CN112722395A

CN112722395A - Tile stacking device

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Publication number: CN112722395A
Application number: CN202011638053.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭观发; 叶荣前; 张晓明; 冯竞浩
Original assignee: Guangdong Eding Industrial Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Eding Industrial Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-31
Filing date: 2020-12-31
Publication date: 2021-04-30

Abstract

The invention discloses a tile stacking device which comprises a base, wherein a conveying belt, a lifting assembly and a clamping assembly are arranged on the base; the number of the lifting assemblies is two; the lifting assembly comprises a vertical double-stroke cylinder and a supporting bracket; the fixed end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is connected with the base, and the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is connected with the support bracket; the clamping assembly is located above the conveying belt and is used for clamping the tile when the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder moves upwards to the limit position of the longer stroke and releasing the tile when the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder moves upwards to the limit position of the shorter stroke. The tile stacking device can stack tiles and is simple and reliable in structure.

Description

Tile stacking device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of ceramic tile packaging machinery, in particular to a tile stacking device.

Background

After production, the tiles often need to be boxed for subsequent storage or transport. When boxing ceramic tiles, it is common practice to stack them together. In the prior art, devices for stacking tiles have used manipulators, and also suction cups. The manipulator is complex in mechanism, high in cost and inconvenient to overhaul, and the sucker type manipulator has the defect of great reliability, which brings inconvenience to the production of ceramic tiles.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide a tile stacking device which can stack tiles and has a simple and reliable structure.

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

the tile stacking device comprises a base, wherein a conveying belt, a lifting assembly and a clamping assembly are arranged on the base; the number of the lifting assemblies is two, and the lifting assemblies are respectively arranged on two sides of the conveying belt; the lifting assembly comprises a vertical double-stroke cylinder and a supporting bracket; the fixed end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is connected with the base, the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is connected with the support bracket, and the support bracket is used for conveying tiles in the vertical direction; the centre gripping subassembly is located the conveyer belt top, just the centre gripping subassembly is used for the expansion end upward movement of vertical double-stroke cylinder is centre gripping brick piece and is used for when the extreme position of longer stroke the expansion end upward movement of vertical double-stroke cylinder is released the brick piece when short stroke extreme position.

Furthermore, the lifting assembly also comprises a horizontal guide rod, a horizontal cylinder and a sliding block; the horizontal guide rod is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying belt and is arranged on the base, the sliding block is connected with the horizontal guide rod in a sliding mode, the horizontal cylinder is suitable for driving the sliding block to slide along the horizontal guide rod, and the fixed end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is connected with the sliding block.

Further, the tile stacking apparatus further comprises a positioning baffle located at an end of the conveyor belt to abut a tile.

Further, the tail end of the conveying belt is further provided with a baffle cylinder, the first end of the baffle cylinder is connected with the base, the movable end of the baffle cylinder is connected with the positioning baffle, and the baffle cylinder is suitable for driving the positioning baffle to move in the vertical direction.

Furthermore, a vertical hole and a vertical guide hole are formed in the sliding block; the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder penetrates through the vertical hole and is connected with the supporting bracket, a vertical guide rod is further arranged on the supporting bracket, and the vertical guide rod is in sliding fit with the inside of the vertical guide hole.

Further, still be connected with vertical screw rod on the support bracket, threaded connection has the nut on the screw rod, the opening has been seted up on the slider, vertical screw rod is suitable for to pass the opening, the nut is located the opening below, just the diameter of nut is greater than the diameter of opening.

Further, the support bracket includes the connecting rod and a plurality of on the horizontal direction connect perpendicularly in the support bar of connecting rod, the connecting rod parallel with the direction of delivery of conveyer belt sets up, and is a plurality of the support bar is close to the conveyer belt setting.

Furthermore, the supporting bars are provided with abutting blocks and buffering cushions.

Further, the clamping assembly comprises a rotating arm and a clamping cylinder, wherein the rotating arm is rotatably connected to the base; the two sides of the conveying belt are provided with the rotating arms, and the rotating arms comprise vertical rods, transverse rods and clamping pieces; the middle part of the vertical rod is rotatably connected with the base, the first end of the vertical rod is fixedly connected with the cross rod, the cross rod is parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying belt, and the clamping piece is arranged below the cross rod; and two ends of the clamping cylinder are respectively connected with second ends of vertical rods positioned on two sides of the conveying belt.

Further, still be provided with the gag lever post on the base, the gag lever post is on a parallel with the horizontal pole, montant rotatable coupling in the gag lever post, just the montant be suitable for with the gag lever post butt is spacing.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that when the first tile is conveyed upwards by the vertical double-stroke cylinder until the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder moves upwards to the limit position with longer stroke, the clamping assembly clamps the first tile, the movable end of the vertical double stroke cylinder then begins to descend and then rises to transport the second tile upwardly until the movable end of the vertical double stroke cylinder moves upwardly to the limit position of the shorter stroke, the clamping assembly releases the first tile, at which time the first tile will stack on the second tile, then the expansion end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder starts to continuously convey the first brick piece and the second brick piece which are stacked together upwards until the expansion end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is located at the limit position of the longer stroke, and the clamping assembly clamps the second brick piece (the first brick piece is stacked on the second brick piece). Thus, the stacking of a plurality of tiles can be completed by repeating the above actions. The stacking device uses the air cylinder to match with the clamping assembly to move, the structure is very simple and reliable, and the maintenance is also very convenient.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tile stacking apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the tile stacking apparatus with the clamping device removed and a portion of the base of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first perspective of the tile stacker lift assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the tile stacker lift assembly from a second perspective in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the slide of the tile stacker lift assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the clamping assembly of the tile stacking apparatus of the present invention engaging a portion of the base.

In the figure: 1. a base; 2. a conveyor belt; 3. a lifting assembly; 31. a horizontal guide rod; 32. a horizontal cylinder; 33. a slider; 331. a vertical hole; 332. a vertical guide hole; 333. an opening; 34. a vertical double-stroke cylinder; 351. a vertical guide rod; 352. a vertical screw; 353. a nut; 354. a connecting rod; 355. a supporting strip; 356. a butting block; 357. a cushion pad; 4. a clamping assembly; 41. a clamping cylinder; 42. a vertical rod; 43. a cross bar; 44. a clamping piece; 5. positioning a baffle plate; 6. a baffle cylinder; 7. a limiting rod.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As shown in fig. 1-6, a tile stacking apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present invention is shown, which includes a base 1, a conveyor belt 2, a lifting assembly 3, a clamping assembly 4, and a positioning baffle 5 disposed on the base 1; the positioning baffle 5 is positioned at the tail end of the conveying belt 2 to abut against the tiles; the number of the lifting components 3 is two, and the lifting components are respectively arranged at two sides of the conveying belt 2. Referring to fig. 3-4, the lifting assembly 3 includes a horizontal guide bar 31, a horizontal cylinder 32, a slider 33, a vertical double-stroke cylinder 34, and a support bracket; the horizontal guide rod 31 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying belt 2, the sliding block 33 is in sliding connection with the horizontal guide rod 31, the horizontal cylinder 32 is suitable for driving the sliding block 33 to slide along the horizontal guide rod 31, the fixed end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder 34 is connected with the sliding block 33, the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder 34 is connected with the support bracket, and the support bracket is suitable for being abutted to the bottom surface of a brick piece; the clamping assembly 4 is positioned above the conveying belt 2, and when the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder 34 moves upwards to the limit position of a longer stroke, the clamping assembly 4 is suitable for clamping a tile; the clamping assembly 4 is adapted to release the tile when the movable end of the vertical double stroke cylinder 34 is moved upwardly to the shorter stroke limit. It should be noted that the two-stroke cylinder has a shorter stroke and a longer stroke, which is well known in the art.

The working principle of the tile stacking device is as follows:

when the first tile is conveyed by the conveyor belt 2 to abut against the positioning baffle 5, the movable end of the horizontal cylinder 32 drives the slide blocks 33 from a state of being separated to a state of being close to each other, so that the distance between the two support brackets is smaller than the width of the tile. Then the vertical double-stroke cylinder 34 can start to convey the first tile upwards until the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder 34 moves upwards to the limit position of the longer stroke, and the clamping assembly 4 clamps the first tile. The movable end of the horizontal cylinder 32 then drives the slides 33 from a position close to each other to a position spaced apart from each other so that the distance between the two support brackets is greater than the width of the tile. The free end of the vertical double stroke cylinder 34 then begins to descend and then rises to transport the second tile upwardly until the free end of the vertical double stroke cylinder 34 moves upwardly to the limit position of the shorter stroke, the clamping assembly 4 releases the first tile, at which time the first tile will be stacked on the second tile, and then the free end of the vertical double stroke cylinder 34 begins to continue to transport the first and second tiles stacked together upwardly until the free end of the vertical double stroke cylinder 34 is at the limit position of the longer stroke, and the clamping assembly 4 clamps the second tile (the first tile is stacked on the second tile). Thus, the stacking of a plurality of tiles can be completed by repeating the above actions. The stacking device uses the air cylinder to match with the clamping component 4 to act, the structure is very simple and reliable, and the maintenance is also very convenient.

In a preferred embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the end of the conveyor belt 2 is further provided with a baffle cylinder 6, a first end of the baffle cylinder 6 is connected with the base 1, a movable end of the baffle cylinder 6 is connected with the positioning baffle 5, and the baffle cylinder 6 is adapted to drive the positioning baffle 5 to move in a vertical direction. Through setting up baffle cylinder 6, can be convenient for conveyer belt 2 carries out subsequent transport to piling up the brick piece. Specifically as follows, after the completion is piled up to the piece, baffle cylinder 6 can drive positioning baffle 5 downstream to conveyer belt 2 below to conveniently pile up the piece of completion and carry on conveyer belt 2.

Preferably, referring to fig. 3-5, the sliding block 33 is provided with a vertical hole 331 and a vertical guide hole 332; the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder 34 passes through the vertical hole 331 to be connected with the support bracket, the support bracket is further provided with a vertical guide rod 351, and the vertical guide rod 351 is in sliding fit in the vertical guide hole 332. Through such a setting mode, can let the bearing frame move more reliable and more stable in vertical direction.

Preferably, the support bracket is further connected with a vertical screw 352, the screw is connected with a nut 353 in a threaded manner, the slider 33 is provided with an opening 333, the vertical screw 352 is suitable for penetrating through the opening 333, the nut 353 is located below the opening 333, and the diameter of the nut 353 is larger than that of the opening 333. Through such a setting mode, can adjust the distance between the first stroke extreme position of vertical double-stroke cylinder 34 and the second stroke extreme position to conveniently pile up the brick piece of different thickness. The specific reason is that in the process of releasing the previous tile from the clamping assembly 4 and stacking the previous tile on the next tile, in order to ensure the stacking action to be performed normally, the distance from the bottom surface of the previous tile to the top surface of the next tile needs to be within a preset range, and the above-mentioned arrangement can meet the requirement.

Preferably, the support bracket includes a connecting rod 354 and a plurality of support bars 355 vertically connected to the connecting rod 354 in a horizontal direction, the connecting rod 354 being disposed in parallel with a conveying direction of the conveyor belt 2, the plurality of support bars 355 being disposed adjacent to the conveyor belt 2. Specifically, the support bar 355 is provided with an abutment block 356. The butt joint block 356 can butt both sides of the tile for the rising in-process of the tile is more stable, and the butt joint block 356 can also make the tiles more orderly to stack. More specifically, a cushion 357 is further provided on the support bar 355. Through setting up blotter 357, can play the cushioning effect to the tile, reduce the damaged possibility of tile.

Preferably, with reference to fig. 6, the clamping assembly 4 comprises a rotating arm rotatably connected to the base 1 and a clamping cylinder 41; the two sides of the conveying belt 2 are provided with rotating arms, and each rotating arm comprises a vertical rod 42, a cross rod 43 and a clamping piece 44; the middle part of the vertical rod 42 is rotatably connected with the base 1, the first end of the vertical rod 42 is fixedly connected with the cross rod 43, the cross rod 43 is parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying belt 2, and the clamping piece 44 is arranged below the cross rod 43; the two ends of the clamping cylinder 41 are respectively connected with the second ends of the vertical rods 42 positioned at the two sides of the conveying belt 2. Still be provided with gag lever post 7 on the base 1, gag lever post 7 is on a parallel with horizontal pole 43, montant 42 rotatable coupling in gag lever post 7, and montant 42 is suitable for spacing with gag lever post 7 butt. The working principle of the clamping assembly 4 is as follows, the two ends of the clamping cylinder 41 can push the vertical rods 42 on the two sides of the conveyer belt 2 to rotate, so that the clamping pieces 44 can be close to or separated from each other, and then the clamping or releasing effect can be realized. And the effect of gag lever post 7 can avoid centre gripping subassembly 4 to exert too big power to the tile and lead to the tile to damage.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The tile stacking device is characterized by comprising a base, wherein a conveying belt, a lifting assembly and a clamping assembly are arranged on the base; the number of the lifting assemblies is two, and the lifting assemblies are respectively arranged on two sides of the conveying belt; the lifting assembly comprises a vertical double-stroke cylinder and a supporting bracket; the fixed end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is connected with the base, the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is connected with the support bracket, and the support bracket is used for conveying tiles in the vertical direction; the centre gripping subassembly is located the conveyer belt top, just the centre gripping subassembly is used for the expansion end upward movement of vertical double-stroke cylinder is centre gripping brick piece and is used for when the extreme position of longer stroke the expansion end upward movement of vertical double-stroke cylinder is released the brick piece when short stroke extreme position.

2. The tile stacking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lifting assembly further comprises a horizontal guide bar, a horizontal cylinder, and a slide; the horizontal guide rod is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying belt and is arranged on the base, the sliding block is connected with the horizontal guide rod in a sliding mode, the horizontal cylinder is suitable for driving the sliding block to slide along the horizontal guide rod, and the fixed end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder is connected with the sliding block.

3. The tile stacking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a positioning stop at an end of the conveyor belt to abut a tile.

4. The tile stacking apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the end of the conveyor belt is further provided with a baffle cylinder, a first end of the baffle cylinder is connected with the base, a movable end of the baffle cylinder is connected with the positioning baffle, and the baffle cylinder is adapted to drive the positioning baffle to move in a vertical direction.

5. The tile stacking apparatus of claim 2, wherein the slide block is provided with a vertical hole and a vertical guide hole; the movable end of the vertical double-stroke cylinder penetrates through the vertical hole and is connected with the supporting bracket, a vertical guide rod is further arranged on the supporting bracket, and the vertical guide rod is in sliding fit with the inside of the vertical guide hole.

6. The tile stacking apparatus of claim 2, wherein the support bracket further comprises a vertical screw, a nut is threaded on the screw, an opening is formed on the slider, the vertical screw is adapted to pass through the opening, the nut is located below the opening, and the nut has a diameter larger than that of the opening.

7. The tile stacking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support bracket comprises a connecting rod and a plurality of support bars connected to the connecting rod vertically in a horizontal direction, the connecting rod being disposed parallel to a conveying direction of the conveyor belt, the plurality of support bars being disposed adjacent to the conveyor belt.

8. The tile stacking apparatus of claim 7, wherein the support bar is provided with an abutment block and a cushion pad.

9. The tile stacking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the clamping assembly comprises a pivot arm rotatably coupled to the base and a clamping cylinder; the two sides of the conveying belt are provided with the rotating arms, and the rotating arms comprise vertical rods, transverse rods and clamping pieces; the middle part of the vertical rod is rotatably connected with the base, the first end of the vertical rod is fixedly connected with the cross rod, the cross rod is parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying belt, and the clamping piece is arranged below the cross rod; and two ends of the clamping cylinder are respectively connected with second ends of vertical rods positioned on two sides of the conveying belt.

10. The tile stacking apparatus of claim 9, wherein the base further comprises a stop bar, the stop bar is parallel to the cross bar, the vertical bar is rotatably connected to the stop bar, and the vertical bar is adapted to abut against the stop bar for limiting.