Detailed Description
In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the invention will be readily understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may be embodied in many other forms than described herein and similarly modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention, whereby the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.
In the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "up" or "down" a second feature may be the first and second features in direct contact, or the first and second features in indirect contact via an intervening medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature may be a first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level higher than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature may be the first feature being directly under or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" on 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," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like are used herein for illustrative purposes only and are not meant to be the only embodiment.
In one embodiment of the present application a transport mechanism of a container is provided for pushing out a cargo 8 from a cargo lane 1 of the container.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the transfer mechanism includes:
a support 2.
The first gear 3, the first gear 3 and the supporting member 2 are respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the cargo path 1 in the length direction.
And the synchronous belt 4 is sleeved on the support piece 2 and the first gear 3, and moves under the driving of the rotation of the first gear 3.
Wherein the surface of the first gear 3 is formed with teeth. The surface of the support 2 may or may not be toothed, and in particular, as shown in fig. 5-1, the support 2 may be formed as a gear 21; referring to fig. 5-2, the support 2 may be formed as a roller 22. Referring to fig. 5-3, the support 2 may be formed as a shaft 23. In the embodiment in which the support 2 is formed as the roller 22 or the shaft 23, it is preferable that the surface of the roller 22 or the shaft 23 is formed as a smooth surface to reduce the friction coefficient of the contact surface of the timing belt 4 with the roller 22 or the shaft 23, thereby facilitating the movement of the timing belt 4.
Referring to fig. 2-1, 2-2 and 3, the transfer mechanism further includes:
the pushing plate 5, the pushing plate 5 is fixedly connected to the synchronous belt 4 and moves along with the synchronous belt 4 to push the goods 8 out of the goods channel 1. Referring to fig. 2-2, under the driving of the synchronous belt 4, the push plate 5 pushes the goods 88 out of the goods channel 1 along the direction indicated by the arrow, the goods 8 are pushed out of the goods channel 1 by the push plate 5, enter the goods taking device 7, are sent to a goods taking port (not shown in the figure) of the container by the goods taking device 7, are directly taken by a user through the goods taking port of the container, or are taken by a robot, and are distributed to the user through the robot.
Referring to fig. 4-1 to 4-7, and fig. 5-1 to 5-3, the timing belt 4 includes an engaging portion 41 and a non-engaging portion 42, wherein,
the engagement portion 41 is configured and adapted to cooperate with teeth on the first gear wheel 3 to move the timing belt 4.
The surface of the non-engagement portion 42 is a non-smooth surface and is configured not to cooperate with the teeth 31 of the first gear wheel 3 such that the first gear wheel 3 cannot move the timing belt 4 when the push plate 24 is moved to the outlet 11 of the lane 1 or when it is moved to a predetermined distance from the outlet 11. Specifically, in one embodiment, the first gear 3 rotates in the forward direction to engage with the engagement portion 41, thereby moving the timing belt 4; when the timing belt 4 moves to bring the non-meshing portion 42 thereof into contact with the first gear 3, the first gear 3 slips with the timing belt 4, whether forward rotation or reverse rotation is continued, because the surface of the non-meshing portion 42 is a non-smooth surface and is configured not to fit with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, so that the timing belt 4 cannot be driven to move. It should be noted that in other embodiments, it is also possible to change the specific shape of the surface of the non-meshing portion 42, for example, as shown in fig. 4-2, 5-4, and 5-5, so that the first gear 3 slips with the timing belt 4 when continuing to rotate in the forward direction, and so that the first gear 3 does not slip with the timing belt 4 when rotating in the reverse direction.
The preset distance may be set to K times smaller than the size parameter of the smallest-sized cargo 8 in the cargo lane. The dimensional parameter is the length of the load 8 in the direction of being pushed out of the lane. K is a positive number, specifically, K may be a positive number in the range of 0.1 to 2. Preferably, K may be a positive number in the range of 0.5-1, for example, K may be 0.5 or 0.6 or 0.9 or 1, etc. In one embodiment, if the dimension parameter is 10cm, the predetermined distance is 10 x k cm. Further, if K is 0.5, the preset distance is 5cm; and if K is 1, the preset distance is 10cm.
In this embodiment of the present application, the meshing portion 41 is configured to be suitable for being matched with the teeth on the first gear 3 to drive the synchronous belt 4 to move, so that the push plate 5 connected to the synchronous belt 4 can move along with the synchronous belt 4, so that the goods 8 are pushed out from the goods channel 1, when the push plate 24 moves to the outlet 11 of the goods channel 1 or moves to a preset distance from the outlet 11, all the goods 8 in the goods channel are pushed out, the first gear 3 cannot drive the synchronous belt 4 to move, so that the push plate cannot be continuously moved, damage to other mechanisms in the goods channel is avoided, not only can use safety be enhanced, but also faults are reduced, so that the goods outlet timeliness of the goods channel can be ensured, and user experience is improved. As shown in fig. 4-1 to 4-7, as an alternative embodiment, the engagement portion 41 includes a plurality of first teeth 411, and tooth grooves 412 between two adjacent first teeth 411 are adapted to engage with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3; the non-meshing portion 42 includes a plurality of second teeth 421, and tooth grooves 422 between adjacent second teeth 421 are not adapted to mesh with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
Since the tooth grooves 412 between any two adjacent first teeth 411 in the engagement portion 41 are configured to be adapted to engage with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, when the first gear 3 rotates, the synchronous belt 4 can be driven to move, and the push plate 5 can be driven to move along with the synchronous belt 4, so as to push the cargo 8 out of the cargo lane 1.
When the goods 8 in the goods way 1 are all pushed out or the quantity of the goods 8 is insufficient and the goods need to be replenished, namely, when the push plate 24 moves to the outlet 11 of the goods way 1 or moves to a preset distance from the outlet 11, at this time, the synchronous belt 4 just moves to enable the non-meshing part 42 to be in contact with the first gear 3, and the tooth grooves 422 between any two adjacent second teeth 421 in the non-meshing part 42 are not suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, so that the first gear 3 cannot continuously drive the synchronous belt 4 to move, further the push plate 5 cannot continuously move, and the related mechanism damage caused by the fact that the push plate 5 continuously moves and other mechanisms inside a damaged container such as the goods taking device 7 collide is avoided, and the operation fault occurs.
When the first gear 3 cannot continue to drive the synchronous belt 4 to move, the push plate 5 is kept at the current position. Since the pusher plate 5 is kept at the current position, no goods 8 will be pushed out, so that when the goods 8 are not detected to be pushed out within a predetermined time, it can be known that the corresponding goods channel 1 is out of stock, and the goods channel 1 needs to be restocked. During replenishment, the timing belt 4 and the push plate 5 fixedly connected thereto can be returned to the original state so that the cargo 8 can be pushed out of the cargo lane 1 again.
As shown in fig. 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3, as an alternative embodiment, the volume of the tooth slot 412 between two adjacent first teeth 411 is less than the volume of the tooth slot 422 between two adjacent second teeth 421. In this way, it is possible to make the tooth groove 412 between the adjacent two first teeth 411 suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, while the tooth groove 422 between the adjacent two second teeth 421 is unsuitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
As shown in fig. 4-1, the width of the tooth slot 412 between adjacent two first teeth 411 is smaller than the width of the tooth slot 422 between adjacent two second teeth 421. In this way, it is possible to make the tooth groove 412 between the adjacent two first teeth 411 suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, while the tooth groove 422 between the adjacent two second teeth 421 is unsuitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
As shown in fig. 4-3 to 4-7, as an alternative embodiment, the root of the first tooth 411 is higher than the tip of the second tooth 421. In this way, it is possible to make the tooth groove 412 between the adjacent two first teeth 411 suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, while the tooth groove 422 between the adjacent two second teeth 421 is unsuitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
As shown in fig. 4 to 4, as an alternative embodiment, the surface of the second tooth 421 is formed as a cambered surface. In this way, it is possible to make the tooth groove 412 between the adjacent two first teeth 411 suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, while the tooth groove 422 between the adjacent two second teeth 421 is unsuitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
As shown in fig. 4-1 to 4-7, as an alternative embodiment, the length of the non-meshing portion 42 is smaller than the length of the meshing portion 41, and the length of the non-meshing portion 42 is greater than half the circumference of the tip circle of the first gear 3.
As shown in fig. 1, as an alternative embodiment, the transmission mechanism may further include:
the second gear 6, the second gear 6 is connected with the first gear 3 coaxially, and when the second gear 6 is driven to rotate, the first gear 3 is driven to rotate. In one embodiment of the present application, a pallet is also provided. Referring to fig. 2-1 and 2-2, the shelf includes:
a bottom plate 10;
the plurality of partition boards 9 are arranged on the bottom board 10, and a goods channel 1 along the length direction of the partition boards 9 is formed between any two adjacent partition boards 9, wherein the partition boards 9 are provided with slide ways 911 along the length direction of the partition boards 9;
a transport mechanism for pushing the goods 8 out of the aisle 1.
Referring to fig. 3, the transmission mechanism includes:
the support 2 is provided at one end 912 of the slide 911 in the longitudinal direction.
A first gear 3 provided at the other end 913 of the slide 911 in the longitudinal direction;
the synchronous belt 4 is arranged in the slideway 911 and sleeved on the support piece 2 and the first gear 3 to move under the driving of the rotation of the first gear 3.
Wherein the surface of the first gear 3 is formed with teeth. The surface of the support 2 may or may not be toothed, and in particular, as shown in fig. 5-1, the support 2 may be formed as a gear 21; referring to fig. 5-2, the support 2 may be formed as a roller 22. Referring to fig. 5-3, the support 2 may be formed as a shaft 23. In the embodiment in which the support 2 is formed as the roller 22 or the shaft 23, it is preferable that the surface of the roller 22 or the shaft 23 is formed as a smooth surface to reduce the friction coefficient of the contact surface of the timing belt 4 with the roller 22 or the shaft 23, thereby facilitating the movement of the timing belt 4.
Referring to fig. 2-1, 2-2 and 3, the transfer mechanism further includes:
the pushing plate 5, the pushing plate 5 is connected to the synchronous belt 4, so as to move along the length direction of the slideway 911 under the driving of the synchronous belt 4, so as to push the goods 8 out of the goods channel 1. Referring to fig. 2-2, under the driving of the synchronous belt 4, the push plate 5 pushes the goods 88 out of the goods channel 1 along the direction indicated by the arrow, the goods 8 are pushed out of the goods channel 1 by the push plate 5, enter the goods taking device 7, are sent to a goods taking port (not shown in the figure) of the container by the goods taking device 7, are directly taken by a user through the goods taking port of the container, or are taken by a robot, and are distributed to the user through the robot.
Referring to fig. 4-1 to 4-7, and fig. 5-1 to 5-3, the timing belt 4 includes an engaging portion 41 and a non-engaging portion 42. Wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,
the first gear 3 contacts the engagement portion 41 before the push plate 24 moves to the other end of the slide 911, and moves the timing belt 4, thereby moving the push plate 24.
When the push plate 24 moves to the other end of the slide 911, the first gear 3 is brought into contact with the non-meshing portion 42, so that the timing belt 4 slips with the first gear 3, wherein the surface of the non-meshing portion 42 in contact with the first gear 3 is a non-smooth surface.
The first gear 3 may be directly driven to rotate, for example, by a motor. The first gear 3 may be indirectly driven to rotate, for example, as shown in fig. 1, the second gear 6 is coaxially connected to the first gear 3, and when the second gear 6 is driven to rotate, the second gear 6 drives the first gear 3 to rotate.
The engagement portion 41 is configured to be adapted to mate with teeth on the first gear 3, and the surface of the non-engagement portion 42 is a non-smooth surface and is configured to be unsuitable to mate with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3. As shown in fig. 4-1 to 4-7, the length of the non-meshing portion 42 may be smaller than the length of the meshing portion 41, and the length of the non-meshing portion 42 is greater than half the circumference of the addendum circle of the first gear 3. Thus, before the push plate 24 moves to the other end of the slide 911, the first gear 3 contacts the engagement portion 41 to drive the timing belt 4 to move; when the push plate 24 moves to the other end 913 of the slide 911, the first gear 3 contacts with the non-meshing portion 42, so that the first gear 3 and the synchronous belt 4 slip, and the synchronous belt 4 cannot be driven to move forward.
It should be noted that, if the timing belt 4 is provided with only the engagement portion 41 and no non-engagement portion 42, the first gear 3 rotates forward, so that the timing belt 4 is driven to move, and when the push plate 24 is driven by the timing belt 4 to move to the other end 913 of the slide 911 and is limited to move further due to blocking, the timing belt 4 is also limited to move further due to connection with the push plate 24, and at this time, if the first gear 3 continues to rotate forward, the teeth 31 of the first gear 3 may be damaged due to stress, or the contact portion between the timing belt 4 and the first gear 3 may be damaged, or other mechanisms may be damaged, such as a mechanism for driving or driving the first gear 3 to rotate.
Referring to fig. 5 to 4 and 5 to 5, by providing the non-meshing portion 42, in this way, when the first gear 3 continues to rotate in the forward direction, the resistance force applied by the synchronous belt 4 being limited to continue to move is just overcome, so that the synchronous belt 4 and the first gear 3 slip, and damage to the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, the contact portion of the synchronous belt 4 and the first gear 3, or other mechanisms is avoided. When the first gear 3 rotates reversely, the push plate 24 moves reversely and is not blocked, so that the synchronous belt 4 and the first gear 3 do not slip any more, the synchronous belt 4 is driven to move reversely, the push plate 24 is driven to move reversely, and the normal operation of the transmission mechanism is ensured.
In one embodiment of the present application, the partition 9 includes a partition body 91 and a front connector 92, wherein the slide 911 is formed on the partition body 91, the front connector 92 is connected to one end of the partition body 91 in the length direction, and when the push plate 24 moves to the other end 913 of the slide 911, the slide is blocked by the front connector 92 and is restricted from continuing to move.
In other embodiments, the partition 9 may further include a rear connection member 93, and the front connection member 92 may be connected to the other end of the partition body 91 in the length direction.
As shown in fig. 4-1 to 4-7, as an alternative embodiment, the engagement portion 41 includes a plurality of first teeth 411, and tooth grooves 412 between two adjacent first teeth 411 are adapted to engage with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3; the non-meshing portion 42 includes a plurality of second teeth 421, and tooth grooves 422 between adjacent second teeth 421 are not adapted to mesh with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
Since the tooth grooves 412 between any two adjacent first teeth 411 in the engagement portion 41 are configured to be adapted to engage with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, when the first gear 3 rotates, the synchronous belt 4 can be driven to move, and the push plate 5 can be driven to move along with the synchronous belt 4, so as to push the cargo 8 out of the cargo lane 1.
When the goods 8 in the goods way 1 are all pushed out or the quantity of the goods 8 is insufficient and the goods need to be replenished, that is, the push plate 24 moves to the other end of the slideway 911, at this time, the synchronous belt 4 just moves to enable the non-meshing part 42 to be in contact with the first gear 3, and the tooth grooves 422 between any two adjacent second teeth 421 in the non-meshing part 42 are configured to be not suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, so that the first gear 3 cannot continue to drive the synchronous belt 4 to move, and the push plate 5 cannot continue to move.
When the first gear 3 cannot continue to drive the synchronous belt 4 to move, the push plate 5 is kept at the current position. Since the pusher plate 5 is kept at the current position, no goods 8 will be pushed out, so that when the goods 8 are not detected to be pushed out within a predetermined time, it can be known that the corresponding goods channel 1 is out of stock, and the goods channel 1 needs to be restocked. During replenishment, the timing belt 4 and the push plate 5 fixedly connected thereto can be returned to the original state so that the cargo 8 can be pushed out of the cargo lane 1 again.
As shown in fig. 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3, as an alternative embodiment, the volume of the tooth slot 412 between two adjacent first teeth 411 is less than the volume of the tooth slot 422 between two adjacent second teeth 421. In this way, it is possible to make the tooth groove 412 between the adjacent two first teeth 411 suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, while the tooth groove 422 between the adjacent two second teeth 421 is unsuitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
As shown in fig. 4-1, the width of the tooth slot 412 between adjacent two first teeth 411 is smaller than the width of the tooth slot 422 between adjacent two second teeth 421. In this way, it is possible to make the tooth groove 412 between the adjacent two first teeth 411 suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, while the tooth groove 422 between the adjacent two second teeth 421 is unsuitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
As shown in fig. 4-3 to 4-7, as an alternative embodiment, the root of the first tooth 411 is higher than the tip of the second tooth 421. In this way, it is possible to make the tooth groove 412 between the adjacent two first teeth 411 suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, while the tooth groove 422 between the adjacent two second teeth 421 is unsuitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
As shown in fig. 4 to 4, as an alternative embodiment, the surface of the second tooth 421 is formed as a cambered surface. In this way, it is possible to make the tooth groove 412 between the adjacent two first teeth 411 suitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, while the tooth groove 422 between the adjacent two second teeth 421 is unsuitable for meshing with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3.
In one embodiment of the application, there is also provided a container comprising the transport mechanism of the above embodiment.
In one embodiment of the present application, there is also provided a container, as shown with reference to FIGS. 1-3, comprising:
a transport mechanism, the transport mechanism comprising:
a support 2;
the first gear 3, the first gear 3 and the supporting member 2 are respectively arranged at two opposite ends in the direction in which the goods 8 are pushed out;
the synchronous belt 4 is sleeved on the support piece 2 and the first gear 3, and moves under the driving of the rotation of the first gear 3;
the pushing plate 5 is fixedly connected to the synchronous belt 4 and moves along with the synchronous belt 4 to push the goods 8 out of the goods channel 1;
wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,
the timing belt 4 includes an engagement portion 41 and a non-engagement portion 42, wherein,
the engagement portion 41 is configured and adapted to cooperate with teeth on the first gear 3 to move the timing belt 4;
the surface of the non-engagement portion 42 is a non-smooth surface and is configured not to cooperate with the teeth 31 of the first gear 3, so that the first gear 3 cannot move the timing belt 4 when the push plate 24 moves to the outlet 11 of the lane 1 or when it moves to a preset distance from the outlet 11;
the second gear 6, the second gear 6 is connected with the first gear 3 coaxially, and when the second gear 6 is driven to rotate, the first gear 3 is driven to rotate.
Referring to FIGS. 2-1 and 2-2, the container further comprises:
the driving device 71, the driving device 71 is arranged on the goods taking device 7. The driving device 71 may include a motor 711 and a gear transmission 712 driven by the motor 711, and is meshed with the second gear 6 of the transmission mechanism through the gear transmission 712 to drive the synchronous belt 4 of the transmission mechanism to move. Under the drive of the synchronous belt 4, the push plate 5 pushes the goods 8 out of the goods channel 1 along the direction indicated by the arrow, the goods 8 are pushed out of the goods channel 1 by the push plate 5, then enter the goods taking device 7, and are sent to a goods taking port (not shown in the figure) of a container by the goods taking device 7, so that a user can directly take the goods through the goods taking port of the container or can take the goods through a robot, and the goods can be distributed to the user through the robot.
In which, as shown in fig. 3, the cargo way 1 may be formed by two adjacent partition boards 9 at intervals. As shown in fig. 2-2, the support 2, the first gear 3, and the timing belt 4 are disposed in the slideway 911 of the partition 9, wherein the support 2 and the first gear 3 are disposed at opposite ends in the longitudinal direction of the partition 9, respectively.
The technical features of the above embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.
The foregoing examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the invention, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.