CN111942861A

CN111942861A - Transmission device and sorting equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111942861A
Application number: CN202010893517.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴增亮; 李金莲; 王争
Original assignee: Shenzhen SF Taisen Holding Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen SF Taisen Holding Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-31
Filing date: 2020-08-31
Publication date: 2020-11-17

Abstract

The application discloses a conveying device and sorting equipment, wherein the conveying device is used for conveying goods and comprises a support, a first conveying assembly and a second conveying assembly, the first conveying assembly comprises a plurality of rollers which are rotatably connected with the support, and a first driving mechanism which is connected with the rollers and drives the rollers to rotate, the rollers are sequentially arranged along a first conveying direction at intervals, and a gap is formed between every two adjacent rollers; the second transmission assembly is arranged on the support and comprises a second driving mechanism and a plurality of transmission belts arranged in different gaps, pushing portions are arranged on the transmission belts, and the second driving mechanism is connected with the transmission belts and drives at least two transmission belts to run independently. This application embodiment is through making two at least transmission band mutually independent operations of transmission device, when guaranteeing that transmission device will the accurate letter sorting of goods to corresponding letter sorting bin, it is long to the letter sorting of goods to shorten transmission device, and then improves letter sorting efficiency of letter sorting equipment.

Description

Transmission device and sorting equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of logistics, in particular to a transmission device and sorting equipment.

Background

In recent years, with rapid development of electronic commerce, warehouse operation links such as warehousing goods receiving, order picking, delivery, returning and the like of logistics distribution centers in the industries such as 3C electronics and clothing may face heavy goods picking or sorting operation requirements.

In order to improve the sorting efficiency of the goods, the prior art has a sorting device for transmitting and sorting the goods, and the sorting device generally comprises a piece supplying device and a conveying device which are sequentially butted, wherein the piece supplying device transmits the goods to the conveying device, and then the goods are transmitted to the corresponding sorting grid by the conveying device, so that the goods can be quickly sorted.

Wherein, transmission device need make and keep great interval between the goods at the in-process of sorting the goods, otherwise, two goods that the interval reduces can be transmitted to same letter sorting check by transmission device in, and cause the letter sorting mistake.

However, maintaining a large spacing between the goods means that the time for the transfer device to sort the goods is extended, thereby affecting the sorting efficiency of the sorting apparatus.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a transmission device and letter sorting equipment, aims at solving how to guarantee that transmission device will goods accurate letter sorting to corresponding letter sorting bin, shortens the problem that transmission device is long to the letter sorting of goods, and then improves letter sorting equipment's letter sorting efficiency.

The embodiment of the application provides a transmission device for transmitting goods, transmission device includes:

a support;

the first transmission assembly is provided with a first transmission direction and comprises a plurality of rollers which are rotatably connected with the support and a first driving mechanism which is connected with the rollers and drives the rollers to rotate, the rollers are sequentially arranged at intervals along the first transmission direction, and a gap is formed between every two adjacent rollers;

the second transmission assembly is arranged on the support, the second transmission assembly is provided with a second transmission direction which is crossed with the first transmission direction, the second transmission assembly comprises a second driving mechanism and a plurality of transmission belts, the transmission belts are arranged differently in the gap, a pushing portion which is used for abutting against goods and pushing the goods to move along the second transmission direction is arranged on the transmission belts, and the second driving mechanism is connected with the transmission belts and drives the transmission belts to move independently.

Optionally, the conveyor belt comprises a conveying section and a return section which are connected with each other, the conveying section is located above the return section and used for conveying goods, and when the pushing portion moves to the conveying section, the height of the pushing portion is larger than that of the roller.

Optionally, the driving mechanism includes a plurality of sub-driving mechanisms, and the number of the sub-driving mechanisms is equal to the number of the conveyor belts and is connected in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so as to drive each of the conveyor belts to operate independently.

Optionally, the driving mechanism includes a plurality of sub-driving mechanisms, each sub-driving mechanism is connected with at least one of the conveyor belts, and the number of the conveyor belts connected with each sub-driving mechanism is different.

Optionally, a plurality of the conveyor belts connected to the same sub-drive mechanism are adjacent in sequence.

Optionally, the conveying belt is provided with a plurality of pushing portions, and the pushing portions are sequentially distributed at intervals along the length direction of the conveying belt.

Optionally, the transmission band is detachably connected with the bracket.

The present application also provides a sorting apparatus comprising a conveying device as described above for conveying goods, the conveying device comprising:

a support;

Optionally, the sorting apparatus further comprises:

the output end of the workpiece supply device is butted with the input end of the transmission device;

the size detection device is arranged corresponding to the workpiece supply device and is used for detecting the size of the goods on the workpiece supply device and outputting a corresponding sorting signal;

and the control device is electrically connected with the size detection device and the second transmission assembly of the transmission device and is used for receiving the sorting signals and controlling the operation of the transmission belts with preset number in the second transmission assembly according to the sorting signals.

Optionally, the control device is configured to control the preset number of transmission belts to operate after different durations according to the sorting signal, where the durations corresponding to the preset number of transmission belts decrease sequentially in the first transmission direction of the transmission device.

Optionally, the control device is configured to control the preset number of conveyor belts to run at different speeds according to the sorting signal, where the running speed of each of the preset number of conveyor belts sequentially increases in the first conveying direction of the conveying device.

Optionally, the number of the transmission devices is multiple, the first transmission assemblies of the transmission devices are sequentially butted along a first transmission direction, and the output end of the component supply device is butted with the input end of the transmission device located at the end of the transmission devices.

The transmission device that this application embodiment provided is through making two at least transmission bands of second actuating mechanism drive operation independently of each other, when the goods size on transmission device is less, can sort this goods through the less transmission band of second actuating mechanism drive, and other transmission bands remain static, under this condition, can suitably shorten the interval of this goods and the other goods of front side or rear side, and do not worry that other goods of this goods front side or rear side also are by the promotion portion butt on the transmission band and propelling movement to same letter sorting check, thereby when guaranteeing that transmission device is with the accurate letter sorting of goods to corresponding letter sorting check, it is long when shortening transmission device is to the letter sorting of goods, when being used for in letter sorting equipment with transmission device in this application, can effectively improve letter sorting efficiency of letter sorting equipment.

Drawings

The technical solution and other advantages of the present application will become apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the transfer device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a transmission belt, a driving wheel and a driven wheel provided in the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a sorting apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application.

A sorting apparatus 100; a supply device 110; sorting bins 120; a transmission device 130; a bracket 131; a first transmission assembly 132; a roller 1321; a second transport assembly 133; a conveyor belt 134; a transmission segment 1341; a backhaul segment 1342; a pushing portion 1343; a drive wheel 135; a driven pulley 136; the cargo 200.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated in a particular manner, and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact of the first and second features, or may comprise contact of the first and second features not directly but through another feature in between. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the application. In order to simplify the disclosure of the present application, specific example components and arrangements are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present application. Moreover, the present application may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, examples of various specific processes and materials are provided herein, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

The embodiment of the application provides a transmission device and sorting equipment. The following are detailed below.

The embodiment of the application provides a conveying device, which is used for conveying goods and comprises a support, a first conveying assembly and a second conveying assembly, wherein the first conveying assembly is provided with a first conveying direction and comprises a plurality of rollers which are rotatably connected with the support and a first conveying mechanism which is connected with the rollers and drives the rollers to rotate, the rollers are sequentially arranged at intervals along the first conveying direction, and a gap is formed between every two adjacent rollers; the second transmission assembly is arranged on the support and provided with a second transmission direction which is crossed with the first transmission direction, the second transmission assembly comprises a second driving mechanism and a plurality of transmission belts, the transmission belts are arranged in different gaps, a pushing portion which is used for being abutted to goods and pushing the goods to move along the second transmission direction is arranged on each transmission belt, and the second driving mechanism is connected with the transmission belts and drives at least two transmission belts to run independently.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the transporting device 130 includes a bracket 131, and a first transporting assembly 132 and a second transporting assembly 133 connected to the bracket 131, wherein the first transporting assembly 132 has a first transporting direction (parallel to the front-back direction) for transporting the goods 200 thereon along the first transporting direction, and the second transporting assembly 133 has a second transporting direction crossing the first transporting direction for transporting the goods 200 thereon along the second transporting direction. After the goods 200 are moved onto the transporting device 130, the operation state of the first transporting assembly 132 or the second transporting assembly 133 is controlled independently, so that the goods 200 on the transporting device 130 can be controlled to move only according to the first transporting direction or the second transporting direction, and the goods 200 can be sorted.

The first transmission direction and the second transmission direction may be perpendicular (the second transmission direction is parallel to the left-right direction), or may form an acute angle. The first transmission assembly 132 includes a plurality of rollers 1321 rotatably connected to the bracket 131, and a first driving mechanism (not shown) connected to the plurality of rollers 1321 and driving the plurality of rollers 1321 to rotate, wherein the plurality of rollers 1321 are sequentially arranged at intervals along a first transmission direction, and a gap is formed between two adjacent rollers 1321. Therefore, the first transmission assembly 132 can control the plurality of rollers 1321 to rotate by controlling the operation state of the first driving mechanism connected to the plurality of rollers 1321, so as to transmit the goods 200 placed on the plurality of rollers 1321 in the first transmission direction.

Specifically, the plurality of rollers 1321 of the first transmission assembly 132 extend along the width direction (left-right direction) of the first transmission assembly 132, the plurality of rollers 1321 have the same height and are parallel to each other, and the first driving mechanism may be a first motor, which is connected to the plurality of rollers 1321 through a belt (not shown) to drive the plurality of rollers 1321 to rotate.

The second conveying assembly 133 includes a second driving mechanism (not shown in the drawings) and a plurality of conveyor belts 134, the plurality of conveyor belts 134 are disposed in different gaps, the second driving mechanism is connected to the plurality of conveyor belts 134 and drives the plurality of conveyor belts 134 to convey in the corresponding gaps, and a pushing portion 1343 for abutting against the goods 200 and pushing the goods 200 to move along the second conveying direction is disposed on the conveyor belts 134. When the conveying device 130 is used in the sorting apparatus 100, the sorting gates 120 are disposed on two sides of the conveying device 130 along the second conveying direction, and after the goods 200 are conveyed to the preset position by the first conveying assembly 132, the plurality of conveying belts 134 can be driven by the second driving mechanism to run, so as to drive the pushing portion 1343 to move along the length direction of the roller 1321, so that the pushing portion 1343 abuts against the goods 200 and pushes the goods 200 to move along the second conveying direction, and the goods 200 are pushed into the sorting gates 120 on one side of the conveying device 130 along the second conveying direction, so as to sort the goods 200.

Wherein the second driving mechanism may be connected to the plurality of conveyor belts 134 and drive at least two conveyor belts 134 to operate independently of each other.

It can be understood that, when the goods 200 on the conveying device 130 are small in size, if the second driving mechanism drives all the conveying belts 134 to run so as to push the goods 200 into the corresponding sorting compartments 120, the total length of the plurality of conveying belts 134 in the second conveying direction is much greater than the length of the goods 200, and therefore, the goods 200 need to keep a larger distance from other goods 200 on the front side or the rear side to prevent other goods 200 on the front side or the rear side of the goods 200 from being abutted by the pushing portions 1343 on the conveying belts 134 and pushed into the same sorting compartment 120, thereby causing the spacing between the goods 200 to be too large to affect the sorting efficiency of the sorting apparatus 100.

By making the second driving mechanism drive at least two conveyor belts 134 to run independently, when the size of the goods 200 on the conveyor 130 is small, the goods 200 can be sorted by driving a smaller number of conveyor belts 134 by a second drive mechanism, while the other conveyor belts 134 remain stationary, in which case the spacing between the goods 200 and the other goods 200 on the front or rear side can be shortened appropriately, without worrying about other goods 200 on the front or rear side of the goods 200 being abutted by the pushing portions 1343 on the conveyor belt 134 and pushed into the same sorting cell 120, thereby shortening the sorting time of the goods 200 by the conveying device 130 while ensuring that the goods 200 are accurately sorted to the corresponding sorting grids 120 by the conveying device 130, when the conveying device 130 in the present application is used in the sorting apparatus 100, the sorting efficiency of the sorting apparatus 100 can be effectively improved.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1-3, the conveyor 134 includes a conveyor segment 1341 and a return segment 1342 connected to each other, and the conveyor segment 1341 is located above the return segment 1342 and is used for conveying the cargo 200. When the second driving mechanism drives the conveyor 134 to operate, the pushing portion 1343 on the conveyor 134 circularly moves between the conveying section 1341 and the return section 1342. When the pushing part 1343 moves to the conveying segment 1341, the height of the pushing part 1343 is greater than that of the roller 1321, so that the pushing part 1343 abuts against the goods 200 on the roller 1321 and pushes the goods 200 along the second conveying direction.

It should be noted that the transport segment 1341 and the return segment 1342 of the conveyor 134 are relative positions, and are not fixed on the conveyor 134, and any part on the conveyor 134 moves back and forth between the conveyor 134 and the return segment 1342 during the operation of the conveyor 134.

A plurality of pushing portions 1343 may be disposed on the conveying belt 134, and the plurality of pushing portions 1343 are sequentially spaced along the length direction of the conveying belt 134. Therefore, after the goods 200 are conveyed to the preset position by the rollers 1321, the pushing portion 1343 closest to the goods 200 can be driven by the conveying belt 134 to abut against the goods 200, and the goods 200 are pushed into the corresponding sorting grid 120, so as to further improve the sorting efficiency of the conveying device 130.

Specifically, the transmission belt 134 is an endless belt, two ends of which are respectively connected with a driving wheel 135 and a driven wheel 136, the driving wheel 135 and the driven wheel 136 are sequentially distributed along the length direction of the roller 1321, the rotation axes of the driving wheel 135 and the driven wheel 136 are both parallel to the first transmission direction, and the second driving mechanism may include a second motor (not shown in the figure), which is connected with the driving wheel 135 and drives the driving wheel 135 to rotate, so as to drive the endless belt to run. The transmission segment 1341 and the return segment 1342 of the transmission band 134 are connected end to end, the transmission segment 1341 and the return segment 1342 are both located between the driving wheel 135 and the driven wheel 136, and the transmission segment 1341 is located above the return segment 1342.

The outer surface of the conveying belt 134 is provided with a convex structure to form pushing portions 1343, wherein the number of the pushing portions 1343 is two, and when the conveying belt 134 is at an initial position, one of the pushing portions 1343 moves to one end of the conveying belt 134, and the other pushing portion 1343 is located at the other end of the conveying belt 134. Therefore, after the goods 200 are transported to the preset position by the rollers 1321, the goods can be pushed by different pushing portions 1343 on the conveyor belt 134 according to the position of the sorting grid 120 corresponding to the goods 200. After the goods 200 are sorted by the conveyor 134, the conveyor 134 returns to the initial position, so that the next goods 200 are sorted by the conveyor 134.

Specific examples thereof include: when the goods 200 need to be sorted into the sorting cell 120 on the left side of the conveying device 130, the conveyor belt 134 can be controlled to run, and the pushing portion 1343 on the right side is driven to move towards the left side of the conveyor belt 134, so as to push the goods 200 to move into the sorting cell 120 on the left side of the conveying device 130; similarly, when the goods 200 need to be sorted into the sorting compartments 120 on the right side of the conveying device 130, the conveying belt 134 can be controlled to operate to drive the pushing portions 1343 on the left side to move towards the right side of the conveying belt 134 so as to push the goods 200 to move into the sorting compartments 120 on the right side of the conveying device 130, thereby improving the sorting efficiency of the goods 200 by the conveying device 130.

Optionally, the second driving mechanism includes at least two sub-driving mechanisms connected to different conveyor belts 134 to drive the at least two conveyor belts 134 to operate independently of each other. When the sizes of the goods 200 on the conveying device 130 are different, the sub-driving mechanisms with different numbers can be controlled to operate, so as to drive the conveying belts 134 with different numbers to move, so as to push the goods 200 with different sizes to the corresponding sorting compartments 120.

The second driving mechanism may include a plurality of sub-driving mechanisms, the number of which is equal to that of the conveying belts 134, and the sub-driving mechanisms are connected in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so as to drive each conveying belt 134 to operate independently. Therefore, different numbers of the conveying belts 134 can be flexibly selected for sorting according to different sizes of the goods 200, so that the distance between the goods 200 is minimized, and the sorting efficiency of the conveying device 130 is improved as much as possible.

Specifically, the sub-driving mechanisms are second motors, and the number of the second motors is equal to the number of the transmission belts 134, and each second motor is connected with a different driving wheel 135 to drive a different transmission belt 134 to run.

Alternatively, the driving mechanism may include a plurality of sub-driving mechanisms, each sub-driving mechanism is connected to at least one of the conveyor belts 134, and the number of the conveyor belts 134 connected to each sub-driving mechanism is different. Therefore, the number of the corresponding conveying belts 134 can be determined according to the size of the goods 200, then the sub-driving mechanisms connected with the conveying belts 134 in the number are determined, the goods 200 can be pushed into the corresponding sorting grids 120 by controlling the operation of the sub-driving mechanisms, and the number of the sub-driving mechanisms on the conveying device 130 is reduced while the goods 200 are sorted by adopting the conveying belts 134 as few as possible. That is, while improving the sorting efficiency of the transfer device 130, the cost of the transfer device 130 is reduced.

Specific examples thereof include: the number of the conveying belts 134 can be 6, the sub-driving mechanism is a second motor, the number of the sub-driving mechanism is 3, the 1 st second motor is connected with the driving wheel 135 of the 1 conveying belt 134, the 2 nd second motor is connected with the driving wheel 135 of the 2 conveying belts 134, and the 3 rd second motor is connected with the driving wheel 135 of the 3 conveying belts 134, when the size of the goods 200 on the conveying device 130 is small, the 1 st second motor can be controlled to operate to drive the 1 conveying belt 134 to push the goods 200 to the corresponding sorting grid 120; when the size of the goods 200 on the conveying device 130 is moderate, the 2 nd second motor can be controlled to operate to drive the 2 transmission belts 134 to push the goods 200 into the corresponding sorting grids 120; when the goods 200 on the conveying device 130 are large in size, the 3 rd second motor can be controlled to operate to drive the 3 transmission belts 134 to push the goods 200 into the corresponding sorting compartments 120.

Alternatively, when a plurality of conveyor belts 134 are connected to the same sub-driving mechanism, the conveyor belts 134 connected to the same sub-driving mechanism may be sequentially adjacent. That is, the plurality of conveyor belts 134 connected to the same driving mechanism are sequentially distributed along the first conveying direction, and no other conveyor belt 134 is included between the plurality of conveyor belts 134 connected to the same driving mechanism. Therefore, when the goods 200 are pushed by the plurality of conveyor belts 134 due to the excessive distance between one conveyor belt 134 and the other conveyor belts 134 among the plurality of conveyor belts 134 connected to the same driving mechanism, the pushing portion 1343 of the conveyor belt 134 having the excessive distance to the other conveyor belts 134 cannot abut against the goods 200, which not only results in the conveyor belts 134 being idle, but also results in the increase of the distance between the goods 200 to be kept, and the influence on the sorting efficiency of the conveying device 130.

In the present application, the transmission belt 134 may be detachably connected to the bracket 131. It can be understood that, because at least two transmission belts 134 operate independently, through making the transmission belts 134 detachably connected with the bracket 131, when a certain transmission belt 134 is damaged, the transmission belt 134 can be detached for maintenance or replacement, without affecting the normal operation of other transmission belts 134, and especially when each transmission belt 134 is driven by different sub-driving mechanisms, the operation stability and maintainability of the transmission device 130 can be effectively improved.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a sorting apparatus 100, where the sorting apparatus 100 includes a conveying device 130, and the specific structure of the conveying device 130 refers to the above embodiments, and since the sorting apparatus 100 adopts all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, at least all beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments are achieved, and are not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 4, the sorting apparatus 100 may further include a component feeder 110, an output end of the component feeder 110 is connected to an input end of the conveyor 130, so that the goods 200 on the component feeder 110 can be conveyed from the output end to the conveyor 130 and sorted by the conveyor 130. The component supplying device 110 may include a third transmission assembly, one end of the transmission device 130 along the first transmission direction is an input end, and an output end of the third transmission assembly is abutted with the input end of the transmission device 130 to transmit the cargo 200 onto the transmission device 130.

Of course, the parts feeder 110 may also be a platform that interfaces with the input end of the transport device 130, and after the cargo 200 is placed on the parts feeder 110, the cargo 200 on the parts feeder 110 is pushed onto the transport device 130 by a pushing mechanism or manually.

Optionally, the number of the transmission devices 130 is multiple, and the first transmission assemblies 132 of the multiple transmission devices 130 are sequentially butted along the first transmission direction, and the output end of the component supplying device 110 is butted with the input end of the transmission device 130 located at the end of the multiple transmission devices 130. Thus, the sorting apparatus 100 has a plurality of sorting cells 120, thereby improving the sorting range of the sorting apparatus 100. Moreover, the first conveying assemblies 132 of the plurality of conveying devices are sequentially butted along the first conveying direction, so that the sorting apparatus 100 can more rapidly convey the goods 200 to improve the sorting efficiency of the sorting apparatus 100.

In other embodiments, the sorting apparatus 100 may not include the feeding device 110, but manually place the goods 200 on the conveying device 130 directly, and then sort the goods directly by the conveying device 130.

Optionally, the sorting apparatus 100 may further include a size detecting device (not shown in the drawings) and a control device (not shown in the drawings), the size detecting device being disposed corresponding to the workpiece supply device 110 and configured to detect the size of the goods 200 on the workpiece supply device 110 and output a corresponding sorting signal; the control device is electrically connected with the size detection device and the second transmission assembly 133 of the transmission device 130, and is used for receiving the sorting signal and controlling the operation of the preset number of transmission belts 134 according to the sorting signal.

The sorting signal output by the size detection device comprises size information of the goods 200, the control device can determine the size of the goods 200 according to the sorting signal, and then determine the number of the transmission belts 134 used for sorting the goods 200 on the transmission device 130, and when the goods 200 move to the transmission device 130, the transmission belts 134 corresponding to the number are controlled to sort the goods 200, so that the distance between the goods 200 on the sorting equipment 100 is as small as possible, and the sorting efficiency of the sorting equipment 100 is improved.

It should be noted that, the size detection device is arranged corresponding to the part supply device 110, and may be connected to the part supply device 110, or may be supported on the ground by other support structures and spaced from the part supply device 110, so that the size detection device can detect the size of the cargo 200 on the part supply device 110.

Alternatively, a gantry (not shown) may be provided above the parts feeder 110, and a size detection device may be provided on the gantry, so that the size detection device can detect the size of the goods 200 on the parts feeder 110. The size detecting means may include any sensor capable of detecting the size of the cargo 200, such as an infrared sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, etc., and is not limited thereto.

The gantry can be further provided with a camera (not shown in the figure), a scanner (not shown in the figure) and the like to scan the identification codes of the goods 200 on the goods supplying device 110, and transmit signals corresponding to the identification codes to the control device, the control device can determine the transmission device 130 and the sorting grid 120 corresponding to the goods 200 according to the signals corresponding to the identification codes, and then determine the corresponding number of the transmission belts 134 on the transmission device 130 according to the size of the goods 200 to sort the goods 200.

Of course, the size detection device may also be directly disposed corresponding to the conveying device 130, and is used for detecting the size of the goods 200 on the conveying device 130 and outputting the corresponding sorting signal.

Optionally, the control device is configured to control a preset number of the conveyor belts 134 to operate after different time durations according to the sorting signal, wherein the time durations corresponding to the preset number of the conveyor belts 134 sequentially decrease in the first conveying direction of the conveying device 130. That is, in the first transmission direction, the shorter the time duration corresponding to the later transmission belt 134 is, the longer the time duration corresponding to the earlier transmission belt 134 is, or the time duration corresponding to the transmission belt 134 close to the input end of the first transmission assembly 132 in two adjacent transmission belts 134 of the preset number of transmission belts 134 may be longer than the time duration corresponding to the transmission belt 134 close to the output end of the first transmission assembly 132.

Therefore, as shown in fig. 4, when the goods 200 are sorted by the predetermined number of the conveyor belts 134 on the conveying device 130, the arrangement direction of the pushing portions 1343 on the predetermined number of the conveyor belts 134 is inclined at a certain angle relative to the first conveying direction in the conveying direction of the conveyor belts 134, so that the pushing portions 1343 on the predetermined number of the conveyor belts 134 can more stably push the goods 200 to move along the second direction.

The arrangement direction of the pushing portions 1343 on the predetermined number of conveying belts 134 may be inclined at an angle of 30 °, 45 °, 60 ° or the like with respect to the first conveying direction, which is not limited herein.

Alternatively, the control device may be configured to control the preset number of conveyor belts 134 to run at different speeds according to the sorting signal, wherein the running speed of each preset number of conveyor belts 134 is sequentially increased in the first conveying direction of the conveying device 130. That is, in the first conveying direction, the later conveying belt 134 runs faster, and the earlier conveying belt 134 runs slower, or the running speed of the conveying belt 134 near the input end of the first conveying assembly 132, among two adjacent conveying belts 134 of the predetermined number of conveying belts 134, may be higher than the running speed of the conveying belt 134 near the output end of the first conveying assembly 132.

Accordingly, when the goods 200 are sorted by the predetermined number of the conveyor belts 134 on the conveyor 130, the arrangement direction of the pushing portions 1343 on the predetermined number of the conveyor belts 134 can be inclined at a certain angle with respect to the first conveying direction in the conveying direction of the conveyor belts 134.

Of course, the control device may be configured to control the preset number of the conveyor belts 134 to run after the same time duration according to the sorting signal, or the control device may be configured to control the preset number of the conveyor belts 134 to run at the same speed according to the sorting signal, so that the arrangement direction of the pushing portions 1343 on the preset number of the conveyor belts 134 is parallel to the first conveying direction.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The above detailed description is made on a transmission device and a sorting device provided in the embodiments of the present application, and specific examples are applied in the present application to explain the principle and the embodiments of the present application, and the description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the technical solutions and the core ideas of the present application; those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A transfer device for transferring goods, the transfer device comprising:

a support;

2. The conveying apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conveying belt comprises a conveying section and a return section connected to each other, the conveying section being located above the return section and being used to convey goods, and the pushing portion having a height greater than that of the roller when the pushing portion moves to the conveying section.

3. The conveying apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism includes a plurality of sub-driving mechanisms, the number of the sub-driving mechanisms is equal to the number of the conveying belts, and the sub-driving mechanisms are connected in a one-to-one correspondence so as to drive each of the conveying belts to operate independently.

4. The transport apparatus of claim 1, wherein said drive mechanism includes a plurality of sub-drive mechanisms, each of said sub-drive mechanisms being coupled to at least one of said transport belts, and wherein the number of transport belts coupled to each of said sub-drive mechanisms is different.

5. A conveyor as in claim 4 wherein a plurality of said belts are sequentially adjacent to one another connected to the same said sub-drive mechanism.

6. The conveying device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of the pushing portions are provided on the conveying belt, and the plurality of the pushing portions are sequentially spaced apart along the length direction of the conveying belt.

7. A conveyor as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the conveyor belt is removably attached to the frame.

8. A sorting device, characterized in that it comprises a conveying device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. The sorting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the sorting apparatus further comprises:

10. The sorting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the control device is configured to control the predetermined number of conveyors to operate after different time periods according to the sorting signal, wherein the time periods corresponding to the predetermined number of conveyors decrease sequentially in the first conveying direction of the conveying device.

11. The sorting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the control device is configured to control the predetermined number of conveyors to run at different speeds according to the sorting signal, wherein the running speed of each of the predetermined number of conveyors increases in sequence in the first conveying direction of the conveying device.

12. The sorter of claim 8 wherein said plurality of conveyors is a plurality, wherein first conveyor assemblies of said plurality of conveyors are sequentially docked in a first conveying direction, and wherein outputs of said supply units are docked with inputs of end ones of said plurality of conveyors.