CN209887457U

CN209887457U - Cup supporting and aligning device

Info

Publication number: CN209887457U
Application number: CN201920626833.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-30
Filing date: 2019-04-30
Publication date: 2020-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 2029-04-30

Abstract

The utility model discloses a support cup alignment device, this support cup alignment device is used for supporting the cup and carrying out the alignment to the column that the peripheral wall is equipped with the constant head tank, support cup alignment device and include the ejector pad subassembly, the ejector pad subassembly includes power device and ejector pad, the ejector pad is equipped with the arc tip that matches with the support cup periphery wall, power device is used for driving the ejector pad so that when operating condition, the arc tip remains the state of butt throughout with the periphery wall that holds in the palm the cup, the support cup alignment device that above-mentioned technical scheme provided can realize, support the cup through the column that simple ejector pad structure is equipped with the constant head tank to the peripheral wall and carry out the alignment, the work piece alignment problem that support cup and bear has been solved betterly.

Description

Cup supporting and aligning device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automation equipment technical field especially relates to a support cup and look for device.

Background

In the production process of the battery steel shell, a plurality of processes including liquid injection, cover buckling and sealing are generally needed, the conversion among all stations is sometimes forward transmission, sometimes the battery shell needs to be turned and rotated, and because vibration exists in a plurality of stations in the production environment, the support cup and a workpiece carried by the support cup deviate from a set position, the support cup needs to be aligned before certain processes are carried out, so that a device capable of aligning the support cup is needed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses the main technical problem who solves provides one kind and can realize carrying out the device of alignment to holding in the palm the cup.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a technical scheme be: the utility model provides a support cup aligning device, support cup aligning device is used for carrying out the alignment to the column support cup that the perisporium was equipped with the constant head tank, support cup aligning device includes the ejector pad subassembly, the ejector pad subassembly includes power device and ejector pad, the ejector pad be equipped with support cup periphery wall matching's arc tip, power device is used for the drive the ejector pad is so that when operating condition, the arc tip with support cup's periphery wall remains the state of butt all the time.

Furthermore, the chord length corresponding to the arc-shaped end part is smaller than that of the positioning groove, and the height of the arc-shaped end part in the vertical direction is smaller than that of the positioning groove in the vertical direction. Further, the radian of the arc-shaped end part is matched with that of the peripheral wall of the supporting cup.

Further, the supporting cup aligning device further comprises a driving assembly, and the driving assembly is used for driving the supporting cup to rotate.

Further, the driving assembly comprises a rubber coating wheel, a motor and a driving shaft, wherein the motor is connected with the rubber coating wheel through the driving shaft, and further drives the rubber coating wheel to rotate according to a set direction so as to drive the supporting cup to rotate.

Further, the power plant includes:

the cylinder is used for outputting power to drive the push block so that the arc-shaped end part on the push block is abutted against the outer peripheral wall of the support cup;

the connecting assembly, connecting assembly's one end with the output of cylinder is connected, connecting assembly is in the drive of cylinder removes down, is used for the linkage the ejector pad.

The cup supporting and aligning device further comprises a mounting plate and a sliding rail arranged on the mounting plate;

the connecting assembly includes:

a sliding block matched with the sliding rail is arranged at one end of the connecting seat, a groove is arranged at the other end of the connecting seat, and the groove is connected with the output end of the air cylinder, so that the connecting seat can slide along the sliding rail under the driving of the air cylinder;

one end of the connecting block is connected with one end, far away from the supporting cup, of the pushing block, and the other end of the connecting block is connected with the connecting seat, so that the connecting seat is linked with the connecting block.

The push block comprises a first plate body and a second plate body, the first plate body is vertically connected with the second plate body, the first plate body is far away from the end of the second plate body, the outer peripheral wall of the support cup is abutted against the second plate body, and the second plate body is far away from the end of the first plate body and the connecting block, which are far away from the connecting seat end, are connected.

Furthermore, the cup supporting alignment device also comprises a limiting seat, wherein the limiting seat is arranged on the mounting plate and is used for limiting the movement range of the connecting seat along the direction close to the cup supporting direction;

the limiting seat is provided with at least one buffer piece for reducing the interaction force between the connecting seat and the limiting seat piece when the connecting seat and the limiting seat piece are impacted.

Furthermore, the support cup alignment device further comprises an induction sheet and a sensor, the sensor is arranged on the mounting plate, the induction sheet is arranged on the end face, opposite to the sensor, of the connecting seat, and the sensor is matched with the induction sheet to detect whether the arc-shaped end part is clamped into the positioning groove formed in the peripheral wall of the support cup.

The utility model has the advantages that: be different from prior art's condition, the utility model provides a support cup aligning device is used for carrying out the alignment to the column support cup that the perisporium is equipped with the constant head tank, this support cup aligning device includes the ejector pad subassembly, the ejector pad subassembly includes power device and ejector pad, the ejector pad is equipped with the arc tip that matches with the support cup periphery wall, realize under power device's drive with the butt of the periphery wall of support cup, because the constant head tank that establishes on the support cup is the recess than supporting the cup periphery wall, consequently at the rotatory in-process of support cup, the ejector pad that keeps the butt state throughout appears the displacement when supporting the cup rotation to constant head tank and ejector pad butt, realize fixing a position to the support cup through this displacement, the utility model provides a technical scheme can realize fixing a position the support cup through comparatively simple structure.

Drawings

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

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a cup supporting and aligning device of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the cup supporting and aligning device of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the cup supporting and aligning device of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the cup supporting and aligning device of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the cup holder alignment device of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "comprising" and "having," as well as any variations thereof, in the present application are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

For understanding the present application, it should be noted that the cylindrical supporting cup of the present invention is used for supporting a workpiece, so that the workpiece channel moves along the channel in a set posture or enters a certain station to perform a certain procedure. Specifically, the work piece that the tray can carry includes at least a battery housing or a battery. Correspondingly, in one embodiment, when the workpiece is a battery shell or a battery, the battery shell or the battery is held and carried by the tray in a relatively fixed posture and moves forward along the material channel. The battery shell or the battery is fixed relative to the position of the positioning groove arranged on the peripheral wall of the tray cup.

The event is in the technical scheme that the utility model provides an among, because battery casing or battery are fixed for the position of the positioning groove that establishes on the support cup periphery wall, so when needs carry out gesture fixed or position alignment to battery casing or battery, only need carry out gesture fixed or position alignment to the support cup that bears battery or battery casing. The utility model provides a technical scheme is through carrying out the alignment to holding in the palm the cup, and then realizes carrying out the alignment to the work piece that holds in the palm the cup and bear. It can be understood that when some tray cups which do not bear the workpiece need to enter the station in a fixed posture, the utility model can also be used, the technical proposal provided by the utility model is only used for aligning the tray cup, and the utility model is not limited at this point.

Please refer to fig. 1 and fig. 2 simultaneously, in which fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a cup supporting and aligning apparatus of the present invention, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the cup supporting and aligning apparatus of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the present invention provides a cup holder alignment device 10 for aligning a cylindrical cup holder 30 having a positioning groove 31 on the outer peripheral wall. Further, in other embodiments, the cup alignment device 10 can be used to align a cylindrical cup 30 having a plurality of positioning grooves 31 on the outer peripheral wall.

In the present embodiment, the cup alignment device 10 includes a pusher block assembly 12. The pusher block assembly 12 includes a power device and a pusher block 121. The power device can provide a driving force with a set magnitude for driving the push block 121 to abut against the outer peripheral wall of the tray 30.

The pushing block 121 is provided with an arc-shaped end 1211 matched with the outer peripheral wall of the tray cup 30, the power device is used for driving the pushing block 121 to enable the arc-shaped end 1211 and the outer peripheral wall of the tray cup 30 to be always kept in a butting state in a working state, the tray cup 30 rotates according to a set direction in the process that the pushing block 121 and the outer peripheral wall of the tray cup 30 are in butting state, and the arc-shaped end 1211 is used for generating displacement when the tray cup 30 rotates to be in contact with a positioning groove 31 arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the tray cup 30, so that the tray cup is positioned. The working state described here refers to: when the holder is to be aligned, the push block 121 is driven by the power unit to abut against the holder, and in this state, the power unit applies a continuous force to the holder so that the curved end surface 1211 can always abut against the holder.

The cup holder alignment device 10 provided in the above embodiment can align the cylindrical cup holder 30 having the positioning groove 31 on the outer peripheral wall thereof by a simple structure through the cooperation of the push block 121 and the power device, and better solves the problem of aligning the cup holder 30 and/or the workpiece 32 carried by the cup holder 30.

Further, in an embodiment, continuing with fig. 1 and 2, the arc-shaped end 1211 corresponds to a chord length that is less than a chord length of the detent 31. I.e., the length of chord AB in the curved end 1211 is less than the length of chord CD of the detent 31. The height of the arc-shaped end 1211 in the vertical direction is smaller than the height of the positioning groove 31 in the vertical direction, so that when the tray cup 30 rotates and the arc-shaped end 1211 abuts against the outer circumferential wall of the tray cup 30, the arc-shaped end 1211 can be just inserted into the positioning groove 31 when the arc-shaped end 1211 is completely moved to the position of the positioning groove 31. In the present embodiment, since the position of the workpiece 32 carried by the tray 30 is fixed relative to the positioning slot 31 provided on the tray 30, when the arc-shaped end 1211 of the push block 121 is inserted into the positioning slot 31, the push block 121 is displaced in the transverse direction, and the positioning of the tray 30 and the workpiece 32 carried by the tray 30 can be realized by monitoring the displacement generated by the push block 121.

In another embodiment, the arc-shaped end 1211 can also be defined from the perspective of the arc length, specifically, in the current embodiment, the arc length of the arc-shaped end 1211 is smaller than the arc length of the outer peripheral wall of the portion of the outer peripheral wall corresponding to the positioning groove provided in the outer peripheral wall of the cup 30.

Further, please continue to refer to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in the technical solution provided by the present invention, the arc radius of the arc-shaped end 1211 is matched with the radius of the outer peripheral wall of the tray cup, so that the arc-shaped end 1211 can always keep the abutting state with the outer peripheral wall of the tray cup 30.

Further, in another embodiment, the radius of the arc surface of the arc-shaped end 1211 is the same as the radius of the outer circumferential wall of the saucer.

Please refer to fig. 3 and fig. 4 simultaneously, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the cup supporting and aligning device of the present invention, and fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the cup supporting and aligning device of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the power means in the pusher block assembly is further elaborated.

The utility model provides a support cup aligning device 10 still includes the mounting panel 13 and the slide rail 14 of level setting on mounting panel 13 of perpendicular setting. The mounting plate 13 is used for supporting the push block assembly and other related structures, and the slide rail 14 is used for enabling the push block assembly to slide along a track defined by the slide rail 14 under the driving of the power device. It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the sliding rail 14 is parallel to the horizontal plane, so that when the structure disposed on the sliding rail 14 needs to reciprocate on the sliding rail 14, only a small driving force needs to be provided to move the structure along the sliding rail 14.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 illustrates the structure of the other side of the mounting plate.

In the current embodiment, the power unit includes a cylinder 1221 and a connecting assembly 1223.

The cylinder 1221 is used for outputting power to drive the push block 121, so that the arc-shaped end 1211 of the push block 121 abuts against the outer peripheral wall of the retainer cup 30. Further, the cylinder 1221 can be fixed by providing a fixing base 1222, wherein the fixing base 1222 is an "L" shaped base, one end of the fixing base 1222 is connected to the mounting plate 13, and the other end is connected to the outer wall of the cylinder 1221, so as to fix the cylinder 1221.

One end of the connecting assembly 1223 is connected with the pushing block 121, the other end of the connecting assembly 1223 is connected with the output end 19 of the air cylinder 1221, and the connecting assembly 1223 moves under the driving of the air cylinder 1221 and is used for being linked with the pushing block 121 connected with the connecting assembly 1223 and synchronously moving along a track defined by the sliding rail 14. Since the connection member 1223 is fixedly connected to the push block 121, the connection member 1223 moves along the same trajectory as the push block 121, and approaches until the connection member 1223 abuts against the outer peripheral wall of the cup holder 30. In other embodiments, after the positioning of the cup 30 and the current station are completed, the cup 30 and the workpiece 32 carried by the cup 30 need to leave the current station, at this time, the rubber-coated wheel 11 drives the cup 30 to stop rotating, and then the air cylinder 1221 retracts and withdraws, so that the cup 30 is driven by the material channel to leave the current station.

Further, please refer to fig. 3 in combination with fig. 5, wherein fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the cup holder alignment device according to the present invention.

The connection assembly 1223 includes a connection block 12231 and a connection block 12232.

The connecting base 12231 is L-shaped, and a slider (not shown) that is engaged with the slide rail 14 is disposed at one end of the connecting base 12231, so that the connecting base 12231 can move along the slide rail 14 under the driving of an external force. The other end of the connecting seat 12231 is provided with a groove 18, the groove 18 is connected with an output end 19 of the air cylinder 1221, and the connecting seat 12231 can reciprocate along the slide rail 14 under the driving of the air cylinder 1221. The groove 18 of the connecting seat 12231 is connected with the cylinder 1221 by a floating joint.

One end of the connecting block 12232 is connected with the end of the pushing block 121 far away from the tray 30, the other end of the connecting block 12232 is connected with the connecting seat 12231, and the connecting seat 12231 is linked with the connecting block 12232. Specifically, the pushing block 121 is vertically disposed directly on an end of the connecting block 12232 away from the connecting block 12231, and is movable with the connecting block 12232 and the connecting block 12231.

Further, referring to fig. 2, in another embodiment, the pushing block 121 includes a first plate 1213 and a second plate 1214, the first plate 1213 is vertically connected to the second plate 1214, an end of the first plate 1213 away from the second plate 1214 abuts against an outer peripheral wall of the cup holder 30, and an end of the second plate 1214 away from the first plate 1213 is connected to an end of the connecting block 12232 away from the connecting block 12231. An arc-shaped end portion 1211 is arranged at the abutting position of the first plate body 1213 and the support cup 30, and the arc-shaped end portion 1211 is an end surface with a radian matched with that of the outer peripheral wall of the support cup 30.

Referring to fig. 3 again, the present invention provides a cup holder alignment device 10 further comprising a limiting seat 15, wherein the limiting seat 15 is disposed on the mounting plate 13 for limiting the movement range of the connecting seat 12231 along the direction close to the cup holder 30, i.e. limiting the maximum movement amount of the connecting seat 12231 in the direction from E to F.

Further, the limiting seat 15 is provided with at least one buffer 151 for reducing an interaction force when the connecting seat 12231 collides with the limiting seat 15. In particular, the buffer 151 may comprise a spring member, it being understood that the buffer 151 may comprise other types of buffers in other embodiments.

Further, please refer to fig. 3, the cup holder alignment device 10 of the present invention further includes a sensing piece 17 and a sensor 16. The sensor 16 is disposed on the mounting plate 13, the sensing piece 17 is disposed on the end surface of the connecting seat 12231 opposite to the sensor 16, the sensor 16 cooperates with the sensing piece 17 to detect whether the arc-shaped end 1211 is clamped in the positioning groove 31 disposed on the outer circumferential wall of the tray cup 30, and the determination result is fed back to the control device (not shown), so as to obtain the position information of the tray cup 30 when the arc-shaped end 1211 is clamped in the positioning groove 31 disposed on the outer circumferential wall of the tray cup 30. Wherein the sensor 16 may comprise a photosensor.

Please refer to fig. 3, which further illustrates another structure of the cup holder alignment device provided by the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the cup alignment device 10 further includes a driving assembly 11. The driving assembly 11 is used for driving the saucer 30 to rotate. It should be noted that, when the position that needs to carry out the alignment to holding in the palm cup 30 is certain station or when the material says somewhere, the utility model provides a drive assembly 11 when needs look for to holding in the palm cup 30, can remove to the station or say on the material, when the completion is perhaps need not fix a position to holding in the palm cup 30 to the location of holding in the palm cup 30, then can remove to station one side or say one side to the material, avoids influencing passing through or the output of holding in the palm cup 30.

Further, the driving assembly 11 includes a packing wheel 111, a motor (not shown), and a driving shaft 112. The motor is connected with the rubber coating wheel 111 through a driving shaft 112, and further drives the rotation of the rubber coating wheel 111 to drive the rotation of the tray 30 contacted with the rubber coating wheel.

It should be noted that, when the driving assembly 11 can be integrally moved at one side of the station or one side of the material channel, the cup-supporting alignment device 10 of the present invention further includes a device for moving the driving assembly 11, which may specifically include, but is not limited to, a rotatable or movable mechanical arm (not shown).

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the work flow of the present invention for aligning the cup holder 30 by the cup holder aligning device 10 is as follows. The driving assembly 11 drives the tray 30 to rotate, and the arc-shaped end 1211 on the pushing block 121 abuts against the outer peripheral wall of the tray 30 under the driving force provided by the air cylinder 1221. In the process of rotating the tray cup 30, the arc-shaped end 1211 is abutted against the outer peripheral wall of the tray cup 30 until the arc-shaped end 1211 completely enters the position of the positioning groove 31 formed in the outer peripheral wall of the tray cup 30, the arc-shaped end 1211 is embedded into the positioning groove 31, the sensor 16 judges whether the arc-shaped end 1211 is embedded into the positioning groove 31 or not by detecting the position of the sensing piece 17 at the moment and feeds back the detection result to the control device, and if the control device judges that the connecting seat 12231 reaches the limit position at the moment, the arc-shaped end 1211 is further judged to be embedded into the positioning groove 31, and the tray cup is stopped at a specific position by the driving assembly 11 connected with the control device. Material channel

The above only is the embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the patent scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes that are used in the specification and the attached drawings or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a support cup aligning device, its characterized in that, support cup aligning device is used for carrying out the alignment to the column support cup that the perisporium was equipped with the constant head tank, support cup aligning device includes the ejector pad subassembly, the ejector pad subassembly includes power device and ejector pad, the ejector pad be equipped with support the arc tip that the cup periphery wall matches, power device is used for driving the ejector pad so that when operating condition, the arc tip with the state that the periphery wall of support cup kept the butt all the time.

2. The cup holder alignment device of claim 1, wherein the arc-shaped end portion has a corresponding chord length smaller than that of the positioning slot, and the height of the arc-shaped end portion in the vertical direction is smaller than that of the positioning slot in the vertical direction.

3. The retainer cup aligning device of claim 2, wherein the radius of the arc surface of the arc end is matched with the radius of the peripheral wall of the retainer cup.

4. The cup holder alignment device of claim 1, further comprising a drive assembly for driving rotation of the cup holder.

5. The tray alignment device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the driving assembly comprises an encapsulating wheel, a motor and a driving shaft, the motor is connected with the encapsulating wheel through the driving shaft, and the encapsulating wheel is driven to rotate according to a set direction so as to drive the tray to rotate.

6. The retainer alignment device according to claim 1,

the power device comprises:

7. The cup holder alignment device of claim 6, further comprising a mounting plate and a slide rail disposed on the mounting plate;

the connecting assembly includes:

the sliding block matched with the sliding rail is arranged at one end of the connecting seat, and the other end of the connecting seat is connected with the output end of the air cylinder, so that the connecting seat can slide along the sliding rail under the driving of the air cylinder;

8. The cup holder alignment device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the push block comprises a first plate and a second plate, the first plate and the second plate are vertically connected, an end of the first plate away from the second plate abuts against the outer peripheral wall of the cup holder, and an end of the second plate away from the first plate is connected with an end of the connecting block away from the connecting base.

9. The cup holder alignment device according to claim 7, further comprising a limiting seat disposed on the mounting plate for limiting a movement range of the connecting seat in a direction approaching the cup holder;

at least one buffer piece is arranged on the limiting seat and used for reducing the interaction force between the connecting seat and the limiting seat during impact.

10. The cup holder alignment device according to claim 7, further comprising a sensor piece and a sensor, wherein the sensor is disposed on the mounting plate, the sensor piece is disposed on an end surface of the connecting seat opposite to the sensor, and the sensor is engaged with the sensor piece to detect whether the arc-shaped end portion is engaged with the positioning groove formed in the peripheral wall of the cup holder.