the first conveying unit 11a, it is mainly composed of a conveying roller body 113 for contacting with the product and applying a conveying force, a frame 111 for rotatably supporting the conveying roller body 113, and the like. Among them, the conveying roller body 113 is preferably a plurality of rollers provided at intervals in the conveying direction of the first conveying unit 11 a. Each of the conveying roller bodies 113 is provided in parallel between the two frames 111, and the conveying roller bodies 113 are upright cylindrical rollers. As shown in fig. 7, the conveying unit 11a in the present embodiment takes only eight

rollers

113a, 113b, 113c, 113d, 113e, 113f, 113g as an example of the conveying roller body 113, and explains conveying a product in a direction as shown by a in fig. 7 as an example.

As shown in fig. 8, when the linear transport unit is the second transport unit 11b, it is mainly composed of a conveyor belt body 112 for applying a transport force to a product, a frame member 114 for rotatably supporting the conveyor belt body 112, and the like.

As shown in fig. 9, when the conveying path of the conveying unit 11 is an arc conveying path, which is an arc conveying unit, that is, a third conveying unit 11c, the third conveying unit 11c is mainly composed of a plurality of tapered conveying rollers 116 arranged at intervals and used for applying a conveying force to a product, a frame 117 for rotatably supporting the tapered conveying rollers 116, and the like, wherein each tapered conveying roller 116 is distributed between two frames 117 in an arc shape. The frame 117 is an arc frame. Among them, as a further preference, the taper conveying rollers in the third conveying unit 11c may be laid out in an equiangular arrangement.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the frame 111, the frame member 114, and the frame 117 may be independently provided frame structures, or may be integrally formed frame structures, for example, a frame plate with a linear section and an arc section is designed along the conveying path, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, this embodiment is preferably an integrally formed frame as an example for description, and details are not described herein.

In addition, in most of the conveying bodies in the conveying unit 11 in the present embodiment, it is preferable that a plurality of conveying roller bodies 113 are provided at intervals in the conveying direction of the conveying unit 11, and each of the conveying roller bodies 113 is disposed in parallel between the two frames 111. So that the products are independently conveyed by the independent conveying bodies formed by the plurality of conveying roller bodies 113, the conveying intervals of the conveying units 11 can be controlled according to the number and the interval distance of the conveying roller bodies 113 while the conveying units 11 stably convey the products.

In addition, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, the conveying unit 11 in the present embodiment further includes: the unit controller 119 is in communication connection with the control device 101 and is used for independently controlling the conveying of the conveying bodies, and the sensor 118 is in communication connection with the unit controller 119, so that the independent conveying of the conveying units 11 is controlled, namely when one conveying unit 11 stops conveying the products, the conveying of the products conveyed in advance or in the later is not influenced by other conveying units 11, and the sorting and conveying efficiency is improved. In addition, the unit controller 119 is further configured to detect whether a product passes through the conveying unit 11 according to the sensor 118, generate corresponding position information, and send the position information to the control device 101, so that the control device 101 determines a conveying path of the product according to the position information, thereby facilitating the control device 101 to determine and control the conveying path of the product. In addition, when the sensor 118 does not detect that the product is transported on the transporting unit 11, the unit controller 119 may control the transporting roller 113 to stop transporting according to the number of times of signals transmitted or the number of times of signals not transmitted by the sensor 118 within a set time, so as to avoid useless transporting of the transporting unit 11 and save energy.

As shown in fig. 7, preferably, the sensors 118 in the present embodiment are all disposed at the end of the conveying unit 11 in the conveying direction, so that the sensors 118 can sense any position on the conveying unit 11 after the product is thrown.

When the sensor 118 of any one of the conveying units 11 continuously senses a product within a set interval, for example, when the conveying unit 11 receives another product thrown in while conveying a product, the control device 101 controls the conveying unit 11 adjacent to the conveying unit 11 and conveying the product later to stop conveying until the sensor 118 does not sense the product within the set interval, that is, when the control device 101 determines that the conveying unit 11 does not convey the product, the control device 101 controls the conveying unit 11 adjacent to the product and conveying the product later to continue conveying the product, so as to avoid the phenomenon of blockage or missing detection.

Similarly, when any one of the conveying units 11 stops operating due to a failure, the control device 101 controls the conveying unit 11 adjacent to the conveying unit 11 and conveying the product later to stop operating, until the conveying unit 11 is operated again and the sensor 118 does not sense the product within the set interval, and controls the conveying unit 11 adjacent to the conveying unit 11 and conveying the product later to operate again.

Moreover, when any one of the conveying units 11 stops operating without detecting a product within a set time, if the sensor 118 adjacent to the conveying unit 11 and on the conveying unit 11 that conveys the product later senses the product, the conveying unit 11 operates again to avoid blockage, thereby ensuring smooth conveying and sorting of the product.

As shown in fig. 7, the sensor 118 in the present embodiment is preferably a correlation type photoelectric sensor, and both the emitting end and the receiving end thereof are disposed on one side of the frame 111. Obviously, the sensor in this embodiment may also be other types of sensors, such as infrared sensor, laser sensor, microwave sensor, and other existing sensors that can detect products.

Further preferably, the product in this embodiment is preferably: the product comprises an article externally provided with an identification code and a tray loaded with the article and matched with the shape of the article. Obviously, the product in this embodiment may also be an article whose outer surface is provided with an identification code or an article which is not provided with an identification code, and the product information matched with the product may be read by a corresponding reading device. Therefore, the present embodiment does not specifically limit and describe whether the product is a tray with an article or an article.

In addition, as shown in fig. 5, the detecting unit 12 in the present embodiment may be constituted by a conveyor belt body 121 for contacting the product and applying a conveying force, a frame 125 for supporting the conveyor belt body 121, a second sensor 122 communicatively connected to the control device, and the like. When the product is sensed by the second sensor 122 on the conveyor belt 121, the second sensor 122 sends a detection signal to the control device, so that the control device controls the first reading device 3 to read the product information. Further, it should be noted that the detection unit 12 in the present embodiment may preferably be constituted by the conveyance unit 11.

By last knowing, accessible conveyer belt body 121 is to the conveying of product, under the condition of avoiding the product to produce and rocking, real-time accurate reading with product assorted product information, for example through reading the identification code that the product is pasted etc. and acquire assorted product information, play the economize on electricity, resources are saved promotes the effect of reading device life-span. It should be noted that the second sensor 122 is disposed at a height lower than the height of the product, so as to sense the product. The second sensor 122 is preferably a photoelectric sensor, so as to quickly trigger the first reading device 3 when sensing the product, thereby facilitating the first reading device 3 to read the product information corresponding to the product in the product running state, i.e. in a dynamic state. Meanwhile, the first reading device 3 is ensured to accurately read the product information matched with the product in the detection unit.

As shown in fig. 5, the conveyor belt body 121 may be composed of a conveyor belt 1211, a main conveyor roller 1212 for driving the conveyor belt 1211 to rotate, a sub-conveyor roller 1213 engaged with the main conveyor roller 1212, a conveyor motor for driving the main conveyor roller 1212 to rotate and communicatively connected to the control device, and the like.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the changing unit 13 may be configured by a plurality of conveying rollers 131 which are arranged in parallel at intervals and are used for applying a conveying force to the products, a sorting member which is extended and retracted relative to the conveying rollers 131 and is used for applying a conveying force to the products, a supporting member 135 for rotatably supporting the conveying rollers 131, an elevating mechanism for controlling an elevating height of the sorting member, and the like. Wherein the directions of the conveying force applied to the products by the conveying rollers 131 and the sorting members are different; the elevating mechanism is used to extend and retract the sorting components from between the conveying rollers 131.

When the lifting height of the sorting member is changed by the lifting mechanism, such as the sorting member is protruded from between the conveying rollers 131 under the control of the lifting mechanism, since the direction of the applied conveying force of the sorting member is not identical to the conveying direction of the conveying rollers 131, the conveying direction of the product is changed to move the product along the direction of the applied conveying force of the sorting member. When the sorting member is withdrawn from between the conveying rollers 131 under the control of the elevating mechanism, the products can pass through the changing unit without changing the transfer direction under the conveyance of the conveying rollers 131, thereby achieving the automatic sorting of the products.

In detail, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the sorting means in the present embodiment is preferably an automatically rotatable rotor 132, and the rotor 132 is disposed in a state of being inclined with respect to the conveying direction of the conveying rollers 131, for example, in an angle of 45 degrees. Wherein, the rotating speed of the rotor at the side connected with the conveying branch section 2 is slower than that of the rotor at the side connected with the conveying branch section 2.

The rotor 132 may be self-powered, or the rotor 132 may be driven to rotate by a corresponding driving roller, a pulley provided on the driving roller, and a tape wound between the pulley and the rotor 132.

As shown in fig. 11, the rotor 132 in the present embodiment is mainly composed of a rotor body 1321, a rotor holder 1322 provided on the support member 135 for fixing the rotor body 1321, and the like. Wherein, the axial direction of the rotating shaft of the rotor body 1321 forms an included angle with the axial direction of the conveying roller 131.

In the present embodiment, the rotor body 1321 of each rotor 132 is disposed above the conveying roller 131 through the rotor support 1322, and the driving roller 1323 is disposed below the conveying roller 131 through the support member 135; the rotor support 1322 is provided on the support member 135. And the driving roller 1323 is provided with annular grooves 136 of different depths along the axial direction thereof, such as the annular groove 136a, the annular groove 136b, the annular groove 136c, and the annular groove 136d shown in fig. 12, which are respectively sleeved with a tape 137a, a tape 137b, a tape 137c, and a tape 137d, and each tape 137 is sleeved on the corresponding rotor body 1321, so that each tape 137 is driven by the same driving roller 1323, and the driving speeds of the tapes 137a to 137d are different in unit time due to different depths of the annular grooves, thereby the rotating speeds of the driven rotors 132 are different. In the present embodiment, the depth of each annular groove on the driving roller 1323 gradually becomes deeper from one end to the other end along the axial direction, wherein the depth of the annular groove 136a is deepest, and the depth of the annular groove 136d is shallowest, so the speed of the tape 137a sleeved on the annular groove 136a is slower, and the speed of the tape 137d on the annular groove 136d is faster, so that the corresponding driven rotor has a speed difference in the axial direction of the driving roller 1323. Therefore, as shown in fig. 2, when the product passes over the conveying roller 131, the rotor body 1321 on the side of the conversion unit 13 adjacent to the conveying branch 2 rotates at a slower speed than the rotor body 1321 on the side away from the conveying branch 2, so that the product is driven by each rotor body 132 to move toward the conveying branch 2, and sorting is completed.

In addition, in this embodiment, pulleys (not shown) with different diameters are sleeved on the driving roller 1323 along the axial direction thereof, and the diameters of the pulleys are gradually decreased from one end of the driving roller 1323 to the other end thereof, so that the rotating speed of the rotor 132 on the side adjacent to the conveying branch 2 is slower than that of the rotor 132 on the side far from the conveying branch 2, which is not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 11, the lifting mechanism 134 of the present embodiment further includes: a frame member 1342, a lifting motor 1344 disposed on the frame member 1342, and a driving member 1343 rotatably connected to the lifting motor 1344, wherein the driving member 1343 is connected to the supporting member 135. When the elevating motor 1344 is operated, the driving part 1343 may drive the supporting part 135 to ascend or descend such that the rotor 132 may be extended or submerged between the conveying rollers 131 and be disposed to be inclined with respect to the horizontal direction. In a preferred embodiment, the lifting motor in the present embodiment is preferably a roller with a built-in motor, and the driving member 1343 is preferably a cam. Obviously, the lifting mechanism in this embodiment may also adopt other existing structures such as a gear structure, a connecting rod structure, and a worm drive structure to achieve the lifting of the rotor 132. In this embodiment, the supporting member 135 and the frame seat member 1342 may both preferably adopt a frame structure, and the supporting member 135 may be a frame provided independently or may be an integral structure with the frame 111 of another conveying unit in the conveying main section 1.

In addition, the first reading device 3 in the present embodiment may be constituted by: k code scanners 31 for recognizing the identification codes of the products and reading the product information, K code scanning brackets 32 for fixing the corresponding code scanners 31, and the like. Wherein, K is a positive integer, and when N and K are both greater than 1, each letter sorting district section all is equipped with a detecting element, and the top of each detecting element all sets up a scanning sign indicating number ware 31 through a scanning sign indicating number support 32. The code scanning support 32 may be disposed on the frame 111, or may be disposed independently, so that the code scanner 31 is suspended above the detection unit 12.

In addition, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the conveying unit that is adjacent to the detecting unit 12 and is previously provided in the sorting section is an adjusting unit 11d for adjusting the conveying direction of the product so that the product is located in the reading area of the first reading device when it reaches the detecting unit.

The adjusting unit 11d includes: the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying roller bodies 113 which are arranged in parallel at intervals and used for applying conveying force to products, and a limiting frame 111 used for fixing the conveying roller bodies 113; wherein, the axial direction of each conveying roller body 113 and the length direction of the limit frame 111 form an included angle; further, the adjusting unit 11d further includes: the first guide roller 11d1 connected to one side of the check frame 111 in contact with the sensing unit 12, while the first guide roller 11d1 maintains a set interval with the other side of the check frame 111. The conveying direction of the products is gradually changed by the conveying roller 113, and then the products are greatly turned by the contact of the limiting frame 111, so that the products with larger amplitude can directly hit the side of the limiting frame 111 connected with the first guiding roller 11d1, such as a 'Z' -shaped conveying track.

Further preferably, the adjusting unit 11d further includes: a second guide roller 11d2 connected to the other side of the limiting frame 111 while the second guide roller 11d2 maintains a set interval with the other side of the limiting frame 111; the product is guided by the second guiding roller 11d2, enters the adjusting unit 11d above each conveying roller 113, and enters the detecting unit 12 after contacting and guiding with the first guiding roller 11d1 through the limit fit of the limit frame 111. To cooperate with the guiding of the first guide roller body 11d1 by the second guide roller body 11d2, so that the product, after coming into contact, moves as far as possible towards the side of the check frame 111 to which the second guide roller body 11d2 is connected.

Further preferably, the included angle is 30-60 degrees. Preferably, the included angle in this embodiment is preferably 45 degrees.

Further preferably, the interval section is equal to or longer than half the length of the conveying roller body 113.

It is further preferable that the compartment is provided with a pad 11d3, and the height of the pad 11d3 is lower than the height of the first guide roller 11d1, so as to prevent the product which is not successfully guided or does not need to be guided from sinking into the compartment and being stuck when passing over the compartment. In this embodiment, the shape of the spacing section is preferably triangular, and the width of the spacing section gradually decreases from the side connected with the limiting frame toward the first guiding roller 11d1 or the second guiding roller 11d2, so as to avoid the product sinking phenomenon to the maximum extent.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, the main conveying section 1 may have a first sorting section 14 formed by one sorting section and a second sorting section 15 formed by another sorting section. Wherein the first sorting section 14 and the second sorting section 15 each comprise: and a plurality of conversion units 13, and the conversion units 13 are arranged in a row along the conveying direction of the conveying main section 1. The second sorting section 15 and the first sorting section 14 are arranged in series in the conveying direction of the conveying main section 1. Therefore, the unsorted products in the second sorting area 15 can be directly transferred to the first sorting area 14 after passing through the second sorting section 15, and the products sorted in the first sorting area 14 can be moved to the conveying branch 2 connected with the first sorting area 14 for corresponding processing, and so on, thereby satisfying different sorting requirements and improving sorting efficiency. It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, only two sorting sections are taken as an example for description, and the number of the sorting sections included in the main conveying section is not limited and described in detail.

In addition, as a preferable mode, the control device 101 in this embodiment may be one or more PCL (Programmable Logic Controller) controllers communicatively connected to the conveying units, the detecting units, the monitoring units, the sorting units, the converting units, and the reading devices, and a control host communicatively connected to the PCL controllers, for example, an industrial personal computer.

In addition, in order to illustrate the working process of the sorting device of the embodiment, the control method comprises the following steps:

step S1, conveying the products to the detecting unit of the first sorting section 14 of the conveying main section through the conveying line;

step S2, the first reading device 3 reads the product information matched with the product and sends the product information to the control device;

step S3, the control device 101 determines whether the product needs to be sorted in the first sorting section 14 according to the received product information;

step S4, if yes, sorting the products from the first sorting section 14 to a conveying branch section matched with the product information according to the product information;

step S5, if not, continuing to convey the product through the main conveying section;

further, preferably, step S4 further includes the steps of:

step S41, conveying the product through the conveying main section and acquiring the position information of the product;

step S42, the control device judges whether the product reaches the conveying unit 11 connected with the conversion unit 13 matched with the conveying path according to the received position information;

step S43, if yes, sorting the products to matched conveying branches through the transformation unit 13;

and step S44, if not, continuing to convey the product through the main conveying section.

In addition, it is preferable that, before step S1, the method further includes:

step S21: a detection unit 12 for conveying the products by conveying to the second sorting section 14 of the conveying branch;

step S22: reading the product information matched with the product through a first reading device 3;

step S23, the control device 101 determines whether the product needs to be sorted in the second sorting section 15 according to the received product information;

if so, the products are sorted from the second sorting section 15 to the conveying branch section matching the product information according to the product information, step S24.

And step S25, if not, continuing to convey the product through the main conveying section.

Example two

The second embodiment further provides a sorting device, as shown in fig. 13 to 21, and is a further improvement of the first embodiment, in that in the second embodiment, the conveying branch section 2 includes: a first conveying branch 21 which is engaged with the first sorting section 14. The first conveying branch 21 has a plurality of sorting units 23, and the sorting units 23 are arranged in a row along the conveying direction of the first conveying branch 21.

Wherein the sorting unit 23 includes: a conveying component 231 for supporting and conveying the products, and a pushing mechanism 233 arranged on the frame 125 and connected with the control device in a communication way. The conveying component 231 is connected to two adjacent conveying units 11, and the pushing mechanism 233 is used for pushing the product on the conveying component 231 out of the first conveying branch 21 to the corresponding detection station.

The above results show that: the products conveyed on the conveying main section 1 are conveyed to the corresponding first conveying branch sections 21 in the first sorting area 14 through the conversion units 13 in the first sorting section 14 as required, the products are conveyed to the conveying parts 231 of the sorting units 23 through the first conveying branch sections 21, and meanwhile, the products are accurately and stably pushed out of the sorting units 23 through the material pushing mechanisms 233 and are pushed to the corresponding detection stations, such as the workbench 30, so that the corresponding quality inspection processing is carried out. Meanwhile, products on the non-sorting unit 23 on the first conveying branch section 21 can be pushed to the corresponding detection stations on the sorting unit 23, and then continue to be conveyed along the conveying direction of the first conveying branch section 21 under the conveying of the conveying unit 11, so that the ordered operation of sorting the products can be ensured, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 14 and 17, the sorting unit 23 in the present embodiment mainly includes a conveying member 231 for holding and conveying the product, a material pushing mechanism 233 for pushing out the product on the conveying member 231 to a corresponding detection station, a sensor 232 disposed below the conveying member 231 for sensing the product, and the like. When the product moves onto the conveying component 231 in the direction shown as a in fig. 14, the sensor 232 senses that the product is conveyed, and the control device 101 is configured to stop conveying the conveying component 231 and push the product to the detection station through the material pushing mechanism 233 after the sensor 232 senses that the product is conveyed.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 17, when a product moves onto the conveying component 231 of the sorting unit 23 on the conveying line, the product is sensed by the sensor 232, so that the sensor 232 sends a detection signal to the control device 101, and the control device 101 sends a stop signal to the conveying component 231 after receiving the detection signal, so as to stop driving the conveying component 231, and simultaneously, the control device 101 sends a pushing signal to the pushing mechanism 233, so that the pushing mechanism 233 is started to accurately and smoothly push out the product on the conveying component 231 to a corresponding detection station, and the whole process does not need manual intervention, thereby facilitating the sorting and taking of the product by a worker, facilitating the quality inspection and other treatments of the product by the worker, and improving the sorting efficiency.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 16 and 17, the conveying member 231 in the present embodiment is mainly composed of a plurality of conveying rollers 2311 provided at intervals and for applying a conveying force to a contacted product, a support frame 235 for rotatably supporting the conveying rollers 2311, and the like. Here, the respective conveying rollers 2311 are arranged in parallel between the two oppositely disposed support frames 235. At least one of the conveying rollers 2311 in the conveying member 231 is a driving roller capable of providing power, such as a driving roller with an internal motor or a conveying roller driven by an external driving device. Further, the other transport rollers 2311 are driven rollers connected to the drive roller through a wedge belt 2312, so that when the drive roller rotates, the other driven rollers follow the rotation to ensure the rotational synchronization between the transport rollers 2311, and at the same time, the number of drive rollers is reduced to save costs. In addition, the frame 111 of the conveying unit 11 and the supporting frame 235 of the sorting device in this example may be the same frame, or may be separately and independently provided frames, which are not described herein again.

In addition, in the embodiment, the conveying component 231 may be conveyed by using the conveying roller 2311 as a component, and may also be conveyed by using a structure such as the conveyor belt body, and the specific limitation and the detailed description are not repeated herein. In addition, in this embodiment, the conveying roller 2311 and the conveying roller body 113 may adopt the same component or different components, which is not described in detail.

As shown in fig. 16 and fig. 20, the conveying member 231 is exemplified by only seven conveying rollers 2311 and six wedge belts 2312 which are equidistantly arranged in the present embodiment, and the number of the conveying rollers 2311 and the wedge belts 2312 which can be included in the conveying member 231 is not specifically limited and described. Further, it is preferable that the adjacent two conveying rollers 2311 are connected to each other by a wedge belt 2312. Obviously, the conveying roller in this embodiment is not limited to the wedge belt 2312, but may be other types of driving belts, which are not described in detail herein.

From the above, it can be seen that: the plurality of parallel conveying rollers 2311 are adopted as the conveying component 231, which is not only beneficial to accurately controlling the retention of the products on the conveying component 231, but also convenient for the material pushing mechanism 233 to push the products out of the conveying component 231 in time.

As shown in fig. 17, the sensor 232 in the present embodiment is located below the spacing area 236 between the adjacent two conveying rollers 2311. The product is sensed by the sensor 232, so that the conveying component 231 stops conveying the product, and meanwhile, the phenomenon that the product is easy to swing and cannot accurately reach a detection station or be pushed out when the product is pushed by the material pushing mechanism 233 in a moving state is avoided. In addition, by placing sensor 232 below compartment area 236, it is possible to effectively sense a product while avoiding interference with the movement of push rod 2332.

As shown in fig. 17 and 18, the pushing mechanism 233 in this embodiment is mainly composed of a pushing motor 233f connected to the control device in a communication manner, a push rod 233a disposed above the conveying member 231 and used for pushing the product, a link assembly having one end connected to the push rod 233a and the other end connected to the pushing motor 233f through the partition area 236, and a sliding assembly connected to the link assembly and the pushing motor 233 f. The push rod 233a is driven by the pusher motor 233f to reciprocate along the axial direction of the feed roller 2311. Through the arrangement structure, the push rod 233a can reciprocate above the conveying component 231, and other products can still be conveyed to the conveying component 231 after the products are pushed to the corresponding detection stations, so that when the push rod 233a is reset, the products conveyed to the conveying component 231 in the following process can be pushed to the detection station on the other side, but the conveying of the following products is not influenced, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

In detail, as shown in fig. 17 and 18, the sliding assembly in this embodiment may be composed of a slide rail 233d connected to the support frame 235 and located below the conveying member 231, a slider 233c slidably disposed on the slide rail 233d and connected to the link assembly, a transmission assembly connecting the slider 233c and the pusher motor 233f and driving the slider 233c to reciprocate in the spacing region 236, and the like.

When the product is sensed by the sensor 232 on the conveying member 231, the control device 101 can stop conveying the conveying member 231, and then the slider 233c can smoothly slide along the axial direction of the slide rail 233d by the driving of the material pushing motor 233f and the matching of the transmission assembly, so that the link assembly connected with the slider 233c can reciprocate in the spacing region 236 until the push rod 233a accurately pushes the product on the conveying member 231 to the detection station. In addition, it should be noted that the sliding component in this embodiment is not limited to the above structure, and may also be other types of sliding structures to achieve the same purpose, and is not described in detail herein.

Preferably, in order to save power and reduce the resistance of the push rod 233a during moving, the transmission assembly may be composed of a screw rod disposed along the axial direction of the slide rail 233d and connected to the output shaft of the pushing motor 233f through a gear assembly, a sliding sleeve sleeved on the screw rod and connected to the slider 233c, and the like. Wherein, the output shaft of the pushing motor 233f is perpendicular to the slide rail 233 d. Obviously, the transmission assembly in this embodiment may also adopt a belt transmission assembly instead of the gear assembly, so as to indirectly drive the sliding block 233c to move along the axial direction of the sliding rail 233d through belt transmission. In addition, because the output shaft of the pushing motor 233f is perpendicular to the slide rail 233d, the output shaft can be prevented from being exposed from the lower side of the conveying component 231, so that the space is saved, and the operation of workers is facilitated.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 17 and 18, in order to facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the link assembly, the link assembly in the present embodiment may be constituted by a connecting plate 233e connected to the slider 233c, a connecting rod 233b connected at one end to the push rod 233a and at the other end to the connecting plate 233e through the partition area 236, and the like. Of these, the two connecting rods 233b in the present embodiment are preferably inserted into the two adjacent spacing regions 236. Also, each of the spacing regions 236 in this embodiment may be the same width or different widths, for example, the width of the spacing region 236a for passing through the connecting bar 233b is greater than the width of the other spacing regions 236 b. Of course, the conveying roller 2311 in this embodiment may also be designed to be disposed at equal intervals according to design requirements, that is, the widths of the spaced areas are the same, and will not be described again. As shown in fig. 5, the number of the conveying rollers 2311 spaced between two adjacent spaced areas 236 may be one or two or more, and the present embodiment will be described by taking only one conveying roller 2311 as an example.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 17 and 18, the sliding directions of the slider 233c and the push rod 233a and the conveying direction of the conveying member 231 are perpendicular to each other; the push rods 233a are parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying member 231 and can reciprocate along opposite sides of the conveying member 231. So that the push rod 233a can better push the product to the inspection station during the reciprocating motion in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying member 231.

Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that the axial length of the conveying member 231 in this embodiment matches the size of the received product, for example, is the same as the size of the product or slightly larger than the size of the product, as shown in fig. 16. Here, in the present embodiment, the product may refer to an article such as a mobile phone or a tablet pc placed on the conveying member 231, or may be a tray on which an article such as a mobile phone or a tablet pc is placed, that is, the size of the tray matches the size of the conveying member. In addition, in the present embodiment, the length of the push rod 233a may also be preferably greater than the distribution distance of the conveying rollers 2311 in the conveying component 231, so as to ensure that the product can be pushed onto the material receiving plate 26 by the push rod 233a on the conveying component 231 to the maximum extent.

In addition, it should be noted that the sensor 232 in the present embodiment is preferably a photoelectric sensor, such as a diffuse reflection type photoelectric sensor. Obviously, the sensor 232 in this embodiment may also be other types of sensors, such as infrared sensor, laser sensor, microwave sensor, etc. other existing sensors capable of detecting products. Also, the number of the sensors 232 in the present embodiment may preferably be two to expand the sensing range.

Further preferably, the width of the conveying means of at least two first conveying branches 21 is different, respectively for matching the size of the received products. The sorting device can be used for sorting various products according to the sorting requirements of products with different types and sizes. In addition, the width and the volume of the first conveying branch section 21 of the component can be saved in this way, so that the production and manufacturing cost is reduced. In addition, there are a plurality of conveying branches 21, such as the mobile phone conveying line 211 shown in the figure and the large piece conveying line 212 used for sorting large pieces of products such as tablet computers, and the width of the large piece conveying line 212 shown in fig. 9 is larger than that of the mobile phone conveying line 211, so as to meet the sorting requirements of products with different sizes, reduce the width of the conveying line, simplify the structure, and save the cost. It should be noted that, in the embodiment, only three mobile phone conveying lines 211 and one large product conveying line 212 are taken as an example for description.

In addition, as shown in fig. 16, the sorting apparatus further includes: a receiving plate 26 disposed at one side of the conveying member 231 and used for guiding the product to the detection station; the receiving plate 26 is provided with a plurality of spinning rollers 27 for contacting the product. After the pushing mechanism 233 pushes the product to the receiving plate 26, the friction force on the product can be reduced by the contact between the roller 27 and the bottom of the product, so that the product can move to a detection station under the action of inertia, for example, a workbench (not shown in the figure) does not need to be taken and placed manually, the product can be further conveniently sorted by workers, and the device is particularly suitable for sorting small-size products such as mobile phones. In addition, the receiving plate 26 can also play a role in transition connection between the detection station and the conveying part 231.

Further preferably, the two receiving plates 26 in the present embodiment are provided on opposite sides of the conveying member 231. To swing back and forth through the push rod with product letter sorting to the detection station that corresponds, in order to improve letter sorting efficiency.

Further, as shown in fig. 16, in the present embodiment, the rollers 27 are distributed on the material receiving plate 26 in an array manner, and the rollers 27 in each embodiment are disposed at equal intervals. The rollers 27 in two adjacent rows are arranged in a staggered manner in the same axial direction. Through arranging the rollers 27 in a dense and tidy manner, the bottom of the product can be uniformly contacted with the rollers 27, and the phenomenon that the product is blocked due to falling caused by overlarge space between two adjacent rollers 27 is not easy to occur.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 16, the sorting apparatus in this embodiment further includes: the limiting sensors 25 are arranged on two opposite sides of the material receiving plate 26 and are in communication connection with the control device 101, and are used for enabling the material pushing mechanism 233 to stop pushing when a product is positioned on the material receiving plate 26, so that the phenomenon that the product overstock occurs on a certain detection station due to the fact that the product is continuously pushed by the material pushing mechanism 233 is avoided, workers cannot timely handle the product, and the product cannot sequentially pass through all sorting units for detection is avoided. In addition, the phenomena that the product falls off and the like caused by the product overturn of the material pushing mechanism 233 can be avoided.

In addition, it should be noted that the limit sensor 25 in the present embodiment is preferably a photoelectric sensor, for example, a correlation type photoelectric sensor, and the transmitting end and the receiving section thereof are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the material receiving plate 26. Obviously, the limit sensor 25 in this embodiment may also be other types of sensors, such as an infrared sensor, a laser sensor, a microwave sensor, and other existing sensors that can detect products.

In addition, as shown in fig. 13, the first conveying branch 21 of the present embodiment further includes: at least two of the transport subsections, the detection section 214 disposed between two adjacent transport subsections, and the like, can be referred to as a first transport subsection 215 and a second transport subsection 216 as shown in fig. 14.

Each of the conveying sub-sections includes at least one sorting unit 23, and fig. 21 illustrates only one or two sorting units 23 shown in the conveying sub-section. It should be noted that the connection in the present embodiment may be understood as being connected to each other, and may be understood as being arranged in a manner of being connected to each other at a certain interval.

The sorting device further comprises: the second reading device 4 is configured to, when a product reaches the detection section 214, read product information matched with the product and send the product information to the control device 101, so that the control device controls the detection section 214 to convey the product according to the product information.

When the products are sequentially moved from the conveying unit 11 of the conveying line to each sorting unit 23 along the direction shown in a in fig. 14, the products can be sorted by the corresponding sorting unit 23 to the corresponding detection station, for example, sorted to the corresponding workbench (not shown in the figure) along the direction perpendicular to the direction shown in a, so that the corresponding detection operation, such as performance detection of the products, such as mobile phones, can be completed by the staff. Moreover, the detected products on the corresponding detection stations can be delivered to the conveying line again, and are conveyed to another sorting unit 23 through a subsequent conveying unit 11, and then are sorted to another detection station through the sorting unit 23, and corresponding detection operations are completed, that is, each detection station in the embodiment corresponds to one detection process, and when each detection process is completed or detected, product information matched with the products is updated through related equipment, and then the corresponding products can be delivered to the conveying unit 11 again, and are conveyed to the next sorting unit 23 through the conveying unit 11, so that the products are sorted to the next detection process, and by analogy, the detection processes of more than two different steps can be completed through the conveying line in the embodiment.

The above results show that: because the first conveying branch section 21 can be divided into at least two conveying sub-sections, such as a first conveying sub-section 215 and a second conveying sub-section 216 shown in fig. 21, each conveying sub-section at least has one sorting unit 23, and meanwhile, a detection section 214 is arranged between adjacent conveying sub-sections, when the products are conveyed by the first conveying sub-section, such as the first conveying sub-section 215 shown in fig. 1, and sequentially pass through each sorting unit 23, the products can be pushed to a corresponding detection station by a corresponding material pushing mechanism 233 for further processing, and when the products are continuously conveyed to the detection section 214 again on the first conveying sub-section 215, the product information matched with the products can be read by the second reading device 4, and then the control device 101 controls the detection section 214 to convey the products according to the product information.

For example: and judging whether the product needs to enter the next conveying subsection according to the product information, if so, continuing to convey, and otherwise, stopping conveying. Still alternatively, the present embodiment may further determine whether the product has completed a corresponding processing procedure, such as a quality inspection procedure, according to the product information, if so, the detection section 214 may be controlled to stop transmitting the product, otherwise, the product does not need to be transmitted to the next transmission subsection. Therefore, the control device 101 can monitor the detection state of the product in real time according to the product information, for example, monitor whether to enter the next conveying subsection to perform the corresponding detection process, if so, continue conveying, otherwise, control the detection section 214 to stop conveying the product, so as to avoid the phenomenon of missing detection or unnecessary detection in the sorting process, and improve the sorting efficiency.

Specifically, as a preferred mode, the control device 101 in this embodiment is configured to control the conveying of the products by the detection section according to the received product information, that is, determine that the products complete the detection processes corresponding to the sorting units 23 in the first conveying subsection 215 according to the product information, and stop conveying the products after the products do not need to enter the second conveying subsection 216 for sorting, that is, after a preset detection process, so that an operator can take the products that complete the corresponding detection processes off the conveying line for performing the next operation, otherwise, the products are continuously conveyed by the detection section 214, thereby avoiding useless sorting, saving time, and improving sorting efficiency.

Obviously, as shown in fig. 13, the preset detection process in this embodiment may also be any one or more than two detection processes set in the first conveying sub-section 215, and does not represent that all the detection processes in the first conveying sub-section must be completed, and therefore, specific limitations and details are not described herein.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the first conveying branch 21 is only described as an example that preferably includes two conveying subsections, and therefore, the embodiment is not particularly limited and described as to whether the first conveying branch 21 specifically includes two conveying subsections or a plurality of conveying subsections.

It should be noted that the detection section 214 in the present embodiment is preferably the same as the second conveyance unit 11b in structure.

In addition, in order to describe the operation process of the sorting apparatus of the present embodiment, the control method may refer to the first embodiment, and in the present embodiment, after the step S4, the method further includes the following steps:

step S51: after the first conveying branch 21 conveys the product to the sorting unit 23 of the conveying branch for sorting, updating the product information, wherein the updated product information includes: detecting process information;

step S52: the first conveying branch section 21 conveys the product with the updated product information to the detection section 213;

step S53: the second reading device 4 reads the updated product information and sends the updated product information to the control device;

step S54: the control device 101 judges whether to continue to convey the product according to the detection process information;

step S55: if yes, continuing to convey the product;

step S56: if not, stopping conveying the product.

EXAMPLE III

The present invention also provides a sorting apparatus, and the third embodiment of the present invention is substantially the same as the first or second embodiment described above, except that in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 22, the switching unit may be configured by a plurality of conveying roller bodies 113 that are provided at intervals in the conveying direction of the conveying main section 1 and that apply a conveying force to the products, a frame 111 that supports the conveying roller bodies 113, a flapper 138 rotatably provided on the frame 111, a rotating motor that drives the flapper 138 to rotate in the horizontal direction, and the like. Wherein when the baffle 138 rotates to a preset position, the products change the conveying direction under the action of the baffle 138. The product sorting is realized, and the equipment cost is reduced.

Example four

The fourth embodiment of the present invention is a further improvement of the second or third embodiment described above, in that in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 23, the length of the conveying roller 2311 in the conveying member 231 is greater than the length of the conveying roller body 113 in the conveying unit 11, so that the opposite ends of the conveying member 231 form a reserved space for accommodating the push rod 233, so that the push rod 233a can stay in the reserved space when it is not necessary to push the product, thereby not affecting the normal conveyance of the product on the conveying unit.

In detail, both opposite ends of the conveying roller 2311 and both opposite ends of the conveying roller body 113 are not on the same axis and are disposed at intervals to form two reserved spaces, respectively, as a reserved space G and a reserved space H shown in fig. 12.

EXAMPLE five

A fifth embodiment further provides a sorting device, as shown in fig. 24, which is substantially the same as any one of the second to fourth embodiments, except that in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 24, the pushing mechanism 233 in this embodiment is mainly composed of a pushing bracket 234, a pushing motor 2331 disposed on the pushing bracket 234 and connected to the control device 101 in communication, a push rod 2332 disposed above the conveying component 231 and used for pushing the product, and a connecting rod assembly having one end connected to the push rod 2332 and the other end connected to the pushing motor 2331 through the partition area 236. The push rod 2332 is driven by a pusher motor to reciprocate along the axial direction of the feed roller 2311. Through the arrangement structure, the push rod 2332 can reciprocate above the conveying component 231, and meanwhile, after the products are pushed to the corresponding detection stations, other products can still be conveyed to the conveying component 231, so that when the push rod 2332 is reset, the products conveyed to the conveying component 231 subsequently can be pushed to the detection station on the other side, but the transfer of the subsequent products is not influenced, and therefore, the sorting efficiency is improved.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 24, the link assembly is mainly composed of a slide rail 2335 provided on the pushing rack 234, a slider 2334 provided on the slide rail 2335, a connecting rod 2333 which is connected to a push rod 2332 and a driving shaft 2336 of the pushing motor 2331 and is capable of reciprocating in the partition area 236, and the like. Wherein, the slide rail 2335 and the slider 2334 are both disposed below the conveying member 231; the connecting rod 2333 has one end connected to the slider 2334 and the other end extending from below the conveying member 231 to above the conveying member 231 and connected to the push rod 2332. When the product is sensed by the sensor 232 on the conveying component 231, the control device 101 can stop the conveying component 231 from conveying, and then drive the connecting rod 2333 by the driving shaft 2336 of the material pushing motor 2331, and the sliding rail 2335 is matched with the sliding block 2334, so that the connecting rod 2333 can smoothly drive the push rod 2332 to reciprocate in the interval area 236 along the arrangement direction of the sliding rail 2335 until the product on the conveying component 231 is accurately pushed to the detection station. It should be noted that the connecting rod assembly in this embodiment is not limited to the above-mentioned transmission assembly, and may also be other types of connecting assemblies to achieve the same purpose, and is not described in detail herein.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 24, the sliding directions of the slider 2334 and the push rod 2332 are perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying member 231; the push rod 2332 is parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying member 231 and can reciprocate along opposite sides of the conveying member 231. So that the push rod 2332 can better push the product to the inspection station during the reciprocating motion in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying member 231.

As shown in fig. 24, as a preferable mode, the spacing area 236 between two adjacent conveying rollers 2311 in the conveying part 231 of the present embodiment may be larger than the spacing area 236 between two adjacent conveying roller bodies 113 in the conveying unit 11, so as to facilitate the layout arrangement of the sensor 232, so that the sensor 232 can more easily sense the product.

EXAMPLE six

A sixth embodiment further provides a sorting device, as shown in fig. 25, which is a further improvement on any one of the second to fifth embodiments, and the improvement is that, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 25, the conveying line in this embodiment further includes: at least two delivery main sections 16 connected to the main conveying section 1 for delivering products, and conveying to the main conveying section 1 and then to the sorting section; wherein the delivery main section 16 comprises a plurality of successive conveyor units 11. Products of different stations can be conveyed to the conveying main section 1 through the delivery main sections 16, and are conveyed to the conveying main section 1 by the conveying main section 1 according to the conveying sequence of the delivery main sections 16 and are intelligently sorted when passing through the sorting section, so that the sorting efficiency is improved.

In addition, as shown in fig. 25, in the present embodiment, the conveying branch 2 further includes: a second conveying branch 22 connected to the second sorting section 15, and the second conveying branch 22 is connected to the charging area.

As can be seen from the above, the sorting device in this embodiment has the second sorting section 15 and the first sorting section 14 arranged in series in the conveying direction of the conveying main section 1. Therefore, the unsorted products in the second sorting section 15 can be directly transferred to the first sorting section 14 after passing through the second sorting section 15, and the products sorted in the second sorting section 15 can be moved to the second conveying branch section 22 in the second sorting section 15, and then transferred to the first sorting section 14 for sorting after corresponding processes, such as charging processes, are performed by manual or automatic equipment, and then delivered to the conveying unit 11 between the second sorting section 15 and the first sorting section 14 again, so that the sorting requirements of different processes are met, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

In detail, the change unit 13 and the second conveying branch 22 in the second sorting section 15 in the present embodiment are preferably two each. The two second conveying branches 22 are respectively the first sorting conveying branch 221 and the second sorting conveying branch 222, and are respectively used for receiving different kinds of products and conveying the products to corresponding charging stations for preprocessing, such as charging, program installation and the like through manual operation or corresponding automation equipment, so as to facilitate subsequent processing of the products, such as quality inspection processing of various performances of electronic products.

In addition, as a further preferable aspect, the sorting apparatus further includes: and a charging device which is arranged at one side of the second conveying branch section 22 and is used for charging products arriving at the charging station and installing a preset program. Accessible charging device carries out automatic charging to the product, improves charge efficiency and letter sorting efficiency.

In addition, in order to describe the operation process of the sorting apparatus of the present embodiment, the control method may refer to the first or second embodiment, and in the present embodiment, before the step S1, the method further includes the following steps:

s61, conveying the products to the second sorting section 15 of the main conveying section through the conveying line;

s62, reading the product information matched with the product by the first reading device 3, wherein the product information comprises charging information and category information;

s63, the control device judges whether the products need to be sorted according to the charging information;

s64, if yes, the control device sorts the products from the second sorting section 15 to the second conveying branch section 22 matched with the category information according to the category information;

s65, if not, the control device controls the main conveying section to continue conveying the products to the first sorting area.

EXAMPLE seven

A seventh embodiment further provides a sorting and recycling device, which includes the sorting apparatus according to any one of the second to sixth embodiments, as shown in fig. 26 to 27, in the sorting and recycling device of this embodiment, the conveying line further includes a warehousing main section 5 connected to the conveying main section 1 and used for conveying the products to the warehouse area. The warehousing main section 5 comprises a plurality of sequentially connected conveying units 11.

By the structure, the conveying line in the embodiment can not only carry out quality inspection and other processing to the corresponding conveying branch section by sorting the sorting area on the conveying main section 1, but also can carry out racking and other processing on products which do not need to be sorted by conveying the conveying main section 1 to the storage area.

Further preferably, at least one of the conveying branch sections 2 is in direct communication with the warehousing main section 5.

Specifically, the sorting device in the present embodiment includes: at least two sorting sections are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the conveying main section 1, and the head end of the warehousing main section is directly communicated with one conveying branch section in the sorting section arranged in sequence. The warehousing main section 5 in this embodiment is preferably connected to a conversion unit 13 in the second sorting area 15, so that products that do not need to be processed by the sorting unit 23 on the conveying branch section can be conveyed to the warehousing main section 5 by the conversion unit 11 in the second sorting area 15, and therefore, the phenomenon that the products need to stay for a long time due to the fact that other sortable products are sorted by the conversion unit in each sorting area in the process of continuously conveying the conveying main section 1 can be avoided, the warehousing time of the products is shortened, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

Further preferably, the conveyor line in this embodiment further includes: a warehousing sorting section 6 connected with the warehousing main section 5; the warehousing main section 5 includes: a number of distribution segments, wherein a distribution segment comprises: the detection unit 12 and the conversion unit 13 are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the warehousing main section 5; and the conversion unit 13 of the distribution section is used for connecting with the corresponding warehousing sorting section 6; meanwhile, the warehousing sorting section 6 in this embodiment is also composed of a plurality of sequentially connected conveying units 11.

Because the distribution section of the warehousing main section 5 is also provided with the detection unit 12 and the conversion unit 13 which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction, when the products are conveyed on the warehousing main section 5 and pass through the detection unit 12, the product information of the products can be read by the first reading device 3 on the detection unit 12 and is sent to the control device, so that the control device 101 can control the conveying direction of the conversion unit 13 according to the product information, thereby controlling the conveying path of the products in the distribution section, namely enabling the products to reach the corresponding warehousing sorting section 6, and meeting the requirement of warehousing sorting.

In addition, the warehousing main section 5 includes: the transport unit in the distribution section, which is connected to the detection unit 12 and is arranged upstream, is an adjustment unit 11d for adjusting the conveying direction of the products such that the products, when they reach the detection unit, are located in the reading area of the second reading device. The specific structure of the adjusting unit 11d can refer to the above structure, and is not described in detail herein.

In detail, the warehousing main section 5 in the present embodiment includes a first distribution section 51; the first distribution section 51 has a detection unit 12 and a transformation unit 13. The warehousing sorting section 6 comprises: a first in-store sorting section 61, which is engaged with the change unit 13 of the first distribution section 51, for transferring products from the in-store sorting section 6 to the storage area for racking. Thus, by means of the first distribution section 51, products can be transferred onto the first in-store sorting section 61 and transferred by means of the first in-store sorting section 61 to the storage area for racking.

Further preferably, in this embodiment, further preferably, the main warehousing section 5 further includes a second distribution section 52, and the first distribution section 51 is located between the second distribution section 52 and the sorting section; the second distribution section 52 has two conversion units 13 arranged in sequence in the conveying direction of the warehousing main section 5; the warehousing sorting section 6 further comprises: a third in-stock sorting section 62, a fourth in-stock sorting section 63 and a fifth in-stock sorting section 64 which are sequentially and respectively engaged with the conversion units 13 of the second distribution section 52; the third warehousing sorting section 62 is used for conveying the products from the second warehousing sorting section 6 to the manual warehousing area; the fourth warehousing sorting section 63 is used for conveying the products to the privacy processing area; the fifth in-store sortation section 64 is used to convey products to the spot.

Since the warehousing main section 5 has a plurality of distribution sections, different sorting purposes can be achieved by each distribution section in the process of sorting products to be warehoused, and since the first distribution section 51 is located between the sorting section (preferably the second sorting section 15) and the second distribution section 52, products which are not sorted to an abnormal processing area or a warehouse area can be sorted to the third warehousing sorting section 62, the fourth warehousing sorting section 63 or the fifth warehousing sorting section 64 by the second distribution section 52, so that the corresponding product information can be changed in real time according to actual requirements, such as privacy processing, manual processing and the like of sampling processing, deletion data and the like, in the sorting process, so that when the first reading device 3 corresponding to the second distribution section 52 reads updated product information, the control device controls the conveying direction of the corresponding conversion unit 13, and sorting the corresponding warehousing sorting sections 6 to respectively and correspondingly meet the actual requirements.

Further preferably, the conveyor line further includes: and the warehousing branch section 7 is connected with the warehousing main section 5 and is used for conveying the products to the warehousing main section 5. The warehousing branch section 7 comprises a plurality of conveying units 11 connected in sequence. By the warehousing branch section 7, the products which are sorted previously and have finished quality inspection and other processing can be delivered to the warehousing branch section 7 again, and the warehousing branch section 7 automatically conveys the products which have finished processing to the warehousing main section 5 for warehousing and other processing.

Further preferably, the warehousing branch 7 is at least partially located above or below the transportation branch, with the transportation direction being reversed. Through the structural design of the upper layer and the lower layer, products on the conveying branch sections are conveyed to each sorting unit 23 in the conveying direction of the conveying branch sections and are processed, after corresponding processing is completed, the products after processing are delivered to the warehousing branch sections 7 by operating personnel or automation equipment departments, the warehousing branch sections 7 can convey the products to the warehousing main section 5 in the conveying direction opposite to the conveying branch sections, space is effectively utilized, operation is facilitated, unnecessary space is prevented from being occupied by the warehousing branch sections 7, the whole layout of a conveying line is facilitated, the occupied area is reduced, and sorting efficiency is improved.

In detail, the warehousing subsections 7 and the transportation subsections 21 in the present embodiment are the same in number and correspond one to one. Wherein, letter sorting recovery plant still includes: and the first supporting rods 17 are used for enabling the warehousing branches 7 and the conveying branches to be connected in partial areas, so that each warehousing branch 7 is arranged above the corresponding conveying branch. The first supporting rod 17 can support the warehousing branch section 7 while connecting the warehousing branch section 7 with the conveying branch section, so that the structure of the conveying line is simplified, the space is fully utilized, and the operation is facilitated.

In addition, the sorting and recycling equipment further comprises: and a second support bar (not shown) for connecting the warehousing main section 5 and the conveying main section 1 in a partial region, so that the warehousing main section 5 is arranged above the conveying main section 1. Can play the supporting role to putting in storage main section 5 when connecting putting in storage main section 5 and carrying main section 1 through the second bracing piece, simplify the structure of transfer chain, make full use of the space, make things convenient for the operation.

In addition, in order to describe the working process of the sorting and recycling apparatus of the present embodiment, the method for controlling the sorting and recycling apparatus may refer to the seventh embodiment, and in the present embodiment, before the step S4, the method further includes the following steps:

step S71, the control device judges whether the product needs to be sorted to a conveying branch section connected with the warehousing main section according to the product information;

if not, the flow goes to step S4 to continue the determination at step S73.

Further, the method further includes, after step S72:

step S81, conveying the products to a first distribution section through a conveying line, wherein the warehousing main section comprises the first distribution section and a second distribution section;

step S82, reading the warehousing information matched with the product through a second reading device 4, wherein the product information comprises warehousing information;

step S83, the control device judges whether the products need to be sorted to a storage area according to the warehousing information;

and step S84, if yes, sorting the products to the storage area through the conversion unit, otherwise, continuously transmitting the products to the second distribution area through the main warehousing section.

Further comprising, after the step of continuing to deliver the product to the second dispensing location:

step S91, the first reading device 3 reads the warehousing sorting information matched with the products, wherein the product information comprises warehousing sorting information;

and step S92, the control device sorts the products from the second distribution section to the warehousing sorting branch section matched with the product information according to the warehousing sorting information.

Example eight

The eighth embodiment further provides a sorting and recycling system, which includes the sorting and recycling device in the seventh embodiment, and in the sorting and recycling device provided in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 28 to 34, the conveying line further includes: for receiving the main section 81 of conveying products, provided with packages outside, and the sorting section 10 of products, connected to the main section 1 of conveying. The product processing section 10 is connected with the main conveying section, and is used for conveying the products to an unpacking station for unpacking and receiving the products by the main conveying section after the products are provided with identification codes, wherein the identification codes are used for being read by a subsequent first reading device 3 and a subsequent second reading device so as to acquire product information which is matched with the products and is updated in real time.

The above results show that: the corresponding products can be conveyed from the product receiving section 9 to the product conveying main section 81 through the product conveying main section 81, and conveyed to the product sorting section 10 by the product conveying main section 81 to be conveyed to the corresponding unpacking stations, so that the corresponding products can be obtained after the products are processed at the corresponding stations and then delivered to the conveying main section 1, and the sorting efficiency can be further improved.

Specifically, the main product conveying section 8 in this embodiment has at least one product dispensing section. The product dispensing section further comprises: the monitoring unit and the plurality of conversion units are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the product conveying main section 8, and the opposite ends of the monitoring unit 82a and each conversion unit 13 are respectively connected with the corresponding conveying units 11 in the product distribution section.

Further preferably, the main product conveying section 81 further comprises: having a number of product dispensing sections 83; wherein the product dispensing section 83 comprises: the monitoring unit 82a and the conversion unit 13 are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the product conveying main section 81, and the conversion unit 13 of the product conveying main section 81 is used for being connected with the corresponding product sorting section 10 to select the conveying direction of the products. The sorting recovery system further comprises: a third reading device 28, configured to identify an identification code of the product when the product reaches the monitoring unit 82a, and send product information to the control device after reading product information matching the identification code, so that the control device controls the conveying direction of the transformation unit in the product conveying main section 81 according to the product information; the product information includes package information, such as a mailing address of the product, vendor information, remarked product-related information, and the like, such as product name, model number, selling price, and the like.

The above results show that: the monitoring unit 82a sends the product information to the control device, so that the control device can control the conveying direction of the conversion unit 13 according to the product information, so that each product is distributed to the corresponding product sorting section 10 to be processed correspondingly, and the sorting efficiency is improved. For example: when an unsorted product arrives at the monitoring unit 82a, the product information of the product may be read by the reading device 28, and at the same time, the detected weight information of the product may be transmitted to the control device 101, so that the control device 101 may control the transformation unit 13 to sort or collate and match the product information with the product information according to the weight information and the product information.

Further as a preferred mode, the product sorting sections 10 are the same in number as the delivery branch sections and are in one-to-one correspondence; each product sorting section 10 is located below or beneath a corresponding delivery leg. Through the structure, the products on the product sorting section 10 can be conveniently processed by workers, and the products can be directly delivered to the delivery branch section if the products are disassembled to obtain corresponding products, so that the operation is convenient, and the time is saved.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 31 and 32, the monitoring unit 82a may be constituted by a first monitoring subunit 821, a second monitoring subunit 822, and the like. Wherein, the first monitoring subunit 821 is configured to read the product information through the reading device 28 when the product passes through; and a second monitoring subunit 822, both ends of which are respectively connected with the first monitoring subunit 821 and the conveying unit 11, for detecting the weight information of the product when the product passes through, and transmitting the weight information to the control device. Through this first monitoring subunit 821 and the second monitoring subunit 822 that set up respectively, acquire the product information and the weight information that the product corresponds, be favorable to the accurate weight information who measures the product of second monitoring subunit 822, avoid receiving external interference. In addition, the mode of independent setting is favorable to the assembly of transfer chain. It should be noted that the monitoring unit of the present embodiment may also be composed of only the second monitoring subunit 822 alone, which may be disposed below the reading device 28.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 31, the monitoring unit 82a further includes: the monitoring sensor 8210 is disposed on the first monitoring subunit 821, is in communication connection with the control device 101, and is configured to send a sensing signal to the control device 101 when detecting a product. Wherein, when the product is detected by the monitoring sensor, the product is located in the reading area of the reading device. Therefore, after the product is detected by the monitoring sensor 8210 on the first monitoring subunit 821 and the control device 101 receives the sensing signal, the control device 101 sends a reading signal to the reading device 28 to accurately read the product information matched with the product in real time, for example, the product information is obtained by reading the identification code, the bar code and the like attached to the product, so as to save power, save resources and prolong the service life of the reading device. It should be noted that the height of the monitoring sensor is lower than the height of the product, so as to sense the product. The monitoring sensor 8210 is preferably a photoelectric sensor, so that when a product is sensed, the reading device 28 is triggered quickly, thereby facilitating the reading device to read the product information corresponding to the product in the product running state, i.e., in a dynamic state.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 31, the first monitoring subunit 821 in the present embodiment is mainly configured by a conveyor belt body 8211 for contacting with the product and applying a conveying force, a frame 8215 for rotatably supporting the conveyor belt body 8211, and the like. The second monitoring subunit 822 may be configured by a conveyance body 8221 for contacting the product and applying a conveyance force, a support bracket 8222 for rotatably supporting the conveyance body 8221, a weight sensor 8220 disposed below the conveyance body 8221, and the like. Because the conveying main body of the monitoring unit is composed of the conveying belt body 8211, the phenomenon that the reading device is not favorable for reading due to the fact that products shake up and down in the conveying process can be avoided.

Meanwhile, since the weight sensor 8220 is disposed at the bottom of the conveying body 8222 of the second monitoring subunit 822, the weight information of the product can be detected without affecting the dynamic conveying of the product, so as to match the product information of the product, which is beneficial to improving the sorting efficiency.

In addition, as shown in fig. 31, both the conveyor body 8211 and the conveyor body 8222 in the embodiment may be composed of a conveyor belt 82111, a main conveyor roller 82112 for driving the conveyor belt to rotate, a slave conveyor roller 82113 matched with the conveyor roller, a conveyor motor for driving the main conveyor roller 82112 to rotate and in communication connection with a control device, and the like, and the main conveyor roller 82112 and the slave conveyor roller 82113 are rotatably disposed on a frame 8215, which is not described herein again.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 31, the reading means 28 may be constituted by a code scanner 281 for reading product information corresponding to an identification code of a product, a code scanner bracket 282 for fixing the code scanner 281, and the like, so as to read the product information on the product. Wherein, sweep a yard support 281 and can be set up alone, also can set up on the frame of monitoring unit to, sweep yard support 282 to code scanning 281 hangs for sweep yard reading to the identification code that pastes at the product top, when the product was carried to the monitoring unit on, the identification code on product top was read corresponding product information by reading device. It should be noted that the monitoring sensor 8210 may be disposed on two opposite sides or one side of the frame 8125 of the monitoring unit 82a, or may be disposed on a separately disposed bracket, such as the code scanning bracket 281, and this embodiment only takes the monitoring sensor 8210 as an example of the photoelectric sensors disposed on two opposite sides of the frame 8215 of the monitoring unit, which is not described herein again.

Further preferably, the tail end of the main product conveying section 8 is connected with an abnormal area; the control device is configured to determine that the weight of the product is greater than a preset weight according to the weight information, control the transformation unit 13 to sort the product to a corresponding product processing section by combining with a distribution algorithm, and otherwise, continuously transmit the product to the abnormal area. When the control device judges that the weight of the product is smaller than the preset weight according to the weight information, the product is not required to be sorted through the conversion unit 13, but is directly conveyed to an abnormal area, so that products which do not reach the standard, such as packages which are not provided with the product and the like, are prevented from entering the product sorting section 10 to be processed, and the subsequent sorting efficiency is favorably improved.

In detail, as shown in fig. 28, the conveyor line may also comprise at least two product receiving sections 9 connected to the main product conveying section 8. Wherein the product receiving section 9 is adapted to receive the delivered product and deliver it to the main product delivery section. Also, the product conveying main section 8 may be constituted by a product receiving section 811 connected to each product receiving section 9, a product conveying section 812 for connecting adjacent two product receiving sections 811, and the like.

As can be seen from the above, the sorting apparatus of the present embodiment can receive products of different types and weights through the product receiving section 811, and the products received from the product receiving sections 9 are conveyed through the product conveying section 812, are sequentially arranged and collected on the product conveying main section 8 step by step, and are then sorted by the converting units 13 in the product distributing section after passing through the monitoring units 82a in the product distributing section in sequence, so that the phenomena of missing detachment and wrong information matching caused by manual unpacking without product delivery can be avoided.

As shown in fig. 28 and 29, the product receiving section 811 is mainly constituted by one first conveying unit 11 a. The product conveying section 812 is mainly constituted by one second conveying unit 11 b.

Because the product receiving section 811 adopts the first conveying unit 11a formed by the conveying roller bodies 113 arranged in parallel to be connected with the product receiving section 9, when the product is moved from the product receiving section 9 to the product receiving section 811, the phenomenon that the product is arranged in disorder due to overlarge swing amplitude caused by shaking can be avoided, meanwhile, the product is transmitted by adopting the second conveying unit formed by the conveying belt body between the adjacent product receiving sections 9, stable transition transmission can be realized, the product is not easy to swing, the conveying belt body does not need to use the plurality of conveying roller bodies 113 for transmission, the production cost can be saved, and the conveying belt is suitable for a conveying line with a larger distance between the two adjacent product receiving sections 9.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 29, in the present embodiment, only three product receiving sections 9 and three product processing sections 10 are used as an example for illustration, and the number of the product receiving sections 9 and the number of the product processing sections 10 are not specifically limited and illustrated.

Further, it is worth mentioning that, as shown in fig. 28 and 29, the product conveying main section in the present embodiment may be divided into a first product conveying main section 81 having a product receiving section 811 and a product conveying section 812, and a second product conveying main section 82 connected to the first product conveying main section 81. Wherein the second main product conveying section 82 has at least one product dispensing section. The second main product conveying section 82 has at least one product distribution section, and the head end of the second main product conveying section 82 is connected to the first main product conveying section 81, and the tail end is connected to the abnormal area. The control device 101 is configured to, after determining that the weight of the product is greater than the preset weight according to the weight information, control the transformation unit 13 to sort the product to the corresponding product processing section 10 in combination with a set distribution algorithm, otherwise, continuously convey the product to the abnormal area. It should be noted that the main product conveying section in this embodiment preferably has a product distribution section, and this is only taken as an example for illustration, and the specific number of the product distribution sections is not limited or described in detail. Moreover, the allocation algorithm is preferably an average allocation algorithm, and obviously, the allocation algorithm of the present embodiment may also adopt other allocation algorithms, which is not described herein again.

It can be seen from the above that by dividing the main product conveying section 8 into two sections, the products received by the product receiving section 9 can be collected in the first main product conveying section 81 and then sequentially conveyed to the product distributing section of the second main product conveying section 82 for distribution, so as to avoid that some products cannot be conveyed to the product distributing section for distribution after moving from the product receiving section 9 to the first main product conveying section 81, and products not distributed in the product distributing area can be conveyed to the abnormal area for centralized processing after passing through the product distributing section.

In addition, as shown in fig. 28, the conveying path of the main product conveying section 8 in the present embodiment is preferably designed to be U-shaped, so that the product receiving section 9 and the product processing section 10 can be respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the main product conveying section 8, that is, at two opposite ends of the U-shape, which is beneficial to optimizing the spatial layout and improving the utilization rate of the space. Moreover, the second product conveying main section 82 in this embodiment may be composed of a plurality of the first conveying unit 11a and the third conveying unit 11c which are connected in sequence, so as to meet practical design and assembly requirements.

It should be noted that the product receiving section 9 and the product processing section 10 in this embodiment may be formed by combining a plurality of the first conveying unit 11a, the second conveying unit 11b, and/or the third conveying unit 11c, which are sequentially connected to each other, according to actual needs. Moreover, the product receiving sections 9 are parallel to each other and arranged at equal intervals. The product processing sections 10 are parallel to each other and arranged at equal intervals

In addition, in order to describe the working process of the sorting and recycling system of the present embodiment, the control method may refer to the eighth embodiment, and in the present embodiment, before the step S61, the method further includes the following steps:

s301, conveying the products with the packages outside to a package distribution section through a conveying line;

step S302, reading the package information of the product with the package outside through the third reading device 28;

step S303, distributing the products with the packages to corresponding product processing sections 10 based on the package information;

step S304, unpacking the product with the external packing object to obtain the product;

and S305, setting an identification code on the product, binding the identification code and the product information, and then transmitting the product to a main conveying section.

The above embodiments are merely to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, not to limit the same, and the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent arrangements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and it is intended to cover the appended claims.

Claims

1. A sorting device, comprising:

the main conveying section comprises: n sorting sections;

2. Sorting device according to claim 1,

the conveying path of the conveying unit includes: a linear conveying path and/or an arcuate conveying path.

3. Sorting device according to claim 1,

the transfer chain still includes: at least two delivery main sections connected to said delivery main section for delivering said products; wherein the products are conveyed from the delivery main section to the conveying main section and then to the sorting section; the delivery main section comprises a plurality of conveying units which are connected in sequence.

4. A sorting device according to any one of claims 1-3, characterised in that the conveying main section comprises a first sorting section;

the first sorting section includes: the plurality of conversion units are arranged in a row along the conveying direction of the conveying main section;

the conveying branch section comprises: a first conveying branch engaged with the first sorting section;

the first conveying branch section is provided with a plurality of sorting units, and the sorting units are arranged along the conveying direction of the first conveying branch section;

the sorting unit includes: the conveying component is used for supporting and conveying the product, and the pushing mechanism is in communication connection with the control device; the conveying parts are connected with two adjacent conveying units, and the pushing mechanism is used for pushing the products on the conveying parts out of the first conveying branch sections to the corresponding detection stations.

5. A sorting device according to claim 4, characterised in that the conveying means comprise: the conveying rollers are arranged at intervals and used for applying conveying force to the products, and the supporting frame is used for fixing the conveying rollers; wherein the respective conveying rollers are arranged in parallel between the support frames.

6. A sorting device according to claim 5, characterised in that the sorting unit further comprises: the first sensor is arranged below the conveying component and used for sensing the products when the products move onto the conveying component; the first sensor is positioned below a spacing area between two adjacent conveying rollers and is in communication connection with the control device; the control device is used for stopping conveying of the conveying component when the first sensor detects the product, and enabling the pushing motor to drive the push rod to push the product out of the conveying component to the detection station.

7. A sorter as in claim 6 wherein the pusher mechanism comprises: the pushing motor is in communication connection with the control device, the push rod is arranged above the conveying component and used for pushing the product, the connecting rod assembly is connected with the push rod at one end, the other end of the connecting rod assembly penetrates through the spacing area and is connected with the pushing motor, and the sliding assembly is connected with the connecting rod assembly and the pushing motor; the push rod can reciprocate along the axial direction of the conveying roller under the driving of the pushing motor.

8. A sorter as in claim 7 wherein the slide assembly comprises: the device comprises a support frame, a conveying component, a sliding rail, a sliding block and a transmission component, wherein the support frame is connected with the support frame and positioned below the conveying component, the sliding block is arranged on the sliding rail in a sliding mode and connected with the connecting rod component, and the transmission component is connected with the sliding block and the pushing motor and used for driving the sliding block to reciprocate in the interval area.

9. A sorter as in claim 7 wherein the drive assembly comprises: the sliding sleeve is sleeved on the screw rod and connected with the sliding block; and the output shaft of the pushing motor is perpendicular to the sliding rail.

10. A sorter as in claim 7 wherein the linkage assembly includes a connecting plate coupled to the slide, a connecting rod coupled to the push rod at one end and to the connecting plate through the spaced area at the other end.

11. A sorter as in claim 7 wherein the sliding direction of the slides and the pushers is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying members; the push rod and the conveying direction of the conveying component are parallel to each other and can reciprocate along two opposite sides of the conveying component.

12. A sorter as in claim 4 wherein at least two of the first conveying legs are of different widths for matching different sized products, respectively.

13. A sorting device according to claim 4, characterised in that it further comprises: the material receiving plate is arranged on one side of the conveying part and used for guiding the product to a detection station; and a plurality of self-rotating rollers which are used for contacting the product are arranged on the material receiving plate.

14. A sorting device according to claim 4, characterised in that the sorting device further comprises: the limiting sensors are arranged on two opposite sides of the material receiving plate and are in communication connection with the control device; the control device is used for enabling the pushing mechanism to stop pushing when the limiting sensor senses the product.

15. A sorting device according to claim 1, characterised in that the previously arranged conveying unit in the sorting section, which is connected to the detection unit, is an adjustment unit for adjusting the conveying direction of the products so that the products, when they reach the detection unit, are located in the reading area of the first reading device.

16. Sorting device according to claim 15, characterised in that the adjusting unit comprises: the conveying roller bodies are arranged in parallel at intervals and used for applying conveying force to the products, and the limiting frames are used for fixing the conveying rollers; the axial direction of each conveying roller body forms an included angle with the length direction of the limiting frame; and, the adjusting unit further includes: and the first guide roller body is connected with the detection unit and is connected with one side of the limit frame, and meanwhile, the first guide roller body and the other side of the limit frame keep a set interval.

17. A sorting device according to claim 16, characterised in that the adjusting unit further comprises: the second guide roller body is connected with the other side of the limiting frame, and meanwhile, the second guide roller body and the other side of the limiting frame keep a set interval; the products enter the adjusting unit above the conveying roller bodies under the guidance of the second guiding roller bodies, are in contact with the first guiding roller bodies through the limiting matching of the limiting frame, and then enter the detecting unit after being guided by the first guiding roller bodies.

18. A sorter as in claim 16 wherein the included angle is 30-60 degrees.

19. A sorter as in claim 16 wherein the spacing interval is equal to or greater than one-half the length of the conveyor roller body.

20. A sorter as in claim 16 wherein the compartments are provided with backing plates having a height less than a height of the first guide rollers.

21. A sorting device according to claim 4, characterised in that the first conveying branch is divided into at least two conveying subsections and a detection section arranged between two adjacent conveying subsections; the conveying subsection comprises at least two sorting units; the detection section includes: at least one of the conveying units;

the sorting device also comprises a second reading device which is in communication connection with the control device and is used for reading the product information matched with the product and then sending the product information to the control device when the product reaches the detection section.

22. A sorter as in claim 21 wherein the delivery sub-sections are two; the number of the detection sections is one; wherein the first conveying subsection comprises four sorting units; the second conveying subsection comprises five sorting units; when the product is conveyed on the first conveying branch section, the product firstly passes through the first conveying subsection, then passes through the detection section and then passes through the second conveying subsection.

23. A sorter as in claim 4 wherein the transport main section further includes a second sort section;

the second sorting section and the first sorting section are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the conveying main section;

the conveying branch section further comprises: a second conveying branch engaged with the first sorting section;

the conveying path of the conveying main section firstly passes through the second sorting section and then passes through the first sorting section.

24. A sorting device according to claim 14, characterised in that the change unit and the second conveying branch in the second sorting section are both two; the two second conveying branch sections are respectively a first sorting conveying branch section and a second sorting conveying branch section, and are respectively used for receiving different types of products and conveying the products to corresponding charging stations for pretreatment.

25. A sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 24, characterised in that the first reading means comprise: k code scanners for reading the product information; and K is a positive integer, and when N and K are both larger than 1, each sorting section is provided with a detection unit, and a scanning device is arranged above each detection unit.

26. Sorting device according to any one of claims 1-17,

the conveying unit includes: a conveying body for applying a conveying force to the product, a frame for supporting the conveying body; the conveying body is any one or combination of a conveying belt body, a plurality of conveying roller bodies which are arranged at intervals in parallel or a plurality of conical conveying rollers which are arranged at intervals and distributed in an arc shape.

27. A sorter as in claim 1 wherein the conveying bodies in the conveying units of the detection section are a plurality of conveying roller bodies spaced in parallel and having outer layers provided with colloidal layers for contacting the products.

28. Sorting device according to claim 18,

the conveying unit further includes: the unit controller is in communication connection with the control device and is used for independently controlling the conveying bodies to independently convey, and the sensor is in communication connection with the unit controller and is arranged on the frame; the sensor is arranged at the tail end of the conveying unit in the conveying direction.

29. Sorting device according to claim 1, characterised in that the detection unit comprises: the conveyor belt body is used for contacting the products and exerting conveying force, the frame is used for supporting the conveyor belt body, and the second sensor is in communication connection with the control device; when the products are sensed by the second sensor on the conveyor belt body, the second sensor sends detection signals to the control device, so that the first reading device reads the product information.

30. Sorting device according to claim 1, characterised in that the transformation unit comprises: the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying roller bodies, a supporting frame, a baffle plate and a rotating motor, wherein the conveying roller bodies are arranged at intervals along the conveying direction of the conveying main section and are used for applying conveying force to products; when the baffle rotates to a preset position, the conveying direction of the products is changed under the action of the baffle.

31. Sorting device according to claim 1, characterised in that the transformation unit comprises: the conveying device comprises conveying rollers which are arranged in parallel at intervals and used for applying conveying force to products, sorting parts which extend out of and retract into the conveying rollers and used for applying conveying force to the products, supporting parts used for rotatably supporting the conveying rollers, and a lifting mechanism used for controlling the lifting height of the sorting parts; wherein the direction of the conveying force applied to the product by the conveying rollers and the sorting component is different; the lifting mechanism is used for enabling the sorting components to extend out of and retract into the space between the conveying rollers.

32. A sorter as in claim 31 wherein the sorter members are automatically rotatable rotors and the rotors are disposed at an incline relative to the direction of conveyance of the conveyor rollers; the rotating speed of the rotor at the side connected with the conveying branch section is lower than that of the rotor at the side departing from the side connected with the conveying branch section.

33. A sorter as in claim 32 wherein the rotor comprises: the rotor support is used for fixing the rotor body and is arranged on the supporting component; the axial direction of the rotating shaft of the rotor body and the axial direction of the conveying roller form an included angle.

34. A sorter as in claim 33 wherein the rotor further comprises: the driving roller is used for driving the rotor body to rotate, wherein annular grooves with different depths are formed in the driving roller along the axial direction of the driving roller, and the annular grooves and the corresponding winding belts of the rotor body are respectively sleeved at the two opposite ends of the driving roller; the depth of each annular groove on the drive roller gradually becomes deeper from one end to the other end in the axial direction thereof.

35. A sorter as in claim 32 wherein when the conveying paths of the conveying units of the conveying legs which engage the change units are arcuate conveying paths, the number of rotors in the change units disposed in the axial direction of the conveying rollers decreases from the conveying unit on the side which receives the product toward the side which outputs the product.

36. A sorting and recycling apparatus, comprising: a sorting apparatus according to claims 1 to 35; the conveying line also comprises a warehousing main section which is connected with the conveying main section and used for conveying the products to a warehouse area.

37. The sorting and recycling apparatus of claim 36, wherein at least one of said transport branches is in direct communication with said warehousing main section.

38. The sorting and recycling apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the sorting device comprises: and the head end of the warehousing main section is directly communicated with a conveying branch section in the previously arranged sorting section.

39. The sorting and recycling apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the conveyor line further comprises: the warehousing sorting section is connected with the warehousing main section; the warehousing main section comprises: a number of distribution sectors; wherein the allocation section comprises: the detection unit and the conversion unit are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the warehousing main section; the transformation units of the distribution sections are used for being connected with the corresponding warehousing sorting sections; the warehousing sorting section comprises a plurality of conveying units which are connected in sequence.

40. The sorting and recycling apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the warehousing main section comprises a first distribution section;

said first allocation section having a said detection unit and a said transformation unit;

the warehousing sorting section comprises: and the first warehousing sorting section is connected with the conversion units of the first distribution section and used for conveying the products to the warehouse area for shelving.

41. The sorting and recycling apparatus according to claim 40,

the main warehousing section further comprises a second distribution section, and the first distribution section is located between the second distribution section and the sorting section;

the second distribution section is provided with two transformation units which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the warehousing main section;

the warehousing sorting section further comprises: a third warehousing sorting section, a fourth warehousing sorting section and a fifth warehousing sorting section which are sequentially and respectively mutually connected with the conversion units of the second distribution section;

the third warehousing sorting section is used for conveying the products from the second warehousing sorting section to the manual warehousing area; the fourth warehousing sorting section is used for transmitting the products to the privacy processing area; and the fifth warehousing sorting section is used for conveying the products to the sampling area.

42. The sorting and recycling apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the conveyor line further comprises: the warehousing branch section is connected with the warehousing main section and is used for conveying the products to the warehousing main section; the warehousing branch section comprises a plurality of conveying units which are connected in sequence.

43. The sorting and recycling facility of claim 36, wherein the warehousing section is at least partially above or below the transport section with the transport direction reversed.

44. The sorting and recycling device according to claim 36, wherein the warehousing subsections and the transportation subsections are equal in number and in one-to-one correspondence; each warehousing branch section is arranged above the corresponding conveying branch section; the warehousing main section is partially arranged above the conveying main section.

45. A sort recovery system comprising: the sorting recovery apparatus of any one of claims 36 to 44, wherein the conveyor line further comprises: the product conveying main section is used for receiving products with packages outside, and the product processing section is connected with the product conveying main section; the product processing section is connected with the main conveying section and used for conveying the products to an unpacking station for unpacking and receiving the products by the main conveying section after the products are provided with the identification codes.

46. The sortation recovery system as claimed in claim 45, wherein said main product conveying section has at least one product dispensing section; the product dispensing section further comprises: the monitoring unit and the plurality of conversion units which are connected with the corresponding conveying units are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the product conveying main section; the third reading device is in communication connection with the control device and is used for reading product information matched with the product when the product reaches the monitoring unit and sending the product information to the control device, so that the control device controls the conveying direction of the conversion unit in the product distribution section according to the product information; wherein the product information includes package information that matches the package.

47. The sortation recovery system as claimed in claim 46, wherein said monitoring unit is communicatively connected to said control means, and disposed between adjacent two of said conveyor units, for detecting weight information of said products as they pass therethrough, and sending said weight information to said control means, such that said control means controls the direction of travel of the conversion units in said product distribution section based on said weight information and said product information.

48. The sortation recovery system as claimed in claim 47, wherein said monitoring unit comprises: the first monitoring subunit is used for reading the product information through the reading device when the product passes through; and the two ends of the second monitoring subunit are respectively connected with the first monitoring subunit and the conveying unit, and the second monitoring subunit is used for detecting the weight information of the product when the product passes through and sending the weight information to the control device.

49. The sortation recovery system as claimed in claim 45, wherein said product handling sections are the same number as, and in one-to-one correspondence with, delivery branch sections; each product processing section is positioned below or below the corresponding delivery branch section.

50. The sortation recovery system as claimed in any of claims 45 to 49,

the tail end of the product conveying main section is connected with the abnormal area; the control device is used for judging whether the weight of the product is larger than a preset weight according to the weight information, then controlling the conversion unit to sort the product to a corresponding product processing section by combining with a distribution algorithm, and if not, continuously transmitting the product to the abnormal area.

51. The sortation recovery system as claimed in claim 45,

the transfer chain still includes: at least two product receiving sections connected to the main product conveying section for receiving and conveying delivered products to the main product conveying section; the product conveying main section comprises: a product receiving section associated with each product receiving section, and a product conveying section for connecting adjacent two product receiving sections.

52. The sortation recovery system as claimed in claim 51, wherein said product delivery main section comprises: a first main product conveying section having the product receiving section and the product conveying section, a second main product conveying section connected to the first main product conveying section; the second product conveying main section is provided with at least one product distribution section, the head end of the second product conveying main section is connected with the first product conveying main section, and the tail end of the second product conveying main section is connected with the abnormal area.

53. The sortation recovery system as claimed in claim 52, wherein said product receiving section comprises: at least one first conveying unit; the product conveying section includes: at least one second conveying unit; the second product conveying main section comprises: the first conveying unit and the third conveying unit are sequentially connected; wherein the first conveying unit comprises a conveyor belt body; the second conveying unit includes: a plurality of conveying roller bodies which are arranged at intervals and in parallel; the third conveyance unit includes: a plurality of intervals set up and are arc distribution's toper conveying roller.

54. A method of controlling a sorting apparatus for controlling a sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 35.

55. A method of controlling a sorting recycling apparatus, for controlling the sorting recycling apparatus of any one of claims 36 to 44.

56. A method of controlling a sorting recycling system, for controlling a sorting recycling system according to any one of claims 45 to 53.