CN112027654A - Automatic feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of feeding devices, and specifically discloses an automatic feeding device, including: a workbench; a lifting plate, the lifting plate is located above the workbench; a lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism is fixed below the workbench, and its driving end is fixedly connected to the lifting plate, and is used to drive the lifting plate to move up and down; a support frame, the support frame is located above the workbench, and is used to support stacked materials, the bottom of the support frame is provided with a through groove that passes through from top to bottom, and the side of the support frame close to the lifting plate is provided with a through groove opening connected to the through groove; a horizontal pushing mechanism, the horizontal pushing mechanism is connected to the support frame, and is used to drive the support frame to approach or move away from the lifting plate in the horizontal direction; the size of the through groove and the through groove opening is larger than the size of the lifting plate, so that when the support frame moves close to the lifting plate to the extreme position, the lifting plate enters the through groove through the through groove opening. The automatic feeding device provided by the present invention can continuously supply materials.

Description

Automatic feeding device

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of feeding devices, in particular to an automatic feeding device.

Background technique

In recent years, the manufacturing industry has ushered in tremendous changes, mainly reflected in the increasing degree of automation of machinery and less and less dependence on manpower. The multi-axis manipulator is a common device used to realize the automatic transfer of materials, which is usually fixed on the ground or on the workbench. The multi-axis robotic arm generally sucks up the material from a fixed reclaiming position, then transfers the material to the top of the discharging position, and finally releases the material to complete the transfer of the material position. Then the multi-axis robotic arm will return to the reclaiming position and continue to pick up the next piece of material, and so on to achieve continuous material transfer. Therefore, it is necessary to continuously supply material to the reclaiming station of the multi-axis robotic arm.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic feeding device that can continuously supply materials.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides an automatic feeding device, comprising:

workbench;

a lift plate, the lift plate is located above the workbench;

a lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism is fixed below the worktable, and the driving end of the lifting mechanism is fixedly connected with the lifting plate for driving the lifting plate to move up and down;

A support bracket, which is located on the side of the lifting plate, is used to support stacked materials, the bottom of the support bracket is provided with a through groove that runs through up and down, and the support bracket is close to the lifting plate One side is provided with a through-slot opening communicating with the through-slot;

a transverse push mechanism, the transverse push mechanism is connected with the bearing bracket, and is used to drive the bearing bracket to approach or move away from the lifting plate in a horizontal direction; the size of the through groove and the opening of the through groove is larger than that of the lifting plate The size of the plate is such that when the support bracket moves close to the lift plate to a limit position, the lift plate enters the through slot through the opening of the through slot.

Preferably, the transverse push mechanism includes:

a connecting plate, the connecting plate is fixed on the bottom of the support bracket;

a transverse push cylinder, the driving end of the transverse push cylinder is fixedly connected with the connecting plate;

a guide rail, the guide rail is fixedly arranged, and its length direction is parallel to the driving direction of the transverse push cylinder;

A slider, the bottom of the slider is slidably connected with the guide rail, and the top of the slider is fixedly connected with the bottom of the connecting plate.

Preferably, each of the two ends of the connecting plate is fixed with a supporting bracket, and each supporting bracket is correspondingly provided with a lifting plate and a lifting mechanism.

Preferably, the transverse push cylinder is a rodless cylinder, and the middle part of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with the driving block of the rodless cylinder.

Preferably, two first vertical baffles are fixed above the lifting plate; the two first vertical baffles are arranged opposite to each other, and a space for the The space for the material to move up and down.

Preferably, it also includes:

The second vertical baffle, the two first vertical baffles are connected by the second vertical baffle on the side away from the support bracket; the two first vertical baffles and the second vertical baffle The vertical baffle plate forms a U-shaped storage space with an opening facing the support bracket;

The transverse push mechanism is used to drive the support bracket to enter and exit the U-shaped storage space through the opening of the U-shaped storage space.

Preferably, it also includes:

a vertical blocking bar, the vertical blocking bar is located on the side of the first vertical baffle plate close to the support bracket;

a fixing seat, the fixing seat is fixedly connected with the first vertical baffle;

A connecting rod, one end of the connecting rod is hinged with one end of the fixed seat close to the vertical blocking bar around a first vertical axis, and the other end is connected with the middle of the vertical blocking bar around a second vertical axis hinged;

A limit cylinder, the limit cylinder is fixed on the first vertical baffle, and the telescopic end of the limit cylinder is hinged with the end of the vertical baffle away from the bearing bracket around a third vertical axis; the limit The positioning cylinder is used to drive the vertical blocking bar to rotate, so as to block the opening of the U-shaped material storage space.

Optionally, a photoelectric sensor is provided on the upper end of the first vertical baffle.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are: to provide an automatic feeding device, at the beginning, the lifting plate is at the lowest position, the support bracket is located at one end away from the lifting plate, the stacked materials are placed on the support bracket, and then horizontally The push mechanism pushes the support bracket to the lift plate until the lift plate enters the through groove through the opening of the through slot, and the lift plate is located below the material on the bottom layer; then the lift mechanism lifts the lift plate until the material on the top layer rises Up to the reclaiming position of the multi-axis manipulator, after the multi-axis manipulator removes the material on the top layer from the reclaiming position, the lifting mechanism lifts the lifting plate upward, so that the next material rises to the reclaiming position, and so on until All material on the lift plate is removed, thus enabling continuous feeding to the multi-axis robotic arm, thereby increasing production efficiency.

Description of drawings

In order to explain the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings without any creative effort.

Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the automatic feeding device before the support bracket enters the U-shaped storage space provided by the embodiment;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a support bracket provided by an embodiment;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of the support bracket provided by the embodiment after entering the U-shaped material storage space;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a vertical baffle provided by an embodiment that is parallel to the first vertical baffle;

5 is a schematic top view of a vertical blocking bar when the limiting cylinder is retracted according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic top view of the vertical blocking bar when the limiting cylinder provided by the embodiment is extended.

1. Workbench;

2. Lifting plate;

3. Lifting mechanism;

4. Bearing bracket; 401, through slot; 402, through slot opening;

5. Transverse push mechanism; 501, connecting plate; 502, transverse push cylinder; 503, guide rail; 504, slider;

6. Materials;

701, the first vertical baffle; 702, the second vertical baffle; 703, the U-shaped storage space;

801, vertical bar; 802, fixed seat; 803, connecting rod; 804, limit cylinder.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the following description The embodiments described above are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that when a component is considered to be "connected" to another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or there may be co-located components at the same time. When a component is considered to be "set on" another component, it can be set directly on the other component or there may be a centered set of components at the same time.

In addition, the terms "long", "short", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which are only for the convenience of describing the present invention, rather than indicating or implying the referred device. Or the original must have this specific orientation and operate in a specific orientation configuration, which should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention.

The technical solutions of the present invention are further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and through specific embodiments.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 , this embodiment provides an automatic feeding device, including a worktable 1 , a lifting plate 2 , a lifting mechanism 3 , a support bracket 4 and a transverse pushing mechanism 5 . The lift plate 2 is located above the workbench 1 . The elevating mechanism 3 is fixed under the worktable 1 , and the driving end thereof is fixedly connected with the elevating plate 2 for driving the elevating plate 2 to move up and down. The support bracket 4 is located on the side of the lift plate 2 and is used to support the stacked materials 6. The bottom of the support bracket 4 is provided with a through groove 401 that runs through up and down. The shape of the through groove 401 is related to the lifting The side of the support bracket 4 close to the lift plate 2 is provided with a through-slot opening 402 that communicates with the through-slot 401 . The transverse push mechanism 5 is connected with the support bracket 4, and is used to drive the support bracket 4 to approach or move away from the lift plate 2 in the horizontal direction; the size of the through slot 401 and the through slot opening 402 is larger than that of the The size of the lift plate 2 is such that when the support bracket 4 moves close to the lift plate 2 to a limit position, the lift plate 2 enters the through slot 401 through the through slot opening 402 .

In the automatic feeding device provided in this embodiment, at the beginning, the lifting plate 2 is located at the lowest position, and the support bracket 4 is located at the end away from the lifting plate 2. The stacked materials 6 are placed on the support bracket 4, and then horizontally. The push mechanism 5 pushes the support bracket 4 towards the lift plate 2 until the lift plate 2 enters the through groove 401 through the through slot opening 402, at this time the lift plate 2 is located below the material 6 on the bottom layer; then the lift mechanism 3 pushes the lift plate 2 Lift up until the topmost material 6 rises to the reclaiming position of the multi-axis robotic arm. After the multi-axis robotic arm takes away the topmost material 6 from the reclaiming position, the lifting mechanism 3 lifts the lifting plate 2 upward to The next material 6 is raised to the reclaiming position, and the cycle is repeated until all the materials 6 on the lifting plate 2 are taken away, so that continuous feeding to the multi-axis robotic arm can be achieved, thereby improving production efficiency.

Optionally, the lifting mechanism 3 is a lifting cylinder or a vertically arranged linear motor.

Optionally, the transverse push mechanism 5 includes a connecting plate 501 , a transverse push cylinder 502 , a guide rail 503 and a slider 504 . The connecting plate 501 is fixed to the bottom of the support bracket 4 . The driving end of the transverse push cylinder 502 is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 501 . The guide rail 503 is fixedly arranged, and its length direction is parallel to the driving direction of the transverse push cylinder 502 . The bottom of the sliding block 504 is slidably connected to the guide rail 503 , and the top of the sliding block 504 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the connecting plate 501 .

Specifically, the driving end of the traverse cylinder 502 drives the bearing bracket 4 to approach or move away from the lifting plate 2 through the connecting plate 501 . Further, arranging the guide rails 503 and the sliding blocks 504 can increase the stability of the lateral sliding of the support bracket 4 .

Preferably, each of the two ends of the connecting plate 501 is fixed with a supporting bracket 4 , and each supporting bracket 4 is correspondingly provided with a lifting plate 2 and a lifting mechanism 3 . Further, the transverse push cylinder 502 is a rodless cylinder, and the middle part of the connecting plate 501 is fixedly connected with the driving block of the rodless cylinder.

It can be understood that, such a structure can make use of one traverse cylinder 502 to realize the traverse motion of the two-bearing brackets 4, which can not only reduce the quality of the equipment, but also reduce the manufacturing cost. Optionally, one of the support brackets 4 is used for upward feeding, and the other support bracket 4 is used for downward storage of material boxes. For example, the support bracket 4 on the left stores the stacked material boxes. The materials such as batteries are placed in the material box. The lifting plate on the left lifts the material box up, and the downstream mechanical arm and other mechanisms lift the materials in the material box. 6 Take away the empty material box, then the box transfer mechanism will transfer the empty material box from the left U-shaped material storage space 703 to the right U-shaped material storage space 703, and then the left lifting plate 2 will rise up a to lift the material in the next layer of material boxes to the highest position, and the lift plate 2 on the right is lowered by one grid, so that the next free material box will be received.

In this embodiment, two first vertical baffles 701 are fixed above the lifting plate 2; There is a space for the material 6 to move up and down.

It can be understood that when the lifting plate 2 lifts the stacked materials 6, if the materials 6 are not blocked around, it is prone to overturning. Therefore, the two first vertical baffles 701 can prevent the materials 6 from being trapped. There are dumping on the left and right sides.

Optionally, the automatic feeding device further includes a second vertical baffle 702 . The side of the two first vertical baffles 701 away from the support bracket 4 is connected by the second vertical baffle 702; the two first vertical baffles 701 and the second vertical baffle The plate 702 forms a U-shaped storage space 703 whose opening faces the support bracket 4 . The transverse push mechanism 5 is used to drive the support bracket 4 to enter and exit the U-shaped storage space 703 through the opening of the U-shaped storage space 703 . Specifically, the second vertical baffle 702 can prevent the stacked materials 6 from falling forward.

In this embodiment, referring to FIG. 4 , the automatic feeding device further includes a vertical blocking bar 801 , a fixing seat 802 , a connecting rod 803 and a limiting cylinder 804 . The vertical baffle 801 is located on the side of the first vertical baffle 701 close to the support bracket 4 . The fixing base 802 is fixedly connected to the first vertical baffle 701 . One end of the link member 803 is hinged with one end of the fixing seat 802 close to the vertical blocking bar 801 around a first vertical axis, and the other end is connected with the middle of the vertical blocking bar 801 around a second vertical axis Hinged. The limiting cylinder 804 is fixed on the first vertical baffle plate 701, and its telescopic end is hinged around the third vertical axis with the end of the vertical blocking bar 801 away from the bearing bracket 4; The position cylinder 804 is used to drive the vertical blocking bar 801 to rotate, so as to block the opening of the U-shaped material storage space 703 .

It should be noted that, driven by the limiting cylinder 804, the vertical retaining bar 801 rotates around the second vertical axis while revolving around the first vertical axis, thereby blocking the U-shaped material storage The opening of the space 703 prevents the material 6 in the U-shaped storage space 703 from being dumped backward.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 5 , when the telescopic end of the limiting cylinder 804 is retracted, the vertical baffles 801 are rotated to be parallel to the corresponding first vertical baffles 701 , and the U-shaped material is not stored. The opening of the space 703 is shielded, and the support bracket 4 can enter and exit the U-shaped storage space 703 through the opening of the U-shaped storage space 703 . Referring to FIG. 6 , when the telescopic end of the limiting cylinder 804 is extended, the vertical baffles 801 are rotated to be perpendicular to the corresponding first vertical baffles 701 , and are located at two of the first vertical baffles 701 . between the baffles 701 , thereby reducing the size of the opening of the U-shaped storage space 703 , the support bracket 4 is limited in the U-shaped storage space 703 and cannot pass through the opening of the U-shaped storage space 703 Get out of the U-shaped storage space 703 .

Optionally, an upper end of the first vertical baffle 701 is provided with a photoelectric sensor. When the lifting mechanism 3 lifts the material 6 to the uppermost layer, the material 6 blocks the laser light of the photoelectric sensor, the control system can control the lifting mechanism 3 to stop working.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, but not to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: The recorded technical solutions are modified, or some technical features thereof are equivalently replaced; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. an automatic feeding device, is characterized in that, comprises: workbench; a lift plate, the lift plate is located above the workbench; a lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism is fixed below the worktable, and the driving end of the lifting mechanism is fixedly connected with the lifting plate for driving the lifting plate to move up and down; A support bracket, which is located on the side of the lifting plate, is used to support stacked materials, the bottom of the support bracket is provided with a through groove that runs through up and down, and the support bracket is close to the lifting plate One side is provided with a through-slot opening communicating with the through-slot; a transverse push mechanism, the transverse push mechanism is connected with the bearing bracket, and is used to drive the bearing bracket to approach or move away from the lifting plate in a horizontal direction; the size of the through groove and the opening of the through groove is larger than that of the lifting plate The size of the plate is such that when the support bracket moves close to the lift plate to a limit position, the lift plate enters the through slot through the opening of the through slot. 2. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the transverse push mechanism comprises: a connecting plate, the connecting plate is fixed on the bottom of the support bracket; a transverse push cylinder, the driving end of the transverse push cylinder is fixedly connected with the connecting plate; a guide rail, the guide rail is fixedly arranged, and its length direction is parallel to the driving direction of the transverse push cylinder; A slider, the bottom of the slider is slidably connected with the guide rail, and the top of the slider is fixedly connected with the bottom of the connecting plate. 3 . The automatic feeding device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the two ends of the connecting plate is fixed with a supporting bracket, and each supporting bracket is correspondingly provided with the lifting plate and the lifting plate. 4 . A lifting mechanism. 4 . The automatic feeding device according to claim 3 , wherein the transverse push cylinder is a rodless cylinder, and the middle part of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with the driving block of the rodless cylinder. 5 . 5 . The automatic feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein two first vertical baffles are fixed above the lifting plate; the two first vertical baffles are arranged opposite to each other, and the two A space for the material to move up and down is provided between the first vertical baffles. 6. automatic feeding device according to claim 5, is characterized in that, also comprises: The second vertical baffle, the two first vertical baffles are connected by the second vertical baffle on the side away from the support bracket; the two first vertical baffles and the second vertical baffle The vertical baffle plate forms a U-shaped storage space with an opening facing the support bracket; The transverse push mechanism is used to drive the support bracket to enter and exit the U-shaped storage space through the opening of the U-shaped storage space. 7. automatic feeding device according to claim 6, is characterized in that, also comprises: a vertical blocking bar, the vertical blocking bar is located on the side of the first vertical baffle plate close to the support bracket; a fixing seat, the fixing seat is fixedly connected with the first vertical baffle; A connecting rod, one end of the connecting rod is hinged with one end of the fixed seat close to the vertical blocking bar around a first vertical axis, and the other end is connected with the middle of the vertical blocking bar around a second vertical axis hinged; A limit cylinder, the limit cylinder is fixed on the first vertical baffle, and the telescopic end of the limit cylinder is hinged with the end of the vertical baffle away from the bearing bracket around a third vertical axis; the limit The positioning cylinder is used to drive the vertical blocking bar to rotate, so as to block the opening of the U-shaped material storage space. 8 . The automatic feeding device according to claim 5 , wherein a photoelectric sensor is provided on the upper end of the first vertical baffle. 9 .

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