CN113233121A

CN113233121A - Feeding device

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Publication number: CN113233121A
Application number: CN202110613790.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陆宏偲; 袁李兵; 朱晓锋; 刘武雷; 刘治渊
Original assignee: Bozhon Precision Industry Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Bozhon Precision Industry Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-02
Filing date: 2021-06-02
Publication date: 2021-08-10
Anticipated expiration: 2041-06-02
Also published as: CN113233121B

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of material conveying, and discloses a feeding device which comprises a conveying mechanism and a driving mechanism, wherein the conveying mechanism comprises two bearing modules and two conveying rails arranged in parallel, the bearing modules bear materials, the two bearing modules are respectively connected to the two conveying rails in a sliding manner, two ends of the two conveying rails are respectively provided with a feeding station and a discharging station, the driving mechanism comprises a first driving piece and a second driving piece, the first driving piece and the second driving piece are respectively connected with the two bearing modules to respectively drive the two bearing modules to move, when any one bearing module moves from the discharging station to the feeding station or is positioned at the feeding station, the other bearing module moves from the feeding station to the discharging station or is positioned at the discharging station, namely the feeding device in the embodiment can alternately convey the materials to a processing device of automatic processing equipment, the interval time of twice material unloading before and after the blanking station is shortened, and the working efficiency is greatly improved.

Description

Feeding device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of material conveying, in particular to a feeding device.

Background

The feeding device is an important component of automatic processing equipment, materials are conveyed to the processing device through the feeding device in the prior art, the feeding device is generally provided with a conveying rail, a carrying platform is arranged on the conveying rail, a feeding station and a discharging station are arranged at two ends of the conveying rail, an operator places the materials on the carrying platform at the feeding station, the carrying platform moves to the discharging station along the conveying rail, the operator unloads the materials on the carrying platform at the discharging station so as to perform subsequent processing work on the materials, the whole feeding process is completed, the empty carrying platform returns to the feeding station from the discharging station for re-feeding, namely the prior art carries batch materials through the reciprocating movement of a single carrying platform on a single conveying rail. Because only set up single transfer orbit among the prior art, lead to unloading the interval time of the material on the microscope carrier twice around unloading station for a long time, reduced material feeding unit's work efficiency.

Therefore, the above problems need to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a feeding device to improve the working efficiency of the feeding device.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a feeding device comprising:

the conveying mechanism comprises two bearing modules and two conveying rails arranged in parallel, the bearing modules are configured to bear materials, the two bearing modules are respectively connected to the two conveying rails in a sliding mode, and two ends of each of the two conveying rails are respectively provided with a feeding station and a discharging station; and

the driving mechanism comprises a first driving piece and a second driving piece, wherein the first driving piece and the second driving piece are respectively connected with the two bearing modules to respectively drive the two bearing modules to move, when any one of the bearing modules is moved or positioned on the feeding station by the blanking station, the other bearing module is moved or positioned on the blanking station by the feeding station.

Preferably, the feeding device further comprises a detection mechanism configured to scan and identify information of the material on the carrying module of the loading station.

Preferably, the detection mechanism includes:

the code scanning assembly is positioned above the conveying mechanism; and

and the third driving piece is configured to drive the code scanning assembly to move along the direction perpendicular to the conveying tracks, so that the code scanning assembly can move to the position right above the two conveying tracks alternatively.

Preferably, the code scanning assembly comprises a code scanning gun and a fourth driving part, and a movable end of the fourth driving part is connected with the code scanning gun so as to drive the code scanning gun to move along a direction parallel to the conveying track.

Preferably, the detection mechanism comprises a guide shaft, the third driving part is a rodless cylinder, the guide shaft and the third driving part are arranged in parallel, and the fourth driving part is fixedly connected to a sliding block which is sleeved on the periphery of the guide shaft and the periphery of the third driving part.

As preferred, sweep a yard subassembly and still include first mounting panel and second mounting panel, sweep a yard rifle connect in the second mounting panel, first mounting panel fixed connection in the expansion end of fourth drive piece, be provided with first bar hole on the second mounting panel, first bar hole extends along vertical direction, the spiro union has first bolt on the second mounting panel, first bolt can first bar downthehole removal.

Preferably, the code scanning assembly further comprises a connecting plate, the code scanning gun is fixedly connected to the connecting plate, the connecting plate is hinged to the second mounting plate, a second strip-shaped hole is formed in the connecting plate or the second mounting plate, the second strip-shaped hole extends in the rotating direction of the connecting plate, a second bolt is connected to the second mounting plate or the connecting plate in a threaded mode, and the second bolt can move in the second strip-shaped hole.

Preferably, the feeding device further comprises a first button and a second button, the first button and the second button are electrically connected with the first driving piece and the second driving piece, and the first button and the second button are configured to alternatively control the two carrying modules to move from the feeding station to the discharging station.

Preferably, the feeding device further comprises position detection assemblies, and the position detection assemblies are arranged at two ends of the two conveying tracks to detect the positions of the bearing modules.

Preferably, the feeding device further comprises a support plate, the two conveying tracks are arranged on the support plate, the position detection assembly comprises a groove-shaped photoelectric switch and a light shielding plate, the light shielding plate and the groove-shaped photoelectric switch are alternatively arranged on the support plate and the bearing module, and when the bearing module moves to the feeding station or the discharging station, the light shielding plate is located in a detection groove of the groove-shaped photoelectric switch.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the automatic material feeding device, the two conveying rails are arranged, the bearing modules are connected to the two conveying rails in a sliding mode, and when the two bearing modules move along the two conveying rails respectively, the moving directions of the two bearing modules are always opposite, so that the two bearing modules can alternately feed materials and can alternately move to the discharging station.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a feed device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a feeding device in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of a feeding device in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a left side view of the feeding device in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

1. a conveying mechanism; 11. a carrying module; 111. a first carrying module; 112. a second carrying module; 12. a conveying track; 121. a first conveying rail; 122. a second conveying track;

21. a first driving member; 22. a second driving member;

3. a detection mechanism; 31. a code scanning component; 311. a code scanning gun; 312. a fourth drive; 313. a first mounting plate; 314. a second mounting plate; 3141. a first bar-shaped hole; 315. a connecting plate; 3151. a second bar-shaped hole; 32. a third driving member; 33. a guide shaft; 34. a slider;

4. a first button;

5. a second button;

6. a position detection component; 61. a groove-type photoelectric switch; 62. a visor;

7. a carrier plate;

8. a portal frame.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, removably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "right", etc. are used in an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element 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" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.

The embodiment provides a feeding device, please refer to fig. 1 to 4, the feeding device includes a conveying mechanism 1 and a driving mechanism, the conveying mechanism 1 includes two carrying modules 11 and two conveying rails 12 arranged in parallel, the carrying modules 11 are configured to carry materials, the two carrying modules 11 are respectively connected to the two conveying rails 12 in a sliding manner, two ends of the two conveying rails 12 are respectively provided with a feeding station and a discharging station, the driving mechanism includes a first driving member 21 and a second driving member 22, the first driving member 21 and the second driving member 22 are respectively connected to the two carrying modules 11 to respectively drive the two carrying modules 11 to move, when any one carrying module 11 moves from the discharging station to the feeding station or is located at the feeding station, the other carrying module 11 moves from the feeding station to the discharging station or is located at the discharging station.

This embodiment is through setting up two delivery track 12, equal sliding connection has the bearing module 11 on two delivery track 12, two bear module 11 when moving along two delivery track 12 respectively, two moving direction that bear module 11 are opposite all the time, so that two bear module 11 can feed supplement in turn, and can alternate and move to the unloading station, material feeding unit in this embodiment can carry the material to the processingequipment of automatic processing equipment in turn promptly, the interval time of twice uninstallation material around unloading station department has been reduced, work efficiency has greatly been improved.

It can be understood that, in the present embodiment, one of the two carrying modules 11 is the first carrying module 111, the first carrying module 111 is slidably connected to the first conveying rail 121, two ends of the first conveying rail 121 are respectively provided with the first loading station and the first unloading station, the other is the second carrying module 112, the second carrying module 112 is slidably connected to the second conveying rail 122, two ends of the second conveying rail 122 are respectively provided with the second loading station and the second unloading station, and the following contents are all described in this disclosure.

Specifically, after the first loading module 111 is fully loaded with material at the first loading station, it moves towards the first unloading station along the first conveying track 121, when the first loading module 111 moves to the first unloading station, the second loading module 112 loads material at the second loading station, when the first loading module 111 moves from the first unloading station to the first loading station along the first conveying track 121, the second loading module 112 moves from the second loading station to the second unloading station along the second conveying track 122, when the second loading module 112 moves to the second unloading station, the first loading module 111 moves to the first loading station, when the second loading module 112 completes unloading work at the second unloading station, it moves towards the second loading station along the second conveying track 122, the first loading module 111 moves towards the first unloading station along the first conveying track 121, the first loading module 111 and the second loading module 112 repeat the above-mentioned work processes, to complete the delivery of the batch material.

In order to facilitate the operator to control the first carrying module 111 and the second carrying module 112 to move, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the feeding device in this embodiment further includes a first button 4 and a second button 5, the first button 4 and the second button 5 are both electrically connected to the first driving member 21 and the second driving member 22, the first button 4 and the second button 5 are configured to alternatively control the two carrying modules 11 to move from the feeding station to the discharging station, that is, the operator can control the first carrying module 111 or the second carrying module 112 to move from the first feeding station or the second feeding station to the first discharging station or the second discharging station along the first conveying rail 121 or the second conveying rail 122 through the first button 4, and simultaneously control the second carrying module 112 or the first carrying module 111 to move from the second discharging station or the first feeding station to the second feeding station or the first feeding station along the second conveying rail 122 or the first conveying rail 121, the second button 5 can control the second carrying module 112 or the first carrying module 111 to move from the second feeding station or the first feeding station to the second discharging station or the first discharging station along the second conveying track 122 or the first conveying track 121, and simultaneously control the first carrying module 111 or the second carrying module 112 to move from the first discharging station or the second discharging station to the first feeding station or the second feeding station along the first conveying track 121 or the second conveying track 122.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment, the first button 4 and the second button 5 are both start-stop buttons, and if the first carrier module 111 and/or the second carrier module 112 have a fault during the moving process, an operator can control the first carrier module 111 and the second carrier module 112 to stop moving in time through the first button 4 and the second button 5.

When the first carrier module 111 moves to the first loading station or the first unloading station, and the second carrier module 112 moves to the second unloading station or the second loading station, because the operator cannot accurately judge the positions of the first carrier module 111 and the second carrier module 112, if the operator presses the first button 4 or the second button 5 to stop moving the first carrier module 111 and the second carrier module 112, the positions of the first carrier module 111 and the second carrier module 112 will be deviated, for this reason, as shown in fig. 1, the feeding apparatus in this embodiment further includes a position detecting assembly 6, two ends of the two conveying rails 12 are respectively provided with the position detecting assembly 6, that is, the positions of the first loading station, the first unloading station, the second loading station and the second unloading station are respectively provided with the position detecting assembly 6 to detect the position of the carrier module 11, the position detecting assembly 6 is electrically connected with the first driving member 21 and the second driving member 22, and further controlling the first carrier module 111 and the second carrier module 112 to stop moving, and simultaneously, the first button 4 or the second button 5 automatically returns to the stop state.

Further, in this embodiment, the feeding device further includes a carrier plate 7, the two conveying tracks 12 are disposed on the carrier plate 7, the position detecting assembly 6 includes a groove-type photoelectric switch 61 and a light shielding plate 62, the light shielding plate 62 and the groove-type photoelectric switch 61 are alternatively disposed on the carrier plate 7 and the carrying module 11, and when the carrying module 11 moves to the feeding station or the discharging station, the light shielding plate 62 is located in a detecting groove of the groove-type photoelectric switch 61. When the light shielding plate 62 is disposed on the carrier module 11 and the groove-type photoelectric switch 61 is disposed on the carrier 7, the light shielding plate 62 can move along with the carrier module 11, and when the light shielding plate 62 is inserted into the detection groove, the groove-type photoelectric switch 61 can detect the position of the light shielding plate 62 to obtain the position of the carrier module 11; when the light shielding plate 62 is disposed on the carrier 7 and the groove-type photoelectric switch 61 is disposed on the carrier module 11, the groove-type photoelectric switch 61 can move along with the carrier module 11, and when the light shielding plate 62 is inserted into the detection groove, the groove-type photoelectric switch 61 can determine the position of the carrier module 11 by detecting the position of the light shielding plate 62.

Further, the feeding device in this embodiment further includes a detection mechanism 3, and the detection mechanism 3 is configured to scan and identify information of the material on the carrying module 11 located at the feeding station.

Because the two conveying rails 12 are provided in this embodiment, and each of the two conveying rails 12 is provided with a loading station, that is, the detecting mechanism 3 needs to scan and identify information of the materials on the first carrying module 111 and the second carrying module 112, for this reason, referring to fig. 1, in this embodiment, the detecting mechanism 3 includes the code scanning assembly 31 and the third driving member 32, the code scanning assembly 31 is located above the conveying mechanism 1, and the third driving member 32 is configured to drive the code scanning assembly 31 to move in a direction perpendicular to the conveying rails 12, so that the code scanning assembly 31 can alternately move to a position right above the two conveying rails 12, because the first carrying module 111 and the second carrying module 112 can alternately load the materials in this embodiment, the code scanning assembly 31 can alternately scan the information of the materials on the first carrying module 111 and the second carrying module 112 which have been loaded, compared with the view of the code scanning assembly 31, both of the two conveying rails 12 are covered, in the embodiment, the field of view of the code scanning assembly 31 is smaller, and the manufacturing cost of the code scanning assembly 31 is lower.

Referring to fig. 1, the code scanning assembly 31 includes a code scanning gun 311 and a fourth driving member 312, and a movable end of the fourth driving member 312 is connected to the code scanning gun 311 to drive the code scanning gun 311 to move along a direction parallel to the conveying track 12, so as to avoid affecting an operator to place a material on the first carrying module 111 or the second carrying module 112.

It can be understood that in the embodiment, the first carrying module 111 and the second carrying module 112 can both carry a plurality of materials, the plurality of materials are arranged in a direction parallel to the conveying track 12, and the fourth driving component 312 can ensure that the code scanning gun 311 can scan all the materials.

In this embodiment, the detection mechanism 3 includes a guide shaft 33, the third driving element 32 is a rodless cylinder, the guide shaft 33 is parallel to the third driving element 32, the fourth driving element 312 is fixedly connected to a slider 34 that is sleeved on the outer peripheries of the guide shaft 33 and the third driving element 32, and the fourth driving element 312 drives the code scanning gun 311 to move along the guide shaft 33 through the slider 34, that is, in this embodiment, components such as a slide rail do not need to be arranged between the fourth driving element 312 and the third driving element 32, and the structure of the feeding device is simplified.

As shown in fig. 1, the feeding device in this embodiment is provided with a gantry 8, the detecting mechanism 3 is disposed on the gantry 8, the code scanning assembly 31 further includes a first mounting plate 313 and a second mounting plate 314, the code scanning gun 311 is connected to the second mounting plate 314, the first mounting plate 313 is fixedly connected to the movable end of the fourth driving member 312, the second mounting plate 314 is provided with a first strip hole 3141, the first strip hole 3141 extends in the vertical direction, the second mounting plate 314 is screwed with a first bolt (not shown in the figure), and the first bolt can move in the first strip hole 3141, that is, the mounting height of the code scanning gun 311 can be adjusted in this embodiment, so as to adjust the size of the field of view of the code scanning gun 311 irradiating the first bearing module 111 or the second bearing module 112, and facilitate an operator to adjust the field of view of the code scanning gun 311 to the best.

Further, the code scanning assembly 31 in this embodiment further includes a connection plate 315, the code scanning gun 311 is fixedly connected to the connection plate 315, the connection plate 315 is hinged to the second mounting plate 314, a second bar-shaped hole 3151 is disposed on the connection plate 315 or the second mounting plate 314, the second bar-shaped hole 3151 extends along the rotation direction of the connection plate 315, a second bolt (not shown in the figure) is screwed on the second mounting plate 314 or the connection plate 315, and the second bolt can move in the second bar-shaped hole 3151, that is, the installation angle of the code scanning gun 311 relative to the horizontal plane can be adjusted in this embodiment, so as to adjust the included angle between the code scanning gun 311 and the first bearing module 111 or the second bearing module 112, and an operator can adjust the installation angle of the code scanning gun 311 relative to the horizontal plane, so as to obtain the best irradiation angle of the code scanning gun 311.

It should be understood that the above-described embodiments of the present invention are merely examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Numerous obvious variations, adaptations and substitutions will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A feeding device, comprising:

the conveying mechanism (1) comprises two bearing modules (11) and two conveying rails (12) arranged in parallel, the bearing modules (11) are configured to bear materials, the two bearing modules (11) are respectively connected to the two conveying rails (12) in a sliding mode, and two ends of each conveying rail (12) are respectively provided with a feeding station and a discharging station; and

actuating mechanism, including first driving piece (21) and second driving piece (22), first driving piece (21) with second driving piece (22) are respectively with two bear module (11) and be connected, in order to drive two respectively bear module (11) and remove, work as any bear module (11) by the unloading station to the material loading station removes or is located during the material loading station, another bear module (11) by the material loading station to the unloading station removes or is located the unloading station.

2. The feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a detection mechanism (3), said detection mechanism (3) being configured to sweep and identify information of said material located on said carrying module (11) of said loading station.

3. The feeding device according to claim 2, characterised in that the detection means (3) comprise:

the code scanning assembly (31) is positioned above the conveying mechanism (1); and

a third driving part (32) which is configured to drive the code scanning assembly (31) to move along the direction vertical to the conveying tracks (12) so that the code scanning assembly (31) can move to the position right above the two conveying tracks (12) alternately.

4. The feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the code scanning assembly (31) comprises a code scanning gun (311) and a fourth driving member (312), and a movable end of the fourth driving member (312) is connected with the code scanning gun (311) to drive the code scanning gun (311) to move along a direction parallel to the conveying track (12).

5. The feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the detecting mechanism (3) comprises a guide shaft (33), the third driving member (32) is a rodless cylinder, the guide shaft (33) is arranged in parallel with the third driving member (32), and the fourth driving member (312) is fixedly connected to a slide block (34) which is sleeved on the periphery of the guide shaft (33) and the third driving member (32).

6. The feeding device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the code scanning assembly (31) further comprises a first mounting plate (313) and a second mounting plate (314), the code scanning gun (311) is connected to the second mounting plate (314), the first mounting plate (313) is fixedly connected to the movable end of the fourth driving member (312), a first strip-shaped hole (3141) is formed in the second mounting plate (314), the first strip-shaped hole (3141) extends in the vertical direction, a first bolt is screwed on the second mounting plate (314), and the first bolt can move in the first strip-shaped hole (3141).

7. The feeding device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the code scanning assembly (31) further comprises a connecting plate (315), the code scanning gun (311) is fixedly connected to the connecting plate (315), the connecting plate (315) is hinged to the second mounting plate (314), a second strip-shaped hole (3151) is formed in the connecting plate (315) or the second mounting plate (314), the second strip-shaped hole (3151) extends along the rotation direction of the connecting plate (315), and a second bolt is screwed on the second mounting plate (314) or the connecting plate (315) and can move in the second strip-shaped hole (3151).

8. The feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a first button (4) and a second button (5), said first button (4) and said second button (5) being electrically connected to said first driving element (21) and said second driving element (22), said first button (4) and said second button (5) being configured to alternatively control the movement of two of said carrying modules (11) from said loading station to said unloading station.

9. The feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the feeding device further comprises position detection components (6), and the position detection components (6) are arranged at two ends of the two conveying tracks (12) so as to detect the position of the bearing module (11).

10. The feeding device according to claim 9, characterized in that the feeding device further comprises a carrier plate (7), two of the conveying rails (12) are disposed on the carrier plate (7), the position detecting assembly (6) comprises a groove-shaped photoelectric switch (61) and a light shielding plate (62), the light shielding plate (62) and the groove-shaped photoelectric switch (61) are alternatively disposed on the carrier plate (7) and the carrier module (11), and when the carrier module (11) moves to the loading station or the unloading station, the light shielding plate (62) is located in a detecting groove of the groove-shaped photoelectric switch (61).