CN115196304A

CN115196304A - Lifting butt joint equipment and lifting butt joint method for cross-floor conveying of carriers

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Publication number: CN115196304A
Application number: CN202210856803.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 帅裕彬; 颜朝信; 赵卫平; 朱辉
Original assignee: Symtek Automation Dongguan Co Ltd
Current assignee: Symtek Automation Dongguan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-20
Filing date: 2022-07-20
Publication date: 2022-10-18
Anticipated expiration: 2042-07-20
Also published as: CN115196304B

Abstract

The invention discloses a lifting butt joint device and a lifting butt joint method for cross-floor conveying of carriers, which comprises a rack, wherein the rack is provided with a positioning mechanism for positioning the position of the carrier, a butt joint conveying mechanism for conveying the carrier to and fro in a transfer device, a lifting conveying mechanism for conveying the carrier to and fro in the positioning mechanism and the butt joint conveying mechanism, a guide mechanism for guiding the carrier to and fro in the butt joint conveying mechanism and the lifting conveying mechanism, and a temporary storage mechanism for temporarily storing the carrier loaded in the butt joint conveying mechanism. Compared with the prior art, the labor intensity of operators can be reduced without pushing the carriers to transfer to different floors by the operators, the automatic transportation of the carriers across floors is realized, and the transfer efficiency is further improved; meanwhile, the condition that the circuit board falls off the carrier due to errors of operators can be avoided, the potential safety hazard in the transfer process is eliminated, and the operation safety is improved.

Description

Lifting butt joint equipment and lifting butt joint method for cross-floor conveying of carriers

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of mechanical equipment, in particular to lifting butt joint equipment and a lifting butt joint method for cross-floor conveying of a carrier.

Background

A circuit board (such as a printed circuit board or a flexible circuit board) is one of basic accessories of various mechanical devices or electronic products, and in the production and manufacturing process of the circuit board, various processing processes need to be performed on the circuit board, and a common way is to process multiple processing processes of the circuit board one by one in a flow line manner.

In the prior art, because the assembly line for manufacturing the circuit board occupies a large area, manufacturers can split the assembly line into a plurality of sections which are then respectively installed in different floors of a factory building; once the circuit boards manufactured in one assembly line are finished, a certain number of circuit boards are required to be collected on a carrier, and then the carrier is transferred to the assembly lines of different floors to continue processing the circuit boards; the carrier transfer mode is that a trolley is adopted to load a carrier, and then the carrier is conveyed to flow lines of different floors by an operator pushing the trolley to enter an elevator, and the processing operation is continued; therefore, the manual transferring mode is time-consuming and labor-consuming; moreover, once the operator operates improperly, the possibility that the circuit board drops off the carrier occurs, so that certain potential safety hazards exist.

Therefore, a new technical solution is needed to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention is directed to the drawbacks of the prior art, and a main object of the present invention is to provide a lifting docking apparatus and a lifting docking method for transporting a carrier across floors, so as to solve the problems of time and labor consumption and potential safety hazards caused by manual transfer of a circuit board in the prior art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a lifting butt-joint device for conveying carriers across floors comprises a rack, wherein the rack is provided with a positioning mechanism for positioning the positions of the carriers, a butt-joint conveying mechanism for conveying the carriers to and fro in a transfer device, a lifting conveying mechanism for conveying the carriers to and fro in the positioning mechanism and the butt-joint conveying mechanism, a guide mechanism for guiding the carriers to move to and fro in the butt-joint conveying mechanism and the lifting conveying mechanism, and a temporary storage mechanism for temporarily storing the carriers loaded on the butt-joint conveying mechanism.

The application provides a lift butt joint equipment that floor was carried is striden to carrier's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the carrier is positioned by the positioning mechanism, the positioned carrier is conveyed to the butt joint conveying mechanism by the lifting conveying mechanism, and finally the carrier is output to the transfer equipment by the butt joint conveying mechanism, so that the carrier is transferred to production lines of different floors by the transfer equipment to process the circuit board; in such a way, operators do not need to push the carriers to transfer to different floors, so that the labor intensity of the operators can be reduced, automatic transportation of the carriers across floors is realized, and the transfer efficiency is improved; meanwhile, the situation that the circuit board falls off the carrier due to the error of an operator can be avoided, the potential safety hazard in the transferring process is eliminated, and the operation safety is improved;

meanwhile, through the arranged temporary storage mechanism, once the butt joint conveying mechanism outputs the carriers to the transfer equipment, when the transfer equipment inputs the carriers to the butt joint conveying mechanism, one carrier can be temporarily stored and avoided for the other carrier through the temporary storage mechanism, and therefore the butt joint equipment can work more reliably and flexibly and is higher in efficiency.

Furthermore, the positioning mechanism comprises a first fixing plate arranged on the rack, a first executing component arranged on the first fixing plate, a first abutting piece arranged on the first executing component, a second executing component arranged on the first fixing plate, a second abutting piece arranged on the second executing component and a first inductor arranged on the first fixing plate and used for identifying the entering of the carrier;

the first execution assembly drives the first abutting piece to move left and right so as to adjust the position of the carrier in the left and right direction;

the second executing component drives the second abutting piece to move up and down so as to adjust the position of the carrier in the up-down direction.

Furthermore, the docking conveying mechanism comprises a second fixing seat arranged on the rack, a plurality of first rollers rotatably arranged on the second fixing seat, a first motor arranged on the second fixing seat and used for driving the plurality of first rollers to rotate, and a first proximity switch used for identifying the type of the carrier.

Furthermore, the lifting conveying mechanism comprises a third executing assembly arranged on the rack, a plurality of second rollers which are rotatably arranged on the third executing assembly and used for driving the carrier to move, a second motor which is arranged on the third executing assembly and used for driving the plurality of second rollers to rotate, and a third proximity switch which is arranged on the third executing assembly and used for identifying the position of the carrier.

Furthermore, the device also comprises a guiding and positioning mechanism which is arranged on the rack and is positioned below the butt joint conveying mechanism, wherein the guiding and positioning mechanism comprises a fourth execution assembly and a plurality of fourth positioning wheels which are arranged on the fourth execution assembly; the fourth executing component transmits the axial displacement of the fourth positioning wheels relative to the first rollers so as to position the carriers carried on the first rollers.

Furthermore, the guide mechanism comprises a butt joint guide assembly arranged on the rack and positioned above the butt joint conveying mechanism and a lifting guide assembly arranged on the rack and positioned above the lifting conveying mechanism;

the butt joint guide assembly and the lifting guide assembly respectively comprise a guide plate and a plurality of guide rolling shafts arranged on the guide plate.

Furthermore, the device also comprises a plurality of bottom stopping mechanisms used for stopping the carriers and a plurality of middle stopping mechanisms used for stopping the carriers, wherein the bottom stopping mechanisms are arranged on the rack and positioned below the butt-joint conveying mechanism, and the middle stopping mechanisms are arranged on the rack and positioned above the side where the butt-joint conveying mechanism and the lifting conveying mechanism are positioned.

Compared with the prior art, the guide positioning mechanism is used for adjusting the positions of the support and the tray, and the guide mechanism is used for adjusting the positions of the box and the tray, so that the support, the box and the tray can be used in a lifting butt joint device, the universality of the lifting butt joint device can be improved, and the reliability of a transport carrier of the lifting butt joint device can also be improved.

Furthermore, an outer side protection door is installed on one side face of the rack, and an inner side protection door is arranged on one side, deviating from the outer side protection door, of the rack.

Furthermore, the frame is provided with a control panel, and the control panel is connected with a control system for controlling the lifting butt joint equipment to work.

The application also provides a lifting docking method of the lifting docking equipment, which comprises the following steps:

step 1: loading the carrier in the carrier vehicle;

step 2: starting the lifting butt joint equipment, moving the lifting conveying mechanism downwards to be close to the positioning mechanism, and enabling the positions of the second rollers to be lower than the height of the carrier; (ii) a

And step 3: when the carrier vehicle enters the position of the positioning mechanism, the first execution assembly drives the first abutting piece to abut against the carrier, and the second execution assembly drives the second abutting piece to abut against the carrier so as to position the carrier;

and 4, step 4: after the carrier is positioned, the lifting conveying mechanism moves upwards to enable the plurality of second rollers and the plurality of first rollers of the butt joint conveying mechanism to be located at the same height;

and 5: the second motor drives the plurality of second rollers to rotate, and the first motor drives the plurality of first rollers to rotate, so that the carriers loaded on the plurality of second rollers are switched to be loaded on the plurality of first rollers;

step 6: the first motor drives the first rollers to rotate so as to output the carrier to the transfer equipment;

or the first rollers stop rotating, and the temporary storage mechanism lifts and temporarily stores the carrier, so that the plurality of first rollers can cancel the bearing of the carrier.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a lifting docking device for transporting a vehicle across floors according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a lift docking apparatus for cross-floor transport of a vehicle shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a partial structural schematic view (with a frame omitted) of the lifting docking device for transstorey transport of the vehicle shown in fig. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a positioning mechanism of the lifting docking device for transstorey transport of the vehicle shown in fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the elevating conveyor mechanism of the elevating docking device for transstorey conveyance of the vehicle shown in fig. 3;

fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a docking conveyor mechanism of the lift docking apparatus for transstorey transport of one of the vehicles shown in fig. 3;

fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a guide slide mechanism of the lifting and docking device for transstorey transport of the vehicle shown in fig. 3;

fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a temporary storage mechanism of the lifting docking device for transstorey transport of the vehicle shown in fig. 3;

fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a carrier vehicle of a lifting docking device for transporting a carrier across floors and a carrier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is an operation schematic diagram of an elevation docking apparatus for transporting a vehicle across floors according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of further operation of the lifting docking device for transporting a vehicle across floors according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of further operation of the lifting docking device for transporting a vehicle across floors according to the embodiment of the present application.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

10. a frame; 11. an outer side guard gate; 12. an inner side protective door; 13. a control panel;

20. a positioning mechanism; 21. a first fixing plate; 211. adjusting the screw rod; 22. a first execution component; 221. a first cylinder; 222. a first movable plate; 23. a first abutting member; 24. a second execution component; 241. a second cylinder; 242. a second movable plate; 25. a second abutting member; 26. a first inductor;

30. a butt-joint conveying mechanism; 31. a second fixed seat; 32. a first drum; 33. a first motor; 34. a first proximity switch;

40. a lifting conveying mechanism; 41. a third execution component; 411. a third guide rail; 412. a third slider; 413. a third movable seat; 414. a third cylinder; 42. a second drum; 43. a second motor; 44. a third proximity switch; 45. a third inductor; 46. a lifting stop assembly; 461. a lifting stop cylinder; 462. a fourth top stop plate; 4621. a first top dead center top; 4622. a first bottom-stop top; 47. a width-adjusting guide assembly; 471. a width-adjusting driving cylinder; 472. a width-adjusting movable plate; 473. a width-adjusting guide wheel; 474. adjusting a width guide block;

50. a guide mechanism; 501. a docking guide assembly; 502. a lifting guide assembly; 51. a guide plate; 52. a guide roller; 53. a fifth cylinder;

60. a temporary storage mechanism; 61. a temporary storage rack; 62. extracting the hook; 63. an eighth cylinder;

70. a guiding and positioning mechanism; 71. a fourth execution component; 711. a fourth fixing plate; 712. a fourth movable plate; 713. a fourth cylinder; 714. a fourth extension plate; 72. a fourth positioning wheel; 73. a bottom stop mechanism; 731. a sixth cylinder; 732. a sixth fixing plate; 733. a sixth movable plate; 734. a sixth top stop plate; 735. an elastic member; 74. a middle stop mechanism; 741. a seventh cylinder; 742. a seventh top stop plate;

80. a carrier; 81. a support; 82. a cartridge; 83. a tray; 84. an I-shaped frame; 841. positioning the notch;

90. a carrier vehicle; 91. pushing the trolley; 92. an automated guided vehicle;

100. a circuit board; y1, direction of conveyance.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of and not restrictive on the broad application.

Referring to fig. 1 to 12 together, a lifting docking apparatus for transporting a vehicle across floors according to an embodiment of the present application will be described. The lift docking apparatus for cross-floor transport of a vehicle, comprising: the device comprises a frame 10, a positioning mechanism 20, a butt joint conveying mechanism 30, a lifting conveying mechanism 40, a guide mechanism 50 and a temporary storage mechanism 60.

The positioning mechanism 20, the butt joint conveying mechanism 30, the lifting conveying mechanism 40, the guiding mechanism 50 and the temporary storage mechanism 60 are all installed on the rack 10, wherein the positioning mechanism 20 is used for positioning carriers, the butt joint conveying mechanism 30 is used for transporting the carriers to and fro in transfer equipment, the lifting conveying mechanism 40 is used for bearing the carriers to and fro and transporting the carriers to the positioning mechanism 20 and the butt joint conveying mechanism 30, the guiding mechanism 50 is used for guiding the carriers to and fro move in the guiding mechanism 50 of the butt joint conveying mechanism 30 and the lifting conveying mechanism 40, and the temporary storage mechanism 60 is used for temporarily storing the carriers 80 borne by the butt joint conveying mechanism 30.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in the embodiment of the present application, the transfer device includes, but is not limited to, an elevator, and the docking device is installed at one side of the transfer device, so that the carrier loaded into the transfer device or the carrier loaded in the transfer device can be loaded into the docking transfer device 30 through the docking transfer device 30. During operation, the carrier vehicle 90 conveys the carrier 80 into the positioning mechanism 20, the lifting conveying mechanism 40 lifts and conveys the carrier 80 which has been positioned into the docking conveying mechanism 30, and finally the docking conveying mechanism 30 outputs the carrier 80 to the transfer equipment or extracts the carrier from the temporary storage mechanism 60 for temporary storage; or the transfer apparatus inputs the carrier into the docking conveying mechanism 30 and then conveys the carrier 80 of the docking conveying mechanism 30 into the carrier cart 90 via the elevation conveying mechanism 40.

Specifically, an outer side protective door 11 is arranged on one side surface of the rack 10, and an inner side protective door 12 is arranged on one side of the rack 10, which is far away from the outer side protective door 11; it is understood that the positioning mechanism 20, the docking conveying mechanism 30, the lifting conveying mechanism 40, the guiding mechanism 50 and the temporary storage mechanism 60 are all installed in the rack 10; the carrier can be input into or output from the docking equipment by opening the outer protection door 11, and the carrier can be input into or output from the transfer equipment to the docking conveying mechanism 30 by opening the inner protection door 12; by the structure, the partition walls inside and outside the dust-free room can be ensured as much as possible, and the cleanness grade in the dust-free room is ensured. And the frame 10 is provided with a control panel 13, and the control panel 13 is connected with a control system for controlling the operation of the lifting butt joint equipment.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, the positioning mechanism 20 and the docking conveying mechanism 30 are disposed at intervals along the conveying direction Y1 of the rack 10; in the embodiment of the present application, the outer side protection door 11 and the inner side protection door 12 of the rack 10 are disposed at an interval on the same straight line, and the straight line direction is the conveying direction Y1 of the carrier 80; it is understood that the outer guard door 11, the positioning mechanism 20, the docking conveying mechanism 30, and the inner guard door 12 are arranged in this order along the conveying direction Y1; the docking conveying mechanism 30 is arranged on the rack 10 and above the positioning mechanism 20, and the temporary storage mechanism 60 is arranged on the rack 10 and above the docking conveying mechanism 30; by the structure, the lifting butt joint equipment for conveying the carrier across floors is more compact in structure, and the occupied plant area is reduced.

Referring to fig. 9, it should be noted that carrier 80 is used for storing circuit boards 100, and the types of carrier 80 include, but are not limited to, rack 81, box 82, and tray 83; carrier cart 90 is used to move carrier 80, and carrier cart 90 is of the type including, but not limited to, hand cart 91 and automated guided vehicle 92; the carrier 80 is carried on the carrier vehicle 90 through the i-shaped frame 84, the top width of the i-shaped frame 84 is smaller than the width of the carrier 80, the bottom width of the i-shaped frame 84 is larger than the top width of the i-shaped frame 84, and positioning notches 841 are concavely arranged on the two sides of the left and right direction of the bottom of the i-shaped frame 84, so that the positioning mechanism 20 can be inserted into the positioning notches 841 to position the carrier 80.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the positioning mechanism 20 includes a first fixing plate 21 installed on the frame 10, a first executing component 22 installed on the first fixing plate 21, a first abutting member 23 installed on the first executing component 22, a second executing component 24 installed on the first fixing plate 21, a second abutting member 25 installed on the second executing component 24, and a first sensor 26 installed on the first fixing plate 21 and used for identifying the entry of the carrier 80; the first execution assembly 22 drives the first abutting piece 23 to move left and right so as to adjust the position of the carrier 80 in the left-right direction; the second actuator 24 drives the second abutting member 25 to move up and down to adjust the vertical position of the carrier 80.

In the embodiment of the present application, the two positioning mechanisms 20 are arranged at a left-right interval, the two positioning mechanisms 20 form a positioning area into which the carrier 80 enters, after the carrier 80 enters the positioning area, the first sensor 26 identifies the carrier 80, and then sends a signal to the control system, the control system controls the first abutting piece 23 and the second abutting piece 25 to position the carrier 80, then the lifting conveying mechanism 40 transfers the positioned carrier 80 to the docking conveying mechanism 30, and finally the docking conveying mechanism 30 outputs the carrier 80 to the transfer equipment or allows the temporary storage mechanism 60 to temporarily store the carrier 80 carried by the docking conveying mechanism 30.

Specifically, the first actuating element 22 includes a first cylinder 221 mounted on the first fixing plate 21 and a first movable plate 222 mounted on the telescopic rod of the first cylinder 221, the first abutting element 23 is mounted on the first movable plate 222, the first cylinder 221 drives the first movable plate 222 to move left and right, so as to drive the first abutting element 23 to extend or retract to the center of the two first actuating elements 22 in the left-right direction, thereby adjusting the position of the carrier 80 in the left-right direction. The second executing assembly 24 includes a second cylinder 241 mounted on the first fixing plate 21 and a second movable plate 242 mounted on the telescopic rod of the second cylinder 241, the second abutting member 25 is mounted on the second movable plate 242, the telescopic rod of the second cylinder 241 drives the second movable plate 242 to move up and down, so as to realize that the second abutting member 25 moves up relative to the carrier 80 and jacks up the carrier 80, the carrier 80 with the left and right position adjusted is adjusted up and down, and the carrier 80 is jacked up and fixed, so that the subsequent lifting and conveying mechanism 40 can lift the carrier 80 with the left and right and up and down positioning into the docking and conveying mechanism 30.

Then, the first abutting piece 23 is a first abutting wheel for abutting against the left and right side surfaces of the carrier 80, and the second abutting piece 25 is a first universal wheel; in the embodiment of the present application, the first abutment wheels are two of the first movable plates 222 arranged at intervals along the conveying direction Y1 of the vehicle 80, and the first universal wheels are two of the second movable plates 242 arranged at intervals along the conveying direction Y1 of the vehicle 80; after the carrier 80 is sent into the positioning area by the carrier vehicle 90, the carrier 80 is first positioned in the left-right direction by the first abutting wheels, then the first universal wheels enter the positioning notches 841 of the i-shaped frame 84 to complete the front-back positioning of the carrier 80, and finally the i-shaped frame 84 is jacked up by the first universal wheels for a certain distance, so that the height of the up-down position of the carrier 80 is adjusted, and the carrier 80 is lifted into the butt joint conveying mechanism 30 by the subsequent lifting conveying mechanism 40. With such a structure, the positioning accuracy of the positioning mechanism 20 to the carrier 80 is favorably improved, so that the following transportation operation of the carrier 80 is more reliable. First fixed plate 21 installs in frame 10 through many accommodate the lead screw 211, can realize adjusting the different heights of first fixed plate 21 through rotating many accommodate the lead screw 211, is favorable to follow-up height through change positioning mechanism 20 to come the use of different carriers 80 of adaptation, and the commonality can further strengthen.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 6, the docking conveying mechanism 30 includes a second fixing base 31 installed on the frame 10, a plurality of first rollers 32 rotatably installed on the second fixing base 31, a first motor 33 installed on the second fixing base 31 and used for driving the plurality of first rollers 32 to rotate, and a first proximity switch 34 used for identifying the type of the carrier 80; the number of the first proximity switches 34 is plural, the first proximity switches 34 are installed on the front side and the left and right sides of the second fixing seat 31, and through the arrangement of the plural first proximity switches 34, it can be recognized that the carrier 80 entering the docking conveying mechanism 30 is a bracket 81, a box 82 or a tray 83, and a signal for recognizing the type of the carrier 80 is sent to the control system.

In the embodiment of the present application, a plurality of first rollers 32 are mounted on the second fixed seat 31 at intervals along the conveying direction Y1, a belt is connected to two adjacent first rollers 32, and the first motor 33 is connected to one of the first rollers 32, so that the first rollers 32 can be driven to rotate simultaneously by the one first motor 33. Preferably, the first motor 33 is driven by a brushless motor, the motor speed regulation range is 100 r/min-2500 r/min, the speed regulation range is large, and different conveying speeds of the carrier 80 are facilitated; moreover, the first roller 32 is a separate roller, that is, the axis of the roller and the roller can be separated, which is beneficial to the first roller 32 being installed in the second fixing seats 31 with different widths; it is understood that the second motor 43 of the elevating and conveying mechanism 40 may be configured as the first motor 33.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5, the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 includes a third executing assembly 41 mounted on the frame 10, a plurality of second rollers 42 rotatably mounted on the third executing assembly 41 and used for driving the carrier 80 to move, a second motor 43 mounted on the third executing assembly 41 and used for driving the plurality of second rollers 42 to rotate, and a third proximity switch 44 mounted on the third executing assembly 41 and used for identifying the position of the carrier 80.

In the embodiment of the present application, the third executing component 41 includes a third guide rail 411 fixedly installed on the frame 10, a third sliding block 412 movably installed on the third guide rail 411, a third moving seat 413 fixedly installed on the third sliding block 412, and a third cylinder 414 fixedly installed on the frame 10 and driving the third moving seat 413 to move along the extending direction of the third guide rail 411, the third moving seat 413 is configured in a "u" shape, the plurality of second rollers 42 are installed on the left and right sides of the third moving seat 413, and the plurality of second rollers 42 on the left side and the plurality of second rollers 42 on the right side are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence; the plurality of second rollers 42 on each side are arranged at intervals along the conveying direction Y1, a belt is connected to two adjacent second rollers 42, and the second motor 43 is connected to the last second roller 42, so that the plurality of second rollers 42 are driven to rotate by the second motor 43; the last second roller 42 on the left side and the last second roller 42 on the right side are connected with a transmission rod, so that the second rollers 42 on the left side and the right side can be simultaneously driven to rotate by one second motor 43. Third proximity switches 44 are installed on both left and right sides of the third moving seat 413, and the third proximity switches 44 are used for identifying the type of the carriers 80 entering the lifting and conveying mechanism 40; third sensors 45 for recognizing the position of the carrier 80 are further installed at the rear side and the left and right sides of the third movable base 413.

In addition, the lifting conveying mechanism 40 further comprises a lifting stop assembly 46; in the embodiment of the present application, the lifting stop assembly 46 includes a lifting stop cylinder 461 and a fourth stop plate 462 mounted on the telescopic rod of the lifting stop cylinder 461, and the fourth stop plate 462 is provided with a first upper stop top 4621 and a first lower stop top 4622; when the carrier 80 enters the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 from the docking and conveying mechanism 30, the lifting and stopping cylinder 461 drives the fourth stopping plate 462 to extend to the center of the third movable seat 413 in the left-right direction, so that the carrier 80 entering the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 from the docking and conveying mechanism 30 can be stopped by the lifting and stopping assembly 46, the carrier 80 is prevented from falling from the lifting and conveying mechanism 40, and the reliability of the operation is improved; since the fourth top stop plate 462 has the first top stop top 4621 and the first bottom stop top 4622, the first top stop top 4621 is used for the top stop box 82, and the first bottom stop top 4622 is used for the top stop bracket 81 and the tray 83; so structure can carry out the backstop to the carrier 80 of three kinds of different grade types, its simple structure, easily realizes, and the commonality is high.

The lifting conveying mechanism 40 further includes a width-adjusting guide component 47 for adjusting the position of the carrier, in the embodiment of the present application, the width-adjusting guide component 47 is mainly used for adjusting the types of the carrier, namely the bracket 81 and the tray 83, and the width-adjusting guide component 47 has two components installed on the left and right sides of the third moving seat 413; the width-adjusting guide assembly 47 includes a width-adjusting driving cylinder 471 fixedly installed on the third movable seat 413, a width-adjusting movable plate 472 installed on the width-adjusting driving cylinder 471, a plurality of width-adjusting guide wheels 473 installed on the width-adjusting movable plate 472, and a plurality of width-adjusting guide blocks 474; each width-adjusting guide assembly 47 drives the width-adjusting movable plate 472 to displace through the width-adjusting driving cylinder 471, so that the width-adjusting guide wheels 473 and the width-adjusting guide blocks 474 displace toward the center of the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 in the left-right direction, and the width-adjusting guide wheels 473 and the width-adjusting guide blocks 474 act on the carriers, thereby adjusting the positions of the carriers 80 carried on the lifting and conveying mechanism 40.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 6 and fig. 7, a guiding and positioning mechanism 70 is further included, which is installed on the frame 10 and located below the docking and conveying mechanism 30; the guiding and positioning mechanism 70 comprises a fourth executing component 71 and a plurality of fourth positioning wheels 72 arranged on the fourth executing component 71; the fourth actuator 71 drives the fourth positioning wheels 72 to axially displace relative to the first rollers 32, so as to position the carriers 80 carried on the first rollers 32; in the embodiment of the present application, the fourth actuating assembly 71 includes a fourth fixing plate 711 mounted on the frame 10, a fourth movable plate 712 movably mounted on the fourth fixing plate 711, a fourth cylinder 713 fixedly mounted on the fourth fixing plate 711 and used for driving the fourth movable plate 712 to move, and a fourth extending plate 714 mounted on the fourth movable plate 712, the fourth extending plate 714 extends upward through every two first rollers 32, and the fourth positioning wheel 72 is mounted on the top of the fourth extending plate 714, so that the fourth positioning wheel 72 is located on the first rollers 32.

Specifically, the two guiding and positioning mechanisms 70 are respectively arranged on the left side and the right side of the docking and conveying mechanism 30, and when the two guiding and positioning mechanisms 70 on the left side and the right side are operated, the four positioning wheels 72 on the two sides are driven to displace towards the center of the docking and conveying mechanism 30 through the expansion and contraction of the fourth air cylinder 713, so that the carrier 80 loaded on the docking and conveying mechanism 30 is displaced to adjust the position of the carrier 80 on the docking and conveying mechanism 30 in the left-right direction; during operation, the telescopic rods of the fourth air cylinders 713 are extended and contracted, so that the plurality of fourth positioning wheels 72 are driven to displace relative to the center of the butt joint conveying mechanism 30 in the left-right direction or move away from the center of the butt joint conveying mechanism 30 in the left-right direction, the positions of the fourth positioning wheels 72 on the left side and the right side are adjusted, and the positions of the bracket 81 and the tray 83 on the plurality of first rollers 32 are adjusted.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 6 and fig. 7, the guiding mechanism 50 includes a docking guiding component 501 mounted on the frame 10 and located above the docking conveying mechanism 30, and a lifting guiding component 502 mounted on the frame 10 and located above the lifting conveying mechanism 40; in the embodiment of the present application, each of the docking guiding assembly 501 and the lifting guiding assembly 502 includes a guiding plate 51 and a plurality of guiding rollers 52 mounted on the guiding plate 51. The docking guide assembly 501 has two rows of guide plates 51, each row of guide plates 51 has a plurality of guide plates arranged at intervals along the conveying direction Y1, and the two rows of guide plates 51 are both installed on the rack 10 and are correspondingly located above two sides of the docking conveying mechanism 30; each guide plate 51 is provided with a plurality of guide rollers 52, each guide roller 52 is rotatably mounted, and the plurality of guide rollers 52 on each guide plate 51 are arranged at intervals along the conveying direction Y1; the lifting guide assembly 502 has two lifting guide assemblies mounted on two sides above the lifting conveying mechanism 40, and each lifting guide assembly 502 comprises a guide plate 51, a plurality of guide rollers 52 rotatably mounted on the guide plate 51, and a fifth cylinder 53 for driving the guide plate 51 to displace towards the center of the lifting conveying mechanism 40 in the left-right direction; when the fifth cylinder 53 extends, the two guide plates 51 are driven to move close to or away from the center of the lifting and conveying mechanism 40, so that the left and right positions of the carrier 80 borne on the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 are adjusted; specifically, the guide mechanism 50 is used to guide the cartridge 82 and the tray 83; the specific use of the elevation guiding assembly 502 is that the third moving seat 413 moves upwards to keep the second rollers 42 level with the first rollers 32 of the docking conveying mechanism 30, and then the elevation guiding assembly 502 is used to guide and position the carrier 80 in the process that the carrier rotates via the second rollers 42 and enters the first rollers 32, and when the carrier 80 enters the first rollers 32, the docking guiding assembly 501 and the guiding and positioning mechanism 70 guide and position the carrier.

In addition, compared with the prior art, the guiding and positioning mechanism 70 is arranged to adjust the positions of the bracket 81 and the tray 83, and the guiding mechanism 50 is arranged to adjust the positions of the box 82 and the tray 83, so that the bracket 81, the box 82 and the tray 83 can be used in one lifting docking device, the universality of the lifting docking device can be improved, and the reliability of the transportation carrier 80 of the lifting docking device can also be improved.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 6 and fig. 7, the guiding and positioning mechanism 70 further includes a plurality of bottom stopping mechanisms 73 for stopping the carriers 80 and a plurality of middle stopping mechanisms 74 for stopping the carriers 80, the bottom stopping mechanisms 73 are installed on the frame 10 and located below the docking and conveying mechanism 30, and the middle stopping mechanisms 74 are installed on the frame 10 and located above the sides of the docking and conveying mechanism 30 and the lifting and conveying mechanism 40; specifically, after the carrier 80 enters the docking conveying mechanism 30, the carrier 80 can be stopped in the front-back direction by the bottom stop mechanism 73, so that the carrier 80 is prevented from falling off the docking conveying mechanism 30 due to transition of front-back displacement, and the use reliability of the lifting docking equipment is improved; meanwhile, the middle position of the tray 83 is stopped by the middle stopping mechanism 74, so as to prevent the problem of excessive displacement; it will be appreciated that bottom stop mechanism 73 may be used to stop three carriers 80, namely bracket 81, cassette 82 and tray 83, while middle stop mechanism 74 may stop the intermediate position of tray 83.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the bottom stopping mechanism 73 includes a sixth cylinder 731 fixedly installed on the frame 10, a sixth fixing plate 732 fixedly installed on the telescopic rod of the sixth cylinder 731, a sixth movable plate 733 movably installed on the sixth fixing plate 732, and a sixth stopping plate 734 fixedly installed on the sixth movable plate 733; in operation, after the carrier 80 enters the docking conveying mechanism 30, when the telescopic rod of the sixth cylinder 731 extends upwards, even if the top of the sixth top-stopping plate 734 moves upwards from the two first rollers 32, that is, the top of the sixth top-stopping plate 734 is exposed above the two first rollers 32, the carrier 80 entering the docking conveying mechanism 30 is stopped, so as to prevent the carrier 80 from falling off the docking conveying mechanism 30 due to displacement transition. Moreover, an elastic member 735 is connected between the sixth movable plate 733 and the sixth fixed plate 732, so as to provide an elastic force for the displacement of the sixth movable plate 733 and a buffering force for the carrier 80 in the process of stopping the top, thereby preventing the sixth top stop plate 734 from being in hard contact with the carrier 80, and ensuring that the top stopping operation is reliably performed.

In the above connection, two sets of bottom stopping mechanisms 73 are provided, the two sets of bottom stopping mechanisms 73 are arranged at the bottom of the butt conveying mechanism 30 at intervals in the front-back direction along the conveying direction Y1, and each set of bottom stopping mechanisms 73 has two sets arranged at intervals in the left-right direction; with such a structure, the carrier 80 entering the docking conveying mechanism 30 from the lifting conveying mechanism 40 can be stopped by the rear group of bottom stop mechanisms 73, and the carrier 80 entering the docking conveying mechanism 30 from the transfer equipment can be stopped by the front group of bottom stop mechanisms 73.

To connect, the middle stopper mechanism 74 has three sets spaced from front to back along the conveying direction Y1, each set has two spaced from left to right, the first set is installed in the frame 10 and located at the front end above the lifting and conveying mechanism 40, the second set is installed in the frame 10 and located above the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 and the butt conveying mechanism 30, and the third set is installed in the frame 10 and located at the rear end above the butt conveying mechanism 30. Each middle stopping mechanism 74 comprises a seventh cylinder 741 installed on the frame 10 and a seventh stopping plate 742 installed on the telescopic rod of the seventh cylinder 741, and the seventh cylinder 741 drives the seventh stopping plate 742 to move toward the centers of the docking conveying mechanism 30 and the lifting conveying mechanism 40 in the left-right direction, so as to stop the carrier 80 supported by the docking conveying mechanism 30 and the lifting conveying mechanism 40.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 8, the temporary storage mechanism 60 includes a temporary storage frame 61 movably mounted on the frame 10, a pick-up hook 62 fixedly mounted on the temporary storage frame 61, and an eighth cylinder 63 fixedly mounted on the frame 10 and used for driving the temporary storage frame 61 to move up and down; in a normal state, the temporary storage frame 61 is displaced to be close to the docking conveying mechanism 30, so that the bottom of the extraction hook 62 is located below the first roller 32, and when the carrier 80 borne by the docking conveying mechanism 30 needs to be extracted, the carrier 80 can be separated from the docking conveying mechanism 30 and temporarily stored in the carrier 80 only by extending upwards through the telescopic rod of the eighth cylinder 63 and displacing the temporary storage frame 61 upwards to be away from the docking conveying mechanism 30.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 10 to fig. 12, a detailed description will be given of a lifting docking method of a lifting docking apparatus provided in the present application, which includes the following steps:

step 1: carrying carrier 80 in carrier vehicle 90;

step 2: starting the lifting and docking equipment, moving the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 downwards to be close to the positioning mechanism 20, and enabling the positions of the second rollers 42 to be lower than the height of the position of the carrier 80;

and step 3: when the carrier vehicle 90 enters the position of the positioning mechanism 20, the first executing component 22 drives the first abutting piece 23 to abut against the carrier 80, and the second executing component 24 drives the second abutting piece 25 to abut against the carrier 80, so as to position the carrier 80;

and 4, step 4: after the carrier 80 is positioned, the lifting conveying mechanism 40 moves upwards, so that the plurality of second rollers 42 and the plurality of first rollers 32 of the butt-joint conveying mechanism 30 are positioned at the same height;

and 5: the second motor 43 drives the plurality of second rollers 42 to rotate, and the first motor 33 drives the plurality of first rollers 32 to rotate, so that the carriers 80 carried on the plurality of second rollers 42 are switched to be carried on the plurality of first rollers 32;

and 6: the first motor 33 drives the plurality of first rollers 32 to rotate to output the carrier 80 into the transfer device;

or, the first rollers 32 stop rotating, and the temporary storage mechanism 60 lifts the carrier 80 and temporarily stores the carrier 80, so that the plurality of first rollers 32 cancel the load of the carrier 80.

In step 2, in a normal state, the heights of the plurality of second rollers 42 of the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 are lower than the height of the carrier 80 entering the lifting and docking equipment; it is understood that after carrier 80 enters the docking station, a plurality of second rollers 42 are located under carrier 80 to facilitate lifting carrier 80 into docking conveyor 30 after carrier 80 is positioned by positioning mechanism 20.

In step 4, after the carrier 80 enters the lifting and conveying mechanism 40, if the type of the carrier 80 is the bracket 81 or the tray 83, the carrier is adjusted in the left-right direction position by the width adjusting guide assembly 47, and then the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 moves upwards, so that the lifting and conveying mechanism 40 and the butt-joint conveying mechanism 30 are located at the same height, and the carrier 80 is conveyed to the butt-joint conveying mechanism 30; meanwhile, when the carrier 80 enters the docking conveying mechanism 30 through the elevating conveying mechanism 40, if the type of the carrier 80 is the cassette 82 or the tray 83, the carrier is guided through the elevating guide assembly 502 and the docking guide assembly 501, so that the carrier is always located at the center of the elevating conveying mechanism 40 and the docking conveying mechanism 30 in the left-right direction.

In step 6, if the type of the carrier 80 is the bracket 81 or the tray 83, after the carrier 80 enters the docking conveying mechanism 30, the carrier 80 is guided and positioned by the guiding and positioning mechanism 70 to be positioned at the center position of the docking conveying mechanism 30 in the left-right direction; simultaneously, the carrier 80 entering the docking and conveying mechanism 30 is stopped by the bottom stop mechanism 73, thereby limiting the specific position of the carrier 80.

It should be noted that, in the general process of transporting the carrier to the transfer device, the carrier is carried on a carrier vehicle, the carrier vehicle enters the lifting and docking device, and the carrier enters the transfer device through the positioning mechanism, the lifting and transporting mechanism and the docking and transporting mechanism; it will be appreciated that if the transfer of a vehicle from the transfer apparatus to the vehicle is substantially carried out by the transfer of the vehicle from the transfer apparatus to the docking conveyor, the vehicle is transferred to the vehicle by the lifting conveyor.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the preferred embodiments of the invention, and is not to be construed in any way as limiting the scope of the invention. Any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the invention and other embodiments of the invention without the creative effort of those skilled in the art are included in the protection scope of the invention based on the explanation here.

Claims

1. A lifting butt joint device for conveying a carrier across floors comprises a machine frame (10); the method is characterized in that: the rack (10) is provided with a positioning mechanism (20) for positioning the position of the carrier, a butt joint conveying mechanism (30) for conveying the carrier to and fro in the transfer equipment, a lifting conveying mechanism (40) for conveying the carrier to and fro in the positioning mechanism (20) and the butt joint conveying mechanism (30), a guide mechanism (50) for guiding the carrier to and fro in the butt joint conveying mechanism (30) and the lifting conveying mechanism (40), and a temporary storage mechanism (60) for temporarily storing the carrier loaded in the butt joint conveying mechanism (30).

2. The lift docking apparatus for transfloor transport of a vehicle of claim 1, wherein: the positioning mechanism (20) comprises a first fixing plate (21) arranged on the rack (10), a first execution component (22) arranged on the first fixing plate (21), a first abutting piece (23) arranged on the first execution component (22), a second execution component (24) arranged on the first fixing plate (21), a second abutting piece (25) arranged on the second execution component (24) and a first sensor (26) arranged on the first fixing plate (21) and used for identifying the entering of the carrier;

the first execution assembly (22) drives the first abutting piece (23) to move left and right so as to adjust the position of the carrier in the left and right directions;

the second execution component (24) drives the second abutting piece (25) to move up and down so as to adjust the position of the carrier in the vertical direction.

3. The lift docking apparatus for transfloor transport of a vehicle of claim 1, wherein: the butt-joint conveying mechanism (30) comprises a second fixed seat (31) arranged on the rack (10), a plurality of first rollers (32) rotatably arranged on the second fixed seat (31), a first motor (33) arranged on the second fixed seat (31) and used for driving the plurality of first rollers (32) to rotate, and a first proximity switch (34) used for identifying the type of the carrier.

4. The lift docking apparatus for transfloor transport of a vehicle of claim 1, wherein: the lifting conveying mechanism (40) comprises a third execution component (41) arranged on the rack (10), a plurality of second rollers (42) which are rotatably arranged on the third execution component (41) and used for driving the carriers to move, a second motor (43) which is arranged on the third execution component (41) and used for driving the plurality of second rollers (42) to rotate, and a third proximity switch (44) which is arranged on the third execution component (41) and used for identifying the positions of the carriers.

5. The dock of claim 4, wherein the dock is a dock for transporting a vehicle across a floor: the device also comprises a guiding and positioning mechanism (70) which is arranged on the frame (10) and is positioned below the butt joint conveying mechanism (30);

the guiding and positioning mechanism (70) comprises a fourth execution component (71) and a plurality of fourth positioning wheels (72) arranged on the fourth execution component (71); the fourth executing component (71) drives the axial displacement of the fourth positioning wheels (72) relative to the first rollers (32) so as to position the carriers carried on the first rollers (32).

6. The lift docking apparatus for transfloor transport of a vehicle of claim 1, wherein: the guiding and positioning mechanism (70) further comprises a plurality of bottom stopping mechanisms (73) used for stopping the carriers and a plurality of middle stopping mechanisms (74) used for stopping the carriers, the bottom stopping mechanisms (73) are arranged on the rack (10) and located below the butt joint conveying mechanism (30), and the middle stopping mechanisms (74) are arranged on the rack (10) and located above the side where the butt joint conveying mechanism (30) and the lifting conveying mechanism (40) are located.

7. The lift docking apparatus for transfloor transport of a vehicle of claim 1, wherein: the guiding mechanism (50) comprises a butt joint guiding component (501) which is arranged on the rack (10) and is positioned above the butt joint conveying mechanism (30) and a lifting guiding component (502) which is arranged on the rack (10) and is positioned above the lifting conveying mechanism (40);

the butt joint guide assembly (501) and the lifting guide assembly (502) respectively comprise a guide plate (51) and a plurality of guide rollers (52) arranged on the guide plate (51).

8. The lift docking apparatus for transfloor transport of a vehicle of claim 1, wherein: an outer side protective door (11) is arranged on one side surface of the frame (10), and an inner side protective door (12) is arranged on one side of the frame (10) departing from the outer side protective door (11).

9. The dock apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dock apparatus further comprises: the frame (10) is provided with a control panel (13), and the control panel (13) is connected with a control system for controlling the lifting butt joint equipment to work.

10. A lifting/lowering/docking method of a lifting/lowering/docking apparatus, which is applied to the lifting/lowering/docking apparatus for transstorey transportation of a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein: the method comprises the following steps:

step 1: carrying a carrier (80) in a carrier vehicle (90);

step 2: starting the lifting docking equipment, moving the lifting conveying mechanism (40) down to be close to the positioning mechanism (20), and enabling the positions of the second rollers (42) to be lower than the height of the position of the carrier (80);

and step 3: when the carrier vehicle (90) enters the position of the positioning mechanism (20), the first execution assembly (22) drives the first abutting piece (23) to abut against the carrier (80), and the second execution assembly (24) drives the second abutting piece (25) to abut against the carrier (80) so as to position the carrier (80);

and 4, step 4: after the carrier (80) is positioned, the lifting conveying mechanism (40) moves upwards to enable the plurality of second rollers (42) and the plurality of first rollers (32) of the butt joint conveying mechanism (30) to be located at the same height;

and 5: the second motor (43) drives the plurality of second rollers (42) to rotate, and the first motor drives the plurality of first rollers (32) to rotate, so that the carriers (80) borne on the plurality of second rollers (42) are switched to be borne on the plurality of first rollers (32);

step 6: the first motor (33) drives the first rollers (32) to rotate so as to output the carrier (80) to the transfer equipment;

or the first rollers (32) stop rotating, the temporary storage mechanism (60) lifts the carrier (80) and temporarily stores the carrier (80), so that the plurality of first rollers (32) cancel the bearing of the carrier (80).