Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an automatic feeding system, which aims to solve the technical problem of low working efficiency in the manual adding process.
An automatic feeding system comprises a bearing mechanism, wherein a centrifugal turntable mechanism, a track mechanism and a separation turntable mechanism are arranged on the bearing mechanism;
the track mechanism is positioned between the centrifugal turntable mechanism and the separation turntable mechanism and is respectively connected with the centrifugal turntable mechanism and the separation turntable mechanism;
the centrifugal turntable mechanism is used for conveying the to-be-separated pieces into the track mechanism after the to-be-separated pieces are dispersed, the track mechanism receives the to-be-separated pieces in the centrifugal turntable mechanism and conveys the to-be-separated pieces to the separation turntable mechanism, and the separation turntable mechanism is used for separating and arranging the to-be-separated pieces conveyed by the track mechanism one by one.
When the material loading is needed, firstly, scattered pieces to be separated are loaded into the centrifugal turntable mechanism, then the centrifugal turntable mechanism works, the centrifugal turntable mechanism can generate centrifugal force when working, the pieces to be separated can be close to the joint of the track mechanism and the centrifugal turntable mechanism one by one under the centrifugal action force of the centrifugal turntable mechanism, the pieces to be separated can be conveyed into the track mechanism under the action of continuous centrifugal force, the track mechanism can convey the pieces to be separated in the centrifugal turntable mechanism to the separation turntable mechanism after receiving the pieces to be separated, then the separation turntable mechanism works, the pieces to be separated conveyed by the track mechanism can be separated one by one through the separation turntable mechanism, and preparation is made for next grabbing.
The automatic feeding of treating the separator can be accomplished with this, and automatic branch cup need not artificial intervention in whole journey, guarantees the cleanliness of treating the separator to just arrange a large amount of separators of treating simultaneously, impel laboratory automation process, improved work efficiency.
Furthermore, a material shaking mechanism is arranged on the centrifugal turntable mechanism and used for controlling the number of pieces to be separated.
The number of the pieces to be separated entering the centrifugal turntable mechanism can be controlled through the material shaking mechanism, and blockage caused by excessive number is prevented.
Furthermore, the bearing mechanism comprises a bearing plate and a first supporting rod, the centrifugal turntable mechanism is fixed on the bearing plate through the first supporting rod, and the track mechanism and the separation turntable mechanism are fixed on the bearing plate.
Can fixed mounting centrifugation carousel mechanism through the loading board, first bracing piece can make centrifugation carousel mechanism highly rise, makes things convenient for the unloading of follow-up piece of waiting to separate.
Further, the centrifugal turntable mechanism at least comprises a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate, a funnel, a feeding turntable and a turntable motor, and the material shaking mechanism is fixed on the first mounting plate;
the first mounting plate is fixed with the bearing plate through a first supporting rod, the second mounting plate is fixed with the first mounting plate through a second supporting rod, the funnel is fixed on the surface of the second mounting plate, a material blocking ring plate positioned between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate is fixed on the first mounting plate, the feeding turntable is positioned in the material blocking ring plate, an opening for the rail mechanism to extend into the material blocking ring plate is arranged on the material blocking ring plate,
the rotary table motor is fixed at the bottom of the first mounting plate, and an output shaft on the rotary table motor is connected with the feeding rotary table through a coupler so as to drive the feeding rotary table to rotate.
Can be with treating in the separator puts into the funnel, can control the quantity of treating the separator entering material loading carousel through shaking material mechanism, the material loading carousel rotates under the drive of carousel motor, and the separator of treating that enters into in the material loading carousel can move in to the track mechanism under the effect of centrifugal force on moving to the track mechanism to this first step of accomplishing the material loading.
Further, the track mechanism at least comprises a blanking track and a baffle plate;
the blanking track is fixed on the bearing plate, the baffle plates are fixed on two sides of the blanking track, one end of the blanking track extends into the blanking track through the opening in the material baffle ring plate, and the other end of the blanking track is connected with the separating turntable mechanism;
the height of one end of the blanking track extending into the material blocking ring plate is higher than that of one end connected with the separating turntable mechanism.
Under centrifugal force of centrifugal turntable, treat that the separator can move to the unloading track on, because the unloading track is the slope form, the unloading track extends to the one end that highly is higher than with the one end that separation carousel mechanism is connected of keeping off material ring inboard one end promptly, consequently treats that the separator can become vertical state motion by the horizontality under the effect of self gravity, arranges the unified opening mode up of arranging of reaction cup to move to on the separation carousel mechanism.
Furthermore, the separation turntable mechanism at least comprises a separation turntable, a separation motor, a third mounting plate and a fourth mounting plate;
the fourth mounting plate is fixed on the surface of the bearing plate, the third mounting plate is fixed at the bottom of the fourth mounting plate, the separation turntable is rotatably connected to the fourth mounting plate through a rotating shaft, the separation motor is fixed on the third mounting plate, a separation groove is formed in the separation turntable, and the separation groove corresponds to the blanking track;
and an output shaft on the separation motor is connected with a rotating shaft on the separation turntable through a coupler so as to drive the separation turntable to rotate.
Because the separating tank is corresponding with the unloading track, consequently by the unloading track on the landing treat the separating piece can move the separating tank in, and the separation carousel rotates under the drive of separation motor, consequently every separating tank all can drive one and treat the separating piece and rotate, connect down through the tongs alright with snatch treat the separating piece to this accomplishes whole material loading process.
Further, the material shaking mechanism at least comprises a material shaking plate, a material shaking motor and an eccentric wheel;
tremble the flitch with first mounting panel rotates to be connected, tremble the flitch and extend to between funnel and the first mounting panel, tremble the flitch lower part and be fixed with the clutch blocks, the eccentric wheel with the clutch blocks butt, it fixes to tremble the material motor on the first mounting panel, and the output shaft with the eccentric wheel is connected to drive the eccentric wheel and rotate.
The eccentric wheel can rotate under the drive of the material shaking motor, and when the material shaking plate is jacked up, the other end of the material shaking plate can move downwards, so that an opening can be formed between the eccentric wheel and the funnel, and the separating piece can fall down.
Furthermore, a tension spring is connected between the material shaking plate and the first mounting plate.
The extension spring can make and shake the material board and reset to seal the opening that forms between with the funnel, block the unloading of waiting to separate the piece.
Furthermore, a photoelectric sensor facing the interior of the funnel is fixed on the side surface of the funnel.
The number of pieces to be separated inside the hopper can be detected by a photoelectric sensor.
Furthermore, a coded disc is fixed on a rotating shaft of the separation rotating disc, a return-to-zero photoelectric sensor is fixed on the third mounting plate, and a positioning sensor is fixed on the bearing plate.
The in-position condition of a piece to be separated on the separation turntable can be detected through the in-position sensor, and the coded disc can pass through the return-to-zero photoelectric sensor when the separation turntable rotates, so that the return-to-zero operation is realized.
In summary,
when the material loading is needed, firstly, scattered pieces to be separated are loaded into the funnel, the blanking is carried out through the shaking of the shaking plate, the pieces to be separated on the material loading rotary plate move to the blanking track under the action of centrifugal force, the blanking track is inclined, namely, the height of one end, extending to the material blocking ring plate, of the blanking track is higher than that of one end connected with the separating rotary plate mechanism, so that the pieces to be separated can move from a horizontal state to a vertical state under the action of self gravity, the reaction cups are uniformly arranged in a mode that the openings face upwards, the reaction cups move to the separating grooves on the separating rotary plate, the pieces to be separated can be separated one by one through the rotating separating rotary plate, and the preparation is carried out for the next step of grabbing.
The automatic feeding of treating the separator can be accomplished with this, and automatic branch cup need not artificial intervention in whole journey, guarantees the cleanliness of treating the separator to just arrange a large amount of separators of treating simultaneously, impel laboratory automation process, improved work efficiency.
Detailed Description
In order to make the above and other features and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to be limiting.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in an embodiment provided by the present invention, an automatic feeding system is provided, which includes a carrying mechanism, wherein a centrifugal turntable mechanism, a track mechanism and a separation turntable mechanism are disposed on the carrying mechanism;
the track mechanism is positioned between the centrifugal turntable mechanism and the separation turntable mechanism and is respectively connected with the centrifugal turntable mechanism and the separation turntable mechanism;
the centrifugal turntable mechanism is used for conveying the to-be-separated pieces into the track mechanism after the to-be-separated pieces are dispersed, the track mechanism receives the to-be-separated pieces in the centrifugal turntable mechanism and conveys the to-be-separated pieces to the separation turntable mechanism, and the separation turntable mechanism is used for separating and arranging the to-be-separated pieces conveyed by the track mechanism one by one.
When the material loading is needed, firstly, scattered pieces to be separated are loaded into the centrifugal turntable mechanism, then the centrifugal turntable mechanism works, the centrifugal turntable mechanism can generate centrifugal force when working, the pieces to be separated can be close to the joint of the track mechanism and the centrifugal turntable mechanism one by one under the centrifugal action force of the centrifugal turntable mechanism, the pieces to be separated can be conveyed into the track mechanism under the action of continuous centrifugal force, the track mechanism can convey the pieces to be separated in the centrifugal turntable mechanism to the separation turntable mechanism after receiving the pieces to be separated, then the separation turntable mechanism works, the pieces to be separated conveyed by the track mechanism can be separated one by one through the separation turntable mechanism, and preparation is made for next grabbing.
The automatic feeding of treating the separator can be accomplished with this, and automatic branch cup need not artificial intervention in whole journey, guarantees the cleanliness of treating the separator to just arrange a large amount of separators of treating simultaneously, impel laboratory automation process, improved work efficiency.
In addition to the above embodiments, other embodiments of the present application may be further added or defined by one or more of the following combinations based on the above specific embodiments.
And the centrifugal turntable mechanism is provided with a material shaking mechanism for controlling the number of pieces to be separated.
The number of the pieces to be separated entering the centrifugal turntable mechanism can be controlled through the material shaking mechanism, and blockage caused by excessive number is prevented.
The bearing mechanism comprises a bearing plate 1 and a first supporting rod 2, the centrifugal turntable mechanism is fixed on the bearing plate 1 through the first supporting rod 2, and the track mechanism and the separation turntable mechanism are fixed on the bearing plate 1.
Can fixed mounting centrifugation carousel mechanism through loading board 1, first bracing piece 2 can make centrifugation carousel mechanism highly rise, makes things convenient for the unloading of follow-up piece of waiting to separate.
The centrifugal turntable mechanism at least comprises a first mounting plate 3, a second mounting plate 4, a funnel 5, a feeding turntable 6 and a turntable motor 7, and the material shaking mechanism is fixed on the first mounting plate 3; the first mounting plate 3 is fixed with the bearing plate 1 through a first supporting rod 2, the second mounting plate 4 is fixed with the first mounting plate 3 through a second supporting rod 8, the funnel 5 is fixed on the surface of the second mounting plate 4, a material blocking ring plate 10 positioned between the first mounting plate 3 and the second mounting plate 4 is fixed on the first mounting plate 3, the feeding turntable 6 is positioned in the material blocking ring plate 10, an opening for the rail mechanism to extend into the material blocking ring plate 10 is arranged on the material blocking ring plate,
the turntable motor 7 is fixed at the bottom of the first mounting plate 3, and an output shaft on the turntable motor 7 is connected with the feeding turntable 6 through a coupler so as to drive the feeding turntable 6 to rotate.
Can be with treating that the separator is put into funnel 5 in, can control through shaking material mechanism and treat that the separator gets into the quantity of material loading carousel 6, material loading carousel 6 rotates under the drive of carousel motor 7, and the separator of treating that enters into in the material loading carousel 6 can be to the track mechanism internal motion under the effect of centrifugal force until moving to the track mechanism on to this first step of accomplishing the material loading.
The track mechanism at least comprises a blanking track 11 and a baffle 12; the blanking track 11 is fixed on the bearing plate 1, the baffle plates 12 are fixed on two sides of the blanking track 11, one end of the blanking track 11 extends into the blanking track through an opening in the material blocking ring plate 10, and the other end of the blanking track 11 is connected with the separation turntable mechanism;
the height of one end of the blanking track 11 extending into the material blocking ring plate 10 is higher than that of one end connected with the separating turntable mechanism.
Under centrifugal force of centrifugal turntable, treat that the separator can move to unloading track 11 on, because unloading track 11 is the slope form, unloading track 11 extends to the one end that highly is higher than being connected with separation carousel mechanism of keeping off material ring board 10 in one end promptly, consequently treats that the separator can become vertical state motion by the horizontality under the effect of self gravity, arranges the reaction cup unified to be opening mode up to move to on the separation carousel mechanism.
The separation turntable mechanism at least comprises a separation turntable 13, a separation motor 14, a third mounting plate 15 and a fourth mounting plate 24; the third mounting plate 15 is fixed at the bottom of the fourth mounting plate 24, the separation rotary disc 13 is rotatably connected to the fourth mounting plate 24 through a rotating shaft, the separation motor 14 is fixed on the third mounting plate 15, a separation groove 16 is formed in the separation rotary disc 13, and the separation groove 16 corresponds to the blanking track 11;
an output shaft on the separation motor 14 is connected with a rotating shaft on the separation rotating disc 13 through a coupler so as to drive the separation rotating disc 13 to rotate.
Because the separating grooves 16 correspond to the blanking rails 11, the to-be-separated pieces sliding down from the blanking rails 11 move into the separating grooves 16, and the separating rotary disc 13 is driven by the separating motor 14 to rotate, so that each separating groove 16 drives one to-be-separated piece to rotate, and then the to-be-separated pieces can be grabbed by the hand grips, and the whole feeding process is completed.
The centrifugal turntable mechanism is provided with a material shaking mechanism, and the material shaking mechanism at least comprises a material shaking plate 17, a material shaking motor 18 and an eccentric wheel 19; tremble the flitch 17 with first mounting panel 3 rotates to be connected, tremble the flitch 17 and extend to between funnel 5 and the first mounting panel 3, tremble flitch 17 lower part and be fixed with clutch blocks 25, eccentric wheel 19 with clutch blocks 25 butt, tremble material motor 18 and fix on first mounting panel 3, and the output shaft with eccentric wheel 19 is connected to drive eccentric wheel 19 and rotate.
The number of the pieces to be separated entering the centrifugal turntable mechanism can be controlled through the material shaking mechanism, and blockage caused by excessive number is prevented.
The eccentric wheel 19 can rotate under the drive of the material shaking motor 18, and when the material shaking plate 17 is jacked up, the other end of the material shaking plate 17 can move downwards, so that an opening can be formed between the eccentric wheel and the hopper 5, and the part to be separated can fall down.
And a tension spring 20 is connected between the material shaking plate 17 and the first mounting plate 3. The tension spring 20 can reset the material shaking plate 17, so as to seal the opening formed between the material shaking plate and the hopper 5 and block the material to be separated.
A photoelectric sensor 21 facing the inside of the funnel 5 is fixed to the side of the funnel 5. The number of pieces to be separated inside the hopper 5 can be detected by the photoelectric sensor 21.
A coded disc 22 is fixed on a rotating shaft of the separation rotating disc 13, a return-to-zero photoelectric sensor 23 is fixed on the third mounting plate 15, and a positioning sensor 9 is fixed on the bearing plate 1. The entering-position condition of a piece to be separated on the separation rotating disc 13 can be detected through the entering-position sensor 9, and the coded disc 22 passes through the zeroing photoelectric sensor 23 when the separation rotating disc 13 rotates, so that the zeroing operation is realized.
Referring to fig. 1-5, in some embodiments of the present invention, the feeding system includes a supporting plate 1 and a first supporting rod 2, the centrifugal turntable mechanism is fixed on the supporting plate 1 through the first supporting rod 2, and the track mechanism and the separating turntable mechanism are fixed on the supporting plate 1. The centrifugal turntable mechanism at least comprises a first mounting plate 3, a second mounting plate 4, a funnel 5, a feeding turntable 6 and a turntable motor 7;
the first mounting plate 3 is fixed with the bearing plate 1 through the first supporting rod 2, the second mounting plate 4 is fixed with the first mounting plate 3 through the second supporting rod 8, the funnel 5 is fixed on the surface of the second mounting plate 4, the first mounting plate 3 is fixed with a material blocking ring plate 10 positioned between the first mounting plate 3 and the second mounting plate 4, the feeding turntable 6 is positioned in the material blocking ring plate 10, the material blocking ring plate 10 is provided with an opening for the rail mechanism to extend into the interior,
the turntable motor 7 is fixed at the bottom of the first mounting plate 3, and an output shaft on the turntable motor 7 is connected with the feeding turntable 6 through a coupler so as to drive the feeding turntable 6 to rotate.
The track mechanism at least comprises a blanking track 11 and a baffle 12; the blanking track 11 is fixed on the bearing plate 1, the baffle plates 12 are fixed on two sides of the blanking track 11, one end of the blanking track 11 extends into the blanking track through an opening on the material blocking ring plate 10, and the other end of the blanking track 11 is connected with the separating turntable mechanism; the height of one end of the blanking track 11 extending into the material blocking ring plate 10 is higher than that of one end connected with the separating turntable mechanism.
The separation turntable mechanism at least comprises a separation turntable 13, a separation motor 14, a third mounting plate 15 and a fourth mounting plate 24; the third mounting plate 15 is fixed at the bottom of the fourth mounting plate 24, the separation rotary disc 13 is rotatably connected to the fourth mounting plate 24 through a rotating shaft, the separation motor 14 is fixed on the third mounting plate 15, the separation rotary disc 13 is provided with a separation groove 16, and the separation groove 16 corresponds to the blanking track 11;
an output shaft on the separation motor 14 is connected with a rotating shaft on the separation rotating disc 13 through a coupler so as to drive the separation rotating disc 13 to rotate.
The material shaking mechanism at least comprises a material shaking plate 17, a material shaking motor 18 and an eccentric wheel 19; tremble flitch 17 and rotate with first mounting panel 3 and be connected, tremble flitch 17 and extend to between funnel 5 and the first mounting panel 3, tremble flitch 17 lower part and be fixed with clutch blocks 25, eccentric wheel 19 with tremble flitch 17 butt, tremble material motor 18 and fix on first mounting panel 3, and the output shaft is connected with eccentric wheel 19 to drive eccentric wheel 19 and rotate.
The working process of the invention is as follows:
when the materials need to be loaded, the scattered materials to be separated are loaded into the funnel 5, the materials are unloaded through the shaking of the material shaking plate 17, the materials to be separated on the material loading rotary disc 6 move to the material unloading rail 11 under the action of centrifugal force, because the material unloading rail 11 is inclined, namely the height of one end, extending to the material blocking ring plate 10, of the material unloading rail 11 is higher than that of one end connected with the separating rotary disc mechanism, the materials to be separated can move from a horizontal state to a vertical state under the action of self gravity, the reaction cups are uniformly arranged in an opening-up mode and move to the separating grooves 16 on the separating rotary disc 13, the materials to be separated can be separated one by one through the rotating separating rotary disc 13, and preparation is made for next step of grabbing.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.