CN112474371A

CN112474371A - Turning plate sorting machine, turning plate sorting system, sorting method of turning plate sorting machine and supporting guide rail

Info

Publication number: CN112474371A
Application number: CN202011363817.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蔡熙; 姜毅; 张红
Original assignee: Suzhou Gp Logistics System Co ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Gp Logistics System Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-27
Filing date: 2020-11-27
Publication date: 2021-03-12

Abstract

The invention discloses a turning plate sorting machine, a turning plate sorting system, a sorting method of the turning plate sorting machine and a supporting guide rail, wherein the turning plate sorting machine is provided with a guide wheel on a transmission belt of a turning plate sorting trolley, the supporting guide rail is provided with a guide groove, a left sorting driving groove, a right sorting driving groove, a left straightening guide groove and a right straightening guide groove, and a route switching block is arranged at the joint position of the left sorting driving groove, the right sorting driving groove and the guide groove to switch the moving route of the guide wheel.

Description

Turning plate sorting machine, turning plate sorting system, sorting method of turning plate sorting machine and supporting guide rail

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of sorting equipment, in particular to a turnover sorting machine, a turnover sorting system, a sorting method of the turnover sorting machine and a supporting guide rail.

Background

The plate-turning type sorting equipment is characterized in that a plate-turning plate is inclined at a certain angle at a sorting position, so that articles on the plate-turning plate are discharged into a sorting opening or other sorting equipment.

A two-way flip-board sortation mechanism as disclosed in application No. 201910675101.1, which employs guide ramps on a guide block to drive a flip guide wheel to flip a cargo carrier.

However, in this structure, the righting state of the goods carrier is not maintained by a limited structure, so that when the goods are no longer at the center of the goods carrier and are heavy, the goods carrier is easily inclined by the pressure of the goods on the goods carrier, and therefore, there is no way to carry out reliable transportation, which greatly affects the realization of sorting.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art and provides a turnover sorting machine, a turnover sorting system, a sorting method of the turnover sorting machine and a support guide rail.

The purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:

the turnover sorting machine comprises a turnover sorting trolley, the turnover sorting trolley is movably arranged on a support rail and is driven by a driving device to move along the support rail, the turnover sorting trolley comprises a frame, a carrying platform is rotatably arranged on the frame relative to the frame, the carrying platform has three states, and when the carrying platform is in a first state, the carrying platform is righted; when in the second state, the carrying platform inclines to the left; in a third state, the carrier inclines rightwards;

the transmission mechanism is connected with a transmission belt of the transmission mechanism, the transmission belt of the transmission mechanism is connected with a guide wheel which linearly translates along with the transmission belt and is positioned below the frame, the guide wheel can rotate and the axis of the guide wheel is vertical;

the supporting guide rail is provided with a guide groove, when the carrying platform is in a first state, the guide wheel is positioned in the guide groove, at least one side of the guide groove is connected with a sorting driving groove for driving the carrying platform to incline in an acute angle, a route switching block is arranged at a gap at the connection position of the sorting driving groove and the guide groove, the route switching block is connected with a moving device for driving the route switching block to move so as to control the guide wheel to move in one of the sorting driving groove and the guide groove, and the guide groove is also connected with a centering guide groove communicated with the output end of the sorting driving groove.

Preferably, in the plate turnover sorting machine, the turnover sorting trolley is in rolling connection with the support rail.

Preferably, in the flap sorter, the top surface of the carrying platform includes a first top surface and a second top surface which are symmetrically connected and keep an obtuse angle of not less than 120 °, and the connecting edge of the first top surface and the second top surface is lower than the outer side edge of the first top surface and the second top surface.

Preferably, in the flap sorter, the transmission mechanism at least comprises a first transmission mechanism with the transmission belt, and the transmission belt is directly or indirectly connected with the rotating shaft in a torque transmission manner.

Preferably, in the plate turnover sorting machine, the transmission belt is sleeved on a transmission wheel coaxially arranged on a transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft is arranged on the frame in a rotating manner and is connected with the rotating shaft through a second transmission mechanism in a torque transmission manner.

Preferably, in the flap sorter, the guide wheel is fixed on a slide block, and the slide block is connected with a transmission belt and is slidably arranged on a guide rail.

Preferably, in the plate turnover sorting machine, the sorting driving grooves are arranged on two sides of the guide groove.

Preferably, in the flap sorter, the route switching block is fixed to a sliding block, the sliding block is slidably disposed in a sliding groove perpendicular to the guide groove and located below the guide groove on the support rail, and the sliding block is connected to the moving device.

The turning plate sorting system comprises any one of the turning plate sorting machines.

The sorting method of the plate turnover sorting machine comprises the following steps:

s10, providing the convertible sorter as described above;

s20, determining the route of the package;

s30, placing the package on a carrying platform of a turnover plate sorting trolley;

s40, determining the position of the route switching block according to the parcel route so that the guide wheel of the flap sorting trolley can move into the sorting driving groove of the corresponding cell to realize sorting;

s50, after sorting, the guide wheel on which the turnover plate sorting trolley moves along the support rail moves to the guide groove from the aligning guide groove, the carrying platform of the turnover plate sorting trolley resets to a first state, and the turnover plate sorting trolley moves back to the upper wrapping point;

s60, repeating S20-S50.

The automatic sorting device comprises a supporting guide rail, wherein a guide groove is formed in the supporting guide rail, when the carrying platform is in a first state, the guide wheel is positioned in the guide groove, at least one side of the guide groove is connected with a sorting driving groove for driving the carrying platform to incline in an acute angle, a route switching block is arranged at a gap at the connection position of the sorting driving groove and the guide groove, the route switching block is connected with a moving device for driving the route switching block to move so as to control the guide wheel to move in one of the sorting driving groove and the guide groove, and the guide groove is also connected with a straightening guide groove communicated with the output end of the sorting driving groove.

Preferably, in the support guide rail, the support guide rail is in a non-closed shape, and the guide groove is located at the top of the support guide rail and extends along the extending direction of the support guide rail; the supporting guide rail is in a closed shape, and the guide groove is an annular groove which is consistent with the supporting guide rail in shape and has the same circumference.

Preferably, in the support rail, the axis of the support rail is horizontal or vertical.

Preferably, in the supporting guide rail, the sorting driving grooves are arranged on both sides of the supporting guide rail.

Preferably, in the support guide rail, the route switching block includes a first guide surface parallel to the side surface of the guide groove and a second guide surface connected to the first guide surface and maintaining an acute angle, an included angle between the first guide surface and the second guide surface is the same as an included angle between the sorting driving groove and the guide groove, and a width of the first guide surface is the same as a width of the inlet end of the sorting driving groove.

Preferably, in the support rail, the route switching block is fixed to a sliding block, the sliding block is slidably disposed in a sliding groove perpendicular to the guide groove on the rail, and the sliding block is connected to the moving device.

The technical scheme of the invention has the advantages that:

this scheme can save to turn over board climbing mechanism and drive the microscope carrier through set up the relative frame pivoted actuating mechanism of drive microscope carrier on the frame, consequently does not exist the impact that constitutes to the board jacking machine among the prior art, simultaneously, adopts drive structure can avoid effectively turning over the impact of board climbing mechanism to the microscope carrier, improves the reliability and the stability of letter sorting.

The first top surface of this scheme roof and the structure of second top surface, the aspect can reduce the parcel effectively and follow the probability that the microscope carrier dropped, on the other hand can make the parcel be located the intermediate position of microscope carrier effectively, can avoid effectively that the axis of rotation that causes the motor because of goods weight is too big is twisted round to guarantee the stability of letter sorting, can be used for the letter sorting needs of the article of bigger weight simultaneously.

The support rollers are arranged on the frame, so that the trolley can be effectively arranged on the track in a rolling manner, the abrasion of equipment is reduced, and the running stability is improved.

This scheme adopts the transmission structure of motor and hold-in range, synchronizing wheel, can avoid effectively producing the vibration to the microscope carrier, realizes flexible letter sorting. Meanwhile, the inclination angle of the carrying platform can be flexibly adjusted by adopting the motor drive, so that the inclination angle can be adjusted according to different occasions, and the application flexibility is further enriched.

The scheme adopts the speed reducing motor with double output shafts, and the other end of the motor shaft is connected with the driving wheel, the driving belt and the supporting roller, so that the difficulty of autorotation of the motor shaft under the action of external force can be effectively reduced, and the speed reducing motor can be used for sorting heavier objects.

The guide wheel is arranged on the transmission belt and can be effectively matched with the guide groove and the sorting driving groove on the supporting track, so that the state of the carrying platform can be effectively limited through the position of the guide wheel, particularly, when the guide wheel is positioned in the guide groove on the carrying platform, the carrying platform can be effectively kept in a righting state, the motor cannot be driven to deflect due to the weight of the articles, and the requirements of conveying and sorting of the articles with various weights can be effectively met.

The board sorting machine turns over of this scheme can carry out the level according to the occasion needs of difference and lay or lay perpendicularly to can improve the flexibility of using effectively, and provide support and direction for the letter sorting car through the support rail, can guarantee the stability of letter sorting car operation effectively.

The route of this scheme switches the piece setting on a sliding block, and the sliding block is arranged in a guide way, can avoid route to switch the impact that the piece received effectively and transmit the mobile device that the drive sliding block removed on, can protect mobile device.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view (in a straightened state) of the flap sorting cart of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an end view (in a straightened condition) of the flap sorter cart of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a side view (in a straightened condition) of the flap sorter cart of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a top perspective view (in a straightened position) of the flap sorter cart of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the flap sorter of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the flap sorter of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a multiple flap sorter cart of the present invention with the upper deck hidden;

FIG. 8 is a top view of the flap sorter of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a partial perspective view of the support track of the flap sorter of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of the area O in FIG. 8;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of the flap sorting system of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the flap sorting system of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Objects, advantages and features of the present invention will be illustrated and explained by the following non-limiting description of preferred embodiments. The embodiments are merely exemplary for applying the technical solutions of the present invention, and any technical solution formed by replacing or converting the equivalent thereof falls within the scope of the present invention claimed.

In the description of the schemes, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. In the description of the embodiment, the operator is used as a reference, and the direction close to the operator is a proximal end, and the direction away from the operator is a distal end.

Example 1

The turning plate sorting trolley disclosed by the invention is explained with reference to the accompanying drawings, as shown in fig. 1, the turning plate sorting trolley comprises a vehicle frame 100, a carrying platform 200 is rotatably arranged on the vehicle frame 100 relative to the vehicle frame, a driving mechanism 300 for driving the carrying platform 200 to rotate is arranged on the vehicle frame 100, the driving mechanism 300 enables the carrying platform 200 to be switched among three states as shown in fig. 5,

in the first state, the carrier 200 is in a right position, that is, two ends of the carrier 200 are in a state of equal height;

in the second state, the carrier 200 is tilted to the left, that is, the left end of the carrier 200 is lower than the right end;

in the third state, the stage 200 is tilted to the right, i.e., the left end of the stage 200 is higher than the right end.

In the sorting process, the driving mechanism 300 supplies and conveys the carriers 200 in a swing state, when the vehicle frame 100 moves to a target package placing position, the driving mechanism 300 drives the carriers 200 to rotate and switches to the second state or the third state, so that packages on the carriers 200 fall to corresponding package placing positions under the action of gravity, and after sorting is completed, the driving mechanism 300 drives the carriers 200 to reversely rotate and reset to the swing state.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the vehicle frame 100 may have various possible frame structures with sufficient support and a certain installation space, in this embodiment, the vehicle frame 100 includes two parallel long side plates 110, which are approximately trapezoidal as a whole, the two long side plates 110 are connected by a set of connecting members 120, a mounting plate 130 is respectively fixed at a middle position of a top of each of the two long side plates, bearings (not shown) are coaxially disposed on the two mounting plates 130, the carrier 200 is connected to the vehicle frame 100 by a rotating shaft 210 inserted into inner holes of the two bearings and can rotate relative to the vehicle frame 100, and the rotating shaft 210 may be a long shaft or two coaxial and separated short shafts.

In practical use, the carriage 100 may be disposed on a guide rail and supported by a support rail, the carriage 100 and the guide rail may be slidably connected or rollingly connected, in order to realize rolling connection to reduce wear, as shown in fig. 2, support rollers 140 are respectively disposed on the outer sides of the connecting members 120 at both ends of the carriage 100, the number of the support rollers 140 may be selected according to needs, preferably is between 1-3, and more preferably is 2, and the axis of the support roller 140 extends horizontally and is perpendicular to the rotating shaft 210 of the carrier 200 and the carriage 100. Of course, in other embodiments, the support roller 140 is not required and may be omitted.

As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the carrier 200 includes two parallel side plates 220, and the two side plates 220 may be located inside or outside the two long side plates 110. The three vertexes of the side plate 220 are distributed in an isosceles triangle shape and are inverted, that is, two

vertexes

221 and 222 corresponding to the base of the isosceles triangle are located above, a vertex 223 connected with two waists is located below, the rotating shaft 210 is vertically connected to the side plate 220 and is close to the vertex 223, and the axis of the rotating shaft 210 is located in a plane formed by the two vertexes 223 of the two side plates and the midpoint 224 of the base. The two side plates 220 are connected by a connecting rod 230, and a top plate 240 is disposed on the top of each side plate, and both ends of the top plate 240 extend out of both ends of the long side plate 110.

The top plate 240 may be a flat plate, and in a more preferable mode, in order to avoid the sliding of the articles caused by the vibration of the flap sorting trolley during the operation, as shown in fig. 3, the top surface of the top plate 240 adopts two first top surfaces 241 and two second top surfaces 242 which are symmetrically connected and keep an obtuse angle a not less than 120 °, further, the included angle between the first top surfaces 241 and the second top surfaces 242 is not less than 150 °, and the connecting edge of the first top surfaces 241 and the second top surfaces 242 is lower than the outer side edge of the first top surfaces 241 and the second top surfaces 242. Of course, in other embodiments, the first top surface 241 and the second top surface 242 may not be symmetrically disposed, so that the entire top portion 240 presents a V-shaped groove, thereby preventing the articles from being removed from the two ends of the top plate 240 to some extent.

In another embodiment, side barriers (not shown) extending to the top surface of the top plate 240 may be vertically disposed on both sides of the top plate 240, so as to better prevent the parcel from falling off the top plate 240.

As shown in fig. 1, the driving mechanism 300 includes a motor 310 fixed on the frame 100, but in other embodiments, the motor 310 may also be replaced by a rotary cylinder, and the like, the motor 310 is fixed on the motor mounting base 150 which is inside one of the long side plates 110 and keeps a distance from the other long side plate, an output shaft 311 of the motor is tangent to the rotating shaft 210 and coaxially connected to a driving wheel 320, the driving wheel 320 is connected to a driven wheel 340 through a synchronous belt 330, and the driven wheel 340 is coaxially connected to the rotating shaft 210, so that when the motor 310 is started, the rotating shaft 210 can be driven to rotate forward and backward to realize the rotation of the carrying platform 200. Of course, in other embodiments, the driving pulley 320, the timing belt 330 and the driven pulley 340 can be replaced by a chain wheel and a chain or by a gear.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 4, the motor 310 is a dual-output-shaft speed reduction motor, one end 312 of the motor, which is not connected with the driving wheel, is coaxially connected with the driving wheel 350, the driving wheel 350 is sleeved with a driving belt 360, the driving belt 360 is further sleeved on two supporting rollers 370, the two supporting rollers 370 are equal in height and close to two ends of the long side plate 110, and of course, the distance between the two supporting rollers 370 can also be adjusted as required. Meanwhile, the long side plate 110 is further provided with a tension roller 380 which is located outside the transmission belt 360 and is tightly attached to the transmission belt, the transmission belt 360 may be further provided with a trigger member (not shown in the figure), and the trigger member moves between the two support rollers 370 along with the transmission belt, so that the state of the carrier 200 can be determined by triggering sensors at different positions through the trigger member. In this configuration, since motor 310 may rotate when receiving a sufficiently large external torque, the articles generally placed on carrier 200 may be light-weight articles, such as letters, clothing items, etc. The driving wheel 350, the driving belt 360, the supporting roller 370 and the tension roller 380 constitute a first transmission mechanism.

Of course, in a more preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, in order to meet the sorting of heavy objects, the belt 360 is provided with a guide wheel 390 under the carriage 100, and the axis of the guide wheel 390 is vertical and can rotate. The guide wheel 390 is fixed on a sliding block 3100, the sliding block 3100 is connected with the transmission belt 360 and is slidably disposed on a guide rail 3200, the guide rail 3200 is fixed on the inner side of the long side plate and both ends of the guide rail extend to two supporting rollers 370, so that the guide wheel 390 follows the transmission belt 360 to move between the two supporting rollers 370 while the motor 310 drives the stage to rotate. When the carrier 200 is in the normal state, the guide wheel 390 is located at the middle of the transmission belt 360; when the carrier 200 is tilted to the left, the guide wheel 390 is positioned at the right end of the transmission belt 360; when the carrier 200 is tilted to the right, the guide wheel is positioned at the left end of the transmission belt 360.

Of course, in another embodiment, the flap sorting cart may also adopt an unpowered structure, that is, the motor 310 is eliminated, and a transmission shaft rotatably fixed on the motor mounting base 160 is used to replace the motor 310, at this time, the guide wheel 390 may be driven to move left and right in other manners, so as to realize the state switching of the carrying platform through the transmission belt 360, the transmission wheel 350, the transmission shaft, the driving wheel, the synchronous belt, and the driven wheel, and a specific implementation structure will be described in detail in the following embodiments, which is not described herein again. At this time, the transmission wheel 350, the transmission shaft, the driving wheel, the synchronous belt and the driven wheel constitute a second transmission mechanism, and the second transmission mechanism and the first transmission mechanism together constitute a transmission mechanism.

Example 2

The scheme further discloses a turning plate sorting machine, which comprises the turning plate sorting trolley 400 of the embodiment and a moving mechanism for driving the turning plate sorting trolley 400 to move, as shown in fig. 5. The number of the flap sorting carriages 400 may be designed according to the needs, for example, in one mode, the number of the flap sorting carriages 400 may be only one, and in this case, the moving mechanism may be a device capable of driving the turning to move the sorting carriages 400 between two points, for example, an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder or an electric cylinder, etc.

In a preferred mode, as shown in fig. 5, the flap sorting cart 400 is a plurality of and is distributed in a ring shape, and is driven by the loop driving mechanism 500 to rotate along the ring shape enclosed by the flap sorting cart 400, and the shape enclosed by the flap sorting cart 400 is preferably waist-shaped, but may be in other shapes.

The axis of the ring formed by the flap sorting cart 400 may be horizontal or vertical, as shown in fig. 5, when the axis of the ring formed by the flap sorting cart 400 is horizontal, the flap sorting cart 400 preferably forms a waist shape, and they are all disposed on the loop driving mechanism 500, and the layout of the flap sorting cart 400 is the same as or similar to that of the sorting unit in the cross belt sorting system disclosed in application No. 201810394872.9.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the loop driving mechanism 500 includes two first driving wheels 510 and two second driving wheels 520, the two first driving wheels 510 are coaxial and fixed on a first supporting shaft 530 coaxial with the first driving wheels, and the first supporting shaft 530 is horizontally disposed and perpendicular to the rotating shaft 210 of the flap sorting cart 400. The two second driving wheels 520 are coaxial and fixed to a second supporting shaft 540 coaxial with them, the second supporting shaft 540 being parallel and flush with the first supporting shaft 530. The first driving wheel 510 and the second driving wheel 520 may be sprockets or pulleys. The first drive wheel 510 and the second drive wheel 520, which are located on the same side, are connected by a drive chain or belt 550, and each flap sorter carriage 400 is secured to two of the drive chains or belts 550.

Meanwhile, the first support shaft 530 and the second support shaft 540 are respectively rotatably disposed on a bracket (not shown in the figure), and the first support shaft 530 or the second support shaft 540 is connected to a motor (not shown in the figure) for driving the first support shaft 530 or the second support shaft 540 to rotate, so that when the motor drives the first support shaft 530 or the second support shaft 540 to rotate, the two transmission chains or the transmission belts 550 rotate to drive the flap sorting cart 400 fixed thereon to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.

Of course, in other embodiments, the loop driving mechanism 500 may also adopt other feasible structures, for example, a loop driving structure of the existing cross belt sorting system, that is, a driving structure of a linear motor for electromagnetically driving a secondary plate on the flap sorting trolley to translate, or a driving structure of a friction wheel or a friction belt for frictionally driving a friction plate on the flap sorting trolley, in which case, a chain, a sprocket and the like may not be needed, but the flap sorting trolley needs to be disposed on the support rail and cannot be separated from the support rail, and in particular, refer to the structures shown in application nos. 201821735963.6 and 201811247583.2.

As shown in fig. 12, when the axis of the ring shape enclosed by the flap sorting cart 400 is vertical, that is, the layout of the flap sorting cart 400 is similar to or the same as the layout of the conveying mechanism disclosed in application No. 201610728649.4, of course, the flap sorting carts 400 may not be connected to each other, or may be connected end to end in sequence to form a ring shape, and at this time, the ring line driving mechanism 500 may adopt the structure disclosed in application No. 201911390935.4. Of course, other possible configurations may be used.

As the support stability of the flap sorting trolley 400 by using a chain or a synchronous belt is relatively long, in order to better support the flap sorting trolley 400, as shown in fig. 5 to 6, the flap sorter 1 further includes a support rail 600, and the support rollers 140 of the flap sorting trolley 400 are disposed on the support rail 600. The support rails 600 can be flexibly adjusted according to the number and arrangement of the flap sorting carriages 400, for example, when the flap sorting carriages are distributed in 1 or more than one ring, the support rails 600 may be an unclosed support rail, or a closed support rail. When the support rail 600 is a non-closed structure, it may be a straight rail or a curved rail. When the support rail 600 has a closed loop shape, the axis of the support rail 600 may be horizontal or vertical.

In the above embodiment 1, the switching of the different states of the carrying platform 200 is realized by the left and right movement of the guide wheel 390 on the flap sorting trolley 400, and another structure for realizing the left and right movement of the guide wheel 390 will be described in detail below. The structure is particularly arranged on the support rail 600.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the support rail 600 is illustrated as a kidney-shaped rail with its axis horizontal. Specifically, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, a guide groove 620 is formed on the outer peripheral surface 610 of the support rail 600, the guide groove 620 is a kidney-shaped annular groove, the circumference of the guide groove 620 is the same as the circumference of the support rail 600, and when the carrier 200 on the flap sorting trolley 400 is in a swing state, the guide wheel 390 at the bottom of the flap sorting trolley 400 is located in the guide groove 620, and the width of the guide groove 620 is equal to the diameter of the guide wheel 390, preferably slightly larger. Of course, when the support rail 600 is not in a closed loop shape, the guide groove 620 is also not in a loop shape, which extends in the extending direction of the support rail 600.

As shown in fig. 8 and 9, at least one side of the guide groove 620 is provided with a sorting driving groove, and preferably, a left sorting driving groove 630 and a right sorting driving groove 640 are connected to both sides, the width of the left sorting driving groove 630 and the width of the right sorting driving groove 640 are the same as the width of the guide groove 620, the number of the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 may be designed according to needs, and is not limited herein, in this embodiment, each of the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 is illustrated as 2, and they are located on the upper straight rail section 601 of the support rail 600. The left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 are arranged on two sides of the guide groove 620 in a staggered mode, namely, the connection positions of the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 and the guide groove 620 have sequential position relation. Of course, in another embodiment, the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 may be symmetrically disposed at both sides of the guide groove 620.

The left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 are inclined towards the conveying direction a of the flap sorting trolley, and the included angle between the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 and the guide groove 620 can be designed according to needs, preferably, the included angle between the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 is 15-60 degrees, and the extending lengths of the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 can also be designed according to the angle at which the carrying platform 200 is inclined, preferably, the ends of the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640, which are not connected with the guide groove 620, extend to the two side edges of the support guide rail 600, namely; of course in other embodiments they may be shorter in length, for example they are not through slots and do not extend to the edge of the support rail 600.

As shown in fig. 8 to 10, a route switching block 650 is provided at a position where the left and right

sorting driving grooves

630 and 640 are engaged with the guide groove 620, and the route switching block 650 is connected to a moving device 690 driving the movement thereof to control a moving path of the guide wheels. Since the route switching block 650 at the position where the left and right

sorting driving grooves

630 and 640 are engaged with the guide groove 620 have the same structure and are only provided in opposite directions, the route switching block 650 at the left sorting driving groove 630 will be described as an example.

As shown in fig. 9 and 10, the route switching block 650 is a triangular block including a first guide surface 651 which can not completely fit with the side wall 621 of the left sorting driving groove 630 and a second guide surface 652 which has the same width as the joining end of the left sorting driving groove 630 and the guide groove 620, and an included angle between the first guide surface 651 and the second guide surface 652 is the same as an included angle between the left sorting driving groove 630 and the guide groove 620. The route switching block 650 is disposed in the notch 6100 at the connecting position of the left sorting driving slot 630 and the guiding slot 620, and the thickness of the route switching block 650 is equivalent to the depth of the guiding slot 620, but may be slightly larger or smaller.

As shown in fig. 10, when the route switching block 650 is positioned at the right side (the body of the route switching block 650 is positioned in the guide slot 620), the first guide surface 651 of the route switching block 650 is engaged with the side wall 621 of the guide slot, the body of the second guide surface 652 of the route switching block 650 is positioned in the guide slot 620 and the rear end thereof is engaged with the inlet end of the inner side wall 631 of the left sorting driving slot 630, so that the guide slot 620 is blocked by the route switching block 650, the second guide surface 622 makes the left sorting driving slot 630 conductive, when moving from the guide wheel 390 positioned in the guide slot 620 to the route switching block 650, the guide wheel 390 enters the left sorting driving slot 630 along the second guide surface 622, and drives the driving belt 360, the driving wheel 350, the driving shaft or the motor 350, and the driving shaft or the motor when moving in the left sorting driving slot 630, The driving wheel and the synchronous belt driven wheel realize that the carrying platform 200 inclines rightwards to realize blanking.

As shown in fig. 10, when the route switching block 650 is located at the left side (the main body of the route switching block 650 is located at the entrance of the left sorting driving slot 630), the second guide surface 652 is attached to the outer side wall 632 of the left sorting driving slot 630, and the first guide surface 651 is flush with the joined side wall 622 of the guide slot 620, so that the guide slot 620 is kept in a conducting state, the left sorting driving slot 630 is blocked, and the guide wheel can continue to move along the guide slot 620 without entering the left sorting driving slot 630, and therefore, the carrier can be kept in a straight state without sorting, and can be moved to a subsequent sorting position for sorting.

As shown in fig. 7, the moving device 690 drives the route switching block 650 to reciprocate in a direction perpendicular to the guide groove 620, the moving device 690 may be various devices capable of generating linear movement, such as an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, or an electric push rod, and the moving device 690 may be fixed to the bottom of the upper straight rail section 601 of the support rail and connected to the route switching block 650 through a transmission member.

As shown in fig. 9, the route switching block 650 is fixed on a sliding block 6200, the sliding block 6200 is slidably disposed in a sliding groove 6300 extending in a direction perpendicular to the guide groove on the support rail 600, the sliding groove 6300 is a through groove in a convex shape, the sliding block 6200 is a matching convex block, and the sliding block 6200 is connected to a moving device 690 for driving the moving block to move along the sliding groove 6300, so that the linear movement of the route switching block 650 can be more stably realized.

Meanwhile, as shown in fig. 8, a left aligning guide groove 660 communicated with the output end of the left sorting drive groove 630 and a right aligning guide groove 670 communicated with the output end of the right sorting drive groove 640 are further coupled to both sides of the guide groove 620, and the left aligning guide groove 660 and the right aligning guide groove 670 are identical in structure and each include an

inlet section

661, 671 identical to the extending direction of the guide groove 620 and an inclined section 662, 672 engaged with the distal end of the

inlet section

661, 671, so that when the guide wheel is moved from the distal end of the left sorting drive groove 630 or the right sorting drive groove 640, the guide wheel can move to the left aligning guide groove 660 or the right aligning guide groove 670 along the side surface of the support rail and enter the

inlet section

661, 671, and then continue to the inclined section 662, 672, and thus move back to the guide groove 620.

Also, a left aligning guide groove 660 may be connected to the rear of each left sorting driving groove 630, and a right aligning guide groove 670 may be connected to the rear of each right sorting driving groove 640, that is, a plurality of left aligning guide grooves 660 and right aligning guide grooves 670 may be provided. In a more preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, there is only one left straightening guiding groove 660 and one right straightening guiding groove 670, and the left straightening guiding groove 660 and the right straightening guiding groove 670 are located at two end positions of the supporting rail 600 or the lower straight rail section 602, and preferably, at a far end in the rotation direction of the flap sorting trolley 400, that is, at a right end.

Example 3

The scheme further discloses a turning plate sorting system, as shown in the attached drawing 11, the turning plate sorting system comprises the turning plate sorting machine 1, the turning plate sorting machine 1 is further connected with a bag supply device 2, the bag supply device 2 can be a known DWS conveying line with weighing, code scanning, volume measuring and conveying functions, the specific setting position of the bag supply device can be adjusted according to the layout form of the turning plate sorting machine, for example, as shown in the attached drawing 11, when the turning plate sorting machine 1 is vertically arranged, namely, the axis of a turning plate sorting trolley loop line is horizontal, the bag supply device 2 is arranged at one end position of the upper layer of the turning plate sorting machine. As shown in fig. 12, the pack supply device 2 can be arranged in any position in engagement with the flap sorter when the flap sorter 1 is arranged horizontally, i.e. the axis of the loop of the flap sorter is vertical. As shown in fig. 11 and 12, a sorting cell 3 is provided beside each of the left sorting driving groove 630 and the right sorting driving groove 640 of the flap sorter 1.

The flap sorting system controls the work of the whole system by combining a control device, a sensor and the like, and is a known technology and is not described in detail herein.

The following will be a method for sorting based on the different configurations of the flap sorter.

Example 4

In this embodiment, the sorting method is based on the motor 310 driving the carrier 200 to rotate for sorting, in this embodiment, the flap sorting cart does not have the guide wheel 390, is supported on a rail, and may not have a corresponding groove structure, which includes the following processes

S1, providing the flap sorter of the above embodiment.

And S2, acquiring the route by manual code scanning or determining the route of the package by an automatic package supply station.

S3, the parcel is placed on a carrier of a flap sorting cart manually or through a supply table.

S4, when the loop driving mechanism 500 drives the flap sorting cart 1 to move along the supporting track 600 to the corresponding sorting grid, the motor 310 of the driving mechanism 300 starts to drive the carrying platform 200 to rotate and dump the articles thereon into the corresponding sorting grid, then the motor 310 of the driving mechanism 300 starts to rotate reversely, the carrying platform is driven to rotate reversely and reset to the right state, the motor 310 stops, and the flap sorting cart returns to the wrapping point.

S5, repeating S2-S4.

Example 5

In this embodiment, the sorting method is to drive the guide wheel 390 to move based on the guide slot 620, the left sorting driving slot 630, the right sorting driving slot 640, the route switching block 650, the left aligning guide slot 660 and the right aligning guide slot 670 on the support rail to realize the rotary sorting and resetting alignment of the carrier 200, and includes the following steps:

s10, providing the flap sorter with the support rail 600 having the guide slot 620, the left sorting drive slot 630, the right sorting drive slot 640, the route switching block 650, the left swing guide slot 660, and the right swing guide slot 670.

And S20, acquiring the route by manual code scanning or determining the route of the package by an automatic package supply station.

S30, the parcel is placed on a carrier of a flap sorting cart manually or through a supply table.

And S40, determining the positions of the route switching blocks according to the package route so that the guide wheel of the flap sorting trolley can move into the left sorting driving groove or the right sorting driving groove of the corresponding cell to realize sorting. Taking as an example that the sorting cell of an article is the corresponding sorting cell of the second right sorting driving slot 640, when the parcel moves to the right end after being supplied to a reverse sorting trolley from the left end, the route switching block 650 at the first right sorting driving slot 640 is located in the right sorting driving slot 640, the route switching block 650 at the first left sorting driving slot 630 is located in the left sorting driving slot 630, the route switching block 650 at the second right sorting driving slot 630 is located in the guide slot 620, so that the guide wheel 390 on the reverse sorting trolley continuously moves along the guide slot 620 before moving to the second right sorting driving slot 640, and when moving to the route switching block 650 at the second right sorting driving slot 630, and enters the second right sorting drive chute 630 to effect sorting.

S50, after sorting, the guide wheel on which the turning plate sorting trolley moves along the support rail moves from the left-right-swinging guide groove to the guide groove, the carrying platform of the turning plate sorting trolley resets to the first state and moves along the loop line of the turning plate sorting trolley to wrap the point.

S60, repeating S20-S50.

The invention has various embodiments, and all technical solutions formed by adopting equivalent transformation or equivalent transformation are within the protection scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The turnover sorting machine comprises a turnover sorting trolley, the turnover sorting trolley is movably arranged on a support rail and is driven by a driving device to move along the support rail, the turnover sorting trolley comprises a frame, a carrying platform is rotatably arranged on the frame relative to the frame, the carrying platform has three states, and when the carrying platform is in a first state, the carrying platform is righted; when in the second state, the carrying platform inclines to the left; in a third state, the carrier inclines rightwards;

the method is characterized in that:

2. The flap sorter according to claim 1, wherein: the overturning sorting trolley is in rolling connection with the supporting track.

3. The flap sorter according to claim 1, wherein: the top surface of the carrying platform comprises a first top surface and a second top surface which are symmetrically jointed and keep an obtuse angle not less than 120 degrees, and the joint edge of the first top surface and the second top surface is lower than the outer side edges of the first top surface and the second top surface.

4. The flap sorter according to claim 1, wherein: the transmission mechanism at least comprises a first transmission mechanism with the transmission belt, and the transmission belt is directly or indirectly connected with the rotating shaft in a torque transmission manner.

5. The flap sorter according to claim 4, wherein: the transmission belt is sleeved on a transmission wheel coaxially arranged on a transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft is arranged on the frame in a self-rotating manner and is connected with the rotating shaft through a second transmission mechanism.

6. The flap sorter according to any of claims 1-5, characterized in that: the guide wheel is fixed on a sliding block, and the sliding block is connected with a transmission belt and is arranged on the guide rail in a sliding manner.

7. The flap sorter according to any of claims 1-5, characterized in that: the two sides of the guide groove are provided with the sorting driving grooves.

8. The flap sorter according to any of claims 1-5, characterized in that: the route switching block is fixed on a sliding block, the sliding block is slidably arranged in a sliding groove which is perpendicular to the guide groove and is positioned below the guide groove on the supporting track, and the sliding block is connected with the moving device.

9. Turn over board letter sorting system, its characterized in that: comprising a flap sorter as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 8.

10. The sorting method of the plate turnover sorting machine is characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:

s10, providing the roll-over sorter of any of claims 1-8;

s20, determining the route of the package;

s60, repeating S20-S50.

11. Support rail, its characterized in that: the supporting guide rail is provided with a guide groove, when the carrying platform is in a first state, the guide wheel is positioned in the guide groove, at least one side of the guide groove is connected with a sorting driving groove for driving the carrying platform to incline in an acute angle, a route switching block is arranged at a gap at the connection position of the sorting driving groove and the guide groove, the route switching block is connected with a moving device for driving the route switching block to move so as to control the guide wheel to move in one of the sorting driving groove and the guide groove, and the guide groove is also connected with a centering guide groove communicated with the output end of the sorting driving groove.

12. The support rail of claim 11, wherein: the supporting guide rail is in a non-closed shape, and the guide groove is positioned at the top of the supporting guide rail and extends along the extending direction of the supporting guide rail; the supporting guide rail is in a closed shape, and the guide groove is an annular groove which is consistent with the supporting guide rail in shape and has the same circumference.

13. The support rail of claim 11, wherein: the axis of the support rail is horizontal or vertical.

14. The support rail of claim 11, wherein: the two sides of the supporting guide rail are provided with the sorting driving grooves.

15. The support rail of claim 11, wherein: the route switching block comprises a first guide surface parallel to the side face of the guide groove and a second guide surface which is connected with the first guide surface and keeps an acute angle, the included angle between the first guide surface and the second guide surface is the same as that between the sorting driving groove and the guide groove, and the width of the first guide surface is consistent with that of the inlet end of the sorting driving groove.

16. The support rail of any of claims 11-15, wherein: the route switching block is fixed on a sliding block, the sliding block is slidably arranged in a sliding groove which is perpendicular to the guide groove and is positioned below the guide groove on the track, and the sliding block is connected with the moving device.