CN114653608A

CN114653608A - Detection sorting device

Info

Publication number: CN114653608A
Application number: CN202011536293.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨宏智
Original assignee: A Tech System Co ltd
Current assignee: A Tech System Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-23
Filing date: 2020-12-23
Publication date: 2022-06-24

Abstract

The detection and sorting device is suitable for detecting and sorting a plurality of articles to be sorted contained in a plurality of containing trays, and comprises a rack unit, a detection unit, a moving unit, a configuration unit, a picking unit and a management unit. The detection unit includes a detection group that outputs classification information. The mobile unit comprises a preparation rack defining a plurality of preparation positions for placing the trays. The configuration unit includes a push-pull group having a push-pull assembly. The picking unit comprises a picking group with an picking structure and defines a plurality of main picking positions. Through the arrangement of the preparation frame which can move and defines the preparation position, the management unit can control the mobile unit to push a proper tray to a preset main picking position or pull back the tray which is not optimal after picking according to the grading information, and therefore the effect of improving the sorting efficiency is achieved.

Description

Detection sorting device

Technical Field

The invention relates to sorting equipment, in particular to a detecting and sorting device.

Background

An article detection method and an article detection device for implementing the method are disclosed in taiwan patent publication No. I485409 in the prior art. The article detection method mainly comprises the following steps:

(A) a plurality of trays respectively carrying articles are subjected to double-sided detection by a detection device in sequence and are sent to a picking preparation position. (B) And respectively moving the two trays which reach the picking preparation position firstly and then to a material feeding position and a material feeding position. (C) The first grade on the tray in the feed position is placed on an empty tray that has been previously placed in a receiving position. (D) Placing the second grade on the tray at the feeding location into a vacancy on the tray at the position to be fed. Therefore, when the tray on the receiving position is full of the first-grade articles, the materials can be discharged, and the sorting effect is achieved.

However, since each tray enters the feeding position sequentially when the detecting device is in use, it is impossible to feed a suitable tray according to the current situation at the position to be fed or the receiving position, and thus, the device may be required to stop waiting for the full tray at the position to be fed to be sent out, thereby reducing the overall productivity.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a detection sorting device capable of increasing sorting efficiency.

The detection and sorting device is suitable for detecting and sorting a plurality of articles to be sorted contained in a plurality of containing trays, and comprises a rack unit, a detection unit, a moving unit, a configuration unit, a picking unit and a management unit.

The rack unit defines a detection path for conveying the containing disc, and a feeding position, a first detection position and a material distribution preparation position are sequentially defined on the detection path.

The detection unit comprises a detection structure arranged corresponding to the first detection position and a detection group in signal connection with the detection structure, the detection structure is used for detecting the containing disc positioned at the first detection position, and the detection group classifies the articles to be sorted on the containing disc according to a plurality of data detected by the detection structure and outputs classification information.

The moving unit defines a moving path connected to the detecting path for moving the tray located at the stock preparing position to the moving path, and includes a preparing shelf for moving on the moving path, the preparing shelf defining a plurality of preparing positions for the tray to be placed.

The configuration unit is provided corresponding to the moving path and includes a push-pull group having a push-pull member for pushing and moving the tray at any one of the preparation positions of the preparation rack or pulling the tray back to any one of the preparation positions of the preparation rack.

The picking unit comprises a picking group with an picking structure and defines a plurality of main picking positions corresponding to the push-pull group, and the main picking positions are used for receiving the containing tray pushed by the push-pull assembly.

The management unit is in signal connection with the rack unit, the detection unit, the moving unit, the configuration unit and the picking unit, controls the tray to be conveyed on the detection path and the moving path, controls the push-pull assembly to push the tray on a predetermined preparation position of the preparation rack to a predetermined main picking position or pull the tray on the predetermined main picking position to a predetermined preparation position of the preparation rack, and controls the picking group according to the classification information, so that the picking structure sucks the articles to be sorted to move between the main picking positions, and sorts the articles to be sorted according to the classification.

In the detecting and sorting apparatus according to the present invention, the main picking position is provided at intervals in a left-right direction, the reserve position of the reserve rack is provided at intervals in a vertical direction perpendicular to the left-right direction, the moving unit further includes a vertical moving member extending in the vertical direction, and a horizontal moving member extending in the left-right direction, the vertical moving member is provided for the reserve rack to drive the reserve rack to move up and down, and the horizontal moving member is provided for the vertical moving member to drive the vertical moving member and the reserve rack to move in the left-right direction, so that the reserve position of the reserve rack can be moved to a position adjacent to the predetermined main picking position, and the push-pull member can push the tray in the reserve position of the reserve rack to the predetermined main picking position.

In the detecting and sorting apparatus of the present invention, when the push-pull unit pushes the tray, the preparation position of the predetermined preparation rack and the predetermined main picking position are arranged in the front-rear direction, and the push-pull unit further includes a push slider provided for the push-pull unit, and a push slide rail extending in the front-rear direction and provided for the push slider to be movable in the front-rear direction.

The detecting and sorting device further comprises a discharging unit, the position of the discharging unit corresponds to that of the picking unit, the discharging unit comprises a plurality of discharging frames, the discharging frames respectively define discharging positions, the configuration unit further comprises a plurality of discharging assemblies, the discharging assemblies are arranged corresponding to the main picking positions and the discharging positions, each discharging assembly is controlled by the management unit to move the containing tray meeting discharging conditions from the main picking position where the containing tray is located to the preset discharging position, and the discharging conditions refer to that the quantity of the classified articles to be sorted contained in the containing tray meets the discharging quantity.

In the detecting and sorting device, the configuration unit includes a plurality of discharging groups respectively corresponding to the main picking positions, each discharging group includes the discharging component and a discharging displacement component, the discharging displacement component extends from the corresponding main picking position to the discharging unit, and is used for driving the discharging component to convey the corresponding tray from the corresponding main picking position to the corresponding discharging position.

According to the detection and sorting device, the discharging unit further comprises a discharging moving group, the discharging moving group is provided with a discharging sliding rail extending along the left-right direction, and a discharging sliding block which is arranged on the discharging sliding rail and can move along the left-right direction, the discharging sliding block is connected to the discharging frame, and the discharging frame is linked to move along the left-right direction.

In the detecting and sorting device, the picking unit further defines a plurality of sub-picking positions, and the sub-picking positions are closer to the discharging unit than the corresponding main picking positions.

In the detecting and sorting device, the discharging groups of the configuration unit also correspond to the secondary picking positions, and the discharging displacement assembly of each discharging group is also used for driving the discharging assembly to convey the corresponding tray from one of the secondary picking positions to the discharging position.

The picking unit further includes a vertical displacement group, a horizontal displacement group, and a front-rear displacement group connecting the picking structure, and the picking structure moves in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the front-rear direction through the vertical displacement group, the horizontal displacement group, and the front-rear displacement group, respectively, so that the articles to be sorted move between the main picking position and the sub-picking position according to their respective grades.

The inspection and sorting apparatus of the present invention defines vertical, horizontal, and front-rear directions perpendicular to each other, and the picking unit further includes a vertical displacement group, a horizontal displacement group, and a front-rear displacement group connecting the picking structures, and the picking structures are moved in the vertical, horizontal, and front-rear directions by the vertical displacement group, the horizontal displacement group, and the front-rear displacement group, respectively, so that the articles to be sorted are moved between the main picking positions in accordance with their respective ranks.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: the preparation rack which can move on the moving path is arranged, and the preparation rack defines the preparation position for placing the tray, so that the management unit can control the moving unit and the configuration unit to push the proper tray to the preset main picking position or pull the tray which is not optimal after being picked according to the classification information, and pull the moving unit from the main picking position instead of pushing the improper tray according to the sequential pushing of the trays, thereby achieving the effect of improving the sorting efficiency.

Drawings

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a first embodiment of the inspection and sorting apparatus of the present invention and a plurality of trays;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of another angle of the embodiment;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are fragmentary cross-sectional schematic views of the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the embodiment illustrating a feed member of the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a test unit mounted to a test fixture in the illustrated embodiment;

FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective views illustrating a flip set of the embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view of the embodiment illustrating another flip set, a mobile unit, and a rotating set of the embodiment;

fig. 10 is a perspective view of the mobile unit;

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary perspective view of the embodiment illustrating the moving unit, two picking units and one outfeed unit of the embodiment

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the embodiment illustrating the picking unit and the plurality of outfeed groups;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of one of the outfeed groups and one of the picking track groups of the embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of one of the discharge units of the embodiment; and

fig. 15 is a perspective view illustrating two picking units in a second embodiment of the inspection and sorting apparatus of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a first embodiment of the inspection and sorting apparatus of the present invention, which is adapted to inspect and sort a plurality of articles 101 to be sorted, contained in a plurality of trays 10, includes a rack unit 1, a preparation unit 2, a detection unit 3, a turning unit 4, a moving unit 5, two picking units 6, a discharging unit 7, a configuration unit 8, and a management unit 9.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, a front-back direction X1, a left-right direction X2, and an up-down direction X3 are defined, which are perpendicular to each other.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the rack unit 1 defines a detection path for conveying the trays 10, and includes a base 11, a table 12 disposed on the base 11, a detection holder 13 disposed on the table 12, a first rail set 14 and a second rail set 15 parallel to each other and extending in the left-right direction X2, six conveying sets 16, and a rotating set 17 (see fig. 9).

The first track group 14 includes two parallel first tracks 141, and defines a feeding position 142, a first cleaning position 143, a first detecting position 144, and a first pre-inverting position 145 from left to right in the direction of the drawing.

The second track set 15 includes two parallel second tracks 151, and defines a complete turning position 152, a second cleaning position 153, a second detecting position 154, and a second preparation turning position 155 sequentially from right to left in the direction of the figure.

The conveying group 16 is configured to move each tray 10 sequentially from the feeding position 142, the first cleaning position 143, the first detecting position 144 and the first pre-inverting position 145, and to move each tray 10 sequentially from the complete inverting position 152, the second cleaning position 153, the second detecting position 154 and the second pre-inverting position 155. Each of the conveying sets 16 includes a conveying slide rail 161 extending along the left-right direction X2, a conveying slider 162, and a conveying member 163 disposed on the conveying slider 162 and used for pushing each tray 10.

Referring to fig. 2 and 9, the rotating group 17 is disposed adjacent to the second pre-flipping position 155 and includes a rotating member 171. The rotating member 171 defines a dispensing preparation position 172 and serves to rotate each tray 10 by 90 degrees. In the present embodiment, the rotary member 171 rotates each tray 10 extending in the front-rear direction X1 to extend in the left-right direction X2. The rotating member 171 may be, but is not limited to, a rotating platform that can be driven to rotate.

Referring to fig. 3 and 5, the preparation unit 2 is disposed on the worktable 12, and includes a feeding member 21 disposed adjacent to the feeding position 142, and a first cleaning member 22 and a second cleaning member 23 respectively corresponding to the first cleaning position 143 and the second cleaning position 153.

Referring to fig. 3 and 6, the detecting unit 3 includes a detecting structure 31 disposed on the detecting fixing frame 13, a detecting group 32 connected to the detecting structure 31 by a signal, and an illuminating group 33.

The detecting structure 31 includes two detecting elements 311 disposed at the first detecting position 144 and the second detecting position 154 respectively. Each detecting assembly 311 is used for detecting towards the corresponding tray 10 located at the first detecting position 144 and the second detecting position 154.

The detecting group 32 classifies the articles 101 to be sorted on the tray 10 according to a plurality of data detected by the detecting structure 31, and outputs classification information.

It should be noted that the detection group 32 may also be incorporated into the management unit 9 (see fig. 1), that is, the detection structure 31 only detects and transmits a plurality of data to the management unit 9, and the items 101 to be sorted are sorted and the sorting information is outputted via the detection group 32.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the detecting structure 31 is a camera group, and the detecting component 311 is a camera, in other variations of the present embodiment, the detecting structure 31 is not limited to a camera group, and may be a structure capable of detecting data of the to-be-sorted goods 101, such as a laser displacement detector, a temperature sensor, a pressure detector, and a light-sensitive meter.

The illumination assembly 33 is used for illuminating the article 101 to be sorted, so that the detection structure 31 can detect relatively accurate data. In this embodiment, the lighting group 3 may be, but is not limited to, an LED array.

Referring to fig. 4, 7, 8 and 9, each flipping unit 4 includes two flipping

groups

41A and 41B. Each of the

turning groups

41A, 41B has a vertical displacement assembly 411, a horizontal displacement assembly 412 for the vertical displacement assembly 411, a turning member 413 disposed at the vertical displacement assembly 411, and a holding member 414 connected to the turning member 413.

The vertical displacement assembly 411 extends along the up-down direction X3, and is used to drive the turning member 413 and the clamping member 414 to move up and down. The horizontal displacement assembly 412 extends along the front-back direction X1, and is configured to drive the turning member 413 and the clamping member 414 to move back and forth. The turning member 413 is configured to rotate the holding member 414 by 180 degrees around an axis parallel to the left-right direction X2. The clamping piece 414 can clamp and involute the two containing trays 10.

The turning group 41A is disposed between the first preliminary turning position 145 and the completed turning position 152, and the turning group 41B is adjacent to the second preliminary turning position 155.

The turning action is described below with respect to the turning group 41A. The gripping member 414 has previously gripped an empty tray 10 and additionally gripped the tray 10 located at the first pre-inversion position 145. Then, the vertical displacement assembly 411 moves up and down, the horizontal displacement assembly 412 moves left and right, and the turnover member 413 rotates 180 degrees, so that the to-be-sorted articles 101 of the tray 10 originally located at the first pre-turnover position 145 fall onto the originally empty tray 10 in a manner that the front face faces downward (i.e. the back face faces upward), at this time, the tray 10 (i.e. the originally empty tray 10) containing the to-be-sorted articles 101 turned over by 180 degrees is placed at the turnover completion position 152, and then the corresponding conveying set 16 moves to the second cleaning position 153, the second detection position 154 and the second pre-turnover position 155 along the detection path. It should be noted that at the second detecting position 154, the corresponding detecting element 311 detects data related to the back side of the article 101 to be sorted.

The turning group 41B turns the tray 10, which is originally in the second pre-turning position 155, 180 degrees and places the tray on the rotary member 171 through the corresponding horizontal displacement assembly 412 and vertical displacement assembly 411 in the same manner as the turning group 41A.

In this embodiment, the horizontal displacement assembly 412 and the vertical displacement assembly 411 may be, but are not limited to, a sliding rail set.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the moving unit 5 defines a moving path connecting the detecting path, and is used to move the tray 10 located at the stock preparing position 172 to the moving path, and includes a horizontal moving group 51 extending in the left-right direction X2, a vertical moving group 52 extending in the up-down direction X3 and disposed at the horizontal moving group 51, and a preparing stand 53 for moving on the moving path.

The preparation rack 53 is disposed on the vertical movement group 52, and defines a plurality of preparation positions 531 for placing the tray 10. The preparation positions 531 are spaced along the up-down direction X3, and each preparation position 531 is adapted to be placed by a respective tray 10.

The vertical movement group 52 is configured to move the preparation rack 53 in the vertical direction X3.

The horizontal movement group 51 is provided for the vertical movement group 52 and is configured to move the vertical movement group 52 and the preparation frame 53 in the left-right direction X2.

Referring to fig. 11 to 13, each of the picking units 6 includes two picking rail groups 61, a vertical displacement group 62, a horizontal displacement group 63, a front and rear displacement group 64, and a picking group 65 disposed at the table 12.

Each picking track group 61 has two picking tracks 611 parallel to each other and extending along the front-to-rear direction X1, the picking track group 61 of each picking unit 6 respectively defining a primary picking position 612.

The vertical displacement group 62 includes a vertical pickup slide rail 621 extending in the up-down direction X3, and a vertical pickup slider 622 movable in the up-down direction X3 with respect to the vertical pickup slide rail 621.

The horizontal displacement group 63 includes a horizontal pickup rail 631 extending in the left-right direction X2, and a horizontal pickup slider 632 movable in the left-right direction X2 with respect to the horizontal pickup rail 631.

The front-rear displacement group 64 includes a front-rear picking slide 641 extending along the front-rear direction X1, and a front-rear picking slide 642 movable in the front-rear direction X1 with respect to the front-rear picking slide 641.

The picking group 65 has an picking structure 651, and an adapter 652 detachably disposed on the picking structure 651, wherein the adapter 652 is used for connecting the picking structure 651 with the vertical picking slider 622.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the fetching structure 651 is a suction head, and in other variations of the present embodiment, the fetching structure 651 is not limited to a suction head, and may be a clamping jaw or the like capable of moving the object 101 to be sorted.

In addition, the user can change the number of the picking units 6 according to his or her own needs.

Referring to fig. 14, the discharging unit 7 includes a plurality of discharging frames 71 each defining a discharging position 711, and a discharging moving group 72 for disposing the discharging frames 71.

The discharging moving group 72 has a discharging slide rail 721 extending along the left-right direction X2, and a discharging slide block 722 disposed on the discharging slide rail 721 and capable of moving along the left-right direction X2, wherein the discharging slide block 722 is connected to the discharging frame 71 and links the discharging frame 71 to move along the left-right direction X2.

Referring to fig. 2, 11, 12 and 13, the configuration unit 8 is disposed corresponding to the moving path and the picking unit 6, and includes a push-pull group 81 and a plurality of discharging groups 82 respectively corresponding to the primary picking positions 612. The push-pull group 81 is disposed corresponding to the primary picking position 612, and the primary picking position 612 is used for receiving the tray 10 pushed by the push-pull assembly 811.

The push-pull group 81 has a push-pull assembly 811, a push slide 812 extending along the front-rear direction X1, and a push slider 813 disposed on the push slide 812 for the push-pull assembly 811 to move along the front-rear direction X1.

Each discharging group 82 has a discharging displacement assembly 821 and a discharging assembly 822 arranged on the discharging displacement assembly 821.

The discharging displacement assembly 821 extends from the corresponding main picking position 612 to the discharging unit 7, and is configured to drive the discharging assembly 822 to convey the corresponding tray 10 from the corresponding main picking position 612 to the corresponding discharging position 711. In this embodiment, the discharging displacement assembly 821 is a set of two sliding rail sets.

The management unit 9 is in signal connection with the rack unit 1, the preparation unit 2, the detection unit 3, the inversion unit 4, the moving unit 5, the picking unit 6, the discharging unit 7, and the allocation unit 8, controls the tray 10 to perform detection, cleaning, inversion, and transportation on the detection path and the moving path, controls the push-pull module 811 to push the tray 10 on the predetermined preparation position 531 to the predetermined main picking position 612, controls the picking group 65 according to the classification information, and moves the picking mechanism 651 to pick the article 101 to be sorted between the main picking positions 612 to classify the article 101 according to the classification.

Hereinafter, the process of hierarchical classification will be described in detail.

Assuming that the articles 101 to be sorted are classified into two grades, the detecting group 32 classifies the articles 101 to be sorted on each tray 10 and outputs the classification information, which at least includes the grade of each article 101 to be sorted on the corresponding tray 10, and the number and position of the articles 101 to be sorted on each grade of the corresponding tray 10.

For example, when 100 articles 101 to be sorted belonging to the first class are to be collected, and 60 articles 101 to be sorted belonging to the first class are contained in the tray 10 at one of the primary picking positions 612 in one of the picking track groups 61, and 40 articles 101 to be sorted belonging to the second class, an empty tray 10 is placed in advance in the other primary picking position 612 in the picking track group 61, at this time, the management unit 9 controls the picking structure 651 of the corresponding picking group 65 to pick 40 articles 101 to be sorted belonging to the second class, and then place them into the empty tray 10 at the other primary picking position 612, and selects the predetermined preparation position 531 according to the existing classification information of the tray 10 at the preparation position 531 (for example, 40 articles 101 to be sorted belonging to the first class are contained in the tray 10 at the predetermined preparation position 531), the push-pull assembly 811 pushes the tray 10 at the predetermined preparation position 531 to the predetermined primary picking position 612 (i.e., the other primary picking position 612), so that the management unit 9 controls the picking structure 651 of the corresponding picking group 65 to pick the articles 101 to be sorted belonging to the first class in the tray 10 at the predetermined primary picking position 612 and place the articles in the primary picking position 612. Then, the management unit 9 controls the corresponding discharging assembly 822 to move the tray 10 satisfying one discharging condition from the main picking position 612 to the predetermined discharging position 711, and selects the next predetermined preparation position 531 according to the classification information of the tray 10 at the existing preparation position 531 (for example, when 100 items 101 to be sorted belonging to the first class are also to be collected, more items 101 to be sorted are on the tray 10 at the next predetermined preparation position 531), and then controls the push-pull assembly 811 to push the tray 10 at the next predetermined preparation position 531 to the predetermined main picking position 612, and also performs the above steps, the management unit 9 controls the picking structure 651 of the corresponding picking group 65 to pick the items 101 to be sorted belonging to the second class to the tray 10 at the other main picking position 612, and controls the push-pull assembly 811 to retract the tray 10 in the other main picking position 612 to an empty one of the preparation positions 531, and the management unit 9 controls the push-pull assembly 811 to push the tray 10 in the next predetermined preparation position 531 to the other main picking position 612 after selecting the next predetermined preparation position 531. If another primary picking position 612 is full of the items 101 to be sorted belonging to the second level items and cannot accommodate more items 101 to be sorted, the management unit 9 can control the corresponding discharging assembly 822 to move the tray 10 satisfying a discharging condition from the primary picking position 612 to which it is located to the predetermined discharging position 711.

In detail, each of the discharging assemblies 822 is controlled by the management unit 9 to move the tray 10 satisfying a discharging condition that the number of the sorted articles 101 contained in the tray 10 matches a delivery number from the main picking position 612 to the predetermined discharging position 711. Preferably, each outfeed location 711 collects the same grade of item 101 to be sorted. For example: in this embodiment, there are three of the outfeed locations 711, one of which 711 can collect items 101 to be sorted belonging to a first class, another 711 can collect items belonging to a second class, and the last remaining 711 can collect items belonging to a third class. When the tray 10 meeting the discharging condition contains the to-be-sorted articles 101 belonging to the first class, the discharging moving group 72 moves the corresponding discharging frame 71 (i.e. the discharging frame 71 defining the one discharging position 711) to the corresponding main picking position 612 to collect the to-be-sorted articles 101 belonging to the first class, and it is further noted that the discharging moving module can also transport the discharging frame 71 to a cargo collection area (not shown), thereby allowing the cargo collector to collect the cargo and perform the subsequent cargo handling operation. It should be noted that, the foregoing is an example, and the embodiment may also only select two levels, or more than four levels; in addition, each discharging position 711 can freely define whether to collect the articles 101 to be sorted in the same class, and if one discharging position 711 is defined to collect the articles 101 to be sorted in the same class, the discharging position 711 can also freely define the class of the collected articles according to the requirement of the user.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the quantity of the delivered items is the same as the quantity of the to-be-sorted items 101 that can be originally contained in each tray 10, and in other variations of the present embodiment, the quantity of the delivered items may not be equal to the quantity of the to-be-sorted items 101 that can be contained in each tray 10, that is, the quantity of the delivered items may be determined by the user.

From the above description, the advantages of the foregoing embodiments can be summarized as follows:

1. by providing the preparation shelf 53 movable on the moving path, and the preparation shelf 53 defining the preparation position 531 for placing the trays 10, the management unit 9 can control the moving unit 5 to push the proper tray 10 to the predetermined main picking position 612 or pull the tray 10 from the picking position 612 to the predetermined preparation position 531 according to the sorting information, instead of pushing the improper tray 10 according to the sequence of pushing the trays 10, thereby achieving the effect of improving the sorting efficiency.

2. Further, by providing the preliminary racks 53 and disposing the preliminary positions 531 at intervals in the vertical direction X3 perpendicular to the horizontal direction X2, the preliminary racks 53 can store a large number of trays 10 in a limited space.

3. In addition to the foregoing, since a plurality of discharging frames 71 and the discharging moving group 72 are further provided, each discharging frame 71 can collect articles of the same grade, so as to facilitate the tallying of the cargo-collecting staff.

Referring to fig. 15, a second embodiment of the detecting and sorting device with high flexibility of application of the present invention is substantially the same as the first embodiment, and the difference is only:

each picking track set 61 of each picking unit 6 also defines a secondary picking position 613. In detail, the sub-picking position 613 is located behind the corresponding main picking position 612, that is, the sub-picking position 613 is closer to the outfeed unit than the main picking position 612 (see fig. 11). Accordingly, the picking structure 651 moves in the vertical direction X3, the horizontal direction X2, and the front-rear direction X1 by the vertical displacement group 62, the horizontal displacement group 63, and the front-rear displacement group 64, respectively, so that the items 101 to be sorted move between the main picking position 612 and the sub-picking position 613 according to their respective ranks.

The discharging groups 82 of the configuration unit 8 also correspond to the secondary picking positions 613, please refer to fig. 13 for details, and each discharging group 82 can also drive the discharging assembly 822 to transport the corresponding tray 10 from the one of the secondary picking positions 813 to the discharging position 711.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the management unit 9 may control the picking unit 6 to pick the predetermined item 101 to be sorted to the corresponding secondary picking position 613, thereby facilitating the discharging to the discharging unit (see fig. 7).

Thus, in addition to the advantages of the above embodiments, the present embodiment further has the following advantages, 1. the number of the trays 10 for picking at the same time is larger, and the present embodiment has more flexibility in picking, 2. the picking operation and the operation of the trays 10 entering and exiting the picking unit 6 can be performed simultaneously, thereby further improving the sorting efficiency.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should not be limited thereby, and the invention is still within the scope of the present invention by simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims and the contents of the specification.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a detect sorting unit, is applicable to and detects a plurality of article of waiting to sort of selecting separately through a plurality of flourishing dish splendid attire, detect sorting unit contains:

the rack unit defines a detection path for conveying the containing disc, and a feeding position, a first detection position and a material distribution preparation position are sequentially defined on the detection path;

the detection unit comprises a detection structure arranged corresponding to the first detection position and a detection group in signal connection with the detection structure, the detection structure is used for detecting the containing disc positioned at the first detection position, and the detection group classifies the articles to be sorted on the containing disc according to a plurality of data detected by the detection structure and outputs classification information;

characterized in that, the detecting and sorting device further comprises:

a moving unit defining a moving path connected to the detecting path, for moving the tray located at the stock preparation position to the moving path, and including a preparation shelf for moving on the moving path, the preparation shelf defining a plurality of preparation positions for the tray to be placed;

a configuration unit which is provided corresponding to the moving path and comprises a push-pull group with a push-pull component, wherein the push-pull component is used for pushing and moving the tray on any preparation position of the preparation rack or pulling the tray back to any preparation position of the preparation rack;

the picking unit comprises a picking group with an picking structure and defines a plurality of main picking positions corresponding to the push-pull group, and the main picking positions are used for receiving the containing tray pushed by the push-pull assembly; and

and a management unit which is in signal connection with the rack unit, the detection unit, the moving unit, the configuration unit and the picking unit, controls the tray to be conveyed on the detection path and the moving path, controls the push-pull assembly to push the tray on a predetermined preparation position of the preparation rack to a predetermined main picking position or pull the tray on the predetermined main picking position to a predetermined preparation position of the preparation rack, and controls the picking group according to the classification information, so that the picking structure sucks the articles to be sorted to move between the main picking positions, and sorts the articles to be sorted according to their respective classifications.

2. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the main picking positions are spaced in a left-right direction, the preparation positions of the preparation rack are spaced in a vertical direction perpendicular to the left-right direction, the moving unit further includes a vertical moving assembly extending in the vertical direction, and a horizontal moving assembly extending in the left-right direction, the vertical moving assembly is provided to the preparation rack and drives the preparation rack to move up and down, the horizontal moving assembly is provided to the vertical moving assembly and drives the vertical moving assembly and the preparation rack to move in the left-right direction, so that the preparation position of the predetermined preparation rack can be moved to a position adjacent to the predetermined main picking position, and the push-pull assembly can push the tray in the preparation position of the predetermined preparation rack to the predetermined main picking position.

3. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: when the push-pull assembly pushes the tray, the preparation position of the preset preparation frame and the preset main picking position are arranged along the front-back direction, and the push-pull assembly is further provided with a push sliding block and a push sliding rail, wherein the push sliding block is used for being arranged on the push-pull assembly, and the push sliding rail extends along the front-back direction and is used for being movably arranged along the front-back direction.

4. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the sorting device is characterized by further comprising a discharging unit, the position of the discharging unit corresponds to that of the picking unit, the discharging unit comprises a plurality of discharging frames which respectively define discharging positions, the configuration unit further comprises a plurality of discharging components which correspond to the main picking positions and the discharging positions, each discharging component is controlled by the management unit to move the containing tray meeting discharging conditions from the main picking position where the containing tray is located to the preset discharging position, and the discharging conditions refer to that the quantity of the classified articles to be sorted contained in the containing tray meets the discharging quantity.

5. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: the configuration unit comprises a plurality of discharging groups respectively corresponding to the main picking positions, each discharging group is provided with a discharging component and a discharging displacement component, the discharging displacement component extends from the corresponding main picking position towards the discharging unit and is used for driving the discharging component to convey the corresponding containing tray to the corresponding discharging position from the corresponding main picking position.

6. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: the discharging unit further comprises a discharging moving group, the discharging moving group is provided with a discharging sliding rail extending along the left and right directions and a discharging sliding block arranged on the discharging sliding rail and capable of moving along the left and right directions, the discharging sliding block is connected to the discharging frame and is linked with the discharging frame to move along the left and right directions.

7. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: the picking unit further defines a plurality of secondary picking positions closer to the discharge unit than the corresponding primary picking positions.

8. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: the discharging groups of the configuration unit also correspond to the secondary picking positions, and the discharging displacement assembly of each discharging group is also used for driving the discharging assembly to convey the corresponding tray from one of the secondary picking positions to the discharging position.

9. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein: the picking unit further comprises a vertical displacement group, a horizontal displacement group and a front-back displacement group which are connected with the picking structure, the picking structure moves in the vertical direction, the left-right direction and the front-back direction respectively through the vertical displacement group, the horizontal displacement group and the front-back displacement group, so that the articles to be sorted move between the main picking position and the auxiliary picking position according to respective grades.

10. The inspection and sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the picking unit further comprises a vertical displacement group, a horizontal displacement group and a front and back displacement group which are connected with the picking structure, the picking structure moves in the vertical direction, the left and right direction and the front and back direction respectively through the vertical displacement group, the horizontal displacement group and the front and back displacement group, so that the articles to be sorted move among the main picking positions according to respective grades.