CN117046739A

CN117046739A - Automatic sorting tool

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Publication number: CN117046739A
Application number: CN202311192886.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周洁; 张洺诚; 王孟; 羊衍富; 卢志琴; 蒋川新; 杜康
Original assignee: Sichuan Interconnect Innovation Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Sichuan Interconnect Innovation Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-09-15
Filing date: 2023-09-15
Publication date: 2023-11-14

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic sorting tool, which comprises the following components: the sorting table top is sequentially provided with a feeding area, a first material selecting area and a second material selecting area, and one side of the first material selecting area is provided with a blanking hole; the material stirring assembly is used for pushing the products to be sorted on the sorting table top to sequentially pass through the feeding area, the first material selecting area and the second material selecting area; the material selecting assembly is arranged at the material output end of the second material selecting area and comprises a sorting plate, a sorting block and an elastic component, wherein the sorting plate is provided with a gap larger than or equal to the thickness of a product, the width of the sorting block is smaller than that of the first groove, the elastic component is used for controlling the sorting block to protrude or be hidden at the bottom of the second material selecting area, the sorting block is arranged at the front end of the sorting plate, a notch is arranged in the gap when the first groove end of the product contacts with the second sorting block, and one surface of the sorting block, deviating from the sorting plate, is an inclined surface. The automatic sorting machine can realize automatic sorting and save labor cost.

Description

Automatic sorting tool

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of product sorting, and particularly relates to an automatic sorting tool.

Background

The product shown in fig. 1 is in the form of a sheet, one end of which is provided with a first recess 11 and the other end of which is provided with a first projection 12 on one side. When the product is sorted, the product enters a sorting tool in four modes A1-A4 shown in figure 2. After entering in any manner shown in fig. 2, the products with consistent directions need to be sorted out to enter the next process.

However, because the product is an irregular product, the existing sorting adopts manual sorting, namely the product is uniformly adjusted to be in the A1 state, namely the front end of the first groove in the displacement moving direction is provided with one end, and the intelligent degree is low and the labor cost is high.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems of low artificial intelligence degree and high labor cost of the existing method for sorting the products shown in fig. 1, the invention provides an automatic sorting tool which can realize automatic sorting and save labor cost.

The aim of the invention is achieved by the following technical scheme:

the invention provides an automatic sorting tool which is used for sorting sheet-shaped products, wherein one end of each product is provided with a first groove, one side of the other end of each product is provided with a first lug, and the sorting tool comprises:

the sorting table top is sequentially provided with a feeding area, a first material selecting area and a second material selecting area, and one side of the first material selecting area is provided with a blanking hole;

the material stirring assembly is used for pushing the products to be sorted on the sorting table top to pass through the feeding area, the first material selecting area and the second material selecting area in sequence;

the material selecting assembly is arranged at the material output end of the second material selecting area, the material selecting assembly comprises a sorting plate, a sorting block and an elastic component, the sorting plate is provided with a gap larger than or equal to the thickness of a product, the width of the sorting block is smaller than the width of the first groove, the elastic component is used for controlling the sorting block to protrude or hide out of the bottom of the second material selecting area, the sorting block is arranged at the front end of the sorting plate, and when the first groove end of the product contacts with the second sorting block, the notch is arranged in the gap, and one surface of the sorting block, deviating from the sorting plate, is an inclined surface.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has at least the following advantages and beneficial effects:

the automatic sorting tool is used for automatically sorting products based on different end structures and different centers of gravity, so that automatic sorting of the products is realized, and labor cost is saved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a suitable product of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the product of FIG. 1 entering the feeding section;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the automatic sorting tool according to the present invention at a view angle;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the automatic sorting tool according to the present invention at another view angle;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of FIG. 4 at A;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the automated sorting tool of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a structure of the dial block;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of a sorting deck;

FIG. 10 is a view of the product after it enters the infeed area;

FIG. 11 is a view of the product in the A1 state after entering the first pick zone;

FIG. 12 is a view of the product in the A4 state after entering the second pick zone;

fig. 13 is a view of the product in the state A1 after entering the second material selection zone.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, based on the embodiments of the invention, which are apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive faculty, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention and the features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without collision.

It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, directions or positional relationships indicated by terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., are directions or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, or are directions or positional relationships conventionally put in use of the inventive product, or are directions or positional relationships conventionally understood by those skilled in the art, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and for simplifying the description, and are not to indicate or imply that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used merely to distinguish between descriptions and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "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; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In order to enable automatic sorting of products as shown in fig. 1, the sorting state is as shown in A4 in fig. 2, the invention provides an automatic sorting tool which is based on the fact that the gravity centers of products 1 are different when entering the sorting tool and the end structures are different, so that automatic sorting of the products is achieved. Specifically, referring to fig. 3 to 13, the automatic sorting tool includes a sorting table, a material shifting assembly and a material selecting assembly.

The sorting table top is sequentially provided with a feeding area 21, a first material selecting area 22 and a second material selecting area 23, and one side of the first material selecting area 22 is provided with a blanking hole 221. The blanking hole 221 is arranged in the first material selecting area, and based on different products, the gravity center positions of the blanking hole are different, so that the first automatic screening is realized. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, after the products in different states enter the feeding area 21, the center of gravity a of the products is shown in the figure. The blanking hole 221 is disposed at one side of the first material selecting area 22, and the center of gravity of the products in the A2 and A3 states is biased toward the first bump 12 compared with the products in the A1 and A4 states. While the state A4 is a desired product form, the blanking holes 221 are provided with the product centers of gravity of the state A1 and the state A4 shifted, and the product centers of gravity of the state A2 and the state A3 are placed in the blanking holes 221. The length of the blanking hole 221 is longer than the product length, ensuring reliable blanking.

The material shifting component is used for pushing the products to be sorted on the sorting table top to sequentially pass through the feeding area 21, the first material selecting area 22 and the second material selecting area 23. The feeding zone 21, the first material selecting zone 22 and the second material selecting zone 23 are provided with material input ends and material output ends.

The material selecting assembly is arranged at the material output end of the second material selecting area 23, the material selecting assembly comprises a selecting plate 31 with a gap larger than or equal to the thickness of the product on the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23, a selecting block 32 with a width smaller than the width of the first groove 11, and an elastic component 33 for controlling the selecting block 32 to protrude or hide from the bottom of the second material selecting area 23, the selecting block 32 is arranged at the front end of the selecting plate 31, and when the end of the first groove 11 of the product contacts with the second selecting block 32, the notch is arranged in the gap, and one surface of the selecting block 32 away from the selecting plate 31 is an inclined surface.

After the products in the A1 and A4 states enter the second material selecting area 23, the products in the A1 state are further screened out by adopting the material selecting assembly, namely, the products with one end of the first convex block 12 facing the material selecting assembly on one side are screened out, and the products with one end of the first groove 11 facing the material selecting assembly are screened out.

After the product of first recess 11 one end orientation selection material subassembly gets into the selection material subassembly, because the width of first recess 11 is greater than the separation piece 32 width, after the product of A1 state removes the selection material subassembly, separation piece 32 card goes into first recess, and at this moment, the notch of product is arranged in the clearance, namely the product notch part is arranged in under the sorting board 31. Continuing to push the product to move, the product acts on the sorting block 32, so that the elastic component is compressed, and the sorting block 32 moves downwards, so that the bottom of the second material selecting area 23 is hidden finally. And continuing to push the product to move, and screening the product in the A1 state.

After the product with one end of the first bump 12 facing the material selecting assembly enters the material selecting assembly, one end of the product is moved upwards along the inclined plane and is screened out through the upper surface of the material selecting plate 31 because the surface of the material selecting block 32 facing away from the material selecting plate 31 is an inclined plane, namely the inclined plane is firstly contacted with the product and then continuously pushes the product.

By adopting the tool structure, the automatic sorting of the products shown in figure 1 can be realized.

Based on the principle of the automatic sorting tool, the sorting table may be implemented by adopting various structures, and in example 1, the feeding area 21, the first sorting area 22 and the second sorting area 23 are all arranged on a straight line. Example 2, i.e. as shown in fig. 3, the feeding zone 21 and the first selection zone 22 are arranged on the same straight line, the blanking hole 221 is arranged at one side of the first selection zone 22, and the second selection zone 23 is arranged at the other side of the first selection zone 22.

By adopting the different sorting table structures, the length or the width of the tooling can be increased, and a proper structure can be selected according to specific use scenes.

The material stirring assembly comprises a stirring block 41 and a driving structure for driving the stirring block 41 to move. In order to improve accuracy of a product moving position, as shown in fig. 8, the kick-out block 41 includes a first kick-out plate 411 and a second kick-out plate 412 vertically fixed to the first kick-out plate 411. With the above structure of the material shifting block 41, one side 4111 of the first material shifting sheet and one side 4211 of the second material shifting sheet form a positioning surface and a pushing surface of a product, and the positioning is accurate, so that the gravity center is stable after the product enters the material feeding area 21. Depending on the sorting deck and the manner in which the material pulling assembly is mounted, an end surface of the second material pulling sheet may also form the pushing surface for the product.

At least one second lug is arranged on the end surface of the second shifting sheet 412 or the first shifting sheet 411, which is close to the material selecting assembly, and the second lug is staggered with the position of the sorting block 32. The separation block 32 is spaced from two sides of the second material selecting area 23, and the second protruding block is staggered from the separation block 32, that is, the moving direction of the second protruding block is located between the separation block 32 and two sides of the second material selecting area 23.

Preferably, in order to reliably remove the product and realize the movement limit of the poking block 41, the second bump includes a first step 431 and a second step 432 that are sequentially connected, the first step 431 is disposed between the end face of the material selecting assembly and the second step 432, the distance between the top surface of the first step 431 and the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23 is greater than the distance between the sorting plate 31 and the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23, and the distance between the top surface of the second step 432 and the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23 is less than the distance between the sorting plate 31 and the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23.

With the above-mentioned second bump structure, when the product moves in the second material selecting area 23, the second step 432 directly contacts with the end face of the product. In the process of pushing the product to move, the distance between the top surface of the second step 432 and the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23 is smaller than the distance between the sorting plate 31 and the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23, and the second step 432 can move to the position below the sorting plate 31 to move continuously so as to push the product to move. The distance between the top surface of the first step 431 and the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23 is greater than the distance between the sorting plate 31 and the bottom surface of the second material selecting area 23, that is, the sorting plate 31 can move continuously and the sorting plate 31 pushes the product, and the movement limit can be realized under the action of the sorting plate 31.

The inclined surface of the sorting block 32 guides the product end in the state of A4 to be moved up and then screened out, and the inclined surface gradient of the sorting block 32 is not excessively large. And because the first recess 11 at the end of the product has a limited depth and ensures that its end is effectively positioned in the gap below the sorting plate 31, the end of the sorting plate 31 adjacent to the sorting block 32 may be beveled.

Further, as shown in fig. 6, a second groove for clamping the sorting block 32 is provided on the sorting plate 31, and the second groove realizes the movement limit of the sorting block 32, thereby improving the structural stability thereof.

The elastic member 33 is placed in the mounting hole 232 of the sorting deck, and a spring or a flexible member having a self-restoring ability may be used. The elastic member 33 is interposed between the bottom of the mounting hole 232 and the sorting block 32. In a natural state, the elastic component drives the sorting block 32 to protrude from the bottom of the second sorting area 23, so that the top of the inclined plane of the sorting block 32 is level with the surface of the sorting plate 31; alternatively, when the end of the sorting plate 31 near the sorting block 32 is inclined, the elastic member drives the sorting block 32 to protrude from the bottom of the second sorting area 23, so that the inclined surface of the sorting block 32 is on the same plane as the inclined surface of the sorting block 32, as shown in fig. 4.

The driving structure may be implemented by using a guide rail 421, a slider 422 disposed on the guide rail 421, a power output member for driving the slider 422 to move along the guide rail, and the like, which are conventional technologies and are not described herein.

The mounting positions, the number and the structure of the stirring components are different according to different sorting table structures.

Exemplary:

with the sorting deck structure shown in example 1, since the feeding region 21, the first selecting region 22 and the second selecting region 23 are all disposed on a straight line, a single direction movement of the product can be achieved by using a set of kick-out assemblies.

With the sorting table structure shown in example 2, since the movement direction of the product from the feeding region 21 into the first selecting region 22 and from the first selecting region 22 into the second selecting region 23 is not on the same straight line, the multidirectional movement control of the product can be realized by arranging two groups of material shifting components, or, as shown in fig. 3, the sorting table is inclined by arranging only one group of material shifting components, and when the first selecting region 22 enters the second selecting region 23, the region switching can be realized by reliable product dead weight. When the sorting table is inclined, the inclination degree is not excessively large, so that products in the A2 and A3 states are not influenced, and the products fall into the blanking hole 221 automatically due to the gravity center. When the sorting table top is set to be inclined or two groups of material shifting components are adopted to realize multidirectional movement control of the product, a positioning strip 231 for limiting movement of the product is arranged on one side, away from the first material selecting area 22, of the second material selecting area 23, so that movement limiting of the product is realized.

The principle of automatic sorting is described herein in connection with the automatic sorting tool described in fig. 2, 10 to 13. Wherein, the sorting table adopts the structure in example 2, and the kickoff subassembly sets up 1 group.

The initial position, as shown in fig. 10.

B1 is the moving direction of the product feeding, and after the product 1 enters the feeding area 21, the product 1 is placed on the included angle surface of the first material shifting sheet 411 and the second material shifting sheet 412, so that positioning is realized. The material stirring assembly controls the stirring block to move along the direction B2. The product moves from the feed zone 21 to the first selection zone 22. At this time, because the centers of gravity of the different states are different, the centers of gravity of the products in the states A2 and A3 are to be placed in the blanking hole 221, and the products in the states A2 and A3 fall into the blanking hole 221. The center of gravity of the products in the A1 and A4 states is staggered from the blanking hole 221, and the products are kept stable, and the state is shown in fig. 11.

The material stirring assembly controls the stirring block to move to the original position along the reverse direction of B2.

Because the sorting table is inclined, the products in the states A1 and A4 move to the second sorting area 23 under the action of the self weight.

If the product moving to the second material selecting area 23 is in the state of A4, the material shifting assembly controls the material shifting block to move along the direction of B3 so as to push the product to move towards the material selecting assembly. At this time, since the end surface of the product contacting the sorting block 32 is straight, it moves to a state shown in fig. 12 above the sorting plate 31 to slide out under the guide of the inclined surface of the sorting block 32, and the sorting of the product in the A4 state is achieved.

If the product moving to the second material selecting area 23 is in the state A1, the material shifting assembly controls the material shifting block to move along the direction B3 so as to push the product to move towards the material selecting assembly. At this time, since the front end of the product has a groove structure, the groove is disposed in the sorting block 32 and the end is disposed below the sorting plate 31, the shifting block is continuously controlled to move along the direction B3, the elastic component is compressed, and the sorting block moves down to the top end parallel to the bottom of the second sorting area. The product can be pushed out by continuously controlling the shifting block to move along the direction B3, as shown in figure 13.

Wherein, the directions of B2, B3 and B4 are consistent.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the embodiments described, or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and principles of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic sorting tool, which is characterized in that the automatic sorting tool is used for sorting a product (1) in a sheet shape, a first groove (11) is formed in one end of the product (1), a first lug (12) is arranged on one side of the other end of the product, and the sorting tool comprises:

the sorting table top is sequentially provided with a feeding area (21), a first material selecting area (22) and a second material selecting area (23), and one side of the first material selecting area (22) is provided with a blanking hole (221);

the material stirring assembly is used for pushing the products to be sorted on the sorting table top to sequentially pass through the feeding area (21), the first material selecting area (22) and the second material selecting area (23);

the material selecting assembly is arranged at the material output end of the second material selecting area (23), the material selecting assembly comprises a sorting plate (31) which is larger than or equal to a product thickness gap on the bottom surface of the second material selecting area (23), a sorting block (32) which is smaller than the width of the first groove (11) and an elastic component (33) which is used for controlling the sorting block (32) to protrude or be hidden at the bottom of the second material selecting area (23), the sorting block (32) is arranged at the front end of the sorting plate (31) and enables the notch to be arranged in the gap when the first groove (11) end of the product is contacted with the second sorting block (32), and one surface of the sorting block (32) deviating from the sorting plate (31) is an inclined surface.

2. The automatic sorting tool according to claim 1, wherein: the feeding area (21) and the first material selecting area (22) are arranged on the same straight line, and the second material selecting area (23) is arranged on the other side of the first material selecting area (22).

3. The automatic sorting tool according to claim 2, wherein: one side of the second material selecting area (23) far away from the first material selecting area (22) is provided with a positioning strip (231) for limiting the movement of the product.

4. The automatic sorting tool according to claim 1, wherein: the stirring assembly comprises a stirring block (41) and a driving structure for driving the stirring block (41) to move.

5. The automatic sorting tool according to claim 4, wherein: the stirring block (41) comprises a first stirring sheet (411) and a second stirring sheet (412) which is vertically fixed with the first stirring sheet (411).

6. The automatic sorting tool according to claim 5, wherein: at least one second lug is arranged on the end face, close to the material selecting assembly, of the second stirring sheet (412) or the first stirring sheet (411), and the positions of the second lug and the sorting block (32) are staggered.

7. The automatic sorting tool according to claim 6, wherein: the second lug comprises a first step (431) and a second step (432) which are sequentially connected, the first step (431) is arranged between the end face of the material selecting assembly and the second step (432), the distance between the top face of the first step (431) and the bottom face of the second material selecting area (23) is larger than the distance between the top face of the second step (432) and the bottom face of the second material selecting area (23), and the distance between the top face of the second step (432) and the bottom face of the second material selecting area (23) is smaller than the distance between the top face of the sorting plate (31) and the bottom face of the second material selecting area (23).

8. The automatic sorting tool according to claim 1, wherein: one end of the sorting plate (31) close to the sorting block (32) is an inclined surface.

9. The automatic sorting tool according to claim 1, wherein: the sorting plate (31) is provided with a second groove for clamping the sorting block (32).