CN114275428A - Material conveying device and online assembly system - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to a material conveying device and an online assembly system, which comprise a fixed support, a warehouse position and a driving assembly, wherein the warehouse position is connected with the fixed support, the warehouse position is internally used for pre-storing materials, and the warehouse position is provided with a material passing hole. The drive assembly has an active portion configured to drive movement of the material. The storehouse position is in a storehouse unloading state, the material passing port is controlled to be opened when the storehouse position is in the storehouse unloading state, and the acting part drives the materials in the storehouse position to move out of the storehouse position from the material passing port, so that the materials pre-stored in the storehouse position are unloaded from the storehouse position to the acting part outside the storehouse position. The material that has moved out the storehouse position this moment is located the effect portion, and consequently follow-up can be through moving the effect portion and drive the material and remove to the assembly position that needs and carry out the material loading. Limitation that manual handling or arm transport brought has been avoided for the material conveyor structure and the work flow that this application provided are simple, have reduced manufacturing cost. Meanwhile, automatic feeding is realized, and the feeding efficiency is high.

Description

Material conveying device and online assembly system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of material conveying devices, in particular to a material conveying device and an online assembly system.

Background

With the rapid development of industrial automation, automated production is rapidly developing and applied in various aspects. In the production and manufacturing process of various household appliances and equipment, a plurality of materials are generally placed in a material tray uniformly for storage and applied to an automatic production line for use.

When materials are stored or needed to be used, most of the materials are stored and put in storage and used for delivery through manual conveying of the material trays, and some material trays with light weight can be stored and put in storage and used for delivery through conveying of the material trays by using mechanical arm equipment or mechanical arm equipment.

However, the work flow of manually carrying the material tray is complicated, the automation degree is low, and the labor cost is high; though the automation degree is high through the mechanical arm equipment or the mechanical arm equipment, the cost is high at the same time, and the control flow is relatively complex.

Content of application

Based on this, this application has proposed a material conveyor and online assembly system to the loaded down with trivial details and with high costs problem of material warehouse entry and warehouse exit flow, and this material conveyor has the simple and with low costs technological effect of structure and control flow.

A material transfer device comprising:

fixing a bracket;

the storage position is connected with the fixed support and is used for prestoring materials, the storage position is provided with a material passing hole, and the material passing hole is allowed to be opened or closed;

a drive assembly having an active portion configured to drive movement of material;

the storage position is in a storage-unloading state, when the storage position is in the storage-unloading state, the material passing opening is controlled to be opened, and the action part is controlled to drive the materials in the storage position to move out of the storage position from the material passing opening.

In one embodiment, the library bit also has an upper library state;

when the storehouse position is in the storehouse loading state, the material passing opening is controlled to be opened, the action part is controlled to drive the materials outside the storehouse position to move into the storehouse position from the material passing opening, and the material passing opening is controlled to be closed.

In one embodiment, the driving assembly is provided with an output shaft in driving connection with the acting part, and the axial direction of the output shaft is intersected with the plane of the material passing port;

the output shaft is controlled to drive the action part to drive the material to move in a reciprocating mode along the axial direction of the output shaft.

In one embodiment, the material conveying device further comprises a material blocking assembly, and the material blocking assembly comprises a material blocking rod;

the material blocking rod is controlled to move towards one side far away from or close to the storage position along the direction which is intersected with the axial direction of the output shaft so as to open or close the material passing port.

In one embodiment, the storage position further has a waiting state, and when the storage position is in the waiting state, the material blocking rod closes the material passing opening;

when the warehouse position is switched from the waiting state to the unloading state, the acting part is controlled to drive the materials in the warehouse position to be separated from the material blocking rod, and the material blocking rod opens the material passing port;

when the storehouse position is switched from the waiting state to the storehouse loading state, the material blocking rod opens the material passing port, and the action part is controlled to drive the materials outside the storehouse position to move into the storehouse position.

In one embodiment, a plurality of material trays are arranged in the storage position at intervals along the axial direction of the output shaft, and each material tray is used for containing materials;

the material blocking rod is controlled to close the material passing opening and is arranged between two adjacent material discs to support the material discs in the storage position.

In one embodiment, the driving assembly comprises a driving part, and an output shaft is arranged at one end of the driving part;

the driving part is used for driving the output shaft to move towards one side close to the material passing opening or far away from the material passing opening along the axial direction of the output shaft.

In one embodiment, the driving part comprises a first pushing cylinder and a second pushing cylinder, the first pushing cylinder is in driving connection with the acting part through the output shaft, and the second pushing cylinder is in driving connection with the first pushing cylinder;

the first pushing cylinder and the second pushing cylinder are both provided with a first position and a second position which are distributed along the axial direction, and the first position is located between the warehouse position and the second position;

when the second pushing cylinder is located at the first position, the first pushing cylinder can move between the first position and the second position to drive the materials outside the warehouse location to move into the warehouse location or drive the materials in the warehouse location to move out of the warehouse location.

In one embodiment, the material blocking assembly further comprises a third driving member, and the third driving member is in driving connection with the material blocking rod;

the third driving piece is used for driving the material blocking rod to move towards the direction close to or far away from the storage position.

According to another aspect of the application, an online assembly system is further provided, which includes a production line and the material conveying device in any of the above embodiments, the driving assembly is disposed on the production line, and the action portion and the material on the action portion move along with the production line to be loaded.

Above-mentioned material conveyor, including fixed bolster, storehouse position and drive assembly, storehouse position and fixed bolster connection are used for prestoring the material in the storehouse position, and the storehouse position has a material passing hole, and the material passing hole is allowed to be opened or closed, and when the material passing hole was opened, the material can be moved into or shift out the storehouse position, and when the material passing hole was closed, the material can not pass through the material passing hole. The drive assembly has an active portion configured to drive movement of the material. The storehouse position is in a storehouse unloading state, the material passing port is controlled to be opened when the storehouse position is in the storehouse unloading state, and the acting part drives the materials in the storehouse position to move out of the storehouse position from the material passing port, so that the materials pre-stored in the storehouse position are unloaded from the storehouse position to the acting part outside the storehouse position. The material that has moved out the storehouse position this moment is located the effect portion, and consequently follow-up can be through moving the effect portion and drive the material and remove to the assembly position that needs and carry out the material loading. Limitation that manual handling or arm transport brought has been avoided for the material conveyor structure and the work flow that this application provided are simple, have reduced manufacturing cost. Meanwhile, automatic feeding is realized, and the feeding efficiency is high.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a material conveying device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a first perspective plan view of the material handling device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a second perspective plan view of the material transfer device shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic plan view of the material tray of the material conveying device shown in fig. 1 placed on the storage position.

Reference numerals: 100. a material conveying device; 10. fixing a bracket; 20. a library location; 30. a drive assembly; 31. an action part; 32. a drive section; 321. a first pushing cylinder; 322. a second pushing cylinder; 323. an output shaft; 40. the material blocking component; 41. a material blocking rod; 42. a third driving member; 50. a movable mounting plate; 200. a material tray.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, embodiments accompanying the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. This application is capable of embodiments in many different forms than those described herein and that modifications may be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the application and it is therefore not intended to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In the description of the present application, it is to 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," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the present application.

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 application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; 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 meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, 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 intervening media. 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.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" 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 as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present application provides a material conveying device 100, which may be used for automatic loading of a material in a warehouse, and also for material storage in a warehouse, so as to facilitate subsequent automatic loading of the material in the warehouse.

Specifically, the material conveying device 100 includes a fixed support 10, a storage position 20 and a driving assembly 30, the storage position 20 is connected to the fixed support 10, the storage position 20 is used for pre-storing materials, the storage position 20 has a material passing opening, the material passing opening is allowed to be opened or closed, when the material passing opening is opened, the materials can be moved into or out of the storage position 20, and when the material passing opening is closed, the materials cannot pass through the material passing opening. The drive assembly 30 has an active portion 31, the active portion 31 being configured to drive the movement of the material. The storage position 20 has a storage unloading state, when the storage position 20 is in the storage unloading state, the material passing port is controlled to be opened, and the acting part 31 drives the material in the storage position 20 to move out of the storage position 20 from the material passing port, so that the material pre-stored in the storage position 20 is unloaded from the storage position 20 to the acting part 31 outside the storage position 20. The material that has moved out of the storage location 20 at this time is located on the acting portion 31, and then the material can be loaded by moving the acting portion 31 to move the material to a desired assembly position. Limitation caused by manual carrying or mechanical arm carrying is avoided, so that the structure and the working process of the material conveying device 100 are simple, and the production cost is reduced. Meanwhile, automatic feeding is realized, and the feeding efficiency is high.

Further, the material conveying device 100 further includes a movable mounting plate 50, and one end of the driving assembly 30 is mounted on the movable mounting plate 50 and drives the action portion 31 and the material on the action portion 31 to move along with the movement of the movable mounting plate 50. In practical use, the movable mounting plate 50 can be used as a part of a production line and moves along with the production line, so that the acting part 31 and materials on the acting part 31 move along with the production line to perform automatic feeding, the feeding of the materials is realized by means of the movement of the production line, and the feeding efficiency is improved.

Specifically, this application occasion is very extensive, also can carry on the transport mechanism except that the production line, accomplishes the full flow of automatic feeding and transportation, satisfies the production demand of different degrees.

In one embodiment, the storage position 20 further has a storage-loading state, when the storage position 20 is in the storage-loading state, the material passing opening is controlled to be opened, and the action part 31 is controlled to drive the material outside the storage position 20 to move to the storage position 20 from the material passing opening, and then the material passing opening is controlled to be closed. Thereby pre-storing the material in the storage location 20 for subsequent continuous loading of the material. The material conveying device 100 is simple in structure, and can complete the warehousing and warehousing action flows of all materials through one set of equipment.

It can be understood that when the storage location 20 is not in the loading state and the unloading state, the material passing port of the storage location 20 is closed, and at this time, a lot of materials may be pre-stored in the storage location 20 to wait for loading from the unloading state, or there may be no materials waiting for loading from the unloading state.

In one embodiment, the driving assembly 30 has an output shaft 323 in driving connection with the acting part 31, and the axial direction of the output shaft 323 intersects with the plane of the material passing port. The output shaft 323 is controlled by the driving action part 31 to drive the material to reciprocate along the axial direction of the output shaft 323. So that the acting part 31 drives the material outside the storage position 20 to move along a linear motion from the material passing port to the storage position 20 to finish loading the storage. Or the acting part 31 drives the materials in the storehouse position 20 to move out of the storehouse position 20 along the linear motion from the material passing port to finish the storehouse unloading, the structure is simple, the materials are guaranteed to finish the storehouse unloading through the shortest path, and the working efficiency is improved.

In other embodiments, the acting portion 31 of the driving assembly 30 may also perform material loading or unloading along other curved or irregular motion paths by clamping the material, and is not limited to the linear driving of the output shaft 323 in the above embodiments, and the present application is not limited thereto.

Specifically, the acting portion 31 may be configured to have a planar plate-shaped structure to strongly and stably support the material, and the acting portion 31 may also be configured to have other shapes, which is not limited herein.

In one embodiment, the material conveying device 100 further includes a material blocking assembly 40, and the material blocking assembly 40 includes a material blocking rod 41. The striker rod 41 is controlled to move toward the side away from or close to the stock position 20 in the direction intersecting the axial direction of the output shaft 323 to open or close the feed opening. When the material passing opening is closed, the material blocking rod 41 is used for supporting materials prestored in the storage position 20, and when the material passing opening is opened, the acting part 31 can drive the materials outside the storage position 20 to move into the storage position 20 or drive the materials in the storage position 20 to move out of the storage position 20, so that the operation of loading or unloading is carried out.

It can be understood that the closing of the material passing opening by the striker rod 41 only blocks the material from further moving and does not block the movement of the action part 31. When the warehouse location 20 is in the warehouse unloading state, the acting part 31 passes through the material passing opening to abut on the material in the warehouse location 20, so that the material is separated from the material blocking rod 41, and at the moment, the material blocking rod 41 can be controlled to open the material passing opening under the condition of no stress, so that the warehouse unloading and feeding of the material are continued.

Specifically, the storage position 20 further has a waiting state, and when the storage position 20 is in the waiting state, the striker rod 41 closes the material passing opening. When the storage position 20 is switched from the waiting state to the unloading state, the action part 31 is controlled to drive the materials in the storage position 20 to be separated from the material blocking rod 41, and then the material blocking rod 41 opens the material passing opening so as to continue unloading the materials. And because the stop rod 41 does not block the movement of the action part 31 when the material passing opening is closed, the action part 31 can pass through the material passing opening to abut on the material in the storage position and continuously drive the material to move to separate the stop rod 41.

Specifically, when the storage position 20 is switched from the waiting state to the loading state, the material blocking rod 41 opens the material passing opening, and the acting part 31 is controlled to drive the material outside the storage position 20 to move into the storage position 20.

Further, after the materials in the storage position 20 are completely moved out of the storage position 20 from the material passing opening, the material blocking rod 41 can be controlled to close the material passing opening. When all the materials are moved into the storage position 20 from the material passing opening, the material blocking rod 41 can also controllably close the material passing opening.

In one embodiment, a plurality of material trays 200 are disposed in the storage position 20 at intervals along the axial direction of the output shaft 323, and each material tray 200 is used for containing materials. The material blocking rod 41 is controlled to close the material passing opening and is arranged between two adjacent material trays 200 for supporting the material trays 200 in the storage position 20. In this way, when the magazine position 20 is unloaded, the number of the stocked trays 200 can be controlled. When the storage position 20 is loaded, the loading process can be ended through the action of the material blocking rod 41, so that the material tray 200 in the storage position 20 is supported.

In one embodiment, the drive assembly 30 includes a drive portion 32, and the output shaft 323 is disposed at one end of the drive portion 32. The driving portion 32 is used for driving the output shaft 323 to move towards the side close to the material passing opening or the material passing opening along the self axial direction. Therefore, the materials in the storage position 20 are driven by the action part 31 to be stored outside the storage position 20, or the materials outside the storage position 20 are driven by the action part 31 to be stored inside the storage position 20.

It will be appreciated that the tray 200 can carry any small material, such as nuts, fittings, etc., within the height allowed and the load capacity of the drive assembly 30.

Specifically, the driving portion 32 includes a first pushing cylinder 321 and a second pushing cylinder 322, the first pushing cylinder 321 is in driving connection with the acting portion 31 through the output shaft 323, and the second pushing cylinder 322 is in driving connection with the first pushing cylinder 321. The first pushing cylinder 321 and the second pushing cylinder 322 both have a first position and a second position arranged along the axial direction, and the first position is located between the warehouse position 20 and the second position. When the second pushing cylinder 322 is located at the first position, the first pushing cylinder 321 can move between the first position and the second position to move the material outside the storage location 20 into the storage location 20 or move the material inside the storage location 20 out of the storage location 20.

Specifically, when the storage space 20 is in the waiting state, the first pushing cylinder 321 and the second pushing cylinder 322 are both located at the second position.

When the warehouse location 20 is switched to the warehouse-off state from the waiting state, the second pushing cylinder 322 moves to be located at the first position, the first pushing cylinder 321 moves to the first position to abut against the material in the warehouse location 20, then the material is driven to move to the second position, and at the moment, the material moves out of the warehouse location 20 from the material passing port, so that warehouse-off and feeding are realized.

When the warehouse position 20 is switched from the waiting state to the warehouse-in state, the second pushing cylinder 322 moves to be located at the first position, the first pushing cylinder 321 moves to be located at the first position from the second position and drives the material on the action part 31 to move, at the moment, the material moves into the warehouse position 20 from the material passing port, and the material blocking rod 41 closes the material passing port so as to finish the warehouse-in.

This application adopts the setting that first top pushed cylinder 321 and second pushed cylinder 322 pushed, and the one hand is for reduce cost, and on the other hand can utilize the spacing position (being first position and second position) that pushes away cylinder self to realize the stable transportation of material, need not pay close attention to the position of material often in the material transportation process and can realize the automatic warehouse entry and the automatic warehouse down of material. Therefore, a complete three-dimensional storehouse position 20 structure scheme is provided, and more use occasions can be developed for subsequent production based on the scheme.

In other embodiments, other driving components, such as a servo motor or an electric motor, may be used to drive and connect with the output shaft 323, which is not limited herein.

In one embodiment, the blocking lever assembly further comprises a third driving member 42, the third driving member 42 is in driving connection with the blocking lever 41, and the third driving member 42 is used for driving the blocking plate to move towards a direction close to or away from the storage position 20 so as to close or open the material passing port, thereby realizing automatic control of the material passing port.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is also provided an in-line assembly system, comprising a production line and the material conveying device 100 of any of the above embodiments. The driving assembly 30 is arranged on the production line, and the acting part 31 and the materials on the acting part 31 move along with the production line to be loaded. Therefore, automatic material feeding is realized through the matching of the production line and the material conveying device 100.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the claims. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A material transfer device, comprising:

a fixed bracket (10);

the storage position (20) is connected with the fixed support (10), materials are stored in the storage position (20) in advance, the storage position (20) is provided with a material passing opening, and the material passing opening is allowed to be opened or closed;

a drive assembly (30), the drive assembly (30) having an active portion (31), the active portion (31) being configured to drive movement of material;

the storage position (20) is in a storage-unloading state, when the storage position (20) is in the storage-unloading state, the material passing opening is controlled to be opened, and the action part (31) is controlled to drive the materials in the storage position (20) to move out of the storage position (20) from the material passing opening.

2. The material conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that the depot (20) also has an upper depot state;

when the storehouse position (20) is in the storehouse loading state, the material passing opening is controlled to be opened, the action part (31) is controlled to drive the materials outside the storehouse position (20) to move into the storehouse position (20) from the material passing opening, and then the material passing opening is controlled to be closed.

3. The material conveying device according to claim 2, characterized in that the driving assembly (30) is provided with an output shaft (323) in driving connection with the acting part (31), and the axial direction of the output shaft (323) is intersected with the plane of the material passing port;

the output shaft (323) is controlled to drive the action part (31) to drive the material to reciprocate along the axial direction of the output shaft (323).

4. The material conveying device according to claim 3, characterized in that the material conveying device (100) further comprises a striker assembly (40), the striker assembly (40) comprising a striker rod (41);

the material blocking rod (41) is controlled to move towards one side far away from or close to the storage position (20) along the direction intersecting with the axial direction of the output shaft (323) so as to open or close the material passing opening.

5. The material conveying device according to claim 4, characterized in that the storage position (20) further has a waiting state, and when the storage position (20) is in the waiting state, the material blocking rod (41) closes the material passing opening;

when the storage position (20) is switched from the waiting state to the unloading state, the acting part (31) is controlled to drive the materials in the storage position (20) to be separated from the material blocking rod (41), and the material blocking rod (41) opens the material passing port;

when the storage position (20) is switched from the waiting state to the loading state, the material blocking rod (41) opens the material passing port, and the acting part (31) is controlled to drive the materials outside the storage position (20) to move into the storage position (20).

6. The material conveying device according to claim 4, characterized in that a plurality of material trays (200) are arranged in the storage position (20) at intervals along the axial direction of the output shaft (323), and each material tray (200) is used for containing materials;

the material blocking rod (41) is controlled to close the material passing opening and is arranged between two adjacent material discs (200) to support the material discs (200) in the storage position (20).

7. The material conveying device according to claim 4, characterized in that the drive assembly (30) comprises a drive part (32), and an output shaft (323) is provided at one end of the drive part (32);

the driving part (32) is used for driving the output shaft (323) to move towards one side close to the material passing opening or far away from the material passing opening along the axial direction of the output shaft.

8. The material conveying device according to claim 7, wherein the driving part (32) comprises a first pushing cylinder (321) and a second pushing cylinder (322), the first pushing cylinder (321) is in driving connection with the acting part (31) through the output shaft (323), and the second pushing cylinder (322) is in driving connection with the first pushing cylinder (321);

the first pushing cylinder (321) and the second pushing cylinder (322) are respectively provided with a first position and a second position which are distributed along the axial direction, and the first position is located between the warehouse position (20) and the second position;

when the second pushing cylinder (322) is located at the first position, the first pushing cylinder (321) can move between the first position and the second position to drive the materials outside the warehouse location (20) to move into the warehouse location (20) or drive the materials in the warehouse location (20) to move out of the warehouse location (20).

9. The material conveying device according to claim 4, characterized in that the striker assembly (40) further comprises a third driving member (42), and the third driving member (42) is in driving connection with the striker rod (41);

the third driving piece (42) is used for driving the material blocking rod (41) to move towards the direction close to or far away from the storage position (20).

10. An in-line assembly system, comprising a production line and a material conveying device (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 9;

the driving assembly (30) is arranged on the production line, and the action part (31) and the materials on the action part (31) move along with the production line to be fed.

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