CN115156104A

CN115156104A - Conveying part, conveying assembly and sorting equipment

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Publication number: CN115156104A
Application number: CN202210813579.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汪睿; 吴明; 张昔峰; 徐爱娟
Original assignee: Hefei Meyer Optoelectronic Technology Inc
Current assignee: Hefei Meyer Optoelectronic Technology Inc
Priority date: 2022-07-11
Filing date: 2022-07-11
Publication date: 2022-10-11
Anticipated expiration: 2042-07-11
Also published as: CN115156104B

Abstract

The invention discloses a conveying component, a conveying assembly and sorting equipment. The sorting device can realize the array type regular conveying of materials in the material conveying process of the sorting equipment, has the advantages of order presentation and fixed movement direction of the materials, is favorable for realizing accurate sorting in the optical detection or sorting process, and improves the sorting efficiency and the sorting precision of the materials.

Description

Conveying part, conveying assembly and sorting equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of material sorting, in particular to a conveying part, a conveying assembly and sorting equipment.

Background

In the correlation technique, sorting equipment when sorting materials, the material landing in the passageway or carry on the belt conveyor, but, the position of material can not pinpoint in passageway or belt conveyor's the transport, and the material of carrying presents unordered, the unfixed characteristics of direction of motion, and this position that leads to the optics that follow-up processing relates to detect and the material when sorting changes, causes the mistake and selects separately, is unfavorable for the improvement of material sorting precision.

In addition, in the related art, the sorting equipment can only divide the materials into two stages (such as good materials, bad materials and the like), and cannot perform multi-stage sorting on the materials, so that the requirement of performing multi-stage sorting on the materials at present is increasingly not met.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. To this end, an object of the present invention is to provide a conveying component, which can realize an array-type structured conveying of materials, and is beneficial to an optical detection or sorting process.

The invention also aims to provide a conveying assembly to apply the conveying component.

The invention also aims to provide a sorting device to apply the conveying assembly.

According to the conveying component provided by the embodiment of the invention, at least one row of material storage spaces arranged along the conveying direction are arranged on the conveying component, the material storage spaces are arranged on the upper end surface of the conveying component, and at least one material storage space is arranged in each row; the material storage device is characterized in that a bearing part is arranged below the material storage space and used for bearing materials, so that at least part of the materials are always kept in the material storage space.

According to the conveying component provided by the embodiment of the invention, the plurality of rows of material storage spaces arranged along the conveying direction are arranged on the conveying component, at least one material storage space is arranged in each row, and the materials are placed in the material storage spaces under the action of the bearing parts, so that the arrayed and regular conveying of the materials can be realized in the material conveying process, the conveying component has the advantages of orderly material presentation and fixed movement direction, the optical detection or sorting process can be favorably realized, and the material sorting efficiency and sorting precision are improved.

In some embodiments, the conveying component includes at least one conveying plate, each conveying plate is provided with at least one row of the storage spaces, and at least one storage space is arranged in each row.

In some embodiments, the conveying plate is a flat plate, and the storage space is a storage slot or a storage hole formed in the conveying plate.

In some embodiments, when the conveying member includes a plurality of the conveying plates, any adjacent two of the conveying plates may be pivotally or detachably connected.

In some embodiments, each of the conveyor plates comprises a plurality of unit plates, and any adjacent two of the unit plates are pivotably or detachably connected.

In some embodiments, the conveying means comprises at least two conveying rollers, each of which is provided with at least one annular recess defining the magazine and the support.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the stock space is provided with an opening through which the material portion may extend.

In some embodiments, the lower end portion of each of the magazine spaces is provided with the bearing portion configured as a rib, and the bearing portion and the other inner wall of the magazine space define the opening.

In some embodiments, the supporting portion is made of an elastic material at least partially, and the supporting portion can be elastically deformed when driven so as to enable the material to be separated from the material storage space.

In some embodiments, the support part is movably connected to the material storage space, and the support part can move when driven, so that the material is separated from the material storage space.

In some embodiments, the supporting part is provided with a resetting piece, and the resetting piece can reset when the supporting part is separated from the driven state through magnetic or elastic action.

In some embodiments, the storage space is a storage tank, the supporting portion is a bottom wall of the storage tank, and the bottom wall is provided with the opening.

In some embodiments, the bearing portion is one of a plate-like member, a conveyor belt, and an idler provided below the conveying member.

A delivery assembly according to an embodiment of the invention comprises at least one delivery member as described hereinbefore.

In some embodiments, the conveying members are a plurality of conveying members, and the plurality of conveying members are collectively spliced into one of a disc shape, a cylindrical shape, a fan shape, an arc shape, and a straight plate shape along the conveying direction.

In some embodiments, the delivery assembly is made of a flexible material, and the delivery assembly is configured as a flexible band or a closed flexible band.

In some embodiments, the modes of operation of the transport assembly include linear motion, curvilinear motion, and closed profile cyclic motion.

The sorting device according to the embodiment of the invention comprises the conveying assembly.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a transport component in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a second embodiment of a transport component of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a third schematic perspective view of a transport component in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a conveying unit in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a first schematic view of a conveying plate as a grid in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a second schematic view of an embodiment of the present invention in which the conveying plate is a grid;

FIG. 7 is a third schematic view of an embodiment of the present invention in which the conveying plate is a grid;

FIG. 8 is a fourth schematic view of a conveying panel in an embodiment of the present invention as a grid;

FIG. 9 is a fifth schematic view of an embodiment of the present invention in which the conveyor plate is a grid;

FIG. 10 is a schematic illustration of the hinged connection of the conveyor plates in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a first schematic view of a conveyor component in an embodiment of the invention being a conveyor roller;

FIG. 12 is a second schematic view of a conveying member in an embodiment of the present invention being a conveying roller;

FIG. 13 is a fifth schematic structural view of a transport component in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic representation of several versions of a retainer on a transport component in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic perspective view of a transport component in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic perspective view of a delivery assembly in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a diagram of several configurations of a delivery assembly in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 18 is a first schematic view of a conveyor assembly constructed of a flexible material in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19 is a second schematic view of a delivery assembly constructed of a flexible material in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 20 is a schematic view of a conveyor assembly with pallets positioned thereunder in an embodiment of the invention.

Reference numerals are as follows:

2. a conveying member;

2a, a material storage space; 2b, opening the opening; 2c, a support part; 200. feeding;

21. a conveying plate; 21a, a pivot; 21b, a pivot seat; 21c, mounting holes;

211. a partition plate;

212. a first lattice bar; 213. a second lattice bar;

22. a conveying roller; 22a, an annular recess;

20. a delivery assembly; 301. a supporting plate.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.

In addition, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature for distinguishing between descriptive features, non-sequential, and non-trivial.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in a specific case to those of ordinary skill in the art.

Referring now to fig. 1-20, a transport component 2, transport assembly 20, according to an embodiment of the present invention is described.

It should be noted that the conveying component 2 and the conveying assembly 20 of the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to the field of material conveying, and the specific application environment thereof can be determined according to the needs. For convenience of explanation, the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the application to the field of sorting (color sorting) as an example, but the conveying member 2 and the conveying unit 20 of the embodiment of the present invention are not limited to the application to the field of sorting (color sorting).

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in a conveying component 2 of a sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, at least one row of storage spaces 2a arranged in a conveying direction (a direction from back to front in fig. 1 and 2 is a conveying direction) is provided on the conveying component 2, the storage spaces 2a are provided at an upper end surface of the conveying component 2, and at least one storage space 2a is provided in each row; below the storage space 2a, a supporting portion 2c (shown in fig. 13-15) is provided, and the supporting portion 2c is used for supporting the material 200 so that the material 200 is at least partially always kept in the storage space 2a.

That is, the storage spaces 2a on the conveying component 2 may be arranged in any one of a row and a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, so that the materials 200 can be regularly placed in different areas. When the conveying component 2 conveys the materials 200, the material storage space 2a plays a role in limiting the position of the materials 200 falling into the inner part, and the bearing part 2c can play a role in supporting the materials 200, so that the materials 200 can be regularly moved along with the material storage space 2a, and the conveying component 2 can avoid the slippage, the disordered bounce and the orderly and uniform movement of the materials 200 in the conveying process. And because material 200 can realize the subregion and regularly place, consequently when using conveyor means 2 on sorting equipment, conveyor means 2 at first carries material 200 along the visual field scope of optical detection process, optical detection component can obtain the image information of material 200, conveyor means 2 removes material 200 to the scope of sorting means afterwards, because material 200 is injectd in storage space 2a by the stability, and then the scope of the position of material 200 from the visual field scope of optical detection process to sorting means only is relevant with the translation rate, the travel time of conveyor means 2, so sorting means can accurately know the accurate position of moving material 200, and then can accurately carry out sorting and grading operation.

In addition, the conveying component 2 of the embodiment of the present invention may have an arrangement pattern of multiple rows and multiple columns, multiple receiving devices (for example, three receiving devices) may be disposed along the conveying direction of the conveying component 2, and the sorting component may respectively convey the corresponding materials 200 to the corresponding receiving devices according to the detection result of the optical detection process, so as to implement multi-stage sorting of the materials 200.

It should be noted that one or more materials 200 may be placed in each material storage space 2a, the materials 200 referred to in the present invention may be food, such as nearly spherical or elliptical objects like date, pistachio, cherry tomato, etc., the materials 200 may also be parts, such as cylindrical objects like studs, bars, etc., and the materials 200 may also be semiconductor materials, medicinal materials, etc. Of course, the above is only an example, and the material 200 may also refer to other objects that need to be screened, which is not described herein again. Secondly, the profile of the storage space 2a may be rectangular, square, circular, oval or spindle-shaped according to the shape of the material 200, so as to adapt to the material 200 of different shapes, and different profiles may be selected for the storage space 2a according to the shape of the material 200. In addition, the inner wall of the material storage space 2a may also be provided with a slope or a curved surface to better adapt to materials 200 of different shapes, which is not described herein again.

It should be noted that, in general, each material storage space 2a is provided with one material 200 to be conveyed, so that the image acquisition can be prevented from being influenced by mutual shielding of the materials 200, and the sorting/grading operation can be prevented from being influenced by mutual shielding of the materials 200. Of course, an appropriate amount of the material 200 may be placed in each material storage space 2a according to the size, shape and other conditions of the material 200.

According to the conveying component 2 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the conveying component 2 is provided with a plurality of rows of material storage spaces 2a arranged along the conveying direction, at least one material storage space 2a is arranged in each row, and the materials 200 are placed in the material storage spaces 2a under the action of the bearing parts 2c, so that the arrayed and regular conveying of the materials 200 can be realized in the conveying process, the advantages of order presentation and fixed movement direction of the materials 200 are realized, and the conveying component is applied to sorting equipment, is beneficial to realizing accurate sorting in optical detection and sorting processes, and improves the sorting efficiency and sorting precision of the materials 200. Meanwhile, the purpose of multi-stage separation of the materials 200 can be achieved.

In some embodiments, the conveyor element 2 comprises at least one conveyor plate 21, each conveyor plate 21 is provided with at least one row of magazines 2a, and at least one magazine 2a is provided in each row.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the conveying component 2 may include a conveying plate 21, a row of storage spaces 2a is provided on the conveying plate 21, one storage space 2a is provided in each row, and the conveying plate 21 can store a single material 200. As shown in fig. 3, a row of storage spaces 2a may also be provided on the conveying plate 21 in the left-right direction, and ten storage spaces are provided in the row direction (of course, other numbers of storage spaces 2a may be provided as needed), so as to store a plurality of materials 200. As shown in fig. 4, a plurality of rows of the storage spaces 2a are provided on the conveying plate 21, and one storage space 2a is provided for each row (of course, other numbers of the storage spaces 2a may be provided as needed), so that a plurality of materials 200 are stored.

As shown in fig. 5, the conveying unit 2 may also include a plurality of conveying plates 21, and each conveying plate 21 may be provided with one row of storage spaces 2a, and each row of storage spaces 2a may be one or more, or each conveying plate 21 may be provided with a plurality of rows of storage spaces 2a, and each row of storage spaces 2a may be one or more. By adopting the mode, the conveying component 2 can arrange more materials 200 in a subarea way, so that the materials 200 can be sorted more conveniently. Secondly, adopt the mode of a plurality of delivery boards 21, can make alone to every delivery board 21, reduce the die sinking degree of difficulty, make things convenient for the transportation and the equipment in the assembly stage, when partial delivery board 21 damaged moreover, only need change the delivery board 21 that damages can, can reduce cost. Meanwhile, the connection modes of the plurality of conveying plates 21 may be pivot (hinge), fixed connection, and the like, and the material storage space 2a on each conveying plate 21 may also be pivot (hinge), fixed connection, and the like, and the specific connection mode may be determined according to the specific conditions of the conveying assembly 20, for example, when the conveying assembly 20 shown in fig. 19 is adopted, the connection modes of the plurality of conveying plates 21 may be pivot (hinge), and the like, and when the modes shown in fig. 16 and 17 are adopted, the connection modes of the plurality of conveying plates 21 may be fixed connection, and the like. Similarly, the magazine space 2a on each conveyor plate 21 may also be connected in an adaptive manner, which is not described in detail here.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the conveying plate 21 is a flat plate member, and the storage space 2a is a storage slot or a storage hole formed in the conveying plate 21.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5 to 7, the conveying plate 21 is a lattice bar arranged in the left-right or front-back direction, and each lattice bar is provided with a plurality of partition plates 211 arranged at intervals. The plurality of partitions 211 form non-closed pockets in the lattice bars, which are the pockets 2a. The conveying component 2 adopting the lattice bar structure has the advantages of simpler structure, easier assembly, lighter weight and capability of reducing the cost.

In some embodiments, one side of each grid is provided with a plurality of baffles 211; alternatively, a plurality of partitions 211 may be provided on opposite sides of each of the bars. As shown in fig. 6, the lattice bar may be a bar having a plurality of partition boards 211 on one side, the partition boards 211 on each lattice bar are disposed on the same side, and when the lattice bars are sequentially spliced along the conveying direction, the partition boards 211 on the current lattice bar are abutted against and matched with the next lattice bar, so as to form a lattice hole, i.e. a row of storage spaces 2a. As shown in fig. 7, the lattice bars may also be provided with a plurality of partition boards 211 on both sides, and when the lattice bars are sequentially spliced along the conveying direction, the partition boards 211 on the two lattice bars are mutually stopped, so as to form a plurality of lattice holes in a row, i.e. a storage space 2a in a row.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the conveying plate 21 includes a plurality of first bars 212 and a plurality of second bars 213, the plurality of first bars 212 being disposed at intervals in the first direction; the plurality of second bars 213 are spaced apart along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and each of the second bars 213 is disposed on the plurality of first bars 212. The conveying plate 21 does not adopt a lattice bar structure with grooves, but forms a plurality of rows and columns of lattice holes by a plurality of lattice bars in a crossed manner. The first direction may be perpendicular to the conveying direction, so that the first bars 212 can act on the material 200 for conveying, and the second direction may be parallel to the conveying direction, so that the second bars 213 can act for separation.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the first and

second bars

212 and 213 are arranged in one or more layers in the up-down direction. For a relatively small volume of material 200, first bars 212 and second bars 213 are arranged in a layer in the up-down direction, and the depth of the formed cells is sufficient to accommodate material 200. When the volume of the material 200 is larger, the required space is larger, and the depth of the grid hole needs to be deeper, so that the material 200 cannot be separated from the grid hole, and therefore the first grid strips 212 and the second grid strips 213 can be arranged into multiple layers in the vertical direction, and the depth of the grid hole can be increased.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 9, the second bars 213 and the first bars 212 are sequentially stacked in a staggered manner, for example, the second bars 213 are disposed on a plurality of first bars 212 of a first layer and constitute a second layer structure, then a plurality of first bars 212 are disposed on the second bars 213 and constitute a third layer structure, and so on to form a multi-layer structure. By adopting the mode, the thickness of the lattice bars is smaller than the whole thickness of the conveying part 2, so that the material can be reduced, and the whole weight can be lightened.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10, when the conveying component 2 includes a plurality of conveying plates 21, any two adjacent conveying plates 21 may be pivotally or detachably connected, and the plurality of conveying plates 21 are sequentially pivotally connected to form a chain structure having flexibility. In addition, when the conveying member 2 includes a plurality of conveying plates 21, any adjacent two conveying plates 21 may be fixedly connected so as to form a linear direction movement. Meanwhile, when the conveying member 2 includes a plurality of conveying plates 21, any adjacent two conveying plates 21 are detachably connected, which facilitates installation, removal, maintenance, and the like.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 10, one side of each conveying plate 21 in the length direction is provided with a pivot 21a, the other side is provided with a pivot seat 21b, and the pivot 21a of one of the two adjacent conveying plates 21 is provided on the pivot seat 21b of the other one.

In some embodiments, when the conveying component 2 is configured as a flexible chain structure, the plurality of conveying plates 21 and the driving device may be driven by a tooth engagement, a roller transmission, or the like, for example, the driving device is provided with gear teeth, each conveying plate 21 is provided with tooth sockets, and the tooth sockets and the gear teeth are engaged, so that the driving device can drive the conveying plates 21 to move.

It should be noted that the installation manner of the plurality of conveying plates 21 is not limited to the articulated manner, and other installation manners may be adopted, for example, as shown in fig. 1, both ends of each conveying plate 21 are provided with installation holes 21c, the plurality of conveying plates 21 are sequentially connected in a row on a driving device through the installation holes 21c, for example, the driving device is a transmission belt, and the plurality of conveying plates 21 are installed on the transmission belt through the installation holes 21 c.

Of course, any two adjacent conveying plates 21 can also be detachably connected and can be replaced, and meanwhile, each conveying plate 21 can be manufactured separately during manufacturing, so that the difficulty in opening the mold is reduced.

In some embodiments, each conveyor plate 21 comprises a plurality of unit plates, and any two adjacent unit plates are pivotally or detachably connected. As mentioned above, any two adjacent conveying plates 21 are hinged to form a single-row multi-row chain structure, and each conveying plate 21 is provided with a plurality of unit conveying plates hinged to each other in sequence, so that the conveying parts 2 can form a multi-row chain structure, and the flexibility effect is better. In addition, each of the conveying plates 21 includes a plurality of unit plates, and any two adjacent unit plates may be fixedly connected so as to form a linear direction movement. Meanwhile, each conveying plate 21 includes a plurality of unit plates, and any two adjacent unit plates are detachably connected, so that the assembly, disassembly, maintenance and the like are facilitated.

Of course, any two adjacent unit plates can be detachably connected and can be replaced, and meanwhile, each unit plate can be manufactured independently during manufacturing, so that the die sinking difficulty is reduced.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 12, the conveying member 2 includes at least two conveying rollers 22, and each conveying roller 22 is provided with at least one annular concave portion 22a, and the annular concave portion 22a defines the magazine space 2a and the receiver 2c. The annular recess 22a may be a feature provided on the transport roller 22, for example, the annular recess 22a may be a circular groove provided on the transport roller 22, and the circular groove may be gourd-shaped, so as to provide a storing and supporting function. The annular recess 22a can also be a separate component arranged on the conveyor roller 22, in particular, for example, the annular recess 22a is an O-ring, two O-rings can form a storage space 2a, and the outer contour of the O-ring can be designed in a gourd shape, thus being capable of storing and supporting.

For example, the conveying member 2 includes a conveying roller 22, and an annular recess 22a is provided in the conveying roller 22. Alternatively, referring to fig. 11, the conveying member 2 includes one conveying roller 22, and a plurality of annular recesses 22a are provided on the conveying roller 22. Still alternatively, the conveying member 2 includes two conveying rollers 22, and one annular recess 22a is provided on each conveying roller 22. Still alternatively, referring to fig. 12, the conveying member 2 includes two conveying rollers 22, and a plurality of annular recesses 22a are provided on each conveying roller 22.

Specifically, when the plurality of annular recesses 22a are provided on the conveying roller 22, the plurality of annular recesses 22a may be arranged next to each other in sequence, and the plurality of annular recesses 22a may also be provided at intervals.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the storage space 2a is provided with an opening 2b, and the material 200 can partially extend out of the opening 2b. As shown in fig. 13 (the direction from the back to the front in fig. 13 is the conveying direction), when the conveying component 2 is located in the visual field of the optical detection process, a tumbling assembly is arranged below the opening 2b, a part of the material 200 can extend out of the opening 2b, the part is contacted with the tumbling assembly to generate friction force, and when the friction force is acted, the material 200 moves to generate tumbling action to tumble. Therefore, the material 200 can be shot in multiple directions through the single-side optical detection component (for example, the optical camera is arranged on the upper side of the figure 13), the number of the optical detection components is effectively reduced, the cost is reduced, the omnidirectional imaging of the material 200 is realized, the full-view image of the material 200 is favorably obtained, and further more parameters of the material 200 can be obtained. Secondly, when the conveying component 2 moves to the range of the sorting component, through setting the opening 2b, the materials 200 can be taken out of the material storage space 2a and sequentially placed into the corresponding material receiving devices when detecting that the materials 200 are qualified products, unqualified products or specific grades (such as big fruits, medium fruits and small fruits) through external execution components (such as blowing nozzles, robots and the like), so that the beneficial effects of sorting and grading are achieved.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 14 (b), the supporting portion 2c is provided on the conveying component 2, and part of the material 200 is located in the storage space 2a, and the other part is located outside the storage space 2a, as shown in fig. 20, when the conveying component 2 is located in the visual field range of the optical detection process, the pallet 301 is provided below the conveying component 2, the part of the material 200 located outside the storage space 2a contacts with the pallet 301, the pallet 301 can drive the material 200 to roll under the action of friction force, and when the optical detection is performed, the optical detection component can perform multi-directional detection on the material 200. As shown in fig. 13 and 14 (a), the receiving portion 2c may also serve to receive and tumble the materials 200, for example, the upper and lower ends of the storage space 2a penetrate through the conveying component 2, the receiving portion 2c is a plate-shaped member and is disposed below the conveying component 2, and the portion of the materials 200 outside the storage space 2a contacts with the plate-shaped member, so that the materials 200 can tumble under the action of friction when the conveying component 2 moves in the conveying direction.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 14 (b), the lower end portion of each magazine 2a is provided with a receiver 2c, the receiver 2c being configured as a rib, and the receiver 2c and the magazine 2a defining an opening 2b. Wherein, the flange can be fixed flange, and when adopting from the top to reject material 200, the flange only need guarantee uncovered 2b can let material 200's bottom and layer board 301 contact can. The flange can also be a deformable flange which can deform when driven, so that the material 200 can be removed downwards, specifically as follows:

specifically, the supporting portion 2c is connected to at least one end of the lower end portion of the storage space 2a, for example, the supporting portion 2c and the inner wall of the storage space 2a may be integrally formed, or the supporting portion 2c may be formed by using other flexible materials. As shown in fig. 14 (b) and (c), the supporting portion 2c is integrally formed on one side wall or two side walls of the lower end portion of the material storage space 2a, wherein the supporting portion 2c may be integrally made of rubber material, or the supporting portion 2c and the portion formed on the inner wall of the material storage space 2a are made of rubber material, so that the supporting portion 2c can be deformed when the material 200 is subjected to a large acting force, and the material 200 can be removed conveniently.

In particular, the bearing portion 2c and the storage space 2a define an opening 2b, so that when the material 200 moves in the storage space 2a, a portion of the material 200 can protrude from the opening 2b, thereby facilitating operations of rotation, rejection, etc. of the material 200. For example, as shown in fig. 20, a plurality of conveying components 2 constitute conveying assembly 20, conveying assembly 20 is used in sorting equipment, can divide the conveying process of sorting equipment into tumbling zone a and non-tumbling zone b, and in the tumbling zone a, conveying component 2's below is provided with layer board 301, and the part that material 200 stretches out uncovered 2b contacts with layer board 301, realizes rolling under layer board 301's effect to diversified detection can be realized through optical detection component. When the materials 200 enter the non-rolling area b along with the conveying assembly 20 (at this time, the materials 200 do not need to be optically detected, because the materials do not need to be rolled frequently any more), the materials 200 can be removed from the conveying assembly 20 through the action of the executing component according to the detection result of the optical detection component, wherein the removed materials 200 can be unqualified products, or the materials 200 can be classified (such as big fruits, medium fruits, small fruits and the like), and different types of materials 200 are removed from the conveying assembly 20 and collected.

Specifically, the supporting portion 2c may be a supporting block, a supporting strip, a roller, or the like, and the storage space 2a may be a storage tank opened on the conveying component 2, in which case the supporting portion 2c is a bottom wall of the storage tank (see fig. 15).

In particular, the bearing portion 2c may also be designed as an integral molding with the magazine space 2a. Thus, the whole storage space 2a can form a closed structure without an opening 2b at the bottom, and the bottom wall of the storage space 2a forms a bearing part 2c, so that the risk that the material 200 slides down from the bottom is avoided.

It can be understood that, as shown in fig. 14 (a), the open end 2b of the conveying component 2 may not be provided with the support part 2c, and when the conveying component 2 is conveying, the bottom part needs to be matched with the pallet 301 to carry the material 200. As shown in fig. 14 (b), (c), (d), and (e), the opening 2b of the conveying component 2 is provided with the supporting part 2c, and the supporting plate 301 is not needed to be used, so that the material 200 can be prevented from being separated from the material storage space 2a under the action of the supporting part 2c, meanwhile, the supporting part 2c can play a role in supporting and limiting, and meanwhile, part of the material 200 can also extend downwards out of the opening 2b, and the material 200 can not be influenced to be separated from the material storage space 2a under the actions of rolling and executing components under the action of the rolling component 3.

Wherein, the executive component can be the air blast valve, and the air blast valve setting is in the below of conveyor components 2, and the material 200 can be blown away from storage space 2a through uncovered 2b to the outside high-speed gas that jets, realizes rejecting material 200.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 14 (b) and (c), the supporting portion 2c is made of an elastic material at least in part, and the supporting portion 2c is elastically deformed when being driven, so as to separate the material 200 from the material storage space 2a. The supporting part 2c may be formed on the conveying member 2, and the connecting portion of the two parts may be made of an elastic material, as shown in fig. 14 (f) and (g), when the material 200 presses the supporting part 2c downward, the connecting portion of the supporting part 2c and the conveying plate 21 may be elastically deformed, so that the material 200 falls downward. The supporting portion 2c may also be made of an elastic material, for example, the supporting portion 2c is an elastic member, and when the actuating component acts on the material 200 downward, the supporting portion 2c is elastically deformed as a whole, so that the material 200 can be dropped downward.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 14 (d) and (e), the supporting part 2c is movably connected to the material storage space 2a, and the supporting part 2c is driven to move so as to separate the material 200 from the material storage space 2a. For example, the support part 2c is rotatably connected to the conveying member 2, and as shown in (i) and (h) of fig. 14, when the material 200 presses the support part 2c, the support part 2c is turned downward and opened, and the material 200 falls downward. The supporting part 2c may also be slidably mounted on the conveying component 2, and when the material 200 presses one end of the supporting part 2c, the supporting part 2c is pushed to slide, so that the material 200 falls downward.

In some embodiments, the supporting portion 2c is provided with a resetting member (not shown), and the resetting member can reset the supporting portion 2c when the supporting portion is out of the driven state through magnetic or elastic action. The return member may be an elastic member, for example, a torsion spring when the bearing portion 2c is rotatably coupled to the conveying member 2; the elastic member may be a tension spring when the receiver 2c is slidably coupled to the transport member 2. The reset piece can also be a magnetic piece or a ferromagnetic piece, specifically, the reset piece is a magnetic piece, such as a magnet, and an iron block or a magnet can be arranged on the conveying part 2; if the return element is a ferromagnetic element, for example an iron block, the transport element 2 can be provided with magnets.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 14 (d) and (e), the supporters 2c may be provided at opposite sides of the opening 2b.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 15, the storage space 2a is a storage tank, the supporting portion 2c is a bottom wall of the storage tank, and the bottom wall is opened with an opening 2b.

In some embodiments, the supporting portion 2c is a plate-shaped member disposed below the conveying member 2, and as mentioned above, the supporting portion 2c can play both a supporting role and a role of rolling the material 200.

In some embodiments, the support portion 2c is a conveyor belt or an idler disposed below the conveying component 2, and the rotation speed of the conveyor belt or the idler is different from the conveying speed of the conveying assembly 20. For example, the conveyor belt moves in the same direction as the conveying member 2, and the speed of the conveyor belt is smaller or greater than the speed of the conveying member 2. For another example, the material 200 can also be rotated by a roller.

In some embodiments, the storage space 2a and the supporting portion 2c below the storage space 2 on the conveying component 2 according to the embodiments of the present invention form a groove structure with a closed bottom, so that when the material 200 is stored in the storage space 2a, a stable positional relationship can be maintained under the restriction of the peripheral storage space 2a and the restriction of the supporting portion 2c with a closed bottom, and the material can move stably and accurately with the conveying component 2. Thus, when the conveying component 2 of the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the sorting device, the optical detection component of the sorting device may perform image acquisition on the material 200 in the material storage space 2a from top to bottom, and then the material storage space 2a is taken out by the action component (such as a suction cup and a mechanical arm disposed on the upper side) according to the image information of the image acquisition and analysis, so as to implement sorting operations such as classification, and good and bad material differentiation.

As shown in fig. 16, a conveyor assembly 20 according to an embodiment of the invention includes at least one conveyor member 2. For example, the conveying assembly 20 includes a plurality of conveying members 2, and the plurality of conveying members 2 are sequentially spliced in the conveying direction.

In some embodiments, the conveying members 2 are a plurality of conveying members 2, and the plurality of conveying members 2 are collectively spliced into one of a disc shape, a cylindrical shape, a fan shape, an arc shape, and a straight plate shape.

For example, as shown in fig. 17 (a), the plurality of conveyor members 2 configure the conveyor assembly 20 in a disk shape, a plurality of rows of magazines 2a are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the disk, and a plurality of magazines 2a of each row are arranged at intervals in the radial direction of the disk. As shown in fig. 17 (b), the plurality of conveying members 2 configure the conveyor assembly 20 in a cylindrical shape, a plurality of rows of magazines 2a are arranged at intervals around the axial direction of the cylinder, and a plurality of magazines 2a of each row are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the cylinder. As shown in fig. 17 (c), the plurality of conveyance members 2 configure the conveyance assembly 20 in a fan shape, a plurality of rows of magazines 2a are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the fan shape, and a plurality of magazines 2a of each row are arranged at intervals in the arc length direction of the fan shape. As shown in fig. 17 (d), the plurality of conveyance members 2 configure the conveyance unit 20 in an arc shape, the plurality of magazine spaces 2a of each row are arranged in the circumferential direction of the arc shape, and the plurality of magazine spaces 2a of each row are arranged at intervals in the arc length direction of the arc shape. As shown in fig. 16, the plurality of conveying members 2 configure the conveying unit 20 in a straight plate shape.

By adopting the structure of the disc shape, the cylinder shape, the fan shape or the cambered surface shape, the volume of the conveying part 2 can be reduced, the material conveying in the disc direction, the cylinder direction, the fan shape direction or the cambered surface shape direction can be realized, and the sorting equipment formed by the conveying assembly 20 with the structure has the advantages of small volume, space saving and simple structure.

It should be noted that, when the conveying members 2 are jointly spliced into a disc shape as shown in fig. 17 (a), the supporting portion 2c is provided at one side of the storage space 2a on the lower surface of the disc shape, and functions to support the material 200 in the gravity direction; when the conveying members 2 are spliced together into a cylinder shape as shown in fig. 17 (b), the supporting portion 2c is provided at the side of the storage space 2a on the inner surface of the cylinder, and plays a role of supporting the material 200 in the gravity direction; when the conveying components 2 are spliced together into a sector as shown in fig. 17 (c), the supporting parts 2c are all arranged on one side of the material storage space 2a on the lower surface of the sector, and play a role of supporting the material 200 in the gravity direction; when the conveying components 2 are spliced together to form an arc shape as shown in (d) of fig. 17, the supporting parts 2c are arranged on the side of the storage space 2a, which is located on the inner surface of the arc shape, and play a role of supporting the material 200 in the gravity direction; when the conveying members 2 are spliced together into a straight plate shape as shown in fig. 16, the holding portion 2c is provided at a side of the storage space 2a on the lower surface of the straight plate shape, and functions to hold the material 200 in the direction of gravity.

In some embodiments, and as previously described, when conveyor assembly 2 includes a plurality of hingedly connected conveyor panels 21, conveyor panels 21 of conveyor assembly 20 are pivotally connected at their ends to configure conveyor assembly 20 as a closed chain.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 18 and 19, the conveying assembly 20 is made of a flexible material, and the conveying assembly 2 can be configured as a flexible belt or a closed flexible belt. When the conveying components 2 are spliced together to form a flexible belt as shown in fig. 18, the supporting portion 2c is arranged on one side of the storage space 2a on the lower surface of the flexible belt, and plays a role of supporting the material 200 in the gravity direction; when the conveying members 2 are spliced together to form a closed flexible belt as shown in fig. 19, the supporting portion 2c is disposed on one side of the inner surface of the storage space 2a, and at this time, the material 200 can move above the closed flexible belt, and the supporting portion 2c plays a role of supporting the material 200 in the gravity direction.

In some embodiments, the modes of operation of the conveyor assembly 20 include linear motion, curvilinear motion, and closed profile cyclic motion. As described above, when the conveying member 20 is a straight plate, the movement of the conveying member 20 may be a linear movement. When the transfer assembly 20 is configured as a fan or a curved surface, the transfer assembly 20 may move in an arc. When the conveying assembly 20 is a flexible chain structure, the conveying assembly 20 can move in a curve. When the transfer assembly 20 is configured as a disc or cylinder, the transfer assembly 20 may move in a circular closed profile.

The sorting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the conveying assembly 20 of the sorting apparatus described above.

The sorting equipment further comprises a driving device, a rolling component, an execution component and an optical detection component. Conveying assembly 20 is the array with a plurality of materials 200 regular, and under drive arrangement's effect, conveying assembly 20 moves along direction of delivery, and the part that rolls orders about material 200 and rolls, and optical detection part gathers the image to the material 200 that rolls, when optical detection part detects material 200 and is the defective work, can reject material 200 from conveying assembly 20 through executive component. Alternatively, the optical detection component may detect the grade of the material 200, e.g., subdivide the material 200 by size, color, damage, etc., and then sort the different grades of material 200.

In some embodiments, the sorting apparatus may further include a processor (not shown), an optical detection component, the conveying assembly 20, and an execution component, all communicatively coupled to the processor, the processor configured to perform a grading decision on the material 200 according to a detection result of the optical detection component, and the execution component configured to sort the material 200 according to a grading decision result of the processor.

According to the sorting equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, the conveying assembly 20 can realize array type regular conveying of the materials 200 in the material conveying process of the sorting equipment, so that the optical detection or sorting process is facilitated, and the material sorting efficiency can be improved.

Other configurations and operations of sorting apparatus according to embodiments of the invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of terms "some embodiments" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a conveying element, its characterized in that, the last storage space that is equipped with at least one row along direction of delivery and arranges of conveying element, storage space establishes conveying element's up end, every row storage space is at least one, storage space's below is equipped with supporting portion, supporting portion is used for the bearing to play the material, so that the material is at least partly often kept in the storage space.

2. The transport component of claim 1, comprising: at least one conveying board, every be equipped with at least one row on the conveying board storage space, every row storage space is one at least.

3. The transport element of claim 2, wherein the transport plate is a flat plate member, and the storage space is a storage slot or a storage hole formed in the transport plate.

4. The transport component of claim 2, wherein when the transport component comprises a plurality of the transport plates, any adjacent two of the transport plates are pivotably or detachably connected.

5. The transport component of claim 4, wherein the transport panel comprises a plurality of unitary panels, any two adjacent unitary panels being pivotably or removably connected.

6. The transport component of claim 1, wherein the transport component comprises: the conveying device comprises at least two conveying rollers, wherein each conveying roller is provided with at least one annular concave part, and the annular concave parts define the material storage space and the bearing parts.

7. The transport element according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom of the magazine space is provided with an opening, through which the material portion can protrude.

8. The conveyor component according to claim 7, characterized in that the lower end of each magazine space is provided with the bearing portion, which is configured as a rib, the bearing portion and the magazine space defining the opening.

9. The conveyor component of claim 8, wherein the carrier portion is at least partially made of an elastic material, and is elastically deformable when driven to release the material from the material storage space.

10. The conveyor component of claim 8, wherein the carrier is movably connected to the storage space, and wherein the carrier is movable when driven to disengage the material from the storage space.

11. The conveying element of claim 10, wherein the support portion is provided with a reset element, and the reset element can reset the support portion when the support portion is out of the driven state through magnetic or elastic action.

12. The conveying component of claim 7, wherein the storage space is a storage trough, the support portion is a bottom wall of the storage trough, and the opening is formed in the bottom wall.

13. The conveying member as set forth in claim 7, wherein the receiver is one of a plate-like member, a conveying belt, and a carrier roller provided below the conveying member.

14. A transport assembly comprising at least one transport component according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

15. The transport assembly of claim 14, wherein the transport member is a plurality of transport members collectively spliced in a transport direction to form one of a disc shape, a cylindrical shape, a fan shape, an arc shape, and a straight plate shape.

16. The transfer assembly of claim 14, wherein the transfer assembly is made of a flexible material and is configured as a flexible belt or a closed flexible belt.

17. The conveyor assembly of claim 15, wherein the modes of operation of the conveyor assembly include linear motion, curvilinear motion, and closed profile cyclic motion.

18. Sorting device, characterized in that it comprises a conveyor assembly according to any one of claims 14 to 17.