CN114313902A

CN114313902A - Automatic part supply device

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Publication number: CN114313902A
Application number: CN202011060228.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴登禄; 毛含舟
Original assignee: SF Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: SF Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-30
Filing date: 2020-09-30
Publication date: 2022-04-12

Abstract

The application discloses an automatic supply device. The automatic part supply device comprises a single part separating assembly and a part supply assembly which are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction; the single piece separating assembly comprises a falling separating mechanism and a gathering mechanism which are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction: fall separating mechanism and be used for piling the separation into a plurality of parcels of tiling at the coplanar with the parcel that spreads into, and transport a plurality of parcels to gathering together the mechanism, gather together the mechanism and be used for gathering together a plurality of parcels and become the parcel row, and transport the parcel row to supplying the subassembly, supply the subassembly to be used for transporting the parcel row to the sorting machine, thereby realize automatic transportation to the sorting machine with a parcel one, not only can reduce the human cost, and the reaction capability and the proficiency that supply a device automatically are all higher than the staff, can also reduce the risk of letter sorting mistake or lost.

Description

Automatic part supply device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of logistics sorting, in particular to an automatic workpiece supply device.

Background

In modern logistics development, in order to improve efficiency, a plurality of packages are collected to be distinguished from one another in a destination, and then are sorted by various sorting machines and transported to different destinations. In the sorting process, a plurality of packages need to be placed on various sorting machines rapidly and orderly, however, because the packages are different in shape, different in material, different in weight and stacked in a pile, in the prior art, a single package is usually selected from the package pile through manual work (operators), and then the packages are placed on the sorting machines one by one, so that the labor cost is high, and because the sorting machines are high in running speed, the requirements on the reaction capacity and proficiency of the operators are also high, and therefore the risk of sorting errors or losing the packages is high.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an automatic supply a device to solve prior art and put single parcel through the manual work and lead to the human cost high and sort mistake or the high problem of risk of losing a piece on sorting machine.

In one aspect, the application provides an automatic supply device, is applied to the sorting machine, includes: the single-piece separating assembly and the component supplying assembly are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction;

the single piece separating assembly comprises a falling separating mechanism and a gathering mechanism which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction;

the falling separation mechanism is used for separating the conveyed parcel stack into a plurality of parcels which are tiled on the same plane and transporting the parcels to the gathering mechanism;

the gathering mechanism is used for gathering the parcels into a parcel column and transporting the parcel column to the workpiece supply assembly;

the supply assembly is for transporting the package columns onto the sorters.

In some possible implementations, the falling separation mechanism includes a plurality of climbing belt conveyors arranged in sequence;

the plurality of climbing belt conveyors are used for separating the incoming parcel piles into a plurality of parcels which are tiled on the same plane.

In some possible implementations, the gathering mechanism includes a first conveyor and a plurality of first rollers located on both sides of the first conveyor; the plurality of first rollers are obliquely arranged with the first conveyor;

the first plurality of rollers are configured to gather the plurality of parcels into a parcel column on the first conveyor.

In some possible implementation manners, the single-piece separating assembly further comprises a first separating mechanism arranged between the gathering mechanism and the supply assembly, and backflow conveying mechanisms arranged on two sides of the first separating mechanism;

the gathering mechanism is used for transporting the parcel columns to the first separating mechanism;

the first separating mechanism is used for separating a first defective parcel in the parcel train to the backflow conveying mechanism and transporting the parcel train to the component feeding assembly; the first bad parcel is a parcel that is not in line;

the backflow conveying mechanism is used for conveying the first defective packages to the falling separation mechanism.

In some possible implementations, the first separating mechanism includes a second conveyor and a plurality of second rollers located on both sides of the second conveyor; the plurality of second rollers are obliquely arranged with the second conveyor;

the second rollers are configured to separate the first defective package on the second conveyor onto the return conveyor mechanism.

In some possible implementations, the single-piece separation assembly further includes a second separation mechanism disposed between the first separation mechanism and the supply assembly, and the return conveying mechanism is further disposed on both sides of the second separation mechanism;

the first separating mechanism is for transporting the column of parcels to the second separating mechanism;

the second separating mechanism is used for separating a second bad parcel in the parcel train to the backflow conveying mechanism and transporting the parcel train to the feeding assembly; the second bad parcel is a parcel that is not in line;

the backflow conveying mechanism is used for conveying the second defective packages to the falling separation mechanism.

In some possible implementations, the second separating mechanism includes a third conveyor and a plurality of third rollers located on both sides of the third conveyor; the plurality of third rollers are arranged in parallel with the third conveyor;

the plurality of third rollers are configured to separate the second bad parcels on the third conveyor onto the return conveyor mechanism.

In some possible implementations, the workpiece supply component includes a third separating mechanism and a workpiece feeding mechanism which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction;

the third separating mechanism is used for separating a third bad parcel in the parcel train to the empty ground and transporting the parcel train to the delivery mechanism; the third bad parcel is a parcel or a plurality of parcels in a stack that are not aligned;

the delivery mechanism is used for transporting the parcel train to the sorting machine.

In some possible implementations, the third separating mechanism includes a plurality of rotatable rollers arranged in an array;

the roller is used for rotating a preset separation angle to separate the third bad package to the open space.

In some possible implementations, the delivery mechanism is disposed at an incline to the sorter;

the transportation speed of the piece conveying mechanism along the running direction of the sorting machine is the same as the moving speed of the sorting machine and the direction of the piece conveying mechanism is the same as the moving speed of the sorting machine.

In some possible implementations, the delivery mechanism includes a fourth conveyor disposed at an incline to the sorter;

the fourth conveyor is for transporting the train of packages onto the sorter;

and the transportation speed of the fourth conveyor along the running direction of the sorting machine is the same as the moving speed and the moving direction of the sorting machine.

In some possible implementations, the feeding mechanism further includes a fifth conveyor disposed between the fourth conveyor and the third separating mechanism;

a gap is formed between the fourth conveyor and the fifth conveyor; the component supplying assembly further comprises a code scanning mechanism which is arranged below the component conveying mechanism and corresponds to the gap.

In some possible implementations, the workpiece feeding assembly further includes a parallel mechanism disposed between the third separating mechanism and the workpiece feeding mechanism;

said third separating means for transporting said column of parcels to said parallel means;

the parallel mechanism is used for changing the orientation of any surface of a plurality of parcels in the parcel train so that the orientation of any surface of the parcels is perpendicular to the running direction of the sorting machine, and transporting the parcel train to the delivery mechanism.

In some possible implementations, the parallel mechanism includes a rib arranged parallel to the running direction of the sorting machine, and a conveying member arranged obliquely to the rib;

the conveying member is used for conveying the plurality of packages to abut against the retaining edge so as to change the orientation of the plurality of packages.

In some possible implementations, the workpiece supply assembly further includes a steering mechanism disposed between the parallel mechanism and the workpiece feeding mechanism;

the parallel mechanism is used for transporting the parcel train to the steering mechanism;

the steering mechanism is used for changing the conveying direction of a plurality of parcels in the parcel train, enabling the conveying direction of the parcels to face the delivery mechanism, not changing the orientation of the parcels, and conveying the parcel train to the delivery mechanism.

In some possible implementations, the diverting mechanism includes a sixth conveyor and a roller conveyor disposed obliquely to the sixth conveyor; the height of the sixth conveyor is greater than that of the roller conveyor by a preset height value; the conveying direction of the roller conveyor faces the workpiece conveying mechanism;

the sixth conveyor is for transporting the column of parcels to the drum conveyor without changing an orientation of the plurality of parcels;

the roller conveyor is used for changing the conveying direction of the plurality of packages and conveying the package column to the delivery mechanism.

In some possible implementations, the workpiece supply assembly further includes a spacing control mechanism disposed between the steering mechanism and the workpiece feeding mechanism;

the steering mechanism is used for transporting the parcel train to the spacing control mechanism;

the spacing control mechanism is used for controlling the spacing between two adjacent parcels in the parcel column to a preset distance and transporting the parcel column to the piece conveying mechanism.

In some possible implementations, the spacing control mechanism includes a plurality of seventh conveyors arranged in series along the conveying direction;

the plurality of seventh conveyors are used for controlling the distance between two adjacent parcels to be a preset distance according to the speed difference of two adjacent seventh conveyors.

The automatic workpiece supply device comprises a single-piece separating assembly and a workpiece supply assembly which are sequentially arranged along a transmission direction; the single piece separating assembly comprises a falling separating mechanism and a gathering mechanism which are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction: fall separating mechanism and be used for piling the separation into a plurality of parcels of tiling at the coplanar with the parcel that spreads into, and transport a plurality of parcels to gathering together the mechanism, gather together the mechanism and be used for gathering together a plurality of parcels and become the parcel row, and transport the parcel row to supplying the subassembly, supply the subassembly to be used for transporting the parcel row to the sorting machine, thereby realize automatic transportation to the sorting machine with a parcel one, not only can reduce the human cost, and the reaction capability and the proficiency that supply a device automatically are all higher than the staff, can also reduce the risk of letter sorting mistake or lost.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an automatic parts feeder provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a drop disconnect mechanism of the automatic feeder apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a gathering mechanism of an automatic workpiece feeding device provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of a first separating mechanism of the automatic parts feeder according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of a second separating mechanism of the automatic parts feeder according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of a third separating mechanism of the automatic parts feeder according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged schematic view of a feeding mechanism of the automatic feeding device provided by the embodiment of the application;

fig. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of a parallel mechanism of an automatic parts feeder according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, 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", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present 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, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

The utility model provides an in the sorting machine can be applied to automatic supply a device, it piles to separate into a plurality of parcels of tiling at the coplanar to fall separating mechanism through automatic supply in the device, and transport a plurality of parcels to gathering together the mechanism, gather together the mechanism and gather together a plurality of parcels into the parcel column, and transport the parcel column to supplying a subassembly, supply a subassembly to transport the parcel column to the sorting machine at last, thereby realize automatic transportation to the sorting machine with wrapping up one piece, not only can reduce the human cost, and the reaction capability and the proficiency that supply a device automatically all are higher than the operating personnel, can also reduce the risk of letter sorting mistake or lost piece.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, an automatic feeding device for a sorting machine 100 is provided in the present embodiment. This automatic supply device includes: the single-piece separating assembly 1 and the component supplying assembly 2 are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction;

the single piece separating assembly 1 comprises a falling separating mechanism 11 and a gathering mechanism 12 which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction;

the falling separation mechanism 11 is used for separating the incoming parcel pile into a plurality of parcels which are spread on the same plane, and transporting the parcels to the gathering mechanism 12;

the gathering mechanism 12 is used for gathering the parcels into a parcel column and transporting the parcel column to the feeding component 2;

the supply assembly 2 is used to transport the parcel train onto the sorting machine 100.

It should be noted that, the falling separation mechanism 11 of the automatic parcel feeding device of the present application is used for separating an incoming parcel stack (the parcel stack refers to a plurality of parcels stacked together, and the plurality of parcels can be collectively poured into the falling separation mechanism 11 from a pouring port through an operator) into a plurality of parcels tiled on the same plane, and transporting the plurality of parcels to the gathering mechanism 12, the gathering mechanism 12 is used for gathering the plurality of parcels into a parcel column, and transporting the parcel column to the feeding component 2, and finally the feeding component 2 is used for transporting the parcel column to the sorting machine 100, so as to realize that one parcel is automatically transported to the sorting machine 100, which not only can reduce the labor cost, but also can reduce the risk of sorting errors or loss.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the falling separation mechanism 11 includes a plurality of climbing belts 111 arranged in sequence; the plurality of climbing belt conveyors 111 are used for separating an incoming parcel pile into a plurality of parcels tiled in the same plane. This climbing belt feeder 111 refers to the belt feeder that conveyer belt and horizontal plane slope set up (the conveyer belt height rises gradually promptly) to make the parcel pile loop through a plurality of climbing belt feeders 111, repeated process through rise, fall and the process that scatters, separate a plurality of parcels of piling up from top to bottom, finally make the parcel pile separate into a plurality of parcels of tiling at the coplanar.

In addition, fall separating mechanism 11 also can be including arranging in proper order and highly reducing a plurality of plane conveyer gradually to make the parcel pile loop through a plurality of climbing belt feeder 111, repeated process falls and the process that scatters, separates a plurality of parcels of piling up from top to bottom, finally makes the parcel pile separate into a plurality of parcels of tiling at the coplanar, consequently can specifically set up according to actual conditions and fall separating mechanism 11, and this application does not do the restriction here.

In addition, the conveyer belt inclination of a plurality of climbing belt feeder 111 can be the same, also can not be the same, can specifically set up according to actual conditions, and this application does not do the restriction here. In addition, the number of the plurality of climbing belt conveyors 111 can also be specifically set according to actual conditions, and the application is not limited herein.

Further, automatic supply a device still including setting up visual detection device 3 and the main control unit in falling the 11 tops of separating mechanism, this visual detection device 3 can include the support frame and locate the camera on the support frame, visual detection device 3 can acquire the parcel distribution of every climbing belt feeder 111, send the signal that corresponds the parcel distribution and give the main control unit, the operating speed of every climbing belt feeder 111 of main control unit adjustment and open and stop the opportunity, the opportunity of falling of control parcel, be favorable to improving the separation effect that the parcel was piled.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the gathering mechanism 12 includes a first conveyor 121 and a plurality of first rollers 122 disposed on both sides of the first conveyor 121; the plurality of first rollers 122 are disposed to be inclined with respect to the first conveyor 121 (that is, the longitudinal direction of the first rollers 122 is inclined with respect to the extending direction of the first conveyor 121); the first rollers 122 are used to gather the parcels on the first conveyor 121 into a parcel column. Through the slope setting of a plurality of first cylinders 122 and first conveyer 121, and a plurality of first cylinders 122 of both sides all rotate towards first conveyer 121 (namely the direction of rotation of a plurality of first cylinders 122 of both sides all is towards first conveyer 121), the parcel is gathered together to first conveyer 121 after touching a plurality of first cylinders 122 on to gather together a plurality of parcels, thereby gather together a plurality of parcels and become the parcel row that is arranged in a line, simple structure and gather together effectually. In addition, the inclination angle of the first roller 122 and the first conveyor 121 may be specifically set according to practical situations, and the application is not limited herein.

In addition, the first conveyor 121 may be a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or a chain conveyor, and the gathering mechanism 12 may adopt other conveying members instead of the first roller 122, for example, the belt conveyor, the roller conveyor, or the chain conveyor, so that the gathering mechanism 12 may be specifically set according to actual conditions, and the present application is not limited herein.

Further, the first conveyor 121 is a plane conveyor (a conveyor for plane transportation), and the width of the conveyor belt of the first conveyor 121 is smaller than that of the conveyor belt of the climbing belt conveyor 111, so that the gathering effect of the packages can be improved.

Further, the visual detection device 3 is further arranged above the gathering mechanism 12, the visual detection device 3 can acquire the distribution situation of the packages of the first conveyor 121, signals corresponding to the distribution situation of the packages are sent to the main control unit, and the main control unit adjusts the running speed of the first conveyor 121 and the first rollers 122, so that the gathering effect of the packages is improved.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 4, the single-piece separating assembly 1 further includes a first separating mechanism 13 disposed between the gathering mechanism 12 and the feeding assembly 2, and a backflow conveying mechanism 14 disposed on two sides of the first separating mechanism 13;

at this point, the gathering mechanism 12 is used to transport the pack train to the first separating mechanism 13;

the first separating mechanism 13 is used for separating a first defective parcel in the parcel train onto the return flow conveying mechanism 14 and transporting the parcel train to the feeder assembly 2; the first bad parcels are parcels which are not arranged in a line, namely parcels which are not successfully arranged in a line after passing through the gathering mechanism 12;

the backflow conveying mechanism 14 is used for conveying the first bad packages to the falling separation mechanism 11, and the first bad packages pass through the falling separation mechanism 11, the gathering mechanism 12 and the first separation mechanism 13 again, so that a plurality of packages in a package column are further arranged in order, and subsequent supply of the sorting machine 100 is facilitated.

Further, referring to fig. 4, the first separating mechanism 13 includes a second conveyor 131 and a plurality of second rollers 132 disposed at two sides of the second conveyor 131; the plurality of second rollers 132 are disposed to be inclined with respect to the second conveyor 131 (i.e., a longitudinal direction of the second rollers 132 is inclined with respect to an extending direction of the second conveyor 131); the second rollers 132 are used to separate the first defective package on the second conveyor 131 onto the return conveyor 14. By arranging the plurality of second rollers 132 and the second conveyor 131 obliquely, and rotating the plurality of second rollers 132 on both sides facing the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 (i.e. the rotating directions of the plurality of second rollers 132 on both sides are all facing the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 closest to the second roller 132, that is, the rotating direction of the second roller 132 on the left side of the second conveyor 131 is facing the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 on the left side of the first separating mechanism 13, and the rotating direction of the second roller 132 on the right side of the second conveyor 131 is facing the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 on the right side of the first separating mechanism 13), the first defective package is separated onto the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 after contacting the plurality of second rollers 132, the parcels that are normally aligned on the second conveyor 131 do not touch the plurality of second rollers 132, and the first defective parcel is rejected out of the parcel column, so that the parcel column is aligned. In addition, the inclination angle of the second roller 132 and the second conveyor 131 can be specifically set according to the actual situation, and the application is not limited herein.

In addition, the second conveyor 131 may be a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or a chain conveyor, and the first separating mechanism 13 may adopt other conveying members instead of the second roller 132, such as a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or a chain conveyor, so that the first separating mechanism 13 may be specifically arranged according to actual situations, and the application is not limited herein.

Further, the second conveyor 131 is also a plane conveyor. Visual detection device 3 still sets up in first separating mechanism 13 top, and visual detection device 3 can discern the first bad parcel distribution condition on the second conveyer 131, sends the signal that corresponds first bad parcel distribution condition and gives the main control unit, and the operating speed of main control unit adjustment second conveyer 131 and a plurality of second cylinder 132 separates first bad parcel to backward flow conveying mechanism 14 on, is favorable to improving the separation effect of first bad parcel.

Further, the backflow conveying mechanism 14 may be a belt conveyor, or may also be a roller conveyor, as long as it is a device capable of conveying the packages to the falling separation mechanism 11 in a backflow manner, and the application is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 5, the single-piece separation assembly 1 further includes a second separation mechanism 15 disposed between the first separation mechanism 13 and the supply assembly 2, and the backflow conveying mechanism 14 is further disposed on two sides of the second separation mechanism 15;

at this point, the first separating means 13 is used to transport the train of parcels to the second separating means 15;

the second separating mechanism 15 is used for separating the second bad parcel in the parcel train onto the return flow conveying mechanism 14 and transporting the parcel train to the feeder assembly 2; the second bad parcels are parcels which are not arranged in a line, namely parcels which are not successfully arranged in a line after passing through the first separating mechanism 13;

the backflow conveying mechanism 14 is configured to convey the second bad parcels to the falling separation mechanism 11, and pass through the falling separation mechanism 11, the gathering mechanism 12, the first separation mechanism 13, and the second separation mechanism 15 again, so as to further enable a plurality of parcels in the parcel column to be arranged neatly and in a single column (that is, each parcel in the parcel column is independent, and there are no stacked parcels), which is beneficial to subsequently supplying pieces to the sorting machine 100.

Further, referring to fig. 5, the second separating mechanism 15 includes a third conveyor 151 and a plurality of third rollers 152 located at both sides of the third conveyor 151; the plurality of third rollers 152 are disposed in parallel with the third conveyor 151 (i.e., the longitudinal direction of the third rollers 152 is parallel to the extending direction of the third conveyor 151); the third rollers 152 are used to separate the second defective packages on the third conveyor 151 onto the return conveyor 14. By arranging the third rollers 152 in parallel with the third conveyor 151 and rotating the third rollers 152 on both sides facing the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 (i.e. the third rollers 152 on both sides are all rotated in the direction of the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 closest to the third rollers 152, that is, the third rollers 152 on the left side of the third conveyor 151 are rotated in the direction of the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 on the left side of the second separating mechanism 15, and the third rollers 152 on the right side of the third conveyor 151 are rotated in the direction of the return-flow conveying mechanism 14 on the right side of the second separating mechanism 15), the second defective packages contact the third rollers 152 and are separated onto the return-flow conveying mechanism 14, while a package that is normally aligned on the third conveyor 151 does not touch the third plurality of rollers 152, so that the second bad parcels are rejected out of the parcel columns, and the parcel columns are tidy and consistent and are in a single row. Further, the effect of separating defective parcels by the second separating mechanism 15, which is provided in parallel with the third roller 152 and the third conveyor 151, is better than the effect of separating defective parcels by the first separating mechanism 13.

In addition, the third conveyor 151 may be a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or a chain conveyor, and the second separating mechanism 15 may adopt other conveying members instead of the third roller 152, such as a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or a chain conveyor, so that the second separating mechanism 15 may be specifically arranged according to actual situations, and the application is not limited herein.

Further, the third conveyor 151 is also a plane conveyor. Visual detection device 3 still sets up in second separating mechanism 15 top, and visual detection device 3 can discern the bad parcel distribution condition of second on the third conveyer 151, sends the signal that corresponds the bad parcel distribution condition of second and gives the main control unit, and the operating speed of third conveyer 151 and a plurality of third cylinder 152 is adjusted to the main control unit, separates the bad parcel of second to backward flow conveying mechanism 14 on, is favorable to improving the separation effect of the bad parcel of second.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 6, the component supplying assembly 2 includes a third separating mechanism 21 and a component feeding mechanism 22, which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction;

the third separating mechanism 21 is configured to separate a third defective parcel in the parcel train onto an empty space (the third defective parcel on the empty space can be manually recovered by a worker), and transport the parcel train to the delivery mechanism 22; the third defective parcel is a parcel which is not arranged in a row or a plurality of stacked parcels, namely, a defective parcel which cannot be removed through the falling separation mechanism 11, the first separation mechanism 13 and the second separation mechanism 15;

the delivery mechanism 22 is used to transport the parcel train onto the sorter 100. The third separating mechanism 21 is arranged on the component supplying assembly 2 to carry out final inspection on the package columns, and extremely individual bad packages which are not successfully identified and separated by the falling separating mechanism 11, the first separating mechanism 13 and the second separating mechanism 15 are removed from the package columns, so that a plurality of packages in the package columns are uniformly and uniformly arranged and are in a single row.

Further, the third separating mechanism 21 may be a balance sorting mechanism, which includes a plurality of rotatable rollers 211 arranged in an array (i.e., the rollers 211 may rotate around their center lines to adjust the conveying direction); the roller 211 is used for rotating a preset separation angle to separate the third bad parcels to the open space (for example, the roller can rotate 90 degrees to be perpendicular to the normal transportation direction so as to separate the third bad parcels to the open space), and the roller has a simple structure and a good effect of separating the bad parcels.

Further, the visual detection device 3 is further arranged above the third separation mechanism 21, the visual detection device 3 can identify the distribution situation of third bad parcels on the rollers 211, signals corresponding to the distribution situation of the third bad parcels are sent to the main control unit, the main control unit adjusts the running speed and the separation angle of the rollers 211, the third bad parcels are separated to the open space, and the separation effect of the third bad parcels is improved.

In some embodiments, the automatic feeding device further comprises a transition conveying member 4 (such as a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor) arranged between the single-piece separating assembly 1 and the feeding assembly 2 (i.e. between the second separating mechanism 15 and the third separating mechanism 21), so that the transition conveying member 4 can not only buffer the packages from the second separating mechanism 15 to the third separating mechanism 21 for a certain period of time, which is beneficial to keeping the package array tidy, but also can be used as a connecting member between the single-piece separating assembly 1 and the feeding assembly 2.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 7, since the delivery mechanism 22 can generally deliver the articles only from the side of the sorter 100, in order to ensure that the delivery mechanism 22 does not affect the sorting efficiency and accuracy of the sorter 100, the delivery mechanism 22 is disposed obliquely to the sorter 100 (i.e., the conveying direction of the delivery mechanism 22 is oblique to the operating direction of the sorter 100); the transportation speed of the delivery mechanism 22 along the operation direction of the sorting machine 100 is the same as the movement speed of the sorting machine 100 and the same as the direction (the transportation speed of the delivery mechanism 22 perpendicular to the operation direction of the sorting machine 100 can be offset by a speed offset device on the sorting machine 100), so that the initial time when the parcel is transported to the sorting machine 100 has the same movement speed and movement direction as the sorting machine 100, so that the parcel achieves a relatively static effect when transported to the sorting machine 100, which is beneficial to improving the sorting efficiency and accuracy of the sorting machine 100, and thus reducing the risk of sorting errors or missing pieces.

Further, referring to fig. 7, the feeding mechanism 22 includes a fourth conveyor 221 disposed obliquely to the sorting machine 100 (i.e., the conveying direction of the fourth conveyor 221 is oblique to the running direction of the sorting machine 100, and the fourth conveyor 221 may be a plane conveyor); the fourth conveyor 221 is for transporting the train of packages onto the sorter 100; the transport speed of the fourth conveyor 221 in the running direction of the sorter 100 is the same as the moving speed and direction of the sorter 100. That is, the conveying structure of the fourth conveyor 221 may be set to be triangular, and the bevel edge of the triangular conveying structure is close to the sorting machine 100, so as to realize the inclined arrangement with the sorting machine 100, and the structure is simple and does not affect the sorting efficiency and accuracy of the sorting machine 100.

Further, the feeding mechanism 22 further includes a fifth conveyor 222 (the fifth conveyor 222 may be a plane conveyor) disposed between the fourth conveyor 221 and the third separating mechanism 21; there is a gap between the fourth conveyor 221 and the fifth conveyor 222 (which gap is small and does not affect the normal conveyance of the parcels); because the sorting machine 100 is usually provided with a code scanning device for scanning the other five surfaces of the package except the bottom surface, the supply component assembly 2 further comprises a code scanning mechanism (not shown) which is arranged below the delivery mechanism 22 and corresponds to the gap, the code scanning mechanism can read the bar code information of the bottom surface of the package, and the delivery mechanism 22 is combined with the sorting machine 100 to read the bar code information of the six surfaces of the package, thereby overcoming the defect that the sorting machine 100 can not scan the bar code of the bottom surface of the package, and reducing the risk of sorting errors or missing the components.

In addition, the fourth conveyor 221 and the fifth conveyor 222 may be a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor, so that the feeding mechanism 22 may be specifically configured according to practical situations, and the application is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 8, the workpiece supply assembly 2 further includes a parallel mechanism 23 disposed between the third separating mechanism 21 and the workpiece feeding mechanism 22;

at this point, the third separation means 21 are used to transport the train of parcels to the parallel means 23;

the parallel mechanism 23 is configured to change an orientation of any one of the plurality of packages in the package row, so that the orientation of any one of the plurality of packages is perpendicular to a running direction of the sorting machine 100 (for example, the running direction of the sorting machine 100 is a vertical downward direction as shown in the figure, that is, the running direction of the sorting machine 100 is south, and then the orientation of any one of the plurality of packages may be east or west), so that any one of the plurality of packages is parallel to a vertical plane in which the running direction of the sorting machine 100 is located, and the package row is transported to the item feeding mechanism 22, so that position adjustment is not needed when the packages are transported to the sorting machine 100, which is beneficial to improving sorting efficiency and reducing a risk of sorting errors.

Further, referring to fig. 8, the parallel mechanism 23 includes a rib 231 disposed parallel to the running direction of the sorting machine 100, and a conveying member 232 disposed obliquely to the rib 231 (i.e., the conveying direction of the conveying member 232 is oblique to the rib 231); the conveying piece 232 is used for conveying the plurality of packages to abut against the retaining side 231, so that any surface of the plurality of packages abuts against the retaining side 231 (the surface abutting against the retaining side 231 is used as a reference surface) to change the orientation of any surface of the plurality of packages, and the parallel mechanism 23 is simple in structure and good in effect of changing the orientation of the packages.

In addition, the conveying member 232 may be a belt conveyor or a roller conveyor, as long as the package can be conveyed to abut against the rib 231, which is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the workpiece supply assembly 2 further includes a steering mechanism 24 disposed between the parallel mechanism 23 and the workpiece feeding mechanism 22;

at this time, the parallel mechanism 23 is used to transport the parcel train to the turning mechanism 24;

the diverting mechanism 24 is configured to change the transporting direction of the parcels in the parcel train so that the transporting direction of the parcels faces the delivery mechanism 22, and transport the parcel train to the delivery mechanism 22 without changing the orientation of the parcels (i.e., whether the reference plane of the parcel is unchanged or parallel to the moving direction of the sorter 100). Since the rib 231 of the parallel mechanism 23 is parallel to the operation direction of the sorter 100, the transportation direction of the packages conveyed by the parallel mechanism 23 is also parallel to the operation direction of the sorter 100, and the feeding mechanism 22 is arranged obliquely to the sorter 100, the steering mechanism 24 needs to be arranged to change the transportation direction of the packages conveyed by the parallel mechanism 23 to face the feeding mechanism 22, and simultaneously, in order to ensure the sorting efficiency without changing the orientation of the packages, the reference surface of the packages is still parallel to the movement direction of the sorter 100.

Further, the steering mechanism 24 includes a sixth conveyor 241 (the sixth conveyor 241 may be a plane conveyor) and a roller conveyor 242 arranged obliquely to the sixth conveyor 241 (i.e., the conveying direction of the roller conveyor 242 is oblique to the conveying direction of the sixth conveyor 241); the height of the sixth conveyor 241 is greater than the height of the roller conveyor 242 by a preset height value; the conveying direction of the roller conveyor 242 faces the workpiece conveying mechanism 22;

the sixth conveyor 241 for transporting the train of parcels to the drum conveyor 242 without changing the orientation of the plurality of parcels;

the roller conveyor 242 is used to change the direction of travel of the plurality of parcels to transport the column of parcels to the delivery mechanism 22. The height of the sixth conveyor 241 is greater than the height of the roller conveyor 242 by a preset height (the preset height may be set according to the weight and size of the goods, for example, the weight of the goods is within 8 kg, the length and width are within 45cm, and the preset height may be set to 2cm-5cm), when the parcel is to be transported from the sixth conveyor 241 to the roller conveyor 242, most of the parcel is suspended, and only a small part of the parcel is still on the sixth conveyor 241, and when the parcel is transported to the roller conveyor 242 at a moment, most of the parcel will directly contact the roller conveyor 242, so that the acting force between the parcel and the roller conveyor 242 becomes large, so that the friction between the parcel and the roller conveyor 242 becomes large (the friction is related to the acting force and the roughness), because only a small part of the parcel contacts the sixth conveyor 241 before the parcel is transported to the roller conveyor 242, the frictional force between the parcel and the roller conveyor 242 may be greater than the initial force of the sixth conveyor 241 in the direction of travel of the parcel on the sixth conveyor 241 as the parcel drops off the sixth conveyor 241 so that the parcel does not deflect and thus change the orientation of the parcel. Through the inclined arrangement of the roller conveyor 242 and the sixth conveyor 241, and the height of the sixth conveyor 241 is larger than that of the roller conveyor 242 by a preset height value, the structure is simple, and the change of the conveying direction of the packages can be realized without changing the orientation of the packages.

In addition, on the basis that the height of the sixth conveyor 241 is greater than the height of the roller conveyor 242 by a preset height value, the speed of the sixth conveyor 241 may be greater than the speed of the roller conveyor 242 by a preset speed value (the preset speed value may be set according to the weight and size of the goods, for example, the weight of the goods is within 8 kg, the length and the width are within 45cm, and the preset speed value may be set to be 0.4m/s-0.7m/s), so that a moment when the parcel is transported from the sixth conveyor 241 to the roller conveyor 242 has a faster falling speed relative to the roller conveyor 242, according to the kinetic energy theorem, the faster the falling speed of the parcel is, the greater the acting force between the parcel and the roller conveyor 242 is increased, thereby further increasing the friction force between the parcel and the roller conveyor 242 and ensuring that the parcel does not deflect, so that the orientation of the package is not changed.

In addition, the sixth conveyor 241 may be a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or a chain conveyor, and the steering mechanism 24 may adopt other conveying members instead of the roller conveyor 242, such as a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or a chain conveyor, so that the steering mechanism 24 may be specifically arranged according to practical situations, and the application is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the workpiece supply assembly 2 further includes a spacing control mechanism 25 disposed between the steering mechanism 24 and the workpiece feeding mechanism 22;

at this time, the steering mechanism 24 is used to transport the parcel train to the spacing control mechanism 25;

the spacing control mechanism 25 is configured to control a spacing between two adjacent parcels in the parcel train to a preset distance, and transport the parcel train to the delivery mechanism 22. This preset distance can correspond with the functioning speed of sorting machine 100 to make orderly transportation of a plurality of parcels to a plurality of letter sorting that sorting machine 100 corresponds on take, follow-up letter sorting area will wrap up the letter sorting to specific position, and then improve letter sorting efficiency, reduce the risk of letter sorting mistake or lost piece.

Further, the pitch control mechanism 25 includes a plurality of seventh conveyors 251 arranged in order in the conveying direction; the seventh conveyors 251 are used for controlling the distance between two adjacent parcels to a preset distance according to the speed difference between two adjacent seventh conveyors 251, and the distance control mechanism 25 does not need to increase too many hardware settings to realize the distance control between the parcels, and has a simple structure and cost saving.

Specifically, each seventh conveyor 251 is provided with a sensor, when two adjacent packages are respectively located on two adjacent seventh conveyors 251, the sensors on the two adjacent seventh conveyors 251 can acquire a distance between the two adjacent packages, and send the distance to the main control unit, and the main control unit can control a speed difference between the two adjacent seventh conveyors 251 (for example, the seventh conveyor 251 is accelerated, decelerated, scrammed or suddenly started to control the speed difference between the two adjacent seventh conveyors 251), so that the distance between the two adjacent packages is a preset distance.

In addition, the seventh conveyor 251 may be a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or a chain conveyor, and therefore the distance control mechanism 25 may be specifically arranged according to actual situations, which is not limited herein.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment may refer to the above detailed descriptions of other embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In a specific implementation, each component or structure may be implemented as an independent entity, or may be combined arbitrarily and implemented as one or several entities, and the specific implementation of each component or structure may refer to the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein again.

The above detailed description is provided for an automatic parts feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the principle and the implementation of the present invention are explained in detail by applying a specific example, and the description of the above embodiment is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an automatic supply a device, is applied to sorting machine which characterized in that includes: the single-piece separating assembly and the component supplying assembly are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction;

the supply assembly is for transporting the package columns onto the sorters.

2. The automatic parts feeder according to claim 1, wherein the fall separating mechanism comprises a plurality of climbing belts arranged in sequence;

3. The automatic supply device of claim 1, wherein the gathering mechanism comprises a first conveyor and a plurality of first rollers located on both sides of the first conveyor; the plurality of first rollers are obliquely arranged with the first conveyor;

4. The automatic workpiece supply device according to claim 1, wherein the single-piece separating assembly further comprises a first separating mechanism arranged between the gathering mechanism and the workpiece supply assembly, and a backflow conveying mechanism arranged on two sides of the first separating mechanism;

5. The automatic feeder according to claim 4, wherein the first separating mechanism includes a second conveyor and a plurality of second rollers located on both sides of the second conveyor; the plurality of second rollers are obliquely arranged with the second conveyor;

6. The automatic parts feeder according to claim 4, wherein the single-part separating assembly further comprises a second separating mechanism disposed between the first separating mechanism and the parts feeder assembly, and the return conveying mechanism is further disposed on both sides of the second separating mechanism;

7. The automatic feeder according to claim 6, wherein the second separating mechanism includes a third conveyor and a plurality of third rollers located on both sides of the third conveyor; the plurality of third rollers are arranged in parallel with the third conveyor;

8. The automatic parts feeder according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the parts feeder includes a third separating mechanism and a parts feeding mechanism arranged in sequence along the conveying direction;

9. The automatic feeder of claim 8, wherein the third separating mechanism comprises a plurality of rotatable rollers arranged in an array;

10. The automatic parts feeder according to claim 8, wherein the parts feeder is disposed obliquely to the sorter;

11. The automatic parts feeder of claim 10, wherein said parts feeding mechanism includes a fourth conveyor disposed at an angle to said sorter;

the fourth conveyor is for transporting the train of packages onto the sorter;

12. The automatic parts feeder of claim 11, wherein the parts feeding mechanism further comprises a fifth conveyor disposed between the fourth conveyor and the third separating mechanism;

13. The automatic parts feeder of claim 10, wherein said parts feeder assembly further comprises a parallelism mechanism disposed between said third separation mechanism and said parts feeder mechanism;

14. The automatic parts feeder according to claim 13, wherein the parallel mechanism includes a rib provided parallel to a running direction of the sorter, and a conveying member provided obliquely to the rib;

15. The automatic parts feeder of claim 13, wherein said parts feeder assembly further comprises a steering mechanism disposed between said parallel mechanism and said parts feeder mechanism;

16. The automatic parts feeder according to claim 15, wherein the diverting mechanism includes a sixth conveyor and a roller conveyor disposed obliquely to the sixth conveyor; the height of the sixth conveyor is greater than that of the roller conveyor by a preset height value; the conveying direction of the roller conveyor faces the workpiece conveying mechanism;

17. The automatic parts feeder of claim 15, wherein said parts feeder assembly further comprises a spacing control mechanism disposed between said steering mechanism and said parts feeder mechanism;

18. The automatic supply of claim 17, wherein the spacing control mechanism includes a plurality of seventh conveyors arranged in series along the transport direction;